Light in the Darkest of Places
The sermon at New Life on Sunday was about Joseph, the son of Jacob (not the father of Jesus). Kyle talked about pain and what we use to defend ourselves and ultimately our limited perspective. As I re-listened to the sermon I was forced to think and reflect upon my own tendencies. One of the questions Kyle posed was "What is your go to for self protection and self promotion?" Like many others, as I thought about this questions, I realized that my primary go to is to just shut down. Don't let anyone in, don't talk about what is going on, just act happy. I will say that I have grown a lot in this in the last year, but it is definitely still my go to. How often are we told to do that? Just be normal, don't disturb anyone, whatever is going on is YOUR problem so deal with it yourself. Then when we do hear these messages, rather than actually deal with it, it often seems easier to just stuff it down. For Joseph this looked like him fo...