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K Myers's avatar

Love this so much! I selfishly want to add another blessing I believe Jesus would say. "Bless you who are always searching for me, trying to follow your questions and uncertainty. Bless you when you catch the momentary glimpse that I am already in you, by you, and with you. No building required."

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Charissa Bradstreet's avatar

I preached on this same idea earlier this year and this was the list I used when reflecting on who was gathering at my church:

-Blessed are you who are anxious about money,

- blessed are you who are dismissed by our culture as too old, too overweight, too thin, too ethnic, or too outside our gender norms

- blessed are you who are neurologically atypical,

- blessed are you who have cancer,

- blessed are you who have been sick for months without a clear diagnosis,

- blessed are you who are mourning someone who died,

- blessed are you who are depressed and those who feel powerless to pull a loved one out of depression,

- blessed are you whose child steals to pay for drugs,

- blessed are you who feel needy, blessed are you who are so lonely,

- blessed are you who fear racism will kill your children,

- blessed are you who feel angry and exhausted all the time,

- blessed are you who are codependent and blessed are you who struggle with addiction,

- blessed are you who are suddenly aware of a physical or emotional response as I offered

this list

I think you are right on about erasing that chapter division!

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