The truth

I love the way Eugene Peterson writes and I think the following is so powerful.  It sums up the core values of my Christian walk.
"The truth about me is that God made and loves me.  The truth about those sitting beside me is that God made them and loves them, and each one is therefore my neighbor.  The truth about the world is that God rules and provides for it.  The truth about what is wrong with the world is that I and the neighbor sitting beside me have sinned in refusing to let God be for us, over us and in us.  The truth about what is at the center of our lives and of our history is that Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross for our sins and raised from the tomb for our salvation and that we can participate in new life as we believe in him, accept his mercy, respond to his love, attend to his commands."
Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, p.28