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You know, I tend to think of myself as a modern day wander woman. I mean really, all I want to do is eat junk food and save the world. Nothing too major. But then stuff like this happens and totally steals my mojo. It's safe to say that I was a big fat baby and had to hold back tears while watching this. Why do we do this!? Us humans are really awesome at taking wonderful things and making them evil. Social media included. Social media is the perpetual double edged sword. It can bring light and dark. Happiness and sadness. Why do we live this lie? I will be the first to say that I am guilty of making my life rainbows and butterflies on social media. We don't ever post the bad stuff. The real stuff. Social media could be this amazing platform for broken people to connect with people who are lovers of others and assist them in finding joy. But instead we make it the pandoras box of lies. Ugh. That's all I've got. Just ugh! There's too much sadness in this world to even try to comprehend and deal with sometimes. This world needs Jesus and fast!
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I just finished Job and if I am totally honest it left me with a headache! I now fully understand why people say it is a difficult book to read. I read it from my Apologetics Study Bible. I can't image reading it from a KJV. More power to those who were able to. That being said, my twisted little brain has somehow worked out an odd connection between the book of Job and my recent pursuit of the truth on pre-destination. Stay with me. This could get bumpy. Throughout Job, you will find statements of Job testifying his goodness and righteousness. He displays lack of understanding and pleads to argue his case before the Lord. "Teach me and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong." Job 6:24 "I will say to God: Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why You prosecute me. Is it good for You to oppress, to reject the work of Your hands, and favor the plans of the wicked?" Job 10:2-3 "Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God." Job 13:3 "If only I knew how to find Him so that I could go to His throne. I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments" Job 23:3 This theme continues through out the book of Job. Job pleading his case. Telling of his righteousness. Expressing the unfairness or lack of justice that the wicked go on living and prospering while he suffers. This, for me, became my struggle with pre-destination. How could a just Lord predestinate some to heaven and some to hell? How could a loving and merciful God do that? My small heart couldn't understand. Much like Jobs heart couldn't understand why a just God would allow a "good" man to suffer. But hear God's words. "Who is this who obscures [My] counsel with ignorant words?" Job 38:2 "Where were you when I established the earth? Tell [Me], if you have understanding?" Job 38:4 "Where is the road to the home of light? [Do you know] where darkness lives, so you can lead it back to its border? Are you familiar with the paths to its home? Job 38:19-20. "Who put wisdom in the heart or gave the mind understanding? Job 38:36 "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct [Him]? Let him who argues with God give an answer." Job 40:2 And directly after Job 40, that's where Job (and myself) finally get it. It clicks. Job speaks, "I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?" Job 40:4. My trouble with understanding predestination was rooted in the fact that I thought to highly of myself. Of humanity. I knew I needed saving when I called on the Lord but in the depths of my heart I didn't grasp how undeserving I was of that saving. I have a compassionate heart that longs to see the "good" in people. But scripture tells us there is no good in us. "As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God." Romans 3:10-11. To understand predestination I am fully convinced that one must first come to the understanding that we are all wicked and selfish. Even the "good" people. No one deserves heaven. No one deserves salvation. This must be the foundation you begin your search on. It took many years, lots of reading, and painful wrestling of the heart for me to come to this foundational truth. And in many ways I still wrestle with it. The flesh seeks after what it wants, which is the opposite of truth.
If any of that made sense to you, in the way that it did me; then you are a lucky person to understand my mind. Hopefully it was as enlightening to you as it was to my heart. Peace, Love, and Coping! I stole that clever title idea from my guy. ;) We went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee this weekend with his wonderful parents. Here are just a few of the many photos we took. It is absolutely gorgeous down there. It was wonderful to hike the mountains and experience Gods glorious creation with the man I love. Enjoy! Just found out I got a fast pass for the #SurfsUpVoxBox from Influenster! I am so amped for this one. I will post my cheat sheet below, but the products that are coming with it look amazing!! Some of them I have been wanting to try for a while but haven't had the extra cash to go grab them for a trial. I will probably do a YouTube unboxing and post some reviews on here, so stay tuned. In the mean time, I am off to Gatlinburg to enjoy a weekend in the mountains with my guy and second family. Peace, love, and coping guys! P.S. If you have never heard of Influenster you should check it out at: www.influenster.com It is totally free. You simply take surveys and connect with your current social media applications to review amazing (and even some not so amazing) products that they send you completely free! Like the stuff I am receiving in my box, totally free! I'm not being paid to review anything or endorsed, just getting them totally free of charge and putting my opinions out there. Just check them out and see for yourself! Check out some of the products that will be coming in my box!
**TRIGGER WARNING** Some of the topics discussed may be a trigger to individuals who have suffered from violence, depression,or similar crisis. suf·fer There was a time when I thought I knew what it was to suffer. Although I have felt pain and sorrow, I don't believe I understood the full depth of despair until I began working in youth residential. You truly don't know hopelessness until you've relived a young girls story of being molested. Or heard a teen casually explain to you how they were gang raped by 16 men, as if it were typical breakfast conversation. You don't know fear until you've cut a cord from around a young boys neck and desperately attempted to explain to them that life is worth living. Or held someone down so that they couldn't bang their head against the wall anymore. Or wrestled a piece of sharp plastic away from the kid who just can't stop cutting their arms open. That is what it truly means to suffer...
Job 3:11 reads, Why was I not stillborn; why didn't I die as I came from the womb? Job 3:20 Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter, who wait for death but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure, who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave? (Apologetics Bible) Job longed for death. He suffered so greatly that he wished that he could cease to exist. I have never understood this passage more fully then when I look into the eyes of the children that I work with... I have only just begun the book of Job. 10 chapters in to be exact. For many, Job is a book of the bible that they read when they themselves are going through a trial. I have attempted to do that myself so many times in my darkest hours. However, I could never grasp it. Something about it was foreign to me. Now though, I read it and understand not because of myself, but because of the children I work with. God will open our eyes to His word when He sees fit. I whole heartedly believe that I wasn't able to understand Job before now, because I never needed it more than I do now. My prayer is that God would move through my heart as I read through Job and equip me with the knowledge and armor of His sovereign grace in ALL things, so that I may be able to fight the good fight with and for the kids that I work with each and every day. Sometimes I wish that I could un-hear things.
Like the desperation in your cry when I made that phone call. It replays over and over in my head like a broken record until I am literally sick to my stomach with sadness. Against all of my best efforts I just can't seem to shake off your brokeness. It clings to me like a small child terrified to let go. I would give every ounce of my being to turn back time and change your life. To find the moment where it all snapped. I would use every bit of my strength holding that moment together. I would exhaust myself stuffing your shattered spirit back inside of you. But I can't. I can't go back. I can't hold it all together. I can't save you. her·o·ine ˈherō-in/ noun
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