Sue went on, “I found myself looking at each person who came in and seeing Jesus in them. Not so much me being Jesus, but them. They were.”

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Would that every person reading these brief thoughts go out and invite someone they don’t know particularly well into their home for a meal and conversation. It just may be that the light would turn up a bit brighter. When we bemoan the darkness

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I was struck by Clarence’s words that “you can’t put Christianity into practice. You can’t make it work ... For Christianity is not a system you work – it is a Person who works you. You don’t get it; he gets you.” I think if