MIC Check
Today’s Most Important Challenge is…
- Cultivating the spiritual authority
- Sufficient to set us all free
- From the (cultural) ties that blind
Immanuel Approach Memo
Continued from With
I am… attacked.
I woke
Put on a clean robe
Read my tattoos
And went to look for food
I found the carcass of a lion
Where bees had built a hive
They stung me
When I stole their honey
My face swelled up
Monstrously
From an allergic reaction
I look for Jesus.
I do not see Him
But instead
Am discovered
By an indigenous tribe
They fear the city
Marvel at my white robe
And consider me
An inhuman messenger from above
Because of my disfigurement
They bring me to their village
Feast me
Celebrate me
Give me gifts
I am speechless.
Literally
I cannot open my mouth
Due to the swelling
Plus
I do not speak
Any language
They can understand
I read my scroll.
In fresh ink
Below a faded verse
It says:
Am I here
Merely to be fed
Or to serve God?
And if so…
How?
To be continued
Reflection
I feel…
- Pain
- Welcome
- Isolation
- Contradiction
Scripture
“The Lord says: My servant will succeed! He will be given great praise and the highest honors. Many were horrified at what happened to him. But everyone who saw him was even more horrified because he suffered until he no longer looked human.”
Isaiah 52:13-14 CEV
My Tattoos
Right Palm
Tomorrow you will forget
Left Palm
Remember Jesus
Tell them He lives
Follow your heart
Left Back
Woke in a cell
Set sail from an isle
Was carried to shore
Escaped a city
Verses
https://dailyverses.net/random-bible-verse
- For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21
- No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24
Radically Happy 
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