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And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us,
you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God,
which is indeed at work in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 NIV
As I sat in church last Sunday and listened to a message on what a transformed Christ follower
looks like, my mind jumped to an image quite foreign to me. I saw in
my mind, as I pondered this particular portion of scripture, a mother reading the Bible to her child who laid in a nursing home bed, immobile, and unresponsive.
Now, I, personally, do not have a child who is unable to converse with me. I do not have a child who is confined to a bed.
I have a child who talks (a bit too much, on some days) and who
responds, and who can communicate with me on a variety of subjects. So,
I really am not a likely candidate to be writing about this topic.
But, the Holy Spirit gave me this image regarding this verse.
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