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Random- stay encouraged post
Hey fam,
Stay encouraged.
The world is filled with delusions, dilemmas and drama….It’s all low-key fake but the struggle be high-key real.
God is good but for many life is hard.
We going thru epistemic (make meaning) crisis and we go thru seasons where just existence is exhausting.
It’s all part of the journey and story, tho.
It ain’t Personal (just you), Pervasive (every aspect of your existence) or Permanent (if you follow Christ, in the end he and we win).
I know you wish you had a prophet to tell you what to do, when to do it and how to do it but we have to learn to love, listen, lean and learn from the Holy Spirit.
Have FAITH
Stay FAITHFUL
Maintain your FOCUS
Learn to live FEARING-LESS
Don’t be afraid to be a cog in the machine or spoke in the wheel. We’re all not called to be a Kardashian or Jenner. That Spotlight would burn you.
Be happy on your little break at your little job knowing you are loved by a big GOD. It’s what you do but how you do it. Practice diligence with a scoop of detachment.
I once read in a Tim Ferriss book, when the merchant Kamaswami asked the young monk Siddhartha what he had learned, he answered: 'I can think, I can wait, I can fast.' This simple yet profound wisdom made me reflect through a biblical, Christ-centered prism:
"I can reflect and meditate": The Spirit Secretes Secrets of the Scriptures that can’t be articulated but lived.
"I can wait on the Lord": Work, Worship, Whistle as you wait. Then be prepared to steward what you were waiting for. Remember in genesis, joseph interpreted pharaoh’s dream (spiritual gift plus good testimony), gave the plan (Natural strength and acumen), said yes to work the plan (confidence and compentence …snuffed imposter syndrome and then shaved (protocol-cultural concession without covenant compromise) and worked the plan (almost too good but that’s another post)
"I can pray and fast": ASK, SEEK and KNOCK. Starve of tummies to feed our faith.
Work Smart
Take care of yourself
Remove idols, materialism and love of mammon (sweat, steward, save)
Use your faith tools to build flourishing mental health
and in a few years people who know how to navigate life with faith, hope and love with some skills that pay bills will be in great demand.
The angels cheered when you got saved now make them smile with your life of faithfulness, joy and endurance.
No Storm last forever.
You can’t change the past (well maybe your perception of it)
But, you can choose to change today (more remember who you, whose you are, how far you’ve come and where you’re called to go)
When you walk faithfully in all of tomorrow’s ‘todays’ then you will change your future.
I know this was crazy and all over the place but my little writing is not for everyone.
Stay blessed,
Ed