There are the show notes from Episode #86 of the Seasoned with Salt Podcast!

IT HAPPENED. NOW WHAT? | Faith, Trauma & the Courage to Move Forward – Seasoned with Salt

What do you do when the thing you prayed wouldn’t happen… happened?Join Pastor Dominique Beaumonte and Elder Brian Bingham, clinical therapist and ordained minister, for an honest conversation about faith, trauma, healing, and finding the courage to move forward.We’ll explore what it means to hold onto faith while acknowledging pain, how trauma impacts us and our families, and practical ways to move from simply surviving toward healing and wholeness.Whether you’ve experienced loss, disappointment, family challenges, unexpected change, or you’re supporting someone who has—this conversation is for you.📅 August 26⏰ 7:00 PMPresented by Reconciliation ChurchDON’T PARENT ALONE. YOUR VILLAGE AWAITS.Parents and caregivers can text PARENT to 916-313-8757 to connect with our Parent Support Community.#ItHappenedNowWhat #FaithAndHealing #ReconciliationChurch

1. IT HAPPENED. NOW WHAT? | Faith, Trauma & the Courage to Move Forward 54:45
2. Blind Spots: Self-Awareness & Discernment | Pastor Beau 52:48
3. God Said, "START! – 4 Barriers to Beginning 01:02:52
4. Everybody Needs a Jethro 01:04:00
5. Win Where You Are 14:00

You do not know what you need to get where you’re going

Are you looking for success or notoriety? Are you wrestling with ways to become more ambitious in your life, profession, and ministry? In this episode, I discuss the dangers of being opportunistic and encourage listeners to trust God for their success.

Release yourself from needing validation or being positioned. You’re going to get some things because of who you are NOT attached to.

Let me say that in another way: You’re going to get some things because of who you serve, not who you follow. When I ask God to lead me, I’m surrendering my own plan to his plan.

Opportunists

• Managed by their emotion
• Responsive a false sense of success
• Mistake ambition to be competition 
• In competition with people who aren’t in competition with them
• Pursue the wrong capital
• See the criticism of others as hating.
• See people as disposable 
• Run through friends and confident a because they’re untrustworthy 

SO WE NEED TO DETACH OURSELVES FROM WESTERN FRAMEWORKS, Eurocentric frameworks that teach us to rely on systems and power structures for advancement.

The believer’s strategy for success.

Proverbs 16:3 Commit your works to the LORD, And your plans will be established.

Let God be the binding factor in your construction.

Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Don’t take God’s credit.