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Speaker 1: Life Audio. This is Donna Jones and you are listening

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Speaker 1: to That's just what I needed. Hey, friend, if you've

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Speaker 1: ever been in a conversation where you've walked away thinking, Wow,

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Speaker 1: that was just what I needed. You know how life

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Speaker 1: giving that can be, Well, that's what this podcast is

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Speaker 1: all about. We're women who want to know, love, and

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Speaker 1: follow God in our real lives, but sometimes wonder just

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Speaker 1: how to do it. So each week we'll talk about

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Speaker 1: what following God looks like in the midst of daily

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Speaker 1: demands and crazy cultural chaos. Because this isn't just what

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Speaker 1: we need, it's actually exactly what we need. If you've

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Speaker 1: ever said I have got to get my act together,

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Speaker 1: I have got to manage my time better, or what

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Speaker 1: in the world am I doing with my life, this

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Speaker 1: episode is for you. Welcome to today's episode. I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad you're here. I'm Donna Jones, your host, and we

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Speaker 1: are kicking off the new year talking about having a

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Speaker 1: year that when we look back on it, we say

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Speaker 1: that year was lived well. Because that's what we really

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Speaker 1: all want, right, We want to live our lives well.

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Speaker 1: So that's what we're going to be talking about today.

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Speaker 1: Before we get into the meat of our content, I

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Speaker 1: just wanted to remind you that if you don't subscribe

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Speaker 1: to this podcast, do it right now. And if you've

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Speaker 1: never taken the time to rate the podcast or review it,

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Speaker 1: I would love it if you would do that. It

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Speaker 1: helps other people get worried about this podcast. And so

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Speaker 1: it's just a simple easy thing you can do to

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Speaker 1: rate it or review it, and I am just so

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Speaker 1: grateful when you do that. Well, let's talk today about

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Speaker 1: living a life that's really worth living, because I have

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Speaker 1: a sneaking suspicion that you, like me, sometimes think that

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Speaker 1: life is moving really fast and you're not sure you're

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Speaker 1: really fully in it. You end your day and it's like,

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Speaker 1: what did I really do today? Did I really accomplish anything?

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Speaker 1: Am I accomplishing the right things? Did I live with intentionality?

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Speaker 1: my people? Well? All those kinds of questions we can

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Speaker 1: kind of think about. But here's the sneaky thing is

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Speaker 1: don't take time to really assess if we are in

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Speaker 1: fact living our lives well. I mean we do the things,

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Speaker 1: We show up, we take care of people, We are responsible.

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Speaker 1: But somewhere between the calendar reminders and the never ending

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Speaker 1: I don't want to miss my life, or maybe even

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Speaker 1: more important, I don't want to miss the life God

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Speaker 1: has intended for me. Wow, that's what we're talking about

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Speaker 1: out Not just I don't want to miss my life,

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Speaker 1: but I don't want to miss the life God intended

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Speaker 1: for me. So how do we not miss the important

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Speaker 1: So if you're driving, or you're folding laundry, you're walking,

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Speaker 1: Here's something I've learned the hard way. You can be

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Speaker 1: right there here's a second thought about not missing our

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Speaker 1: and living according to what really matters. When Jesus was

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Speaker 1: asked what mattered most out of everything, he didn't give

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Speaker 1: yet oftentimes we miss that because we love being productive,

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Speaker 1: And if we're not careful, we'll give our best energy

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Speaker 1: meant to scare us. It's meant to wake us up

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Speaker 1: says to him, this very night, your life will be

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Speaker 1: I wrote a book years ago called Seek a Woman's

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Speaker 1: Guide to Meeting God. I want you to go on Amazon,

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Speaker 1: that you're growing in this relationship with God. So seek

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Speaker 1: a Woman's Guide to Meeting God. Get it today if

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Speaker 1: you don't have it. Okay, So back to what I

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Speaker 1: God stillness isn't doing, nothing it's choosing to be, present

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Speaker 1: some things That jesus never did. Like jesus never. Rushed

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Speaker 1: You god is a redeemer of. Time joel two says

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