Aug. 27, 2024

Comfortable in the Uncomfortable

Comfortable in the Uncomfortable

A look at the common phrase and if it is consistent with Christianity

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A look at the common phrase and if it is consistent with Christianity

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Looking at our world from a theological perspective.

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This is the Theology Central podcast making Theology Central.

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Good afternoon everyone. It is Tuesday, August the twenty seventh,

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twenty twenty four. It is currently two twenty four pm

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Central Time, and I am coming to you live from

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the Theology Central studio located right here in Abilene, Texas. Now,

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are there any people out there? Is there anyone who

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does what I do? I don't know, not in everything,

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but is there anyone out there who does what I do?

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In specific situations? Let me explain. Are you one of

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those people who maybe you're watching a movie, listening to

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a song, listening to a sermon, are reading a book

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and a phrase one line will just grab We'll just

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like reach out, slap you across the face, and you like, man,

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copy that down, write that down, And all you can

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think about is that phrase, that line, that lyric, what,

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whatever the case may be. I when I when I

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read mini novels, I will go through and just write

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down a line from a novel like and I'm like,

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oh that is so good. I love that. And then

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what could what what? What does that line mean? What

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could it mean to me? How? How do I understand that,

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how could I use that line?

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What?

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In songs? It'll be like one little lyric and I'll

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be like, wow, I love and that lyric, will that

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little line in the lyric, that one little lyric in

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the song, it will just stay with me and it'll

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be like, well, I could understand it from this perspective,

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or it can mean this, or I could use it

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this way or this way or this way or this

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way or this way or this way or this way.

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Sometimes it can be in a sermon, someone will just

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say one line, one little phrase, and I'll be like, oh,

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that is so good, and I will write that down

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and then I will just stay with it. And in

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many cases I will just I will turn that phrase,

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that line, that lyric, that line in a movie, and

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it'll just like all of a sudden, I start expanding

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it and I turn it into this, and I look

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at it from this perspective and this perspective, and it

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just I'm I do that. I've been doing that my

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whole life. I used to have notebooks just filled with

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lines from a song or a novel or a movie,

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just and in many cases with no I didn't even

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add any context, just here's this line, here are these words,

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and then I may write underneath it all the different

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ways that impacted me this way, or it made me

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feel this, or it made me think this, or it

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made me think that. I don't know if anyone else

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is like that. I don't know. I don't know if

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anyone else does the same. There's probably some of you.

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Some of you are like, I don't really care about

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a specific line in a song or in a movie.

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But for me, I can be watching a movie and

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be like, oh, That's why many cases when I watch

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a movie you have a notebook, you know, with me

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is because I will just immediately hit pause and rewinding,

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go what was that line? What was that line? And

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write it down because it will jump out of me.

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And it doesn't happen all the time. It doesn't happen

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all the time. I could watch ten movies and it

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may not happen just at specific time. It can be

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whoo or a TV show and it'll be like, wow,

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that was powerful. Well, today I heard a line and

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a I guess we'll call it a sermon. It really

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kind of wasn't a sermon. I don't know what we

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will call it. Well, I'll explain the context in a minute.

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And at first, when I heard it, I was like, okay,

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all right. It didn't immediately jump out at me, but

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it made me. I remembered it. I remembered it, and

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then I kept thinking about it, and I kept thinking

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about it, and the line goes something like this, you

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need to learn you need to embrace being comfortable in

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the uncomfortable. You have to learn you have to embrace

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the idea of being comfortable in the uncomfortable. And when

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I heard this, I was like, well, okay, maybe. Well

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then as I started thinking about, well this was this

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was stated and I guess kind of a sermon. It

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was kind of an opening I guess opening service for

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the new school year at Bob Jones University. And my

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initial concept was, wait a minute, Okay, it's that time

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of year. You know, it's the new school year. School

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is in the air, right, So what I what I

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immediately thought about doing, is like, I'm going to grab

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the audio from this. There was another presentation given to

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some students at Bob Jones University, and I grabbed that audio.

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There was a number of things that happened at Bob

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Jones University and welcome everyone to the new school year.

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And I'm like, Okay, that's awesome. And so what I

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wanted to do was going to grab some of the

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audio and I was going to turn on the microphone

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and tell everyone, Hey, guys, listen for the Sermon's two

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point zero app. School is in the air. This is

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the perfect time to go through the app and find

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every Bible college, every seminary, every university, every Bible institute,

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and click follow so all of the new content will

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show up in your feed. Because I think it's important

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to listen to all the Bible colleges, all the seminaries,

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all the universities, because you kind of get an idea

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what the next generation of Christians are being taught, what

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is going on, what's being discussed in chapel, what's going on,

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and you kind of get an idea of where things

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are going. I'm not saying you get a perfect idea,

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but I always find it fascinating. I love it. So

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I'm like, oh, opening Ambassador College on the Sermon's two

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point o app. They just did a message on two

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Brothers on canaan Abel for their like opening service for

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the new school year, and I'm like Okay, Bob Jones

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had their opening service. There's a number of schools that

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have already posted stuff, and I'm like, okay, I could

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tell everyone about this, and that's all I was going

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to do. I was going to play a little bit

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of the audio, tell everyone go download, you know, or

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go follow all of these people on the sermon's two

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point oh app you know, pay attention. You're going to

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find some you love. You're gonna find you're not much

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of a fan of. But guess what you're going to

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be doing. You're going to be paying attention to what

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the new generation, that the next generation of Christians are

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learning as they're in Bible, college, seminary, a Christian university,

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whatever the case is. And I think that that is

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worth your time, and I think it's worth you listening

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to a right. So that's all I was going to do.

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But as I was listening to the Bob Jones opening service,

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the young man speaking, he's kind of welcoming, hey, freshman, sophomore, junior, seniors,

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here's what you need to know, and so he gives

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them a little bit of advice. And one of the

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advice he gives I think primarily the freshman is this

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idea of being comfortable in the uncomfortable. Now, I want

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you to hear him say it yourself right now. The

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audio is utter trash. In fact, I had to increase

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this by like I don't even know crazy percentage even

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to get it as loud as I have it. I

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should have. In fact, I should have amplified it even more.

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The only problem is I'd already had to because they

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had music that was like the volume was way up here,

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and then the talking the volume was way down here,

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and then they would have this section that would be here,

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and it was just a total mess. So I had

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to cut all kinds of stuff, but so the volume,

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and at that point, if I would have started over,

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then I would have to edit all of that again

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then amplify it. So I should have just amplified all

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of it then cut it. Is what I should have done,

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but it was hard to know how how to amplify it.

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So I've done the editing work on it. It needed

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a lot of editing work. So I think when this

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comes in, immediately the microphones are all messed up. There's

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this weird echo. I don't know what's going on. Finally

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they cut that echoing, and then you have the normal.

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So there's gonna be a little bit of weird sound

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issues going on, but just ignore that. Hopefully you'll be

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able to hear this. But listen to when he basically

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tells these new students to be comfortable in the uncomfortable.

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Now once I heard, Like I said, when I initially

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heard the phrase, it did not jump out at me.

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But I kept giving it. I kept thinking about it

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and thinking about it and thinking about it, and the

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next thing you know, I have one, I don't know,

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five five to seven pages of notes because I kept

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thinking about the phrase. I kept thinking about it, and well,

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I've got I'm gonna kind of challenge it a little bit.

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Maybe you can tell me what you think. Right here,

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we go.

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Good evening on behalf of the Student Leadership Council. I

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am honored to welcome you all to the opening exercises

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of the twenty twenty four or twenty twenty five academics.

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We are thrilled to have each one of you here tonight.

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Okay, so the echoing part is over. He's welcoming them

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the twenty four twenty twenty five welcome. We're all glad

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that you're here tonight. So I'm assuming this was last

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last night when this occurred, and it was in my

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feed today. Now again that volume is cranked as loud

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as I can get it, so I hope you can

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hear it. I really do. I apologize, I'm look and

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that's with me amplifying it artificially. Look at the original

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volume was so low it can almost barely even hear it,

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So hopefully this will work all right. But here you

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go here, Well, let's just listen.

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First, I want to extend a warm welcome to our

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returning students. To the sophomores, you have thrived during your

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first year, and now new responsibilities and opportunities await. You

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carry your enthusiasm with you into this year and see

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what remarkable things God has in store to the juniors.

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You are now halfway through your journey here at BJU.

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You've achieved so much already, so keep up the excellent

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work and continue pursuing your calling with dedication. To the seniors,

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congratulations on the diligence you've shown so far. As a class,

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We've not only learned, loved, and led, but in May

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we will be leaving. So cherish these last moments and

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memories that we have with each other. Second, I want

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to extend a special welcome to the new students of BJU,

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especially the freshman class of twenty twenty eight. We are

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beyond excited that you have chosen to begin your journey

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here at BJU. We are eager to get to know

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you and to grow alongside you. Freshman year can be

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daunting as you embark on this brand new adventure, navigating

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the uncertainties of being in a new place, making new friendships,

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and adjusting to life at BJU. All of these feelings

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are normal, and I assure you every one of your

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classmates is experiencing similar uncertainties, and so to you is

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to embrace being comfortable in the uncomfortable. I remember sitting

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in your seat.

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There you have it. My advice to you is to

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embrace being comfortable in the uncomfortable. Embrace being comfortable in

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the uncomfortable. Now again, initially it did not I did

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not give it much thought, but I just kept thinking

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about it, and so when I came up here, I

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already told you. My original idea was like, Hey, school

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is in the air. These schools are are are are

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in session. Their content is going to be there on

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the sermon's two point oh app find every university, every

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Bible college, every seminary, follow them and listen to what's

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going on. What is the next generation. What is the

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class of twenty twenty eight learning is? What are the

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Christian the Christian leaders of twenty twenty eight, the pastors

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of twenty twenty eight, what are they learning in twenty

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twenty four, twenty twenty five, twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven.

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You get the idea. So that's what I was going

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to do. And I was like, all right, everyone have

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a great day. But when I sat down, I'm like,

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but comfortable and the uncomfortable comfortable and the uncomfortable comfortable

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and the uncomfortable. And then I asked myself this question,

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where did he get that idea? I wonder where. I mean,

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those are very specific words, right, very specific words. And in fact,

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it looks like that he's probably prepared this. I mean,

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of him, but it looks like he's he's going very

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smoothly through this. So I think he chose those words

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specifically and brace being comfortable in the uncomfortable. And I'm like, Okay,

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I can see how that could be, you know, words

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for the freshman or uncomfortable. I mean, it's a brand

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new environment. I don't know what's going on. How do

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I get the glass? Where are my books? Where do

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I go here? What do I do here? What's the next? Okay? Oh?

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like all those issues. And then once you get past that,

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if you embrace being comfortable and the uncomfortable, then maybe

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the uncomfortable will become comfortable. And then the next thing

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you know, you're just going through and you're well, you're

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having the quote unquote university experience, the college experience. But

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I wanted to think, okay, so what is the origin

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of this concept. It's a philosophical concept, comfortable and the uncomfortable.

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It's a philosophical concept, right, So then I thought, it's philosophical?

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some things that I found the concept of being comfortable

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in the uncomfortable refers to the idea of finding ease

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or stability and situations that are inherently challenging, uncertain, or uncomfortable.

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avoid it, recognizing that growth often occurs in the most

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difficult or unfamiliar situations. Now I can see a little

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bit of that. I could see I could kind of

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connect this to some biblical concepts, right maybe right now.

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The origins of the concept now here. I had to

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origins of the concept. The idea of becoming comfortable in

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the uncomfortable is deeply rooted in various philosophical and psychological

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and even spiritual traditions. And I'm like, okay, I knew

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it was philosophical, right, Psychological makes sense. That's something a

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counselor may say, Well, I know you're very uncomfortable right now,

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but you need to embrace being comfortable in the uncomfort.

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I know that psychological. Philosophical definitely. I was already thinking

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of once a philosophical tradition that I thought was very

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much a part of this spiritual traditions. I'm like, oh,

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so maybe Christianity is going to come into play here. Well,

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there doesn't appear to be a single origin point. It

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draws from several key sources, so we may not be

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able to say this idea embraced being comfortable and the uncomfortable.

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where it began. There are some key sources, and the

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first one is Stoic philosophy Stoicism. Stoic philosophy, Okay, that

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makes sense. Stoic philosophy has had a resurgence in the

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last few years. Stoicism has really become a big thing,

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it's just really kind of had a resurgence lately. Ancient

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Stoic philosophers now one of their names starts with an E.

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I don't remember how to pronounce it. The other one

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emphasized They emphasize the importance of facing hardships with composure

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and resilience. Okay. Stoicism teaches that by accepting and even

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in embracing discomfort, we develop inner strength and virtue. So

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then the question is, hey, students, embrace being comfortable and

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the uncomfortable. Is that biblical or is that stoicism? Does

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this come from a philosophical tradition or does it come

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from Christianity? Is it compatible with Christianity? Another source for

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this concept is Buddhism. Buddhism and mindfulness. Buddhism, there is

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a concept often translated as suffering discomfort or uh, I

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can't remember this. There's a third part, dissatisfaction, I think

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is the concept. But there is a it's my it's

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a it's the it's the idea of being discomforted, suffering,

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being dissatisfied the practice of mindfulness encourages individuals to observe

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their discomfort without judgment, leading to a deeper understanding and

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eventual acceptance of it. So stoicism teaches that accept and

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embrace discomfort so that you can develop strength and virtue. Virtue.

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and I think it's dissatisfaction. This is a practice of

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mindfulness encourages individuals to observe your discomfort without judgment. You

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don't judge it, you just you just observe it. But

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then you it leads to a deeper understanding and eventual

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acceptance of the discomfort, the acceptance of the suffering, the

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acceptance of the dissatisfaction. So embrace being comfortable and the uncomfortable.

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But those two concepts seem I was like, well, I'm

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not so sure, all right, so but do a little

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bit more work. The concept of embrace being comfortable and

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the uncomfortable suggest that growth often happens at the edges

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of our comfort zone. By facing uncomfortable situations, whether in

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personal life, career, or emotional challenges, we can expand our

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capabilities and build resilience. This can involve confronting fears, tackling

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new difficult task, or engaging in honest and difficult conversations.

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basically really is taking this concept hard. Listen, I know again,

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I don't know, the volume is very low, but listen to

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what he goes on to say, because he almost embraces

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that paragraph to the letter.

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Three years ago. I'm sure of what the next day

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or two might bring as I adapted to new opportunities,

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new people, and of course that college academics questions like

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how early do I get to my first class on

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Wednesday morning? Who do I sit with at the evangelistic

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services or where do I find my textbooks swirled around

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in my head? Don't be afraid to seek out answers.

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Some of your best friendships, as Ashland mentioned the other day,

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may arise from spontaneous interactions that you have with fellow freshmen.

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Looking back, some of my closest friends came from opportunities

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and experiences that took me out of of my comfort zone.

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So embrace the uncomfortable and trust God to guide you,

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not just at the beginning of this year, but throughout

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your journey at BJU.

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concept suggests that growth often happens at the edges of

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our comfort zones. By facing uncomfortable situations, whether in personal life,

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career emotional challenges, we can expand our capabilities and build resilience.

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This can involve confronting fears, tackling new and difficult tasks,

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or engaging in honest and difficult conversations. Hey, that's where

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in the midst of all of this this good things

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can come from it. You may develop great friendships, lifelong friendships,

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and the result in the midst of all of this.

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So it's very much right in line with this philosophical concept.

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Being comfortable and the uncomfortable also relates to emotional regulation.

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arise in challenging situations without becoming overwhelmed. This can lead

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to a better decision making and more effective problem solving.

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So again, this is a philosophical concept. This philosophical concept

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has very much been brought into the business world. The

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business world will tell you this. Even in many cases,

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even the military is embraced this concept. Right, we would

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say it in a much more blunt way. I won't

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go through some of the ways that maybe I heard

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it in the military. Okay, but the idea is, hey,

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embrace being comfortable and the uncomfortable. It was, but the

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military is more like, embrace the uncomfortable. Ask for more

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of it, right, you want that? I apologize there I

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had to cough, But you get the idea. Now it

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goes on. More about this concept. In a rapidly changing world,

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adaptability is a crucial skill. Those who can become comfortable

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and uncomfortable situations often are better equipped to handle changes.

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Certainty and the unexpected. This adaptability is particularly valued and

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leadership where unexpected challenges are the norm. Again, this is

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where this almost translates to business strategy and leadership strategy

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and leadership training, and again in many military situations as well.

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a philosophical concept. How does this relate to a Christian? Now,

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he threw in, even though he's primarily promoting the concept

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of being embracing, being comfortable and the uncomfortable Let God

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lead you. Now, we could get into whole discussion about that.

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How exactly do I let God lead me? Like? What

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do I have to do? And does God send me

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a text message? Is an inner voice? That? How do

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I determine if the inner voice is my voice or

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it's God's voice? And does that not destroy scripture alone?

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If God is leading, guiding somehow communicating with me outside

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of the Bible. All right, lots of conversations we could

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have about that, but okay, right. Embracing discomfort is a

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form of mindfulness that comes from Buddhism, where one stays

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present and the moment, even when the moment is challenging.

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This present allows for a deeper connection with the self

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and others, leading to more authentic and meaningful experiences. All right,

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a powerful mindset that can lead to personal growth, resilience,

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and accountability or adaptability. By embracing discomfort, individuals can learn

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to navigate life's challenges with greater ease and develop a

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deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them. This

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philosophy is increasingly relevant in a world where changes are

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uncertain and are constant, making it a valuable tool for

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both personal and professional development. See that sounds just like

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leadership training. So this is I'm not in any way

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criticizing the advice. I'm not criticizing here. What I'm doing

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is this phrase stood out to me. So I'm just

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walking through how I process this. I was listening to

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this and he said embrace being comfortable and the uncomfortable,

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and I just immediate started thinking, well where did this

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concept come from? And well, Stoicism Buddhism seems to be

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two major sources of it, two major sources of it. Right,

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the Bible? Would the Bible embrace this concept or not?

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least according to one source, being comfortable in the uncomfortable

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is reflected in various teachings of the Bible, though the

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phrase itself is not directly used. The Bible often encourages

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believers to embrace challenges, endoor suffering, and find strength in

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difficult circumstances. Here are a few key takeaways. Now some

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of these I want to look all of these up,

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and I'm going to go through some of these quickly,

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because this would be like a Biblical This would be

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like almost a Christian or Biblical attempt to say, here's

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this philosophical c embrace being comfortable in the uncomfortable. Now,

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how can we connect this to scripture? So let's see. Well,

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let's let let him talk a little bit more, and

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then we'll come back and see how we can connect

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this to the scriptures.

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As we observe the world around us today, we are

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reminded of the pervasive sin and destruction in the world.

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persistent suffering that plagues humanity. Sin, often subtle in its beginnings,

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can rapidly escalate, distorting and destroying what God intended to

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be beautiful and good.

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It's like a.

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Creeping darkness that overshadows the light, leading to a world

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filled with pain, confusion, and hopelessness. As we enter the

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season of college, the world offers countless paths to pursue success, happiness,

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and fulfillment. However, these pursuits, though tempting, will lead to

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emptiness rather than true satisfaction. Yet, we as believers, have

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a profound opportunity to influence and impact the lives of

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those around us because we possess something the world cannot offer,

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abundant life. In John ten ten Jesus.

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So he gives the philosophy embrace being comfortable and in

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uncomfortable situations. Right, he kind of embraces that idea of

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being comfortable in the uncomfortable. Right, So he kind of

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goes with that idea. But just even what he said there,

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remember that last paragraph here that I was reading, This

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philosophy is increasingly relevant in a world where change and

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uncertainty are constant. And a roundabout way, he took that

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kind of concept and said, we are in a world

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where sin is ever abounding, darkness is everywhere. Now, he

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though says the reason I guess we can maybe embrace

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being comfortable and the uncomfortable is because we have abundant life.

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so how could scripture fit into this concept? Well, the

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Bible frequently calls believers to endure trials and hardships, viewing

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them as an opportunity for growth and refinement. Now, I

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want to make sure we really so embrace being comfortable

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in the uncomfortable. I think that's different than enduring enduring trials.

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I think it's different. Right. The Bible frequently calls believers

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to endure trials and hardships, viewing them as an opportunity

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for growth and refinement. Is embracing being comfortable and the

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uncomfortable is the same thing as enduring? Are they slightly different?

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And James Chapter one, consider it pure joy, my brother

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and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because

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let it be known that the testing of your faith

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produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you

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may mature and complete, not lacking anything. Now does James

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one two through four teach the idea of embrace being

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comfortable and the uncomfortable? Or is it saying wait a minute.

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The way we approach this is we see trials and

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difficulty as a way of it works in our spiritual journey. Right,

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the uncomfortable, if we want to call that, the trial

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is producing perseverance, So it's preserving, it's enduring. Is it

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simply embracing being comfortable and the uncomfortable, or is it

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embracing the uncomfortable so that the uncomfortable will move, will

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will grow us spiritually. Now you could say, well, there,

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there's not really a difference there. I don't know. I

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think maybe there is a difference. But we'll we'll, we'll

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continue on, all right. We also have Tewo Corinthia's twelve ninth.

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My grace is sufficient for you. My power is made

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perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more

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gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest

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on me. Well, I don't know. Is that embracing being

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comfortable and the uncomfortable? I think here this is more

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embracing the fact my weakness is where God can work

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because my weakness humbles me, and my weakness is an

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opportunity for God to be made powerful, God to be

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glorified So is that the same thing. I think that's

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somewhat different. One Peter one six through seven says, and

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all this you greatly rejoice, although now for a little

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while you may have to suffer grief and all kinds

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of trials that have coming to so that the proving

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genuineness of your faith of greater worth than gold, which

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perishes even though refined by fire. So this is the

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idea of suffering grief. That's first Peter one six through seven.

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That's the idea of seemingly to suffer, not just embracing

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being comfortable and the uncomfortable. This seems to embrace the suffering,

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embrace the uncomfortable. The One source quotes Matthew sixteen twenty

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four through twenty five. Jesus said to his disciples, whoever

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wants to be my disciple must deny himself and take

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up his cross and follow me. Is that saying be

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comfortable and the uncomfortable? Or is that saying embrace being

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so uncomfortable that you're literally taking up an instrument of

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death and dying to yourself. Is it a slightly different focus.

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We have the example of Christ fixing our eyes on Jesus,

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the pioneer and perfector of our faith, or the author

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and finisher of our faith. For the joy set before him.

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He endured the cross, coming, scorning its shame, and sat

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down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Christ endured the cross. See there's again, it's the enduring,

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not just embracing being comfortable and the uncomfortable. I think

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the Christianity is more about enduring and embracing the uncomfortable, right,

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But is that is that the same thing being comfortable

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and the uncomfortable? Is that embracing the uncomfortable? Is that

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saying the same thing? I don't know. So then I

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was like, well, I don't know if those scriptures do

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they really? Do they? Is it? Is it somewhat different?

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Because I know Stoicism and Buddhism that's a completely that

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to me is a different philosophical approach to scriptures. So

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then I had to go to Ai and I asked, AI,

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is isn't there a difference between Stoicism and Buddhism. Isn't

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there a difference? And Ai said the Biblical concept tends

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to emphasize enduring rather than being comfortable and the uncomfortable.

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The Bible often speaks about perseverance, stests, said, fastness, and

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enduring trials rather than finding comfort in them. And I

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was like, Okay, stoicism, snoicism, I think I've been saying

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it correctly. And Buddhism they have a kind of a

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different approach to this, that the idea of embracing being

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comfortable and the uncomfortable is somewhat different. The Bible seems

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to emphasize enduring rather than becoming comfortable and the uncomfortable.

519
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The Bible often speaks about perseverance, steadfastness, and enduring trials

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rather than finding comfort in them. The focus is generally

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maintaining faith, trusting in God's plan, and seeking his strength

522
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in the midst of discomfort, rather than becoming emotionally or

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mentally comfortable with the discomfort itself. So Ai felt that

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there was a difference between the two. In fact, Ai

525
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gave me key distinctions between endurance versus comfort. The Bible

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frequently uses languages that emphasizes enduring trials and persevering through hardships.

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Hebrews twelve one, let us run with perseverance to race

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marked out for us. James one to twelve. Blessed is

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the one who perseveres under trial, and these passages, the

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focus is continuing the journey, maintaining faith and holding on

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to hope despite the discomfort, rather than seeking comfort within

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the trial itself. The Bible emphasizes relying on God's strength

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rather than one's own ability. All right, we can get

534
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to a discussion there. The Bible would focus on the

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example of Christ. Jesus' life in teachings often highlight enduring

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suffering and Matthew twenty six point thirty nine. During his prayer,

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Jesus expressed his discomfort and sorrow, but submits to God's will,

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showing endurance and obedience even in extreme discomfort. See the idea,

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wasn't hey be comfortable in it? Embrace being comfort in

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the uncomfortable. No, embrace the suffering, endure it. The Bible

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seems to have somewhat of a different focus well. The

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modern concept of being comfortable and the uncomfortable encourages people

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to mentally and emotionally adjust to discomfort. The Biblical focus

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is more on enduring discomfort with faith and perseverance, relying

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on God's strength, looking forward to the eventual relief that

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that reward that comes from enduring well. The Bible narrative

547
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or the Biblical narrative is more about finding the strength, purpose,

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and hope in God through trials rather than seeking to

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be at ease within those trials. There seems to be

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a somewhat distinction. I don't know if you see the

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distinction or fill the distinction, but I just think there

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is hey embrace being comfortable and the uncomfortable. I don't know.

553
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The Bible is more like the uncomfortable. Acknowledge how uncomfortable

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it is, don't deny it, don't be comfortable in it.

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But you have to endure it. You have to persevere

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through it. You have to allow it to break you

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and make you weak because God's strength, God's grace has

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made perfect in weakness. Like, I think there's a is

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it not a different concept? So I wanted to continue

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the conversation Ai, because now I'm like, Okay, I think

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I'm on to something. I think I'm on to something.

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So AI said, yes, there is a significant difference with stoicism.

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I think I said stoicism. I don't know how. I

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think I was seeing it incorrectly. Now I'm really upset

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about it. Right, But and how stoicism Buddhism and Christianity

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approach emotions. So there is a strong difference between Stoicism, Buddhism,

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and Christianity and how it approaches emotions. And I think

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this is important, right because the whole concept here is, hey, students,

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you're going to be feeling all of these emotions. The

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suggestion is just embrace comfort and being well in being uncomfortable.

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But I think there's a different approach. So let's look

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at how this Stoicism and Buddhism tend to advocate for

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a form of emotional detachment or transcendence. Well, Christianity acknowledges

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emotions and often integrates them into the spiritual journey in

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a way that affirms their place within the human experience. See,

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I think Christianity is not a detachment or a transcendence

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from emotion. Christianity is like I feel this, I acknowledge this.

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Now I must endure or I must I can lay

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out a lament and scream my pain or scream my frustration.

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I think Christianity is about embracing the emotion and integrating

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them into the spiritual journey. Where Stoicism and Buddhism is

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a detachment. It's a detachment. It's a transcendence from your emotions.

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It's like, here's those emotions, I'm detached from them. I

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transcend my emotions, where Christianity is like I feel these

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emotions now, I'm going to integrate these into my spiritual journey.

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Stoicism emphasizes the control of emotions through reason. Stoics believe

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that emotions are particularly negative ones like fear, anger, and

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graf arise from false judgments and irrational thinking. The Stoic

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ideals to achieve a state of kind of emotional equilibrium

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where one is not disturbed by external events. Hey, I'm

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gonna find myself in an emotional equilibrium so that I am

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not disturbed by an external events, right, and martial arts.

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When I took a form of Chinese kung fu, it

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was the idea of centering myself, center myself, let nothing

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disturbed disturb me. I will be so centered. So we

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would do things in martia and Chinese kung fu where

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we're getting ready to spar quote unquote fight, and then

598
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they would have this loud like electronic dance music blaring

599
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that would try to get you. And you're supposed to

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center yourself, not to all the music to have any

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impact on you at all, so that you just see

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your opponent. You're not going to be jumping and moving

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to the music. The music is not going to hype

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you up. You're not moved by the emotional strunning, because

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in a fight, a lot of times you're moved by

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your emotions during the fight, right, you got that fight

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or flight, and well, we were trying to be taught no, no, no, no,

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you sent to yourself. You don't have fight or flight.

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You're just present and there's someone in front of you,

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and as they move, you will counter as they move,

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you will defend as they move. You will then execute

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an offensive maneuver to remove your opponent, to destroy your opponent,

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to end your opponent. But you're not moved by the

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emotion of it, your emotional lists. You transcend the emotion.

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You detach yourself from the emotion, and so you're not

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hyped up and you're jumping up and down. You just

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don't move. You just don't move. You stay still, you're

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still inwardly, you're still physically, and then you just move

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at a very purposeful way. That was very a major

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part of what I learned form of Chinese kung Fu

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that I was a part of so but is that Christianity.

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That's a Stoic kind of idea and Stoicism, emotions are

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seen as a response to one's judgments about the world.

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If one can align their judgment with reason and virtue,

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they can avoid being controlled by emotions. The goal is

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not to is not to deny that emotions exist, but

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to master them so they do not control one's actions.

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For instance, a Stoic might experience fear, but would strive

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to not be dominated by it, maintaining calm and rationality instead.

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So in Stoicism, it's reason over emotion. You master the

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emotion with your reason. Buddhism, it's transcendence and non attachment.

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Buddhism teaches that suffering is an inherent part of life,

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largely due to attachment and desire. Emotions, particularly those tied

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to desires and aversions, are seen as obstacles to enlightenment.

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The Buddhist path involves cultivating mindfulness and wisdom to recognize

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and ultimately transcend those emotional attachments. Don't be attached, don't

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have desire. Detach yourself again. I apologize, had to cough,

638
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but that's okay. So Buddhism is this non attachment idea.

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Buddhism encourages awareness of emotions as they arise, observing them

640
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without attachment or identification. You're not attached to them, you're

641
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not identified by them. This practice helps in understanding the

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impermanent nature of emotions and reduces their grip on the individual.

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The ultimate goal is to achieve nirvana, a state where

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one is free from the cycle of desire, attachment, and

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the results and the resultants suffering. This often involves a

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form of emotional detachment, where one is no longer clings

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to or identifies with an emotional state. So Stoicism and

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Buddhism are radically different approaches to emotions. Embracing being comfortable

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in the uncomfortable is more of a Stoic Buddhist idea

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than I think necessarily a Biblical idea and the scriptures

651
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that one may try to attach to the concept, I

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think more talk about enduring, persevering, accepting the uncomfortable for

653
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what it is doing for you, in you, to you,

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for God's honor and glory. That's a radically different approach. Now,

655
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when you compare Christianity to Stoicism and Buddhism, you get

656
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something different. Christianity generally approaches emotions as an integral part

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of the human experience, acknowledging them without necessarily seeing them

658
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as an obstacle to spiritual growth. Emotions are not to

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be denied or detached from, but are to be understood, redeemed,

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and directed towards a relationship with God. That's why in

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the Psalms the emotions are yelled out. That's why Job

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screams out his emotions. That's why ecclesiastes the emotion vanity meaningless, meaningless,

663
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My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? The

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emotions are more acknowledged and accepted in Christianity, and it's

665
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not about detaching them. It's acknowledging them, redeeming them, as

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this would say, direct them towards your relationship with God.

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Allow don't detach or just embrace being comfortable and the

668
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uncomfortable as have somehow you're denying it. No, it's embracing

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it and doing something else with it. The life of

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Jesus Christ serves as a model for how emotions can

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be experienced without sin. That's the key, and the Christian

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view is have all the emotions you want, just don't

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let it lead to sin. Jesus wept at Lazarus two

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John eleven. He showed righteous anger in the temple Matthew

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twenty one. He expressed deep sorrow in the garden Matthew

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twenty six. These exemple exemples show that emotions themselves are

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not inherently negative. They can be a part of a

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holy and faithful life. Christianity often teaches that emotions, when

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aligned with God's will, can be transformative. Sorrow can lead

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to repentance Tewod Corinthian seven. Joy is a fruit of

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the spirit Galatians five twenty two. Emotions are seen as

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vehicles through which one can experience God's presence, comforts, and guidance.

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That's a radically different approach. Christianity does not aim for

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detachment from emotions, but seeks their redemption. Emotions are brought

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before God when they can be healed and reoriented. For example,

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fear can be transformed into trust, and grief can be

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laid to hope and the resurrection. Stoicism and Buddhism lean

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towards reduced seeing the influence of emotions through mastery or

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detachment viewing them as potentially distractions from reason, and that

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would be stoicism, or obstacles to enlightenment. That would be Buddhism. Christianity,

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on the other hand, tends to acknowledge the reality and

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the importance of emotions as part of the human experience.

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Rather than seeking to transcend or deny emotions, Christianity introgates

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integrates them into the spiritual journey, where they can be

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redeemed and used for spiritual growth and a deeper relationship

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with God. In summary, Stoicism Buddhism might aim for a

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form of emotional detachment or transcendence. Christianity embraces emotions as

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a part of the human condition, offering a path where

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emotions are understood, redeemed, and brought into alignment with God's will. Now,

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I am, in no way, shape or forms saying that

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this young person when he says, hey, embrace being comfortable

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and the uncomfortable, is promoting Stoicism or Buddhism. I'm not

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saying that. I'm just saying he chose the words, so

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he's influenced by this concept. I just think the concept

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may be more in line with Stoicism and Buddhism, and

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I don't know if it's a biblical approach to emotions.

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So the issue would be, well, what would be a

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biblical approach to emotions when we face the uncomfortable? What

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is a biblical approach to facing the uncomfortable? What we

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see the uncomfortable as a possible means to spiritual advancement,

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spiritual growth? We see the uncomfortable maybe well, if depending

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on your belief in God's sovereignty and his eternal decrees

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and providence, He's decreed it and he's worked it in

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a providence. So in a sense, again we're not embracing comfort.

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I guess maybe you could work it that way. So

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I'm going to be comfortable in the uncomfortable because of

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God's sovereignty. I guess maybe you could work it that way.

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But it's more like I'm going to endure the uncomfortable.

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I'm going to embrace the uncomfortable because I'm going to

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see it as an opportunity to to shape me, to

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mold me, to break me, to humble me, so that

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then God can be glorified, and then God's grace can

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in my weakness, God can be made strong, or that

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in that particular sense, when I am weak. Then I'm

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strong because I'm relying on God and not on me.

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This uncomfortable humbles you. Now six weeks later, you're not

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gonna be so uncomfortable. Now you're gonna think you're on

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top of the world and you know everything. Remember that

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uncomfortable feeling, like it would almost be more like you

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want to embrace this uncomfortable feeling. You want to remember it.

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You want it to lead to a year of humility,

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because by the third year, you're gonna act like you

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own the place. Right. I don't know. I see it

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as somewhat different. Is there a difference? Now? Ai AI

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connects the concept to Stoicism and Buddhism. Therefore, AI sees

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then a distinction between Buddhism, Stoicism, and Christianity when it

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comes to human emotion. So, when it comes to human emotion,

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do we have a biblical concept of human emotion and

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how to deal with them? Or have we embraced philosophical

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psychological ideas that may not be in line with Christian thinking.

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That's really the issue. It's not I'm not criticizing what

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the student said. He's trying to help the freshman out. Hey,

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embrace being comfortable and the uncomfortable. All right, great, fine,

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now I've left that. I don't care about that. Now

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I want to I'm like, thank you for this concept

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and the opening service. Now let's take this to theology class.

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Let's take this and really work this out from a

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thiological perspective, because there's a deeper issue here. How do

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Christians understand what is the correct theological understanding of human emotion?

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Because I think in times of my Christian life, I've

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embraced it more of a Stoic idea, die to self,

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we die to our emotions. Right, I've almost embraced that concept.

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I've even preached it. Is that biblical though, I've almost

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embraced a Buddhist idea, die to self. Well, then you

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don't have any emotions. You you're detached. You know, if

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you die to self, you don't have any desires. You're dead.

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So then that's a Buddhist idea. You're you're so detached,

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you have no desire, You're you're outside of all of that. Well,

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if you're dead to self, I've almost embraced a Buddhist idea,

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but I don't. Is Christianity when it says die to

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self is it embracing a Buddhist understanding of almost a transcendence,

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a total detachment, and then you can reach enlightenment. Is

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do have we we embraced a more a Buddhist concept,

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then we have a Biblical concept. It was a simple phrase,

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embrace being comfortable and the uncomfortable. The end result is

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I'm not so sure exactly where we should be on this.

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Something we'll have to talk about at a later time.

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Thanks to listening, everyone, have a great day. God bless