For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. -2Tim.1:7
After taking a year to reevaluate & get reassurance about starting a special needs ministry, it seems like everywhere I turn in the past 3wks something else is falling into place. I picked up the Daily Bread devotional tonight & guess what it's about ;) ...titled "Guest List" it talks about a self-proclaimed, "spiritual elite" community who would not allow the disabled into their community. There conviction was that anyone with a physical "blemish" was unclean. While this ritualized community was waiting for the arrival of Messiah, ironically Jesus was at work in the cities & villages & He proclaimed, "When you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed" (Luke 14:13-14). The contrast between Jesus' words and the guest list of the "spiritual elite" is instructive to us. Often we like to fellowship with people who look, think, and act like us. We are called to open our doors to everyone --Dennis Fisher
The inclusive Word can't be shared by an exclusive people.
-George Sweeting
We are not blind, we know the truthStill we don't stand, still we don't chooseWe'd rather stay, so comfortableStuck in our world under control
