Even though life is messy, and it can feel that things are sometimes falling apart, there is something deep in us that wants to believe in a deeper reality. We want to believe that there is meaning to our lives, a caring God, life after death, and real hope. We might recall loved ones who have passed, the way our lives are filled with moments of dying and rising, and a stubborn optimism in a loving God. The irony is that facing our mortality and the reality of death allows us to really live and love. If you could live from love and accept God’s free gift to you, what would your life look like?