And to be sure, the sinners knew with all their heart that Jesus was calling them and loving them into goodness. The fact that Jesus did it in spite of all those who criticized his words and actions gave the perfect proof.
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Determined to seek his healing, love
He spoke of and offered forgiveness; and he healed and gave a man who was paralyzed the ability to walk, run, dance, and jump like a child!
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Seeing ourselves as happy souls doing God’s will
And maybe we all need a little of Eli in our lives, too. Maybe we need to share with one another our own experiences of God, and our own growth in listening and surrendering so that others might learn it, too.
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There is great purpose in God’s great blessings
This is, indeed, a story of significance, and then a boy of significance, and finally a future for a whole people of significance.
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The Christ, crib, and cross — tightly connected, completely intertwined
And how darkness and sin would be conquered by light and love.
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God reaches into the dung heap of our lives
As our faithfulness rises up in prayers, hopefully we will find fulfillment, because somehow we may see the hand of God doing his Godly stuff and touching, with love, our lives.
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Spiritually pregnant
For sure, the Bible is filled with awesome and bigger-than-life stories, this one included. Certainly the Bible leads us at times to such a great mystery too wonderful, amazing or awesome to behold.
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Do the obvious
Are we not like Hannah and Mary, in the position that the only “obvious” thing to do is to give our God “thanks and praise” each and every day?
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