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S5 189. Rod Smith - His Way & Accidentally on Purpose · Millennial Mustard Seed

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  Welcome back to the Millennial Mustard Seed podcast.
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  I'm going to do things a little bit different for this mini
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  episode. I've been doing some reflection,
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  some deep reflection lately and just thinking about the times
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  that we're living in and God just stirring and moving me to
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  just go back to one of the poems I wrote called His Way.
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  I've never read this one on air before, but really what's
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  bringing me to do this is just realizing the significance of
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  our generation and being born for such a time as this.
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  I've spent a good amount of time covering things like exposing
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  the darkness, the enemy's tactics, what he's been up to
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  for quite a long time. And there's nothing wrong with
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  that. But the shift that is here in my
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  life is really just realizing the importance of our voice and
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  the time that we've been given, redeeming the time that was
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  lost. So I'm going to read the poem
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  his way and possibly one other short poem at the end.
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  But this is the poem that kicked everything off a few years back.
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  I want to say like 21, possibly 22 early.
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  I read this to Doctor Laura Sanger after an interview and
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  she prophesied over his way and said it was going to go out to
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  all four corners of the country and then eventually sweep out
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  across the globe. She said it was going to call
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  the faithful higher and the wayward home.
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  And I'm just going to say it's in the book.
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  We've sold the book on a couple continents.
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  I've given away more copies than I've sold, which is it was never
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  about making money with this book.
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  It was just following what God was showing me, being humble and
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  just being obedient. So if this poem moves you, send
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  me an e-mail let me know. It certainly has moved me and
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  many others who have heard it this far.
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  I'm going to start to read now. His skin he skinned to cover
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  washing one another. Wounded before winding times
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  clock. His love would last, yet blood
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  would drop. Born to us, meek, most consider
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  this weak. He roamed away from his throne,
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  entering a world that was his own, yet not known.
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  The majesty made flesh here to taste of death.
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  A son of man, the mission, his own.
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  A kinsman, Redeemer without a home.
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  A wandering worker, calloused hands, a growing spark.
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  Mercy in his stature, forgiveness in his heart the way
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  he is. The lion's pride.
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  Behold the Lamb of God to die. Structures shook the earth with
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  quake. The veil was torn.
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  He took our place. Mighty horns blown, a piercing
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  sound, Echoes of Victory's notes.
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  Renowned, astonished, surprised, gaping gawk.
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  The first of the risen through walls.
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  He did walk. We marvel at the way the Maker
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  paints a perfect picture. Flawless grace, a race to run
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  for eternity's space. How high, how low, the
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  omnipotence knows as the space within the spaces grow.
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  He's risen to the highest height Our God alone could conquer
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  Night. The morning comes, so wake and
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  rise. Release the fear and wipe the
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  tears from your eyes. Darkness has no power.
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  Now He is risen and hope is found, and that is the
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  completion of his way. And just as a little bonus, I'm
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  going to read another poem out of the book.
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  Page 27 It's called accidentally on purpose.
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  Every moment of my existence is shadowed and graceful.
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  Purpose, the pre written plan of God always floats to the
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  surface. Every instance of blind effort
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  made with hopeful jubilation contains all the divine elements
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  of a wonderful collaboration. Acceptance and indifference play
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  the opposite roles to keep each other in balance so to attain
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  the actual goals. Reverence and meaningful
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  relations blanket the entire decree, a melting pot of
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  influence that simmers in reverie.
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  Every situation I've encountered has taken me by optimal
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  surprise. Although I have seen it coming
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  accidentally, I'm sure it was devised.
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  So that is this short episode. Just reading two of my poems out
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  of my book. The words are salt.
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  If these simple and humble poems moved you and touched you in any
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  way, reach out to me. Send me an e-mail or comment on
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  this episode if you're listening on Spotify, or go purchase a
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  copy of the book and keep it on your night stand.
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  Read through it. Many nights God woke me up at 23
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  AM to write down a majority of these poems just when I was
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  weeping and just crying out to Him.
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  And really, that season never ends if you have, if you have
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  humility. But this was a heavy season for
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  me. 2020 through about 2022 was most of the developments of
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  these poems that are in the book.
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  It's about 87 pages long in total, but this was my way of
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  just responding to some reflections about what Doctor
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  Laura Sanger prophesied over his way.
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  And really just thinking, you know what?
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  I have the platform. God gave me this ability to be
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  able to podcast. Why not start reading some of
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  these poems intermittently as time goes on and see if it's
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  helping any of you out there? Lord knows it's helped me.
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  And that's it for this mini episode here on the Millennial
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  Mustard Seed podcast. I'm going to ask that you guys
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  would share this far and wide. Thank you for praying for me,
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  for encouraging, for all the emails, and I just really am
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  humbled and thankful for God to be using a broken and contrite
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  vessel as as I am. I'm nobody special but He who
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  lives and works in and through me, Well, special is an
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  understatement when it comes to Him.
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  God bless and goodbye. Music.
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  I. Yeah.