Making decisions
On presuming vs faith
“But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.”
Numbers 14:44-45 ESV
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““Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We ourselves will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every one of you fastened on his weapons of war and thought it easy to go up into the hill country. And the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your
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Dead things
Sick things
The good but not the best
The best that’s not in the next
Trey Rose
While it’s true we often need teachers and mentors to help us take our next right step, my tendency is to rush to other voices before I’ve taken the time to listen to my own voice as it is united with the voice of God.
Emily P. Freeman • The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
A Filter for Discerning:
The Faithful, Fruitful, and Fitted Framework:
Is it FAITHFUL?
Does the decision align with God’s character and what He’s already said?
Would this move draw you closer to Jesus as a family?
Is it FRUITFUL?
Can you envision fruit growing there—relationally, spiritually, creatively, communally?
Is it FITTED?
Not “comfortable,” but cra
God doesn’t relocate to abandon—He relocates to redeem and expand.
Like with Abraham. With Joseph. Joseph didn't ask to relocate. Neither did Abraham. But in the relocating, even to hard places, you were there. Think of Noah. Who had to relocate onto an ark. But he doesn't do it to abandon. To redeem and expand.
doesn’t always matter which road you choose. What matters is God is with you.
Emily P. Freeman • The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
A road diverges in the woods, and we have a choice. The safe one and the dangerous one. The one that pays well and the one that teaches a lot. The one that people understand and the one they don’t. The one that challenges us and the one that doesn’t.
It’s the cumulative result of these choices that leads to a life worth writing about, or a life wort
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Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives.
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets ... See more
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets ... See more