Includes All Who We\u2019d Leave Behind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/23.PS20240306_154608966.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nFeeling Like Firewood Left to Rot,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGod Still Gathers In All Us Outcasts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nJeremiah 31:8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSee, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, those with child and those in labour, together; a great company, they shall return here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luke 14:21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSo the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, \u2018Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Words of Grace for Today –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The banquet table is set, the food is ready or on the last stages of being prepared, there\u2019s even dessert, a specialty seldom enjoyed except by the wealthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then no one comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the master sends one or more out to call in the homeless, the rejected, the immigrants … all those we\u2019d leave behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the feast is fully appreciated by those so hungry for food, and even more to be noticed, to matter, to count for something good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So God calls us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet those that are doing well on their own don\u2019t seem to sense a need to show up. It\u2019s not about being saved: as if those that don\u2019t come aren\u2019t saved. All are already saved. It\u2019s living out that salvation that is tough. We prefer the comforts of being slaves to our sins, stuck in our comfort zones that the devil uses to keep us from living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So God sends out urgent messages to those others, those we\u2019d rather not acknowledge exist. They might not have understood the invitation was for them, for they just are not ever included in anything, so why this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God\u2019s children all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Misfits all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baptized, marked with the cross, and commissioned to serve those most in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What a motley crew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And aren\u2019t we fortunate if we know we are one of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what will we do this day, to give God thanks for the feast and the dessert?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s plenty of others hungry to know they matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
God\u2019s Call Friday, May 23, 2025 Includes All Who We\u2019d Leave Behind Feeling Like Firewood Left to Rot, God Still Gathers In All Us Outcasts Jeremiah 31:8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and … Continue reading “For The Blind and Lame”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,30,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joy","category-poverty-homelessness","category-thanks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12403,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12401\/revisions\/12403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nFeeling Like Firewood Left to Rot,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n God Still Gathers In All Us Outcasts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeremiah 31:8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, those with child and those in labour, together; a great company, they shall return here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luke 14:21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, \u2018Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Words of Grace for Today –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/p>\n\n\n\n The banquet table is set, the food is ready or on the last stages of being prepared, there\u2019s even dessert, a specialty seldom enjoyed except by the wealthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And then no one comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So the master sends one or more out to call in the homeless, the rejected, the immigrants … all those we\u2019d leave behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the feast is fully appreciated by those so hungry for food, and even more to be noticed, to matter, to count for something good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So God calls us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet those that are doing well on their own don\u2019t seem to sense a need to show up. It\u2019s not about being saved: as if those that don\u2019t come aren\u2019t saved. All are already saved. It\u2019s living out that salvation that is tough. We prefer the comforts of being slaves to our sins, stuck in our comfort zones that the devil uses to keep us from living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So God sends out urgent messages to those others, those we\u2019d rather not acknowledge exist. They might not have understood the invitation was for them, for they just are not ever included in anything, so why this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n But they show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n God\u2019s children all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misfits all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baptized, marked with the cross, and commissioned to serve those most in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What a motley crew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n And aren\u2019t we fortunate if we know we are one of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So what will we do this day, to give God thanks for the feast and the dessert?<\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s plenty of others hungry to know they matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" God\u2019s Call Friday, May 23, 2025 Includes All Who We\u2019d Leave Behind Feeling Like Firewood Left to Rot, God Still Gathers In All Us Outcasts Jeremiah 31:8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and … Continue reading “For The Blind and Lame”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,30,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joy","category-poverty-homelessness","category-thanks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12403,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12401\/revisions\/12403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}