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The Originals, Week 6, Day 3

by David Joynt on February 13, 2018


MATTHEW 13:54-58

It is quite possible to be too close to see. When you are 10 feet
from the Empire State Building, you can't appreciate its height or
architecture. I grew up in Bethlehem, but really didn't take a
Christmas City tour until I was in my thirties. Growing up there,
it was just my hometown and not a special place to visit with
tourist attractions. David's brothers didn't see his potential or
understand his courage and leadership. Similarly, James must not
have appreciated that his own brother was the Messiah, the Son of
God.

 

At one point, he and the family even try to bring a halt to Jesus'
ministry. A prophet is rarely honored in his home or family.

 

 

Is there someone close to you whose true virtues you are not
seeing?

 

 

Have you ever been misunderstood or underestimated by
someone close to you?

 

Tags: misunderstood

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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