We see how God in the flesh, Jesus, persevered all throughout his life. He lived in a culture that if you weren't the part of a certain status,  you were considered less than. Jesus refused to confirm to the cultural norm and his love for humanity persevered past the religious box into the margins. His love persevered past the sin of the world, past the suffering he face, past the persecution and all the way to the cross. Now he calls us to love past where people are at. He calls us to meet them where they are at and invite them to come up higher.