She said to her mistress,
"If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy."
2 Kings 5:3 NIV
We don't know what the relationship was like between this slave girl and her mistress, but the power of life or death was certainly in her boss's hands.
Brave.
It's quite a thing to see someone who is brave.
People who face illness, pain, hurt, addiction.
People who face the lies imprinted on them in childhood, the bullying, the noise and enticements of the enemy (the great liar)
This slave is an example.
Despite her captivity
Despite being deprived of her family, her freedom, she was brave.
Yesterday it was her faith.
Maybe that's the source of her bravery.
One day we'll get to meet her and hear her story, but for today, may her example, her faith, make us a little more brave today whatever is ahead...
#choose
#faith
#hope
#brave
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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