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Colleen Worley's avatar

"In every good story, everything gets horrible. In every good story about every good character, there is a valley of the shadow of death.

Right now things are grim, but what does God do when he makes rich, black soil? When he rots things away to just their nutrients? It's time to plant. And there will be a harvest.

When empires compost, when big, false gods compost, it is really rich soil. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church, but the rot of empires is the soil in which those seeds grow. The gospel has an advantage when things go to hell.

When things rot, you can plant, because people have a giant vacuum. Their idols are broken off at the ankles

You are in the last act of an empire, but the death of an empire is not the death of the church. It is not the death of goodness. It is not the failure of the gospel.

These moments are exciting and difficult, and very, very good for you. They will define you as a character. You're not here accidentally. You're part of the cast sent on stage at this moment.

Be grace in the world. Be grace to your kids. Be grace to your family. Do not be a panicking person who's no fun. Be pockets of good weather in the world." -- ND Wilson

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FFatalism's avatar

I may not share your faith, but I think this sounds like exactly the right direction for your writing. There comes a point where even to look at the Machine is to feed it.

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