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Embraced by Jesus

If Jesus embrace sthese people, He can embrace you

Cally Glass

Mar 07, 2017

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Have you ever thought that Jesus couldn't love you? That you weren't good enough? That you needed to "fix yourself up" before you tried talking to Him? Maybe you think that Jesus doesn't care about you. Or maybe that He is just "someone" up there that looks down on the world without caring about what happens down below.

Let me show you the types of people that Jesus wants to love and embrace.

Jesus embraces the impure. Jesus embraces the doubter.

Jesus embraces the fighter. Jesus embraces the solider.

Jesus embraces the diseased. Jesus embraces the poor.

Jesus embraces the rich. Jesus embraces the majority.

Jesus embraces the minority. Jesus embraces the cheater.

Jesus embraces the liar. Jesus embraces the traitor.

Jesus embraces the apathetic. Jesus embraces the worrier.

Jesus embraces the lazy. Jesus embraces the unworthy.

Jesus embraces the lost. Jesus embraces the angry.

Jesus embraces the know-it-alls. Jesus embraces the uneducated.

Jesus embraces the homeless. Jesus embraces the mentally ill.

Jesus embraces the unloved. Jesus embraces the ignored.

Jesus embraces the widow. Jesus embraces the orphan.

Jesus embraces the blind. Jesus embraces the mute.

Jesus embraces the lame. Jesus embraces the guilty.

Jesus embraces the busy body. Jesus embraces the stressed.

Jesus embraces the influential. Jesus embraces the lowly.

Jesus embraces the humble. Jesus embraces the greedy.

Jesus embraces the interested. Jesus embraces the mocker.

Jesus embraces the thieves. Jesus embraces the broken.

Jesus embraces the adulterous. Jesus embraces the condemned.

Jesus embraces the hopeful. Jesus embraces the hopeless.

Jesus embraces the children. Jesus embraces the elderly.

Jesus embraces the grieving. Jesus embraces the harassed.

Jesus embraces the barren.Jesus embraces the sexually assaulted.

Jesus embraces the verbally attacked. Jesus embraces the untouched.

Jesus embraces the emotionally abused.Jesus embraces the desperate.

Jesus embraces the standoffish. Jesus embraces the confused.

Jesus embraces the unsure. Jesus embraces the worker.

Jesus embraces the murderer. Jesus embraces the wise.

Jesus embraces the ignorant. Jesus embraces the unbeliever.

Jesus embraces the wary. Jesus embraces the unconfident.

Jesus embraces the heavy-burdened.

And most of all, Jesus wants to embrace you.

"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." -1 John 10:9-10.

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1. "Unlimited Freedom!"

2. "Dorm Life!"

3. "Never mind, where is my apartment?"

4. "Whose idea was this 8 AM?"

5. I'm so looking forward to that nap."

6. "I don't have the brain capacity for this"

7. "Wow, college is great"

It's easier than you think.

1. Look into Housing and Dining.

2. Pay attention to campus postings.

3. Find common interest groups.

4. Join an intramural sports team.

5. Work on a cause that you care about.

6. Join a club related to your major.

7. Get an on-campus job.

8. Volunteer.

College without friends is like peanut butter without jelly.

1. You need people to hang out with.

2. You don’t want to be stuck alone eating lunch or dinner.

3. Weekends suck without anyone to share them with.

4. College will be miserable for you.

5. Finding a roommate for the following year will be impossible.

6. You need someone to talk to about personal stuff or homework that isn’t your mom.

7. Classes will be boring and quiet for you if you don’t know anyone.

8. Walking around campus is just awkward.

9. Homework help and study buddies do not exist.

Why it pays to leave the hoodie at home.

1. Comfort

2. Confidence

3. Surprises

4. Self Esteem

A few signs that you may live in the library whether you'd like to admit it or not.

1. You dress for the temperature of the library, not the weather outside.

2. You say hello to the security guard when he or she walks by.

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4. You eat all your meals at a library cubby, not at your own house.

5. You take the quiet floors very seriously.

6. Any night you are not at the library is a special occasion.

7. You have shown up to the library hungover on more than one occasion.

8. Your friends always text you when they are going to the library because they know you will be there.

9. You have taken a nap in the library at some point.

10. You know all the cold and hot spots in the library.

11. You've seen your studying pay off.

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