1 posted on 04/22/2021 6:01:35 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska

To: Kathy in Alaska

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

April 23

Seeing with New Eyes

Bible in a Year:

[Don’t look] to your own interests but each of you to the interests of . . . others.

A video game, one that’s become a cultural phenomenon, places a hundred players on a virtual island to compete until one player remains. Whenever a player eliminates you from the contest, you can continue to watch through that player’s vantage point. As one journalist notes, “When you step into another player’s shoes and inhabit their point of view, the emotional register . . . shifts from self-preservation to . . . communal solidarity. . . . You begin to feel invested in the stranger who, not too long ago, did you in.”

Transformation happens whenever we open ourselves to see another’s experience, looking beyond our own vision and encountering another’s pain, fear, or hopes. When we follow Jesus’ example and “do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit” and instead “in humility value others above [our]selves,” then we notice things we would have missed otherwise (Philippians 2:3). Our concerns broaden. We ask different questions. Rather than being preoccupied with only our own needs or angst, we become invested in others’ well-being. Rather than looking to “[our] own interests,” we become committed “to the interests of . . . others” (v. 4). Rather than protecting what we assume we need to thrive, we joyfully pursue whatever helps others flourish.

With this transformed vision, we gain compassion for others. We discover new ways to love our family. We may even make a friend out of an enemy! Reflect & Pray

How can the Holy Spirit help you avoid becoming small, narrow, or selfish? How do you think God’s inviting you to see others with new eyes?

Jesus, too often what I see is only my fear, my pain, or my lack. Help me to see my sisters and brothers. I want to truly see them and love them.

2 posted on 04/22/2021 6:01:56 PM PDT by The Mayor (I am outraged at your outrage toward the outrage!)

To: Kathy in Alaska

3 posted on 04/22/2021 6:02:09 PM PDT by Biggirl (" One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians-4:6)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Fight On!--Harold Grayson & His Trojans (1930)

4 posted on 04/22/2021 6:02:53 PM PDT by Fiji Hill

To: Kathy in Alaska

5 posted on 04/22/2021 6:03:17 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Kenny Chesney.

“Boys Of Fall.” (Fall, 🏈, American Football).

6 posted on 04/22/2021 6:03:58 PM PDT by Biggirl (" One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians-4:6)

To: Kathy in Alaska

7 posted on 04/22/2021 6:05:45 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uhh... your opinion, man)

CENTERFIELD
-—absolutely

8 posted on 04/22/2021 6:05:50 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)

To: Kathy in Alaska

warren zevon~Boom Boom Mancini

9 posted on 04/22/2021 6:06:26 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)

To: Kathy in Alaska

“Willie, Mickey and The Duke” (Talkin’ Baseball).

10 posted on 04/22/2021 6:09:07 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

11 posted on 04/22/2021 6:09:19 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))

To: Kathy in Alaska

Drop Kick me Jesus Through the Goalpost of Life.
(Heard it once on the radio. No idea who performed it).

12 posted on 04/22/2021 6:09:39 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Tiger Roar--The Liberal Artists (1958)

Tiger roar! Hear the tiger roar,
All you loyal Oxy men!

Tiger roar! Hear the tiger roar!
Occidental! Occidental wins again!

13 posted on 04/22/2021 6:09:58 PM PDT by Fiji Hill

LOL! I knew it....the Trojans!! Thanks, Fiji.

14 posted on 04/22/2021 6:10:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Kathy in Alaska

“Basketball” - Kurtis Blow

15 posted on 04/22/2021 6:10:26 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Tusk--Fleetwood Mac, with the USC Trojan Marching Band (1997)

16 posted on 04/22/2021 6:12:59 PM PDT by Fiji Hill

To: Kathy in Alaska

“Basketball Jones” by Cheech and Chong.

17 posted on 04/22/2021 6:13:51 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

18 posted on 04/22/2021 6:14:43 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Kathy in Alaska

The Boxer, by Paul Simon
We Will ROCK You! by Queen

Bicycle Built For Two sung by Nat King Cole
Go Ask Alice by Jefferson Airplane (Chessgame)

Double-Dutch Bus by Frankie Smith
Gonna Fly Now by Bill Conti (Rocky Theme 1976)

19 posted on 04/22/2021 6:15:59 PM PDT by lee martell

To: Kathy in Alaska

20 posted on 04/22/2021 6:16:07 PM PDT by CtBigPat (The period of Crisis is ending. Now comes Normalization.)

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