A couple of weeks ago, we had the unique opportunity at Room in the Inn to do a special Song Writing Session. Someone donated money to allow us to participate in an event where 3 famous singer/songwriters worked with the staff, volunteers, and some participants, to create a song together about what Room in the Inn represents. The finished project was a very catchy song called "A Chance to Dream Again."
This event just intensified my love for my job this year. One line in the song that my group contributed was "Give me one more second chance again." This lyric epitomizes so many of the core values at RITI: Forgiveness, grace, non-judgment, and unconditional love for the people around us everyday.
I'm learning what it looks like to love someone even when they make the same mistakes over and over again. I see the looks of gratefulness and trust in the faces of our participants when we choose to see them as real people, and not as their problems. It's not always easy, but the most rewarding things in life usually aren't.
It gives new meaning to Jesus telling his disciples to forgive 70 times 7. It also reminds me of how much we all screw up and fall short of the mark Jesus set for us. Yet God looks at us with love, and gives us one more second chance again...and again...and again. We really are no different.
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