[Faith-talk] A couple lines from a commentary I was reading thismorning.

[Maureen Pranghofer]

Hi Papa Bear
I loved that the idea of seeing what does not look present.  It made me 
think of Josiah a little boy with severe autism.  I heard his mom speak at a 
recent conference.  She spoke things over him ever since he was diagnosed 
like, ""You will be a leader." "You will teach other people with your 
words."  He is nonverbal and does not interact with people but he 
miraculously began writing in sentences on an i-pad and now has a facebook 
pages of is writings about God http://www.facebook.com/josiahsfire.com
Our words matter and our seeing ahead through faith.
Maureen


-----Original Message----- 
From: Poppa Bear via Faith-talk
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 11:42 AM
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Subject: [Faith-talk] A couple lines from a commentary I was reading 
thismorning.

Here are a few lines that struck me regarding the Love and  far reaching
grace of Christ.

, "He who sees beneath the surface, and beyond the

present, beholds His sheep where men can only see wolves. He sees an Apostle
in the blaspheming Saul, a teacher for all generations in the African
Augustine while yet a sensualist and a Manichee, a reformer in the eager
monk Luther, a poet-evangelist in the tinker Bunyan. He sees the future
saint in the present sinner, the angel's wings budding on many a shoulder
where the world's burdens lie heavy, and the new name written on many a
forehead that as yet bears but the mark of the beast, and the number of His
name. And the sheep whom He sees while He speaks are not only the men of
that generation. These mighty words are world-wide and world-lasting. The
whole of the ages are in His mind. All nations are gathered before His
prophetic vision, even as they shall one day be gathered before His judgment
throne, and in all the countless mass His hand touches and His love clasps
those who to the very end of time shall come to His call with loving faith,
shall follow His steps with glad obedience." Alexander McLaren commentary on
, the Gospel of John



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