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Jed Brewer on episode 12 of the Say That podcast. (via thebridgechicago) |
Marriage is hard work. Finding “the one” doesn’t change that. There is no such thing as a fit so perfect that everything just goes effortlessly. That is because marriage is taking two sinful, fallen, selfish people, slamming them together in a small space and saying “figure it out”.
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Quit trying to straighten out your life before you give it to God. Give God your crooked self now, and let Him figure out what to do with it. Jesus built a movement on lepers, prostitutes and tax collectors. He can work with what you’ve got, and straighten you out in the process, but you have to be willing to stand before Him, sins and all, and say: ‘I don’t know why you’d want me, but if that’s what you’re asking for, here I am.’
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