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Sin is Uglier …

I am praying for UrbanServant and her beloved family as they make the trek to Colorado Springs. (Oh! Do click through and read of God’s glory and work through this dear woman if you are not yet already familiar with her blog. Enjoy! And please also pray for them. I’m really hoping—and taking steps to try!—to be a blessing to this family as they transition to our Mountain Time Zone.)

And I am taking notes and more notes from this John Piper sermon:

Helping the Children to Love the Different People

Worth the time. Truly. I strongly urge you to listen and I pray that we will all live out the truths that he expounds.

I could write a hundred quotes from his message, but I’ll close with just two:

“Help your children to understand that their sin is uglier than any thing they think is physically unattractive about another person.”

 

“God is on your side for one reason: Christ paid for your sins and imputes to you an alien righteousness which you receive by faith alone and everything in life flows from that gospel reality. The power to be that kind of parent / friend / person in general; the power to help anybody love those different from themselves; a power to love those who are different from ourselves, is a power that flows from that experience, that truth, the gospel. We want to accept because we are already accepted.”

Amen and amen.

And blessed Sabbath to you all—

Yours,
Tara B.