I remember the first time that I heard, really heard these words in church and believed them in every cell of my body:  "You are loved  Nothing can separate you from the love of God."  That is a kind of incarnated knowledge that changes everything for a person. That day, that knowledge set my feet in a new direction, one that I haltingly follow to this very day. I say haltingly because I, like any other human creature who catches a glimpse of this understanding, simply can't hold on to it every single moment.  I am at least lucky enough to know its possibilities.  And it is the power of…