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Raw reflections on Christ and prayer. Written for the man in the fight.
Anger Is a Heart Problem, Not a Mind Problem
You keep trying to manage your temper. The problem was never your temper. It was the thing sitting underneath it.
9 posts in Behind the Armor
The Sin You Commit Every Time You Open Your Phone
You scroll another man's life and call the ache in your chest nothing. Scripture calls it rot in the bones.
That Isn't Humility. It's the Fear of Man.
The quiet man who never makes waves thinks he's humble. Half the time he's just scared, and he's dressed it up in a virtue.
Feeling Nothing Isn't Strength. It's a Warning.
The unflappable man everyone admires might not be strong. He might be going numb, and numb is an emergency.
Bitterness Is the One Sin Men Are Proud Of
Every other sin a man hides. This one he defends. And it's poisoning the whole house from a room nobody sees.
You're Everyone's Rock. So Where Do You Get to Fall Apart?
The man who holds everyone up is usually the one nobody's holding. That was never the plan.
The Thing You've Never Said Out Loud to Anyone
Shame does one thing well. It keeps you in the dark, where it grows. Bring it into the light.
Courage Was Never the Absence of Fear
You keep waiting to stop being afraid before you act. That day isn't coming. Move anyway.
The Fear You Run All Night and Won't Admit by Day
Peace that guards you is not the same as fear that's gone. Stop waiting for the wrong one.