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Prodigal: That was a game!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: I agree!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is from Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“True love hurts,” Mother Teresa once said. “It always has to hurt.” And elsewhere she has written pointedly, “If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.” For many years, this tiny nun and her followers went out of their way to minister to the dying–first in Calcutta, India, and later around the world. Their ministry went far beyond simply holding hands and praying. They physically carried broken bodies in off the streets. They sponged out foul-smelling wounds. They got down on their knees to mop up accidents. They tenderly spooned warm food into toothless mouths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that Mother Teresa is gone from this earth, her Missionaries of Charity still continue the work she began–work that again and again goes out of its way to love and serve. Why do they do it? If you ask them, their answer is clear and confident: “We do it because Jesus did.” And so must we.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there. Mark 3:1 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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