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Confessions of a Youth Pastor Hypocrite on Loving the Least of These: Meeting Jesus on the Lower East Side
[The following is an excerpt of Jeremy Del Rio's latest article originally published in the May/June 2009 issue of The Journal of Student Ministries BUY COVERSYL NO PRESCRIPTION, . COVERSYL dangers, Read the entire article here, or subscribe to The Journal here.]
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The good kids, the pretty ones, the smart and talented ones, the cool ones—we’re told that they bring the most bang for our youth ministry buck. They’re the influencers, the ones with the greatest perceived potential. So why not invest a disproportionate amount of our time and energy in them.
For the same reason that Jesus hung out with prostitutes and sinners, the racially despised and socially outcast, the broken in body and spirit: Christ’s kingdom belongs to such as these. BUY COVERSYL NO PRESCRIPTION, If young people have been labeled, rejected, disrespected, or otherwise demeaned by those around them, God chooses to reveal himself through them.
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As we learn from them how to love God and others well, God’s kingdom advances.
There’s no formula for how to love well, no three steps to make it easy. Being kind demands sacrifice. Being available demands inconvenience. Extending grace, mercy, and forgiveness is painful sometimes, BUY COVERSYL NO PRESCRIPTION. Pursuing justice for others may require paying for it ourselves. Being among them necessitates forsaking what’s comfortable.
Salvation brings with it a cross.
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