Blood
The Double Blogger Nazi (Jamie) is posting the first entry from another Consumed Blog Writer – Abigail Joy Amos. Enjoy! Blood. Never a word anyone wants to hear, or discuss. I don’t even like the thought. I will never forget though, this one time my Grampy was in the hospital, and he needed blood. Several times during his time there, they had to give him blood. I hated it. I’ll always remember rounding the hospital hallway, stepping into his room, and seeing my Grampy laying in the bed,...
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Last night I heard a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart speak about her upcoming trip to the city of Manila in the Philippines. She will be serving as a house parent in an orphanage for three months in 2008. Her responsibility will be to love children that have been abandoned. She also shared her desire to love the hundreds of thousands of children roaming the streets of Manila at night without a home. She will be immersed in a place Jesus would describe as “the least of theseâ€. As she was...
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Marvelous Contradiction We marvel at Christ’s compassion Then we look in disgust at life’s whores and drunks We marvel at Christ’s love While our neighbor’s needs go unaided We marvel at Christ’s silence But scream “you’re going to hell†when the occasion arises We marvel at Christ’s feeding of 5000 As Africa starves tonight We marvel at Christ’s mercy And refuse to forgive ourselves We marvel at Christ’s giving Then count and save every...
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I have purposefully been holding off posts the last few weeks due to the Benefit Concert for Cornerstone. I wanted the event to have prime real estate on our site. The concert was last night and it was amazing. But now it is time to produce some new posts. I want to do my best to keep this site updated frequently with blog posts so I have enlisted some help from friends of Consumed. Mixed in with my entries will be those from some other bloggers out there. I think the variety in the topics and the...
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Friends of Consumed, My name is Dan Occhiogrosso, and I have greatly appreciated Consumed Ministries in my life. There are so many in this world who offer a gospel without the freedom Christ came to give us. We are free to know God intimately! I’m also very thankful for the concern Consumed Ministries has for suffering people in this world. That is why I asked Jamie to share a dream of mine with you. On November 4th, I will be competing in the New York City Marathon with a friend of mine, Ron Abraham. The...
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