I've been thinking a lot about this concept called technical debt. It's when developers and software engineers create code that isn't ideal and may have problems but is a short-term solution to hit a deadline or push a release. The more I think about it the more I find parallels to how our souls operate in our day to day. This episode is an exploration of what "Soul Debt" is, how we can understand it, and what are the ramifications for unpacking our past to help define our future. 

Technical Debt - Building on a foundation of code that is messy, not perfect, and potentially broken.
Soul Debt - Building on a foundation of decisions that are messy, not perfect, and potentially painful.

Example of Soul Debt:

• Genesis 12:10–20 - Abram tells the Egyptians that Sarai is his sister.
• Genesis 26:1-26:11 - Isaac tells the Philippines that Rebekah is his sister.
• 1 Samuel 13:8-14 - Saul doesn’t wait for Samuel.
• Luke 22:54-62 - Peter denies Jesus three times.
• Acts 8:1-2 Saul persecutes the church
• Numbers 20:11 - Moses strikes the rock instead of speaking to it.
• 2 Samuel - David sleeps with Bathsheba and then kills her husband Uriah.
• Adam & Eve have to live with a dead son.
• Jacob robs Esau’s blessings and spends his life on the run
• Solomon dies a horrible person 

We often believe we will fix our past but the next season of life comes our way and ends up getting buried deeper.

If we don't heal from our past we will simply become more of who we already are, we cannot just change. Habits, routines, and memories are powerful forces to push up against.

Soul debt isn't just spiritual, philosophical, or ideological... it is tangible, physical, and weighty.

Soul debt requires us to slow down, break into our past, and begin to understand how our past has impacted our present and will impact our future.

The application of this goes beyond the episode, but I can see community, mentorship, patience, boldness, grace, and so much more being an intricate part of the process of removing soul debt to free our souls up for the future.

Music - Come a Little Closer by Lance Conrad