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It would be just like him

The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.

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Practicing Our Scales

Imagine if our walk with Christ, representing his kingdom in the world, were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.

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Rescue

I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.

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Your Roots Are Showing

The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.

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Connection

I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.

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Now, With Feeling

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⏤ 2 Cor. 9:7

In High School band, we would sight-read a new piece, and it would sound mechanical. Eventually, our band director would say, "Now, with feeling!" Sometimes, we would write that on our music score as a reminder.

Giving the gift of myself (what love is) can be mechanical, too. What might it take to be the kind of person who gives cheerfully, with feeling?

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Simultaneous Currents

In a confluence of emotions,

I can cry
over the cruelty inflicted on people,

And

I can be moved to tears
by God's beautiful work of restoration.

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Ways and Means

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
⏤ 1 Cor. 3:6

When my focus is on results, I will clamor for the biggest levers of power. But when I prioritize process, I can be free to leverage every small moment. Give the gift of myself to the person in my orbit. Whisper a prayer. God doesn't call me to change the world, but he does call me to love the world. It's a test of trust to embrace his ways and means while surrendering results to him.

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