Nate and I were talking in the truck the other day. He said he was reading a book which defined poverty as the lack of freedom to grow. Not a bad definition. When you don't have enough money to adequately feed your family (federal definition of poverty), it is hard to physically grow. Thinking of Stacie's kids, I wonder how they perceive their freedom to grow. I wonder who is helping Stacie and her kids have the freedom to grow? Maybe the network of those living in the kingdom are touching them at school.
Who else is going to risk enough to force their way into their dark, dangerous neighborhood to offer them freedom?
"...the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force."
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