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\nAnd a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the
\ntemple called \u201cthe Beautiful Gate\u201d every day.
\n\u2014ACTS 3:2<\/p>\n
\nAnd a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the
\ntemple called \u201cthe Beautiful Gate\u201d every day.
\n\u2014ACTS 3:2<\/p>\n
I heard about a book by Katherine Boo called Behind the Beautiful Forevers, about a slum in Mumbai. The title comes from a giant billboard that marks the edge of the makeshift settlement. In sunshine yellow, the sign advertises ceramic tiles by repeating the words \u201cBeautiful\u201d and \u201cForever.\u201d Today\u2019s reading has a similar irony. The lame and deformed and hungry gather under \u201cthe Beautiful Gate.\u201d But it\u2019s only ironic to those who can\u2019t see beyond what people look like on the surface. Peter walked right up to the crippled man and \u201clooked intently at him\u201d and saw the man\u2019s \u201cjumping and praising\u201d spirit. So he \u201ctook him by the right hand and raised him up.\u201d The man stood and walked around and everyone else could finally see what the gate had already proclaimed.
\nActs 3:1\u201310
\nPsalm 105:1\u20132,3\u20134,6\u20137,8\u20139
\nLuke 24:13\u201335<\/p>\n
I think we can all learn something from looking beyond the surface and try to see ‘the contents page’ instead of simply looking at ‘the title page’…<\/p>\n
Mrs Bolland \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
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And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called \u201cthe Beautiful Gate\u201d every day. \u2014ACTS 3:2 I heard about a book by Katherine Boo called Behind the Beautiful Forevers, about a slum … Continue reading