Handmade Love

Homemade card + envelope I made for a friend.  Not gonna lie, I was pretty proud of it... so I share.  =)

Lines and Grays

"...in a world of poverty, the lines between darkness and light, good and evil, destructiveness and creativity, are much more distinct than in a world of wealth.
One of the temptations of the upper-middle class life is to create large gray areas between good and evil.  Wealth takes away the sharp edges of our moral sensitivities and allows a comfortable confusion about sin and virtue.  The difference between rich and poor is not that the rich sin more than the poor, but that the rich find it easier to call sin a virtue.  When the poor sin, they call it sin; when they see holiness, they identify it as such.  This intuitive clarity is often absent from the wealthy, and that absence easily leads to the atrophy of the moral sense.
David helped me see that living with the poor does not keep me away from evil, but it does allow me to see evil in sharper, clearer ways.  It does not lead me automatically to the good either, but will help me see good in a brighter light, less hidden and more convincing.  Once I can see sin and virtue with this clarity, I will also see sadness and joy, hatred and forgiveness, resentment and gratitude in less nebulous ways."     -Henri Nouwen, Gracias

Strong words.  When I read them, I literally stopped and said, "whoa."  I'm not completely convinced, but I think I mostly agree.

Ponder ponder?