Oof I'm having flashbacks to nam right now 😅 we had a mom and 3 babys in and out of a set of chimneys last year. You've got this!

Didn't Calvin teach that God predestines most people to hell and also makes them will their own damnation? 😅 forgive me if I misunderstand.

I appreciate the thought and response my brother. I believe you and I both are truly seeking Christ and responding to His grace. We rely on that grace to work in us for His glory.

All love Josh!

Yes, a person in a state of grace can lose that state through mortal sin. I read 1 John 5:20 and Ephesians 2:6 as describing the gift of eternal life, not its guarantee against apostasy. I'd lean into [CCC 1428-1429] on 'second conversion' as an ongoing, lifelong process for baptized Christians. It's not a one time event but an uninterrupted process for the entire Church in need of continual purification and a response to God's mercy and love. "St. Peter's conversion after he had denied his master three times bears witness to this."

One thing I love about the Catholic Church is that they provide the Catechism as a reference to the churches teachings; free and openly available to anyone who is curious. If you genuinely want to understand the Catholic position, I'd start there.

https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

Eternal life is truly given, but it can be freely rejected because grace doesn’t cancel free will. Salvation is a real relationship, and relationships can be abandoned and they can improve.

At the core, I read the words 'he who hears My word and believes' as an active, living faith. I also read numerous warnings in scripture for believers about falling away.

The promise applies to the one who remains in Christ and not to a past moment of belief detached from perseverance.

It's a theological difference. But I think you already know this. Catholics understand faith as a journey, a daily walk.

I'm very amateur but https://shakespeare.diy/ handled bunker in one shot. May give it a shot?

Recalls to mind that my other grandmother passed last fall. Visited her headstone on the way home from work one evening to pray a rosary; came home to news of this pregnancy. 🤙🙏🥹

I've used https://www.autonomous.ai/standing-desks and https://www.upliftdesk.com/

Both are great. No complaints. Back in the day, autonomous offered the desk legs + motor separately for attaching your own custom desk top to. I've seen some pretty sweet builds with old vintage doors + glass top etc.