She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her:
"You are the God who sees me,"
for she said,
"I have now seen the One who sees me."
Genesis 16:13-14 NIV
Our neighbours had children of their own, plus an adopted daughter. This young woman didn't get the same educational opportunities as the other children, so worked in the house and the garden.
Priscilla was her name.
And she came and worked for us too.
And one day we discovered that not only had she not had the same opportunities, but she'd never had a birthday :(
Not even the simplest of celebrations.
Ever.
Almost invisible.
There'll be people in our world who're almost invisible...people who serve in shops, the person no one greets when they come into the room, the old person...the person everyone assumes is OK - but no one asks...
It's up to us to be God's hands and feet of love and if needed, even give them a birthday...
#lovepeople
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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