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“…but I don’t have the time.”

“…I don’t know how.”

1. Whenever you’re moved with pity for someone, pray for them. That old lady you saw at the grocery store who struggled to walk? The missing child on the poster you just saw? The kids looking for their lost dog? The man who looks kinda lonely on the bench? The boy with the ratty, dirty shoes? All those people around the world whose tragedies are trotted out for everyone to see?

2. Give thanks whenever you’re grateful. Got a series of green lights? A particularly excellent haircut? Is the sky the most stunning shade of blue? Saw a video of a soldier’s homecoming and had Feels? Spent an hour with a friend?

3. When you’re done speaking with someone, lift their unknown intentions up to the Lord.

God pursued Adam and Eve to restore the relationship He wove… He does the same with us.

To Adam and Eve: “Where are you?” (Gen. 3:9) It was not a word of condemnation, but of love, of longing, of honest pursuit for the ones He loved so deeply.

To us: “Surely His goodness and steadfast love will [pursue me] relentlessly all the days of my life.” (Psalm 23:6) HE PURSUES US. In all that we are, He chooses us. Every single day. (See also: Psalm 139:1-4, Luke 15:3-7, John 3:16, Philippians 1:6, Ephesians 2:10)

Lesson: God will NOT stop pursuing me… but I also need to surrender. I need to lay all my brokenness and nakedness and fear aside and call to Him.

Whose Values?, a collaborative project between Barbara Kruger and local high school students, asks some big questions. Here’s what our visitors have been saying.

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