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If you feel like you're constantly trying to earn

If you feel like you're constantly trying to earn God's approval…maybe it's worth asking why.

I explore this idea further in The Story of Two Lost Sons:

“In the Story of the Two Lost Sons, God is painted as vulnerable by allowing his son to hurt him and to take from him. He could have disowned such a foolish son or closed himself off from such a foolish son. But the story continues with the father watching the horizon day after day after day after day. Because maybe this would be the day his son would return home.” –p. 45

Have you ever related to God more like a boss than a Father?

But the book: https://bravester.com/the-story-of-two-lost-sons-finding-grace-and-restoration-inside-gods-lavish-love/

#TheStoryofTwoLostSons #slightlybraver #bebrave #bravester

“There is a popular teaching that God can’t stand

“There is a popular teaching that God can’t stand sin, thus God can’t be in the presence of sin. It goes like this: God is holy and loving; you are a sinner; God hates sin and can’t be in sin’s presence; don’t worry, the cross brings good news because now the God no longer sees you but instead looks at Christ and his cross.

“Surprisingly when Jesus came to earth he didn’t start puking everywhere because he was now amongst sinners. In fact, he is found with sinners. He was not disgusted by them but he ate dinner with sinners. He was found laughing in the presence of those who sin.

“Of course, Jesus was upset by harmful systems which is why he called out the Pharisees. This is a justice issue, which means Jesus acts. You can’t have love without justice. (Think deeper about that.) Justice does not mean shame.” --Brenda Seefeldt Amodea

Read more: https://bravester.com/why-i-am-pro-guilt-and-anti-shame/

#nomoreshame #Godiswithyou #slightlybraver #bebrave #bravester

"I write about the Shepherd’s frantic search for t

"I write about the Shepherd’s frantic search for the one lost lamb in my book, but in researching it, I learned that when sheep are scared or threatened, especially when separated from their flock, they don’t enter fight or flight mode. They freeze. This is such a common problem that there are literal forums on the internet that farmers access to learn how to move a sheep that is frozen in fear because in their lostness, in their exhaustion, in their fear, they become heavy and immovable. The good news is that the Good Shepherd doesn’t leave us stuck, doesn’t leave us lost. He searches high and low because he knows us and misses us and loves us. Then he scoops us up out from where we have been stuck for who knows how long and carries us to where we find our deepest belonging and rest." --Elizabeth Berget, https://elizabethberget.substack.com/p/the-chapel-of-stuck-sheep

I have been frozen like that. Have you, too?

This fact changes the Parable of the Lost Sheep for me. It's not just a stubbornness or rebelliousness that leads me to walk away from safety and find myself so lost. It's me becoming frozen in fear, I'm stuck. I can't move forward or backward, I'm overwhelmed, I'm in overwhelmed land again. Here is where God finds me every time. I am the lost sheep...still.

Read more: https://bravester.com/seeking-god-from-overwhelmed-land/

#overwhelmed #lostsheep #Godpursuesme #slightlybraver #bebrave #bravester

When you begin removing all the things that make s

When you begin removing all the things that make sexual exploitation possible—the power imbalances, manipulation, secrecy, deception, pressure, dependency, fear, and the possibility of walking away without consequence—you are left with something very different from what we usually call sexual freedom.

There is a lot to think about in this article.

https://bravester.com/consent-isnt-the-whole-sexual-ethic/

#bravedating #truesexualfreedom #slightlybraver #bebrave #bravester

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