"The Bible tells me that
God can make a human being out of a pile of dirt, that God can make a
barren old couple the proud parents of a chosen people, that God can
heal the sick and feed the hungry and raise the dead. If I believe that,
then I cannot also believe myself or anyone else to be a lost cause"
-The Preaching Life by Barbara Brown Taylor.
What an
incredible quote. Sometimes it gets so difficult to deal with people.
People hurt us, anger us and then of course there is always that one
person who knows how to get under your skin. There are moments when you
minister to someone, you share life and Christ with them but it seems
you can never get through to their heart. In this quote Taylor
challenges us, more precisely me, to not give up. If I believe in the
history of God and the hope of the future then I should know that God
can get through to someone and help me deal with a difficult person. I
hope this quote encourages you not to give up on someone and to always
know that the person who angers you the most may just be a person that
God is using you to resurrect.
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