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🎙️Season 2, Episode 13d: I’m not trying to exploit Marshall
🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Season 2, Episode 13d
Title: I’m not trying to exploit Marshall
Description:
Still Sunday, July 13th. I pull over mid-drive after feeling a prompting from God to speak to a man named Marshall on the street. I don’t know him, but I stop, introduce myself, and we talk. He’s homeless, on methadone, and trying to survive. I ask to pray for him, and he says yes. Afterward, I wrestle aloud with the tension of sharing moments like this publicly—the ethics, the optics, the heart behind it. This isn’t a “feel good” story. It’s not polished. It’s about obedience. It’s about being pricked by God to show someone love. And it's about holding that sacred tension between faith, privacy, and public witness.
I talk about:
- Feeling prompted to pull over and talk to Marshall
- His story of addiction, recovery, and surviving homelessness
- Praying for him openly, with his permission
- Wrestling with whether or not to share the interaction publicly
- The difference between obedience and optics
- The crumbs of care that led to my own healing
- Why I believe God can use even this—messy as it is
đź’ˇ Highlights & Timestamps:
00:00 – “Hey brother, can I talk to you for a second?”
01:40 – “Are you homeless?” “Yeah.”
03:00 – “Can I pray for you?”
04:25 – Full spontaneous prayer over Marshall
07:10 – Wrestling with the ethics of sharing it publicly
09:45 – “Maybe I did more damage than good…”
11:05 – “I just want people to feel God’s love”
13:00 – “It wasn’t like, poof. Thank you for the prayer. Life’s perfect.”
14:15 – “Faith has to be walked out…”
16:10 – “There’s no greater pleasure than walking with someone like Marshall”
18:20 – “If you ever see Marshall… help him out”
đź“– Scriptures Referenced:
- Psalm 34:18 – The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
- Psalm 23 – Though I walk through the valley…
- 1 John 4:18 – Perfect love casts out all fear
- Isaiah 40:31 – Raised up on eagles’ wings
- 2 Corinthians 5:7 – Walk by faith, not by sight
- Matthew 25:40 – Whatever you did for one of the least of these…
🧠Core Takeaway:
Faith isn’t about the optics. It’s about listening to the whisper—and obeying, even when no one claps.
🙏 Closing Line:
Crumb Confessional #55 — I’m not trying to exploit Marshall. I’m trying to obey God.
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By by CRUMB🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Season 2, Episode 13d
Title: I’m not trying to exploit Marshall
Description:
Still Sunday, July 13th. I pull over mid-drive after feeling a prompting from God to speak to a man named Marshall on the street. I don’t know him, but I stop, introduce myself, and we talk. He’s homeless, on methadone, and trying to survive. I ask to pray for him, and he says yes. Afterward, I wrestle aloud with the tension of sharing moments like this publicly—the ethics, the optics, the heart behind it. This isn’t a “feel good” story. It’s not polished. It’s about obedience. It’s about being pricked by God to show someone love. And it's about holding that sacred tension between faith, privacy, and public witness.
I talk about:
- Feeling prompted to pull over and talk to Marshall
- His story of addiction, recovery, and surviving homelessness
- Praying for him openly, with his permission
- Wrestling with whether or not to share the interaction publicly
- The difference between obedience and optics
- The crumbs of care that led to my own healing
- Why I believe God can use even this—messy as it is
đź’ˇ Highlights & Timestamps:
00:00 – “Hey brother, can I talk to you for a second?”
01:40 – “Are you homeless?” “Yeah.”
03:00 – “Can I pray for you?”
04:25 – Full spontaneous prayer over Marshall
07:10 – Wrestling with the ethics of sharing it publicly
09:45 – “Maybe I did more damage than good…”
11:05 – “I just want people to feel God’s love”
13:00 – “It wasn’t like, poof. Thank you for the prayer. Life’s perfect.”
14:15 – “Faith has to be walked out…”
16:10 – “There’s no greater pleasure than walking with someone like Marshall”
18:20 – “If you ever see Marshall… help him out”
đź“– Scriptures Referenced:
- Psalm 34:18 – The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
- Psalm 23 – Though I walk through the valley…
- 1 John 4:18 – Perfect love casts out all fear
- Isaiah 40:31 – Raised up on eagles’ wings
- 2 Corinthians 5:7 – Walk by faith, not by sight
- Matthew 25:40 – Whatever you did for one of the least of these…
🧠Core Takeaway:
Faith isn’t about the optics. It’s about listening to the whisper—and obeying, even when no one claps.
🙏 Closing Line:
Crumb Confessional #55 — I’m not trying to exploit Marshall. I’m trying to obey God.