You have shown me what the joy of fulfillment looks like. What I got in touch with that day, in that unlikely place, was my own deep need to know that who I am and what I have offered to family, friends, the church and the world is valued, needed, a part of the living whole of God. It is a need that underlies much of our effort in living. We all want to know that we are part of meaningful whole. We all want the joy that salvation brings.
Salvation means to become whole.
Our need for it springs from the inner and outward sense of ourselves that says we are broken. In the Bible our brokenness is expressed in the book of Genesis with the story of Adam and Eve. It says that we carry responsibility for our inability to choose God. The Good News in that for us is that we can do something about our salvation. But what we discover as we live our life, is that we can't do it alone.