An amazing thing about pain is how it connects us. All of us have gone through a measure of pain. Physical, emotional, relational… we identify with each other through the pain that we share, or at least, can relate to. It’s the ultimate cross cultural communicator. Think of a painful time in your life, how were you comforted? Was it by those who know all the answers, or by those who have suffered? The resulting fellowship of suffering creates a softening bond that can last forever.
read more...My hero Landa Cope has written a great book on the old testament’s statement on what the kingdom looks like. Until her book comes out on the OT, here are a few NT statements:
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