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it for the higher purpose something within me drove me on left unquestionable the idea that this was the right thing even though a part of me flinched and braced and second guessed i would not have walked away from the idea even if someone gave me the choice they didn t i now respond internally to the idea of marriage much more in line with this it s going to be hard no really hard we singles shake off that word far too easily in our loneliness there will be times when it s thankless dull weighty stressful and intimidating and powerless to solve the very things i m feeling today and that s if i get my pick right it s all inevitable from being someone flawed and selfish marrying someone flawed and selfish yet i bear the responsibility to continue to do it god s way every day heedless of the defcon level that particular moment it s not something i can do on my own and if that s not how you see it you might be resisting the process you haven t shipped out yet perhaps you re like me still wanting marriage someday but the warnings and coachings of your elders are starting to sink in at last and it s made a part of you hesitant now you re feeling like two people one eagerly desiring the other intimidated by the whole idea do you really want what you ve always wanted is this god taking your desire away a single friend told me after another session by a patient older and married counselor spent explaining how hard marriage was that she blurted out then why does anyone bother the counselor simply smiled now that you ve asked that question you re probably more ready than you ever have been embrace the tension use it to prepare get into the word improve yourself ask every day am i someone i d want to marry and make changes accordingly marriage is going to be more blood and sweat and tears than you know and it s my job to make sure that i m not causing my spouse to be the one shedding it s worth it the counselors say that too every one of them but it is both love and war you re signing up for let us train accordingly 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 sanctification singleness training 9 comments you can find something to be thankful for posted on 11 29 2024 by brandon adams i ve always struggled with seeing thankfulness as a greeting card sentiment today i read the way jesus modeled thanksgiving in his life and i recall that nothing jesus did can really be considered flimsy or powerless last week i wrote about the frustration that comes with hearing an old answer when you ve been in a particular trench for a long time but the next person has nothing but the same old advice i got it again wednesday i ve been grasping at the humility of accepting such words even if i want to hear something else even if i don t know what that something else is and my own words come round to me there were many times jesus spoke words of acceptance healing and love easy to hear life to the soul better than we could have imagined but there were also times he simply blew right past the perspectives of his hearers and offered his father s perspective and he didn t just do it to the pharisees everyone including his own disciples and those who followed him got his perspective often bluntly whether they wanted it or not he didn t coddle he didn t equivocate he didn t massage scripture matt 22 29 john 5 39 he told them what they needed to hear take it or leave it if they were on board even if only partially he let them know of his gladness mark 10 21 12 34 jesus is not who we want him to be he is who he is we can trust that this is good so today i will be thankful even though my heart and mind are struggling to be i can walk without excruciating back or knee pain i have a roof over my head i have the best mother in the world i have a paid off vehicle i have eternal life in jesus christ and in him a friend who brings his power into my life another hammer of the nail into the palm of my immaturity and disobedience 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 jesus thankfulness truth 1 comment sometimes the old answers still work posted on 11 01 2024 by brandon adams i was having a work related struggle recently and i found it was stirring up something deeper something eternity related i went to a friend for advice then another friend then another friend and all three basically said gracious but differently worded versions of the same thing it was frustrating it wasn t what i wanted to hear it was what i suspected i might hear but didn t want to it wasn t until the third person shared his thoughts that i realized i was hearing exactly what god wanted me to hear it took me quite a bit of reflection to figure out why i didn t appreciate hearing it i like new stuff though we may not always realize it we often go to friends hoping to get a perspective we haven t heard before some new angle some story some strategy maybe even a scripture we had forgotten what have you the novel is tempting this is a benefit of good counsel we can be supplied with an outside perspective but when the wisdom we are offered is true but hard it reveals our hearts was there something we were hoping to hear there are gardens in our lives that we do not want watered with water we know we think of it as old water and surely new water is fresh and better right it frustrates us to go back to the things we already know we ve been there done that our hard spiritual work doesn t seem to be paying off 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 abo...
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