LENT DAY 32
SHERRY ROSCOE
Selah Companion
Historical Jesus
A popular favorite out of
Creator, Christ, Spirit
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Fully Human
Fully Divine
Mirroring our True Nature
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Historical Jesus
Strange
Foreign
Controversial
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Loved and stood up for
Foreigners
Women
Outcasts
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Contemporaries
Knew his culture
Knew his family
Listened intrigued
Often didn’t get it
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Can we
Foreigners of time, culture, location
Admit to ourselves (at least) that
We don’t have it all figured out
? ? ?
Heaven
Eternal Life
Right(eous) living
Who’s “Saved” & what that all means
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For God so loved the World
And still does
Creator, Christ, Spirit
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It’s challenging work
with this negativity bias
Help me
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To truly
Embody love
For what is in
And around me
* * *
Time
People
Plants
Animals
Life
Earth
* * *
Help me to love
This, my portion of
The Kin_dom of God
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The image of Jesus Christ in this post was painted by Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) circa 1502. Entitled “El Salvador,” the image is done in oils on a wood panel. The piece is part of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando collection in Madrid, Spain. — Debora Buerk, editor.
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-Debora Buerk, Editor
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