Wednesday, November 12

Fools graced by favor

What enables us to reflect upon our weakness and our folly without dread? It is the trust that comes from thinking on the supreme reality as a personal, and indeed loving, hence forgiving father. Only as fools graced by favor can we delight joyously in our truth being exposed.

— Michael Gelven
Deep Comedy
(Moscow, ID: Canon Press, 2006), 41