God has made you uniquely you.
God knows you intimately, better
than you know yourself.
God loves you and desires the
best for you.
In Christ God took on human
flesh for our sakes.
God knows intimately what it
means to be human.
Jesus experienced hostility
because he did not conform to expectations related to his identity.
Being ill at ease, not least in
relation to our identity, is a normal part of being human in this world. Jesus
came to make us at ease with God, with each other and with ourselves. We can
begin to experience this here and now, while awaiting the new creation of
heaven and earth in which there will be no illness nor sadness.
There is nothing you need to do
or can do in order to make yourself more acceptable, loved, affirmed and
welcomed by God. You do not need to have any gender issues sorted, nor anything
else.
God asks you to put your trust
in him and promises not to disappoint you in the end. Disillusionment is part of
the journey of redemption; brokenness helps us to sympathise with others and to
look forward to the completion of our redemption.
Sieh nicht an, was du selber bist in deiner Schuld und Schwäche.
Sieh den an, der gekommen ist, damit er für dich spreche.
Sieh an, was dir heut widerfährt,
heut, da dein Heiland eingekehrt,
dich wieder heimzubringen
auf adlerstarken Schwingen.
Non-metrical, non-rhyming
translation of the first stanza of this beautiful hymn by Jochen Klepper:
Do not look upon what you are yourself in your guilt and weakness.
Look upon him who has come to speak (plead) for you.
Look what happens to you today,
today that the Saviour stops by
to bring you home again
on wings strong as of an eagle.
