How have you handled situations of turmoil and chaos? Few circumstances are as upsetting as the death of a loved one, a divorce or a betrayal. Emotionally wreckage is difficult and can blind side us out of nowhere. For me as I have thought about the promise that He will NEVER leave us or abandon us is that our Triune God is loyal to His commitments, despite our circumstances. As a consequence, I want to be that person as well, discerning how to navigate life with Him inside and beside me. He is faithful and I want to be faithful as well.
“The intention to be formed is to have the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ a constant presence in our minds, crowding out every false idea or destructive image, all misinformation about God, and every crooked inference or belief.” - Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ
“The key to living into the ideal that Jesus described is a servant spirit—the character of a disciple modeled after the character of Christ. As long as we live out of our ego-centric, constructed selves, we will avoid dealing with the hardness of our heart. We will instead focus on the failure of the other, judging, criticizing, and condemning them.” - Excerpt, Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Steve Langford
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