{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Thomas Watson","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/tomlwatson","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1706797","username":"tomlwatson","bio":"My name is **Thomas Lee** Watson, hence the TL in tlwatson.co.uk. I'm a Christian pastor who tries to preach, teach, and follow God's Word, though not in that order.\n\nHopefully I’m a ‘mad man’ similar to Paul:\n\n _Now as he thus made his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”_ - **Acts 26:24**\n\nI was born in Los Angeles, CA but I’ve lived in Manchester, England since 2016. I also lived in Liverpool, England from 1992-98. \n\nI describe myself as American by birth but British by choice.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":3,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Thomas Watson","url":"https://tomlwatson.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/01/1706797.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"71642888","content_html":"

Some make poor choices that result in hardship. Others make good decisions that result in hardship.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://tlwatson.co.uk/2025/08/20/some-make-poor-choices-that.html","date_published":"2025-08-20T07:55:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Thomas Watson","url":"https://tomlwatson.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F01%2F1706797.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"tomlwatson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-20 07:55","date_timestamp":1755676554,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"71063783","content_html":"“In this generation, pastors are expected to be business savey, Instagram quotable preaching celebrities, fully accessible, deeply spiritual, not too young, not too old, and if a pastor doesn’t quite measure up to someone’s expectation at any given moment, you are given a two out of five star rating on Goo... tlwatson.co.uk","summary":"","url":"https://tlwatson.co.uk/2025/08/12/in-this-generation-pastors-are.html","date_published":"2025-08-12T10:43:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Thomas Watson","url":"https://tomlwatson.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F01%2F1706797.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"tomlwatson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-12 10:43","date_timestamp":1754995411,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"59849794","content_html":"

“We have been snared in the coils of spurious logic which insists that if we have found Him, we need no more seek Him.” ~Tozer

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How Long, O Lord? tlwatson.co.uk

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Staying Quiet: tlwatson.co.uk

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“As I look back on my life, God seems to have used the difficulties and defeats more than any apparent success.” ~N. Gumbel

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Overflowing Thankfulness: tlwatson.co.uk

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Changed Lives: tlwatson.co.uk

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The Measure of a Man: tlwatson.co.uk

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Forward Progress in the Christian Life: tlwatson.co.uk

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I’ve seen 100s of photos like this. They always warm my soul.

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We had a saying when I was young and people we knew had a bad attitude: “You better check yo’ self!”

\n

When it comes to contentment vs discontentment we do well to check ourselves.

\n

Ben Franklin said: ‘Content[ment] makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor,’

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