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A HANDOUT · SUFFER IT TO BE SO, NOW

Permission Comes First

We tend to think permission has to be earned — that we get to rest, or feel loved, or feel whole, once the hard part is behind us. The story runs the other direction: the permission comes first, in the water, in the not-yet.

“Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.”

— Matthew 3:15, KJV

“Love was never waiting for the fixing to be finished before it showed up.”

Reflection

  1. 1.One real, current thing I’m waiting to fix before I’ll let myself feel okay:
  2. 2.What it would look like to say “suffer it to be so, now” over it, just for today:

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