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"‘Love the Lord your 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.”

JESUS the CHRIST

"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news."

Nuggets in a Nutshell

Whom the SON has freed, that one is FREE indeed . . . and . . . CAN DO ALL THINGS through (by way of, in the will of, in the power of, by the power of, with the power of, in agreement with, endorsed by) THAT ONE who has FULL AUTHORITY and capability and durability and incontrovertibility to SET FREE, to release, to unbound, to empower, to be in full partnership with, to accomplish.

Wow!

Isn't that something?

(There is more. This freedom is multi-dimensional, multi-functional, multi-transformational. Mind your freedom. Be encouaged along the journey.)

{secret? consider this: everything got flipped; let's check it out!}
{secret? consider this: growth requires new learning + actions}

CRACK THE NUT

My Dear,

A Sparkling Gem

That much sweeter still when we are willing to listen eagerly to others telling their story.   Depending on your environment, you probably hear the following words bandied about like magic-proof of some special VIP membership: witness, testimony, testify, holy.   Yes?   So what are these truly suppose to mean? Let's check them out!   witness (def) seen, observed, experienced, have personal knowledge of an event   testimony (def) public accounting of a 'personal' experience (firsthand) under one's oath.   testify (def) to tell one's own story of how one became, experienced, know.   Does this mean one ought not be able to share an opinion, express a belief, disclose one's thoughts, speculate? Of course, anyone aught to be free to speak! Ah, but calling 'that speak' what it truly is weighs more powerful than projecting what it actually in fact is not.   Purporting "anything" to be from God and meant for all when for sure it is from God meant for you is (in the least) dishonest, regardless of one's strength of belief in "its universality", and more dangerously lends itself toward blasphemy. Rather, let it be for you. AND Glow. mind your own blessing (that's awesome!)

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."

Isaiah, the Prophet

"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners."

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.."

- A Sprinkling of 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.

_ Joshua Dubois

"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."

- John Lewis