Jesus said to his disciples:
“If your brother sins against you,
go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.
If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.
If he does not listen,
take one or two others along with you,
so that ‘every fact may be established
on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church.
If he refuses to listen even to the church,
then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
Amen, I say to you,
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again, amen, I say to you,
if two of you agree on earth
about anything for which they are to pray,
it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.”
Matthew 18:15-20
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Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am also.... I love this. It's the perfect blessing of communal prayer, a blessing and promise that rained down upon Christians in the arena, waiting to be devoured, or banished to copper mines because of their beliefs... after being tortured, of course. So many have done so much to ensure our freedom to pray, to worship, to display crosses and be visibly Christian. Hopefully our acts of love reflect that even more. Thank you, Debby!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for doing this every Sunday, Debby. I am praying for our world for peace and health. I do have a prayer request. This coming Saturday is my niece's wedding. Please pray for health and safety for all involved. Her dad (my brother) is a doctor and the wedding and reception is all being done according to our state's directed health measures so will be as safe as it can be. Still, planning a wedding these days is quite stressful for all involved.
ReplyDeletePraying for a beautiful wedding!
DeleteHi Debby:
ReplyDeleteI've thought about it and I just can't figure out what the years, 1886-1894, mean under that painting by James Tissot. Can't be the artist's life span. Is it the time it took to paint the canvas? Is it the years it was on display by the Brooklyn Museum? It's just one of those unanswered questions and I'd can't turn the page to get the answer. Also, given the title of your new book, "Amish Christmas Search", how did the Amish lose Christmas? :)
The years are when Tissot worked on so many of his Biblical paintings. They can’t pinpoint a specific year he completed this particular work, but rather the years indicate when he was working on a number of such projects.
DeleteI’m laughing about the title, Vince!
Hi Debby:
DeleteThat was a very good answer. I've never seen such dates over the years but it makes perfect sense. Thanks. (BTW: if the Grinch could steal Christmas, why couldn't it be lost? I'll just have to read the book.)