Souls
As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34 I resolve to love souls for the sake of Jesus Christ. Elizabeth Leseur Ok. So I got to Leseur's fifth month and this time her language feels truly awkward. Love souls? Not people? One another? Puzzlement. She goes on to talk about resolving to know souls and to go out and seek them. She speaks of welcoming everyone who comes her way. She seems to mean that she will try to see all people with God's eyes, loving them, and with knowing them as they are to him. By loving she means looking to their greater good in God's eyes. To pray, "let me see everyone I meet today as you see them and love them as you love them," is terrifying if I pray it like I mean it. A week ago I visited Times Square. A seething mass of thousands of diverse people are there night and day. Some are