"Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses..." I couldn't go any further. "What are my trespasses... sins?" I wondered. I stare emotionless at the brightly colored stained glass, where the sun's rays dance across the display of three crosses, weeping Mary's, and the center of God the Father Almighty's attention... Jesus Christ; displayed proudly as a reminder of who died for your trespasses...your sins. I could beg, take communion until I'm drunk, continue inflicting physical and emotional pain, and keep wrestling with my inner turmoil. All. For. What? To please a God, I insisted loved me, but now realize will never absolve or accept me? Didn't Sarah SHARE her maidservant with Abraham? Didn't Jacob marry Leah AND Rachel? Jesus himself said. "Love one another." I'm doing exactly what he taught, I love another and another...
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