Category: Faith and Spirituality

Weekend Words -from the heart

Weekend Words from the heart-featuring Rend Collective #Joel#RendCollective#TheArtofCelebration

Joel 2  Contemporary English Version (CEV)

The Lord’s Invitation

12 The Lord said:

It isn’t too late.
You can still return to me
    with all your heart.

Start crying and mourning!
    Go without eating.

13 Don’t rip your clothes
    to show your sorrow.
Instead, turn back to me
    with broken hearts.

I am merciful, kind, and caring.
I don’t easily lose my temper,
    and I don’t like to punish.

14 I am the Lord your God.
Perhaps I will change my mind
    and treat you with mercy.

Then you will be blessed
with enough grain and wine
    for offering sacrifices to me.

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Considering disability in Weekend Words

How do see the disabled? Do you see them at all? #blindness#Jesus#JohnPiper

 

John 9:1-5, Contemporary English Version 

As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth. 

2 Jesus’ disciples asked, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?”

3 “No, it wasn’t!” Jesus answered. “But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him. 

4 As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work. 

5 While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”

LIsten to or read Dr. John Piper’s thoughts on how we should respond to those with disabilities.

Don’t Look Away from Disability | Desiring God

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Also featuring Dr. Piper

Fifteen Tactics for Joy – Devotional by John Piper | Solid Joys