Rhonda, this one is wonderful, too.  Thank you.
Love,
Helen

At 01:05 AM 12/7/03 -0500, Rhonda wrote:
>I was just thinking of what safe place means.  You know, the only safe
>place a lot of people know or have known is the place they would run
>away from their problems.
>They thought it was a safe place, but it wasn't a real one.  In a safe
>place, we are protected, there is no harm that can come to us, we are
>secure.  Isn't that what weall want, a place where we are safe from
>accusation, safe from condemnation, and a place where we are loved and
>accepted, faults and all.
>It's hard to believe such a place exists when all one has ever known is
>the opposite.
>But it does! a safe place exists for each of us, a wonderful
>relationship where we can share our deepest secrets and hurts and fears.
>When a real God meets real problems things happen.
>
>Rhonda