Giving Himself Away

A passage from Madaleine L'Engle's Walking on Water:

"I use story to explain the love of God, retelling Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince. In that story, the statue prince gives himself away out of compassion, piece by piece--his gold finish, his sapphire eyes, the ruby in his sword. Finally, the mess that is left is thrown in the dump yard. This is what the gospel is to me--Jesus giving himself away, giving himself away."

I love that description. Maybe one day I'll be living that way myself.

Posted by John Hawbaker at September 19, 2002 02:17 PM | TrackBack