I love the whiplash of a group message bc one minute someone’s updating us on the health of a relative and we’re all saying we’re praying & the next thing you know there’s a picture of one of the friends with his face photoshopped onto Britney Spears’s body in the Slave 4 U video
Thank God for the rude and unkind people in your life! They may be the only ones providing you with an opportunity to turn the other cheek, love your enemies, and overcome evil with good. You’re able to practice and improve your discipleship because of them.
The homies and I debated.
You get 1 year and 1 million dollars to get in the best shape of your life.
Once you’ve completed the transformation, you get to play 40 minutes in an NBA game and you get 5 million if you score a point.
Would you be able to score?
Part of the greatest commandment Christ gave to his disciples is to “love your neighbor.”
Not control your neighbor.
Not mock your neighbor.
Not shame your neighbor.
Not dehumanize your neighbor.
Not demonize your neighbor.
Not defeat your neighbor.
Love your neighbor.
Remember, we are supposed to be love’s heroes, not its bouncers. Sadly, some of us have become so distracted trying to straighten everybody else out that we have swerved off the road.
With all this talk of “men needing to be men,” just imagine how Jesus would be treated for washing feet, for weeping, for being single, for riding a donkey instead of a horse, for loving his enemies rather than fighting them, and for telling people to put their swords away. 🧵