1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 2: Hi friend, what's the story you're telling yourself about your 3 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: life right now? And I'm curious, what's the first thing 4 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: you do in the morning when you wake up? Do 5 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: you start thinking about everything you need to do today. 6 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 2: I'm going to share a simple but powerful soul care 7 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: practice you can do first thing in the morning, and 8 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: it's something that will gently reshape the story you carry 9 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: into your day. And it's going to bring you more peace, 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 2: more clarity, and more of God's love to your heart. Well, friend, 11 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: welcome to Breathe the stress Less Podcast. I'm Bonnie Gray, 12 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 2: your solecare mentor and guide for this time designed just 13 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: for you to rest and refresh your soul. You'll pick 14 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: up a practical soul care tip based on science, and 15 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 2: you'll receive a loving word of affirmation from God's word. 16 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: It's scripture and science. 17 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: Well. 18 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 2: I'm the founder of Soul Care School. I'm also the 19 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: best selling author of four books on wellness, faith and rest, 20 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 2: including Breathe, twenty one Days Too Stressless and Transform Chaos 21 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 2: to Calm. Let me ask you something, what is that 22 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: story you're telling yourself about your life right now? Is 23 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: it a story of hope or is it a story 24 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: that feels discouraging. Maybe nothing dramatic has changed externally, but 25 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: inside your heart, the way you're interpreting your life may 26 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: be quietly shaping how stressed you feel, your peace and 27 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: your own sense of self, your identity. Today we're going 28 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: to talk about something deeper than just managing stress, although 29 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: you're definitely going to get a practical tip. We're going 30 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 2: to talk about the story that we live inside. We're 31 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: going to explore how the story you tell yourself affects 32 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: your emotional and spiritual well being. What one unexpected text 33 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: I got recently taught me about faith, love and what's 34 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 2: the story I'm living and why looking forward instead of 35 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: backward is part of the life of wellness and faith. 36 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 2: And of course I always want to give you a 37 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: simple soul care challenge, and this was going to be 38 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: a morning practice that can incher your identity in God's 39 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 2: peace and it shades how you feel as you move 40 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: throughout the day. Now, if you've been feeling like you 41 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 2: need a little something extra to boost you into the 42 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 2: spring season, this episode is for you. You know, we are 43 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 2: now in the fifth week of Lent. We're about two 44 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: weeks away from enjoying the power of Easter and celebrating 45 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 2: new life. And I want to invite you to focus 46 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 2: on your wellness as we walk together with Jesus to 47 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 2: the Cross to new life. It's amazing you'll be able 48 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: to find out through this Wellness Steady course. It's a 49 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: Lent Wellness Steady course. You'll be able to find out 50 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: how we can improve our wellness emotionally, spiritually, physically, and 51 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 2: socially as we walk with Jesus to the cross. His 52 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: story is just so beautiful and it's real everyday life, 53 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: and we're gonna grow closer to Jesus in our emotional 54 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 2: connection to him through this Lent Wellness Steady So check 55 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: out the link. It's in today's show notes, and I 56 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: want to invite you it's not too late to just 57 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: spend that extra time with Jesus as we walk with 58 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: him to the cross. That's really what a true friend is, 59 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 2: don't you think when we go through hard times, is 60 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 2: a friend walking beside us. And that's what Jesus did 61 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 2: as he walked to the cross. He thought of you 62 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: and he thought of me. So again, just click on 63 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 2: that link. Thousands of women have taken it and have 64 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 2: found a deeper intimacy to really enjoy Easter as we 65 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: walk with Jesus to the cross into new life, and 66 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 2: we'll be right back. We have a beautiful verse that 67 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: is going to be our breath prayer for this week. 68 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: We want to just be grounded in God's loving words 69 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: of affirmation and we are going to just focus our mind, 70 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 2: our thoughts, our heart on God's loving word. It's from 71 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 2: Isaiah forty three, eighteen to nineteen. Forget the former things, 72 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 2: do not dwell on the past. See I am doing 73 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 2: a new thing. Just breathing slowly, Relax your shoulders, relax 74 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 2: your hands in hell, do not dwell on the past. Exhale, 75 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: see I am doing a new thing. And just pause 76 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: and just let God's loving whisper settle in your heart 77 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: and your body, relaxing in response. I love that the 78 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 2: word dwell is about making our home. Certain things, things 79 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: from the past, they cross her path and God just says, 80 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 2: don't make your home there. Just come and look at 81 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: the new things I'm doing in your life. And so, friend, 82 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 2: just continue to relax and breathe and breathe out as 83 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: we continue our time together. 84 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 3: Well. 85 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 2: I recently received a text from one of the most 86 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: important women in my life. Now. If you've read my 87 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 2: memoir Sweet Like Jasmine, you may remember Sally. Sweet Like 88 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:41,119 Speaker 2: Jasmine captures my journey to find the father who left 89 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 2: me when I was seven years old and what God 90 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 2: showed me how he makes beauty out of brokenness. Well, 91 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: Sally is a dear friend and mentor to me, and 92 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 2: she's a woman of faith who has become like family. 93 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 2: During a very vulnerable time in my life, when I 94 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: was in to be married to my husband Eric, it 95 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: wasn't a safe, emotionally safe time for me to stay 96 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 2: at home, so I lived with Sally for four months. 97 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: God provided family for me through her, and on my 98 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,559 Speaker 2: wedding day, she gave me something that a daughter would 99 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 2: usually receive. You'll have to read the books we'd like 100 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: child to find out. But the point is that is 101 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 2: who Sally is. That's the kind of woman she is. Well. 102 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: Sally has since moved away for retirement with her husband Mike, 103 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 2: and recently she texted me something that just stopped me 104 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: in my tracks. She shared that she needs to move 105 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 2: closer to a cancer center for treatment. And as Sally 106 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 2: was going through her closet, her clothes and jewelry. She 107 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: was putting together little packages for people she loves, and 108 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: she had been thinking of me. Here's her text. The 109 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 2: end of her text to me, she said, this jewelry 110 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: I'd made a while ago, and I think it is 111 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 2: a pretty piece. If it doesn't suit you, maybe you 112 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: can use it as a gift. I love you, sweet Bonnie, 113 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 2: and I pray your life is filled with the spirit 114 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 2: and that you and your boys are loving this time 115 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 2: in your family. 116 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: I just cried. 117 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: I just couldn't believe that, in such a critical time 118 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: in her life, where her own health and well being 119 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: our front and center, she was thinking of me. Her 120 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:46,599 Speaker 2: words were so life giving, so kind, so beautiful, so gracious. 121 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: Of course, I called her right away and we spent 122 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 2: the next hour catching up, and it was just filled 123 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 2: with so much love. We have been friends for over 124 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 2: twenty five years now, from when I was a twenty 125 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 2: eight year old single woman to now in midlife with 126 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 2: a family of my own. And as I reflected on Sally, 127 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: I realized something. One of her quiet secrets of faith 128 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 2: is this, Sally doesn't live looking backward. She lives looking forward. 129 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: She lives looking forward to what God how she can 130 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 2: walk with Jesus in the chapter that is right in 131 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 2: front of her. I remember visiting Sally when she downsides 132 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 2: from a home with a huge backyard. It was filled 133 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 2: with rows of trees and dozens of rose bushes that 134 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: she lovingly tended to both her and Mike. And then 135 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 2: she moved into a retirement community, a much smaller space. 136 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 2: There was no grass in the backyard. It was just 137 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 2: a small paved patio. But when I visited her, she 138 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 2: was glowing. Sally showed me her new garden. It was 139 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: a beautiful collection of potted it succulence because she had 140 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 2: already adapted to the desert climate. And you know, roses 141 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 2: don't grow there in that really hot, scorching weather, but 142 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 2: something else could, and Sally embraced it. She had beautiful succulence. 143 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 2: And she started leading multiple women Bible studies in her community, 144 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 2: and her home became just a beautiful place of spiritual nourishment, 145 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 2: a welcoming gathering place, really a church. And now, in 146 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 2: this season facing cancer, she's still loving others, she's still giving, 147 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 2: she's still blessing, and she is releasing her treasures into 148 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 2: the lives of others into mine. And it made me 149 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: stop and ask myself, what story am I telling myself 150 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 2: about my life right now? Am I looking backward? 151 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: Or am I. 152 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 2: Looking forward and being present to what God is doing 153 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 2: right now in my current chapter? And how am I 154 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 2: responding to the chapter God is inviting me into and 155 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 2: walking with me, not comparing it to the past, not 156 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: trying to control the future, but walking with Jesus in 157 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: what is unfolding right now. So let me ask you, friend, 158 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 2: your sole care prompt for your heart, what story are 159 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 2: you telling yourself about your life about you? Is it 160 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: hopeful or is it discouraging? Are you looking more towards 161 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 2: the past? Or are you focus on walking with Jesus 162 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 2: through what you're going through right now? Let these prompts 163 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 2: be a beautiful, gentle conversation starter with you and Jesus 164 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 2: this week, just as it has been for me. The 165 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: story you live inside matters because it shapes how you 166 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: experience your life. Two people can be in the sane 167 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: situation and live completely different emotional realities. Why because of 168 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 2: the story we may be telling ourselves. Faith is not 169 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 2: just believing in God. It's trusting that God is doing 170 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 2: something meaningful even now, and we get to have that 171 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 2: conversation with God. Even in seasons of change, loss, uncertainty. 172 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 2: Like Sally, we can learn to live forward, to embrace 173 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 2: what God is doing now, to see beauty in a 174 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 2: different kind of garden. Friend, your story is still being 175 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 2: written with Jesus his love as the ink into the 176 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 2: pages of your life. God is still writing into your story. 177 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 2: Jesus is with you. God is with you in this chapter. 178 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 2: And when we come back, I want to share what 179 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 2: science says about how the stories we tell ourselves shape 180 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 2: our emotional wellbeing, and we'll be right back. So there 181 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 2: is this powerful research showing that the stories we tell 182 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: ourselves shape our wellbeing. In psychology, this is often called 183 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 2: narrative identity. Researchers have found that people who interpret their 184 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 2: life experiences through a redemptive lens that means they see growth, meaning, 185 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: or purpose emerging from difficult experiences report higher levels of 186 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: well being, resilience, and emotional health. Studies by psychologists Dan 187 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 2: mcgodom's show that the way we frame our life story 188 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 2: affects our sense of identity, hope, and even life satisfaction. 189 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 2: In other words, it's not just what happens to us 190 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 2: that determine our emotional well being. It's how we interpret 191 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 2: what happens to us. When our internal narrative uses phrases 192 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 2: like this, this is the end, I'm doomed, this shouldn't 193 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 2: be happening, our stress increases. But when our narrative becomes 194 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 2: phrases like this, God is still with me even here, 195 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 2: there's something meaningful God is doing in my life, or 196 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 2: this is a new chapter. Those kind of phrases, our 197 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 2: nervous system will experience more safety and openness. So the 198 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 2: story will shift, and so does our experience and our wellness. 199 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: So again, it's so important the story that we are 200 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 2: telling ourselves. And so this week's Soul Care Challenge the practical, 201 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 2: simple tip that I want to give you before you 202 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 2: reach for your phone in the morning, reach for God's word, 203 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 2: even if it's just one verse, because you know, God's 204 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 2: word can shape our story. For me, during the sabbatical 205 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 2: that I'm currently in, I've started a simple rhythm. When 206 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 2: I wake up, I don't get out of bed right away. 207 00:15:55,920 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 2: I just pause and I say good morning Jesus. Here 208 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 2: I am. I am listening. It's inspired by the prayer 209 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: that Samuel prayed. Rather than getting up and running to 210 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 2: the next thing that I needed to do. I just 211 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 2: wanted to stay on my bed and say, Jesus, I 212 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: am listening for you today. And then I have this 213 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 2: daily scripture flip calendar next to my bed just shows 214 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 2: one verse, you know, for that day, and it just 215 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: helps me to set the compass. It's setting the temperature 216 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 2: of my heart. And research supports this in habit formation. 217 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 2: It's what James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, he writes, 218 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 2: the first action we take in the day has a 219 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 2: powerful influence on your identity that's being shaped. It reinforces 220 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 2: who you believe you are. So before the world tells 221 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 2: you what you need to be, whatever's in our emails, 222 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 2: before our problems tell us what we need to be, 223 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 2: or somebody else, before your phone tells you what you 224 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 2: need to think, or the news, let God whisper into 225 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: your heart who you are to him. So just try 226 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: for this one week as an experiment. What do you think? 227 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: No phone? 228 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 2: First, scripture first, and then just notice how it begins 229 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 2: to reshape the story you carry into your day. Let's pray, 230 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 2: Dear Jesus, thank you for walking with us in every 231 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 2: chapter of our lives. Help us to release the stories 232 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 2: that hold us back and give us eyes to see 233 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 2: the new thing you are doing with your love. Amen, well, friend. 234 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 2: Share today's episode with a friend to encourage her, and 235 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 2: I want to invite you to stop by the Lent 236 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 2: Wellness Study. Click on that link in the show notes 237 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 2: and draw closer to Jesus, allowing him to heal your 238 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 2: heart with his peace and his love. Remember that you're 239 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 2: loved and you are cherished. Just rest and I'll see 240 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 2: you next time. 241 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: Breathe. 242 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 3: The stress Less podcast is a production of Life Audio 243 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 3: and Sale Media. 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