Disciple of Christ. A simple man. A Proud Husband & Father. Marine. Lover of God’s Canvas. Vol4Life. DMin.
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"I don't think it's going to get any easier."
One of the most raw and vulnerable conversations I've ever had...
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Twelve hours before my son Mitch was killed, he called me.
It was the best conversation we'd had in over a year. He told me he wanted to come home, live with us again, and go back to college. Then he told me he loved me, and I told him I loved him too.
Twelve hours later, he was gone.
For a long time, that phone call felt like the cruelest part. It seemed like God let me believe everything was going to be OK, and then took my son the same day.
There's a name for what happened in my brain. It's called cognitive tunneling. After all these years, I recently learned the name of it from a post by Jim Kwik @jimkwik , author of the book Limitless.
Under trauma, your attention narrows to one terrible point, and you lose the rest of the picture. I've described it as a camera zooming in so far that it can only see a small part of the world. I've felt it and written about it, but now I have a name for it, and that's healing.
A while after Mitch died, a chaplain friend sat with me in the hospital chapel and told me to do the hard work of looking back at that day from a different angle. So I did.
On the very last day of Mitch's life, we were connected. He was looking forward to coming home. And that same day, he went to his eternal home.
That phone call was a gift God gave me to hold onto.
The third commandment of self-brain surgery is that I must believe that most of my automatic thoughts are untrue. Grief hands you a story fast. You're allowed to look at it again.
"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18, ESV.
If you're in that tunnel right now, I'm so sorry. Look again. It's hard and holy work, and you don't have to do it alone.
Save this for the next time hardship has you too zoomed in to see other things that are still true. Share with a friend who's in the tunnel.
And follow me to connect the dots between neuroscience and faith to help you navigate life and find flourishing.
Click the link in my bio to learn more about the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery.
#selfbrainsurgery #anxiety #mentalhealth #grief #neuroscience
RPRascal retweeted
Just when Rascal thought he had made it back from the jungle he gets assigned this raid. I suppose they call it the "concrete jungle" in D.C. but this bungalow was way too on theme. Between the "brotherly love" and the bananas and rice the poor animal is fed up with this crime scene.
Word is they are gonna have to go back in so Rascal wants you to take this rifle. The Springfield Armory Saint Victor should hold up well in this mushy ricey environment and you will have some of Ziggy's gun grease to help keep it running. On top of that Weaporize is letting you choose what works best for your loadout, B_1Tactical is going to make sure you have a camo patterned holster perfect for the occasion and Textacdesigns won't leave you without a blade and some sweet swag!
This is one big kit this week so get in there and help Rascal deal with this raid! As always thanks to @SummRidge for helping fund this week's shenanigans!
Good Luck to all and hopefully we smell a little less like Somalia in this country every day.
🤖 Made with AI
How strange indeed.
So what are we to do? Constant communion with the Lord is the only remedy. An open heart.
RPRascal retweeted
No. Rascal did not meet the man.
However, Rascal thought he was tops.
One of the few truly good ones, if you will.
I told him it might be in poor taste. Rascal said, he loved the man and everyone else could just get over it. 🤷♂️
So this week's giveaway is very much a celebration of and an homage to that good and beloved actor, passionate farmer, and kindly nature loving soul, Sam Neill.
Rascal knows the SPAS12 is more in line but, alas, we do not have one. So, even though it is more @prattprattpratt than Sam we will be giving away a Marlin SBL 45-70 govt!
To Enter: FOLLOW us as well as our long time sponsor @SummRidge , repost or quote post this post (I know y'all have some good gifs ready), and be sure to ALSO REPLY to this post.
Good luck all and thank you for participating with us and helping spread the word!
In honor of Sam, get outside this weekend and enjoy the beauty that is all around you, waiting for you.
Good luck
& Godspeed Mr. Neill.
🤖 Made with AI
History is going to be made!
We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1jxXgeyMk…
For today is the day the Lord enters Jerusalem!
Palm Sunday.
The crowds rejoice!
Hosanna! Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
RPRascal retweeted
Chuck Norris didn't join the Marine Corps...the Marine Corps applied to him.
Heaven’s streets have always been guarded by Marines. Today, Chuck Norris reported for duty.
We mourn the passing of Chuck Norris, a @usairforce veteran, who also became an honorary Marine in 2007 when awarded the title by then Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway.
Chuck Norris is one of just over 100 individuals to be awarded the title of Honorary Marine in the entire 250-year history of the Corps.
Some missions may require a battalion, but this one just requires an Honorary Marine.
#USMCHistory #USMC #SemperFidelis
RPRascal retweeted
The track has been revealed. 🏁
The @Freedom250 Grand Prix (@Freedom250GP) hits the National Mall on August 22-23, the first-ever @IndyCar street race through the heart of America's capital and it’s FREE to the public.
Freedom doesn't ring. It revs: indycar.com/Schedule/2026/Wa…
“’This is from Me,’ the Saviour said,
As bending low He kissed my brow,
’For One who loves you thus has led.
Just rest in Me, be patient now,
Your Father knows you have need of this,
Tho’, why perchance you cannot see.
Grieve not for things you’ve seemed to miss.
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The thing I send is best for thee.’
Then, looking through my tears, I plead,
’Dear Lord, forgive, I did not know,
’Twill not be hard since Thou dost tread,
Each path before me here below.
And for my good this thing must be,
His grace sufficient for each test.
So still I’ll sing,
Heavenly Father, on this beautiful Sunday, renew my spirit and draw me closer to You. Fill my heart with love and gratitude. Help me share Your blessings with others in worship and fellowship. In Jesus' name, Amen.
RPRascal retweeted
This week's giveaway may still smell a lil' bit like the jungle. Rascal is hoping you won't mind and that you will appreciate this "bring back".
Harvey's Famous Weekly Giveaway this week is a Glock 17 Gen 6 9mm with a Trijicon RMR HD thrown in for good measure.
For those who don't yet know. To enter: follow us, repost or quote post ( Rascal loves a good Quote Post!), and reply to the giveaway post.
We all appreciate you all greatly and thought we would do the first new giveaway announcement of the year right. Good Luck, Godspeed, Eyes Forward!
🤖 Made with AI
RPRascal retweeted
Greenland - As viewed from a proper map
Why Greenland? Well because Moscow bases almost all of their strategic military assets on the Kola Peninsula next to Finland. This is where the Russian ICBM silos, submarine bases, and their strategic bombers are.
If you look at the flight path (ballistic or powered) from Kola to anywhere on the lower 48, then everything goes over Greenland.
Greenland is the theatre where any strategic exchange between Washington and Moscow is contested.
If you want to intercept a ballistic missile, the best point to do so is at the apogee, at the top of the flight path. The shortest route for an interceptor to get to an apogee is from directly below the apogee.
That’s where Greenland is.
So, without stating what should happen here, this is **why** the Trump administration says they **need** Greenland for national security.
The other thing that is happening is that the Northern Passage through the Arctic is opening up, and soon there will be Chinese cargo ships sailing through the Arctic to Rotterdam. It’s faster than the Suez and the ships aren’t limited to Suezmax size so China and EU trade is going to accelerate a lot.
This means Chinese submarines will also be venturing under the Arctic into the Northern Atlantic, IF THEY AREN’T ALREADY DOING SO.
Hence, the North East coast of Greenland serves not 1 but 2 critical strategic security objectives of US national security.
If this wasn’t clear to you, please understand that the Mercator global map projection is for children and journalists only. It is not a useful guide to where any countries or territories actually are in the real world that we live in.
No self respecting adult should be using Mercator for their worldview. Anyone saying “there must be some other secret reason for Trump being interested in Greenland” is a certified ignoramus.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
It’s important to note that the us already has bases in greenland, including the Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base)
Both denmark and the US signed a treaty (Kauffmann Treaty 1941 & 1951) that allowed the us to built bases in greenland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituffik_…
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da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%B8n…
retsinformation.dk/eli/ltc/1951/23
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