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He Gave His Only Son

"Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

John 21:29

• There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.


• The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.


• In the West there is loneliness, which I call the leprosy of the West. In many ways it is worse than our poor in Calcutta. (Commonweal, Dec 19, 1997)


• It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.


• The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. and they never curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much to learn from them.


• I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?


• I do not pray for success. I ask for faithfulness.


• Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.


• If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

~Mother Teresa~

It's always difficult when someone you love passes and they are no longer with us to share with us their life and talents. We all grieve differently but those of us who truly believe in God understand that they will be taken care of far better than we ever could have, by the grace and love of God.

This is great that we have such faith to hold on to otherwise the grief of losing someone might be overwhelming.

What is not great about human nature is when we place someone so high on a pedestal that they become far greater than God Himself.

But we are reminded of this daily, that many people seem to completely ignore this fundamental commandment.

Just turn on your TV, especially if you have cable, turn it to channel four and you will see this commandment being broken over and over again with the death of Michael Jackson. Over and over again it's nothing but how great he was, how he was loved, all the good he did, etc., etc.

That's fine until it's out of control and it's out of control. He died on June 24th yet the media is still pushing this "grief" onto the public and the public is eating it up.

Jackson has gone, homage has been paid, it's time to move on.

He may have done a lot of good things, but this does not give anyone the right to make him a "god"! Oh sure he could do the "moon walk" but Christ could walk on water, why doesn't anyone talk about that? He gave to millions, but Christ fed thousands by just passing out a couple of loaves of bread and a few fish with some left over! But where's the hype on that? Christ could heal the sick, raise the dead, where's hype on that?

Unfortunately, all of this is just further proof on just how far many people have gotten away from Christ. I can't imagine the grief that God must have for all His lost children.

And when they need forgiveness who will be there to offer it? Michael Jackson?

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