We could all, perhaps, be wrapped in cotton wool, protected against every evil.
We could live a life as contented puppets without any opportunity to do wrong.
Instead we are free to make mistakes, to hurt others and even ourselves.
Freedom is dangerous!
So thank God for a world where we can to get it wrong, where suffering is real;
where we can grow in the Spirit and begin to learn to love as God loves;
where we can evolve,as a people, into the wonder of what we could be;
where spiritual Health and Safety is no longer paramount.
For we can not evolve, grow, become like Christ,
in a protected bubble.
When we care for others just as they are
with all their faults and failings;
accepting and caring for them
as precious individuals,
we are acting out
God's Kingdom.