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ff we re still in the same places we were ten years ago old hat but then i remember scripture has no expiration date god opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble james 4 6 and it gives me the space to ask myself an honest question since when does god owe me something better than the old answers who am i to decide that should they be necessary the old answers aren t enough perhaps i simply need to keep on doing the hard task perhaps i simply need to turn the other cheek perhaps i simply need to own my wrong turn perhaps i simply need to acknowledge the negative emotion give it to the lord and again hit the trail perhaps i simply need to groan again at the world s darkness and long for the day sometimes i might be able to do something about my situation improve my position seek my rights there might be times when i don t have to just leave a blow unanswered leave an idle dream unrealized leave a mirror dark but when i must no matter how many times i have already shown grace chosen resilience accepted self sacrifice i must do it again yes again as if the commands of the holy spirit have an expiration date conveniently labeled as the moment the container decides it s had enough new pride introduces itself as we grow older the entitlement of the pilgrim perhaps whispering surely we ve done this enough times surely we can find ways around the sunday school stuff this time surely after everything we ve been through the old answers are just kinda y know for the remedial nope not if i walk a trail owned by god and they all are i renounce the entitlement of the pilgrim the trailhead the destination and everything between are the lord s and everything in them lord help me be humble sometimes the old answers still work share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest more email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized tagged god novel pride 1 comment there s authority behind this stuff posted on 10 07 2024 by brandon adams how are my single christians doing i hope this post finds you deeper in christ than the last likely given how long it s been i ve gotten a few emails over the months from single brothers and sisters who have benefited from the words herein i m grateful god has used them the world has certainly changed since the blog s 2015 launch well perhaps it s not changed but it s taken steps towards its renewal by fire war pestilence genocide depravity tiktok it s all been downhill even the new wordpress ai tools that throw themselves at me offer new realms of possibilities and all of them bad i will wrote my own crazed diatribes thank you my heart aches for those who currently have nobody human to ride it out with yet i celebrate that jesus has chosen to ride it out with us put a pin in whatever emotional reaction you had to that statement i ll come back to it i celebrate that the spirit comforts us i celebrate that the father has redeemed and named us and that no emotion marital status or human judgment can change his mind but for years i didn t really believe it i thought i did i assented intellectually but it hadn t sunk to my heart and the giveaway was my constant negative emotions you see i had sentences i was trying to overturn life experiences hand you sentences about your identity and the worth you carry and my sentences were not kind you should hear the stuff the enemy whispers in my hear the stuff i fear others see on me they re actually not thinking about me at all i know small comfort really the stuff that seems affirmed every morning i wake up in an empty apartment seems satan has a vested interest in denying my worth because doing so devalues christ s handiwork i knew what the scriptures said but the rushing weight of shame and regret seemed simply to outshout it funny thing though i had no problem believing the scriptures true in other areas i d treat them as absolute truth when it came to explaining my faith absolute truth when the historicity of the cross and empty tomb needed defending absolute truth when doubting brothers or sisters would claim a wedge between the old and new testaments when ephesians offered guidance on righteous living or when i needed reassurance of eternal life or did i a few years back i had a melanoma scare hey look i did write about it this year by the way it s liver spots my skin gets up to all kinds of fun stuff now where was i the nevus was removed and i ve had no further problems in this arena but it got me researching melanoma a sneaky widowmaker few varieties of cancer merit early detection more and i found a fair bit of fear to be had primal instinctive stuff as if my mind paid no attention to anything my head knew i was two men was i really saved was there life beyond this how did i know such fun the tension of faith so when my emotions would start to overwhelm when they d ask what good are the scriptures if i m still miserable now i learned to make certain statements this book is true the credit and authority of the god of the universe stand behind it no man woman or human emotion can contradict this i can t tell you how many emotional escapes this started unlocking for if the scriptures are true i really am fearfully and wonderfully made ps 139 14 i really am moved from fear to sonship ro 8 15 i really am seen in the small things ps 37 25 and in affliction 31 7 i really am on an inexorable track to stand blameless before him at his return 1 cor 1 8 y all this stuff has the royal binding force of the king of kings behind it and if that s true then maybe just maybe these lies needn t ruin the moment your feelings are real but bring them to christ instead and ask him for his help and his closeness he won t fail you they are seen parsed and reconciled in his presence alone that s the whole point the whole reward it always was share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest more email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized tagged authority emotions faith jesus 3 comments imperishable my aunt debbie posted on 08 05 2023 by brandon adams today a memorial is taking place somewhere in the rugged black hills for my aunt debbie she passed away in march after her third bout of cancer hi valued blog audience it s been a while moving across the country starting a business taking another swipe at my book changes have occurred but as i reflected on my aunt today i realized there are things about debbie that people ought to know things worth a guest appearance on my own blog as you can probably infer debbie was a tough soul but her soul was tender to which a long road of suffering will carry only the true disciple out of four aunts on my father s side poor guy debbie was one of two i am close to or really know at all i have some precious memories we flew across the country to visit a family member in 2003 who was fighting and won a cancer battle of their own debbie got us lost in downtown philadelphia looking for the perfect philly cheesesteak she drove across two states to make my brother s wedding in 2015 we witnessed the 2017 solar eclipse together from near her home in idaho falls then talked at length on the way back as the spectators choked the rural interstate 15 down to a crawl more apropos to its run in east l a where she used to live we prayed together on the phone during tough times the salvation of those close to her the breakup of my family 9 11 covid or maybe it was that just because family reunion that saw a carload of us spontaneously break into jack and diane while hurtling down bear canyon in my relatively beige life these are highlights our last conversation took place less than 48 hours before her passing perhaps even less than 24 i don t remember and despite the morphine she was still her spunky self sincere props to her husband and son for connecting us in time it s haunting and rare to converse with someone that close to heaven s front steps so i had more than enough time with debbie to know that she was no stranger to suffering she s certainly undergone more than i could possibly bear i will respect her privacy by carefully choosing the details here but the lessons she bore from them well they were right out of scripture debbie was a hopeful woman she beat cancer twice and maintained optimism in her third bout she would talk about prayer seminars healing conferences and experimental treatments of the cheaper and less intrusive variety yet in all her pursuits she made the decision to trust god it wasn t a settled emotion for her it was a decision she didn t feel trusting she decided she would trust it was right out of daniel 3 she knew god had the power to heal again but if he did not she would still worship towards the end she started to demonstrate a trait that can only come from god forgiveness she started believing that her illness was being caused or at least contributed to by bitterness there s some scientific reasoning behind such a belief goodness knows a full life will leave you with some enemies to harbor resentment towards i ve got some myself but again reflecting what could only be the lord s presence in her heart the forgiveness she was learning she valued for its own sake not just its potential to allow healing after a lifetime of what has plenty of power to turn the average person hateful sour and withdrawn from god she chose forgiveness it was that light that she emanated as she started climbing those front steps this is one of the reasons the lord aggrieved and reluctant allows suffering in our lives sometimes i was reading 1 peter 1 this morning and noticed for the first time his repetition of the goal of gaining the imperishable debbie did no ordinary human being finishes on the note that she did only a follower of christ does she did get some earthly victories she spent her final years with a husband devoted to her care her sons are walking with god and god did extend her life with two healings from cancer but in perhaps the most important thing of all the imperishables god granted her great victory now she is relieved of her suffering and lavished with her rewards never to perish again i miss her i miss her sense of humor and her million watt smile but i m also inspired by her i ll catch up to her someday meanwhile the angels praise god for his handiwork on the newcomers share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest more email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading posted in reward walking with god tagged imperishable sanctification suffering 7 comments trust is not an instinct posted on 01 17 2023 by brandon adams i do hope this blog doesn t become a mere regurgitation of other things i find on the internet but sometimes you come across something that so simply and perfectly encapsulates something you ve thought for a while that it must be shared faith is not an instinct it certainly is not a feeling it is an act of the will a choice based on the unbreakable word of a god who cannot lie and who showed us what love and obedience and sacrifice mean in the person of jesus christ elisabeth elliot i ve realized this about a close cousin of faith as well trust i often ask myself why don t i trust god more but it dawned on me one day that i was really asking why don t my emotions feel calmer about trusting god and i saw that although it would certainly be nice if my troubled waters would settle when considering something god is asking of me it was not necessary it was an entirely different question than asking whether i trusted god that answer would ultimately be shown in my actions not in how i felt about them you can plunk a benjamin down into the offering plate and still feel tense afterwards but you trusted you can sign up for that short term mission trip and be freaking out as the plane descends into your target city but you trusted you can refuse to deflect blame and remain flustered because the theoretical deflectee really did contribute to the problem but you trusted conversely our churches are full of people who throw up their hands in response to synthy worship songs but deny christ with their actions everywhere else throughout the week we think we love god we genuinely do many of us simply don t have stop long enough to see our actions reflecting otherwise there s too little reaction time between instinct and result too little translating work done upon our impulses and hesitations we live in the nation of sin and haven t learned its native language well enough to get ourselves to the airport we never figured out that many of our sins are instincts not conscious decisions though that makes them no less sinful that the broad and wide road is also the path of least resistance christ calls us to be smarter than that it takes self awareness and reflection which a lot of us don t want to do fortunately much of it is already done for us and laid out in the scriptures i encourage you to read them today they bring us such great hope you will find allied with and living inside you the words of a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses but we have one who has been tempted in every way just as we are yet he did not sin hebrews 4 15 share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest more email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading posted in walking with god tagged christ faith sin trust 1 comment thanking god for my trials posted on 01 09 2023 by brandon adams you know it s a great day when i m cribbing from mr t for spiritual content heavenly father i thank you for all the good you have done in my life but also for the bitterness and sorrow by that you also drawn me to you amen mr t mrt november 8 2022 yes i think i can say this as well 2022 was a humbling year i was brought low in a couple ways moreso than my health struggles it was a year of redirection the lord showed me that the plans he has for my next few years will probably not mirror my own i do think there are seeds he 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