The Torch & The Trumpet

A BLOG ABOUT TRUTH, HEALING, GROWTH & PURPOSE

Vision Without Sight

Vision Without Sight

Have you ever felt like you knew where you were going, but you had no idea how you were going to get there? Yeah...me too. The question you find yourself asking is, "I know what I saw. I know what you showed me, God. WHY CAN'T I JUST GET THERE?"Β  Frustration and...

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Shadows With No Substance

Shadows With No Substance

"An empty man is full of himself" - Edward Abbey I've always been a big fan of Genesis and Phil Collins, and recently, I discovered a Genesis song that I'd never heard before...or at least I didn't remember it. It's called Home by the Sea, and it was actually a big...

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Don’t Let Reduction Be Your Deduction

Don’t Let Reduction Be Your Deduction

We have to be very careful about taking a reductionist view of everything. It's actually a rather childish way to think.Growing up, my sons' responses to complex problems would often be, "Well, that's dumb! Why don't they just not do that?" I remember coming to the...

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You get what you tolerate

You get what you tolerate

I saw this post yesterday in a dad’s group. I looked through some of the comments and there were a lot of “happy birthday” comments, but there were also a lot of “I thought I was the only one” type of comments.

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Want to see your rescuer?  Look in the mirror.

Want to see your rescuer? Look in the mirror.

π—‘π—Όπ—―π—Όπ—±π˜† π—Άπ˜€ 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗢𝗻𝗴 π˜π—Ό π—Ώπ—²π˜€π—°π˜‚π—² π˜†π—Όπ˜‚.
from your stuckness
from your disfunction
from your anxiousness
from your empty relationships
from your unsatisfying job
from your financial mess
from your addictions

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God Is In The Struggle

God Is In The Struggle

Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. And He said, β€œLet Me go,...

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