NOVEMBER 9, 2025

   “Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don't.” 

― Tom Hiddleston

JEREMIAH 51-52

 1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 3It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.(53:1-3) 

HEBREWS 6

10God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. 11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. 12We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

JOURNAL  

I had a thought... what if the Bible had been edited to be “Facebook worthy.” Imagine if every uncomfortable truth, every sin, every failure, every act of rebellion or shame had been carefully cropped out until all that remained was a gallery of polished smiles and perfect lives. No wandering Israelites, no David’s moral collapse, no Peter’s denial, no Paul’s violent beginning, no Jesus hanging between thieves. What would we be left with? A hollow feed of filtered faith, empty of humanity, grace, and redemption.

When you look closely... the Bible is gloriously unfiltered. It is full of chaos, doubt, heartbreak, and redemption. Adam and Eve’s shame, Cain’s jealousy, Moses’ temper, Jonah’s running, David’s sin, Peter’s denial, all of it speaks to the staggering truth that God’s story was never about our perfection but His patience. It is not a museum of saints, it is a hospital for the broken. And in that imperfection, the beauty of God’s mercy takes center stage.

It reminds me of Paul’s words in 1 Timothy 1:15-16, “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His immense patience as an example for those who would believe in Him and receive eternal life.” Paul knew what we often forget, that the cracks in our story are not evidence of failure but of grace seeping through.

We live in a culture obsessed with image, with curating the illusion of strength and success. But Scripture reminds us that God remembers our work and love even when others forget, as Hebrews 6:10 says. He calls us not to laziness of spirit but to perseverance, to faith and patience that inherit what He has promised.

Maybe the greatest proof of faith is not a perfect image but an honest one. The Bible invites us to show up messy, uncertain, humble, and yet hopeful... because God does not edit out our weakness, He redeems it. Like Tom Hiddleston said, “Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble...” because the moment we think we have all the answers, grace reminds us we don’t. And that is the best news of all.

15Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 

1 TIMOTHY 1:15-16