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9 Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins,
for your name’s sake!
Chad Page 1
2/15/2014
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Intro:
I can still remember the innocence, and the blissful ignorance that I had as a child..
ignorance that I had as a child..
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I can still remember thinking... that a check book- was free money..
I can still remember thinking... that a check book- was free money..
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a) ..when you get old, someone gives you a checkbook,
..when you get old, someone gives you a checkbook, and voila, you have free money.
(1) and voila, you have free money.
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Chad
I can still remember thinking... that nobody I knew.. no one who was close to me... would ever die..
a) He was a weird room mate.. Page 2 2/15/2014
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I can still remember the day my parents separated.. -It was 1975...
There was a lot of yelling... and within two hours of waking up,
a) It was 1975...
There was a lot of yelling... and within two hours of waking up,
I was living with Grandma... And, in my head… it was ok..
4. mate’...
(1) (2)
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I was living with Grandma... And, it was ok..
I didn’t see the trauma in it.
I didn’t feel the pain..
I didn’t understand the heartbreak..
I didn’t even cry.
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I can still remember... thinking that my dad just had a ‘room mate’ - I didn’t understand the nature of their relationship.
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I can still remember... thinking that my dad just had a ‘room
My dad’s room mate seemed weird to me…
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Chad
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(But then again, my dad was weird too..
And for years..
I got to know my dad’s friends..
my dad’s friends..
(And all of them were un-married men, and they all had room mates too..
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And the light bulb didn’t go on till I was like... 13- “Hey, wait a minute!
Dad’s gay!”
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Until then... it was all just youthful ignorance...
I had no idea what was going on... and in my head… it was just a new normal… it was ok.
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As we grow, as we mature… as we become more capable of understanding the world around us......and… those light bulbs start going off..
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We start to realize, and reluctantly embrace... -grown up truth..
truth..
The check book is not free money.
a) The check book is not free money.
Grandma did die..
b) Grandma did die..
Divorce is traumatic..
c) Divorce is traumatic..
Dad is gay..
d) Dad is gay..
Life is difficult..
e) Life is difficult..
It’s time to turn the t.v.
off, put on your big-boy pants and get to work..
f) It’s time to turn the t.v.
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off, put on your big-boy pants and get to work..
When Grown up truth is presented to us..
We are faced with a decision.. ..
C. When Grown up truth is presented to us..
Chad
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We are faced with a decision.. ..
...do we... grow up enough, to pursue that truth?
(1) ...do we... grow up enough, to pursue that truth?
Or.. do we remain in our ignorance and in our immaturity…
(2) Or.. do we remain in our ignorance and in our
--Do we just keep on looking at all the wrong that is around us, and keep on saying that it’s ok? Do we just let the opportunity pass?
immaturity.. and just let the opportunity pass?
These ‘grown up’ truths present themselves to us in areas of: responsibility, ...in calls to humility, and, in a call to change our perspectives.
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(b)
responsibility,
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...in calls to humility, and, in a call to change our perspectives.
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(i) and, in a call to change our perspectives.
And as we respond to these calls… we mature...
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We mature by.. recognizing and accepting things that we are responsible for...
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We mature by recognizing.. that pride has no place in the process of maturity..
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We mature by recognizing... that we possess perspectives that are tainted, poisoned and skewed.. - THAT IS… FLAT OUT… WE JUST PLAIN THINK WRONGLY.
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Not because we are bad people..
Not because we are bad people.. But, RATHER… because we are products of our society..
(i) Not because we are bad people..
(ii) But, because we are products of
our society..
WE ARE: Products of culture... products of tradition... products of religion and politics.. products of our own personalities...
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...and weaved into our very being, are concepts and perspectives which mandate and influence the very way
-we think...
(a) The way we process information..
(i) The way we make judgment..
-The way we process information..
-The way we make judgment..
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