tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68499589208668334582024-02-19T08:45:09.056-06:00Made AliveA 24 year old man from Chicago who had been made alive to proclaim what it looks like to truly live.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-72835364923716835902015-05-15T16:35:00.001-05:002015-05-15T16:35:58.657-05:00More Photos For Your Pleasure<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8tFfXr1UQQavZYiUAjdvoYXE1KYqJU2EoA7C0RLWOhpBTlTa12nT-VFL14JKggileFCoelzm-sgNUbTIKiIZTZReYmG5IwkyKJKq8mwqc71-Sgz99yjbVYNjzhtEz9oY5tZ0Bp0uEA/s640/blogger-image-126063532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8tFfXr1UQQavZYiUAjdvoYXE1KYqJU2EoA7C0RLWOhpBTlTa12nT-VFL14JKggileFCoelzm-sgNUbTIKiIZTZReYmG5IwkyKJKq8mwqc71-Sgz99yjbVYNjzhtEz9oY5tZ0Bp0uEA/s640/blogger-image-126063532.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdTBuzZYZBm-JnJqZaEVxfKtnRXxAYzh_ciBMvaWCHfVQ68_fwo86cskw-R7eCYLnXWguoisXQivhMv-s7h4bP32J-4DRtOcpBenmAA-S9StTrQdrJ33O6Q9XRXVv0uAcqRXm15O2NQ/s640/blogger-image--336632741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-41039673738263208262015-04-09T16:16:00.000-05:002015-04-09T16:16:49.217-05:00Family Update....Hello,<br />
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In case you haven't heard.... Ali is pregnant! We found out on my birthday (Feb 18th), but wanted to make sure we told our families and then made sure we had our first doctor's appointment before we posted anything online.<br />
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God is good, gracious, and faithful.<br />
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Check him or her out!<br />
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What an encouragement!<br />
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God is good and gracious.<br />
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<i>JLG</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-91465313993822527692015-03-26T08:43:00.001-05:002015-03-26T08:43:49.278-05:00The Impossibility of Control<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I haven’t written here in a while, and a lot of that comes down to control.<br />
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I sometimes struggle with going about everyday and/or routine things due to something going wrong. When I say “something,” I really mean “anything.” So, when <b>anything</b> goes wrong, all seems wrong.<br />
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How stupid, am I right?<br />
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All I want is control. Simple request, isn’t it?<br />
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Why do I internally freak out about all the responsibilities that I have? Why do I not know how to handle my own emotions when something seems to go <i>off track</i>? Why do I naturally turn inward and try to solve all of the issues on my own?<br />
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My sinful heart is naturally bent towards trying to solve, plan, and figure out how to best control everything. Which is why it is so hard to think about my conversion without feeling convicted of why I still struggle with control.<br />
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God saved me on February 23, 2009. There was so much confusion, so much lostness, so much out of my control. The best way I can explain it is that it felt like I was in a fog with a never ending search for a way out.<br />
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Then in a moment of clarity, all I could see was this simple fact: I had no control.<br />
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My life was out of control and I could not find a way to solve it, plan it, or figure it out. The only option that was clear was that I had to trust that God was in control. Jesus’s death made even perfect sense to me in that moment - He died for me, the man without hope to save himself, so that I would live for Him, the One in control of <b>all</b> things.<br />
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Jesus’s death was not an accident or something that was out of the Father’s control. His death was a part of the plan - it was <b>THE</b> plan. His overwhelming and holy love was for people who rejected him and sought so hard to save themselves. His died to kill death, sin, and Satan and to free His chosen children from their slavery of trying to control everything. He was, is, and will forever be in control of all things - even us.<br />
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I can write this now with a sense of relief, but I know that my heart is prone to wander away from the Truth. I know that the Holy Spirit is the power to overcome these desires, so all I can do is depend on Him to strengthen me to persevere and kill my desire for control.<br />
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God’s plan is not thwarted. Jesus reigns.<br />
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God is good and gracious.<br />
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JLGAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-37101926942319832982015-03-09T20:37:00.000-05:002015-03-09T20:37:23.122-05:00Believe - Mumford & Sons<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dW6SkvErFEE" width="640"></iframe><br />
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<i>Jacob Luis Gonzales</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-9280525929653062172015-03-05T09:33:00.002-06:002015-03-05T09:37:12.628-06:00Hip Hop Heart Cloggin’Bouncing back and forth to the beat<br />
as if gravity left and this is a moon bounce seat<br />
bobbing my head with the lyrics of heroes<br />
putting them as men without sin, zero<br />
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Not understanding that these are fallen men<br />
not wanting open my eyes or my heart to turn<br />
I hold these songs as cures for my top ten<br />
not seeking the proper ointment for the burn<br />
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I’m putting more hot coals on top of the skin<br />
hoping to feel the relief of burning it all away<br />
There’s a lot of losing in this game, no chance to win<br />
Listening to poison, expecting the pain to stay<br />
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The rhythm flowing through my body, no hobby, just robbin’<br />
all of my desires of righteousness, no chance to look<br />
at the real God because of my cycle of heart cloggin’<br />
pushing the Truth down while lifting up the crook.<br />
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The hate of their speech is easy to relate with, so real<br />
I can feel the anger rising inside of me, no love for you<br />
You offer to love me for nothing of my own doing, no deal<br />
You don’t know my heart inside of me, no love for you<br />
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The answer is to lash out, to fight back with my fists<br />
to make them feel the pain that I feel deep down, no choice<br />
but to keep pushing back until you truly get the gist<br />
I scream of anger with no one to hear my cries, no voice<br />
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When will the answers that I hear in these songs be seen?<br />
When will my reality line up with what I hear in their breath?<br />
My eyes, heart, and mind have never had a linear theme<br />
and that might because it only comes through His life and death.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-9323259429181113762015-02-23T09:45:00.001-06:002015-02-23T09:45:38.905-06:00RZIM Q&A<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jbmkZZoD_zo" width="640"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-47778542785541931632015-02-19T16:17:00.002-06:002015-02-19T16:17:44.466-06:00Wake Up - Music Videos (Race and Ethnicity)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G8TN8EtthUg" width="640"></iframe>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-26813768024316120922015-02-17T07:38:00.001-06:002015-02-17T07:38:22.622-06:00Babysitting SelfieA friend of mine needed a babysitter this morning, so I snapped a selfie while babysitting. <div><br></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOflxr4y2XKRgRX96xslg-j7-ICo8lO05uTQBW-PD-HgPczLHftMbrQKssWeh5LuY9Hol4lLjEBgl_IqAVt34M2QplCDtg5oy9xyj_grL9al4qLus1O_65OVUPOyIF8JRCXu41_rKJQQ/s640/blogger-image--1430099290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOflxr4y2XKRgRX96xslg-j7-ICo8lO05uTQBW-PD-HgPczLHftMbrQKssWeh5LuY9Hol4lLjEBgl_IqAVt34M2QplCDtg5oy9xyj_grL9al4qLus1O_65OVUPOyIF8JRCXu41_rKJQQ/s640/blogger-image--1430099290.jpg"></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-14744709869253000852015-02-16T14:49:00.000-06:002015-02-16T14:49:20.009-06:00INTERN NEWS - February Update<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/119790292">INTERN NEWS - February Update</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user32885075">Jacob Gonzales</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-6312062170804284032015-02-08T20:07:00.000-06:002015-02-08T20:07:48.958-06:00Photo Update 02.08.15<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drinking some Turkish coffee at <i>Olive Cafe</i> while reading Systematic Theology. Interesting to be reading about Christ's ascension while in the midst of people who reject it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ali took me to the Roasterie for breakfast on Saturday morning. Tour of the facility, taste-tasted some sole source seeds, and bought some Sporting KC coffee. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taste-testing this was an awesome experience. Buy this... Only 22 dollars for such a rare coffee.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brazilian shop at City Market.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Randomly placed picture) Kevin, Lead Pastor of Karis Church, preached at the Mizzou BSU. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bought some coffee from this Brazilian shop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Negro League Baseball Museum was awesome. Such a historic look at a messy yet amazing time in baseball history.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ali, my beautiful wife.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Triston is such a good kid. Funny, full of energy, and full of questions. </td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-10132921626325615652015-02-03T16:13:00.001-06:002015-02-03T16:13:39.484-06:00Photo Update 02.03.15 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Columbia - A beautiful place that needs the built up in the gospel of Christ.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris acting like he's hard... Come on boy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the Super Bowl, right!?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huggy Bear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Triston's "Pssshhhh!" face.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Violet Vivian Glosson was born this month!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An IMSD EXPRESS Event on Mizzou's campus. A good time to reflect on hard work and being blessed.</td></tr>
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I have been using a new productivity tool since June called <i>Todoist</i>. That is the same time I became the Pastoral Assistant to Kevin Larson at Karis Church. I bounced back and forth to different productivity apps until I landed on this one, but since June 2014 I have slowly gotten better at utilizing the app to make sure I am on top of my work for the church, work at home, and work around the neighborhood.</div>
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They just sent me my year in review, and apparently I have grown in productivity and efficiency. </div>
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<i>I only thought of sharing this so that people who are supporting my ministry in Columbia, Missouri could visually see that I am attempting to steward my resources (time, gifts, and money) well. <u>Thank you for all of your help!</u></i></div>
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God is good and gracious. He sent His son to the world to save us from our sin and to defeat Satan, sin and death! What a good and gracious God!</div>
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yet the hands tremble calmly.</div>
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Blinking and staring into space</div>
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with no end, middle, or beginning</div>
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The insignificant purpose-filled man</div>
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lays still; no motion to see within the empty moment.</div>
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Pondering on nothingness and its beauty</div>
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while breathing in nothingness called “air.”</div>
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He named it without significance or purpose.</div>
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Absently remaining in the present moment purposefully</div>
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placing trust in the continuance of existence without ever really existing.</div>
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Consciously looking without eyes to see</div>
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not knowing his eyes were blind and knowing he didn’t want sight.</div>
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Beauty blinds the bound in their own rebellion.</div>
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Terrified that life is really death and death is really</div>
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while the legs remain motionless and restless without knowing</div>
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that rest exists not in stillness but in a Person.</div>
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Death always felt good as long as it was chosen</div>
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but Life chooses those who he wants.</div>
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Motion was given, purpose fulfilled, meaning explained</div>
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and none of it found in space</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-16574091512224587502014-12-18T14:27:00.000-06:002014-12-18T14:27:40.335-06:00#DearWhitePeople - A Reflection on Harmony<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I apologize for how long it has taken to write this, but I finally felt like I should write this post. So, here it is.<br />
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The previous two posts have been about how the movie Dear White People is about identity and relationship, but the final thing I noticed about the movie is that it is a movie about harmony.<br />
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This movie is also about <b>HARMONY</b>.<br />
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If you still have not seen the movie it should still be obvious based on the title of the movie that it deals directly with race, ethnicity, and diversity. If you only read the title of the film you would think it would be confrontational, which in some respects it is, but the film is actually a satirical view of how people think of diversity in the United States. I think the aim of the film is to point out issues in how we think, feel, and talk about race, but I am unsure if the goal of the movie is enough. Although I believe the goal is an amazing start, I also believe that I thirsted for more progress.<br />
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Director Justin Simien said, “The intention was always to hold a mirror up and tell a dirty truth, even if the truth was uncomfortable.” </blockquote>
The goal of simply showing people the dirty truth is not enough. In my perspective, Simien’s goal was accomplished but I do not remember any kind of hinting towards a solution to the problem. Racism is real and sinful, but what is the solution to hate, division, ignorance, and pride? There didn’t seem to be any help with the answer.<br />
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I believe that this is because there isn’t any specific answer in and of ourselves. I think it is because of one big reason: <b>we aren’t instinctually drawn to diversity. </b><br />
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Why do I say those things? Well, it’s because we are sinners who love to be comfortable.<br />
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Being in a diverse community of people from different races and ethnicities makes life more complex and uncomfortable. We might accidentally - or on purpose - say or do the wrong thing. We are all drawn to people who are just like us, and it’s because it is easier! Being in a diverse community is hard and we struggle with placing our lives in a community of people unlike us.<br />
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The only way we can truly love our diversity is to understand our unity with Christ. If we have faith in Jesus we are unified together, <b><u>which makes us family</u></b> - a <i>diverse</i> family! Since we are all made in the image of God, we can reflect God’s diversity, unity, and harmony.<br />
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Quick theological point: God is diverse and unified which creates perfect harmony within Himself. There is one God who eternally exists in three distinct Persons - the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each are distinct (diversity), each is fully God, and there is only one God (unity).<br />
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Stop and think about this for a second: God’s diversity within Himself doesn’t create division or hatred; God’s unity and diversity within Himself exists in perfect harmony. God has revealed Himself to be perfectly diverse without affecting His unity, and since we are all made in God’s image we are to celebrate our diversity without affecting our unity in Christ.<br />
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We have the privilege of living in harmony with one another, but this is only possible through the blood of Jesus on the cross. We have the freedom in Jesus to love our neighbors, no matter what race or ethnicity they might be. We have the freedom and privilege of looking to Jesus to be our foundation of unity. His amazing grace to us is shown through the church, which should be diverse and unified while living in harmony with one another.<br />
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I lead a <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=karis%20church%20missional%20communities&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkarischurch.org%2Fgatherings%2Fmissional-communities%2F&ei=fDiTVL-XAtCsogTXxoKQCA&usg=AFQjCNHkquJpoYaIa25qlK3GHie8mwoD1Q&sig2=h5VFJnsftY4nL3e86pz8dQ&bvm=bv.82001339,d.cGU" target="_blank">Missional Community at Karis Church</a>, and I am very grateful to God for allowing our group to be racially and ethnically diverse. I am eternally more grateful that we are unified by the blood of Jesus, and that we are committed to one another to pursue harmony as we live our lives together. God has been very good and gracious to us.<br />
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Let us all look to the Trinity - the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - for our example of unity, diversity, and harmony.<br />
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God is good and gracious.<br />
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Jacob Luis GonzalesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095478628797581653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849958920866833458.post-66128274981750988352014-12-11T17:10:00.001-06:002014-12-11T17:11:51.690-06:00Feeling Nostalgious TonightI have been jamming to this guy's album for a while now, but this is one of those songs I can play at any point in the day.<br />
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