Entries in Selection (5)
What's In A Name?
Hey! I changed the look and name on this site? What gives? Like most significant, spiritual breakthroughs in my life, I got a thought while getting out of the shower. It boils down to this: I don't want to put an obstacle in the way of someone who might be touched or blessed by what we (I say "we" because your comments truly shape this site) write on this site. Anyone who spends any time here realizes that there is no, "We need to shoot missles at the devil!" nonsense, but why even give off the stink of it?
I've long since quit the notion that everything I write must draw upon some military parallel, so the name at the top of the page no longer matched the full content. Of course, this message is still in my heart and I'll still be advancing the military special operations parable whenever I sense the inspiration.
As far as the organization, The Special Forces Group, is concerned - we're still alive and well. If this is the first you're reading about it, click this link to check it out. You can still get here using, www.thespecialforcesgroup.com for the next 90 days or so, but as of now the official site URL is www.scottbane.com.
I'm blessed by the connection we share through this site. Peace.
Scott Bane
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Still Uncertain
I’m still meditating on this notion of Uncertainty. I said in a podcast, titled Uncertainty Part 1, that this is a tool in God’s hand used for pruning us and making us more fruitful. But pruning sounds so nice. It actually means to cut or to cut back. Uncertainty can cut away at some well-hidden stuff within us. I started thinking along these lines when I read that elements of uncertainty and the anxiety it produces were specifically designed into the process of selecting members of Delta Force. In other words, it wasn’t just the physical demands that had to be ...
Uncertainty
There is no room in the walk of faith for self-confidence. I've long believed that and often said it, but I'm only now coming to appreciate its truth. I'm not sure if you can do this - maybe the fear is too intrinsic to human nature - but try to evaluate your own ability to handle uncertainty. I'll try to share a bit of my own story, in hopes that it can provide you with some tools and some insight. I have come to realize that I was heavily dependent upon familiarity and certainty. Nearly all of my decisions were made, one way or another, to provide me with the most certain and familiar surroundings.
The Precious from the Vile (Part 2)
Why has so much been made of the fact that we, as humans, have a “free will?” I don't think God takes any pleasure in being “chosen” by mortals, as if there were any other options. Jesus reminds His disciples, “You did not choose me, but I chose you” (see John 15:16). It is God who does the choosing, my friends, not us. First John chapter 4 tells us that we don’t love God first, He loves us first (see verse 10). Any love we “choose” to show God is merely a response to the love He has already lavished upon us. It is not the ability to choose that makes humans unique in God’s creation and it is not the ability to choose that makes mankind free.
The Precious from the Vile (Part 1)
Are you willing and able to remove the precious from the vile? Can you take something productive out of failure? Can you acquire some new skill or knowledge from something painful or distressful? Can you grab onto Heaven in the midst of hell-on-earth?