2 Samuel 6:6-7 "The Holiness of God Obliterates..." (ft. Guest Speaker Jon Ruby)

Whoa, talk about a holy hot mess turned masterpiece – Jon ruby spills his guts on a 14-year booze-fueled tornado that yanked him from missionary kid paradise in Indonesia to Ottawa jail cells, baby-mama heartaches, and a psychosis hell where billboards barked and the only exit looked like not waking up, but bam, God's sober whisper hits: "As you were hurt and abused as a child, that's what you're doing to the ones you love," flashing futures of violent death, lockup, or padded snow-screen static, forcing that P-test pass at the shelter where flannelgraph Nana's boy finally clocks he's been around God but never in Him. Pastor Andy's squinty-smile patience babysits this crackpot Timothy through pizza-gravy lunches, prayer ribs-shots, and front-row Alpha bursts where liquid love evaporates fear-clouds, shattering "you're okay" from a stranger's prophecy that yanks him into Eden-recovery – no half-measures availing nothing, just whole-heart rendering to the holiness that struck Uzzah dead and Ananias stiff, but for Jon? It torches old-self chains, birthing Ashes to Rubies rehab brews, street-SOS outreaches, and tear-soaked Nunavut sleds etched "I'll see you soon" from a dad's suicide echo. Fifteen sober years later, with epilepsy-free sons, grandbaby giggles, and 17 lost brothers' weight shared in family-not-community burdens, Jon's rallying y'all: Ditch the Garden-expulsion fear-fabric, grab compassion like Jesus eyeing harassed sheep, and pray those addicts/codependents into the love story where perfect grace casts out the slave-driver, 'cause we're all crackpot temples needing that burn to reclaim the kingdom – fear not, redeemed one, you're mine through the flames.

Exact Scripture References

Isaiah 43:1-3

Acts 2:42

Matthew 9:36

2 Samuel 6:1

Acts 5 (Ananias and Sapphira)

Mark 12:17

Topics and Keywords

Topics:

Personal addiction recovery testimony

From "around faith" to "in Christ" surrender

Mentorship and community in healing

God's holiness burning away the old self

Fear as addiction's driver vs. God's perfect love

Compassion for the broken and outcast

Church planting and social enterprise in recovery

Loss and grief in ministry journeys

Half-measures vs. wholehearted devotion

Prayer for addicts and the half-hearted

Keywords:

tornado of addiction, whole heart surrender, half measures, fear corrosive thread, liquid love, you're okay God, holiness burn, front row faith, ashes to rubies, perfect love casts out fear, clay jars crackpots, recovery narrative, compassion Jesus