Spanglish

Have you seen Spanglish – movie with Paz Vega, Adam Sandler and Tea Leone?

It is about rearing children, about love and neuroticism, and about the cultural divide. What I liked about it was that Adam Sandler’s character had the capacity for understanding the women in his life. That was amazing, and the women were amazed at him, and loved him for this ability. This is something of the idea that I think we are trying to communicate about God’s love.

If we could take a moment and move out of the significant bundle (or jumble) of pressures that we face on a constant basis, we might be able to see the reality of the life of the other person. If we could do that, we could make room for them in new ways. We could make allowances for their troubles. We might even have the energy to help bear their load.

God loves us, knowing us.
Remarkable.