Comments on: “What I Almost Was” by Eric Church http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/02/10/what-i-almost-was-by-eric-church/ By Russell D. Moore. Russell D. Moore serves as the teaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. In addition, Dr. Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Find sermons and other resources to help Christians engage the culture from a biblical worldview at www.russellmoore.com. Fri, 24 May 2013 10:19:36 +0000 By: Russ Mason http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/02/10/what-i-almost-was-by-eric-church/#comment-172574 Russ Mason Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:22:46 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8362#comment-172574 So true! It's amazing how at times we "kick and scream" so to speak for things that are less than God's best for our lives. Over the years God has saved me from relationships, jobs, and other opportunities that looking back now I realize would've certainly steered me off the course of His perfect and pleasing will for my life. Through dreams, personal prayer time, and the exhortation of wiser men & women in my life, God has provided ample warnings to me over the years of what was to come if I made the wrong decisions. I am thankful He knows the end from the beginning. He is a good Father and He wants to see us flourishing and prospering for His glory. We may not always get what we want, but if we stay close to Him, listen to His heartbeat concerning our lives, and do our best to obey His leading, then we will always have His best! So true! It’s amazing how at times we “kick and scream” so to speak for things that are less than God’s best for our lives. Over the years God has saved me from relationships, jobs, and other opportunities that looking back now I realize would’ve certainly steered me off the course of His perfect and pleasing will for my life. Through dreams, personal prayer time, and the exhortation of wiser men & women in my life, God has provided ample warnings to me over the years of what was to come if I made the wrong decisions. I am thankful He knows the end from the beginning. He is a good Father and He wants to see us flourishing and prospering for His glory. We may not always get what we want, but if we stay close to Him, listen to His heartbeat concerning our lives, and do our best to obey His leading, then we will always have His best!

]]> By: RN http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/02/10/what-i-almost-was-by-eric-church/#comment-172472 RN Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:16:56 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8362#comment-172472 "What I almost was" clearly wasn't an English teacher. "(I'm thankful to) God that I (am not) what I (was almost to become)." “What I almost was” clearly wasn’t an English teacher.

“(I’m thankful to) God that I (am not) what I (was almost to become).”

]]> By: Molly http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/02/10/what-i-almost-was-by-eric-church/#comment-172471 Molly Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:57:58 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8362#comment-172471 Russell, You say this so eloquently in a way that I can't, but this is my story. I praise God every day for what the world, and I for a time, viewed as failures but they are actually blessings because they have brought me to true, genuine relationship with my Lord and for that I would give anything and am truly thankful! The hardship, pain, even the smaller things that for me didn't go right I don't regret because I am who God is molding me to be. Russell,

You say this so eloquently in a way that I can’t, but this is my story. I praise God every day for what the world, and I for a time, viewed as failures but they are actually blessings because they have brought me to true, genuine relationship with my Lord and for that I would give anything and am truly thankful! The hardship, pain, even the smaller things that for me didn’t go right I don’t regret because I am who God is molding me to be.

]]> By: Disciple of Thecla http://www.russellmoore.com/2012/02/10/what-i-almost-was-by-eric-church/#comment-172461 Disciple of Thecla Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:52:30 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=8362#comment-172461 The song reminds me of how what we think we want is not what we really want at all. Only God knows what we really want and what will really satisfy us. By giving ourselves over to Him, He fulfills every genuine need. The song reminds me of how what we think we want is not what we really want at all. Only God knows what we really want and what will really satisfy us. By giving ourselves over to Him, He fulfills every genuine need.

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