Dane Ortland, pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Chicago and author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, says that if “Jesus really does loves my screwed up life then I think I can keep on being a Christian.”

Then, God created everything. He’s named every single star, and he treasures us above all he’s made! Next, it’s taken Perry a lifetime to get there. But he finally, deeply, believes it: “God loves me!” Then, every time Perry goes to the fitness room he thinks about his friend Andy, it’s the strangest thing! It’s a conversation about praying for each other.

Next, Jesus says, “You don’t have to go through security to get to me; I am the mostapproachable person in the universe.” Last, Shawna wonders, “How can my God, whose heart I know is filled with love let a 3 year old suffocate or a 16 year old die of cancer?

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