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I recently read this fascinating
article about how different 

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societies all over the world 
depict Jesus to match their own 

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image. 
Now we are all familiar with 

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what I call California Jesus 
with his blue eyes and blonde 

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hair, but this is true all over 
the world. 

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In Africa you can find paintings
of Mary making her pilgrimage to

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give birth to Jesus on a zebra. 
How cool is that? 

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Now of course Jesus was only a 
Jew from the Middle East, but I 

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find this totally interesting 
that we changed the face of 

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Jesus to match our own. 
The cynical read on this would 

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be to assume that we are 
incapable of accepting a Jesus 

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that looks different from us. 
I don't think that's true at 

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all. 
I think we do this because the 

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love of Jesus is for everyone. 
It was never about where you 

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come from. 
The love of Jesus was always 

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about the free gift of grace. 
There are no languages, 

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cultures, or skin colors that 
love cannot cross. 

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Now, I don't see these different
depictions of Jesus as a 

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difference between us, but 
rather that we share in the same

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love of God and love for each 
other. 

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His love is for every 
nationality and His grace is for

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every individual. 
The water of baptism is 

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universal and the love of Jesus 
is for everyone. 

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You've been listening to 
everyday miracles by hope, 

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mindfulness, and prayer.