I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare.
Philippians 2:19-20 NIV
Paul's just like us, keen to hear how people who are important to him are getting on.
He's old and in prison but still wants to remain connected.
The old, the shut in, stuck at home, in a retirement home, isolated...who are those people in your life?
Keep connected.
For all of us the lesson here is that Paul reached out to his community. He sent this letter, and he's following up by sending Tim.
Keep connected.
Sending messages is so easy today, yet most of them seem to be of low value...
Paul wants to really know.
He's genuine.
Keep connected.
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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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