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Invitation to the Beloved

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I want to introduce you to someone.  They live very close to  you. Closer than your breath, really.  Her name is Beloved.  Here is the message, the only message, that I have been called here to say, put here in words laced together by Brennan Manning:        “ Being the beloved is your identity, the core of your existence.  It is not merely a lofty thought, an inspiring idea, or a name among many. It is the name by which God knows us and the way he relates to us .” (Nouwen, 1998)       The Imposter        It’s tricky, because she sometimes walks around as the Imposter. On some days you will notice her doing something ordinary-maybe walking to the mailbox-and wonder what out of town guest might be visiting, because she hardly looks familiar.    Brennan Manning familiarizes us in his book  Abba’s Child  with the Imposter.  Among other things, she can be recognized by: (p. 16)   She lives in fear: “The false self plays its deceptive role