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just to continue this "Kingdom" talk from previous posts for a bit . . .
seeing and understanding a bigger picture of what it means to live in this new Kingdom, to actually . . . live in it . . . is where this is all going. these thoughts aren't new to me. they aren't even that novel. over the last few years, many people have wrestled with these thoughts. of course, when you consider i'm 46 and 46 minus a few years leaves a bunch (46 - few = bunch) of years that i have lived with one foot in and one out of the Kingdom. that's a lot to undo, then redo.
so what am i saying . . .
this bigger picture, it makes my heart break. there's lots of categories or descriptions of those for whom my heart breaks - homeless, impoverished, marginalized, lonely. though we overlook them, we generally know who they are. but the more i think of it, i can best describe my heart break as being for the hopeless.
yeah, those who have lost hope.
those who have lost hope can be found in any neighborhood, living in any house or behind any dumpster. they can have any occupation or none at all. teens on streets, or from broken homes. teens from seemingly whole homes.
but what moves heartbreak from simple empathy to delivering hope?
how does a broken heart move a life?
heartbreak to hope.
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