Emily Abella Cisternas

“O, the everlasting love of God, it shall ever be my song!” | Philippians 3:7-14

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Jonathan Parnell @jonathanparnell]

JESUS SAYS THERE’S A WAY!

[WWUTT? @WWUTTcom]

Narrator:
Webbon did not, in fact, destroy Ruslan in that debate.

[Samuel Sey @SlowToWrite]

This is all you need to know about this debate.

Ruslan and Godlogic were simply teaching what the Bible says.

Predictably, the other three had 0 scripture to back up their ridiculous claims. They tried to make their preferences God’s word.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

ChatGPT estimates the number of birds alive in the world at 50 billion. Jesus said God feeds them all.

This meticulous providence does not tax or distract him.

It proves his attentiveness and care as a Father to us his children.

“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.” Matthew 6:26

[Katie @thebereanmillen]

Do you know how theologically dumb it is to argue out of one side of your mouth that there are no pure ethnic Jews, that the church is now Israel and there’s only one race in Christ Jesus– only to say out of the other side that Christians shouldn’t marry outside their race!? ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[Owen Strachan @ostrachan]

The death of Charlie Kirk is a global event and a generational moment--our world will never be the same again.

[Lee Strobel @LeeStrobel]

Three days ago --

[Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker @BiblicalBeauty]

“Do you feel the world is broken?

We do.

Do you feel the shadows deepen?

We do.

But do you know that all the dark won't stop the light from getting through?

We do.

Do you wish that you could see it all made new?

We do.”

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

It’s all about Jesus.

[Alex Clark @yoalexrapz]

I am so thankful that Charlie knew and loved Jesus. I am so thankful. We love you Charlie.

[Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen]

Charlie is with Jesus, whose Truth he defended to the death. I know he is exactly where he wants to be. But man, I am utterly heartbroken.

[Wade Stotts @wadestotts]

Turning Point.

[Seth Gruber @sgruber91]

Hey @MSNBC - Go to hell and stay there.

[Seth Gruber @sgruber91]

Do you understand what we're up against? The nature of this war and what it means for you and your family?

Pray for CHARLIE!

[Abigail Dodds @abigaildodds]

Charlie Kirk is a real man—loves his wife & kids, speaks openly & unapologetically about the Bible & Jesus the Savior, does everything he can to rescue this generation from layers and layers of the left’s damning lies. Of course the enemy targeted him. But God can save. 🙏🏼

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

The left are liars. They are violent liars. They demonized Charlie Kirk, a patriot who loves his country and loves the Lord. Van Jones demonized him on CNN two days ago as racist. Their vicious, deceitful rhetoric breeds violence again and again. The lies must stop.

[Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen]

Oh Lord. Please save Charlie. Please be with him. Be with his wife, his babies, his parents. Lord be near. Please help

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

One of the most important voices in America was just shot in Utah.

Praying for Charlie Kirk and his family.

The media can’t wash their hands of this.

Every time they pump division and scream racism, they stir hate and create the environment where things like this happen.

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

Wow.

Toyota released a pro-life ad highlighting Lauren Woolstencroft—born without legs—who went on to defy the odds and become an 8X Paralympic gold medalist.

Most babies with disabilities are aborted.

This is one of the best commercials I’ve ever seen.