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[momentsbeforemass]

Spill

(by request, my homily from Sunday)

Imagine you’ve got a cup of coffee. Made just the way you like it.

And in the instant before you take that perfect first sip, I bump into you. And you spill your coffee. Everywhere.

If I asked you, why did you spill the coffee?

You’d say, “Umm, because you bumped into me.” The “you jerk” is implied.

And you would be wrong.

Wait, what? You would be wrong.

You spilled coffee, because that’s what you had in your cup.

If you’d been standing there with a cup of tea when I bumped into you, you would have spilled tea. If your cup had been full of water, you would have spilled water.

Because the only thing that can spill is what’s already in the cup. You can’t spill what’s not there.

This principle doesn’t just apply to cups of coffee or tea or water. This principle applies to you and me.

When life bumps into us – as it does many times each day. When life bumps into us, you and I are going to spill out what’s already in us. That’s the only thing that can happen.

You and I can’t spill what’s not there.

And what spills out of us? What spills out of us says a lot about us.

This is what I was getting at in Wednesday’s homily.

This is what Jesus is getting at in today’s Gospel. With His odd greeting to the two disciples of John.

He greets them, but not with “Can I help you?” Or “How are you?” Or even “What do you want?”

Jesus says, “What are you looking for?”

Which is another way of asking, “What have you filled yourself with?”

Because what you are full of? That’s what you will be looking for.

That is, left to our own devices, we look for things that are like what we are already full of. Things that are familiar. Things that confirm our preferences, our biases, and - yes - our prejudices.

If you have filled yourself with fear, you will find much to fear.

If you have filled yourself with anger, you will find much to anger you.

If you have filled yourself with hatred, you will find much to hate.

And that’s just you and me on our own. Without any help from the legion of wildly successful businesses that are growing rich while making us fearful, angry, and hateful.

Let’s pause for just a moment. Is there a time that you lashed out at something political online – in fear, or anger, or hatred? Where, without a moment’s pause, without really thinking about it, you went after them. Where it was something you said, or something you shared or reposted.

For me? The one that I’m thinking of? I’m kind of embarrassed to say it. I owe someone an apology.

But you know what’s even more telling? What I did – before I admitted to myself that I need to apologize. And to walk it back.

The moment that it came to mind, I was already trying to explain it away.

I was tired. I’d been working until midnight for three days. I was running on fumes.

So what? My excuses, my rationalizing, that doesn’t change what I did. What it was. What I need to do about it.

Or what it says about me. And what I’ve apparently been filling myself with.

Because when life bumps into us, you and I are going to spill out what’s already in us. That’s the only thing that can happen.

And if that’s what’s spilling out – fear, anger, hatred – that means that’s what I’ve been filling myself with. Something that isn’t from God. Something that doesn’t flow from my relationship with God.

And the same thing is true for all of us. No matter how we want to spin it, or explain it away. What it really says is that what we’ve filled ourselves with? It doesn’t come from God.

Let me be clear, the moment we start giving our excuses. Justifying things to ourselves. Talking about why we need to fix something. Why we must stop those people.

We are setting up something in us that isn’t from God.

We are setting up something in us that doesn’t flow from our relationship with God.

The moment we do that? Welcome to idolatry. Congratulations, you and I have managed to set up a pagan temple in our own hearts. Because we have put something between us and God.

And it won’t be long before we either start purity testing (imposing our personal dogma on the faith of others, that the only real Christians, the only real Catholics are the ones who believe just like us). Or we retain the veneer of the Faith with none of its substance.

That is, we keep up appearances. While we’re really worshiping at the altar of our fear, our hatred, our anger. On the downlow.

Which couldn’t be farther from the plan that God has for your life. Which couldn’t be farther from the salvation that was purchased for you on Calvary.

Jesus didn’t die so that you and I could be lost in fear, and hatred, and anger.

Because if we really are who we claim to be, then the only thing that should ever spill out of us when life bumps into us is the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

That is a hard ask. How do we do that?

You and I can’t just choke it back. We’re so full of all that garbage that we just can’t do that. Not for long.

No. The answer isn’t to choke it back. The answer is to replace it. One piece at time. Hour by hour. Day by day.

Okay, but how?

This isn’t a quick fix. It’s going to take time. And two other things. Be aware that you’re doing it. And be Samuel.

Every time you react unthinkingly. Every time you default to fear, to anger, to hatred. The moment you catch yourself doing it.

No matter how right you think you are. No matter how worthy the cause. No matter how much it needs to be done. No matter how much they deserve it. Stop right there.

Even if it’s after the fact. Stop right there. And with the heart of Samuel from today’s first reading, turn away from whatever it is.

Make a break with the moment. Make a break from whatever, or whoever, is winding you up. Take a breath. And turn to God.

Say to God, “Lord, look at what I just said. Look at what I just did. I know that’s not from you. I need your help if I’m going to be yours.”

Ask God, “Lord, empty me of the crap that I would fill myself with. Fill me instead with the knowledge and love of your Holy Ghost, the servant heart of your Christ, and your peace which passes all understanding.”

Then wait on God, with heart of Samuel. A heart that says, “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.”

This is the key to the Christian life. This is the key to a living faith.

Because when life bumps into us, you and I are going to spill out what’s already in us. That’s the only thing that can happen.

Sunday’s Readings

[thescienceofapologetics]

Do you have a compilation of issues with Catholicism? I searched some tags on your blog and couldn't find much. I feel as if the Catholic church puts a bit too much emphasis on man and not enough on God, but I'd like to have some solid arguments instead of just a feeling. Thanks!

Here (finally) is a masterpost for all the asks I’ve received about this topic! I’m about to unintentionallyruffle quite a lot of feathers here, with having quite a significant amount ofpresumably catholic followers. Therefore, as always is my goal, there will beLOTS of scripture references to back things up, and everything I link to I doso because it also is saturated with additional scripture. Always, ALWAYS goingback to what the Bible says.

I wouldabsolutely agree that the Catholic religion puts a dangerous, even dire, amountof focus on the efforts of man, and we will see that as we dive into theirclaims vs. the scriptures. The false teachings of Catholicism will be in bold.

Grace plus works doctrine – Paul plainly addresses this problem in Galatians. The peoplewere adopting what Paul calls “another gospel” which was grace plus works. Thisis what Paul says, “Are you so foolish? Having begun inthe Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?” (Galatians 3:3) Let’slook at that verse again, Paul is saying it is foolish to think that havingbeen begun being justified by God’s grace that your human works will completethat. He says that is foolishness! Our good works are not what save us. It isGod who saves us. From the moment we believe we are completely justifiedbecause of what Jesus did in dying on the cross. That chapter goes on to useAbraham as an example, and I would absolutely advocate reading Galatians,especially chapter 3. Ephesians 2:8-10 says, “For by grace you have been savedthrough faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which Godprepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” God created us to do goodworks, however, the Bible is clear that good works are not what save us.Otherwise we could parade our own goodness, we could say “Look at all they goodI’ve done, I’m definitely getting into Heaven.” That’s not how it works. Salvationis because of everything GOD has done for us. The Bible consistently teachesthat “Salvation is determined by faith alone, and demonstrated by faithfulnessto obey God’s will alone” (John MacArthur).

You can lose your salvation – Romans 8:38-39 says, “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels norprincipalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor heightnor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from thelove of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Once we are Christ’s, that isit. We are secure. Jesus died for past, present, andfuture sins. The sins of those who believed before Jesus came, the sins ofthose who believed while Jesus was on earth, and the sins of those who wouldlive after His resurrection. Jesus conquered sin, every sin believers ever have committed or ever will, and by believing in Him weare no longer slaves to sin or the punishment of it. If there is nothing youcan do to earn your salvation, there is nothing you can do to lose your salvation. Were salvation able to be withdrawn, we would have no peace, we would spend ourlives in fear that we had not done enough. The Bible has already said that no one is goodenough, but God’s grace is sufficient and it is everlasting. Romans 11:29, “For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”

Baptism is necessary for salvation – Again,works based theology that does not line up with scripture and that is whatsalvation by baptism is. When the proper context is applied to the passagesthat appear to mention physical baptism alongside salvation, we see that the“salvation by grace through faith” doctrine stands. Because this is such aweighty topic, I’m going to link to an article that is rich with scripturalreferences. [x]

Confession – Confession is a part of repentance, but confession to man isnot required for salvation. John 1:9 says, “If weconfess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” God is theone who forgives us and the only one who is able to cleanse us. Our fellowChristians are called to hold us accountable, but the forgiveness of sins as itpertains to eternal life is something only God can absolve.

We are born sinless – The Bible says that we are sinners by nature. Ephesians 2:3says, “Among whom also we all once conducted ourselvesin the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind,and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.”

Mary was sinless – Where does the Bible say Mary was sinless? The Bible says, inRomans 3:23, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” The Catholics claim there are exceptions to this verse, that this is just ageneralization, but where does the Bible say that? There is nothing to supportthat view. There is never an exemption that says “this person didn’t needsalvation.” The Bible says that we are all depraved sinners, slaves to the law,and in need of salvation.

Praying to Mary and the saints – The simplest answer I have forthis is there is absolutely nothing in the Bible to suggest it is permissibleto pray to anyone but God. Mary is a created, sinful being, a human, just likeus, just like every saint. There is no power Mary or the saints possess exceptthat which is given to them by God. Neither does the Bible make allowance forpraying to angels. Praying to Mary and the saints takes the focus off of Godand elevates the creation to a place of reverence reserved for the Creator. “Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and servedthe creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.”(Romans 1:25) The veneration of Mary and the saints is idolatry. More aboutthat can be found here [x]

Purgatory – The Bible is clear that there are only two options for theafterlife. Matthew 25:46, “And these will go away intoeverlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” There is nomiddle ground, no point after death which you can choose Heaven over Hell. Additionally,the idea of sacraments is baseless. You cannot pay off your sin. Not to mentionprayers for the dead are useless, as Luke 16 tells us that each person bearsthe consequences of their decision and one’s eternal destination cannot bealtered by others.

The authority of the Pope – “I marvel that you are turning away sosoon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, whichis not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert thegospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any othergospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As wehave said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel toyou than what you have received, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:6-9) As mentionedbefore, the different gospel mentioned is specifically a grace plus worksdoctrine. The Bible is very clear that anyone who touts a message that iscontrary to the Bible is not of God. The Pope holds no doctrinal authority overanyone. God’s word, the Bible, is given to everyone the same, and allChristians have the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of them specifically to help,guide, and discern. God’s Word stands, and anyone who preaches contrary to thatis preaching a lie, a false doctrine, the road to Hell.

Other “scriptures” – The Catholic church has implemented additional books in theirteaching, adding to the Bible what does not belong. They have taken the perfectword of God and added books that contradict and/or detract from the truth ofthe Bible. The books of the Bible were not something that was chosen lightly,nor was any random text considered scripture. That which is part of the BibleMUST be scripture inspired directly by God Himself. There were guidelines andcertain qualifications that had to be met for books to be part of the Bible,and that resulted in 66 books – no more, no less. Psalm 12:6-7 says, “The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried ina furnace of earth, purified seven times. You shall keep them, O Lord,You shall preserve them from this generation forever.”Additional information on the inspiration/preservation of scripture can befound here [x][x]

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From comparing the Bible with the core Catholic doctrine,it is evident that Catholicism is a false religion, the rejection of God’sWord, and the rejection of God’s Word condemns you to Hell. I meekly, humbly,honestly, implore my catholic friends to read the Bible, search for the answersin the scriptures. Don’t take my word on this, it doesn’t matter at all what I say.God’s Word is Truth.

[somerabbitholes]

Essays

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of essays I like/find interesting/are food for thought; I’ve tried to sort them as much as possible. The starred (*) ones are those I especially love

also quick note: some of these links, especially the ones that are from books/anthologies redirect you to libgen or scihub, and if that doesn’t work for you, do message me; I’d be happy to send them across!

Literature + Writing

Godot Comes to Sarajevo - Susan Sontag

The Strangeness of Grief - V. S. Naipaul*

Memories of V. S. Naipaul - Paul Theroux*

A Rainy Day with Ruskin Bond - Mayank Austen Soofi

How Albert Camus Faced History - Adam Gopnik

Listen, Bro - Jo Livingstone

Rachel Cusk Gut-Renovates the Novel - Judith Thurman

Lost in Translation: What the First Line of “The Stranger” Should Be - Ryan Bloom

The Duke in His Domain - Truman Capote*

The Cult of Donna Tartt: Themes and Strategies in The Secret History - Ana Rita Catalão Guedes

Never Do That to a Book - Anne Fadiman*

Affecting Anger: Ideologies of Community Mobilisation in Early Hindi Novel - Rohan Chauhan*

Why I Write - George Orwell*

Rimbaud and Patti Smith: Style as Social Deviance - Carrie Jaurès Noland*

Art + Photography (+ Aesthetics)

Looking at War - Susan Sontag*

Love, sex, art, and death - Nan Goldin, David Wojnarowicz

Lyons, Szarkowski, and the Perception of Photography - Anne Wilkes Tucker

The Feminist Critique of Art History - Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Patricia Mathews

In Plato’s Cave - Susan Sontag*

On reproduction of art (Chapter 1, Ways of Seeing) - John Berger*

On nudity and women in art (Chapter 3, Ways of Seeing) - John Berger*

Kalighat Paintings  - Sharmishtha Chaudhuri

Daydreams and Fragments: On How We Retrieve Images From the Past -  Maël Renouard

Arthur Rimbaud: the Aesthetics of Intoxication - Enid Rhodes Peschel

Cities

Tragic Fable of Mumbai Mills - Gyan Prakash

Whose Bandra is it? - Dustin Silgardo*

Timur’s Registan: noblest public square in the world? - Srinath Perur

The first Starbucks coffee shop, Seattle - Colin Marshall*

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai’s iconic railway station - Srinath Perur

From London to Mumbai and Back Again: Gentrification and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective -  Andrew Harris

The Limits of “White Town” in Colonial Calcutta - Swati Chattopadhyay

The Metropolis and Mental Life - Georg Simmel

Colonial Policy and the Culture of Immigration: Citing the Social History of Varanasi - Vinod Kumar, Shiv Narayan

A Caribbean Creole Capital: Kingston, Jamaica - Coln G. Clarke (from Colonial Cities by Robert Ross, Gerard J. Telkamp

The Colonial City and the Post-Colonial World - G. A. de Bruijne

The Nowhere City - Amos Elon*

The Vertical Flâneur: Narratorial Tradecraft in the Colonial Metropolis - Paul K. Saint-Amour

Philosophy

The trolley problem problem - James Wilson

A Brief History of Death - Nir Baram

Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical - John Rawls*

Should Marxists be Interested in Exploitation? - John E. Roemer

The Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief - Scott Berinato*

The Pandemic and the Crisis of Faith - Makarand Paranjape

If God Is Dead, Your Time is Everything - James Wood

Giving Up on God - Ronald Inglehart

The Limits of Consensual Decision - Douglas Rae*

The Science of “Muddling Through” - Charles Lindblom*

History

The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine - Maria Dolan

The History of Loneliness - Jill Lepore*

From Tuskegee to Togo: the Problem of Freedom in the Empire of Cotton - Sven Beckert*

Time, Work-Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism - E. P. Thompson*

All By Myself - Martha Bailey*

The Geographical Pivot of History - H. J. Mackinder

The sea/ocean

Rim of Life - Manu Pillai

Exploring the Indian Ocean as a rich archive of history – above and below the water line - Isabel Hofmeyr, Charne Lavery

‘Piracy’, connectivity and seaborne power in the Middle Ages - Nikolas Jaspert (from The Sea in History)*

The Vikings and their age - Nils Blomkvist (from The Sea in History)*

Mercantile Networks, Port Cities, and “Pirate” States - Roxani Eleni Margariti

Phantom Peril in the Arctic - Robert David English, Morgan Grant Gardner*

Assorted ones on India

A departure from history: Kashmiri Pandits, 1990-2001 - Alexander Evans *

Writing Post-Orientalist Histories of the Third World - Gyan Prakash

Empire: How Colonial India Made Modern Britain - Aditya Mukherjee

Feminism and Nationalism in India, 1917-1947 - Aparna Basu

The Epic Riddle of Dating Ramayana, Mahabharata - Sunaina Kumar*

Caste and Politics: Identity Over System - Dipankar Gupta

Our worldview is Delhi based*

Sports (you’ll have to excuse the fact that it’s only cricket but what can i say, i’m indian)

‘Massa Day Done:’ Cricket as a Catalyst for West Indian Independence: 1950-1962 - John Newman*

Playing for power? rugby, Afrikaner nationalism and masculinity in South Africa, c.1900–70 - Albert Grundlingh

When Cricket Was a Symbol, Not Just a Sport - Baz Dreisinger

Cricket, caste, community, colonialism: the politics of a great game - Ramachandra Guha*

Cricket and Politics in Colonial India - Ramchandra Guha

MS Dhoni: A quiet radical who did it his way*

Music

Brega: Music and Conflict in Urban Brazil - Samuel M. Araújo

Color, Music and Conflict: A Study of Aggression in Trinidad with Reference to the Role of Traditional Music - J. D. Elder

The 1975 - ‘Notes On a Conditional Form’ review - Dan Stubbs*

Life Without Live - Rob Sheffield*

How Britney Spears Changed Pop - Rob Sheffield

Concert for Bangladesh

From “Help!” to “Helping out a Friend”: Imagining South Asia through the Beatles and the Concert for Bangladesh - Samantha Christiansen 

Gender

Clothing Behaviour as Non-verbal Resistance - Diana Crane

The Normalisation of Queer Theory - David M. Halperin

Menstruation and the Holocaust - Jo-Ann Owusu*

Women’s Suffrage the Democratic Peace - Allan Dafoe

Pink and Blue: Coloring Inside the Lines of Gender - Catherine Zuckerman*

Women’s health concerns are dismissed more, studied less - Zoanne Clack

Food

How Food-Obsessed Millennials Shape the Future of Food - Rachel A. Becker (as a non-food obsessed somewhat-millennial, this was interesting)

Colonialism’s effect on how and what we eat - Coral Lee

Tracing Europe’s influence on India’s culinary heritage - Ruth Dsouza Prabhu

Chicken Kiev: the world’s most contested ready-meal*

From Russia with mayo: the story of a Soviet super-salad*

The Politics of Pancakes - Taylor Aucoin*

How Doughnuts Fuelled the American Dream*

Pav from the Nau

A Short History of the Vada Pav - Saira Menezes

Fantasy (mostly just harry potter and lord of the rings)

Purebloods and Mudbloods: Race, Species, and Power (from The Politics of Harry Potter)

Azkaban: Discipline, Punishment, and Human Rights (from The Politics of Harry Potter)*

Good and Evil in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lengendarium - Jyrki Korpua

The Fairy Story: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis - Colin Duriez (from Tree of Tales)*

Tolkien’s Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean - Ralph Wood (from Tree of Tales)*

Travel

The Hidden Cost of Wildlife Tourism

Chronicles of a Writer’s 1950s Road Trip Across France - Kathleen Phelan

On the Early Women Pioneers of Trail Hiking - Gwenyth Loose

On the Mythologies of the Himalaya Mountains - Ed Douglas*

More random assorted ones

The cosmos from the wheelchair (The Economist obituaries)*

In El Salvador - Joan Didion

Scientists are unravelling the mystery of pain - Yudhijit Banerjee

Notes on Nationalism - George Orwell

Politics and the English Language - George Orwell*

What Do the Humanities Do in a Crisis? - Agnes Callard*

The Politics of Joker - Kyle Smith

Sushant Singh Rajput: The outsider - Uday Bhatia*

Credibility and Mystery - John Berger

happy reading :)

[petitworld]

[via]

[hwhwgwhnwnwbwbwg-deactivated202]

God I love smart men like yes baby explain that one theory to me I’m all ears

[the-homie-sexual]

plot twist: someone hears about every shitty thing you may or may not have done, every person you’ve hurt, every sin you’ve committed, and every ounce of pain you’ve created in someone else’s life… and they forgive you and choose you and they love you anyways.

[paula-of-christ]

Bigger plot twist: this is exactly what God does

[thesovereignword]

Do not stop praying for your unsaved friends and family.

I’ll say it again: Do not stop. Even if you have to pray the rest of your life. Keep praying for their salvation and refuse to quit. While they still have a pulse, there’s hope.

Am I guaranteeing they’ll be saved? No, I’m not. But if I could only emphasize how many stories I’ve heard of Christians who didn’t give up praying for the unbelievers in their lives and eventually saw results.

They may get saved and they may not.

But prayer gives them a way better chance.

Keep praying. Never stop. Refuse to stop for the rest of your life. And don’t give up hope.

[magpie-trove]

One time in literature class my professor was talking about myths and Christianity and how in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice he fails to overcome death but how in the medieval version “Sir Orfeo” the hero succeeds because now this myth was being told in a world where Death was a thing that was overcome and could be, where the King had rescued his bride; and then he started talking about the transition and difference between the pagan world and the advent of Christianity and said “in a world full of stories of gods pursuing people in wrath and lust, can you imagine how it must have been to hear of a God pursuing people in love?” And every few days I still get emotional about that

[fudemushi]

no offense but like dont go wasting your emotion, lay all your love on me 🙄

[thesovereignword]

Christian, the world is a dark and angry place indeed — but never, under any circumstances, let that make your heart turn hard. Continue to hope. Continue to be open. Continue to give your all for others, whether it’s returned or not. Continue to love as Jesus loved and never let that love lessen. Keep your heart soft and your hands open. I know that’s difficult, but it’s vital.

[fromhersoul]

Please don‘t ever go back to anything you had to pray your way out of

[mkvx-deactivated20240202]

@mkvx

[stuckinapril]

girls are faced with excruciatingly hard choices every day (picking what outfit to wear)

[peoplefromheaven]

[keviinsito-deactivated20260512]

[invalid0000]

!!!

[woeworld]

Actually dating for 10 years is the problem. At that point you very much should be married. cohabitation leads to divorce, and it’s very unlikely to date for 10 years without that in some degree. If your SO is taking that long, it should be really suspicious. Why are they so hesitant to make commitments?

[woeworld]

I mean, even if you just look in the notes, most of them are about how their/their parents successful marriages started after only a short period of dating. That’s not to say it’s true for everyone, but it seems to be true for most.

[catholiccosmere]

My parents dated for 2 months and it’s been almost 40 years ✨

[paula-of-christ]

How I want my kids to be^

[disgruntled-neighborhood-wife]

My parents got engaged the day they met and have been married for almost 30 years and have 6 children.

[honey-no-more]

My parents had an arranged marriage. Together for 30 years🥂

[hislittleflower-throughconcrete]

I think the single most powerful thing that has been effective when trying to combat my scrupulosity is to meditate on the reality of Satan and his works.

Which is a super weird sounding - usually people talk about the antidote to scrupulosity as being abandonment to God, trust in His Mercy, fostering intimacy with Jesus - and that is 100% true. That is the path to healing. But I'm talking about what I can do in the moment I am dealing with scrupulous thoughts or compulsions to flip a switch in my brain to help me see the reality of my situation.

See, no matter how many times I tell myself that Jesus loves me and cares for me, that God is Mercy, etc. I don't necessarily get myself to believe it in the depths of my heart in those heightened moments of scruples - my anxiety is too loud, my thoughts and fears are running the show. But if I remind myself "this is exactly what Satan wants right now - He wants you obsessed over this minor thing to distract you from how powerful your prayers, your service, and your witness could be in Christ. You know what would really slap Satan in the face? What if you did that thing anyway, even if it wasn't perfect, and tell him "look what imperfect gifts God can sanctify." What if you said "I'm going to rest this sin or fear of sin at Jesus' feet, turn around, and walk away" to spit in Satan's face.

Basically, my scrupulosity life-hack has been to remember I have the power to piss Satan off and take away his power, and it honestly works every time.

[miyakuli]

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