The other night Jan and I were watching one of our British Mysteries--MI-5. Actually, it's more of a spy thriller than a mystery.
Tom, one of the lead spies, has fallen in love with a woman and has also come to love the woman's daughter. Unfortunately, being in the spy business put his new "family" into harms way. As a result, the woman and her daughter went to stay with the woman's mom and dad, refusing to answer Tom's phone calls.
During a dicey operation Tom decides to drive to where his girlfriend is staying. He's on the phone to one of his partners who asks Tom why he's doing that when she won't return his phone calls.
Tom's answer is awesome: "Reckless optimism."
That phrase, for me, captures the essence of grace. Reckless optimism. Jesus recklessly reaches out to us with love and grace in the hope (optimism) that that grace will capture our hearts. That recklessness has a goal--winning our hearts. That recklessness also has a downside--rejection, death. But motivated by optimistic love, Jesus pursues us again and again, recklessly heading to death, if need be, to find us.
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