Susie

Girls in the Sisterhood:

Here's what I'm reading in The Message. Check it out:

"It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message 

on stage in a theater 

in which no one wants to buy a ticket. 

We're something 

everyone 

stands around and stares at 

like an accident in the street" (1 Corinthians 4:9).

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How does that hit you?

Know this: When you truly start to live

in radical obedience

to the Lordship of Jesus Christ

you'll be made fun of.

And sometimes you'll even be made fun of

from your Christian friends!

We expect it from the world . . .

but it hurts even more when it comes

from the Body of Christ.

So as you begin preparation to head back to school,

jobs,

whatever . . .

go into it with the knowledge

that you're seen

as an "accident in the street."

Be prepared to be gawked at.

That's how they treated Christ.

By the power of His Spirit within you,

you CAN remain strong!

I love you!

Susie Shellenberger