To this people neighbors aren’t simply those who live near you but family. And family isn’t just those you’re related to, but flesh and blood. Here in Appalachia, blood runs deeper than the coal beneath the mountains.

God isn’t holding out on you. He’s pulled out all the stops, not holding anything back that will do you any good. He’s already offered up to you His only son. Sacrificed for you was the man who was fully God, perfect in every way, holy, righteous, and pure by his own accord, worth more than anything there is to imagine. Why would he withhold from you anything of benefit that is worth so much less than what he’s already given you?