02-11

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CALLED

Isaiah 6:8; Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-5,7,12

Rev. Paul Wrightman  ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​  ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ 2/11/24

 

 

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OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS,​​ WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED​​ SEVERAL CRUCIAL  ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ ​​ INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES

THAT ENABLE US TO AVOID​​ 

SOME OF THE MAJOR MISTAKES​​ 

IN UNDERSTANDING GOD ​​ 

AS PORTRAYED IN WHAT CHRISTIANS KNOW​​ 

AS THE "OLD" TESTAMENT,​​ 

OR, BETTER, THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES.

 

THE FIRST OF THESE INTERPRETIVE GUIDES

IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS​​ ACCOMMODATION.

 

THIS MEANS THAT GOD​​ CONDESCENDS,

TO "COME DOWN," AS IT WERE, TO BE​​ WITH​​ US,

TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE​​ THEY'RE​​ AT

IN TERMS OF THEIR

CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND PERSONALITY

LIMITATIONS.

 

BECAUSE​​ GOD IS UNDERSTOOD​​ 

TO BE THE DIRECT CAUSE OF EVERYTHING

ACCORDING TO PRIMITIVE HUMAN BEINGS,

 

GOD MEETS PEOPLE WHERE​​ THEY’RE​​ AT

BY TAKING UPON GODSELF

THE​​ BURDEN​​ OF BEING GIVEN "CREDIT,"​​ 

SO TO SPEAK, FOR ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS

THAT HAPPEN TO PEOPLE AND THE PLANET.

 

BECAUSE​​ GOD IS UNDERSTOOD BY PRIMITIVE HUMANITY

AS USING​​ VIOLENCE​​ AS A MATTER OF COURSE,

GOD ACCOMMODATES GODSELF,

 

CONDESCENDING TO MEET HUMAN BEINGS

IN THE MIDST OF​​ THEIR​​ -- AND​​ OUR​​ --

ADDICTION TO VIOLENCE.

 

AND AS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE

OF SEVERAL SERMONS, GOD IS QUITE ADEPT

AT​​ SUBVERTING​​ VIOLENCE FROM WITHIN

THE BIBLICAL TEXT ITSELF.

 

WE'VE SEEN GOD REPUDIATING ELIJAH'S VIOLENCE,

AND OFFERING HIM INSTEAD GOD'S PRESENCE

IN THE FORM OF A STILL, SMALL VOICE.

 

WE'VE SEEN GOD SURPRISING THE PROPHET ELISHA

BY INSPIRING HIM TO ADVISE THE KING OF ISRAEL

TO THROW A​​ BANQUET​​ FOR HIS CAPTURED ENEMIES

RATHER THAN​​ KILL​​ THEM.

 

THERE IS A GROWING CONSENSUS AMONG​​ 

BOTH BIBLICAL SCHOLARS​​ 

AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGIANS

 

THAT​​ ALL​​ VIOLENCE ATTRIBUTED TO GOD

IN THE SCRIPTURES​​ 

IS​​ PROJECTED​​ HUMAN​​ VIOLENCE;

 

IN OTHER WORDS,

HUMAN BEINGS PROJECT THEIR​​ OWN​​ VIOLENCE

ONTO THE "SCREEN" OF GOD,

AND THEN PROCLAIM THAT VIOLENCE

AS ENDORSED BY NO ONE LESS THAN GOD.

 

THE SECOND CRUCIAL PRINCIPLE

OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION

THAT WE ENCOUNTERED,

THE PRINCIPLE OF​​ CONSISTENCY,

 

SHOULD​​ HAVE​​ PUT TO​​ REST​​ ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL

THE NOTION THAT GOD IS VIOLENT

AND USES VIOLENT MEANS.

 

THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING

THAT JESUS IS GOD​​ INCARNATE,

(WHICH I PERSONALLY HAPPEN TO BELIEVE),

​​ 

-- THAT WE GET THE CLEAREST AND DEEPEST

UNDERSTANDING OF WHO GOD IS​​ 

AND WHAT GOD REALLY CARES ABOUT

BY LOOKING AT AND LISTENING TO JESUS --

 

PRESENTS US WITH THE REALITY

THAT GOD WOULD RATHER​​ DIE, AS IT WERE,

THAN USE OR ENDORSE THE USE OF VIOLENCE.

 

THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSISTENCY MAINTAINS

THAT GOD HAS​​ ALWAYS​​ BEEN​​ 

AND​​ ALWAYS​​ WILL​​ BE​​ LIKE​​ JESUS.

 

GOD'S​​ NATURE DOES NOT CHANGE;

HUMAN​​ UNDERSTANDING​​ OF​​ GOD'S NATURE

IS WHAT CHANGES.

 

A THIRD PRINCIPLE OF INTERPRETATION,

WHAT I CALL "BIBLICAL​​ TOPOGRAPHY,"

FOLLOWS THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS HIMSELF

IN CLAIMING THAT CERTAIN BIBLICAL TEXTS

ARE MORE IMPORTANT -- OF "HIGHER ELEVATION,"

SO TO SPEAK, THAN OTHERS.

 

WE HAVE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES

OF JESUS CHALLENGING "LOWER ELEVATION"​​ 

TEXTS IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT;

 

BUT THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT​​ 

IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE JESUS DOES THIS.

 

FOR EXAMPLE,​​ 

LATER ON IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW,

JESUS POSITIVELY QUOTES HOSEA 6:6,

TO THE EFFECT THAT GOD VALUES

COMPASSION​​ MUCH MORE​​ 

THAN THE KEEPING OF​​ RELIGIOUS​​ RULES.

 

SAD TO SAY, THE VAST MAJORITY​​ 

OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES​​ 

ARE ACTUALLY​​ UNCOMFORTABLE

WITH THE RADICAL TEACHINGS OF​​ JESUS,

 

AND PUT MORE STOCK​​ 

IN LOWER ELEVATION TEXTS, SUCH AS

"AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH,"

AND THE​​ REJECTION​​ OF THE OTHER,

 

ESPECIALLY IF THAT OTHER HAPPENS TO BE

AN "ENEMY," OR POOR, OR FEMALE, OR GAY.

 

IN THIS MORNING'S TEXT FROM ISAIAH,

WE HAVE A POWERFUL EXAMPLE

OF A FOURTH GUIDELINE

OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION:

THE PRINCIPLE OF​​ APPLICATION;

 

WHICH​​ TEACHES THAT WHAT APPLIES  ​​​​ 

TO​​ BIBLICAL​​ CHARACTERS

APPLIES TO​​ US​​ AS WELL.

 

THUS, IF GOD'S SPIRIT AFFIRMS JESUS​​ 

AS "SON OF GOD," IN A UNIQUE WAY,

 

THE COROLLARY OF THIS ACTION

IS THAT GOD AFFIRMS​​ EVERY​​ PERSON

AS A​​ CHILD​​ OF GOD IN HIS OR OWN UNIQUE WAY.

 

CONNECTING WITH TODAY'S TEXT,

WHEN ISAIAH OVERHEARS GOD ASKING

"WHOM SHALL I SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?"

AND RESPONDS "HERE I AM; SEND ME!",

 

THE IMPLICATION IS THAT​​ 

GOD IS CALLING​​ EACH​​ OF​​ US,

AND IS HOPING FOR THE SAME ANSWER​​ 

AS THAT GIVEN BY THE PROPHET ISAIAH:

"HERE I AM; SEND ME!"

 

GOD CREATED EACH OF US

TO REFLECT A UNIQUE DIMENSION

OF GOD'S OWN BEING.

 

THUS,​​ GOD'S GIFT OF​​ BEING​​ --

BEING THE UNIQUE CREATION

THAT EACH OF US IS,

CONTAINS​​ WITHIN​​ IT GOD'S GIFT OF​​ CALLING.

 

EACH OF US IS CALLED TO​​ BECOME

THE PERSON THAT GOD CREATED US TO​​ BE.

 

EACH​​ OF​​ US​​ IS CHALLENGED BY GOD

TO​​ GROW​​ INTO​​ THE PERSON​​ 

THAT GOD CREATED US TO BE.

 

FOR​​ SOME​​ OF US, FOR​​ MANY​​ OF US,

IT TAKES MOST OF A LIFETIME

TO DISCOVER WHO WE REALLY ARE.

 

THIS WAS TRUE FOR DR. RACHEL NAOMI REMEN,

WHO WAS IN HER FORTIES

WHEN SHE HAD A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE

NOT SO DIFFERENT THAN THAT​​ 

OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH.

 

DR. REMEN WAS INVITED TO BE PART

OF A RESEARCH PROJECT

CARRIED ON BY THE ESALEN INSTITUTE.

 

THE PROJECT INVOLVED​​ 

AN INTENSE WEEKEND-A-MONTH FOR TWO YEARS

WITH LEADERS OF

THE HUMAN POTENTIAL MOVEMENT

TO DISCOVER APPLICATIONS ​​ 

FROM THAT MOVEMENT ​​ 

TO THE FIELD OF MEDICINE.

 

DR. REMEN WRITES ABOUT BEING DELIGHTED

AT BEING INVITED TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT.

SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE LOVED

THOSE WEEKENDS AT ESALEN.

 

"YET," SHE CONTINUES,

"ABOUT SIX MONTHS INTO THE FELLOWSHIP

I BEGAN TO SUFFER PANIC ATTACKS."

 

"AFTER THE THIRD OF THESE," SHE WRITES,

"A​​ PATTERN​​ BECAME CLEAR;

 

THEY OCCURRED A FEW DAYS

BEFORE​​ I WAS TO GO TO ESALEN

FOR THE WEEKEND.

 

SHAKEN BY THESE EPISODES,

I WENT TO SUKIE MILLER

[ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE PROJECT],

AND ATTEMPTED TO RESIGN."

 

"BUT SUKIE WAS WISER THAN THIS,"​​ 

DR. REMEN REMARKS.

 

"A MASTER THERAPIST

FAMILIAR WITH THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE GROW

AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA

THAT OCCUR AS THE​​ OLD​​ WAY​​ IS​​ LOST

 

AND THE​​ NEW​​ WAY​​ NOT​​ YET​​ BEGUN,

 

SHE ASKED ME IF I WERE​​ CURIOUS

ABOUT​​ WHY​​ THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING.

 

…WHEN I SAID THAT I WOULD LIKE​​ 

TO UNDERSTAND MORE,

SHE OFFERED TO HELP ME USE​​ IMAGERY

TO UNCOVER THE MEANING OF THESE ATTACKS.

 

WE DID A BRIEF SESSION.

SHE ASKED ME TO CLOSE MY EYES

AND ENCOURAGED ME TO ALLOW​​ 

AN IMAGE TO COME TO MIND

THAT RELATED TO MY PANIC.

 

DESPITE MY SKEPTICISM ABOUT THIS NEW METHOD,

I FOUND AN IMAGE IMMEDIATELY:

 

IT WAS A THIN, FLAT WHITE RECTANGLE.

 

I DESCRIBED THIS TO HER,

AND WITH ALL THE AUTHORITY WITH WHICH

I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO MAKING

A RAPID MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS,

I ADDED, 'IT'S A​​ BUSINESS​​ CARD.'

 

SUKIE ASKED IF I WAS​​ SURE.

 

WITH​​ HORROR​​ I REALIZED THAT I WAS​​ NOT​​ SURE,

THAT I DIDN'T REALLY​​ KNOW​​ 

WHAT THIS IMAGE​​ WAS.

 

WITH THIS REALIZATION CAME THE BEGINNINGS

OF THE DREADED PANIC FEELINGS.

 

I HASTILY OPENED MY EYES.

 

SUKIE SMILED AT ME IN A COMFORTABLE WAY.

 

SHE SYMPATHIZED WITH MY DISTRESS​​ 

AND TOLD ME THAT I COULD CERTAINLY

RESIGN FROM THE PROJECT,

 

BUT IT MIGHT BE BEST IF I​​ WAITED​​ 

UNTIL THE MEANING OF THESE EPISODES

BECAME CLEAR.

 

SHE SUGGESTED THAT I​​ REFLECT

ON THE THIN WHITE RECTANGLE

SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY IN MY 'DOWNTIME…'

 

SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO​​ HOLD​​ IT IN MY MIND

AND IN A​​ STEADY​​ AND​​ UNDEMANDING​​ WAY

TO BE​​ OPEN​​ TO KNOWING WHAT IT MEANT.

 

SHE ASSURED ME THAT ITS MEANING

WOULD COME TO ME IN TIME.

 

IT TOOK FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS, DURING WHICH

I WAS FRUSTRATED AND IRRITABLE…

 

I CAN REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS

AND WHAT I WAS DOING

WHEN THE MYSTERY​​ RESOLVED​​ ITSELF.

 

I WAS DRIVING UP GOUGH STREET,

ONE OF THE STEEPEST HILLS IN SAN FRANCISCO,

IN A CAR WITH A STANDARD TRANSMISSION.

 

ALL MY ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED

ON SHIFTING GEARS

WITHOUT SLIDING BACKWARD​​ 

INTO THE CAR BEHIND ME.

 

SUDDENLY, THE FLAT WHITE RECTANGLE

REAPPEARED​​ IN MY MIND'S EYE,

​​ 

BUT​​ THIS​​ TIME​​ IT​​ STARTED​​ TO​​ CHANGE​​ SHAPE,

TO​​ PUFF​​ UP.

 

TERRIFIED, I REMEMBER THINKING

'I'M GOING TO DIE HERE.'

 

AND THEN I KNEW WHAT IT ALL MEANT.

 

THE UNDERSTANDING​​ 

CAME IN THE FORM OF A​​ STORY.

 

THE WHITE RECTANGLE​​ 

WAS​​ NOT​​ A​​ BUSINESS​​ CARD​​ AFTER ALL.

 

IT WAS A​​ MARSHMALLOW

THAT HAD BEEN SUBJECTED

TO A STEADY​​ EXTERNAL​​ PRESSURE

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

 

THE​​ PRESSURE​​ HAD​​ DISTORTED​​ 

ITS​​ NATURAL​​ SHAPE​​ 

SO THAT IT WAS LONG AND FLAT.

 

BUT NOW, THIS PRESSURE HAD BEEN​​ RELEASED.

 

ITS SHAPE WAS​​ CHANGING​​ AND IT WAS​​ TERRIFIED.

 

IT​​ FELT​​ AS IF IT WERE​​ DYING.

 

BUT THE MARSHMALLOW WAS​​ NOT​​ DYING,

IT WAS​​ RETURNING​​ TO​​ ITSELF.

 

THE SHAPE THAT HAD BEEN MOST​​ FAMILIAR​​ TO IT

WAS​​ NOT​​ ITS​​ OWN​​ SHAPE.

 

WITH THE LIFTING OF THE​​ PRESSURE,

SOMETHING​​ DEEP​​ IN IT

COULD​​ REMEMBER​​ ITS​​ INTEGRITY,

ITS​​ TRUE​​ SHAPE,​​ 

AND WAS​​ RECLAIMING​​ IT NOW…

 

WITH THIS​​ INSIGHT, THE​​ PANIC​​ WAS​​ GONE

AND I​​ KNEW​​ A NUMBER OF THINGS​​ 

WITH​​ CERTAINTY.

 

THIS CHILDLIKE STORY​​ 

HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH​​ MARSHMALLOWS,

THIS WAS A STORY ABOUT​​ ME.

 

MY FAMILY HAD THE HIGHEST REGARD

FOR SCHOLARSHIP, ACADEMICS, RESEARCH,

AND TEACHING,

AND A SIGNIFICANT​​ CONTEMPT​​ 

FOR THE​​ NONRATIONAL.

 

MY MEDICAL COLLEAGUES FELT THE SAME.

 

I HAD BEEN UNDER A LIFELONG PRESSURE​​ 

TO​​ CONFORM​​ TO​​ THIS​​ WAY​​ 

OF BEING IN THE WORLD.

 

IT WAS THE​​ PRICE​​ OF​​ BELONGING.

 

I COULD DO THESE THINGS VERY WELL,

AND WOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO DO THEM,

BUT THEY WERE NOT​​ MY​​ NATURAL​​ WAY…"

 

DR. REMEN GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT

HOW THE SO-CALLED "NEW" IDEAS​​ 

SHE WAS LEARNING AT ESALEN

ENABLED HER TO​​ RECONNECT

WITH THE PERSON SHE REALLY WAS.

 

SHE ENDS THIS STORY BY WRITING:

 

"I WAS CHANGING BACK INTO A WAY OF BEING

THAT WOULD FIT ME PERFECTLY.

 

ALTHOUGH I COULD BE ANALYTICAL​​ 

AND PRAGMATIC,

 

BY​​ NATURE​​ I WAS AN​​ INTUITIVE, EVEN A​​ MYSTIC.

 

I WAS MY GRANDFATHER'S GRANDDAUGHTER.

 

I HAD​​ REMEMBERED​​ AND I WAS GOING​​ HOME.

 

THE PANIC ATTACKS NEVER RETURNED.

SUKIE DID NOT SEEM SURPRISED AT ALL."

 

AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS HISTORY.

 

AFTER DISCOVERING HER​​ TRUE​​ SELF,

DR. REMEN WENT ON TO BECOME

ONE OF THE PIONEERS

IN THE WHOLISTIC MEDICINE MOVEMENT.

 

HER WORK HAS INFLUENCED THAT

OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER DOCTORS,

NOT TO MENTION LAYPEOPLE LIKE MOST OF US.

 

NOW HOW DOES ALL THIS

RELATE TO OUR TEXT FROM ISAIAH?

 

LIKE THIS: ​​ JUST AS ISAIAH FOUND​​ 

HIS TRUE CALLING​​ 

IN A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH GOD,

 

AND JUST AS DR. REMEN FOUND HER TRUE CALLING

THROUGH A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE

WITH GOD'S SPIRIT MOVING  ​​ ​​ ​​​​ 

AT THE ESALEN INSTITUTE,

 

IN​​ THE​​ SAME​​ WAY, EACH OF US IS CALLED ​​ 

 

TO DICOVER​​ OUR​​ TRUE CALLING,

 

TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WHO WE REALLY ARE,

 

SO THAT, WE TOO, CAN BE SENT BY GOD…

 

…SENT BY GOD TO TOUCH THE WORLD FOR​​ GOOD

SIMPLY BY BECOMING THE IMAGE OF GOD

THAT GOD CREATED EACH OF US TO BE.

 

ONE CAN DISCOVER ONSELF​​ 

IN THE UNLIKELIEST OF PLACES…

 

AT THE ESALEN INSTITUTE…

 

BACKPACKING THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL…

 

…EVEN IN​​ CHURCH!

 

I SHOULD EXPAND THIS TO SAY

THAT IN THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCING OF GOD

THAT CHURCH ENCOURAGES,

 

IN GETTING TO KNOW THE REAL JESUS,

 

IN CONNECTING WITH

THE REALITY OF GOD'S SPIRIT  ​​ ​​​​ 

IN ONE'S OWN LIFE,

 

IN PRAYER, IN WRESTLING WITH THE SCRIPTURES,

 

ONE CAN COME TO DISCOVER ONE'S TRUE SELF,

AND THAT DISCOVERY CAN BE VERY​​ LIBERATING.

 

REST ASSURED THAT GOD​​ 

IS​​ NEVER,​​ EVER​​ GOING TO ASK YOU TO​​ BECOME

SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE​​ NOT.

 

ON THE CONTRARY, SINCE GOD CREATED US TO BE

THE UNIQUE REFLECTIONS OF GOD'S BEING​​ 

THAT WE ARE,

 

GOD HAS A VESTED INTEREST, SO TO SPEAK,

TO​​ HELP​​ EACH OF US TO BECOME

WHO WE WERE MADE TO BE.

 

LIKE DR. REMEN, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN​​ 

"FLATTENED OUT" BY THE PRESSURES

OF BECOMING SUCCESSFUL IN OUR FIELD OF WORK,

OR "FLATTENED OUT" BY THE PRESSURES

OF BECOMING SUCCESSFUL HOMEMAKERS,

 

BUT IT'S QUITE LIKELY

THAT THE PERSONA WE PUT ON​​ 

AT WORK OR AT HOME

WASN'T OUR​​ TRUEST,​​ DEEPEST​​ SELF.

 

ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS

ABOUT​​ NOT​​ BEING SELF-MADE INDIVIDUALS,

BUT HAVING BEEN CRAFTED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD,

 

IS THAT IT'S​​ NEVER,​​ EVER​​ TOO​​ LATE

TO GET​​ BACK​​ IN TOUCH​​ 

WITH WHO WE REALLY ARE.

 

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

THAT ALL OF US SHARE IN COMMON

IS THAT​​ EACH​​ OF​​ US,​​ 

WHETHER WE CARRY THE LABEL "CHRISTIAN,"

OR NOT,

 

IS A​​ WELL​​ LOVED​​ CHILD​​ OF​​ GOD.

 

MERELY GETTING AROUND TO FINALLY

ACCEPT​​ THE​​ FACT​​ OF OUR​​ ACCEPTANCE

CAN BE, FOR MANY,​​ 

 

THE​​ BEGINNING​​ OF AN EXCITING​​ ADVENTURE

INTO​​ SELF-DISCOVERY.

 

KNOWING THAT GOD LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY

AND ACCEPTS US UNRESERVEDLY

 

CAN FREE US​​ 

TO LOVE AND ACCEPT ​​ 

OURSELVES AND OTHERS MORE.

 

ACTING FROM THE FOUNDATION​​ 

OF A SECURE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

 

CAN FREE US TO DISCOVER AND AFFIRM

PARTS OF OURSELVES​​ 

THAT OUR CULTURE DOES NOT VALUE HIGHLY,

 

THINGS LIKE GENTLENESS, PLAYFULNESS,​​ 

 

CREATIVITY, SPONTANEITY, POETRY,​​ 

 

STORIES AND STORYTELLING,​​ 

NOT JUST LISTENING TO​​ 

BUT ACTUALLY MAKING MUSIC OURSELVES,

 

THE GIFT OF SILENCE IN PRAYER​​ 

AND CONVERSATION.

 

EACH OF US HAS ONE MAJOR TASK IN LIFE:

 

WITH THE HELP OF GOD'S SPIRIT,

TO GRADUALLY OR SUDDENLY COME TO DISCOVER

WHO WE ARE,

 

AND ONCE WE KNOW THAT,

TO PUT ALL OUR ENERGY INTO​​ ENJOYING

THE INCREDIBLE GIFT OF​​ BEING

THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US

AND EVERY OTHER PERSON WE KNOW.

 

AMEN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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