Parables: The Persistent Widow (2016.06.19 Sermon)

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Ashley Blackwell invited us to hope, longing and battling with God in a sermon on the Parable of the Persistent Widow.

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Splitting is “The polarizing of events and thus, experiences and people into “all good” or “all bad” categories.”
“We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.” — John Eldredge
“[Desire] is a profound and winsome call to walk into the heart of God and hear Him sing to your soul about His love. In a world of frenzy and clamor about desire, we often miss the ache that lifts our face to look into His eyes.” — Dan Allender
“How is faith to endure, O God, when you allow all this scraping and tearing on us? You have allowed rivers of blood to flow, mountains of suffering to pile up, sobs to become humanity’s song-all without lifting a finger that we could see. You have allowed bonds of love beyond number to be painfully snapped. If you have not abandoned us, explain yourself.We strain to hear. But instead of hearing an answer we catch sight of God himself scraped and torn. Through our tears we see the tears of God.” — Nicholas Wolterstorff