Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Hometown stereotypes

Morning: Psalm 72; Nehemiah 13:4-22; Revelation 12:1-12
It’s hard to break free of the stereotypes people in your hometown form about you when you are young … “O, he doesn’t really fit in,” or, “She’s an academic nerd.”  What stereotype do you think they gave you?  People in Nazareth didn’t think Jesus was all that great a teacher!  Maybe he let hometown stereotypes affect him too much at first?  Maybe we do?  Maybe you can come to terms with what people think about you, though – or more importantly, what you think they think – and just get on with being yourself?  Jesus did.  So can we.

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