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In Seminary They Don’t Tell You

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Posted on January 14, 2012February 1, 2012 by JS ParkPosted in Christianity, Church, Life, Ministry, Religion, TheologyTagged struggling but submitting. 2 Comments

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They say, “Don’t cry.” But sometimes we must. It is often the only way to heal, through the river of all we have held inside. When I see patients cry in the hospital, many of them have this deep shame about it—especially men and boys. Some literally beat their chests trying to stop. It’s hard to watch. I weep with them and for them. We need the safety to weep freely in our pain, to weep for the safety that was taken. #typewritertherapy #grief #chaplain #trauma #hospital #mentalhealth #encouragement #faith #safety #pain #tragedy #healing #freedom #inspiration #jspark #grace #love #empathy #connection #solidarity [Art by @auniverseofexplodingstars]

Support your friend’s dreams. If they fail, you still supported them. If they succeed, you always believed in them. Otherwise, even when they succeed, it won’t feel like a victory that can be shared with you. And if they fail, they’ll feel like they disappointed you most. Support dreams, because there’s already so little passion in the world and so few of us go for the life we always wanted. If your friend is passionate about something, then it’s important to you too, because this is important to your friend. Don’t belittle your friend’s excitement. Don’t shoot down their ideas. You don’t have to get it, but don’t be the one who bashes it. Why strangle a voice? Why dampen passion when there is so little of it in the world? Rejoice with those rejoice, mourn with those who mourn, and join your friend on their adventure. #typewritertherapy #encouragement #friendship #typography #love #grace #lettering #passion #solidarity #life #inspiration #motivation #adventure #jspark #dreams #hope #inspire #typewriter #faith #friends #together

There are days or weeks or even months when I read the Bible and there are no grand epiphanies. There are whole seasons of Sundays when I sing praise and feel nothing. There are times of prayer where the silence kills me. There are too many times when I doubt the very existence of God and the sending of His Son. It can all feel like a crazy lie. It's in those times that I ask myself, "Am I out of love with God somehow? Am I losing my faith here? How do I get back to where I used to be?" But I keep reading my Bible. I keep singing on Sundays. I keep praying. I soak in books and sermons. I serve. I enjoy the company of mature Christians. I enjoy the fellowship of the broken. And you know, sometimes the clouds part and God comes through and His love squeezes my heart and I fall to my knees remembering how good He is. Then I read Scripture and can't stop weeping and I turn on Christian songs in my car full blast and sing loud enough to scare the traffic. I serve with shaking hands and get convicted by those sermons and soak in God's goodness all over again. So I've learned over time: I wasn't really out of love with God. I'm just a fragile human being who changes as much as the weather. I was setting a ridiculous standard for myself that can't be defined by self-pressuring parameters. I was tricked by the enemy into judging my flesh. How I feel is important, but it's not the whole basis of my faith. It's wholly, solely, defiantly by His grace—and in that, I think I can finally relax. #typewritertherapy #encouragement #doubt #typography #lettering #God #christian #grace #love #life #christianity #grief #bible #inspiration #motivation #typewriter #Jesus #faith #jspark

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