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We live in a broken world full of broken people. We know that. We see that. We say that. Jesus did, too.
Matthew 9:36 (NKJV) says: “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.”
Jesus was moved with compassion for the broken. Missions happens when we are burdened for broken people. It was in our brokenness that Jesus found us, loved us and saved us.
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Some of the toughest things for me to swallow during the pandemic were some of the edicts coming down from our rulers in Washington. I’m sure they were trying to use their best judgement with the information they had been given, but when decisions about who and what were considered “essential” and “non-essential” were revealed, it was really hard for me to keep silent.
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