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“He will bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.” - Isaiah 61:3

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“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”

— Walt Whitman

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You don’t need another 40-page explanation of why uncertainty exists.

You need repeated lived experiences of uncertainty that do not end in catastrophe.

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detachment initially felt like loneliness, letting them be meant I was dancing alone... but then I discovered the freedom I had to actually move in ways that pleasured me. And joy replaced the tension that had haunted me for years.

“God will not move us into tmw’s blessing until He has helped us deal with yesterday’s failures”

God will bring stuff to the surface to forgive it and to heal it.

God will move us to our blessing by releasing us from our past.

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Sometimes people want to do the right thing, but they try to accomplish it in the wrong way. Rebekah and Jacob were right to want Jacob to receive the LORD’s blessing. But instead of waiting on God to bring it about in God’s way, they resorted to family-rending deceit.

Are you doing the right thing the the wrong way?

It is not because of our exemplary behavior that the LORD keeps his promises to his people. It is because of God’s unwavering faithfulness and amazing grace. “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom 5:6-8).

What a mess. Surely this is not the way the LORD intended to pass his blessing to the next generation. And yet, this is how God does pass on his blessing. God did not create his chosen family to be deceptive and dysfunctional. And yet, though they are a mess to work with, the LORD does not forsake them. Selfishness, secrecy, and duplicity drive a deep wedge in the chosen family. And yet, the LORD fulfills his promise – to them and through them. He does not decide to start over with a family more united and well-behaved. He builds a nation that will bless the world through them, sly and sinful as they are. And through that family tree, the LORD brings about the ultimate fulfillment of his promise: the Savior of the world.

God does not make excuses for our sins, and he allows us to experience the natural consequences of our actions. But the LORD does not give up on his people. He always keeps his promises. And here we encounter the grace of God. Scholar Bruce Waltke says, “Though the chosen are often unfaithful, God always abides faithful to his elect.”

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. Stay with him a few days: The few days Jacob was to stay with Laban and Rebekah’s family in Haran turned out to be more than 20 years. Events unfolded in a way no one predicted or thought they wanted, but God would fulfill His purpose in it all.

“Where attention goes, neural connection grows.”

“The brain responds to repeated conscious practice, rather than isolated positive thoughts, to rewire default nervous system responses.”

That is still the old question:

“What do I need to do to make sure the future I want happens?”

And sweetheart, that is the thing God may be asking you to put down.

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Your responsibility for determining the outcome.

But because perhaps God is asking you to discover that your life can become yours again in the very place where you thought your life had been taken from you.

Your future didn’t disappear.

And your life isn’t over because you’re walking back into a painful place.

You’re bringing the version of yourself that you encountered in Colorado back with you.

Keep living.

Keep looking for opportunities.

Don’t force doors.

Don’t close doors prematurely.

And when something actually changes, discern that thing.

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