Hollywood trains young people to believe someday they’ll be uplifted from their mediocre lives for being secretly special. Harry Potter Lord of the Rings Star Wars Magical old wizard saying “Oh hey, sorry I ignored you but you’re special.” Are you waiting for a wizard? Thread
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I started out in poverty with fleas coming in through the walls and rats in the ceiling from dirty neighbors. Food stamps, eating food the gas station threw away. I worked hard at school and improving myself and raised my family above poverty. No one came to uplift me. I worked.
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Still expects us to work. Not for salvation, but as gratitude. And lying limp in the gutter isn’t what He calls us to do. I had to learn that, too.
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