<div class="youtube-wrap" id="youtube2-w38mhsb0JXo"><div class="youtube-inner"></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">We should measure the maturity of our faith by how easily we love our enemies. Lord help us grow in kindness together.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type="email" /><input class="button primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>We were never meant to continually bear witness to violence. Creator God, made us in His image to flourish, work, steward and create not kill, steal, hoard and destroy. Lord help us live into a different way of being in the world. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://bit.ly/BeautyAndResistanceAMZ" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><source type="image/webp" /><img alt="The four essential rhythms that nourish a life of purpose:" class="sizing-normal" height="600" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E8Vw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439b070e-8b38-4246-b520-98dca1d1b5d5_970x600.jpeg" title="The four essential rhythms that nourish a life of purpose:" width="970" /><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image" tabindex="0" type="button"><svg fill="none" height="20" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image" tabindex="0" type="button"><svg class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2" fill="none" height="20" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Reflecting on these lyrics has kept me grounded, changed me profoundly and ushers me into the revolutionary implications of the Sermon on the Mount. </p>
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