#Tomorrow's the day we've been waiting for for 2 years and 8 months

[crisscross-sonicsauce]

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[vampkillr]

Memories — Dick Grayson

m! surgeon! reader — 2.8k words — angst — unresolved ending — no romance — no it doesn't make sense that reader is a 25 year old surgical attending — go with it — i might make a short part 2 to this but honestly no promises since i still don't feel that great

"Have any of your memories come back?" I rubbed my temples, sighing into my words. It's been two months. Two months of the same question and the same answer. Two months of having to pretend the man sitting across from me on the other end of my desk was nothing more than my patient. Having to hold back my anger and choke back the lump in my throat, having to keep a straight face and make sure my tears wouldn't fall. Preforming the act that I wasn't robbed of the man I planned to spend my life with. And I was bitter. Because Bruce Wayne forced me to dig into my own boyfriend's brain for a bullet. And every day of these two months felt like forever of this never-ending nightmare. A nightmare Dick didn't have to know about. Not if I could spare him the guilt of not loving me anymore. He didn't have to know what had been taken from me, because I couldn't risk telling him and only getting him back because of how bad he'd feel.

"No." I wrote down in his chart. Patient still has no memory of anything after the age of 8. "Still a bit of a headache." I opened my mouth only for him to speak once more. "Dull, it's an ache. Not sharp, more like throbbing. Same as it's been. The medicine helps." We've been doing this every day. He knew the drill by now, and I'm sure he was getting sick of it just as much as I've been— albeit for different reasons. I needed to give him a break.

My persistence was of my own grief for him, not because I needed to check in with him every day. I just wanted to be close to him no matter how much it hurt, I wanted to hear his voice and see his face. I wanted to look into his eyes even though they couldn't recognize me anymore. I yearned for his smile, the softening of his gaze, the sound of my name as he held me. But the reality was just as bleak as the bareness of my office. There was nothing between us anymore. My eyes fell on my watch. "I'll have to cut our time short today, I hope you don't mind."

I left him in my office without waiting for him to leave first. I didn't care. I had other patients and I couldn't keep entertaining the idea that tomorrow or the next day Dick's memory would be any different. The halls were empty. Desolate. The white of the lights seemed to be a bit more blinding without any people to fill the open space. I hated this part of the hospital. The floor that no ordinary person knew of. The floor not listed on the buttons of the elevator stopped at. A floor just above the morgue, yet no one knew it was here. The space to save the very people who save us. I had a pager specifically for this floor alone, and that pager took priority even if I was in another surgery. Not out of favoritism, but because of the fact that Gotham would rot if it weren't for the vigilantes that took care of it. If I didn't drop everything and run to their rescue, then eventually there would be no one left for me to save.

The elevator stopped a floor before the one I needed to get off on, doors opening to reveal my very disheveled looking resident."I have Teddy's pre-ops— I've been looking for you." She handed me the clipboard and stood next to me. I looked over each of the results, lifting page after page and studying each number carefully. "Where did you go?" I hummed, dropping the pages I was lifting and signing off on the chart.

"Lunch." My response was curt, and my walk out of the elevator was brisk as she struggled to catch up to me. "I need you to go make sure the O.R. is prepped and page Dr. Jha in peds, tell her we're going to be starting the surgery soon and I'd like it if she were to try to check in every so often." She was still following me even after I told her what I needed her to do. "Did you have a question?"

"Can I scrub in?" My brows furrowed at the question. I forgot to tell her she was allowed to scrub in. I've been so wound up that I've been forgetting the common decency to communicate more than just what is needed.

"Yes, of course, I'm sorry— I thought I had asked you already." I felt embarrassed, but she left without any sense of humor so I guess she didn't mind. "Hello, Teddy!" I painted a smile on my face as I walked into the room. "How are you feeling?" I made my way to the side of his bed. His parents had a look on their faces that I knew all too well. "Bad night, kid?" My gaze fell back to the boy as he nodded weakly.

"He couldn't sleep at all. He's in so much pain—" Mrs. Maxwell's voice broke, and I knew better than to let her son watch his mother cry. I led both parents outside the room and closed the door. The gentle click of the knob was what broke the woman into a sob. "help our son, please." The desperation of a parent was one thing that could always rip me apart when I heard it. Being able to do nothing to save the life you gave a part of yourself to nurture. I couldn't imagine the pain of having to deliver your son's future into the hands of someone like me. Having to trust I wouldn't ruin his endless possibilities.

"That's the plan." My voice gentle, assuring. "It's his brain. Any number of things could go wrong, and I know we've talked about this before— but there's a reason the past three surgeons turned you guys away." I tried my best to stay assertive. I needed to prepare them for the worst because lying to them would do no one any good. There was a 90% chance their child was going to die on the table.

"He has three months, Dr. L/n. He can't spend the last few months of his life like this," Mr. Maxwell whimpered his words. Completely defeated. "even if that means today's his last." The pain in his voice burned my ears. Hurt my heart. Listening to voices that dripped with grief was never an easy part of the job.

"I'm going to do absolutely everything I can, do you hear me?" My brows were furrowed, face tensed. I was determined regardless of how unsure I was. "I'm gonna go talk with Theodore about the procedure, see if there's anything I can do for him before we take him to surgery." I pat the two on their shoulders and opened the door, turning to face them once more. "It wouldn't be a bad idea to say your goodbyes before we go." They followed me into the room and I could hear the exact moment our demeanors changed. They stopped crying instantly, and the idea that they've had the practice to do that made my chest feel heavy. "Hey buddy, you ready to get rid of that headache?" He could only hum.

"He stopped talking a few days ago." I realized only then that three months was being generous. We might be too late.

My pager beeped at the worst possible time. The pager that I'm not allowed to ignore was something I needed to, regardless of the fact it kept beeping. "I need you to grab my phone and answer the call that's about to ring." I mumbled, focused on the life I was trying to save.

"There's no need," My gaze shot up to the gallery, Bruce speaking through the intercom. "How fast can you finish?" I sighed, eyes going back down to Teddy's head. I could hear the way everyone else was muttering. Shocked that I knew Bruce Wayne. Little did they know.

"I'm resecting a brain tumor out of a 5 year old," I was speaking as if he was an idiot. In a way I truly believed he was. "if I damage any part of his brain, he'll never walk again, talk again, never be able to hold anything in his hands or do things for himself." My work was precise as I continued. "One millimeter of the wrong movement and he lives a life of pain and dependence. Suction." As my resident placed the device, the suction tore loose an artery that had wrapped itself around the tumor.

"Oh god!" I sighed. "Oh my god, what do I do?" She was panicking. "Dr. L/n, what do I do?" I stayed silent for a bit, hoping she'd get a grip, but she didn't. There was no time to spare for a teaching moment.

"I can't move my hands or he'll die. Get out what you can and cauterize the bleeder." No matter how much blood she suctioned out, more still seemed to pool in its place. The blood was spilling faster than she could drain, and it wasn't something as simple as clamping it. If she couldn't see the artery, she could clamp a part of his brain. It was a bad situation. After just a minute his brain started to swell, the monitor began to beep in a panic of what was happening, and all I could do was watch. Watch as the little boy I promised a future to died. Listen as the monitor blared the continuous ring in my ears. I removed my tools carefully, placing them on the tray and sliding the top of my mask off. The air was heavy. Silence aside from the flatline. A sharp and jagged reminder of what we just lost. "Time of death," I looked at the clock with a sigh. "19:27."

My gloves were the first to go, then my gown, then my mask as I entered the scrub room— where Bruce was unfortunately waiting for me. I knew the shit that was going to come out of his mouth and I didn't need to hear it. I couldn't hear it. Not right now. "Dick's—" Upon hearing the name I dreaded, I shoved him.

"Will you fucking stop already?!" My scream echoed through the narrow walls of the room. "He doesn't know you! He's never going to know you!" All of the anger and the grief began pouring out of me. I couldn't stop it. The dam had already broken. "You made me cut my boyfriend's head open, Bruce!" All that was running through my mind was how it wasn't fair. It wasn't fair that I got treated like some stone cold surgeon without feelings. It wasn't fair that I had to bury my feelings and treat him like a patient. It wasn't fair that Bruce acted like I didn't lose him too. "Have you thought for a fucking second that I don't want to hear about every little thing he does?" I pushed him again, my tears falling freely. "I can't care anymore! I can't care— because if I do, I'm gonna be stuck here in this hell that you put me through!" I had to let Dick go. I had to leave him to be the person he wants to be. I couldn't do that if bruce wouldn't let me try.

His hands raised to my cheeks. I tried to back away, but he wouldn't let me. Bruce pulled me into his chest and none of the fight I put up would work on him. I realized he was just letting me shove him earlier, not that I was truly strong enough to knock him back. "I'll be in your office when you get a minute. We need to talk." With that he left.

There wasn't time to ruminate. I needed to go and inform Teddy's family. My glare pierced the staff who were staring through the window, and then it fell to my resident. She shrunk under my gaze and hurried into the scrub room while I began washing my hands of the filth I took part in. "I shouldn't have let you scrub in." She stayed silent. "That was an intern type of mistake you made in there." Even as I looked at her, her head stayed down. Focused on washing her hands. Avoiding the confrontation. "You're a fourth year intern. You're not suited for neuro if you can't have gentle hands. Especially if you can't act quickly and calmly." My tone wasn't angry. I wasn't mad at her, but I still sounded stern. The tumor was inoperable. There was no telling if I would have done something wrong if she didn't beat me to it— but I couldn't say that. Not because of some ego or agenda, but because I knew she had the ability to be better. I had to force a lesson out of this. "A child is dead. He would have been alive if it weren't for you being in control of the suction. A child that could have had the most beautiful and extraordinary life, gone because you weren't careful."

Tears fell smooth against her cheeks. "What am I going to tell them?" I sighed and dried my hands, tossing her the towel when I was finished.

"You're not. The mistake started when I trusted you in my O.R. This was my fault from the beginning." I walked out and made my way to the elevator as she followed after me. "To be a surgeon, you have to want to be the best. You have to need to be the best." I pressed the button, waiting for the doors to slide open. "Not because you want to be better than everyone else." We walked in and I pressed the floor below us. "Not because you want the recognition." We walked off and made our way to the waiting area. "But because you want these people to shed tears of joy. Relief. Because you need to let the people you operate on see the rest of their lives. Because men and women and children are going to be handed to you by the people that love them, and those people are trusting you to give them back."

The moment the Maxwells saw us, they stood up and rushed over. The air of anticipation slowly becoming crushed by our silence as they read my face. It could have been the puffiness of my eyes, or perhaps just the look, but I knew they knew. "While I was removing the tumor, I found a substantial amount of fluid that had built up in Teddy's brain. It was the reason why he had stopped talking. As we drained it, I found an artery that wrapped itself around the tumor. The walls of the artery were weak, and when the pressure was relieved, the artery tore with the suction. He was gone in seconds." Mrs. Maxwell let out a wail, her husband gripping onto her so she wouldn't drop to the floor.

"Teddy's.... He's.." He couldn't process my gentle words.

"Teddy is dead." The disbelief seemed to lift from his face. Gasping for air like the oxygen had been forcibly removed from his lungs. His son was gone. My brows furrowed as he brought his hand out for me to shake, but I took his hand anyways. The hold was gentle.

“You tried?” He sniffled and I nodded my head.

“My hardest.” He pulled me into the hold he had with his wife, squeezing me tight and letting me go before I could return the gesture. “I'm so sorry.” I spoke just loud enough for them to hear me over their cries. There was nothing more for me to do. I had given them five grueling hours of anticipation and shattered their world all in one day.

I took my leave and headed to the elevator once more, and as the doors closed I flipped the switch that was on the back of the handlebar and waited. I just wanted to break down. Between everything that's happened today and the pure despair I've had to lay hidden from everyone else, my body felt like it was being crushed under the weight of it all. I was exhausted, and more importantly I was scared of the conversation Bruce wanted to have. Anything could be wrong. There was no reason Bruce would have paged me so many times and then looked for me himself if something wasn't. I made my way to my office the moment the doors opened. Perhaps it was my own fear that pushed me forward, but whatever it was, my pace was close to bursting into a full-on sprint.

He had been waiting for me, just as he said he would. Sitting patiently on the couch and reading one of the neurology books I had on my shelf. “Make it quick.” He shut the book and put it back.

“They came back.”

likes and reblogs appreciated — sorry i hate adding unnecessary names because i don't want a name to match up with a reader on accident but it was unavoidable in this case. i hate my writing sorry. love u guys tho. requests are open for dc

[tomoesrightclaw]

Broken Promises

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1 Day

It's been a day sense Mikage went to town. I hope he's alright. He's never usually out this long without me.

Shrine Visits - 47

2 Days

Mikage has been out for 2 days. I'll go looking for him if he's still not back by tomorrow. I don't want him getting lost or hurt.

Shrine Visits - 42

3 Days

I went looking for Mikage today but couldn't find him anywhere. No store owners saw him either. Where could he be?

Shrine Visits - 51

5 Days

Mikage still hasn't returned. I sent letters to other gods so maybe one of them has seen him. He mustve gone to one of their places for a visit. He'll be back soon

Shrine Visits - 40

2 Weeks

I've received letters from the other gods. None of them have seen Mikage. I'm getting worried, what if he's hurt?

Shrine Visits - 38

3 Weeks

Shrine visits have started to decline. I suppose I should start writing wishes down for when Mikage returns.

Shrine Visits - 34

4 Weeks

We've barely received any offerings today. Mikage must've gone to the city by foot if his return is taking so long. I suppose he could've gotten distracted. He'll be back soon.

Shrine Visits - 25

1 Month

It's been a month sense Mikages departure. We've received a whopping total of around 500 visits this month. I hope he comes back soon...

Shrine Visits - 17

2 Months

Shrine Visits have significantly dropped this month. I've recorded them all down for Master Mikage. I should go look for him again.

Shrine Visits - 4

4 Months

I've begun to worry if Master Mikage is coming back. I doubt he would abandon the shrine like that. Right..?

Shrine Visits - 9

5 Months

I went to the Other World today to see if any other Yokai have seen Master Mikage. No trace of him anywhere. Where has he gone?

Shrine Visits - 5

6 Months

I wonder if Master Mikage ever mentioned Amy displeasures while we stayed together. I suppose he was mad at me when I called humans weak but I don't think it bothered him much. But I suppose it might've.

Shrine Visits - 5

7 Months

The shrine was looking a little rundown so I ran to town to get some supplies to fix it up. How was I supposed to know I needed to pay for stuff?

Shrine Visits - 2

10 Months

It's been nearly a year sense Master Mikage left. I hope he returns soon. The shrine needs him.

Shrine Visits - 7

1 Year

I wonder if Master Mikage hates me. Maybe he just never liked me in the first place. But, why would he help me then? Did I do something to upset him?

Shrine Visits - 3

1,5 Years

The shrine spirits insist they saw Master Mikage in town today. I hope their right. I hope he comes home soon. I'm worried...

For the shrine ofc.

Shrine Visits - 8

2 Years

He's not coming back is he...

No. He is. He wouldn't just leave like that.

Shrine Visits - 7

3 Years

He would never abandon the shrine. He cages about it to much. He'll return soon.

Shrine Visits 4

4 Years

He's still not come home yet. The shrine barely gets visits anymore. Master Mikage, the shrine needs you.

Shrine Visits - 2

5 Years

The shrine needed to be fixed up again today. But I still can't afford very good supplies. Offerings are close to nothing

Shrine Visits - 0

8 Years

Where have you gone Master..

Please come back...

Shrine Visits - 10

11 Years

The shrine needs you..

I need you..

Shrine Visits - 5

12 Years

What did I do wrong Master...

Why did you leave me...

You said you'd always be here for me...

You promised...

Shrine Visits - 1

13 Years

Master Mikage isn't coming back is he...

Shrine Visits - 6

15 Years

The shrine never felt this empty with Master here...

I miss him...

Shrine Visits - 8

17 Years

He left me.

He left the shrine.

He left his spirits.

He left his people.

He's never coming back.

Shrine Visits - 9

18 Years

I dont know why I'm still writing these. Why am I still here

Why am I still waiting

Why can't I just let go

He abandoned me

He broke his promise

I'm free

Shrine Visits - 5

19 Years

It's been nearly 2 decades sense you left Master.

How have you been..

Shrine Visits - 4

20 Years

Our land God has returned.

But it's not Master Mikage.

It's a little human girl.

She must still be in school.

She's just a child.

How could he leave us like this.

And then send us a weak human.

She has the landgod sign.

And his power signature is on her.

But she'll never be him.

She will never be my Master.

She can't.

She will never care for me like he did.

How he could he do this.

I just want my master back.

I miss him so much.

I can't believe I waitednaround for him for two decades.

I'm leaving.

I can't even look at the new girl without wishing it was him.

I wish I could hate him for leaving me.

But I just want him back.

I need him.

I'll never survive on my own.

But I have to.

I've done it before.

I don't care anymore.

He left,

So can I.

Shrine Visits -

[breesays]

All's well that ends well

It's been a fairly dramatic week(s). Time elapsed since last blog? Is there a specific word for that? SINCE LAST MISSIVE? Whatever. We had VISITORS for the first time in a year and a half. First my mom - a dream, because she was so excited to be the first one to get Des out of the crib in the morning and snuggle him. WE SLEEP INNNN. And then my mother in law, also with those toddler huggin' arms - but less mobile. Des is a sweet boy but I also believe he has a good gauge on who he can run circles around. We've been blessed with kind neighbors who are quick to swoop in and follow Des around when one of us is at work and one of us is at the (could be a 2-4 hour wait?) animal hospital. But any amount of guests makes me feel like I'm on an episode of hoarders. It's a give\take in terms of comfort vs cash. Closeness and cleanliness. Etc.

Archie Archie Archie. This effin cinnamon roll of a cat really pushes the boundaries of my emotions. If you're a regular reader you might recall we came home early from our winter "vacay" because he was being elusive on the baby monitors (and to our cat-sitting angel neighbors) and I had a meltdown. WELL. Imagine said feline having physical, tangible troubles. Troubles in the shape of a blue ribbon (foreign linear object) used to adorn one of Desmond's birthday gifts. A SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR RIBBON. Please higher powers earth energy let my investment in pet insurance be worth it. I will record a testimonial if you he she they'd like.

He was puking normal stomach stuff and then water and then blood and then we were at an animal hospital. A BIRTHDAY GIFT crippled Archie because we didn't pick up the blue fucking ribbon. DO YOU KNOW THE CYCLE OF EMOTIONS I WENT THROUGH. Not immediately. I had to answer calls absorb information make decisions. But once he was out of surgery I just cried and cried and cried because of all the scenarios I had to walk through. I didn't want to eat dinner I just wanted to CRY. You can't give those scenarios space on your head at the time because - I don't know about you but - when I am most upset I don't even have a voice. I have this cry-croak. So I can't go there, I just can't, if I want to get things done. About an hour after we got word that he was safely post-op I also had a mini-meltdown because Archie sleeps with stuffed animals - we say he has many "babies" - and he was sleeping in the hospital apart from us apart from his babies... what if he couldn't sleep? My Aunt Jen suggested we call the hospital and ask if we could bring it in. I asked Tim to call because I was too cry-croaky to even ask. Both a yes and a no would have warranted the same inaudible reaction. So I got to take him his (heart) baby and a shirt that Tim had worn that day. I like to think it helped him, but I know it mostly helped me.

Now he is home and recovering in the [1-door] Large dog crate I ran out and bought him at Petco half an hour after we brought him home. It's in the kitchen. Today I bought him accompanying food bowls and a cushion. We checked his scar and offered him wet food after the vet called to check in. I now picture all vets, even female ones, as Ted from Schitt's Creek. On a Schitt's Creek personality test, I got Ted. So really, it's Ted's fault I cried so much worrying about Archie.

In that same time frame, on Saturday morning I felt like I got hit by a truck. I got the 2nd dose of the Moderna vaccine at 2pm the day before. For real, I hadn't been that all-over-achey since I was in a car accident. Des was very moody, too. So I felt sore and powerless and I wanted to hold him and play with him but I felt hot and cold and just ill. We were scheduled to pick up Archie at 4:30PM. I, an introvert, had been glued to the phone since Thursday night. Did I mention I smashed my face against a wall that has ALWAYS BEEN THERE? My nose bled. TALK ABOUT TAXING, MAN.

But here we are on a Monday night and I made it we made it you made it. I'm tired, I have therapy tomorrow. We do once a month so I kind of have to decide which can of worms to pop open, if there are multiple. Probably best if I make notes ahead of time.

The tangential stuff:

Des loves "hot thai noodles" (direct quote)

I bought a pair of CHELSEA boots to make my ROMPER look more upscale

We're watching Call The Midwife and I simply don't understand how anyone could accidentally have 8 children

Ask the questions before it's too late

Is anyone talking to Gen Z about homebuying? Or maybe a better title would be "throwing your money into the fire or?" because I wish someone had engaged the elder millennials nope this needs editing.

I don't know if I've actually lost weight but I'm at that point where I'm happy my pants are falling off but also annoyed because who even owns BELTS?

Mamas don't let your cats grow up to be ribbon-eaters.

[dailyaudiobible]

11/25/2020 DAB Transcript

Daniel 1:1-2:23, 1 Peter 3:8-4:6, Psalms 119:65-80, Proverbs 28:14

Today is the 25th day of November, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it's wonderful to be here with you today as we take the next step forward like we do every day, the next step. It's funny, just the next step is what we take and then we…we end up having moved through the entire Bible and then through an entire year. And it's such a vivid portrait of what next steps can do when we take the next right step and letting the Bible be a voice in that next right step. Well that's why we come here every day around the Global Campfire isn’t it. So, let's dive in. And right off the bat here we’re moving into new territory in the old testament brand-new book.

Introduction to the book of Daniel:

This book is called Daniele and it’s an intriguing book to say the least, maybe one of the more intriguing books in the Old Testament. And it’s…it’s an historical account and is certainly helpful and valuable and gives insight into the…the kind of times, the times of exile that we've been reading about for quite a while now. It hasn't been that long ago, but it seems like it’s been a long time ago that we read the story of Solomon and we came to like the apex of ancient Israel's culture and civilization. And since that time we've…well…we've been in a lot of territory but this theme of exile, this thing of conquest and Jerusalem being conquered both historically and prophetically have been kind of where we’ve been camped out and we get a different perspective of that in Daniel. But Daniel also though contains these incredible visions and these visions have been poured over for thousands of years in eschatological studies - the studies of the end, the end time prophecies. Daniel is a centerpiece in that study. So, here's what's interesting. We just read the book of Ezekiel and Daniel was contemporary with Ezekiel. He was…he was taken into exile when Jerusalem first fell to Babylon in 597. And we know because we’ve been reading these stories of deportation and exile and prophets both in exile and in Jerusalem. So, we got Jeremiah prophesying from Jerusalem through all of the turmoil and we’ve got Ezekiel prophesying from exile in Babylon during all the turmoil. So, we know that it was not a good easy time whatsoever for those who were being displaced and Daniel was one of those people. And despite the struggle of being deported to a different land Daniel was favored by God. He was gifted. He was young. He rose to become an influential advisor. He was of utmost authority in the Babylonian kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar. But there's quite a story that got him there. And even though Daniel was exiled and was a Hebrew and was a prophet he really wasn't a prophet for or against Israel, which makes his voice unique because this isn't a particularly Jewish set of prophecies with the other prophets. We need that…that Hebrew context that we’ve been drilling into all year long to sort of understand the grievances that are being laid out before the people of Israel and what repentance might look like for them and what things might look like if they continue on the road that there on. Daniel’s not really prophesying with that kind of voice at all. So, we’ll notice that Daniels’s…it’s not broken up into two different halves or anything like that, but we’ll see that generally the first part of the book is the story of Daniel's life. So, we get to know Daniel in the first part of the book. And we’ll find some of the most famous of Sunday school stories in in this part of the book like the story of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace or the account of Daniel in the lion's den. Then once we kinda move through that narrative, move into the back half of the later part of the book, it shifts then to Daniel's prophetic visions. And he has visions of four great world empires. And it…it's…it's apocalyptic literature. So, as a genre, it's highly symbolic and allegoric and we’ll see almost cinematic in nature as its retold to us. Remember when we…remember the wheel within the wheel and all of that imagery in Isaiah when we’re trying to think this all through and picture all this. We’ll be doing that with Daniel as well. And of course, if…if eschatology, the study of the end times is a passion of yours then there's no way to avoid Daniel. It’s the centerpiece of that type of study in the Bible. But whether or not figuring out the end of all things, the end times, the apocalypse is…it is important or not in your faith journey, what Daniel portrays through all of his visions, if we had to kind of boil things down we would see that Daniel is revealing that God is sovereign over every kingdom of the world for all time. Like, God is the most-high God and He is sovereign over all. So, let's let’s dive in. Daniels gonna to carry us into the final month of the year, which is the month of December and we’re just days away from that.

And, man tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States. It’s also China's birthday. So, I’ve had two major holidays land on two birthdays in my family. Jill’s birthday’s July 4th. So, that's a constant. Of course, China's birthday is the 26th of November, but it happens to fall on Thanksgiving. So…so we’re…we’re really at the threshold. This is like Thanksgiving Eve, everybody's cooking lots of food and after this we move into warp speed so quickly that we just need to take a deep breath as we move into this new territory, reminding ourselves that God is sovereign over all things and continue to do what we talked about just a few minutes ago, the next step forward, day by day, no matter what the chaos or…or all the stuff that's going on swirling around. Even though it's festive, the rhythm we've established is what's gonna carry us into the new year. So, we’re reading from the New International Version this week. Daniel chapter 1 verse 1 through 2 verse 23.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for another day. We thank You for bringing us into new territory. It's always exciting to turn the page and move into new territory. And, so, we thank You for the book of Daniel, and we ask Holy Spirit that You would awaken our minds, quicken our hearts that we might hear and learn and see whatever it is that You have for us as we continue this journey day by day, step-by-step. Come Holy Spirit, we pray in the mighty name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey this is Jared calling from Duluth Minnesota it’s 2:53 in the morning on Sunday November 22nd, day 575 of my renewed journey in the DAB family. I was so moved today by __ of joy who’s been cycling down for three weeks and can’t move, is scared, not going out of the house, completely alone and your desperate cry for help. Want you to know that we are praying for you and that I’ve been there before in a dark place and so difficult to get out of that…that hole sometimes but __ can help and God will be your rock in time of need. And also, for Rosie, Free in Jesus where one year ago her son disowned her like my son has disowned me and your husband died and contemplating suicide. And again, I’ve been in those dark places. I want you to know that we’re praying for you and that God would just supernaturally bring peace, comfort and joy in your life today and in the future. God bless. Bye.

Hello food DAB family this is Vonnie from Northern California calling on Sunday morning the 22nd of November. Just heard Sheer Joy crying out for help this morning and even though I know it’s been a few days I am praying for you dear sister and know that the Lord sees you and hears you. And even though your family is praying for you a few days after you called God sees you exactly where you are at that moment and He is going to come in and He is going to enter in His Holy Spirit to help you. And we’re asking, O Father please in the name of Jesus we ask You to bind the enemy and keep him from our dear sister, Sheer Joy. Bring back the joy, restore the joy of her salvation dear Father. Help her in Jesus’ name come in and eradicate any part of the enemy’s plan to bring her down. Bring someone else in, a friend, somebody who can bring light and joy and comfort and encouragement to our friend and bring her out of this pit. I think of David and the psalmist calling out from the pit and she’s doing exactly that Lord Jesus. I pray that You would restore the joy to her, fill her with the love that casts out all fear and all dread and bring her back to fullness and to healing and hope and to health. We thank You in Jesus’ name.

Good morning everybody this is God’s Smile here. Just like to share a little about Maria my helper. Maria had an experience. She’s had two this year. She’s been with me two years, Maria, and our relationship has really grown close. We’ve had some chats about the Lord but that’s as far as it’s gone. Maria had sleep paralysis twice now and, in that paralysis, she sensed evil and her hands were tied in front of her outstretched and she couldn’t speak or move, and it really frightened her. So, when I heard this, I said to her, “Maria there is power in the name of Jesus and so to use that name. And she said, “how do I use that?” and I said, “if you can’t speak it Maria just say it in your mind.” So, we conversed like this and I gave her a little prayer to say and gave it…spoke to her about the Lord and His love for her. So, Maria is covering around tomorrow to…she’s a teacher but she cleans for me. Isn’t that lovely? And, so, I felt…I felt the Lord saying get her a Bible, but I wasn’t sure when to give it. So, this Bibles come today. So, I’m…she’s been messaging me, and I really have this rise deep inside my heart that the Lord is in all this. Of course, He is. But you know, faith is rising to believe she is very close to receiving Him as her Lord and Savior. So, would you pray for us? My discerning about the right time…time’s ticking away…give her the Bible. Bye-bye everybody. Love from God’s smile. Kiss kiss.

This is for Dorothy the special ed teacher who called in with compassion fatigue and for all teachers, front line workers, nurses, doctors, police officers, first responders and I would add veterinarians for we’re doing our best to provide good medical care and love on our patients while providing curbside service and it’s just so difficult for people. There aren’t enough hours in the day and the dogs are so frightened. But we’re doing our best Lord. And I also want to lift up a prayer for the student who called in with so much anxiety she couldn’t leave her apartment. She was too anxious to stay in bed but too depressed to get out of bed. Oh Lord I lift up my prayers for mercy for from 138. I give thanks O Lord with my whole heart and sing your praise because when we call on you, you answer us. And the strength of our souls you do increase. You know that though we walk in the midst of trouble you preserve our lives. You stretch out your hand against the wrath of all that would threaten to overcome us, and your right hand delivers us. You will fulfill your purpose for us, and your steadfast love O Lord endures forever. For I know that you will not forsake the work of your hands but instead pour your Holy Spirit on us. Fill us with your living water. Lift us up with the power that raised Christ from the dead. Renew our strength. It will mount up like eagles. Lord I give you my thanks and I pray your grace and mercy on all of these who have called in. In Jesus’ name. Amen. This is Donna from Pennsylvania.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is Wonderfully Made in Albuquerque. Today’s the 23rd of November. I have a prayer request. I have been struggling with some really really extreme anxiety related to work stresses. The work that I am involved in deals with a lot of regulatory compliance issues and I lead a team that supports…has…is a support group for customers. And I…there are some customers that are pretty combative, and I am not the kind of person that deals well with that. I want peace I hate conflict. I know that conflict exists in this life, but I shut down when I have to deal with people who are like that. And I…it’s Monday, I‘m anxious, the emails are pouring in and I’m starting to shake because I am scared of what I’m going to have to deal with. And, yes, I could leave my job and go to a different job but the challenge with that is there’s always going to be people that are just very abrasive and mean and….and so I’m dealing with…I’m struggling with that, especially with how I respond as a Christian. I really don’t lash out in anger at people but what happens is I…I hold it in, and I think through conversations I want to have which I know won’t be edifying. So, anyway I’m just really really struggling, and I need prayers. Thank you so much.

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200 Days. The Last part.

Y/N P.O.V

3 years later

“That was Y/N Hood with her first Single off of her debut album: Years. We have her in Studio today” Ryan says “Thank you Ryan.” I smile as I put my daughter in my lap. “We also have a first today, Y/n and Calum’s daughter Maci is here.” Maci giggles at Ryan. “Yeah, Calum got suck in a meeting but should be here soon. “ “so Y/N, you have had a busy 3 years.” I nod. “In between having Maci, the wedding and the album, it’s been crazy but crazy in the best way ever.” “Daddy!” Maci points to the glass behind me. “Calum come in.” Ryan waves him in and Maci gets off my lap and runs to him. “Hey, guys.” Calum walks over to me and kisses me. “Y/N, tell us what your second single “Still into you.” Is about.” I smile at Calum as he pulls up a chair. “Well, I wanted to release something that had a lot of meaning to me. Cal and I wrote this song on our honeymoon and I couldn’t think about the song without him singing it with me. “ I pull my guitar into my lap. “It’s the second Single because it shows to me and everyone that is close to us how far we have come.” I smile at my family. “So, you and Calum are going to sing ‘still into you’ for us?” I nod and pull my microphone closer to me. “1,2,3” Calum counts us in as I play.

Calum- Can't count the years on one hand that we've been together

I need the other one to hold you

Make you feel, make you feel better

Y/N - It's not a walk in the park to love each other

But when our fingers interlock, can't deny, can't deny, you're worth it

Both- Cause after all this time

I'm still into you

I should be over all the butterflies but I'm into you

And baby even on our worst nights

I'm into you

Let 'em wonder how we got this far,

'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all

Yeah, after all this time

I'm still into you

Y/N- Recount the night that I first met your mother

And on the drive back to my house I told you that, I told you that I loved ya

Calum- You felt the weight of the world fall off the shoulder

And to your favorite song we sang along, to the start of forever

Both- And after all this time

I'm still into you

I should be over all the butterflies but I'm into you

And baby even on our worst nights

I'm into you

Let 'em wonder how we got this far,

'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all

Yeah after all this time

I'm still into you

Y/N- Some things just make sense

And one of those is you and I

Both- Some things just make sense

And even after all this time

Y/N - I'm into you

Calum- Baby not a day goes by that I'm not into you

Both- I should be over all the butterflies but I'm into you

And baby even on our worst nights

I'm into you

Let 'em wonder how we got this far,

'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all

Yeah after all this time

I'm still into you

I'm still into you

I'm still into you...

In this moment my heart is so full. I have everything that I need right here. Well everything but Duke. “Calum, I have a few questions for you. “ he nods as Ryan goes on. “How long have you been together at this point?” I look down at our interlock fingers. “8 years together next month, 2 years married in August.” He pulls my hand into his lap. “What was the turning point for you that you knew. ‘Hey, I want to have y/n be By my side forever?” I look at Calum knowing what he is going to say and what the media is going to say about us but at this point in my life i really don’t care. We have came a long way and nothing can break us. “The first part of the Meet You There Tour because I almost lost her. I had cheated and walked out without telling her but little did I know that I would have to see her for the next 200 days on the Tour.” “Wait? That’s the Tour you got engaged on.” I nod watching Maci who is now asleep in Calum’s lap. “We were a mess. We both hurt each other.” I say as Calum jumps in. “ We worked though our problems but we don’t want to hide anything.” “Okay, last thing how are you two going to handle two tours at the same time?” “Actually, it’s only one tour. I’m going to be opening for 5sos this year.” I smile at Calum.

at their house

I’m in the kitchen finishing up dinner for us. “Babe, when are the boys getting here?” I ask Calum as he comes up behind me and holding me putting his head on my shoulder. “about 20 minutes.” I smile as he kisses my shoulder. I turn to face him. “I can’t believe in a week we will be heading out on tour with Maci. “ thinking of the 3 year old that is upstairs playing with a baby size bass that her uncle Ashton had got her. along with a sit of drums that were in our basement at the moment waiting for the soundproof room that we are building to be finished.

Maci had been one of the biggest blessings. Even though she came a month early. I had been taking the last pictures of Calum jumping off of Ashton’s drum platform when my water broke. Luckily it was the last song of the night and we made it to the hospital 15 minutes before she was born. I still remembering wanting to kill Calum because of me being in so much pain. This next baby I will have an epidural. “Baby girl? What are you thinking about?” I kiss his lips “life, its crazy to me that we are here. The last three years have been crazy. Maci was early but she is perfect.” He pulls me as close as possible and I know he’s thinking about the three weeks that’s we were in the hospital waiting for her to come home. The boys had been the best coming home and sitting up her room for us. “Calum? Thank you for believing in me.” “You have a Beautiful voice and great stories to tell if a record label does not believe in you, they are stupid.” I smile at him. For the last two years, I had been going to different labels trying to get signed but no one would sign me because I was Calum Hood’s wife, so Calum and I made our own record label that has Hey Violet, 5sos and I signed. We have came so far. The only thing bad that had happened was the miscarriage a week before our first anniversary. I didn’t know I was pregnant because we had started the label and had so much going on with a 10 month old but we had promised ourselves that we will be ready the next time around

“Hey, lovebirds the party is here!” Michael walks in with a baby carrier and Crystal behind him. “ how’s baby Clifford?” I ask not pulling away from Calum but smiling at the new parents. “Finally sleeping through the night.” Crystal says smiling at her 4 month old baby boy at that moment, Ashton walks in with his girlfriend of a year Lily and Luke with his Girlfriend of 2 years, Taylor. “Hey boys” I pull myself away from Calum for a minute to hug them. “Congratulations, on Years hitting number 1, Y/N.” Ashton hugs me. He, Calum and I never really let the ‘I’m in love with you.’ Stop us from being friends. It had been awkward for a few weeks but when we were in the hospital with Maci, he stayed as long as he could to be there for his best friend. Cashton is still to this day a alive and well. “uncle Ashton!!!!” Maci yells running down the stairs. “Mace!” Ash gets down to her height and hugs her. He definitely is her favorite uncle and why wouldn’t he be? He takes her on ‘dates’ every week buying her whatever she wants. “What about your Uncle Luke and Mic?” I laugh seeing the other boys pouting before Maci runs over to them. I know these guys would die for my little girl. I feel tears in my eyes, pull yourself together Y/n or they will know before you tell them. “Baby? Dinner is ready let’s move this party to the backyard.” Calum says coming back from the kitchen taking my hand as I see Luke put Maci on his shoulders.

-Outside-

We are all sitting around the table, Maci is sitting in Ashton’s lap. “Y/N, why aren’t you drinking?” Michael asks me and I look at Calum, he nods. “Ash, take off Maci’s hoodie for me please.” He takes it off to reveal her shirt that says ‘Only Child Big Sister.’ Luke was the first to his feet. “What?” “You guys are going to have to deal with my mood swings on Tour again.” I laugh as Ashton, Michael And Luke hug me at the same time. “Guys, Y/n needs to be able to breathe.” Calum laughs at them. I look around at my family and I know have found my place in this crazy world. I wouldn’t change the way I got here not even those 200 days.

A/N: this was a lot harder to write then I thought it would be. Let me know what you think.

I promise the blurbs are coming tonight or tomorrow

[klubhead76]

Management Quotes

A magazine recently ran a "management quotes" contest. They were looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life dysfunctional managers.

Here are the top ten finalists:

1. "As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks." (This was the winning quote from Fred Dales, Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, WA)

2. "What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might encounter." (Lykes Lines Shipping)

3. "E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business." (Accounting manager, Electric Boat Company)

4. "This project is so important, we can't let things that are more important interfere with it." (Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service)

5. "Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule." (Plant manager, Delco Corporation)

6. "No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them." (R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.)

7. Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say." (Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)

8. My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I told my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, "That would be better for me." (Shipping executive, FTD Florists) 9. "We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees." (Switching supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Division)

10. One day my Boss asked me to submit a status report to him concerning a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon enough. He said, "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until tomorrow to ask for it!" (Hallmark Cards executive)

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09/04/2020 DAB Transcript

Ecclesiastes 7:1-9:18, 2 Corinthians 7:8-16, Psalms 48:1-14, Proverbs 22:17-19

Today is the 4th day of September welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I'm Brian it is great to be here with you today. I can’t believe it's September already. Truly, for a year that felt like it was going to drag on or is dragging on forever, it’s like…we’re in September already. It's…it's crazy but we’re moving into it, we’re getting settled into it and we have the Bible to escort us through the gates of every single day and week and month. And right now, the Bible is leading us to the book of Ecclesiastes, which is…yeah…the exploration of the meaninglessness of whatever we might pursue in life even if we get it all but don't acknowledge God and it. So, let's dive in. We’re reading from the New International Version this week. Ecclesiastes 7, 8, and 9 today.

Commentary:

Okay. Let's talk about sorrow for a minute. One of our favorite things to talk about talk about, right? Like let’s talk about it all the time, every day. No…sorrow…sorrow what does that bring up in you? Like what…what does that word evoke? I guess we could say sorrow in many ways is some of the things that we’re seeing in the book of Ecclesiastes. Sorrow is attached to a lot of things like regret or grieving or…or whatever, pain, suffering. Do you ever think though sorrow is a good thing? Like normally we don’t ever think that sorrow is a good thing even though sorrow is kind of a baseline. Like it is at the bed rock of things. Like when we are experiencing sorrow, we certainly may have erratic emotions, but sorrow exposes what's really going on. And sorrow is something that the apostle Paul is talking about today in second Corinthians and we just never think about embracing sorrow because we see it as a bad thing. And, so, we’re like, “I only want good things in my life and sorrow isn't one of them” even though sorrow can bring us back into goodness. So, I gotta confess. Like I don't…I just don't ever wake up…I may wake up in the morning feeling sorrow but I don’t ever wake up in the morning feeling great and thinking, “yeah…let me get my coffee so I can just…I want to…I want to see how quickly I can get into sorrow.” Like nobody does. And we wouldn't be able to say that the apostle Paul never experienced sorrow because we've…we’re spending time in his letters, we read of his journeys in the book of Acts. Like this guy experienced suffering and sorrow all over the place, not just externally like from opposition to the message but also internally when there's conflict in the churches and he’s just trying to hold things together and he’s experiencing sorrow because of the way that people are accusing him of something or there’s just not getting along or they’re straying from the message. So, we would have to say the apostle Paul experienced plenty of sorrow. But Paul in his mindset doesn't have sorrow as an only bad sensation. So, let me quote Paul from second Corinthians today. “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” Okay. So, Paul is saying there is a godly sorrow. We might call that at a…a sensation of conviction, the sensation that we get when we know we have stepped over the line in some area of our lives willingly. We did this thing. We regret what we have done. We can see perhaps the repercussions that are coming at us like a wave and we can turn into worldly earthly sorrow because of…because of what might or might not happen because of what we've done, but there is a godly sorrow, one that tells us this is not who I am, this is not who I want to be, this is not the way I want to go, this is not the path my life should be taking. To enter into godly sorrow then that should, that awareness should be frustrating and disappointing, should bring us grief, it should feel distressing. Like it should feel like we’re losing something important. When we…when we walk into sin willfully, like clearly, we should experience the weight of the choices that we are making and what is happening because we are stopping in its tracks the work of God in our lives. Like literally, we are halting sanctification. We are pushing stop on the forward progress of being transformed. We are halting it willingly and saying, “right now I'm doing my own thing. Right now I'm going to follow the path of evil in some way. I’m gonna willingly walk into the darkness. I'm gonna willingly walk the pathway that leads to death.” Okay if we’re gonna do that then we are betraying life. That should not feel good. It should not be something that we associate with wholeness or being healthy. It should bring us sorrow because the way Paul puts it, “this kind of godly sorrow leads us away from…from sin, from darkness, from evil and it results in our salvation.” So, if we’re gonna walk away from God in some way, instead of running toward God then…that…we should feel sorrow and that sorrow should lead us to repentance. And repentance is to change, literally to change your mind, like to go in the other direction. It should lead us to repentance. We should feel this separation that we don't ever want to feel again. So, let's enter into that today. We have a no shortage of things to feel sorrow about. But let’s focus our attention and awareness on the Holy Spirit's leading, the things that bring us sorrow because we have walked away from life. Let's feel the weight of that. Let’s think of what Solomon is saying in Ecclesiastes because as sobering is what he is saying is, he’s still saying the truth. We all we all die. That is the ultimate destiny of each one of us. Our faith informs life beyond this one and we believe this, I believe this, but we all die an earthly death. Why would we walk the pathway to death and foolishness and folly? We should feel sorrow when we’re walking that path. We’re wasting time in this brief moment as Solomon kind of puts before face. It's not a lengthy indefinite period of time that we get to be in this human body and have the experience of life on planet Earth. Why waste it in the darkness? So, let’s invite the Holy Spirit into that.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit come, well up from within us. We…we have tried to mix light and darkness so much that it's almost like commonplace. And yet there is a way. There is a path that leads to life. It’s narrow, few find it, but we want to be one who does, which means we have to pay attention to the path we are on and where the road is going. And if we know we are walking into darkness, then the path only goes into the darkness and the end of that road is death. We want to walk the road that leads to life. Come Holy Spirit and show us places within that we are willingly bringing sorrow upon ourselves because we are willingly interrupting what You are doing within us. Come Holy Spirit, we open ourselves to You and we meditate upon this as we move through this day. Lead us as we consider. We ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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12/05/2019 DAB Transcript

Hosea 1:1-3:5, 1 John 5:1-21, Psalms 124:1-8, Proverbs 29:5-8

Today is the 5th day of December, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today as we buckle up and take the next…I was gonna say buckle up and take the next step forward but buckling up and taking a step…like that's a mixed metaphor, right? So, let…so let's just move into our time in the Scriptures today. So, we finished the book of Daniel yesterday, which means that were gonna begin a new book and this book is called Hosea and we have also come to the final grouping of books in the Old Testament, and they are known as the minor prophets. And there are 12 books, Hosea being the first and we’ll work through these 12 books obviously, in a pretty quick fashion because we’re running out of year, but from Hosea to Malachi, these are the minor prophets. So, let’s get some context.

Introduction to the book of Hosea:

Hosea probably lived about eight centuries before Jesus. So, about 800 years. And he saw the destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel, which was his homeland. And we haven't talked about that for a while. We’ve been mostly dealing with the Babylonian exile and the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem, but we will remember that the northern kingdom was taken away and carried into exile by Assyria. Many biblical scholars think that Hosea’s prophecies eventually were collected together in the southern kingdom of Judah after the Assyrian conquest after the 10 tribes were taken into exile in being assimilated. Now the theme of marriage is used in the Bible, often to represent God's love for his people. It's covenantal language. And, so, marriage is a covenant. And this theme is…is vivid in the book of Hosea and is fitting because we've…we’ve come this far in the year. So, we’ve watched God's people chasing other gods for months. We’ve watched God's people committing spiritual adultery for months. And we’ve watched what that's done to God's heart. We’ve watched what that's done to the people. We know where that road leads but when we place it in the context of marriage all of a sudden, things become very immediate and very close to home. And God's reaction to being betrayed by the people that He loves, that's understandable, He's a scorned lover. Like, His heart is broke. He’s longing for what was lost and thinking about what His love is doing with…like…you understand, right? You understand how marriage brings things really immediate. And the book of Hosea brings it the most immediate, the most clear in the Bible because God asked Hosea to use His life to speak as like living prophecy. So, God asked Hosea to marry a prostitute and her name was Gomer. And this represented the idolatry, the adultery, the spiritual adultery of Israel. And, so, Hosea and Gomer had children together and God instructed that each child was to be given a prophetic name that was to speak directly to Israel and then eventually Gomer was unfaithful to Hosea. So, he divorced her, which represented God's casting away of Israel. And then God told Hosea to go get Gomer back. And, so, he pursued her, and as it turned out he had to buy back the woman who had committed adultery and broken their covenant and played the harlot. And he did! He bought her back, representing the lengths that God's willing to go in order to be reunited with those that he loves. So, we've also been working our way through first John and we’ve been talking about the love of God, and we’ve been talking about the profound effect of the love of God on the world and how we are loving the world…God is loving the world through us. So, the…the portrayal of God's love in the book of Hosea should show us very clearly what we’re talking about because it's potent and it's a picture of His love for each one of us. And when we get that it's overwhelming, like when we understand how profoundly God loves us, when we have a glimpse of that, it's overwhelming, but the flipside of that, the dark side is that we also have to look at the ways that were betraying that love. And Hosea helps us to see the impact of our betrayal on the heart of God. And, so, we begin. Hosea chapters 1, 2, and 3 today and we’re reading from the English standard version this week.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for another step forward in Your word. And as we move into this book, Hosea, and for that matter, as we move through the minor prophets toward the end of the Old Testament, we invite Your Holy Spirit. We have a lot to learn in a short amount of time to cover that territory even as we’re moving through the rest of the New Testament. So, Father we…we acknowledge that this indeed is the point of the year where things seem to go into warp speed, and it does at times feel like we’re gonna blink our eyes twice and we’re gonna be in a new year. And, so, we recognize that as the rhythm of a year and we see that in front of us. And, so, again, we are committing ourselves. We will finish this year strong because that is the only way to begin a new year strong. And, so, come Holy Spirit and lead us where You will that we might learn from You all that we need to know to finish the story of this year strong. And, so, we calm ourselves and we will look for You and everything and we will look to Your word to guide our steps. Come Holy Spirit we pray into all of this. Lead us on the narrow path that leads to life. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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I’ve been mentioning because it that seems like everybody in the world’s mentioning something similar, it’s Christmas time around here. And wow! It’s…I guess I'm just noticing the influx of media being sent my way about things that I might want for Christmas or that I want to get for somebody else for Christmas. It's like this stream that just never ends and I…maybe it's…I just…I think it's always been this way…maybe I’m just noticing more. And, so, I've had these discouraging moments where I’m like, “man, I don’t even want to talk about the family Christmas. I mean just everybody's talking about something.” But the Daily Audio Bible family Christmas box…we don't…we don't make the Christmas Box to make money. We actually try to pile as many resources and discount them as far as we can and pile them in there because they’re for the family, the family that has been on this journey. And, so, there's just some of our most popular things that we put in there that are like a great way to get these resources for the journey ahead. And we believe in all of these things. Like, we didn't make them randomly. We made them…some of them over years. Like the God of Your Story over…well…it’s taken 14 years, right, and then two years to get this in…in written form. It's…it's to help. So, yeah, it’s just been this kind of weird battle inside my head but the family Christmas Box is a valuable thing and it is a good thing and it's…it's a worthwhile thing and there really are things in there that…that you want and that will serve you in your life and there are things in there that you may want to give away because they’ll serve someone else's life. And that's why we do this. So, I guess I’m not gonna…I’m not gonna struggle with it because I'm telling you about a resource, but we’re not trying to hock stuff here. It’s not…that’s just not what this is about. But there are resources that are valuable to the journey in the Christmas Box. So, check it out. Got of Your story’s in there. I just talked about that. The Journal 2.0 is in there and I talked about that yesterday. And the Global Campfire candle and the stickers and the postcards and the pop socket. All these things have been so popular. And for us, we made them because we made this Global Campfire logo this year just to represent our community. We created resources that were about that, that were touch points to the community. All of the Global Campfire stuff…it’s when you see these things, when you use these things, when you touch these things, they…they’re supposed to be tangible reminders of the community that we share here centered around the rhythm of God's spoken word in our lives every day. So, anyway, you can find out all the stuff that's in the Christmas Box at dailyaudiobible.com in the Christmas section in the Shop. And, so, check it out.

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And that is it for today. I'm Brian I love you and I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Green upon green upon green upon brown such intricate detail right here on the ground miniature forests right here in the grass bending and swaying as the breezes blow past tiny little bushes abundant with leaf ants on the ground crawling beneath little tiny palm trees two inches tall tower above deserts bushes and all A microcosm of life complete in every way God is amazing what more can I say little tiny boulders a sixteenth of an inch dwarf boulders even smaller too small to even pinch long luscious leafy strands are trimmed in green and gold some are trimmed in purple but all of them are standing bold and then I see a flower its tiny petals white also yellow asters that sprang up overnight and a dandelion standing tall with his furball perfectly round it’s tempting me to blow on it and spread its seed around but I leave it in its present form just like it’s in a book I love the detail God implores I love the way things look  but even in such intricacies I still see tiny flaws and once I recognize that fact it gives me cause to pause because I know that I don’t look so good when God looks at me the closer that you look at things the more of them you see and God has seen me very close he knows each part of me but he loves me anyway my beauty he still sees thank you God for heart and eyes that see beyond my flawed ugliness to the beauty inside me

blindtony1016@gmail.com. Like to give a shout out to Lee from New Jersey. Missed you last week. Hope all is well. And Terry the truck driver. Know you’re both are in my prayers and thoughts often. And once again Brian and The Hardin family. Thank you for this wonderful podcast God’s Holy Spirit flow keep it flowin’ y’all.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible this is Julie from Maryland and I want to pray for Mary. I just met Mary about seven minutes ago. I dropped my brother off at the bus stop to go home from Thanksgiving weekend, I needed to get some gas, I was just gonna put a little bit in but I saw Mary inside working and I saw Joel Osteen on the TV and I said, “okay that’s gotta to be for me, I’m gonna go in.” And Mary told me it was about forgiveness and letting go of the pain and the…the hurt that people caused you and forgiving them for the sake of reconciliation and restoration and all…and all kinds of things. So, Mary, I don’t know what you need right now but I am praying for you. You helped me to receive the next step in my healing. And, so, thank you for watching…for…for putting that on the TV so that I could see it, for listening to God. And I told Mary about the Daily Audio Bible, I wrote it down on a little piece of paper so she knew exactly what app to click on. So, I hope…I hope if she doesn’t hear this that she…she…Holy Spirit just take it away, you know, take it away and work in her heart. Yeah, that’s…that’s pretty much it. Thank you all for praying for my family. I want them to know Jesus and it’s all in His time. I am excited about how He is ordering my steps. Just…I…I…I’ve been obeying him recently, like the littlest things, like walk this way, turn left, turn right, stop, go here and He’s blessing me or He’s just showing me where I’m supposed to go so I can reach the end where I need to. Have a good day.

Hi DAB family this is Ica calling from Sydney Australia. Today is December 1st and…and Sunday and I’m calling to say that I listen to all your prayers on my way to work each morning. I commute over a train ride and this amount of time gives me the ability to listen to the DAB and then pray for each one of you. And so I just want to encourage you to say that all the prayers that I’ve been hearing the past couple weeks, in particular I’ve been praying for you and even though I don’t call in specifically for people I am praying for you at the end of each DAB podcast and I’m praying for you by name. So, I just want to encourage you about that and to keep calling in and updating us on how everything and how God is answering your prayers. I also have a prayer request. I have recently…I mean over some time…been praying that God might show me some of my sin and I think I’ve recognized recently how I often can be quite judgmental of people’s appearances. And I think this really makes…this distances me from people and I…I suppose the verse that says God sees people hearts and the man sees the outward appearance is something that really has struck me and I am wanting to change but I am seeing that, I’m recognizing my thought patterns I suppose as I meet people and as I talk to people is that in the background I am judging them on their appearance. And, so, if you could…

Hey, DABbers this is Slave of Jesus North Carolina. Actually I…I am overseas, and I would really…I’m two days overseas into a…about a three-month deployment and I ask that you would send up prayers for my family; Deborah, Jordan and Amber. This is always a tough thing for them when I’m gone and the enemy really tries to attack my family when I’m away from them but I know your prayers are going to be out there to send your guardian angels to watch over this and I declare this in Jesus’ mighty name. I am also struggling with lack of sleep. And it’s been two days and my brain is really my weapon over here. And, so, without sleep I __ with rapid deterioration and I just realized that for a couple days I did not have my DAB bracelet on. I was kind of going through some area where that may not be safe so I took it off but I’m here and I’m safe now and it’s time to put it back on and hopefully go back to bed and get half decent night’s sleep tonight. So, if you guys could just pray with the work that I do here in Jesus’ mighty name. Love you all. Have a great day.

Hi this is Leslie in Missouri and I just want to say that I’m excited about this Advent season because I, in my whole entire life I really never celebrated the Advent season but listening for three years now hearing Brian talk about it each year I decided to observe it this share. And, so, our family lit our first candle last night and read scriptures about hope and a devotion that I found, and we listened to Brian explain it on Sunday. So, I’m very excited this year to add that to our Christmas traditions and thank you Brian for bringing that to my attention and explaining it so clearly and inspiring us. Thank you.

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07/15/2021 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 19:1-21:30, Romans 2:25-3:8, Ps 11:1-7, Proverbs 19:10-12

Today is July 15th welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is wonderful to be here with you in the center of the week in the center of the month and moving forward together step-by-step day by day on the adventure of a lifetime that takes us through a year and through the Bible. And I am supremely grateful that we can be on this journey together. Right now, our journey has us in the book of First Chronicles in the Old Testament and in the letter to the Romans. And we’re just getting moved into it and we've…we’ve witnessed enough now to know that it speaks directly. It doesn't have a problem, like it...it's not going to be subtle, it's gonna be direct and speak to us directly like yesterday when we were directly speaking about hypocrisy. And we’ll see what…what's in store for us today. But first, we’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. First Chronicles 19, 20, and 21.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the in the…in the letter to the Romans we continue to watch Paul, essentially close loopholes…kind of. Yesterday it was hypocrisy, essentially, that we were talking about in the form of judgment, judging others for things that we are guilty of ourselves and for that matter judging at all because God is “the” judge and our judgments are usually pretty judgmental, right? Bring out the verses that say this is what you're doing wrong and all this kind of stuff that we've seen over the years and probably done over the years or had done to us over the years. And yet Paul says that's not how God is doing this. God is patient. God is kind. He is long-suffering. It is His patience and His kindness that brings you to repentance. So, a stark contrast to the way that we operate.

In our reading today Paul addresses some things that he had been accused of saying, which is essentially like God is the most high. He is the glorious one above all else and I, we humans, we are not. We are not God. We are lower than God, but we are also sinful people. And, so, since God is kind and patient and long-suffering. And since there is no way that we could ever achieve righteousness on our own then doesn't our sin just exalt God higher? Like, doesn’t us being worse make Him a higher, which is this…essentially like this back door to being able to say I can do whatever I want with whoever I want, however I want, whenever I want. God’s wither not paying attention, or His kindness will lead me to repentance. And probably we can all get our heads around that stark of a concept or that big of an analogy, but we subtly do this kind of stuff because. Like, as long as we can keep it hidden as…as long as it's not exposed we can keep these things around. We like to do these things in secret. And Paul is directly saying this is absolutely not okay. And, so, as we go into our day we should…we should give some thought to what we’re trying to justify, that we’re trying to make okay when it's probably not, or for sure not and we know better, and we know it. God is the judge, and He is kind, and it is His kindness that leads us to repentance. And that is beautiful. And we can like think of that is like a get out of jail free card or something but He's not doing this because of that. He's doing this because the trajectory, the sin that we want to justify…the things that we want to justify that we know better than, their gonna judge us…we’re gonna be…we’re gonna ruin ourselves because sin only leads to death. God is just being patient and saying, you don't have to go there, you can come to me that you might have life. And, so, let’s think about that today. What are we justifying that isn't going anywhere and isn’t gonna help anything?

Prayer:

Holy Spirit, we need You. We invite You into that and the truth is, we’re already thinking of some of those things but if we spend some time, we can find like there's all this going on subtly underneath the surface. It’s part of our culture. Like we live in a culture that has so much false in it that we’re just led to always keep secrets and keep things false when You have invited us into the light to be true, to be free. And, so, help us see the chains that are around us that we’re just coexisting with because it’s just always been this way. We’re just used to it when we could be free. Come Holy Spirit we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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And that's it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning DAB community my name is Naomi I'm calling from reading in the UK it's my first time of calling for prayer in about a couple of years of listening because I've only just found the record button. So, you might be hearing from me again now. My prayer request this morning is for myself, for my business partner who is a deaf sign language user. We have a sign language interpreting service here in the UK for the deaf community and we've had two really bad experiences with two companies providing us with financial services both of whom breached their contract with us and both who have subsequently raised claims against us which we’ll be going to court to both defend and also to put our own counterclaim against them. I just want to pray first of all for the experience within the courts for my business partner and how inaccessible the courts really are and just the level of service which is provided. And I just pray Lord that You will go before us at the right access level in place and I thank You so far for what You've done and how have You've orchestrated things. I want to pray for Your justice and Your victory in these cases. And I pray also that You will use these cases to highlight the iniquity that's currently present in financial services and also the housing service, housing market service, Lord where deaf and sick people or people with vulnerabilities fall through the cracks and are burned because of people not following the equivalency act. So, I just pray You'll use as a case study to change law and to bring new equality into our system in the name of Jesus I ask Your victory Amen.

Good afternoon this is Renee calling from New York calling on July 12th and I'm just calling for a young lady who called in from Chicago regarding…she said she was the caregiver of someone going through dementia and expressed her anger and her lack of patience and frustration. And then she explained that it is her mom which makes all the sense of the world. And, you know, this is not just some random person this is your mom. So, all of those feelings and all of those emotions I just need you to know that it is coming from a place of hurt and you and I know just from the sound of your voice know that, you know, God He mends our heart and He's gonna do that for you. He's gonna give you a peace that surpasses all understanding and He's with you and He's with your mom. And I just need you to know that it's OK. It's OK to feel everything that you're feeling because it's your mom. And I'm just want you to know not like take away from how you are feeling and also know that it is a…a blessing that you can be there with her. She's not in a home she's with her daughter and she may have some good days and bad days and may not really know who you are at times but knowing that you're there with her is a blessing. So, through all the frustrations I just want you to remember that. Also remember that we serve a mighty God who's a keeper and He is a God of peace and love. So, I'm just praying for your peace, your love, your patience, and restoration and strength.

Hi this is Brian from Australia I'm calling for the very first time. I'm calling because I heard a prayer request form Margo a missionary in Liberia. Dear sister I want to encourage you that we are praying for you. Last week as a church we had a fasting and prayer retreat in which we had prayed for every nation by name, and we prayed for Liberia. We prayed that God would have mercy on that nation and that God would open the gates of that nation to their local churches and the missionaries working in that country to be able to preach the gospel so that the remnant might be saved. I want to…I want to encourage you sister. Just hang in there. You have the backing of a huge army that's praying and lifting you up in this time of need. God bless you and your husband in your work for the Lord. Praise God.

Hello, my name is Megan I've called before. I’ve listened for about four years on and off now four maybe five and I just heard Micah with his prayer request about his marriage and I want you to know Micah and every other discouraged person in a relationship that God is in amongst you. God is in the middle of you, He’s surrounding you, He's in the midst of you. And you reaching out to Him is so important for the future of your marriage. I'm gonna pray for you, all you and all marriages right now. Dear holy God thank You so much for this man Micah, for every person who is uplifting their marriage today holy God. Thank You, Jesus that You purposed them with an amazing companion. And holy God I thank You that You are the protector of our relationships. You’re the protector of our hearts Lord God and we present those hearts to You today Lord Jesus. I thank You that in Your word You are about unity, You are about peace, You are about love Lord Jesus. I thank You that You are gonna bring a supernatural peace, supernatural favor upon Micah, upon others. Lord Jesus Your name is gonna be made famous in this relationship Lord Jesus. Thank You, God that You are a healer, You heal emotions, You heal pain, You he'll struggle, You heal insecurities holy God. And Lord Jesus we just uplift everybody to You today. In Your name. Amen.

This is OK with not being OK from Alberta. Margo from Liberia when I pray for you and bring you for before Jesus, I see him blowing a fresh cool wind on you. Your hair is gently blowing and it's so refreshing for you and it's full of the scent of flowers and trees and you just drink it in and it's just giving you hope and energy and just renewing you. So, that's my prayer for you. Vincent, praying for you. John who doesn't know how to pray. Sometimes your heart is so full, and your burdens are so heavy. Just sit with Jesus in your mind, in your favorite place. I don't know, maybe some people have to crawl into a dark closet and just sit with Him or go out somewhere peaceful. Just close your eyes and hand Him the big, awful backpack or garbage bag of stuff. See what He does with it. Watch Him. Just sit with Him. Let Him…I don't know…He knows what to do with it. This is OK with not being OK. Make it a great day.