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<v Speaker 1>All right, what's up everybody. Thanks for coming to the

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<v Speaker 1>grangersmith dot com, kind of like Jet did and Jet says, Hey, Granger,

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<v Speaker 1>how's it going. I'm a big fan of your music

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<v Speaker 1>and your podcast. You need to make some more deer

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<v Speaker 1>hunting videos soon. Okay. I've been a Christian around six years.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm homeschooled and play sports through a local homeschool sports team.

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<v Speaker 1>I would love to hear about how we should play

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<v Speaker 1>for Oh excuse me. I always hear about how we

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<v Speaker 1>should play for an audience of one, give all the

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<v Speaker 1>glory to God and work as for the Lord. But

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<v Speaker 1>what are some practical ways I could actually do that.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not a boastful or cocky player, but I

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<v Speaker 1>would like to know what I could do so that

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<v Speaker 1>other Christians would see Christ in me on and off

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<v Speaker 1>the field. Thanks God, blessed.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet, it's really sweet. How old is he doesn't say, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>well you're great with sports.

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<v Speaker 1>So homeschooled, so within a high school age. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a great question, and it's a question that

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<v Speaker 1>not a lot of people ask, but they kind of

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<v Speaker 1>act on this without asking it, And I think you

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<v Speaker 1>should ask it. Should you should ask practically, what does

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<v Speaker 1>it mean to give all the glory to God? What

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<v Speaker 1>does it mean to play a sport for God? People say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they hold up a trophy and they say, give

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<v Speaker 1>all the glory to God. Man, you know, I just

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<v Speaker 1>play for God. But no one really says what does

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<v Speaker 1>that mean? If I was interviewing, if I was working

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<v Speaker 1>for ESPN and that happened, I'd say, oh, well, what

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<v Speaker 1>does that mean? Yeah, practically, what does that look like?

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<v Speaker 1>It's really nice to say, it sounds awesome, but what

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<v Speaker 1>do you mean playing for God? Well? I think if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to, if you want to play for God

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<v Speaker 1>and you want to say that you play for God,

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<v Speaker 1>and you want to show the world that you play

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<v Speaker 1>for God. You need to be currently transforming, transformed by

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<v Speaker 1>God's transforming work in you. So how do you do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Because because then it doesn't matter if you play sports,

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<v Speaker 1>if you sing songs, if you work behind a computer

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<v Speaker 1>all day at work, you could do all things to

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<v Speaker 1>the glory of God if you're being transformed by him.

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<v Speaker 1>So that means this answer is now for everyone, not

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<v Speaker 1>just homeschooled sports players. So we're transformed by God through

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<v Speaker 1>his word.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, And he seems to maybe look like he is

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<v Speaker 2>doing that, and so he's asking practically, how can we

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<v Speaker 2>play for the Lord? So there's something little that we

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<v Speaker 2>do whenever and our kids are just in you know,

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<v Speaker 2>school sports. But I think just coming into the game

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<v Speaker 2>with a spirit of gratitude that we are just even

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<v Speaker 2>so thankful to be able to play the sport, like

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<v Speaker 2>thank you Lord for my able body giving, having a

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<v Speaker 2>spirit of gratitude for the Lord that we can even

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<v Speaker 2>do what we're doing, that God has given us an

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<v Speaker 2>ability to play. And you know, obviously I think starting

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<v Speaker 2>with prayer, you pray for strength or endurance or speed

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<v Speaker 2>or anything that you you know, God says we need

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<v Speaker 2>to ask, but we submit and say, Lord, You've already

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<v Speaker 2>determined the outcome of this game, but can we just

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<v Speaker 2>play well, have good sportsman like conduct, play as hard

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<v Speaker 2>as we can, and ultimately we give the game to you,

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<v Speaker 2>and if it's in your will for us to win,

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful and then just show you know, good sportsmanlike conduct

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<v Speaker 2>on and off the field.

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<v Speaker 1>So where does so you're what you're talking about is humility?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Where does that come from being in the word

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<v Speaker 2>and submitting to God?

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah? So so really understanding being being humble really

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<v Speaker 1>comes from a right understanding of who God is and

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<v Speaker 1>who we are in relation to him. And that's that

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<v Speaker 1>might sound deep, but it's not deep. It's actually just

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<v Speaker 1>super simple. An aunt is humbled by a pickup truck

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<v Speaker 1>when it's in the middle of the road trying to

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<v Speaker 1>cross the road, because crossing the road seeing the pickup

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<v Speaker 1>truck gives it a right understanding of the vast difference

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<v Speaker 1>between the two things, the ant and the pickup truck.

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<v Speaker 1>So we understand who God is and the vastness, the greatness,

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<v Speaker 1>the holiness that he is. As we engage more and

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<v Speaker 1>more with the Bible, and this is something that you

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<v Speaker 1>and I really this was a kind of a foreign

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<v Speaker 1>idea to us. And as we started to learn that

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<v Speaker 1>everything in our lives is different now because of the

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<v Speaker 1>transforming work of the Word of God, it all comes

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<v Speaker 1>down to that, like, if you're going to say, what's

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<v Speaker 1>the main difference that the Lord did to you? Since

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<v Speaker 1>you changed everything, since you changed everything and I changed everything,

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<v Speaker 1>what's the main difference that you actually did? Because it's

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<v Speaker 1>God's work, But what's the difference in what you did?

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<v Speaker 1>And we could say, you know, church, we could say prayer,

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<v Speaker 1>we can say a lot of things, but the main

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<v Speaker 1>difference is reading His word. That's what transformed us. So

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<v Speaker 1>really everything we've said so far, jet if you are

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<v Speaker 1>creating a time every day to read His word, setting aside,

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<v Speaker 1>not in a Bible study, not on Sunday morning church,

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<v Speaker 1>not with your parents, not with a FCA group. Those

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<v Speaker 1>are young life group, those are all great things, and

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<v Speaker 1>you should do. You should do those. Those are great things,

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<v Speaker 1>critical things. But more important than all of that is

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<v Speaker 1>your own personal reading time. In fact, we're on this

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<v Speaker 1>right now with London. You know, she's thirteen and she

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<v Speaker 1>goes through this period of time when she's setting aside

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<v Speaker 1>her own reading time, she's taking notes, underlining, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>circling things, highlighting, and then she goes through a period

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<v Speaker 1>of not doing that, and just the other day we're like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>what's your Bible reading time look like? And she's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't done it. And the further you get from that,

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<v Speaker 1>the harder it is yet to play sports for the

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<v Speaker 1>glory of God or to live and do anything to

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<v Speaker 1>the glory of God, because because you start disconnecting from

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<v Speaker 1>the knowledge of Him, which comes from this Word. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's just all that. Everything we've said in the last

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<v Speaker 1>eight minutes is read your Bible, understand who God is,

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<v Speaker 1>and the outflowing of that will go into everything you do,

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<v Speaker 1>including playing sports. You just breathing.

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<v Speaker 2>I did was I was going to. I just didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know if we should just end it there. I just

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<v Speaker 2>I saw something that Tim Tebow's mother had told him

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<v Speaker 2>one time, and it was just, you know, many people

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<v Speaker 2>give glory to God when they win, but can you

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<v Speaker 2>still give glory to God when you lose? And so

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<v Speaker 2>that's just that mind shift. But that also comes from

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<v Speaker 2>being in the Word and having the fruits of the spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's good. Next question comes from Adam. Hey Granger,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a huge fan of the podcast in your music.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Adam. I'm currently single. I do have

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<v Speaker 1>some questions. I've been single for a little over five

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<v Speaker 1>years now, and after a rough breakup and rebuilding myself,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel that I'm ready to put myself back out

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<v Speaker 1>there and try to meet someone new. I've joined dating

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<v Speaker 1>apps as my work schedule gets really busy and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>socially awkward at meeting people for the first time. So

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<v Speaker 1>my question is this, how do I, a twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>year old go about meeting anyone or dating apps worth it?

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<v Speaker 1>And if not, where would the best place be to

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<v Speaker 1>find someone? Man? Adam answered this question a lot. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you've heard my podcast in a while, babe,

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<v Speaker 1>what but I sure have missed these questions from Adam. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I used to get these all the time. There's been

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<v Speaker 1>a little I haven't. I don't think I've answered one

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<v Speaker 1>of these. For those of y'all that have listened a

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<v Speaker 1>long time, you know, I don't know it's been It might.

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<v Speaker 2>Have been the last time I was on right very long.

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<v Speaker 1>While I love these questions and it's actually been a while.

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<v Speaker 1>So hey, Adam, thank you, thank you for kind of

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<v Speaker 1>renewing the old tradition of the Granger Smith podcast, the

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<v Speaker 1>how do I meet someone after five years? Okay, let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it. So he's been single five years, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good, healthy time. We'll start there. If you said

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<v Speaker 1>I've been healthy, I've been single for five months, different story,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but five years, like, okay, you're you're ready,

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<v Speaker 1>You're ready, And that's typically not what people say. Usually

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<v Speaker 1>it's i've been single for five days. Now what should

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<v Speaker 1>I do? I've been single for five weeks? What should

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<v Speaker 1>I do? It's like, you shouldn't do anything, you should

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<v Speaker 1>not date anybody but old Adam, he's given it five years.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that. This second thing I want to say

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<v Speaker 1>is Adam, twenty three is not old. I know that

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<v Speaker 1>it feels old. And I know this, especially if you're

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<v Speaker 1>looking at the last time you're in a relationship, you

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<v Speaker 1>were eighteen and now you're twenty three. You're very different

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<v Speaker 1>now and you're thinking to yourself, Man, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm ever going to meet somebody. Last time I

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<v Speaker 1>dated somebody else was a teenager. Now I'm twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, in the clock's ticking, that's just not the case.

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<v Speaker 1>You still have, you have so much life ahead of you.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's not his question. His question is after he's

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<v Speaker 1>properly rebuilt, he's got his feet back under him. His

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<v Speaker 1>question is really our dating apps. Okay, it's funny. We

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<v Speaker 1>had this conversation last night. We had a couple staying

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<v Speaker 1>with us in our barn last night, in which we

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<v Speaker 1>do quite often these days. We have people come and

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<v Speaker 1>families come and stay with us. And they met on

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<v Speaker 1>a dating app. Do you remember which one?

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<v Speaker 2>That was Plenty of Fish.

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<v Speaker 1>Plenty of Fish. I don't know that. What is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's what they said. That was the dating app

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<v Speaker 2>back in the day for just hooking up. So they

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<v Speaker 2>were a little embarrass about that, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's before they're.

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<v Speaker 2>Chritians, befo, they're Christians.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And they were like, I know, you talk about

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<v Speaker 1>this on your podcast, you talk about you don't like

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<v Speaker 1>dating apps. And I was like I was to their surprise.

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<v Speaker 1>I told them we met on an app Facebook.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't technically a dating app, it.

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<v Speaker 1>Wasn't a dating app, but it was yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So they were like, she was like why what. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think she knew that. So Adam, your question is

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<v Speaker 1>are they are dating apps worth it? And if not,

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<v Speaker 1>where would be the best place to meet someone? So

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<v Speaker 1>you're not asking it are they good or bad? I

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<v Speaker 1>think after five years you got a heavy work schedule,

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<v Speaker 1>you think you're socially awkward. That that's debatable because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know you, but it's probably not the case. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people say they're socially awkward.

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<v Speaker 2>You might feel that way because he hasn't dated in

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<v Speaker 2>five years, so you would feel a little awkward.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think I would put I would look at

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<v Speaker 1>it like your fishing, and you've got a trot line out,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've got some jugs and some catfish heads on

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<v Speaker 1>on the hooks, and you might as well put out

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<v Speaker 1>the whole bunch of catfish heads in the jugs and

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<v Speaker 1>and go check the jugs every once in a while.

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<v Speaker 1>But don't I would say, not only catfish heads are

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<v Speaker 1>you working with you? You got to get out and

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<v Speaker 1>you got to cast a line. You know, you got

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<v Speaker 1>to get a bait caster. And why are you looking

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<v Speaker 1>at me like that? This is my podcast, This is

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<v Speaker 1>the things I say.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to put a lure on there and a

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<v Speaker 1>crank bait everyone in a while, maybe a purple worm,

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<v Speaker 1>and you got to get into some of the some

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<v Speaker 1>of the moss that you can't get to with those drugs,

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<v Speaker 1>and you got to get your purple worm, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of working you know, like a Texas rig, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>working it through the moss exactly and at them. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So so yeah, get the jugs out there. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>catfish heads. That's okay, Go check them every once in

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<v Speaker 1>a while. Don't rely on that. No fisherman would rely

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<v Speaker 1>only on that, all right? Next question that.

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<v Speaker 2>Dating apps I wouldn't say are bad, but you you

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<v Speaker 2>might not get to obviously know the real person you

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<v Speaker 2>know on a dating app, I would say, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're involved in a church, I think a church

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<v Speaker 2>is a great way to meet somebody. Go have a

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<v Speaker 2>community of people around you and meet somebody organically through

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<v Speaker 2>somebody else, Like, hey, I have a friend who knows

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<v Speaker 2>this person who I think you would be a great match.

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<v Speaker 2>Something like that. But you can go cast your purple worm.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that how you answered this last question? Where would

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<v Speaker 1>be the best place to meet someone? What are you saying?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would say through friends because they can vet

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<v Speaker 2>the other person out, and or family. You know, I

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<v Speaker 2>have this friend who has a daughter who might be

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<v Speaker 2>perfect for you, but that involves you getting out, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and trying not to feel socially awkward, going out with

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<v Speaker 2>some friends, or getting involved in in a hobby or

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<v Speaker 2>a local community place or a church.

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<v Speaker 1>I could say this because it's a safe spot. Meaning

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<v Speaker 1>I know a lot of people listen to this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>but my kids don't listen to this podcast, so I

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<v Speaker 1>could say that stuff about them and they will never know.

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<v Speaker 1>But I was with Pastor Chad, who's like one of

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<v Speaker 1>the OG guests on this podcast. He's in Montana now

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<v Speaker 1>and I was with him and he said, we're walking

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<v Speaker 1>through the mountains at Glacier National Park. He goes, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you gonna set up my son and your daughter, And

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<v Speaker 1>surprisingly I was like, yeah, I think that's I think

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<v Speaker 1>that'd be a good deal. You know. As a dad,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, yeah, I think, obviously we're joke. We're both joking.

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<v Speaker 1>But I We did talk briefly about how arranged marriages

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<v Speaker 1>typically worked. The divorce rate was very, very low in

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<v Speaker 1>an arranged marriage because it's to the point of what

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<v Speaker 1>you just said. Really, the best place to meet someone

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<v Speaker 1>is collectively your friends and family bring them to you

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<v Speaker 1>and they say or her in this case Jet or Adam.

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<v Speaker 1>So your friends and family are unbiased. They don't, they're

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<v Speaker 1>not falling for tricks. They they're not going to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with someone with a heavy baggage.

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<v Speaker 2>They want the best for you.

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<v Speaker 1>They literally just want the best for you. They want

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<v Speaker 1>you to be happy, cared for, and they want the

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<v Speaker 1>best for you. They don't care about the frivolous things.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not going to deal with heavy baggage. They're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to deal with big, big things that are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>you know, maybe even religious issues that would would keep

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<v Speaker 1>you to apart because you're too disjointed. They they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>bring to you the right person. That's why arranged marriages

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<v Speaker 1>works for so long. That's why Pastor Chad and I

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<v Speaker 1>are going to actually do this.

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<v Speaker 2>We talk about that with people that we know in

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<v Speaker 2>their daughters, like, oh I could we could see that,

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<v Speaker 2>we could do that, we could have them as in laws.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah. Love is as unromantic as it as it

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<v Speaker 1>might sound. Love is a decision, and this idea of soulmates,

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<v Speaker 1>there's only one out there. Hey, this question goes back

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<v Speaker 1>to Jet as well, that this question probably goes with

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<v Speaker 1>everyone here this idea, this romantic idea of a job

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<v Speaker 1>or a sport or a hobby or a spouse, that

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<v Speaker 1>there's only one for you and you're made for this one.

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<v Speaker 1>I am living proof of this with my job. I

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<v Speaker 1>am happy right now. I have joy and I have contentment,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm literally not doing the one thing that I

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<v Speaker 1>have done for the two decades, and that is tour

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<v Speaker 1>and play music to people. And so you would think,

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<v Speaker 1>in theory on paper, you take away this one thing

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<v Speaker 1>from an American that he's built his whole life on

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<v Speaker 1>and he would be depressed. And I've totally debunked that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the same thing with a house, Adam. So stop

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<v Speaker 1>thinking in terms of there's only one special girl out there,

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<v Speaker 1>and is she on a dating app? Is she at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of that jug with the catfish yet I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. Instead, find someone that you're compatible with, that

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<v Speaker 1>you get along with, that you're good friends with, that

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<v Speaker 1>of course, that you're physically attracted to, and just marrier.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's Christians we say, make sure she loves Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>and she's chasing after Jesus. So that's what I say.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, if you're a Christian Adam and don't overthink

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<v Speaker 1>it and just make a decision. I'm going to love

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<v Speaker 1>this woman the rest of my life. Yeah, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the most unromantic way you could possibly put it, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's just the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe this is what we have to do to have

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<v Speaker 2>up here by ourselves and have a conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>So we got on AI this morning. Was it this

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<v Speaker 1>morning or yesterday? And it started with I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how this started with was with my brothers and we said,

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<v Speaker 1>we started saying, draw a picture of Granger Smith and

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<v Speaker 1>all the things that he loves. And it was like

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<v Speaker 1>these you know, it was like guys in overalls and

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<v Speaker 1>like across a bible, a small bible, always a barn,

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<v Speaker 1>a windmill, guitars, belt buckle, cowboy hat, always a microphone.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I said, and draw Amber Smith and the

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<v Speaker 1>things that she loves. And it was like huge bibles,

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<v Speaker 1>a huge crosses and kids everywhere. And I was like, Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>you're so much a I like you so much better

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<v Speaker 1>than me. This next question if you want to email

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<v Speaker 1>us email podcast at grangersmith dot com. It comes from Xandria. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a pretty name. X A N D R. I

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<v Speaker 1>A like it, don't hear that too often. We're just

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<v Speaker 1>talking about my grandmother today. Her name is Yeah, I've

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<v Speaker 1>never met a Nettie.

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<v Speaker 2>Mine was Dorian Beatrice.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, that's a good name. So Andrews says, Hey, Grangeur,

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<v Speaker 1>my husband listened to your podcast every week and we

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<v Speaker 1>listened once together recently, and maybe want to reach out

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<v Speaker 1>and ask a question. Lastly, I've been creating or lately,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been creating social media content on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>As a stay at home mom, I feel like I

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<v Speaker 1>should be doing more to help with income with how

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<v Speaker 1>hard today's society is. So I've been wanting to pursue

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<v Speaker 1>social media for several years now in hopes to make

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<v Speaker 1>money on it. However, sometimes I have anxiety of doing

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<v Speaker 1>it and getting in the way of spending time with

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<v Speaker 1>my children or me. Often you are using it too often.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like with everything I'm doing, I should always

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<v Speaker 1>be creating content, and if I don't, I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm failing for reference. My content is just stay at

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<v Speaker 1>home mom related. My question for you is would creating

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<v Speaker 1>content and wanting to pursue it while trying to gain

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<v Speaker 1>a large following and make more money for my family,

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<v Speaker 1>be biblical or right of me. I battle it. So

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<v Speaker 1>I also battle with maybe I'm just making excuses and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to be consistent with it. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth, constant battle. And another real reason behind

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<v Speaker 1>me doing it is wanting to make money from it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank You's Andrea, Babe. I struggle with my not using

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<v Speaker 1>my glasses.

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<v Speaker 2>Well I can see why now because I put them

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<v Speaker 2>on the other night and I was like, wow.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually see Yeah, I don't. My vision is still

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, but I have a what was it called stigmatism,

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<v Speaker 1>and the glasses clear up when I'm looking at this

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<v Speaker 1>iPad and I've been using it the last several times.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I notice like I'm reading slower without them. This

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<v Speaker 1>question's perfect for you.

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<v Speaker 2>We were just talking about this. Yeah, I have felt

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<v Speaker 2>convicted lately. I have just heard different podcasts and just

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<v Speaker 2>different speakers and just in my time in the word

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, should I delete social media?

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<v Speaker 1>And you know?

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<v Speaker 2>And you and I had this discussion, Well, that's part

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<v Speaker 2>of our income, you know, that's how we make certain

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<v Speaker 2>parts of our income. But I can to her question.

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<v Speaker 2>She's feeling anxious about it. She's not you know, she's

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling with it, and her her main thing is she

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<v Speaker 2>wants to make money, which is not bad, like as

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<v Speaker 2>a wife, you know, you want to bring in something,

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<v Speaker 2>but her role, as in how God created her, is

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<v Speaker 2>to be home with the family, with the kids, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's her main ministry is that. And I admire her

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<v Speaker 2>for wanting to bring in income and help her husband

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<v Speaker 2>because I feel the same way. But if she doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a piece about it, if she feels uneasy about

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<v Speaker 2>it or anxious about it, it might be time to

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<v Speaker 2>just take a pause and kind of wait, because it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't feel like that's something that her heart is truly

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<v Speaker 2>in for the right reasons. I guess if that makes sense,

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<v Speaker 2>And if it is pulling you away from your children,

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<v Speaker 2>I struggle with that too because I do work on

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<v Speaker 2>Instagram and social media. Yeah, and I feel that sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>like this is taking away from some of my time

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<v Speaker 2>with the kids, which would also be a good time

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about what we just implemented in our house.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, I think that her being anxious, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's a good indication that this was probably not

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<v Speaker 1>for you. I think if you said I love social media,

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<v Speaker 1>I love doing this, I'm really gung ho about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say, well, then keep going, because the truth

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<v Speaker 1>is it's extremely hard to get to a place where

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<v Speaker 1>you could actually make money on social media. You do it,

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<v Speaker 1>but it took you a long time. Even you're building

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<v Speaker 1>a platform before we were even dating, really, and so

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<v Speaker 1>to get to a point where you could endorse a product,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, what's the latest product you've endorsed and actually

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<v Speaker 1>made money on? Because you do some things for Maverick

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<v Speaker 1>where you just get a toy, but yeah, we're actually

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<v Speaker 1>get money.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get money. Well, that's one thing is I

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<v Speaker 2>just like to help people. I like to get codes away,

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<v Speaker 2>so I don't always ask for income. I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 2>think the last thing that I did were I actually

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<v Speaker 2>made money. I think vitamins. It was like some sort

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<v Speaker 2>of health vitamin that I was endorsed doorsing.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you mind telling us on would you tell us

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<v Speaker 1>on this podcast how much you made from those vitamins?

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<v Speaker 2>If I can remember it ranges. I mean maybe fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>hundred to three thousand for a post or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, how many times have you done that this year?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to make a point. Yeah, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>My point My point is, Andrea is this, Amber has

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<v Speaker 1>been doing it for a long time. She does it

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<v Speaker 1>at a pretty high level, and she's not making enough

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<v Speaker 1>money to call it a full time job. Yeah, that

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<v Speaker 1>you do a lot of other things, right, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Do, like speaking engagements and things like that. Other I

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<v Speaker 2>make other income, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Just social media wouldn't be considered a full time job.

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<v Speaker 2>It's fun supplemental income from like fun days for the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>But to make an extra ten k a year, fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>k a year, even up to twenty k a year extra,

0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:11.160
<v Speaker 1>that's incredible and a huge blessing, but it's not. It's

0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:15.160
<v Speaker 1>not you full time working. Right And so if Xandria

0:25:15.240 --> 0:25:19.720
<v Speaker 1>thinks that she's going to do this and would that

0:25:19.760 --> 0:25:24.520
<v Speaker 1>would be more than a regular job. You're looking at Amber,

0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:27.959
<v Speaker 1>who is one of the top at the game. You know,

0:25:28.040 --> 0:25:30.080
<v Speaker 1>learn about that, but yeah, I mean you're you do

0:25:30.160 --> 0:25:33.199
<v Speaker 1>it at a higher level. You're probably top two percent

0:25:33.720 --> 0:25:37.880
<v Speaker 1>of women that promote products. The one percent is making

0:25:37.920 --> 0:25:39.600
<v Speaker 1>one hundred grand two hundred grand a year.

0:25:39.920 --> 0:25:43.119
<v Speaker 2>I will say this also, Xandria, that the payment that

0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:46.080
<v Speaker 2>I was making a couple years ago has significantly gone down.

0:25:46.119 --> 0:25:48.080
<v Speaker 2>Like brands don't have the money that they used to have,

0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:50.240
<v Speaker 2>Like women used to make ten thy twenty thousand on

0:25:50.240 --> 0:25:52.800
<v Speaker 2>one post and now it has significantly gone down. So

0:25:53.119 --> 0:25:54.560
<v Speaker 2>I think people think that you're going to go out

0:25:54.600 --> 0:25:56.520
<v Speaker 2>and make all this money and it's not quite what

0:25:56.600 --> 0:25:57.240
<v Speaker 2>it used to be.

0:25:57.560 --> 0:26:02.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, So so once again, don't hear me wrong

0:26:02.400 --> 0:26:05.400
<v Speaker 1>in anything. I'm saying. It's a huge blessing. Amber makes

0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:09.080
<v Speaker 1>money doing post, I personally don't. I don't make any

0:26:09.080 --> 0:26:12.480
<v Speaker 1>money on social media at all. I have chosen to

0:26:12.520 --> 0:26:15.119
<v Speaker 1>not take that route because one you do it, and

0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:16.920
<v Speaker 1>I want both of us to do it. So I

0:26:17.920 --> 0:26:21.240
<v Speaker 1>use social media to build up my brand, so really

0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:24.920
<v Speaker 1>mainly for EEE. When it comes to money, we hope

0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:29.639
<v Speaker 1>that ee does well, which is another very difficult task.

0:26:29.880 --> 0:26:34.439
<v Speaker 1>Running an apparel company e commerce without a storefront is

0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:38.879
<v Speaker 1>very difficult to continue year after year after year keeping

0:26:38.960 --> 0:26:43.040
<v Speaker 1>it going. So I don't personally charge anything for social media,

0:26:43.359 --> 0:26:49.159
<v Speaker 1>and you do occasional things. And so that's my advice

0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:54.159
<v Speaker 1>to is Andrew. My encouragement is it's maybe not the

0:26:54.240 --> 0:26:57.200
<v Speaker 1>grass is maybe not as green as you think it is. Yeah,

0:26:57.760 --> 0:27:01.440
<v Speaker 1>the ceiling is maybe a lot smaller than you think

0:27:01.480 --> 0:27:02.600
<v Speaker 1>it is. You might hit your head a.

0:27:02.560 --> 0:27:04.600
<v Speaker 2>Little sooner, and like you said, if you love it

0:27:04.680 --> 0:27:06.480
<v Speaker 2>and you and you and you have a good like

0:27:07.240 --> 0:27:09.440
<v Speaker 2>a platform that you could make money on, then you

0:27:09.440 --> 0:27:11.639
<v Speaker 2>could set aside a specific times of the day to

0:27:11.680 --> 0:27:13.200
<v Speaker 2>film your content and then you can be present with

0:27:13.240 --> 0:27:15.159
<v Speaker 2>your kids. Like there's ways to do it, but it

0:27:15.200 --> 0:27:16.920
<v Speaker 2>just doesn't feel like you have peace about it.

0:27:17.240 --> 0:27:21.600
<v Speaker 1>So we'll continue on the same question because I think

0:27:21.640 --> 0:27:25.760
<v Speaker 1>this is bringing up a bigger issue. If you're ables Andrea,

0:27:25.760 --> 0:27:30.280
<v Speaker 1>if you're able to to get in grow, because you

0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:35.040
<v Speaker 1>got to grow your platform before you could before you

0:27:35.080 --> 0:27:37.080
<v Speaker 1>could actually make money on it. How many followers do

0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:38.400
<v Speaker 1>you have on Instagram?

0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:40.840
<v Speaker 2>It's about two hundred and ninety, So.

0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:45.480
<v Speaker 1>IF's Andrea has seven hundred, no brand's going to touch her.

0:27:45.960 --> 0:27:49.399
<v Speaker 1>If she has fifteen hundred, they're still not really going

0:27:49.480 --> 0:27:51.879
<v Speaker 1>to touch her. So you got to build it first.

0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:55.399
<v Speaker 1>That takes years, and then once you build it, then

0:27:55.440 --> 0:28:00.760
<v Speaker 1>you got to work. So what the what the bigger

0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:04.159
<v Speaker 1>issue usually is you go on to build or to

0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:08.439
<v Speaker 1>grow it, to post content and you get stuck because

0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:11.960
<v Speaker 1>because of the algorithm pulled you in and there goes

0:28:12.000 --> 0:28:14.720
<v Speaker 1>thirty minutes of your time. You just got caught looking

0:28:15.080 --> 0:28:17.919
<v Speaker 1>at social media for thirty minutes, you know, going down

0:28:17.960 --> 0:28:22.520
<v Speaker 1>a rabbit hole. So this is this is a problem

0:28:22.560 --> 0:28:26.840
<v Speaker 1>with content creators. For instance, let me put it this way.

0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:32.080
<v Speaker 1>When I post a clip from this podcast, typically these days,

0:28:32.080 --> 0:28:34.399
<v Speaker 1>the most things I posted to either something about Maverick

0:28:34.480 --> 0:28:37.520
<v Speaker 1>or something from this podcast. And I'll do Paul who

0:28:37.680 --> 0:28:40.280
<v Speaker 1>edits this, We'll give me a little clip and we'll

0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:43.200
<v Speaker 1>work on it together, and I'll add the captions to it,

0:28:43.600 --> 0:28:47.520
<v Speaker 1>and I'll go post it on the different platforms. When

0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:50.320
<v Speaker 1>you post on TikTok, this is a trick that they do.

0:28:51.120 --> 0:28:57.040
<v Speaker 1>When you post while it's uploading, it starts playing someone

0:28:57.120 --> 0:29:00.080
<v Speaker 1>else's as you watch video. It makes you watch it

0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:02.480
<v Speaker 1>and the little dial is posting your video so you

0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:04.840
<v Speaker 1>can't X out of it. I mean literally, the only

0:29:05.040 --> 0:29:06.440
<v Speaker 1>thing you could do if you don't want to get

0:29:06.440 --> 0:29:09.480
<v Speaker 1>hooked on TikTok is you hit post and put it

0:29:09.520 --> 0:29:12.520
<v Speaker 1>down and walk away and let it upload. But it's

0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:15.400
<v Speaker 1>going to show you a video. Not only is it

0:29:15.440 --> 0:29:17.200
<v Speaker 1>going to show you a video, but it knows you,

0:29:17.880 --> 0:29:19.680
<v Speaker 1>and it's going to show you a video that you

0:29:19.760 --> 0:29:23.480
<v Speaker 1>either love or that you despise. And if you despise it,

0:29:23.480 --> 0:29:26.600
<v Speaker 1>you're going to watch it because it's so despicable. It

0:29:26.680 --> 0:29:32.120
<v Speaker 1>knows you, The algorithm knows you. So that's really annoyed

0:29:32.160 --> 0:29:37.720
<v Speaker 1>me that I will hit post and I'll flip my

0:29:37.760 --> 0:29:39.720
<v Speaker 1>phone and put it face down on the table because

0:29:39.720 --> 0:29:43.959
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to spend ten minutes getting caught, you know,

0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:49.720
<v Speaker 1>by this mind game that TikTok got me. So that's

0:29:49.720 --> 0:29:51.800
<v Speaker 1>a problem with content creators is getting suck down the

0:29:51.840 --> 0:29:55.200
<v Speaker 1>rabbit hole literally while we're posting. There are different apps

0:29:55.200 --> 0:29:58.560
<v Speaker 1>that could post for you, but that makes it difficult too,

0:29:58.560 --> 0:30:01.240
<v Speaker 1>because then you can't you can't see how the previous

0:30:01.240 --> 0:30:04.640
<v Speaker 1>engagement was, and so you don't really know what the

0:30:04.680 --> 0:30:08.560
<v Speaker 1>posts in the future. Here's my point. Amber and I

0:30:08.600 --> 0:30:12.160
<v Speaker 1>found this thing called the Brick and some friends told

0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:14.120
<v Speaker 1>me about it when I was in Saint Louis on

0:30:14.160 --> 0:30:17.520
<v Speaker 1>a speaking engagement, and I ended up buying it. It's

0:30:18.200 --> 0:30:21.920
<v Speaker 1>for forty nine bucks and it's a little three D

0:30:22.360 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 1>printed plastic brick and then with a magnet on the back,

0:30:26.760 --> 0:30:29.720
<v Speaker 1>and you put it on the fridge and you download

0:30:29.760 --> 0:30:36.280
<v Speaker 1>an app and the app can block all the distracting

0:30:36.320 --> 0:30:39.280
<v Speaker 1>social media. You tell it what the block, and so

0:30:41.120 --> 0:30:43.080
<v Speaker 1>you do all social media. You could do YouTube. You

0:30:43.080 --> 0:30:47.040
<v Speaker 1>could do not the podcast app. You want to keep

0:30:47.080 --> 0:30:50.120
<v Speaker 1>that one always on, but you could block anything that

0:30:50.160 --> 0:30:51.840
<v Speaker 1>might be distracting to you. And then you go and

0:30:51.880 --> 0:30:54.360
<v Speaker 1>you touch your phone to the brick and it turns

0:30:54.360 --> 0:30:59.520
<v Speaker 1>it on, and you can't unbrick it unless you touch

0:30:59.640 --> 0:31:03.440
<v Speaker 1>that that little plastic device on your refrigerator or wherever

0:31:03.480 --> 0:31:07.040
<v Speaker 1>you put it. And it's really cool. So I'll come

0:31:07.040 --> 0:31:09.360
<v Speaker 1>in here to my for instance, my podcast room in here.

0:31:09.960 --> 0:31:13.880
<v Speaker 1>We're upstairs in my house, and I'll come up here

0:31:13.880 --> 0:31:16.640
<v Speaker 1>and be working or be studying for seminary or reading

0:31:17.200 --> 0:31:20.960
<v Speaker 1>or doing our recording after midnight, and I'll upload a

0:31:21.240 --> 0:31:24.120
<v Speaker 1>I'll upload a video to a man, my producer, and

0:31:24.160 --> 0:31:26.440
<v Speaker 1>while it's uploading, I'll pull up my phone to see

0:31:26.440 --> 0:31:28.760
<v Speaker 1>if there's any news on Texas A and M football

0:31:28.880 --> 0:31:31.280
<v Speaker 1>or something, and I'll be like, oh, I'm bricked. Yeah,

0:31:31.320 --> 0:31:34.880
<v Speaker 1>I can't see it. And so it just keeps me accountable.

0:31:35.520 --> 0:31:37.640
<v Speaker 1>And how you liked it.

0:31:37.640 --> 0:31:39.760
<v Speaker 2>It's really eye opening too. I was bricked out the

0:31:39.800 --> 0:31:42.400
<v Speaker 2>other day, and how many times I grabbed for my

0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:45.560
<v Speaker 2>phone to look And you realize how often you're doing

0:31:45.560 --> 0:31:48.640
<v Speaker 2>it just mindlessly, you know, And I would try to

0:31:48.640 --> 0:31:50.080
<v Speaker 2>pick it up and look at Instagram and it's like, oh,

0:31:50.080 --> 0:31:51.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm bricked out. But it was so nice. I think

0:31:51.920 --> 0:31:54.600
<v Speaker 2>we were bricked for seven something hours the other day.

0:31:54.680 --> 0:31:58.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's really awesome. So we'll I'll keep you updated

0:31:58.280 --> 0:32:01.560
<v Speaker 1>on that. We're only one weekend to this bricking thing,

0:32:02.240 --> 0:32:04.840
<v Speaker 1>so yeah, I think it's really cool. I'll keep everybody updated.

0:32:04.880 --> 0:32:07.960
<v Speaker 1>But I think Jandre, I I think that.

0:32:07.960 --> 0:32:10.320
<v Speaker 2>Was a good Just storry about it and talk to

0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:10.840
<v Speaker 2>your husband.

0:32:11.000 --> 0:32:14.080
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Nice question from anonymous Hey Granger, came across your

0:32:14.080 --> 0:32:17.120
<v Speaker 1>podcast from my friend's post. I'm in a very dark

0:32:17.160 --> 0:32:19.720
<v Speaker 1>place and I don't know how to fix it. Found

0:32:19.760 --> 0:32:23.200
<v Speaker 1>out my daughters were molested by their uncle, and my

0:32:23.280 --> 0:32:26.400
<v Speaker 1>youngest daughter was molested not just by her uncle, but

0:32:26.760 --> 0:32:30.680
<v Speaker 1>two older cousins as well. For three years. I put

0:32:30.720 --> 0:32:34.080
<v Speaker 1>an app on their phone because she was getting so

0:32:34.200 --> 0:32:36.440
<v Speaker 1>cold and mean to us, and I was trying to

0:32:36.440 --> 0:32:39.120
<v Speaker 1>figure out what was wrong. Well, that's when I found

0:32:39.120 --> 0:32:43.200
<v Speaker 1>out about the abuse. In twenty nineteen, my sister refused

0:32:43.720 --> 0:32:49.960
<v Speaker 1>to believe my daughters and advocated to extended family to

0:32:50.120 --> 0:32:53.880
<v Speaker 1>convince them that my daughters were lying. My whole world

0:32:53.880 --> 0:32:56.200
<v Speaker 1>has turned upside down with our family. I was so

0:32:56.280 --> 0:32:59.440
<v Speaker 1>angry with God. How could he bless me with these

0:32:59.480 --> 0:33:03.040
<v Speaker 1>beautiful babies and then let such horrific things happen to them?

0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:07.160
<v Speaker 1>My mom was as far My mom went as far

0:33:07.200 --> 0:33:10.120
<v Speaker 1>as selling the family cabin, which is where the abuse

0:33:10.240 --> 0:33:13.360
<v Speaker 1>was happening. How do I ask God to help me?

0:33:13.400 --> 0:33:15.800
<v Speaker 1>I'm so angry and hurt and feel lost.

0:33:17.080 --> 0:33:21.960
<v Speaker 2>Oh Like, I just feel like you just have to

0:33:22.000 --> 0:33:24.640
<v Speaker 2>sit in that for a minute and just say how

0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:28.480
<v Speaker 2>like that is terrible and I'm so sorry that you

0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:31.280
<v Speaker 2>and your family are going through that, that your daughters

0:33:31.280 --> 0:33:34.640
<v Speaker 2>were subjected to that, that they have had to hold

0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:37.560
<v Speaker 2>that or felt, you know, scared or angry or shame

0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:39.320
<v Speaker 2>or anything that they might feel from that. I'm so

0:33:39.360 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 2>sorry that you're having to go through that, and also

0:33:41.160 --> 0:33:44.840
<v Speaker 2>that they're not being believed. You know. That's that's so

0:33:44.960 --> 0:33:48.760
<v Speaker 2>hard in a family, and it's so common that sadly,

0:33:48.800 --> 0:33:51.320
<v Speaker 2>it's so common. I mean so many of my friends

0:33:51.360 --> 0:33:53.560
<v Speaker 2>and family things things have happened to me. I mean

0:33:53.600 --> 0:33:56.960
<v Speaker 2>so many, so many things have happened to people, and

0:33:57.080 --> 0:34:00.640
<v Speaker 2>I am it's you are right to be angry. You're

0:34:00.720 --> 0:34:04.960
<v Speaker 2>right to be angry in that. I just feel like

0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:06.840
<v Speaker 2>I just had to sit there for a minute in.

0:34:06.760 --> 0:34:10.800
<v Speaker 1>That Yeah, And I think part of why you're saying

0:34:10.840 --> 0:34:13.600
<v Speaker 1>we should sit there for a second is the fact

0:34:13.640 --> 0:34:20.200
<v Speaker 1>that it is just common, horrifically common in this world.

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:22.400
<v Speaker 2>And you want to that is your question, like, Lord,

0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:25.120
<v Speaker 2>where are you in that? How is this? Like why

0:34:25.120 --> 0:34:26.960
<v Speaker 2>would you allow something like this to happen?

0:34:27.480 --> 0:34:29.920
<v Speaker 1>How could you bless me with these two beautiful babies

0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:32.360
<v Speaker 1>and let such horrific things happen to them?

0:34:32.640 --> 0:34:36.000
<v Speaker 2>And I will say there are three main reasons that

0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:37.799
<v Speaker 2>things like this happen. And one is that we just

0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:41.239
<v Speaker 2>live in a fall and broken world and it's not

0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:43.479
<v Speaker 2>the way that the world is supposed to be. Two

0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:48.120
<v Speaker 2>is that we are subjected by other people's sin, like

0:34:48.160 --> 0:34:51.320
<v Speaker 2>other people are sinful. What happened is sin and wrong.

0:34:52.040 --> 0:34:54.120
<v Speaker 2>And three is that we have a real enemy who

0:34:54.200 --> 0:34:56.760
<v Speaker 2>is out to destroy everything about the family and everything

0:34:56.800 --> 0:35:02.200
<v Speaker 2>about us. And we don't understand why that type of

0:35:02.239 --> 0:35:04.560
<v Speaker 2>horrific stuff happens the side of heaven, but we can

0:35:04.680 --> 0:35:06.560
<v Speaker 2>know that God will make it right in the end,

0:35:07.360 --> 0:35:10.399
<v Speaker 2>and that there are hopefully things that you can get

0:35:10.440 --> 0:35:13.840
<v Speaker 2>in place to get your girls help, to work on

0:35:14.480 --> 0:35:17.440
<v Speaker 2>familial issues, to work on forgiveness, because that's going to

0:35:17.440 --> 0:35:22.200
<v Speaker 2>be a big one for you to work on forgiving them,

0:35:22.200 --> 0:35:23.719
<v Speaker 2>but also you want them to be safe, Like you

0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:25.480
<v Speaker 2>want justice to be done, but you don't want to

0:35:25.480 --> 0:35:28.120
<v Speaker 2>take out. You don't want to be vengeful yourself. You know,

0:35:28.239 --> 0:35:30.440
<v Speaker 2>the Bible says vengeance is the Lord's So this is

0:35:30.480 --> 0:35:32.359
<v Speaker 2>going to take a lot of prayer, probably a lot

0:35:32.360 --> 0:35:34.920
<v Speaker 2>of counseling. You know, a lot of work is going

0:35:34.960 --> 0:35:37.840
<v Speaker 2>to go through unpacking all of this as you move forward.

0:35:37.880 --> 0:35:41.440
<v Speaker 2>But as in our first question, I mean, you be

0:35:41.640 --> 0:35:46.080
<v Speaker 2>rooted in the word of God and pray to the Lord. Lord,

0:35:46.320 --> 0:35:48.759
<v Speaker 2>show me how to walk through this, Show me how

0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:51.960
<v Speaker 2>to help my girls, Show me how to forgive when

0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:54.520
<v Speaker 2>all I want to do is rage. God. I need

0:35:54.600 --> 0:35:56.560
<v Speaker 2>you in this moment because I can't do it on

0:35:56.640 --> 0:35:57.040
<v Speaker 2>my own.

0:35:59.120 --> 0:36:03.280
<v Speaker 1>Absolutely looking something else, Yeah, I think it's it's always

0:36:03.280 --> 0:36:09.200
<v Speaker 1>good to go to the Psalms. Yeah, with with with

0:36:09.239 --> 0:36:15.279
<v Speaker 1>things like that, or the Book of Limitations, because we

0:36:15.360 --> 0:36:19.440
<v Speaker 1>have lost in this in our culture. We've lost the

0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:27.879
<v Speaker 1>ability and the the technique of lamenting. We we live

0:36:28.400 --> 0:36:32.360
<v Speaker 1>somehow in a world probably because of social media and

0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:37.759
<v Speaker 1>and and dumb media that has kind of conditioned us

0:36:37.840 --> 0:36:41.960
<v Speaker 1>that things things need to always be good. And if

0:36:42.000 --> 0:36:45.480
<v Speaker 1>they're good, they're from God. And if they're not, let's

0:36:45.560 --> 0:36:50.279
<v Speaker 1>let's freak out. Yeah, and we we have forgotten that

0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:55.120
<v Speaker 1>for thousands of years the people of God have lamented

0:36:55.480 --> 0:37:03.160
<v Speaker 1>their suffering back to Him through through song, prayer, crying out,

0:37:03.440 --> 0:37:11.040
<v Speaker 1>and through the lamenting, we know there is healing. Healing

0:37:11.200 --> 0:37:16.600
<v Speaker 1>in many ways you could say cannot happen without fully lamenting.

0:37:17.280 --> 0:37:19.400
<v Speaker 1>And it's the same thing that what I just said

0:37:19.680 --> 0:37:23.799
<v Speaker 1>in modern day philosophy is, Yeah, I don't think you've

0:37:23.800 --> 0:37:26.080
<v Speaker 1>worked it out yet. I don't think he's worked out

0:37:26.080 --> 0:37:29.520
<v Speaker 1>his grief yet. If people say that, you wouldn't have

0:37:29.520 --> 0:37:31.240
<v Speaker 1>said that in the ancient times, you would have said

0:37:31.960 --> 0:37:37.279
<v Speaker 1>they have not fully lamented. Like Psalm thirteen, How long,

0:37:37.320 --> 0:37:41.319
<v Speaker 1>o Lord, will you forget me forever? How long would

0:37:41.320 --> 0:37:43.799
<v Speaker 1>you hide your face from me? How long must I

0:37:43.840 --> 0:37:46.840
<v Speaker 1>take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my

0:37:46.880 --> 0:37:49.520
<v Speaker 1>heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be

0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:54.279
<v Speaker 1>exalted over me? That's you consider and answer me. Oh God,

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<v Speaker 1>light up my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death.

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<v Speaker 1>Lest my enemy say I have prevailed over him, Lest

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<v Speaker 1>my foes rejoice because I am shaken. But Verse five

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<v Speaker 1>I have trusted in your steadfast love. My heart shall

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<v Speaker 1>rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>because he has dealt bountifully with me. We have to

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<v Speaker 1>remember how to lament. Jesus said on the Cross Psalm

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two. He literally quoted Psalm twenty two. My God,

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<v Speaker 1>my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you

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<v Speaker 1>so far from saving me from the words of my groaning? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>My God? I cry by day but you do not answer,

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<v Speaker 1>And by night but I find no rest. What you

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<v Speaker 1>asked me, Anonymous, was how could he bless me with

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<v Speaker 1>these beautiful babies and then let these horrible things happen.

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<v Speaker 1>I would encourage you, Anonymous, to ask him. Don't forget

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<v Speaker 1>to ask him. I know you ask other people. I

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<v Speaker 1>know you've asked this podcast, But don't forget to ask him,

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<v Speaker 1>because he could take it. He wants you to be

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<v Speaker 1>in communion with him. And it's not only in the

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<v Speaker 1>happy times. In fact, that would be horrible to only

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<v Speaker 1>go to God in the happy times. In fact, I'll say,

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<v Speaker 1>on top of that, hardly anybody does. People that go

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<v Speaker 1>to Him in the happy times are people that have

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<v Speaker 1>lamented to him in the sorrowful times, because that's usually

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<v Speaker 1>when people go, where is God? So go to him,

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<v Speaker 1>Go to your knees and go, God, how could you

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<v Speaker 1>bless me with these beautiful babies and let such horrific

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<v Speaker 1>things happen? Where are you? God? Have you forgotten this?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you not hear me? God? But the key to

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<v Speaker 1>all this is address him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you go to the Lord. I was going to say,

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<v Speaker 2>don't allow this to harden your heart and make you

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<v Speaker 2>angry and jaded at God. Run to him because he's

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<v Speaker 2>the only one that's going to be able to heal you,

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<v Speaker 2>heal your girls. He is the only one that will

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<v Speaker 2>make it right. Even if it's not right here this

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<v Speaker 2>side of heaven, he will make it right in eternity.

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<v Speaker 2>But they do need to be safe, you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>you do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a different Okay, got a different part of the conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm speaking to her right now. I'm speaking to her question,

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<v Speaker 1>and her question.

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<v Speaker 2>Is was this a woman? I feel it was a man.

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<v Speaker 1>It's anonymous.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I don't know. I thought I thought it was

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<v Speaker 2>coming from a dad for some reason.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I just went there in my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I went to the mother. You went to the Father.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know who it is, but the question is,

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<v Speaker 1>at the very end, how do I ask God to

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<v Speaker 1>help me? I'm so angry and hurt and feel lost.

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<v Speaker 1>You go to him with.

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<v Speaker 2>That, You get on your knees and you beg the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord to help.

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<v Speaker 1>You, and you understand that he has spoken. He's not

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<v Speaker 1>speaking to you. I don't know how many times I've

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<v Speaker 1>said this, through the clouds or through the wind. He's

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<v Speaker 1>going to speak to you, like he has spoken to

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<v Speaker 1>everyone through his word. And so you go to his

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<v Speaker 1>word and you see what he says, including the laments,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you go back to him and you repeat

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<v Speaker 1>what the laments say back to him. How could you

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<v Speaker 1>bless me with these beautiful babies? Where are you? God?

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<v Speaker 1>Will you ever save me? Do you even hear me?

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<v Speaker 1>And continue to lament to him? And through that, I

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<v Speaker 1>promise you, coming from experience, coming from experience, you will

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<v Speaker 1>find healing in that. God is merciful to those who

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<v Speaker 1>are crying out to him.

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<v Speaker 2>And there are terrible, tragic things that happen all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>all the time, every day, and I'm so sorry that

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<v Speaker 2>your family is enduring that right now. But you said,

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<v Speaker 2>go to him, that is the only place that you

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<v Speaker 2>will find healing and hope and peace in the evil

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<v Speaker 2>things of this world.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we'll end with alle but thank you all for

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<v Speaker 1>emailing and I love It's an honor to walk through

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<v Speaker 1>these with you, and to rejoice with you, and wrestle

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<v Speaker 1>with you and sometimes lament with you. Love you'all, See

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<v Speaker 1>you next Monday. Thanks for joining me on the Granger

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<v Speaker 1>Smith podcast. I appreciate all of you guys. You could

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<v Speaker 2>Yigi