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Imagine a people

Who prioritized the needs of others above their own

Who seek to serve above being served

Who’d willingly sacrifice their comfort to be a source of comfort to others

Who could literally be defined by their love for one another

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Imagine!

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Imagine a people

Who are so focused on eternal things that they are unmoved by temporal circumstance

Who are so secure in their identity as sons and daughters

that they lose their ability to be offended

Who are more interested in exalting their heavenly King,

than in returning their earthly king to the throne

Who are more engaged in the pursuit of holiness than in their pursuit of happiness

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Imagine!

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Imagine a people

Who are willing to humble themselves, and turn from their wicked ways,

before trying to pray for their nation

Who seek God’s face (i.e. relationship)

more than His hand (i.e. provision, protection, deliverance…)

Who’d gladly sacrifice their earthly riches in favor of storing up treasures in heaven

Who are more interested in manifesting God’s grace

than in winning a war of words and ideas

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Imagine!

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Imagine a bride

Whose passion for the betrothed fueled her lamp and kept it perfectly trimmed

Whose devotion could not be swayed by other suitors

Who enthusiastically surrendered her given name

to forever be known by her oneness with the bridegroom

Who’s excitement isn’t rooted in the hope of being unburdened,

but in the anticipation of the consummation of their union

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Imagine!

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Imagine!

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I can only imagine.

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Too often, what we imagine our life ought to be keeps us from embracing the fullness of what it actually is.  Likewise, what we imagine ourselves to be often stands in the way of our becoming who we were created to be.

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