In this particular family story, prophecy and grace and the beginning of redemption surround this ordinary family event.
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We can never stop being graced by God
Here we are, 12 days away from the celebration of the birth of the Christ into the world. Twelve days away from welcoming anew and still more deeply into our lives — truth, freedom, wisdom, peace, love, eternity — and so much more.
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I’m nothing. And I’m amazingly great
It can’t get much lower than worms and maggots, and yet God tells them, “I will take you by the hand, I will not forsake you, I will redeem you.”
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Are we ready always to receive, to drink of ‘life-giving waters’?
Imagine being a people who can “see, hear, feel the kingdom of God” in ordinary things and people around them. Do we “long to see and hear”?
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God — although so above and beyond — somehow mixes in
The promises proclaim that God’s Spirit would somehow mix in — into, over, under, and through — every thought and action of us.
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We all get our Moses chance each day to stand before our burning bush
We all get our Moses chance each day to stand before our burning bush — God — who remarkably gives light, life, power and grace to us.
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