Welcome to the "Survival Kit"! In this series, Brian and Sheldon unpack the ancient practices of God's people, spiritual disciplines, as the secret to surviving SSA and thriving in relationship with Jesus Christ. Is meditation a part of your spiritual rhythms? If not, you are missing out on a gift: intimacy with the Father through His Word. As theologian J.I. Packer wrote: "Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God…" This episode explores this nearly forgotten practice and applies it to the struggles that many face in conjunction with same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria.