Love Notes #27

Dear Trans Youth,

You are amazing and beautiful, powerful and courageous … just as you are and just as you are becoming.

We are all works in progress. What sets us apart is when we have the courage to become who we truly are … especially when others try to stop us from doing so.

If you have claimed your true identity … even to yourself … know that you are beautiful, powerful and courageous. And even if you are still struggling with that you are still beautiful, powerful and courageous because that is how God made and continues to make you.

And … you are not alone.

There are so many others who are beautiful, powerful and courageous in their own stages of transition. And there are millions of us whose process of becoming might not involve realizing we are at a different place on the gender spectrum but who are deeply inspired by you and will always stand up for you.

You are beautiful.
You are powerful.
You are courageous.
You are an inspiration.

We love you. Today. Tomorrow. Always.

Mike Kinman
All Saints Church
Pasadena, CA