Behold: Issue 1/1 : Only Son

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.  John 3:16



This
is
what
that
looks
like.
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Not one falls to the ground...
Matthew 10:29 

I pull into the Walmart parking lot, to the usual place by the dumpsters. I am looking for my friend Kenny. 

"They don't bother me here," Kenny says. He is smiling, his skin wrinkled and leathery from the sun.

I give him a few dollars from my stash. He tells me about the homeless camp in the woods, and how he wants to turn his life around. I tell him about Jesus. He smiles, calls me his angel, and asks if he can hug me. I open the car window, halfway. He picks up his backpack as I wave goodbye. It is the last time I see him. 

Sometimes at night, I leave a bowl of food on my front porch for Mr. Rick, the neighborhood stray. When he looks at me, from the bottom of the steps, his fur scruffy and saggy, one eye half-shut, I could swear I see him smile. 
 

​kenny waits
​by the dumpsters
for a couple of bucks&
​john 3:16 hope



"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'"
Matthew 25:37-40 






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                                       SBF 2020 image by Canva

​ Quotables

"While the world changes, the cross stands firm." Saint Bruno

Be encouraged.

God loves you.

Just Believe.


"Kenny waits," Susan Beth Furst, Tzynchromesh, March, 2019
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"Beachcombing," Susan Beth Furst, Editor's choice, Summer Contest-short forms, Time of Singing, June, 2020