being wise as a serpent | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:36:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg being wise as a serpent | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 On being as wise as a serpent and as gentle as a dove https://anitamathias.com/2015/09/22/on-being-wise-as-a-serpent-and-innocent-as-a-dove/ https://anitamathias.com/2015/09/22/on-being-wise-as-a-serpent-and-innocent-as-a-dove/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:20:24 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=64886 “I am sending you out as sheep among wolves,” Jesus says. You would imagine that a sheep among wolves would stand no chance at all. Not for a second! And that’s how Jesus sees us Christ-followers. As sheep among wolves. Yes, I have sometimes been a sheep among wolves…in toxic situations where I sense pretty […]

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