One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Job 5:7

“As the sparks fly upward, man is born to trouble.”

Now that I see it in writing, it seems kind of depressing; my favorite verse is about how inevitable trouble is. I like to think of it as being realistic.

There will be pain. I can choose it or it can happen to me…the pain of regret.

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Todd Elliott

Todd is a writer, speaker, technical artist in the local church and founder of FILO.

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