1 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,560 S1: Welcome to a better program. That's right friend. This is 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,160 S1: a better edition of Chris Fabry live program, from the 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,600 S1: heart to the heart for the heart. I've been looking 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,800 S1: forward to this ever since I began to notice something 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,759 S1: in the Proverbs. Other sections of Scripture have this, but 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,640 S1: particularly in Proverbs, there are verses which start with or 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:30,040 S1: contain the word better. And here is your assignment today. 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,159 S1: I want you to call me. I want you to 9 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:37,280 S1: tell me the better lesson you've learned from your life experience. 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,599 S1: It's write your Own Proverb day today. For example, Proverbs 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:47,280 S1: 168 better is a little with righteousness than great revenues 12 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:52,520 S1: with injustice or better is a dinner of herbs where 13 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,440 S1: love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it. 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,820 S1: Now I get that. I understand that that's the better construction. 15 00:01:01,820 --> 00:01:03,980 S1: I want you to write a proverb from your life, 16 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:06,899 S1: your work, your experience, maybe a failure. You've had an 17 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,580 S1: accident you might have avoided if you had just had 18 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:13,340 S1: the wisdom. Here's one from Labor Day weekend. Better to 19 00:01:13,380 --> 00:01:17,260 S1: pull weeds slowly than fling a rock with your new 20 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:23,539 S1: weed eater and break somebody's windshield. This is from a friend. 21 00:01:23,540 --> 00:01:26,500 S1: Call me now. Let me share some wisdom with you 22 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:28,580 S1: and you share some with me today at the radio 23 00:01:28,580 --> 00:01:36,100 S1: backyard fence (877) 548-3675. Think about it. Write it down and 24 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:43,979 S1: then call me and let's talk. (877) 548-3675. The proverb could 25 00:01:43,980 --> 00:01:48,540 S1: be from your profession, perhaps, maybe you're a glassblower. You 26 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:51,220 S1: are or were a teacher. And there's something you learned 27 00:01:51,220 --> 00:01:55,700 S1: in the teaching profession better to a better lesson that 28 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:58,730 S1: you learned while you were fishing or when you went 29 00:01:58,730 --> 00:02:05,210 S1: garage saling. A better lesson from the church nursery serving there. 30 00:02:05,210 --> 00:02:07,530 S1: Maybe there's a pastor who has a better proverb about 31 00:02:07,530 --> 00:02:10,890 S1: preaching or leading a Bible study or in the gym. 32 00:02:10,889 --> 00:02:13,089 S1: How about this? Better to stretch and warm up than 33 00:02:13,090 --> 00:02:16,250 S1: jump into a workout, or better to go lighter on 34 00:02:16,250 --> 00:02:18,970 S1: the weight than heavier at the start? Helping us out. 35 00:02:19,010 --> 00:02:23,290 S1: Today our better crew includes Ryan McConaughey doing all things technical. 36 00:02:23,290 --> 00:02:26,170 S1: Trish is our producer. Tyra is back. Thank you to 37 00:02:26,210 --> 00:02:30,730 S1: her for answering the calls today. I've had this note card. 38 00:02:30,730 --> 00:02:32,970 S1: If you are a longtime listener, you know that I 39 00:02:33,010 --> 00:02:37,130 S1: hoard note cards with ideas and quotes and things that 40 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:40,929 S1: I'm afraid of, uh, to throw away. And they kind 41 00:02:40,930 --> 00:02:43,450 S1: of take over my workspace. And we had an organizing 42 00:02:43,450 --> 00:02:45,570 S1: expert who said, Chris, just get a box and put 43 00:02:45,570 --> 00:02:48,489 S1: them in there. And if you need them, you'll have them. 44 00:02:48,490 --> 00:02:51,250 S1: So at some point, I must have transferred the note card, 45 00:02:51,290 --> 00:02:54,130 S1: the better note card to that box, and I found it. 46 00:02:54,730 --> 00:02:56,330 S1: And if you don't call me today, I'm going to 47 00:02:56,330 --> 00:02:58,270 S1: read the whole thing to you. So all the more 48 00:02:58,270 --> 00:03:01,950 S1: reason for you to share your proverb with me. Start 49 00:03:01,950 --> 00:03:06,190 S1: the sentence with better and then finish it. It is 50 00:03:06,190 --> 00:03:10,790 S1: better to be of lowly spirit with the poor than 51 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:17,670 S1: to divide the spoil with the proud. That's 16, 19, 1516. 52 00:03:17,669 --> 00:03:20,310 S1: Better is a little with the fear of the Lord 53 00:03:20,310 --> 00:03:25,030 S1: than great treasure, and trouble with it. Now they're already 54 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:28,590 S1: getting into the better mode. Today on Facebook, Chris wrote this. 55 00:03:29,150 --> 00:03:32,710 S1: Better to repair the small gap between your double front 56 00:03:32,710 --> 00:03:36,670 S1: doors than to walk up from downstairs and see a 57 00:03:36,670 --> 00:03:42,470 S1: snake already already halfway into your house through the gap. Yes, 58 00:03:42,510 --> 00:03:46,110 S1: I agree Chris. Better to do that. What is your 59 00:03:46,110 --> 00:03:54,430 S1: better proverb? (877) 548-3675. It's just you and me and a 60 00:03:54,430 --> 00:03:56,490 S1: pal of mine from Moody Radio to start us off 61 00:03:56,490 --> 00:03:59,610 S1: here today. Shawna Beyer is better. She is the national 62 00:03:59,650 --> 00:04:03,650 S1: midday host and assistant morning show producer with Moody Radio. 63 00:04:04,050 --> 00:04:06,850 S1: She's a speaker and host on the podcast Real Sisters 64 00:04:06,850 --> 00:04:10,450 S1: Real Talk. She's also involved in a prayer ministry at 65 00:04:10,450 --> 00:04:13,650 S1: Moody Radio. Shawna, you are better than you were when 66 00:04:13,650 --> 00:04:15,490 S1: you weren't doing so well. Is that true? 67 00:04:16,370 --> 00:04:20,730 S2: That is so true. I two weeks ago today I 68 00:04:20,770 --> 00:04:25,410 S2: had surgery on my heel, so I had we had 69 00:04:25,410 --> 00:04:28,090 S2: the grandbabies here for the summer. We've got kids that 70 00:04:28,089 --> 00:04:31,370 S2: live in Australia and they had to come stateside because 71 00:04:31,370 --> 00:04:33,529 S2: their visa had expired. And we were waiting for the 72 00:04:33,529 --> 00:04:36,210 S2: new visa to be issued. They're planting a church in 73 00:04:36,210 --> 00:04:40,170 S2: a little, little beach town in Australia. So anyway, we 74 00:04:40,170 --> 00:04:42,089 S2: had a gate at the top of the stairs. So 75 00:04:42,089 --> 00:04:44,850 S2: just hours after the grandbabies had left, I hadn't even 76 00:04:44,850 --> 00:04:47,530 S2: had time to had like a really good cry yet. 77 00:04:47,930 --> 00:04:50,650 S2: I was headed downstairs to talk to my husband, laptop 78 00:04:50,650 --> 00:04:53,610 S2: in one hand, phone in the other. The laptop was 79 00:04:53,610 --> 00:04:56,040 S2: open and I started through that gate and at the 80 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,280 S2: very first step, I lost my balance. 81 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,440 S1: Okay, wait a minute. So you're at the top of 82 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,080 S1: the stairs and there's a gate because of the babies, 83 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:04,840 S1: is that right? 84 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:06,520 S2: But I just made it through. Like I just made 85 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,039 S2: it through the gate, so I went one step through 86 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,160 S2: the gate. The gate didn't help me, is what I'm 87 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,760 S2: trying to say. So I'm at the top of the 88 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,960 S2: stairs and there's 18 steps and the gate's kind of narrow, 89 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,560 S2: so I had to go through sideways. That's where I 90 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:22,800 S2: kind of lost my balance. But on step one, I realized, oh, shoot, I've, I'm, 91 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:24,520 S2: I'm losing my balance. So I thought I can get 92 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,080 S2: my feet underneath me in like the next step or 93 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,000 S2: the next couple steps. So I try to do that. 94 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,920 S2: But there's that moment when you realize this is happening. 95 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,279 S2: I am going down the stairs and it feels very 96 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,680 S2: out of control. But I thought, you know, it's just 97 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,440 S2: a millisecond. You just have this millisecond to make a decision. 98 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,960 S2: And I thought I could just tumble down these stairs 99 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,120 S2: face forward, break an arm, hurt my back, hit my head, 100 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,600 S2: or I could take control of the situation and I 101 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,820 S2: could leap and I could I could just go past 102 00:05:54,820 --> 00:05:57,220 S2: all these steps and I could land at the bottom, 103 00:05:57,220 --> 00:06:01,180 S2: not realizing there's still like 15 steps to go. 104 00:06:01,660 --> 00:06:04,620 S1: So seemed like a good idea at the time, right? 105 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:08,380 S2: Apparently that millisecond was not quite enough time to factor 106 00:06:08,380 --> 00:06:11,860 S2: in that. I'm somebody's grandma. And so I yielded myself 107 00:06:11,860 --> 00:06:15,060 S2: down the stairs and I did it, Chris, I made it. 108 00:06:15,060 --> 00:06:16,620 S2: I cleared all the stairs. 109 00:06:17,020 --> 00:06:17,419 S1: Wow. 110 00:06:17,660 --> 00:06:20,740 S2: And I landed on my left heel, and I broke 111 00:06:20,779 --> 00:06:23,659 S2: my heel bone into several pieces. And they all got 112 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,700 S2: displaced from where they're supposed to be, and my joints 113 00:06:26,740 --> 00:06:30,620 S2: got messed up. So yeah, I knew, I knew immediately, like, 114 00:06:30,620 --> 00:06:32,540 S2: this is really bad. You know, the moment when you go, 115 00:06:32,580 --> 00:06:35,100 S2: maybe I can walk this off, you know, you kind 116 00:06:35,140 --> 00:06:37,540 S2: of just have to do a self-assessment. There was no 117 00:06:37,580 --> 00:06:40,300 S2: moment like that. I just knew like, this is bad. 118 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:41,219 S2: We need to get to the. 119 00:06:41,260 --> 00:06:43,180 S1: What happened to the phone and the computer? 120 00:06:44,060 --> 00:06:47,779 S2: They, they like, I just like launched them into the 121 00:06:47,779 --> 00:06:49,500 S2: air as well. So they kind of did like this 122 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:54,120 S2: soft landing, like up and then They're okay. 123 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,040 S1: But your heel is in pieces. 124 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,920 S2: My heel is in pieces. My husband was downstairs, so 125 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,640 S2: he immediately came and, um, I said, I need to 126 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,600 S2: go to the E.R. immediately. So we went to the 127 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,280 S2: closest E.R., and from there they took some X-rays, took 128 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,720 S2: some scans, and said, we're in over our head with you. 129 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,720 S2: We need to send you to a different hospital. You're 130 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,320 S2: going to be admitted and you're going to have emergency surgery. Um, 131 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,440 S2: so there was a point in the E.R., and I 132 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,840 S2: got to be honest, some of this is, um, I 133 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,320 S2: don't know that I, I don't know what year it was. 134 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,000 S2: To be honest. I was in a lot of pain, 135 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,480 S2: but I kind of internalized when I'm in a lot 136 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,320 S2: of pain. And so I'm like, just in, in myself, right? 137 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,800 S2: Trying to. I've never cared less what other people thought 138 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,440 S2: of me in my life, quite honestly, because I was 139 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,520 S2: in so much pain. But they asked me on a 140 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,560 S2: scale of 0 to 10. What's what's your pain? I said, 141 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,200 S2: it's a ten. So they gave me morphine, came back 142 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:47,800 S2: a few minutes later and said, what's your pain now? 143 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,540 S2: And I said, it's a ten. So they doubled the 144 00:07:50,540 --> 00:07:52,900 S2: morphine and they came back a few minutes later and 145 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:54,580 S2: they said, how are you doing now? What's your pain? 146 00:07:54,580 --> 00:07:56,700 S2: I said, it's a ten. And they kind of gave 147 00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:00,500 S2: me this sad look and cock their head sideways, like, ah, yeah. 148 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:01,940 S2: Like we're not going to be able to help her. 149 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:05,420 S2: And it was that moment when I felt like, this 150 00:08:05,420 --> 00:08:08,179 S2: is the worst pain I've ever experienced in my entire life, 151 00:08:08,180 --> 00:08:11,820 S2: and I don't think there's relief coming that I started 152 00:08:11,820 --> 00:08:14,739 S2: to feel like I had lost hope. I had already 153 00:08:14,740 --> 00:08:17,900 S2: lost control of my body, like my body was involuntarily, 154 00:08:17,940 --> 00:08:20,300 S2: my teeth were chattering, my body was shivering and shaking. 155 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:21,980 S2: And they, you know, it was uncontrollable. It was just 156 00:08:22,020 --> 00:08:24,580 S2: what it was. And it was in that moment that 157 00:08:24,580 --> 00:08:27,820 S2: I laid there on that gurney and I cried out 158 00:08:27,820 --> 00:08:30,180 S2: to God. I was like, I need you, I need you, God, 159 00:08:30,180 --> 00:08:32,500 S2: I need you, I need you. And I just kept 160 00:08:32,540 --> 00:08:36,540 S2: repeating that. And I, I can count just a few 161 00:08:36,540 --> 00:08:39,380 S2: times when I sensed God's presence like this before Chris, 162 00:08:39,380 --> 00:08:42,059 S2: but this was one of them. He put his hands 163 00:08:42,460 --> 00:08:44,939 S2: on either side of my face and he said, I'm 164 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:49,490 S2: right here. And I wish I could tell you that 165 00:08:49,490 --> 00:08:52,209 S2: in that moment, somehow my. My pain went down to 166 00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:56,530 S2: like a five. It didn't. My pain was still at 167 00:08:56,530 --> 00:09:02,610 S2: a ten, but his presence made it better. It just 168 00:09:02,610 --> 00:09:03,690 S2: somehow made it better. 169 00:09:05,490 --> 00:09:08,329 S1: So is that your one of your besties here? 170 00:09:08,370 --> 00:09:13,449 S2: Yeah. Here's here's my better. Better is excruciating pain with God. 171 00:09:13,490 --> 00:09:13,850 S1: Mhm. 172 00:09:14,090 --> 00:09:15,530 S2: Than comfort without him. 173 00:09:15,890 --> 00:09:21,570 S1: Yikes. That doesn't mean it's easy, though, right? 174 00:09:21,970 --> 00:09:25,689 S2: Oh, there's nothing easy about it. Yeah. I was I 175 00:09:25,690 --> 00:09:28,689 S2: was challenged beyond, like I said, physically, my body was 176 00:09:28,690 --> 00:09:32,610 S2: doing things involuntarily. I was challenged beyond what I could control. 177 00:09:34,450 --> 00:09:36,970 S2: And I. Yeah, it's just really hard to put words 178 00:09:36,970 --> 00:09:40,770 S2: to it and to explain it. But somehow knowing that 179 00:09:40,770 --> 00:09:45,530 S2: he was there was enough. I think it was his peace. 180 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:48,189 S2: I think it was in the middle of the pain 181 00:09:48,190 --> 00:09:51,550 S2: and the pain that wasn't going away, that I sensed 182 00:09:51,830 --> 00:09:55,590 S2: a measure of peace in his presence that made it tolerable. 183 00:09:56,270 --> 00:10:00,990 S1: Read that again. Better is excruciating pain with God. 184 00:10:01,429 --> 00:10:03,470 S2: Than comfort without him. 185 00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:07,910 S1: Okay, because I in that note, the note card that 186 00:10:07,910 --> 00:10:11,870 S1: I read to you or told you about. That was 187 00:10:11,870 --> 00:10:14,589 S1: one of the things that I, I wrote down. It's 188 00:10:14,590 --> 00:10:18,429 S1: better to choose Jesus than any other comfort, which is 189 00:10:18,429 --> 00:10:20,190 S1: kind of the same. You know, there are a lot 190 00:10:20,190 --> 00:10:22,670 S1: of comforts that we can choose with a lot of 191 00:10:22,670 --> 00:10:25,230 S1: the pain that we're going through in life. Better to 192 00:10:25,270 --> 00:10:28,030 S1: choose Jesus than any other comfort because he's going to 193 00:10:28,030 --> 00:10:31,390 S1: be there. So that's the same idea. I know that 194 00:10:31,390 --> 00:10:37,870 S1: you have another. I'm going to open the phone lines (877) 548-3675. 195 00:10:37,910 --> 00:10:40,550 S1: Tell me a proverb from your life. We've just heard 196 00:10:40,750 --> 00:10:44,990 S1: Shawna buyer want to give you an opportunity today to 197 00:10:45,030 --> 00:10:47,730 S1: share a little bit of the wisdom from your own 198 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:51,850 S1: life experience. That might be just exactly what somebody else 199 00:10:51,850 --> 00:11:08,130 S1: needs to hear today. (877) 548-3675. Welcome to a better edition 200 00:11:08,130 --> 00:11:12,809 S1: of Chris Fabry Live Better. Your prompt proverbial better from 201 00:11:12,809 --> 00:11:16,410 S1: your life experience. Straight ahead here at the back fence, 202 00:11:16,450 --> 00:11:20,250 S1: Connie says on Facebook. Better to take ten minutes searching 203 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:25,370 S1: for your marriage certificate now than to be traumatized later 204 00:11:25,370 --> 00:11:28,290 S1: by being denied boarding at the gate due to a 205 00:11:28,290 --> 00:11:32,010 S1: maiden name, married name mix up and then having to rebuy. 206 00:11:32,530 --> 00:11:33,650 S2: Oh, this is a long one. 207 00:11:34,210 --> 00:11:37,050 S1: It is. It's a good one to rebuy all new 208 00:11:37,090 --> 00:11:41,689 S1: tickets that cost more than the original ticket. Connie, I 209 00:11:41,690 --> 00:11:45,839 S1: feel your pain almost as much as the rock and 210 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,280 S1: the windshield, but not quite. 211 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:49,720 S2: That's hard earned wisdom right there. 212 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,760 S1: That is very hard. Okay, so, Shawna, you got another one. 213 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:54,280 S1: I want to I want to hold you here. I 214 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,880 S1: want you to hear what some of our friends are saying. Uh, 215 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:02,720 S1: Jim in Davenport, Iowa. Jim, tell me your better proverb. 216 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,840 S3: Uh, for me, my experience says better is less with 217 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,199 S3: freedom than more with bondage. 218 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,680 S1: Mhm. That's. And on that. 219 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:16,520 S3: Over the years. 220 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,160 S1: On a number of levels. That'll work, Jim. But I 221 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,760 S1: want to know. I know how you came to that. 222 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,280 S3: Well, because, you know, as I as you get older 223 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,559 S3: and you you're you have a job that pays more 224 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,120 S3: money and you become more successful. And then I want 225 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,160 S3: more things and I buy toys. And, you know, man, 226 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,000 S3: I think he was trying not to cut me down, 227 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,320 S3: but he would. He said to me one day, he said, 228 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,559 S3: you know, Americans, we we buy things we don't need 229 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,420 S3: with money that's not ours to impress people we don't like. 230 00:12:45,860 --> 00:12:49,100 S3: And I'm like, what? It just kind of went over 231 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:51,820 S3: my head that I'm like, I have toys that I 232 00:12:51,820 --> 00:12:55,500 S3: have financed. They don't belong to me. They own me. 233 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:58,180 S3: I mean, I have payments on these things and I'm like, 234 00:12:58,179 --> 00:13:02,059 S3: oh my gosh, God does is not against me having things, 235 00:13:02,059 --> 00:13:05,939 S3: but he's against things having me. And I found myself 236 00:13:05,940 --> 00:13:09,420 S3: in this financial bondage because of, you know, poor choices 237 00:13:09,420 --> 00:13:11,579 S3: I made. Like, I want this and I want that. 238 00:13:11,580 --> 00:13:14,260 S3: And you can say yes in America and sign on 239 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:16,500 S3: the dotted line and you can drive home in whatever 240 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:18,820 S3: you want. And then I had to learn that just 241 00:13:18,820 --> 00:13:21,540 S3: because I can doesn't mean I should. 242 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:27,060 S1: Well, better a better than a low monthly payment, you know, 243 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:31,179 S1: better a beater you own. And so, so read that 244 00:13:31,179 --> 00:13:33,300 S1: to me again. What is what did you say for 245 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:36,180 S1: somebody who's driving down the road wants to hear it again. 246 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:43,000 S3: Better is little with freedom than much with bondage. I mean, 247 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:44,960 S3: we all have to have an automobile. And I mean, 248 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,520 S3: whether you spend a bunch of money fixing it or 249 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,880 S3: you make your monthly payment, I think is irrelevant. It's 250 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,079 S3: when I buy things I don't need, um, for pleasure 251 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,319 S3: or comfort with money I don't have, um, the borrower 252 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,880 S3: is a slave to the loaner. And I found myself 253 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,679 S3: in those positions going, wow, how did I get here? 254 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,440 S1: Think of the stress that you could avoid from the 255 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,280 S1: kind of freedom that you're talking about, you know, and 256 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,600 S1: how are we going to make this and how are 257 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,120 S1: we going to do that? And how are we going 258 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,200 S1: to Shauna, that that preaches to me. What about you? 259 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,080 S2: It does me too. But I'm like in my own brain. 260 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,840 S2: I'm thinking about my own propensity for gluttony. And like, 261 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,760 S2: you know, better to have one cookie and just enjoy 262 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,720 S2: the cookie and, you know, than to like, eat a 263 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,800 S2: whole plate of cookies and just feel so stuffed you 264 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,800 S2: can't move when you're done. Yeah, I get it. 265 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,920 S1: Jim. That's a great one. That is perfect. That is 266 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:41,950 S1: exactly what I'm looking for. The better construction. Well, Proverbs 17, 267 00:14:41,950 --> 00:14:46,670 S1: verse one says, better a dry crust with peace than 268 00:14:46,670 --> 00:14:49,790 S1: a house full of feasting with strife. You know, you 269 00:14:49,790 --> 00:14:53,710 S1: could have this big smorgasbord and everything to eat like 270 00:14:53,710 --> 00:14:56,670 S1: you were talking about, Shawna. But if there's a lot 271 00:14:56,670 --> 00:15:00,910 S1: of contention in that, it's better to have just a 272 00:15:01,070 --> 00:15:04,150 S1: crust of bread and to be able to eat that 273 00:15:04,150 --> 00:15:07,310 S1: together in peace rather than to have. So do you 274 00:15:07,310 --> 00:15:12,190 S1: see where I'm going with this? (877) 548-3675. Let's go to 275 00:15:12,390 --> 00:15:15,790 S1: Saint Petersburg and Miguel. Hi, Miguel. Go right ahead. 276 00:15:17,270 --> 00:15:18,470 S4: Hi. How are you today? 277 00:15:18,670 --> 00:15:22,310 S1: Doing great. Glad you called. What's your better proverb? 278 00:15:23,510 --> 00:15:23,990 S4: Well. 279 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:26,670 S5: It's not a proverb. 280 00:15:27,150 --> 00:15:31,150 S4: But it's a better. I have three brothers that I 281 00:15:31,150 --> 00:15:33,830 S4: mentioned before, but I will stick with the. The best 282 00:15:33,830 --> 00:15:37,950 S4: one and the best better that I have is. It 283 00:15:37,950 --> 00:15:42,290 S4: is better the day I die than the day I 284 00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:43,170 S4: was born. 285 00:15:43,290 --> 00:15:47,690 S1: MM. And you got that from someplace else, didn't you? 286 00:15:48,810 --> 00:15:51,010 S4: No. Ecclesiastes chapter seven. 287 00:15:51,010 --> 00:15:51,330 S2: Verse. 288 00:15:51,890 --> 00:15:52,250 S4: Three. 289 00:15:52,570 --> 00:15:57,170 S1: Exactly. Better. Better. The day I die than the day 290 00:15:57,170 --> 00:16:00,489 S1: I was born. Why do you. Why do you believe that, Miguel? 291 00:16:01,530 --> 00:16:02,090 S5: Well, I. 292 00:16:02,130 --> 00:16:05,890 S4: Strongly believe I don't don't get me wrong. I mentioned this, but. 293 00:16:10,770 --> 00:16:11,850 S1: He was going to finish that. 294 00:16:11,890 --> 00:16:15,290 S4: But in reality, you know, I got a beautiful family. 295 00:16:15,730 --> 00:16:19,850 S4: I have the most beautiful wife that I can ever ask. 296 00:16:20,690 --> 00:16:23,930 S4: And I have two beautiful daughters, which I finish educating. 297 00:16:23,930 --> 00:16:29,010 S4: And they are productive in life. But in reality, I 298 00:16:29,050 --> 00:16:32,610 S4: cannot compare anything in this world that can be better 299 00:16:32,930 --> 00:16:35,130 S4: than be in the presence of the Lord. 300 00:16:35,570 --> 00:16:35,930 S5: MM. 301 00:16:36,170 --> 00:16:38,950 S4: And the only door that is keeping me from being 302 00:16:38,950 --> 00:16:44,630 S4: with him is this that we call life. That, compared 303 00:16:44,630 --> 00:16:46,590 S4: with the glory of God, is misery. 304 00:16:48,350 --> 00:16:52,670 S1: And and and to stay fully present here, though, because 305 00:16:52,670 --> 00:16:55,910 S1: Paul even talks about that, it's better for me, you know, 306 00:16:55,950 --> 00:16:59,670 S1: to be with Christ, but it's better for you that 307 00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:02,790 S1: I stay with you. And so we have to, to 308 00:17:02,830 --> 00:17:06,230 S1: live right here as fully and as freely as we can. 309 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:09,510 S1: And I know that's that's part of what you're saying, Miguel. 310 00:17:09,510 --> 00:17:10,550 S1: What do you think, Shauna? 311 00:17:11,470 --> 00:17:14,470 S2: I, it reminds me of when Jesus said, you know, repent, 312 00:17:14,470 --> 00:17:16,430 S2: for the kingdom of God is near. I feel like 313 00:17:16,430 --> 00:17:20,150 S2: he was letting us know that there is an opportunity 314 00:17:20,150 --> 00:17:22,149 S2: in repentance in my presence here with you, to be 315 00:17:22,150 --> 00:17:24,230 S2: able to kind of grab hold of heaven and bring 316 00:17:24,230 --> 00:17:27,550 S2: it right down into the, the right here, right now. 317 00:17:27,550 --> 00:17:29,270 S2: And I mean, that has been the pursuit of my 318 00:17:29,270 --> 00:17:32,510 S2: life is to experience the presence of God here. But 319 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:36,150 S2: come on, heaven. Yeah, it's going to be it's going 320 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:36,980 S2: to be amazing. 321 00:17:37,340 --> 00:17:39,900 S1: And to live in. And I think that's another thing 322 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:42,700 S1: that Miguel is saying to live in light of that, 323 00:17:42,820 --> 00:17:45,940 S1: the reality of what heaven is going to be like, 324 00:17:45,980 --> 00:17:49,820 S1: that I will. And, and what our first caller was 325 00:17:49,820 --> 00:17:52,060 S1: saying to. I'm not going to hold so tightly onto 326 00:17:52,060 --> 00:17:55,700 S1: the stuff and comfort myself with the stuff of the 327 00:17:55,740 --> 00:17:59,740 S1: of this world to make things better. Nothing wrong with 328 00:17:59,780 --> 00:18:03,100 S1: having nice stuff and a new weed eater and a 329 00:18:03,180 --> 00:18:06,260 S1: car or whatever. There's nothing wrong with that. But if 330 00:18:06,260 --> 00:18:09,060 S1: that's where we place our hope, if that's what we're, 331 00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:11,300 S1: you know, oh, I'm going to go to do this, 332 00:18:11,740 --> 00:18:17,060 S1: then we, we kind of miss that eternal perspective of things. 333 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:18,899 S1: I like that reminder, don't you? 334 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:21,980 S2: It is. It's really good. I mean, we don't we 335 00:18:21,980 --> 00:18:25,100 S2: have a tendency to kind of self predict or have 336 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:27,139 S2: an idea in our head of how many days we have. 337 00:18:27,180 --> 00:18:31,260 S2: But I hope I mean, I hope I've got another 30, 338 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:35,600 S2: but I'm not guaranteed that. So yeah, to live today 339 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,040 S2: with eternity in mind, I think helps us to do both. 340 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,840 S2: To live a life well lived, a faithful life while 341 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,360 S2: we're here, but also a life in preparation for what's coming. 342 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,440 S1: Shauna has another better. But I want to go to 343 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,959 S1: Randall in Tennessee. In Chattanooga. Hi, Randall. Why did you 344 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:54,680 S1: call today? 345 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,560 S6: Hey, Chris. Glad that you had me on. I've got two. 346 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,000 S6: And my first one is, um. It's better to pick 347 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,960 S6: your friends than your friends to pick on you. And 348 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,800 S6: of course, the analogy of the wisdom of food or 349 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,199 S6: you're selecting to be or to be around. Are they 350 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,880 S6: really your friends? And my second one in the workplace, 351 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,200 S6: because of the proximity of Chattanooga to Nashville, I always 352 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,080 S6: use this one. Uh, it's better to stay calm and 353 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,160 S6: think than to panic and give up. There's more than 354 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,320 S6: one way to Nashville. 355 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:29,320 S1: Ooh. 356 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,840 S6: And it makes the. It makes the individual stop and think. Now, 357 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,500 S6: wait a minute. What do you mean? There's more than 358 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:40,660 S6: one way to Nashville? Well, certainly, you know, boat, train. Plane, car. Interstate. 359 00:19:40,660 --> 00:19:44,379 S6: Backroad hike, walk. In other words, you've got to stop 360 00:19:44,380 --> 00:19:47,620 S6: and think. Work it out. Don't give up. There's more 361 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:48,500 S6: than one way. 362 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:54,220 S1: And there is more than you know. There's a there's 363 00:19:54,220 --> 00:19:58,139 S1: a major roadway that goes between Chattanooga and Nashville. It's 364 00:19:58,140 --> 00:20:01,620 S1: I what I can't remember what it is not I-40, 365 00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:02,939 S1: but there's. 366 00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:03,420 S6: There's. 367 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:08,540 S1: 24. Okay. So 24 sometimes will get blocked with an 368 00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:11,780 S1: accident or a road work or whatever it is. And 369 00:20:11,780 --> 00:20:16,220 S1: you get so frustrated with the complication of that and 370 00:20:16,220 --> 00:20:19,260 S1: with the timing. And I need to be here, there. 371 00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:23,660 S1: If you stay calm and you think it through, then 372 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:26,260 S1: you're going to be on a better road even if 373 00:20:26,260 --> 00:20:28,100 S1: you stay in the gridlock, right? 374 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:29,740 S6: Correct. 375 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,610 S1: I like that. Sean. Have you ever been there before? 376 00:20:34,530 --> 00:20:36,129 S2: I grew up in LA, so I know a thing 377 00:20:36,130 --> 00:20:37,850 S2: or two about having to figure out different ways to 378 00:20:37,850 --> 00:20:40,930 S2: get around and avoiding the freeways, for sure. But I 379 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:44,450 S2: am curious, Randall, how do you stay calm? What does 380 00:20:44,450 --> 00:20:45,369 S2: that look like for you? 381 00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:50,810 S6: Well, because of the workplace, the employees, they seem to, uh, 382 00:20:50,810 --> 00:20:56,890 S6: get confounded. They get, uh, gridlocked. And so in order 383 00:20:56,890 --> 00:21:00,689 S6: to unlock that mind, the imagination, you got to stop 384 00:21:00,690 --> 00:21:03,530 S6: and calm down and then start thinking about. Now, how 385 00:21:03,570 --> 00:21:06,330 S6: do I build a better mousetrap? What turns the light 386 00:21:06,330 --> 00:21:09,410 S6: back on? And sometimes it could be a word of encouragement. 387 00:21:09,410 --> 00:21:11,250 S6: Sometimes it could just be a pat on the back. 388 00:21:11,250 --> 00:21:13,810 S6: Sometimes it could just be, uh, something to lift them up. 389 00:21:13,810 --> 00:21:17,090 S6: And then the, then the way to the answer becomes 390 00:21:17,090 --> 00:21:17,929 S6: more clear. 391 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:24,410 S1: MM. So pausing, uh, taking a deep breath, maybe going outside, 392 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:27,770 S1: taking a walk, looking at the trees, listen to the birds. 393 00:21:28,010 --> 00:21:31,670 S1: Anything that will jog you out of that. The tension 394 00:21:31,670 --> 00:21:38,109 S1: that you feel between whatever is confounding you and, uh, 395 00:21:38,150 --> 00:21:41,270 S1: and moving forward, is that, is that what you're saying? 396 00:21:42,790 --> 00:21:46,270 S6: Correct. And it's just like the biblical concept of iron 397 00:21:46,270 --> 00:21:50,909 S6: sharpens iron. If you have a situation that you can't overcome, 398 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:54,110 S6: come along beside your brother or sister, someone that you 399 00:21:54,109 --> 00:21:56,909 S6: can sit and talk to. And sometimes as you're discussing it, 400 00:21:57,390 --> 00:21:59,950 S6: then the light will come on. The answer will become 401 00:21:59,950 --> 00:22:01,790 S6: clear and a path will be made. 402 00:22:02,230 --> 00:22:06,750 S1: MM. That's going to speak to somebody today. Randall. Somebody 403 00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:09,670 S1: right there. Because I had this over the weekend. I 404 00:22:09,750 --> 00:22:13,630 S1: a situation over the weekend where I was confounded about 405 00:22:13,630 --> 00:22:16,510 S1: something and I started getting all wrapped up with it. Oh, 406 00:22:16,550 --> 00:22:19,110 S1: what's going to happen now? And then you start to, 407 00:22:19,270 --> 00:22:21,669 S1: you know, catastrophize and you move down the road. And 408 00:22:21,670 --> 00:22:27,070 S1: if that happens, this happens. And, and just a I 409 00:22:27,109 --> 00:22:30,369 S1: got an email from a friend who said, you're doing 410 00:22:30,369 --> 00:22:33,730 S1: a great job. You know you're doing great. And just 411 00:22:33,730 --> 00:22:38,250 S1: that perspective from outside was enough to kind of unlock 412 00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:41,970 S1: me and say, okay, settle down. Just calm down. It's 413 00:22:42,010 --> 00:22:44,010 S1: you going to figure this out. This is going to 414 00:22:44,010 --> 00:22:47,810 S1: be figured out if you if you'll stick with it. 415 00:22:47,810 --> 00:22:50,969 S1: That kind of encouragement goes back to what you said 416 00:22:50,970 --> 00:22:54,210 S1: at first to pick your friends, pick those people who 417 00:22:54,210 --> 00:22:57,409 S1: will encourage you, who will lift you up, who will 418 00:22:57,410 --> 00:23:00,729 S1: unlock you, unwrap you from what it is that wraps 419 00:23:00,730 --> 00:23:03,450 S1: you up. I need that every day, Shauna. 420 00:23:04,170 --> 00:23:07,250 S2: I do too. This whole thing reminds me of prior 421 00:23:07,250 --> 00:23:09,250 S2: to what I do right now. I'm the midday host 422 00:23:09,250 --> 00:23:11,410 S2: for for Moody Radio. But prior to that, I was 423 00:23:11,410 --> 00:23:14,530 S2: a morning show host with Perry in the Grand Rapids area. 424 00:23:14,770 --> 00:23:17,770 S2: And I'm quick to when something is like, oh no. 425 00:23:18,210 --> 00:23:22,689 S2: I'm quick to panic, I'm quick to react. And Perry 426 00:23:22,730 --> 00:23:24,610 S2: would just look me dead in the eye with like, 427 00:23:24,650 --> 00:23:26,770 S2: all the calm and the peace that you could possibly imagine. 428 00:23:26,770 --> 00:23:31,950 S2: And he'd say, don't freak out. I was like, oh, right. Yeah, 429 00:23:31,990 --> 00:23:35,190 S2: don't freak out. Like, it's just such simple advice. But it, 430 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:37,710 S2: it caused me to take that pause, to take that 431 00:23:37,710 --> 00:23:40,710 S2: breath and to realize, you know, we're going to be 432 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:42,670 S2: able to figure this out. We're going to get through it. 433 00:23:42,670 --> 00:23:45,270 S2: This isn't the end of the world. And panicking doesn't 434 00:23:45,270 --> 00:23:47,189 S2: lead anywhere good. It just really doesn't. 435 00:23:47,230 --> 00:23:50,110 S1: You need those people in your life because I'm the 436 00:23:50,109 --> 00:23:52,230 S1: same way as you are. I was just like, I will, 437 00:23:52,270 --> 00:23:55,790 S1: I will, but sometimes, sometimes if I see somebody else 438 00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:59,590 S1: kind of go in that direction, I can say, hey, hey, 439 00:23:59,630 --> 00:24:02,110 S1: time out. We're going to make it here. You know, 440 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:04,950 S1: we're together. We're going to figure this out together, right? 441 00:24:05,150 --> 00:24:07,750 S2: I think that's why we need each other. There's so much, 442 00:24:07,790 --> 00:24:10,430 S2: you know, God's good plan for us to be in 443 00:24:10,430 --> 00:24:12,750 S2: community because we need each other. Because there are times 444 00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:15,469 S2: when you're going to freak, freak out, Chris. And I 445 00:24:15,470 --> 00:24:18,390 S2: can tell you not to, and vice versa. You know, 446 00:24:18,430 --> 00:24:20,270 S2: there are moments where I'm going to freak out and 447 00:24:20,270 --> 00:24:21,949 S2: you can be the one to say, it's going to 448 00:24:21,950 --> 00:24:23,350 S2: be okay. Shauna, take a breath. 449 00:24:23,990 --> 00:24:27,379 S1: That is where your second better comes from. So I 450 00:24:27,380 --> 00:24:29,620 S1: want you to hang on. Go take a break. We're 451 00:24:29,619 --> 00:24:31,180 S1: going to come back. I want you to hear more 452 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:34,979 S1: from Shauna, who is? We got a video feed of her, 453 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:37,540 S1: and she has her leg in a. What is that, 454 00:24:37,540 --> 00:24:39,020 S1: a boot? Is that right? 455 00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:41,419 S2: Yes. Yeah. I got my stitches out today. 456 00:24:41,460 --> 00:24:42,340 S7: Woo hoo! Yes! 457 00:24:42,940 --> 00:24:43,780 S1: How's it feel? 458 00:24:44,619 --> 00:24:47,260 S2: Um, it feels pretty good right now. I mean, yeah, 459 00:24:47,300 --> 00:24:50,020 S2: on a scale of 0 to 10. Chris, since I'm 460 00:24:50,020 --> 00:24:53,220 S2: so good at answering this question these days, I'm probably 461 00:24:53,220 --> 00:24:55,260 S2: at about a three right now. So that's a good, 462 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:56,459 S2: good moment. Yeah. 463 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:59,380 S1: Excellent. Okay. So you've got the boot on. The stitches 464 00:24:59,380 --> 00:25:02,900 S1: are out. It's been two weeks since the surgery. So 465 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:06,540 S1: you're making progress and Sean's going to share another better. 466 00:25:06,540 --> 00:25:08,859 S1: But I want to hear from you. There's somebody and Randall, 467 00:25:08,859 --> 00:25:11,340 S1: thank you for your call. There's somebody who needed to 468 00:25:11,380 --> 00:25:13,660 S1: hear what Randall had to say today. And I know 469 00:25:13,660 --> 00:25:16,380 S1: that not because I'm a prophet, but because I needed 470 00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:18,740 S1: to hear it. And I'm telling you the truth. Don't 471 00:25:18,740 --> 00:25:21,740 S1: freak out. You calm down. The other thing about that, though, 472 00:25:21,740 --> 00:25:24,139 S1: is I don't like it when people tell me to 473 00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:28,720 S1: calm down and just leave it there. It's like, why, why, 474 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,080 S1: why shouldn't I be upset here? So having somebody who 475 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,840 S1: walks with you to calm you down is better than 476 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:42,920 S1: just somebody saying, calm down. Eight. 775483675. What is your 477 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,280 S1: better proverb from your life? I want to hear you 478 00:25:46,280 --> 00:26:06,040 S1: right now. (877) 548-3675. Chris says better to drink your hot 479 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,880 S1: morning coffee from the counter ten feet away, than to 480 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,959 S1: bring it to your desk and spill and spill it 481 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,360 S1: on your new Apple computer. Oh. 482 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:18,960 S8: Oh. Ouch. 483 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,639 S1: I feel the pain of that. And I feel Shawna 484 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:27,139 S1: buyers with us. I feel the heel and I'm that 485 00:26:27,180 --> 00:26:32,260 S1: HEEL and the HEAL ING that is going on, you know, 486 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:35,220 S1: from the surgery. Aren't you glad that you've got these 487 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:36,540 S1: medical professionals? 488 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:38,700 S8: Oh my goodness. You and help you. 489 00:26:38,740 --> 00:26:42,980 S2: Amazing what they can do. I mean amazing. My my 490 00:26:43,020 --> 00:26:45,940 S2: bone that is supposed to be like all one piece 491 00:26:45,940 --> 00:26:47,859 S2: became a little bit of a puzzle. And the piece 492 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:50,660 S2: and the pieces of the puzzle were disheveled. And they 493 00:26:50,660 --> 00:26:52,580 S2: got in there and they put the whole thing back together. 494 00:26:52,580 --> 00:26:55,780 S2: It is amazing. And actually, for everybody in the medical 495 00:26:55,780 --> 00:26:58,580 S2: field for what you do. So, so, so grateful for you. 496 00:26:58,619 --> 00:27:01,020 S1: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Better that 497 00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:03,620 S1: than to go to the internet and see, I think 498 00:27:03,619 --> 00:27:06,420 S1: I can do this myself to have somebody who knows, okay, 499 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:10,700 S1: I'm going to hang on to yours because Brian's in Cleveland, Ohio. Hey, Brian, 500 00:27:11,140 --> 00:27:13,619 S1: sign in here. Tell me your better proverb. 501 00:27:14,820 --> 00:27:17,939 S9: Uh, Chris, I can't believe this. I've been listening to 502 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:21,940 S9: you for decades, and now I'm finally here. 503 00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:24,530 S1: We are. We're together. Yay! 504 00:27:26,050 --> 00:27:27,970 S9: Okay, if I hyperventilate, pass out. 505 00:27:27,970 --> 00:27:28,609 S7: Forgive me. 506 00:27:29,770 --> 00:27:33,050 S1: Better to hyperventilate when you're. When you're on the radio, then. 507 00:27:33,090 --> 00:27:36,369 S9: I'm just so excited. Okay, before I give my proverb. 508 00:27:36,369 --> 00:27:38,930 S9: I'm going to give you two brief scenarios that led 509 00:27:38,930 --> 00:27:40,250 S9: me to this proverb. 510 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:40,890 S1: Okay. 511 00:27:41,890 --> 00:27:46,650 S9: Okay. Follow me. Many, many, many years ago. I'm coming home, 512 00:27:46,890 --> 00:27:49,050 S9: and there's this poor girl on the side of the 513 00:27:49,050 --> 00:27:51,570 S9: freeway with a flat tire, and she's crying, and she's 514 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:54,730 S9: waving people down, and everybody's passing her by. So I 515 00:27:54,730 --> 00:27:59,050 S9: stopped to help her with a flat tire. The trouble is, 516 00:27:59,170 --> 00:28:01,610 S9: when she tried to jack up her car, it was 517 00:28:01,609 --> 00:28:04,450 S9: on an incline and the car rolled, and now her 518 00:28:04,450 --> 00:28:08,170 S9: jack is pinned under the car. All she needed was 519 00:28:08,170 --> 00:28:10,169 S9: a wood chop, which I had in my truck. I 520 00:28:10,170 --> 00:28:13,890 S9: pulled it out and fixed her tire. That's scenario number one. 521 00:28:13,890 --> 00:28:18,250 S9: Scenario number. Two years later. My my young boy, he's 522 00:28:18,250 --> 00:28:20,609 S9: coming of age. He got his driver's license. I'm so 523 00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:23,389 S9: proud you got his car. I take him to the 524 00:28:23,390 --> 00:28:25,750 S9: auto parts store and I'm like, see that gas can 525 00:28:25,790 --> 00:28:28,790 S9: buy it. You're like, what do you do? Those jumper cables? 526 00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:32,629 S9: Buy em? Mhm. You see those little fuse replacement fuse 527 00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:35,910 S9: by them? Mhm. Why do I need all this stuff? Okay, 528 00:28:35,950 --> 00:28:39,950 S9: so here's where it comes down to, Chris. It's better 529 00:28:39,950 --> 00:28:44,350 S9: to have it and not need it than to need 530 00:28:44,350 --> 00:28:47,990 S9: it and not have it. You follow me? 531 00:28:49,230 --> 00:28:52,910 S1: Unless you're MacGyver, who can use anything, you know, to 532 00:28:52,950 --> 00:28:56,550 S1: to to fix anything. But no, I get exactly what 533 00:28:56,550 --> 00:28:59,750 S1: you're saying. Now, did your son go ahead and and 534 00:28:59,750 --> 00:29:00,910 S1: buy those things? 535 00:29:01,590 --> 00:29:04,950 S9: Yes he did. And I've told them, I says, in 536 00:29:04,950 --> 00:29:08,110 S9: all the years I've had, you know, jumper cables and 537 00:29:08,110 --> 00:29:10,830 S9: gas cans in my cars. Nine times out of ten, 538 00:29:10,870 --> 00:29:16,110 S9: I help somebody else and not me with those tools. 539 00:29:16,270 --> 00:29:21,050 S9: Now follow this. Now I years later, I work on chimneys, 540 00:29:21,050 --> 00:29:23,130 S9: I'm on scaffolding, I'm way up in the air and 541 00:29:23,130 --> 00:29:26,010 S9: my boss says, you need a hammer, you need the chisels, 542 00:29:26,010 --> 00:29:27,969 S9: you need. I'm like, send them up. He goes, are 543 00:29:27,970 --> 00:29:30,170 S9: you sure you need them? I'm like, it's better to 544 00:29:30,170 --> 00:29:34,290 S9: have them not need them than than need them and 545 00:29:34,290 --> 00:29:36,330 S9: not have them. Because if I need them, I got 546 00:29:36,330 --> 00:29:39,410 S9: to crawl down 40ft of chimney, you know, and then 547 00:29:39,770 --> 00:29:42,370 S9: so you know what I'm saying? It's always better. It 548 00:29:42,410 --> 00:29:45,610 S9: goes with anything like cooking and cleaning. It's better to 549 00:29:45,610 --> 00:29:47,970 S9: have a tool and not need it than need it 550 00:29:47,970 --> 00:29:50,770 S9: and not have it. And I found that out through 551 00:29:50,770 --> 00:29:54,250 S9: wisdom and passing this on to my children. And, um, 552 00:29:54,370 --> 00:29:56,810 S9: I don't know if you got jumper cables in your 553 00:29:56,810 --> 00:30:00,810 S9: car and a gas cam and woodchucks, but, uh, nine 554 00:30:00,810 --> 00:30:02,650 S9: times out of ten, I use these things to help 555 00:30:02,690 --> 00:30:05,969 S9: other people rather than myself. So, uh, and it just, 556 00:30:06,010 --> 00:30:08,770 S9: it's something that God's blessed me with over the years. 557 00:30:08,810 --> 00:30:12,770 S9: This wisdom, though, that it actually goes way back when 558 00:30:12,810 --> 00:30:15,730 S9: my kids were in the Scouts. Remember the scout, right? 559 00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:16,610 S9: They always told you. 560 00:30:16,610 --> 00:30:17,610 S1: To be prepared. 561 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,080 S9: Say it again, Chris. 562 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:21,720 S1: Always be prepared. 563 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,280 S9: Always be prepared. Because, uh, you know, that's funny because 564 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,480 S9: my son's we were fishing many years ago. Always had 565 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,680 S9: that first aid kit in the, uh, the glove compartment. 566 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,719 S9: My son and I were fishing, and he went to 567 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,120 S9: cut the hook off and cut his finger wide open. 568 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,160 S9: My other son, he was panicking. He said, oh, what 569 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,680 S9: are we? Son, go in the car. We have a 570 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:47,760 S9: first aid kit and it's been there for years, many, 571 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,440 S9: many years. And like I said, it's always better to 572 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,720 S9: have it and not need it. Then when we needed it, 573 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,640 S9: it wouldn't be there. But yeah, it was always there. And, uh, 574 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,600 S9: it's a, it's a whole thing of the scouts always 575 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,080 S9: be prepared for this. And at the same time, it's, 576 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,000 S9: it's a wonderful joy to, after listening to you many 577 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,120 S9: years to be on your program and share my little 578 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,480 S9: tidbit of wisdom that. 579 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,240 S1: This this has been great, right? Okay. So how did 580 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,600 S1: you get into the chimney thing? When did you how 581 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,720 S1: did you figure that you wanted to do that? 582 00:31:17,660 --> 00:31:22,140 S9: Um, uh, years ago, I got into the, uh. It's 583 00:31:22,140 --> 00:31:24,820 S9: called Earn What You Learn. I started with, you know, 584 00:31:24,860 --> 00:31:30,380 S9: electricians and, and, and pipe fitters and masonry. And for 585 00:31:30,380 --> 00:31:33,700 S9: some reason I love masonry. I love working on bricks. 586 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:37,340 S9: And so, um, yeah, I started working on chimneys and 587 00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:40,060 S9: I love it. And we build, you know, it's way 588 00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:42,820 S9: up in the sky. We, we got scaffolding and I 589 00:31:42,820 --> 00:31:46,340 S9: learned a long time ago, if I needed one little tool, 590 00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:49,420 S9: I had to climb down 30 foot scaffolding and then 591 00:31:49,420 --> 00:31:52,860 S9: crawl back up. So I always told my boss, send 592 00:31:52,860 --> 00:31:54,620 S9: it up. He goes, are you sure you're going to 593 00:31:54,620 --> 00:31:56,700 S9: need it? It doesn't matter if I need it, send 594 00:31:56,700 --> 00:31:59,100 S9: it up. It's better to have it, not need it 595 00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:01,860 S9: than to need it and not have it. 596 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:04,740 S1: There it is, there it is again. Okay, so here's 597 00:32:04,740 --> 00:32:07,780 S1: what I would say to you. Uh, if your son, 598 00:32:07,780 --> 00:32:10,020 S1: what is your son's name? Who was who you told 599 00:32:10,020 --> 00:32:11,460 S1: to buy the stuff for the car? 600 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:14,900 S9: Uh, Joseph. Joseph, Joseph, Joseph. Paul. 601 00:32:15,180 --> 00:32:19,360 S1: If Joseph could call here today, my guess is he 602 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,480 S1: would say, better to listen to the advice of someone 603 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:28,880 S1: who loves you then, and has wisdom and years of experience, 604 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:34,080 S1: than to listen to anybody else on the internet or 605 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,120 S1: anywhere else. Though you can get good advice here and there. 606 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,360 S1: But you loved him enough to tell him this. You 607 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:45,280 S1: know this life lesson from your life. Shauna, that speaks 608 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:46,720 S1: to me today. What about you? 609 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,920 S2: Sure does. Better to have it and not need it 610 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,400 S2: than to need it and not have it. I wish 611 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,920 S2: I had that wisdom, Brian, before I fell down the stairs, 612 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,239 S2: because there's a railing right there that I could have 613 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,720 S2: grabbed hold of if I'd have just thought about it. Brian, 614 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,000 S2: where were you two weeks ago when I needed you? 615 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,720 S1: Okay, so community. You mentioned community a minute ago. 616 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:09,200 S8: Yeah. 617 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,520 S1: Uh, what is your other better that you want to 618 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:13,280 S1: give us today? 619 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,990 S2: All right. I really don't like being a damsel in distress. 620 00:33:16,990 --> 00:33:19,830 S2: I would so much rather come to you and bring 621 00:33:19,830 --> 00:33:22,190 S2: you what you need than have somebody bring me what 622 00:33:22,190 --> 00:33:24,150 S2: I need. So it's been a real lesson the last 623 00:33:24,150 --> 00:33:26,830 S2: couple weeks I will I am non-weight bearing and I 624 00:33:26,830 --> 00:33:30,950 S2: will be for at least another month at a minimum. 625 00:33:30,950 --> 00:33:33,550 S2: My daughter is getting married on October 10th, and she 626 00:33:33,550 --> 00:33:35,710 S2: has asked me and her husband to walk her down 627 00:33:35,710 --> 00:33:37,830 S2: the aisle. So that is the goal that I would 628 00:33:37,870 --> 00:33:39,950 S2: be able to walk down the aisle. We'll see. But 629 00:33:39,950 --> 00:33:42,990 S2: here's my better, better a few friends that show up 630 00:33:42,990 --> 00:33:47,590 S2: for you than hundreds that simply wish you well. And 631 00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:50,670 S2: where that came from was just the people that came 632 00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:53,390 S2: and brought meals. My daughter lives. I've got one daughter 633 00:33:53,390 --> 00:33:55,470 S2: that lives in Australia and she set up a meal 634 00:33:55,470 --> 00:33:59,550 S2: train from Australia. And so then friends nearby would come 635 00:33:59,550 --> 00:34:02,510 S2: and some would drop off food. Some would come and 636 00:34:02,510 --> 00:34:04,950 S2: sit and eat with me. And so they provided the food, 637 00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:07,470 S2: but they also just made me laugh. It was such 638 00:34:07,470 --> 00:34:11,110 S2: good company and that's so good for your healing. And then, 639 00:34:11,430 --> 00:34:14,090 S2: you know, I got a, I got a DoorDash care 640 00:34:14,130 --> 00:34:18,609 S2: package sent to me with a some coloring books and 641 00:34:18,610 --> 00:34:23,010 S2: some coloring pencils and a kazoo and my favorite Biscoff cookies. 642 00:34:23,010 --> 00:34:26,730 S2: And it's just, you know, the silliest little things that 643 00:34:26,730 --> 00:34:30,569 S2: just bring joy. And when you're healing and when you're 644 00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:34,370 S2: hurting and when you're down and when you're homebound and 645 00:34:34,370 --> 00:34:37,569 S2: you're non-weight bearing, those are those are really, really big gifts. 646 00:34:37,570 --> 00:34:39,850 S2: So I'm just grateful for the people who showed up. 647 00:34:40,690 --> 00:34:44,529 S1: Messages on Facebook are good, you know, likes and, oh, 648 00:34:44,570 --> 00:34:47,450 S1: I hope you get better, you know, praying for you, 649 00:34:47,489 --> 00:34:51,730 S1: that kind of thing. But the, the people who show up, 650 00:34:51,730 --> 00:34:57,250 S1: who give their tangible presence to you, take note of that. 651 00:34:57,250 --> 00:35:00,529 S1: And then also learn from that when you're on the 652 00:35:00,530 --> 00:35:01,690 S1: other side, right? 653 00:35:01,730 --> 00:35:05,569 S2: Yeah, 100%. My son, bless his heart. I, I had 654 00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:08,529 S2: some issues with the nerve block. So it was not 655 00:35:08,570 --> 00:35:13,150 S2: wearing off. It's I'm still somewhat numb. And so we're 656 00:35:13,190 --> 00:35:15,270 S2: looking into that and making sure that gets taken care of. 657 00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:17,150 S2: But I said, I wonder if that's God's way of 658 00:35:17,150 --> 00:35:20,070 S2: answering everybody's prayers because so many people are praying for, 659 00:35:20,110 --> 00:35:22,950 S2: for pain management right now. And my son, bless his heart, 660 00:35:22,950 --> 00:35:25,830 S2: he's a pastor. He's a good, godly man. But he said, mom, 661 00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:28,390 S2: do you know that Barna says that if everybody says 662 00:35:28,390 --> 00:35:31,150 S2: they're going to pray for you, about 12% actually do. 663 00:35:32,469 --> 00:35:36,310 S2: I was like, that's rough. That's really rough. So here's 664 00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:38,790 S2: my encouragement to you on that. When you do send 665 00:35:38,790 --> 00:35:42,149 S2: the well-wishes, just take a minute and just pray for 666 00:35:42,150 --> 00:35:45,070 S2: the person right then and there. And if you I 667 00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:47,469 S2: just do hope you've got some friends that show up 668 00:35:47,469 --> 00:35:49,310 S2: like this, but I think you mentioned it, Chris. And 669 00:35:49,310 --> 00:35:53,270 S2: I would agree 100% to create a community of friends 670 00:35:53,270 --> 00:35:56,190 S2: that show up for you. Be a friend who shows up. 671 00:35:56,390 --> 00:35:58,230 S8: Bingo, bingo. 672 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:02,830 S1: Be a person who does. Take the gas in the 673 00:36:02,830 --> 00:36:05,950 S1: back of the car so that when you encounter that, 674 00:36:05,989 --> 00:36:08,310 S1: you know, or the jumper cables or whatever, not just 675 00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:12,339 S1: for you, but for somebody else so that you you 676 00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:16,020 S1: pass that along. That's that's real encouragement. That's a better 677 00:36:16,060 --> 00:36:18,060 S1: that's a better way to live, isn't it? 678 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:20,500 S2: You know what? All the all the all the ways 679 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:23,540 S2: of God are better. Honestly, you look at Scripture and 680 00:36:23,580 --> 00:36:26,060 S2: like all the ways that God says to do forgiveness. 681 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:30,859 S2: There's something instinctive in us that goes. But they don't 682 00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:34,660 S2: deserve it. Right. But it's better. God has a better 683 00:36:34,660 --> 00:36:38,300 S2: way than what comes naturally to you and me. And 684 00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:41,020 S2: if we will trust him, and if we'll walk it out, 685 00:36:41,020 --> 00:36:42,140 S2: we'll have a better life. 686 00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:45,779 S1: Sean, I and I know, uh, you you going to 687 00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:48,900 S1: be doing some traveling and with that with you have 688 00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:52,140 S1: been for two weeks. You have been in the position, 689 00:36:52,180 --> 00:36:54,140 S1: you know, with the leg up and now you're going 690 00:36:54,180 --> 00:36:57,820 S1: to travel a little bit because of a family thing. And, 691 00:36:57,980 --> 00:37:01,500 S1: and then the, the wedding in about a month. Uh, 692 00:37:01,780 --> 00:37:05,060 S1: so prayers with, to, to you and for you, my 693 00:37:05,060 --> 00:37:06,900 S1: friend in, in the next few days. 694 00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:09,279 S2: Thank you. I'm grateful. What a joy to be with you. 695 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,239 S2: Thanks for letting me hop on and be a part 696 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:11,760 S2: of today. 697 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,680 S1: Well you did. You hopped on. You didn't hop down 698 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,520 S1: the stairs. You. You hopped on a better program. That's 699 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,520 S1: Shawna Bayer. Be listening for her in the afternoon here 700 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,440 S1: on Moody Radio. Now I have one final segment. I 701 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:30,200 S1: need one final caller (877) 548-3675. There's somebody holding back and 702 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,560 S1: you have said, I've got a better thing, but I 703 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:39,920 S1: don't know call. Let's see what will happen. (877) 548-3675. I 704 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,000 S1: have a couple of betters from the scripture for you to. 705 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,560 S1: And we'll conclude the program in just a couple of minutes. 706 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:58,600 S1: This is Chris Fabry live on Moody Radio. I wonder 707 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,880 S1: if there are any parents of adult children listening who 708 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,560 S1: would have a proverb for us today. Maybe you have 709 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:09,620 S1: regret about saying something negative about your adult child's spouse 710 00:38:09,980 --> 00:38:13,460 S1: at some point, or your words in some way caused 711 00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:17,500 S1: a different fracture in the relationship, or there's distance between 712 00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:21,300 S1: you and that adult child, and you have no earthly 713 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:25,979 S1: idea what you did to deserve being shut out. Maybe 714 00:38:25,980 --> 00:38:28,819 S1: you didn't do anything. Doctor Kathy Cook's book is our 715 00:38:28,820 --> 00:38:32,339 S1: thank you in September. It's titled resolve, Conflict and Find 716 00:38:32,340 --> 00:38:35,100 S1: Peace and Hope with Adult children. And one of the 717 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:37,899 S1: things Doctor Kathy has found is that adult children tell 718 00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:42,900 S1: their parents often, um, that they, they don't want to 719 00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:46,940 S1: be parented anymore. Meaning give me a little space to 720 00:38:46,980 --> 00:38:50,740 S1: make some of my own, my own decisions. But parents 721 00:38:50,739 --> 00:38:53,820 S1: have a hard time not parenting even when their kids 722 00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:56,779 S1: are adults. So if you give a gift of any size, 723 00:38:57,260 --> 00:39:00,180 S1: no matter whether you're on the parent side or the 724 00:39:00,180 --> 00:39:04,460 S1: adult child side, both sides of the equation will benefit 725 00:39:04,460 --> 00:39:07,120 S1: from the book. give a gift of any size. Would 726 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:09,880 S1: love to send one to you. Eight. Six. Six. Nine. Five. 727 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:18,480 S1: Fabry is the number (866) 953-2279. Or go to the website chris.org. 728 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:24,840 S1: Chris dot ORG. Judy says on Facebook. Better to save 729 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:31,960 S1: your breath, to blow your soup than speak words of cruelty. Bingo. Judy. 730 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,720 S1: Thank you. Bridget is in Florida. Hi, Bridget. Go right ahead. 731 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,880 S10: Hi, Chris. How are you? 732 00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:41,200 S11: I'm doing great. 733 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:42,920 S1: Glad you called. Thanks for doing it. 734 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,839 S10: Hi. I hope I can do this. So the first 735 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,399 S10: thing that I thought about when I heard, you know this. 736 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,200 S10: I got in my car and I was thinking to myself, 737 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,160 S10: the first thing that came to my mind was like 738 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,440 S10: a mirror looking in the mirror. And sometimes you look 739 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,080 S10: in the mirror and something may look ugly, but then 740 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,839 S10: you sometimes you have to take a second look. And 741 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,149 S10: when you look again, it's better to look. Take a 742 00:40:06,150 --> 00:40:10,069 S10: second look in the mirror than to remember the ugliness 743 00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:13,470 S10: maybe that you saw before, because it can become beautiful. 744 00:40:13,469 --> 00:40:16,870 S10: And it made me think of the parallel of when we're, uh, 745 00:40:17,110 --> 00:40:20,670 S10: once we're in sin and we decided to repent and, 746 00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:24,069 S10: you know, come to Christ, which is something that could 747 00:40:24,070 --> 00:40:26,790 S10: be ugly. But then when you look again and you 748 00:40:26,790 --> 00:40:30,029 S10: see the newness that you have in Christ, it's beautiful. 749 00:40:30,830 --> 00:40:34,950 S1: Yeah. And the enemy wants to keep you in the 750 00:40:34,950 --> 00:40:36,589 S1: ugly mode, doesn't he? 751 00:40:36,670 --> 00:40:39,670 S10: Absolutely. Mhm. Absolutely. 752 00:40:40,390 --> 00:40:45,189 S1: You've you've snapped out of that. Somebody needed somebody needed 753 00:40:45,190 --> 00:40:47,990 S1: to hear that. They're looking at the in the mirror today. 754 00:40:47,989 --> 00:40:50,950 S1: And they're, they're using that ugly thing and the enemy 755 00:40:50,950 --> 00:40:54,150 S1: is whispering to them. And you've just kind of turned 756 00:40:54,150 --> 00:40:56,790 S1: the key for them. Yeah. You were going to say 757 00:40:56,790 --> 00:40:57,350 S1: something else. 758 00:40:57,390 --> 00:41:00,390 S10: Come as you are, come as you are, come as 759 00:41:00,390 --> 00:41:03,570 S10: you are. And that means in in spirit, in everything. 760 00:41:03,610 --> 00:41:07,290 S10: It doesn't matter. What you've done today is, is, is 761 00:41:07,330 --> 00:41:09,770 S10: the best day and it could be the best day 762 00:41:09,770 --> 00:41:12,049 S10: of your life. I have something in my office that 763 00:41:12,050 --> 00:41:14,930 S10: I look at every day and it says, what about 764 00:41:14,930 --> 00:41:17,850 S10: if today was the best day of your life? And 765 00:41:17,850 --> 00:41:20,930 S10: we we don't want to miss this opportunity. And this 766 00:41:20,930 --> 00:41:23,770 S10: is a way for people to see. It's it's something 767 00:41:23,770 --> 00:41:27,330 S10: that you might think is ugly, but God is there, 768 00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:29,650 S10: you know, to be able with open arms to be 769 00:41:29,690 --> 00:41:32,450 S10: able to receive you. You just have to say, yes. 770 00:41:33,770 --> 00:41:37,850 S1: Bridget, I'm glad you called today. Um, and that whole 771 00:41:37,850 --> 00:41:43,530 S1: idea of being able to ask God for forgiveness, the, 772 00:41:44,330 --> 00:41:46,770 S1: I think in our humanity, what we want to do 773 00:41:46,770 --> 00:41:49,330 S1: is we want to earn it. We want to do 774 00:41:49,370 --> 00:41:51,890 S1: enough to make God happy with us. We want to 775 00:41:51,890 --> 00:41:54,210 S1: do enough to make God smile at us so that 776 00:41:54,210 --> 00:41:59,570 S1: we will, in the end, feel like the emphasis on 777 00:41:59,570 --> 00:42:03,069 S1: the word feel. We feel like we've done something for 778 00:42:03,070 --> 00:42:06,270 S1: him so that and we wouldn't put this anyway because 779 00:42:06,270 --> 00:42:08,870 S1: we know better theologically that we can't earn it and 780 00:42:08,870 --> 00:42:11,509 S1: we don't deserve it. But we still get there. We 781 00:42:11,510 --> 00:42:15,070 S1: still get stuck there, that we feel like God is 782 00:42:15,390 --> 00:42:18,469 S1: frowning at us over the portals of heaven because of 783 00:42:18,469 --> 00:42:21,150 S1: whatever we did or whatever we said. And if we 784 00:42:21,150 --> 00:42:24,989 S1: can just do enough to get back there. And what 785 00:42:24,989 --> 00:42:30,230 S1: that does is that pushes off the stage the grace 786 00:42:30,230 --> 00:42:34,469 S1: and the mercy and the provision that God has made 787 00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:39,070 S1: that only he could make. Only he could give. He. 788 00:42:39,110 --> 00:42:42,629 S1: There's only one person who has ever lived a totally 789 00:42:42,950 --> 00:42:47,310 S1: one human being who's ever lived a totally righteous life. 790 00:42:47,790 --> 00:42:52,469 S1: And he gave that gave it up for you and 791 00:42:52,469 --> 00:42:56,830 S1: me so that his righteousness could be applied to us, 792 00:42:56,830 --> 00:42:59,989 S1: not because we earned it, but because of his great love. 793 00:43:00,460 --> 00:43:04,100 S1: That's the truth of the gospel. That's the. That's what 794 00:43:04,140 --> 00:43:07,580 S1: God is asking you to believe in. Not that he's 795 00:43:07,580 --> 00:43:09,380 S1: going to make you a little bit better today and 796 00:43:09,380 --> 00:43:11,100 S1: a little bit better tomorrow, and a little bit better 797 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:15,140 S1: the next day. That he has made you holy because 798 00:43:15,140 --> 00:43:18,940 S1: of his sacrifice. Because of what he did for you. 799 00:43:19,060 --> 00:43:23,700 S1: Now you start believing that. And then tomorrow you're going 800 00:43:23,739 --> 00:43:26,340 S1: to say no to something that you said yes to today. 801 00:43:26,780 --> 00:43:30,460 S1: You're going to. It's better to receive the grace and 802 00:43:30,460 --> 00:43:34,660 S1: the mercy of God fully in your heart. It is 803 00:43:34,660 --> 00:43:39,260 S1: better to be forgiven than to try to earn favor 804 00:43:39,380 --> 00:43:44,419 S1: from God. Oh, can we, uh, get sterling in here 805 00:43:44,420 --> 00:43:46,780 S1: before we end? Sterling, why did you call today? 806 00:43:48,260 --> 00:43:49,820 S12: Chris? What's going on? How are you? 807 00:43:50,060 --> 00:43:51,060 S11: I'm doing great. 808 00:43:52,420 --> 00:43:55,740 S12: I appreciate you guys for having me in. Um, proverb 809 00:43:55,739 --> 00:43:57,180 S12: I want to share with you all is coming from 810 00:43:57,180 --> 00:44:00,640 S12: directly from Proverbs chapter 15, verse 17. I read in 811 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,360 S12: the NLT version the New Living Translation, and it says, 812 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,200 S12: A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better 813 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,840 S12: than a steak with someone you hate. 814 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:08,800 S7: MM. 815 00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:13,000 S1: Does that sing to you in some way? Why did 816 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,440 S1: you pick that one? 817 00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,920 S12: No. Keeping it. If I'm being honest with you right now, Chris, 818 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,240 S12: I'm leaving the gym right now, so I'm not just 819 00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,320 S12: to just to leave that out there. I'm not against 820 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,800 S12: salads at all. I'm not against a bowl of vegetables. 821 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,120 S12: But what this speaks to me about is like, I'd 822 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:31,719 S12: rather take part of a process that's generally unappealing, you know, 823 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:35,720 S12: generally unappealing comparison to that, to that steak. That salad 824 00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,000 S12: is unappealing. But in the end, it will be beneficial 825 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,439 S12: to me and it would be beneficial to me. And 826 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,719 S12: I eat that with someone I love, and I'd rather 827 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,040 S12: do that than partake into doing something that with someone 828 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,239 S12: that I have a little bit of contentment with, or 829 00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:51,160 S12: maybe somebody that I hate, but I'm doing an activity 830 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,200 S12: that I love to do. That's where it speaks to 831 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,080 S12: me that it's about it's not really the things in life. 832 00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,580 S12: It's not the journey in life or the destination, but 833 00:44:59,580 --> 00:45:02,180 S12: it's the company that you choose to do these things with. 834 00:45:02,860 --> 00:45:06,379 S1: Which goes back to what Shauna was talking about, community 835 00:45:06,380 --> 00:45:09,780 S1: and another caller a little earlier. So you have really 836 00:45:09,780 --> 00:45:12,860 S1: filled that in. Stirling. Thank you for your call. Uh, 837 00:45:12,860 --> 00:45:15,339 S1: just a couple of minutes ago, we had a comment 838 00:45:15,540 --> 00:45:18,580 S1: from a listener who said, Shauna has been a blessing. 839 00:45:18,580 --> 00:45:21,299 S1: The things she says are such an encouragement. Chris is 840 00:45:21,300 --> 00:45:25,299 S1: continually encouraging and then better to give a word of 841 00:45:25,300 --> 00:45:29,900 S1: encouragement while there is time than to wait. And that's 842 00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:34,899 S1: what this from Janice in Indiana. Janice. Thank you. And 843 00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:38,140 S1: maybe you can take that as as something in your 844 00:45:38,140 --> 00:45:42,379 S1: own life today. There's somebody in your life that you've 845 00:45:42,380 --> 00:45:46,140 S1: been thinking about encouraging, saying something encouraging to, oh, I'll 846 00:45:46,140 --> 00:45:48,820 S1: send a text or I'll, I'll send an email. Maybe 847 00:45:48,820 --> 00:45:51,980 S1: I'll send a note and you haven't done it yet. 848 00:45:52,580 --> 00:45:55,819 S1: Better to pick up the phone and call. I know 849 00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:58,850 S1: it's not technology. You know, better to pick up the 850 00:45:58,850 --> 00:46:01,009 S1: phone and call and say that thing that you've been 851 00:46:01,010 --> 00:46:05,610 S1: hanging on to than to wait for the best card 852 00:46:05,610 --> 00:46:10,770 S1: or the best emoji that you can put with a text. Better. 853 00:46:10,969 --> 00:46:15,050 S1: Better to be yourself than an imitation of someone else. 854 00:46:16,090 --> 00:46:19,009 S1: Better to throw your money to the wind than to gamble. 855 00:46:19,930 --> 00:46:24,290 S1: Better to love and be hurt than to lock your heart. 856 00:46:24,810 --> 00:46:29,610 S1: That's taken from what C.S. Lewis said. Better to grow 857 00:46:29,610 --> 00:46:34,690 S1: in greater dependence on God than be independent of him. 858 00:46:35,130 --> 00:46:38,010 S1: Those are some betters for you today. Hope you've enjoyed 859 00:46:38,010 --> 00:46:41,290 S1: our better program. It's called Chris Fabry Live. It is 860 00:46:41,290 --> 00:46:45,850 S1: a production of Moody Radio, a Ministry of Moody Bible Institute. 861 00:46:45,969 --> 00:46:47,210 S1: Thanks a lot for listening.