On funerals, loss, grief, friendship, and support:
It's not about knowing what to say. It's about being there when nobody knows what to say. The only thing people need to hear is, "You are not alone." And that doesn't require words. It just requires your presence.
@sheilatebra Wisdom is knowing that good intentions are not a substitute for good judgment. Being kind doesn't require being blind, and being honest doesn't require being defenseless.
I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.
The danger of popularity is that it can quietly corrupt your boldness.
A man constantly celebrated by people may begin adjusting his message subconsciously just to protect the affection he receives publicly.
Dont be that Man!
YOU CANNOT BE SILENT NOW.
There are judgments that arrive because wicked men sinned, and there are judgments that arrive because righteous men remained silent.
Hear me carefully: every generation likes to identify its villains, but few generations are willing to confront its silent saints.
We often imagine that the anger of GOD is stirred only by the rebellion of the wicked. Yet Scripture repeatedly reveals a more terrifying reality: GOD is not only offended by the presence of evil; HE is also offended by the absence of righteous men who should be speaking against it.
The harlot will be judged for her immorality, but what of the preacher who saw her destruction and refused to warn her?
The nation will be judged for its idols, but what of the watchmen who noticed the altars being erected and never lifted their voices?
The young men will answer for their compromise, but what of the fathers who preferred peace with men over faithfulness to GOD?
Many of us have mistaken silence for wisdom when GOD calls it cowardice.
You saw error and said nothing.
You watched men merchandise the Gospel and said nothing.
You watched prayer disappear from the Church and said nothing.
You watched the fear of GOD evaporate from the assemblies of the saints and said nothing.
You watched sin become fashionable among believers and said nothing.
And because your hands never touched the corruption, you convinced yourself that you were innocent.
But GOD does not only investigate what a man did. GOD also investigates what a man tolerated.
The watchman in Ezekiel was not judged because he created the danger. He was judged because he failed to sound the trumpet.
This is the deception of passive Christianity. We think we are righteous because we are not participating in darkness, while GOD is asking why we are not confronting it.
The greatest betrayal of truth is not always opposition. Sometimes it is the silence of those entrusted with its defense.
A generation is rarely destroyed because devils became stronger. Generations are destroyed because righteous men became quieter.
The tragedy of our time is not that darkness is increasing. Darkness has always desired to increase. The tragedy is that men who should be groaning between the porch and the altar are busy preserving their reputations. Men who should be crying aloud and sparing not are busy protecting platforms, invitations, and the applause of men.
Beloved, there comes a point where silence becomes participation.
When GOD gives you a burden and you bury it, your silence becomes a vote for the very thing HE sent you to confront.
When GOD gives you a trumpet and you refuse to blow it, your silence becomes partnership with the destruction that follows.
When GOD gives you light and you hide it, you become accountable for the darkness that spreads around you.
May GOD deliver us from the sin of respectable silence.
May HE deliver us from the desire to be accepted by men while nations are perishing.
May HE deliver us from the kind of Christianity that values comfort above obedience to HIS Word.
For on the Last Day, some men will weep because they committed evil.
Others will weep because they watched evil flourish, possessed the truth that could have confronted it, and chose to remain silent.
And in that hour, many will discover that silence was never neutrality before GOD.
It was disobedience.
The best view of the game is probably from the stands. But that's not where the action is. And so you have to decide, do you want a nice view or do you want to be in the thick of it and playing the game?
Getting married is an act of faith, because there’s no perfect partner and no perfect readiness to marry.
There’s only, “I have entered this covenant trusting that He who began this good work in us will bring it to completion.”
When we look upon different objects through a green glass, they all appear to be green. Even so, those whom God sees in Christ are loved by Him as Christ is loved, and they are righteous as He is righteous.
After seven years of intense work, I am excited to announce that my new book, The Law of the Sublime, will be out in November. and is now available for pre-order (see link below).
The book is designed to expand your mind, and to reveal to you a world to explore beyond what you consider reality: the realm of the Sublime.
This adventure does not require travel, drugs, or any form of external stimulation.
It only requires a new pair of eyes to see the extraordinary all around you.
Through stories, exercises, and meditations, the book will immerse you in the Sublime and forever transform how you experience life.