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A young friend, new to the Bible asked for help understanding the context of the story of The Good Samaritan… here’s what I wrote for her interspersed with the story itself
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Imagine God told YOU to hop on a plane and head for Mosul (where ISIS is wreaking havoc) tomorrow morning. Imagine He said to you to go, be a single solitary lone voice there. To stand in the streets and preach repentance or doom at the hand of God. Would you go? Would you run the opposite direction? I do often feel poor old Jonah has been harshly judged by us folks who’d have been equally terrified.
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Mustard is not an expensive condiment so its harvest yield must be quite plentiful.
When I turned 12, a school friend gave me a little necklace – a glass heart with a single mustard seed in it . I loved it and wore it so much the glass got so scratched you could barely make out the seed inside anymore. (See Goft shop/store) If I’d never had that necklace, I don’t suppose I’d have wondered on the verses about mustard seeds as much as I have – but I have always really just honed in on the size of the seed.
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Last words are so important.
When my Grandma died, her last words were to Grandpa.
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