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Can I Afford to Help My Brother?

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It sounds like a financial question.  But what if it’s really a discipleship question? The Spiritual Practice of Affordability.  We tend to think of affordability, especially in this season, in political or economic terms: What party should it vote for? What can we afford to buy, pay for, or keep? But Scripture invites us to ask a different set of questions: What do I have? What do I truly need? And what might God be asking me to do with what remains? Perhaps affordability isn’t simply a matter of my vote or the size of my wallet, but the size of my heart and the kind of neighbor I am becoming. In Genesis, a question is posed: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Am I?  I believe I am, but with an important distinction: I am not my brother’s savior, judge, or controller. Herein lies the beautiful tension. I am responsible for how I respond to my brother’s needs, but I am not responsible for every aspect of my brother’s life. I can offer help without enabling, speak truth without c...

🙌🏻 Serving Others

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Does God Treasure Our Tears? Do We?

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“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.  They speak more eloquently than  ten thousand tongues.   They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” -Washington Irving Does God Treasure Our Tears? Do We? I believe He does. Tears are precious to our Creator. Whether they rise from the quiet ache of inward pain or spill over in the abundance of joy, they flow from the very heart He formed and knows so well. Far from marking weakness, tears reveal a depth of feeling that strength alone cannot conceal. They speak what words often cannot, carrying the weight of sorrow, the sting of regret, the tenderness of compassion, and the fullness of great love. These emotions are not incidental to life; they are woven into the very fabric of who we are. Each of us expresses them differently, yet tears remain a shared language of the soul—one our Father never overlooks, never dismisses, and never was...