Flawed, Yet Favored and Found
Donald Cantrell
Judges 11
I - The Burdensome Birth of Jephthah (1)
II - The Bitter Brothers of Jephthah (2)
III - The Brazen Band of Jephthah (3)
IV - The Brethren Beseeching of Jephthah (4 - 6)
V - The Bold Bargaining of Jephthah (7 - 11)
VI - The Binding Bartering of Jephthah (29 - 31)
VII - The Brave Battle of Jephthah (32 - 33)
VIII - The Bittersweet Bliss of Jephthah (34)
IX - The Becoming Bravery of Jephthah (35)
X - The Beautiful Balance of Jephthah (36 - 40)
Theme: ''Jephthah was sought after, though he was a reject and flawed''
Freedom From Being Flaw
Some of the most influential people in history were folks who refused to be shackled by their past.
Helen Keller, the deaf/blind girl who learned to communicate, was taught by Anne Sullivan. How did she teach her? Especially when at age 5 Anne had an illness that left her nearly blind. A few years later her mother died, and 2 years later she was abandoned by her father. She was sent to an orphanage. In those days they didn't have programs for her, so they fed her and let her sit and rot. But she longed to go to school and learn like the other children.
Her persistence caught the attention of a visiting man, a state inspector. His heart was gripped, and he paid personally to send her to the Perkins Institute for the Blind, in Boston. She learned to read using Braille, and she graduated at the top of her class. A few months later she had a surgery which restored some of her sight, and a couple years later she became the caretaker for little 6 year old Helen Keller. She used to be Helen for all practical purposes, and now she's her teacher!
Up to that time Helen's family had let her live like an animal, walking around the family table just grabbing food off their plates and shoving it in her mouth.
There was no discipline, no control, and no efforts to teach or train her. But Anne Sullivan gave her time, her love, and her heart to train and nur ...
Donald Cantrell
Judges 11
I - The Burdensome Birth of Jephthah (1)
II - The Bitter Brothers of Jephthah (2)
III - The Brazen Band of Jephthah (3)
IV - The Brethren Beseeching of Jephthah (4 - 6)
V - The Bold Bargaining of Jephthah (7 - 11)
VI - The Binding Bartering of Jephthah (29 - 31)
VII - The Brave Battle of Jephthah (32 - 33)
VIII - The Bittersweet Bliss of Jephthah (34)
IX - The Becoming Bravery of Jephthah (35)
X - The Beautiful Balance of Jephthah (36 - 40)
Theme: ''Jephthah was sought after, though he was a reject and flawed''
Freedom From Being Flaw
Some of the most influential people in history were folks who refused to be shackled by their past.
Helen Keller, the deaf/blind girl who learned to communicate, was taught by Anne Sullivan. How did she teach her? Especially when at age 5 Anne had an illness that left her nearly blind. A few years later her mother died, and 2 years later she was abandoned by her father. She was sent to an orphanage. In those days they didn't have programs for her, so they fed her and let her sit and rot. But she longed to go to school and learn like the other children.
Her persistence caught the attention of a visiting man, a state inspector. His heart was gripped, and he paid personally to send her to the Perkins Institute for the Blind, in Boston. She learned to read using Braille, and she graduated at the top of her class. A few months later she had a surgery which restored some of her sight, and a couple years later she became the caretaker for little 6 year old Helen Keller. She used to be Helen for all practical purposes, and now she's her teacher!
Up to that time Helen's family had let her live like an animal, walking around the family table just grabbing food off their plates and shoving it in her mouth.
There was no discipline, no control, and no efforts to teach or train her. But Anne Sullivan gave her time, her love, and her heart to train and nur ...
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