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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Sweet, L (2000) Soul Salsa. Zondervan 

Moses, a murderer, recycled his rage and hatred and became the greatest leader in Israel's history.

jacob, a thief and a rogue, recycled his cunning and became the father of the nation.

David, an adulterer, recycled his passion and became the greatest of Israel's kings.

Simon Peter, a boastful, swearing fisherman, recycled his pride and became the rock on which Christ built his church.

Mary Magdalene, a mysterious woman, recycled her love and became a saint.

Zacchaeus, a quisling and a tax collector, recycled his miserly disciplines and became a disciple of Christ.

Saul of Tarsus, the leading persecutor of the Christian church, recycled his anger and assertiveness and became the greatest of the apostles, missionaries, and theologians.

Esther, a harem girl, recycled her sex appeal and saved the Jewish people from what would have been history's first Jewish holocaust.

Ruth, an idol worshiper and alien, recycled became a progenitor of Jesus the Christ.

Me ... The very best in me is composted and recycled out of the very worst in me.

You ... The very best in you is composted and recycled out of the very worst in you.

What treasures are we leaving buried in trash cans?

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