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Romans 10:8-13 (NIV)

⁸But what does it say?

"The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

⁹That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

¹⁰For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

¹¹As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." ¹²For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, ¹³for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Well, I'm a bit under the weather, so I'm going to keep it simple. The scripture can definitely speak for itself. Here's a poem for the day, and I invite you to leave your thoughts about this scripture and what it means for you. I've been to the doc and hopefully I'll be 100% again tomorrow.

Grace & Peace,

Adam

"That hollowness we sometimes feel
is not a sign of something gone wrong.
It is the holy of holies inside of us,
the uncluttered throne room of the Lord our God.
Nothing on earth can fill it,
but that does not stop us from trying.
Whenever we start feeling too empty inside,
we stick our pacifiers into our mouths
and suck for all we are worth.
They do not nourish us, but at least they plug the hole."

Barbara Brown Taylor, 1998