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To serve, to strive, and not to yield

To serve, to strive, and not to yield.

 

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Understanding paradox will change your life

Nicholson Center at Florida Hospital Celebration Health
Arrived for audio visual check in this tee-shirt. A subtle form of humility and transparency (and confidence).

 

Who is greater, the one who sits at the table and is served or the one who serves the table?

Obviously, the one who sits at the table.

Unless, that is, you understand paradox.

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Serve like you mean it: Why it’s so challenging

West Orange High School 9th grade center
Caught the baseball on the 2nd try. West Orange 9th grade center in background.

 

Dear Son, we talked about the obvious, common, and glaring Christian faults – the stereotypical definition by which non-Christians view the Christian world (this sentence is a perfect example of my own stereotype).

This means people like me, a quiet, open-minded Christian who doesn’t profess faith and love with words, are labeled and grouped in without consideration.

Labeled the same way gays, lesbians, bi-sexuals and transgenders are stereotypically labeled – without consideration.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

We talked about how those who label are guilty of the very thing they despise – labeling.

Is there an antidote?

Serve like you mean it is done through our observable behaviors and the first victory is over self. The second ministry is won at home, in the kitchen, the garage, the hallways of our dwelling.

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