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It Sure is a Process - Clabo

Hey y'all, my brain is dead, and I'm sure that yours are too. However, I'm going to do my best to get across to you what I got out of these passages. I think one of my overall thoughts of this book is that it highlights and shows the intricate details of the progression of a Christian and his/her walk with Christ. Personally, I reflected a lot with this book in that I know that all of the unfortunate things I have gone through have served a purpose. They have pushed me to be closer to God and trust in Him more. Now, have a lot of those unfortunate things been brought upon by myself? Possibly, but nonetheless, God has used them to further my relationship with Him. I may not be completely on base with my discussion, but this is what came to my mind as I was reading through the sections. 

Overall, our sins as human beings come with the plan of redemption from and through God. That is one of the most important and main things I thought of regarding this book?

What are y'alls thoughts on this? 

P.S. I commented on Haylee Lynd's and Addison Zanda's posts.

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  1. Addison ZandaApril 12, 2021 at 11:07 PM

    Trust in God is definitely a key aspect in your walk with Him. Think back with Paul in Acts 27. One of Paul's most important journeys was to Rome. He didn't get there quite the way he had expected. God is never out of control! He knows how to work things out so that the results are even better than we expected. Trusting God with your plans is a surefire plan for love and strong faith.

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  2. Emmett BryantApril 13, 2021 at 9:08 AM

    I am glad to hear that I am not the only way that had a lot of reflecting to do while reading this. A lot of the deeper literature of the Church causes us to do that! It was refreshing though to read something that actually made me think rather than same of the mediocre writings that seem to dominate our culture today.

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  3. Braylan StringfellowApril 13, 2021 at 9:17 AM

    Reading this was a good reminder to me that the Christian walk is a journey. Reading this was a good reminder to me that I have a lot of growing to do. This also made me do a lot of self-evaluation of myself and has pushed me to do better as a Christian.

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