How to Deal with Rejection and Make a Difference in the World: Guest Interview with Justin McRoberts

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Ever feel burdened down and hopeless with how things are? Want to make a difference but unsure how? Get some encouragement from Justin McRoberts, author of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58211333-it-is-what-you-make-of-it (It Is What You Make of It), as he talks to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) in this episode. Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and related episodes, including https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/media-feeds/what-is-gods-will-do-you-really-want-to-know-it/ (What is God’s Will?), https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/am-i-really-up-to-the-task-god-my-favorite-verses-isaiah-6-8/ (Am I Really Up to the Task, God?), and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-can-i-leave-a-lasting-impact-on-the-world-you-only-need-ten-minutes/ (How Can I Leave a Lasting Impact on the World?) Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit ourhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ ( website) and follow us onhttps://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks ( Facebook),https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ ( Instagram), andhttps://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast ( Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO and @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Keith Simon.
0:11.8	And I'm Patrick Miller. Also if you want to connect with us
0:15.9	follow us on Twitter at t.m. t.b. podcast you can also check out our hashtag
0:20.6	hashtag ask t.m. B. T. B. T. T. hashtag, Ask TMBT, where you can ask us anything and we'd love to connect with you.
0:27.0	Justin, I gotta know, why do you hate the phrase it is what it is?
0:32.0	And because it is a pathway to stuckness.
0:36.0	It gives way too much credit to things for being monolithic
0:41.0	and immovable, and it removes from you and I the agency that actually
0:46.9	gives that makes us look like people who are created in the image of God.
0:51.3	There's actually nothing about it that I like.
0:53.2	You know, I don't really like that phrase that much either, myself, where we're going to be honest.
0:57.7	But I could imagine a lot of people listening to this, they're like, well, hold on, I mean, what's wrong with just kind of
1:01.6	accepting your circumstances
1:03.4	and saying hey I can't deal the cards in my life so it is what it is no big deal.
1:08.0	Yeah well and I get the feeling I don't think the feeling is wrong this is this is
1:12.1	like good basic like pop therapy stuff.
1:14.6	Like, you're not wrong to have your feelings.
1:16.9	You might be wrong about what they mean.
1:18.8	So.
1:19.8	Wait, are you telling me my feelings aren't reality right now?
1:22.8	I'm telling you that your feelings are a part of reality and your feelings are an expression
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