The GOOD News:For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
THE whole chebang IN A NUTSHELL
"‘Love the Lordyour God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
A BEAUTIFUL ENDURING SECRET
(You get to wake up as you.)
(I get to wake up as moi.)
You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you, anyone who is angry with another will be subject to judgment.
Again, anyone who speaks to another with contempt (slanderous) is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell . . . (Ouch. Isn't it far better by natural course to be in right relationship one with another - for that is what righteousness is - so much sweeter, a richer partnership, far more productive with joyous longevity?) Therein sparkles a beautiful secret. NOT RIGHTEOUS just BECAUSE I AM GOD AND I GOD SAY SO!!! And, Yes, God is God and God can say so! (Sovereign and Omnicient.) But that's not it . . . rather be transformed . . . solidly grounded in the consciousness that God did indeed say so in many a different demonstrably engaging ways for the everlasting good of each of us . . . have we not yet discovered that to be so? Awesome! Rise to the occasion . . . There is more! Much-much more! So why does it seem so hard to do right by each other? Let's be curious.
Done right by God. Doing right by each other.
"Hey Babe, I can see your halo."
"I have loved you with an everlasting love."
Learnings from the everydayness of authentic life-choices (Oh, God, them people) . . .
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a beauty of becoming!
The Walk
Nicolette Sowder
"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless, churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars."
FAVORITE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Jay Shetty
"Live without pretending. Love without depending. Listen without defending. Speak without offending."
Isaiah, the Prophet
"Rise up, shine, because your light has come. The glory of Yahweh has risen upon you. Look, darkness has covered the land. Deep darkness covers the people. But Yahweh will rise upon you. His glory will appear over you, and nations will come to your light."
Bishop Gene Robinson
"It's funny isn't it? That you can preach a judgmental and vengeful and angry God and nobody will mind. But you start preaching a God that is too accepting, too loving, too forgiving, too merciful, too kind . . . and you are in trouble."
Desmond Tutu
"You may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.."
Salt of The Soil
SAND is not SALT
Be who YOU are! If you don't like what you are, TRANSFORM
Do what it takes! If you don't like where you're headed, TURN
The BEST you is you. Be you! Don't lose your salt.
Dear God, grant me victory today over all that assails. Help me square up to even the greatest challenges and claim authority over them, unafraid. Amen.
"Learn to find joy in the story you are actually living." Rachel Marie Martin
"It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something."
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