To those who talk behind my back,
And spread their venom online,
I want you to know that I am not,
A person easily defined.
You see the surface, but not the depths,
The struggles that I bear,
The demons that I fight within,
The burdens that I wear.
You know not of my fears and doubts,
The pain that I have known,
You see my flaws and weaknesses,
But not the strength I've grown.
So go ahead and talk your talk,
And spread your lies and hate,
For I am more than what you see,
And I will not take your bait.
I'll ignore your petty words,
And look to Christ in the face of strife,
For I am so much more than you think,
And I will live my life.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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