I don't know which is worse, being sick myself, or having one or more of my Crew be sick. It's usually mild stuff, a little cough, a headache, upset stomach... but when they are REALLY sick-- stomach bug, or the flu-- and I've done all I can to ease their discomfort, that STINKS! Not to mention that my germophobe self kicks in & I want to scrub and bleach and Lysol EVERYTHING in sight! =?
It's harder to preach the gospel to myself when my Crew are the sad victims of this fallen world. I know they are sinful. I know they deserve the same wrath for their sin that I do for mine, but my mama heart wants better things for them. I guess that's kind of gospel after all. =)
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Luke 11:11-13
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:1-10
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