EJ Gaines

Music Executive. Attorney. Speaker. Partner at Insignia (Mav City, Undivided Touring, Tribl Records, 3 Diamonds Ent). Husband. Dad. Christ-Follower.

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@danramblesand @pipislayer_vt THIS WAS SO PERFECT. 😂😂

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“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.”

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God’s words to me this morning: “I am still your anchor. You are still connected.”

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“Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.”

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Ok, God, back to basics. Please create in me a clean heart and renew a steadfast, ready and hopeful spirit in me. Resurrect all of that in me.

I need it.

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Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)

Yeah, I’m far from that right now.

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That really doesn’t work for me. As I type it, I’m shocked. This settling, this resignation, this empty “hope”… it’s all been such a subtle erosion that I barely noticed it.

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There is a home base. It is Jesus.

Get back there. Live, love, and opine FROM there.

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I was scrolling on social media this morning (read: engaging in reckless behavior). As my algorithm served up back-to-back videos from professed Christians giving their biased hot takes on various topics, I exhaled aggressively and thought to myself, “go to hell.”

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I wish I had some revelatory conclusion for myself. I’m certain I’ll go back to scrolling after my disgust wears off a bit. But I at least wanted to journal this moment of tension as something to point back to when I’m feeling over-served again.