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Well, here's a question that each one of us could ask ourselves, and here it is. This is a really important one.

What if I, or or you but what if i

gave up my antagonism yeah like the the people i'm antagonized but what if i was genuinely

rooting for people even my enemies like i just like i'm not going to be antagonized all the time.

And I'm actually going to pray for them. I'm rooting for them. They may be up to no good whatsoever.

They may be absolutely evil. But I'm still seeing them made in the image of God, still at a deep level.

Like, I'm still rooting for these people. It's true.

I'm an awkward person.

I know that.

But I have to tell you, awkwardness is kind of built into the life of following Jesus.

And here's what I mean by that.

I'm not saying I follow Jesus better.

I'm just mean I'm already awkward naturally.

So I'm like, okay.

For what I could tell tell anytime you're serving people

you're making yourself vulnerable in some way and it's awkward think about any time you've

been part of like we talked about doing youth ministry or whatever like yeah it's one awkward

like what what now and then who yeah, how do I handle this?

Yeah.

That's, there's a vulnerability that comes with actually serving people, and there's no way around that.

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