1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: There's a couple of things, but I would just I 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: would say, why are you trying to numb yourself? Is it? 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: Do you like yourself better when you're you're under the 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: influence problem? Or are you able to relax more when 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: you're under the influence problem because you're you're taking away 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: from the fact that there's there's there's a better solution 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: to all of this. Podcast guests today the one and 8 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: only Chad, one of my favorite guests. I'm so I'm 9 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: so giddy when you come. It's exciting to be here. 10 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: You've switched some things up. I have sitting on this 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: side now. Yeah, I'm I still recognize you. It's mostly 12 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: by your voice, though I'm not used to seeing this 13 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: side of you. Yeah, I I because of the second camera. 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: I'm just trying to make adjustments. You asked me earlier 15 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: why I make adjustments, and I said, usually it's because 16 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: of a problem. Most of the things in my life 17 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: are innovated from problems. You're a visionary. There's Yeah, You're 18 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: you're always getting better, which is cool. Good, I'll take that. 19 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: I'll take that as a compliment. Yeah, and you are 20 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: the reason I love you as a guest is because 21 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: first of all, you're just just a good human being, 22 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: just a good dude. And if I had something going 23 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: on in my life a question, I'm so glad that 24 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: I have you in my life to bounce that off of. 25 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: If I said, hey, Chat, I got to talk about something. 26 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: Could we meet for coffee, You'd be like house three o'clock. Absolutely, 27 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: And I think that that's that's such a benefit to 28 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: have that kind of person on this podcast where we 29 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: can go through these questions and walk through it as 30 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: as if we're living it with them. That's really what 31 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: we're doing. And if anyone wants to email, you could 32 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: email Grangersmith Podcast at gmail dot com. That's where I'm 33 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: getting these questions from. And you're you've been on here 34 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: so much that I actually have a lot of questions 35 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: that are for you, okay, that are for chat specifically 36 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: that that's in the subject line. And I'm gonna I'm 37 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: trying to find I was gonna find like an easy 38 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: one to get into. Probably this one first question is, Hey, 39 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: this is John from Illinois. Shout out to Illinois granger 40 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: What is your favorite thing to hunt? Yeah? M hm, 41 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: we've talked about we have the very first Yeah, episode 42 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: I was a part of. We talked about the difference 43 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 1: between hunting and shopping, like in Texas we kind of 44 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: shopped for meat around a Yeah, you steer the line 45 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: like heater air conditioner in the in the summertime. And 46 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: I've had people that they were less than excited about 47 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: the way that I described hunting in Texas. They were like, whatever, man, 48 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: and that they're telling me that it's because I take 49 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: the easy route and I'm a rifle hunter and I 50 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: need to bow hunt or I need to whatever else. 51 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: But I mean, I don't totally disagree with them. Chad 52 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: is a Montana guy. Yeah, Montana hunting is very different 53 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: than Texas hunting, and there it's all hunting. So I 54 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: understand the joke about shopping, and I feel that, and 55 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: I feel the need to to make a hunt difficult 56 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: so that you could feel like you're you're earning it 57 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: and your reflection of your ancestors and you're it's a 58 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: it's a huge challenge. I understand that. But sometimes you 59 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: just want to get a dough right. You just want 60 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: to feel the freezer exactly, and and so I do 61 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: appreciate that. I think it's interesting here you can your 62 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: your your limit or whatever, you can get five deer. 63 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: And where I've lived before and hunted in Colorado on Montana, 64 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: it's it's you get one, you pay, and you get 65 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: one because of size difference. But the question is what's 66 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: our favorite? M h, Yeah, what's our favorite? Which is 67 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: in Texas we need to get white tail off. Like 68 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: the reason there's five is because we need to manage herd. 69 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: Because because as humans, we've also managed to get rid 70 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: of all the predators. You know, there used to be 71 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: wolves in Texas. Did you know that? Wild wolves? If 72 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: you think about I always put in perspective of that 73 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: movie Old Yeller. Did you ever see that movie? Ye? 74 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: Remember they're fighting. There's a wolf in the movie. That's 75 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: that's fighting Old Yeller. TRAVI us a wolf, get your gun. 76 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: And that was that took place like in the Texas 77 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: hill country. So there used to be wolves in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana. 78 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: And those wolves were either killed by local farmers and 79 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: ranchers and pioneer people, or they were bred out by coyotes. 80 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: Coyotes could breed with a wolf, and the more that 81 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: the codies do that, obviously it they just become coyotes 82 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 1: and and so coyotes aren't a predator of deer or 83 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: they are. They are, but they'll they'll take they'll take 84 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: down a fawn, okay, and they'll actually take a lot 85 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: of fawns. But we also manage those. The State of 86 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: Texas will manage codies free of charge to ranchers just 87 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: to help with cattle and goats and sheep and chickens. 88 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: So the State of Texas will manage that for you. 89 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: So we also get rid of coyotes, but they're not 90 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: like a wolf. A wolf take down a dough to 91 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: a wolf take down a buck, and they used to, 92 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: but because we've limited that those predators, Texas needs hunters 93 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: to manage the white tail herd because if you don't 94 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: manage it, they'll just there's not enough food to go around. Yeah, 95 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: this is not an answer to his question at all, 96 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: I know, but it's very enlightening and I think you're 97 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: you're drying a good point that there are different reasons 98 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: why we would hunt and maybe have different favorites. So 99 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: there's a what's your favorite thing to hunt and eat? Right, 100 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: there's the what do you enjoy the flavor of or 101 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: like to cook? But then I think there's the what's 102 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: kind of on your bucket list? Right, would you love 103 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,799 Speaker 1: to say that you've you've done that kind of hunt? 104 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: And then there may be just a man when it 105 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: comes down to it, I love to, okay, hunt this. 106 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: So it seems like there's multiple favorites, right, And I 107 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: can think there's one animal that fills two of those 108 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: categories for me, and then there's another one that's just 109 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: that bucket list like that would be cool an epex 110 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 1: predator go first. Okay. So the thing that I have 111 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,679 Speaker 1: enjoyed hunting the most, and I also enjoy the meat 112 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: the most of is the rocky mountain elk. I think 113 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: that is just the process of stalking the animal, finding it, 114 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: you know, chasing it, getting after it, spending hours climbing mountains, 115 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: trapsing through the forest. It is a it's a powerful 116 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: moment when you have downed a bowl elk and it's 117 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: there before you and it's it's just majestic. It's huge, 118 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: it's beautiful, and its meat is so good and tasty. 119 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: But my like, what would I love to hunt someday? 120 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: It'd be a grizzly bear. Yeah, because I think there's 121 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: this element of you're going to die. You could, it 122 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: could in me right. It's not just a one way 123 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: street here, it's two ways. And yeah, that are a 124 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: polar bear, same thing. Those things hunt you. Yeah, okay, awesome. 125 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: I've been elkhunting, but I've never gotten an elk. It 126 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: keep going and we need to get you up to 127 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: Montana or Colorado. Will trapes around for a few days. Yeah, 128 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: we'll get you. I would love to. I have. I've 129 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: gone mule deer hunting. I have gotten a mule deer, 130 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: actually got a mule deer in Mexico, which was a 131 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: But I haven't. I just don't have a lot of 132 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: big game experience grown up white tail hunting. I have 133 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: a lot of great whitetail stories. And that's probably my 134 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: answer to what I enjoy hunting and eating because I've 135 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: done it so much. And do you both rifle and 136 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: bow hunts and I have. I enjoy bird hunting. I 137 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: enjoy dove hunting. It's a completely different deal, you know. 138 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: I love to go out with Lincoln, my son, and 139 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: he can easily go and he's been deer hunting with 140 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: me too. But there's a process of dove hunting where 141 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: we could literally go out in the front yard, you know, 142 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: in September thirtieth in Texas and get a dove and 143 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: then you can go right back to the grill and 144 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: put that dove breast on the grill within twenty minutes 145 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: of shooting it, which is really cool. I like to 146 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: do it with white tail too. I like to get 147 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: the backstrap and eat a piece of it the same day. 148 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: There's something special about that that is awesome bucket list 149 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: for me. I would say doll sheep in Alaska or 150 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: the Northwest Territory of Canada that I've had some friends 151 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: do that, and it's like a nine day deal. You're 152 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: probably not gonna get one. You're gonna you're gonna walk 153 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: for fifty miles. You're gonna be more tired than you've 154 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: ever been. Are they like up in eigh elevation or 155 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: are they okay? Yeah, So you'll see one and you'll 156 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: you'll see And first of all, just to get a 157 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: legal illegal ram, that's hard in itself, just to find one, 158 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: and then when you do, you will you could hunt it. 159 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: You could stock it for three or four days and 160 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: you're going mountaintop to mountaintop just watching it and You're like, well, 161 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: the sun's going down, we need a camp here. He's 162 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: probably gonna be in that same ridge when we wake up. 163 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: Wake up there he is. So you move down the 164 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: valley and you come back up, and then he's he's 165 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: moved on to the next hill. And then and you realize, well, 166 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: our airplane pick up, which is how they get you, 167 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,559 Speaker 1: is in two days. We have to start heading back 168 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: to the drop site. We're gonna let this one go. 169 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: But it's crazy. I mean the stress that the toll 170 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: it takes on your body. You're completely dependent on the weather. 171 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: If it's foggy, you can't do anything but stay right there. 172 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: If it's raining, you're right there. I'm in When do 173 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: I mean, how many can go on this? Okay, I'll 174 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: look into it. I'm serious, talk about totally do that, 175 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: talk about getting close to God? I mean, you are 176 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: out in the middle of absolute nowhere. If this results 177 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: in an actual hunt, this is the best question we've 178 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: ever received. That's true. Thank you. John. His name, by 179 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: the way, his emails John the Angler. Yeah, he's a fisherman, 180 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: probably a fly fisherman. Yeah yeah, let me find one 181 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: of these that has Chad. Here's one right here, two 182 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: granger and Pastor Chad. Hey, my name is Aaron. My 183 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: wife goes to church every Sunday, but I don't. I 184 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: used to go to church by myself when I was younger, 185 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: but I stopped because I felt like I was consistently 186 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 1: being judged by my peers. I want to start going 187 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: with my wife, but I still have that fear. I 188 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: don't know much about the word, and I want to 189 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: be a follower of Christ, but I don't know where 190 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: to begin. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank y'all so much, 191 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: Love you guys. So, Aaron, do you say he didn't 192 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 1: say where he's from. It's a good question, though, and 193 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 1: I want to address first that he used the word fear. 194 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: It's interesting and I would say as a pastor, Aaron, 195 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: as much as you might be intimidated or have that 196 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: fear of going back, or or not knowing enough or 197 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: feeling like you should know more, as a pastor, that 198 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: does not exist in our heart and when we if 199 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: I were to meet you on a Sunday morning, I 200 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: would be so floored and excited that you overcame the 201 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: fear to be there because of what that means for you. 202 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: And for your eternal security, that you're taking a step 203 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: towards the Lord, and that is significant, and that is 204 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: a win in and of itself. And I'll also confess 205 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: Aaron that as a pastor, there are often times where 206 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: if I'm sitting in the congregation and somebody else's preaching 207 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: or teaching and they reference a verse or a book 208 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: of the Bible, I sometimes have to look in the 209 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: Table of Contents to find it, in the sense that 210 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: I don't automatically know exactly what page in number. But 211 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: it's okay to not know. It's okay to be in 212 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: a place of still learning, and to just embrace that 213 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: and own that there's still so much to learn when 214 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: it comes to the scriptures, what they say, what they mean, 215 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: where to find things, and so don't allow that fear. 216 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: Just know that you're not alone in it. I think 217 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: the enemy wins when he gets us to think we're 218 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: somehow unique and weird in our own issues and that 219 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: no one else can relate or has those issues. But 220 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: that is absolute, that's a lie. Yeah. So I have 221 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: a friend that I try to get to go to 222 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: church with me all the time, always ask him, and 223 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: he had an interesting thing to say about that. He said, 224 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: I can't go to church right now because until I 225 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: know more about the Bible, I feel like it's me 226 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: walking into the movie theater halfway through the movie. I'm 227 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: just going to go to church on a given Sunday 228 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: and the preachers talking about something and I don't know 229 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: the backstory at all. What do you say to that? Well, 230 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: I mean, that's the place where we learn the backstory. Like, 231 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: that's the exact place you ought to go. It's kind 232 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: of like I talk to people because in another life 233 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: I am a a coach CrossFit yep. And I'll have 234 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: people say I really want to try CrossFit, but I 235 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: need to get in shape first. I don't feel like 236 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: it can coming point and do CrossFit because I'm just 237 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: not physically there. And I'm trying to convince them. No, 238 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: if there is, there is nothing better than CrossFit to 239 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: help you begin to experience fitness and to get in shape. 240 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: That's what it's designed to do. It's not there for 241 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: the people that are already fit to then go and 242 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: hang out and have fun. No, it's designed to develop 243 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: fitness for people that are not fit. That's a great analogy. So, 244 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: and you could you could attest to this that on Sunday, 245 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Sunday mornings, churches will build their service with you 246 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: in mind. They're going to build their service knowing that 247 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: a certain percentage probably pretty big, what thirty forty fift 248 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: they know will go on a Sunday as a guest 249 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: or as a friend or the mother in law joins 250 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: because they were asked to. And pastors know that, they 251 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: know that on Sunday mornings they're going to have to 252 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: They're going to have to build their sermon with a 253 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: component of this is a lot of people's first time 254 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: to hear this first time or it may be the 255 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: only time in the week that these folks will experience 256 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: the Bible. And so we understand that this is an 257 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: important opportunity to get people comfortable with the Word, exposed 258 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: to the scriptures, learning the Bible, how to approach the 259 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: Bible on their own, like it's a unique spot. The 260 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: majority of people that are coming that may be the 261 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: only time they experience it. So, yes, we do have 262 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: that in mind. And so like I said, that's the 263 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: place you should go in order to gain a greater 264 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: understanding and love of comfort. Yeah, once you get that, 265 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: then they have small groups and Bible studies during the 266 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: week that then dig deeper and it allows you to 267 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: get to the next level. But Sundays will always take 268 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: you back at some point to the basics in the message. 269 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: At least it's usually built like that. So and there's 270 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: a podcast that you can listen to, the Take and 271 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: Read podcast. Yes, when does that come out? It should 272 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: If it's not already ready, it will be ready in 273 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: the next week from when this podcast. When you hear 274 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: my voice right now, okay, good, good, good like okay, 275 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: then we'll reiterate that again. Okay. So what do you 276 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: think Aaron means by judged by others? He says, I 277 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: stopped going because I constantly felt like I was being 278 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: judged by my peers. What do you think he means 279 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: Christians judging or non believers, non church goers judging him? 280 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: A good question. I took it to mean that other Christians, 281 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: other peers within the church were judging him for lifestyleka, 282 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: something like that, and he just he felt like it 283 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: was a place of judgment. Could go either way. It 284 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: could be other people as friends that aren't church goers, 285 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: saying why do you go to church? I don't know 286 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 1: that's a good point, man. I would just lean in, Aaron, 287 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: I would lean into what Chad said about this is 288 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: the same scenario as you saying I really want to 289 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: get in shape, but I don't really want to go 290 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: to the gym because I'm not in shape, and everyone 291 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: is saying no, the gym is how you get in 292 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: Jed's where you go. That's where you go. That's and 293 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: just like the gym, when you go to the gym, 294 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: you're surrounding yourself with other people that have like minded goals. 295 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: They all want The people at church are going to 296 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: want to know more about the Word and to be 297 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 1: stronger followers of Christ. And so you're going to surround yourself, 298 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: just like you would do at the gym, with people 299 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,959 Speaker 1: that are have the same goal in mind. And just 300 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: like the gym, you're going to have those guys that 301 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: are there because they want to show how strong they 302 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: are totally and they're flexing down and they're they're simply 303 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: there because they want to display, you know, all of 304 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: their their macho stuff. And I think you're going to 305 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: find that obviously in the church. You're going to find 306 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 1: people that really want you to know how much they 307 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: know and and just just let them just roll with it. 308 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: So he says, I don't even know where to begin. Well, 309 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: you find a church. Yeah, where's your wife going? He says, 310 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: his wife goes. My wife go to church every Sunday, perfect, Yeah, 311 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: the right past. So hey, babe, what time are you going? 312 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: Is it ten? What time do you leave? I'm in, 313 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: I'm in. Hey does this look okay? All right, let's 314 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: roll and then your level of participation is could be zero. Yeah, 315 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: just sit sit in the seat. One of our pastors 316 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: at celebration. Daniel, his story is crazy, his testimony is crazy. 317 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: He came from Lansing, Michigan, and he came from a 318 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: non believing family, and his mother was radically transformed, radically 319 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: reborn and started going to church, and his dad, who 320 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: was a drug dealer, thought that she was going to 321 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: meet another man. So he would follow her and go 322 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: and hide in the bathroom and wait just to catch 323 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: her in the act, because she had to be going 324 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: to this church thing, because there had to be another 325 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: man she was cheating on him with. So he was 326 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: going and hiding in the bathroom and sometimes doing drugs 327 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: in the bathroom, and one day after so many times 328 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: the Gospel penetrated him. It just radically transformed him, and 329 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: he walks out of the bathroom tears streaming on his face, 330 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: walked up to the altar, fell down in front of 331 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: the pastor and said, I'm in. He then gave his 332 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: life to Christ and he started going to church, and 333 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: then he became a pastor. And then he radically transformed 334 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: his family and turned himself into the police and said, 335 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: well this is before he became a pastor. Turned himself 336 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: into the police and said this is what I do. 337 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: And they said, we'll let you off if you rat 338 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: out all of your drugular buddies, and he said, I 339 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: can't do that because they'll kill my whole family. So 340 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: instead he opted to go to each of them and 341 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: ministered to them the Gospel. So he went to each 342 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: of the drug dealers and ministered and some of them 343 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: believed that's so cool and transformed. And then that then 344 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: led to his young kids growing up in the Word. 345 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: And then now Daniels the pastor himself. That's awesome. 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Statistics will show them a father 416 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: that does not go to church, the kids will not go, 417 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: regardless of the mother. Whatever that means. Yep. So Chad 418 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: has a podcast out that's it's not out now, but 419 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: it's out. By the time you hear this podcast, it 420 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: should be ready to take and read. Take and read 421 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: podcasts spelled out yep. And it's it's it's the next 422 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 1: level if you if you want to get deeper into 423 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: the word, it's the next level from this podcast to 424 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 1: go to and and just break down the Bible itself. 425 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: Inspired by Yeah, my time getting to be here with 426 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 1: Granger and and inspired by him as he and I 427 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: had tacos and and explored what what could it look 428 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: like for people that wanted to go a little bit 429 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: deeper into some of these topics, specifically around the Bible. 430 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,199 Speaker 1: So yeah, we got after it. And uh, if you 431 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: tune in, my first guest is a really good guy, 432 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: one of my favorite guests, and yeah, you'll probably really 433 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: appreciate him if you tune in. All right, I think 434 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: that might be me. It is. This is an interesting question. 435 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: I don't think I've seen anything like this. This is 436 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: If you have a question, email Grangersmith podcast at gmail 437 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Subject line of this one is homesick says 438 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: hey granger thanks for your podcast. I've been listening for 439 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: a while and I really like your advice. So I 440 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: have a question of my own for you. I'm twenty 441 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: two years old. Recently moved to another state to do 442 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: a year and a half of voluntary service work and 443 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: I felt like this is what God wanted me to do. 444 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: But the last few weeks I felt really overwhelming with 445 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: this new job and everything, and I miss home and 446 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: my family a lot. I work with one other guide 447 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: and we do a lot of driving, and it could 448 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: be very lonely. So my question is how much is homesickness? Okay? 449 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: And how much should I just not let myself think 450 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: about it? And how can I overcome homesickness and believe 451 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: in myself that I am enough on my own. Thanks 452 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: in advance, Andrew. And it's interesting because you you ended 453 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: it almost like you thought I was going to tell 454 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: you that you're enough on your own, like anticipating that 455 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: I would say something like that. But man, homesickness is 456 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: a real thing and I feel it. I feel it 457 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: because I travel for my work. And the first thing 458 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: that comes to my mind, Andrew, is just balance. You 459 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: have to be able to balance your home life with 460 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: your work life. And some people don't have that kind 461 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: of luxury, like a deployment soldier in the Armies out 462 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: for sixteen months on deployment doesn't have that choice. If 463 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 1: you do have a choice, then I would I would 464 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: lean into that balance as hard as you can and 465 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: really really dial in your time that you're present when 466 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: you are home as opposed to going home, and that's 467 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: the time you get to just lay on the couch 468 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: and look at your phone, but instead just really really 469 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: be as present as you can. I know you're twenty two. 470 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: I don't think you're married, which is good that makes 471 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: it worse. Homesickness gets a lot worse when you have kids. 472 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: Have you ever felt homesick? Yeah? So in my position 473 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: at the church, I get to lead out efforts and missions, 474 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: and so when we think about global or international missions, 475 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: I'll go and a trip will be ten fifteen days absence, 476 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: so about a half of a month. And so I've 477 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: definitely experienced it, and I think there are some things 478 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: that I've learned about that experience and just being in 479 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: seasons of life that feel like you're in a particular 480 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: place or of time where you can't wait to get 481 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: past it, but it's you're in this and this is 482 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: where you are, this is where God has you. And yeah, 483 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: so I think there's some things to think about. Like 484 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: I always identify the duration of the trip or the season, 485 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: and if I know there's there's a time stop, like 486 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: I know that it's gonna end at some point, that's 487 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: different than if I don't know when it's gonna end totally. 488 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: And it sounds like he does. He has a dedicated time. 489 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: He said a year and a half. He's doing this 490 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: volunteer service, he's working, he's doing this particular thing, and 491 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: there's an end date. So there's something to that that 492 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: I think is helpful. And the next question we would 493 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: naturally ask is Okay, is it worth it? Yep? I 494 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: don't know if he's required to be on this thing, 495 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: but you're asking yourself is this worth it? And if 496 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: it is, then what do I hope to get out 497 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: of this? Like what's the value? What's the worth of this? 498 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: And how might I get the most out of this experience? 499 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: So I mean, like so many of the questions that 500 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: you get, it's like I have more questions for this individual, like, Okay, 501 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: what is this? Why did you decide to do it? 502 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: In your decision to do it, have you started to 503 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: second guess that decision what you thought it was going 504 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: to be. Is there more that this could do in 505 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: your life than you anticipated? Are there ways in which 506 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: pining for home right now in this homesickness is diminishing 507 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: the value of what you could get out of this time? 508 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: And so I just have more questions than I have answers, 509 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: I think. So we'll just treat it like this is 510 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: just he's out on work and he has to do 511 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: it and he's stuck to it. So Andrew, I'll walk 512 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: through a couple of things that I do in my 513 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 1: life when I experience homesickness. One thing is FaceTime. FaceTime 514 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: is amazing. FaceTime is something that we didn't have six, seven, eight, 515 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: ten years ago where you could save your mom. So 516 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: you're thinking about your mom. I'm just throwing that out there. 517 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: I say, hey, Mom, can I FaceTime you at ten 518 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 1: am every day for a couple of minutes? That would 519 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: make me feel good? And this buddy that you're driving 520 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: with tell him that, say, manam I know it sounds weird, 521 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: but I get a little homesick and he might look 522 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: at you and go me too. He'd be weird if 523 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: you didn't. If you guys are on the same mission 524 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: together something. Here's a couple other things that important to me. 525 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: Maintaining a schedule is important. A routine is important even 526 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: when you're gone. Maintaining even if it's broken. Just knowing 527 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: your schedule, knowing that I'm gonna eat at this time, 528 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to sleep at this time, I wake 529 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: up at this time, We're gonna drive this many miles today. 530 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: The unknown makes homesickness worse, and so it's like I 531 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: don't know how much farther we're gonna drive. I don't 532 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: know how much sleep I'm gonna get tonight. I don't 533 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: know if I'm gonna where I'm gonna eat lunch. Not 534 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: knowing those things adds to the anxiety of it. So 535 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: then along the same lines, if you could add a 536 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: gem stop or some kind of exercise into your daily routine, 537 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: it will drastically help you. It man, it helps me. 538 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: I work out every morning on the road. We either 539 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: find a gym, or we'll work out outside, or we'll 540 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: do some kind of cardio outside. But some kind of 541 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: physical activity every morning, every single morning. I'll do that. 542 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: And if I'm feeling a little grumpy or a little homesick, 543 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: forty five minutes of getting the blood flowing and I'll 544 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: feel great. I feel great. And then along the same 545 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: those same lines, trying to eat healthy because you have 546 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: a tendency to get homesick or depressed and eat junk 547 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: because it's convenient. Maybe it's comfort comfort, Yeah, gas stations, 548 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: been on the road, you're stopping. I'm just gonna grab 549 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: these Doritos in a Snickers bar and a coke. I 550 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: just don't feel like I don't feel like eat anything 551 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: other than this. It's and it's just a never ending 552 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: cycle because then you feel worse and you crash because 553 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: of that sugar. It and it just perpetuates the problem. 554 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: So FaceTime your mama at a certain time. That helps 555 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: instead of just sporadically, just say hey tomorrow at ten am, 556 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: knowing your schedule of your day when you go to bed, 557 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: know your schedule tomorrow. What do I have tomorrow? Okay, tomorrow, 558 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: we drive three hundred miles. I have two stops. I'm 559 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: gonna eat in this town and I already looked it 560 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: up and there's a diner I'm gonna eat there. We'renna 561 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,959 Speaker 1: do that twelve thirty. Then I'm gonna have dinner. I'm 562 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: gonna try to do as healthy as I can, and 563 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be in this town. And then I'm gonna 564 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: be in bed by ten and then lights out at 565 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: ten thirty. Cool. And then there's there's a there's a 566 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: comfort that comes with that, like I know what I'm 567 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:54,479 Speaker 1: doing tomorrow and just stick to those kind of things. 568 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: And then I think, to Chad's point, count down the days. 569 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: I've got seven more days, six more days. And then 570 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: you know, I keep a weather app on my phone 571 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: my iPhone. I'll keep the weather in all the cities 572 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: that we're going to, and every time we get to 573 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: a city, I delete it off the weather app. So 574 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,440 Speaker 1: that's kind of a way to count down. I could 575 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 1: scroll through the city the checklist. So Andrew, what your 576 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: feelings real? I'm gonna I think you might have wanted 577 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,839 Speaker 1: me to say, get over it, stop thinking about it. 578 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,879 Speaker 1: You're fine on your own. I'm not gonna say that. 579 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it's a real thing because as humans 580 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: were built for community. We're built for family and to 581 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: be together and to be on a routine. We're not 582 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: built to separate and go. We can and we're good 583 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: at it, and we should. You need to to grow 584 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,319 Speaker 1: in life, but you need to understand it when you 585 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: don't feel comfortable, why and where that's coming from? Yeah, buddy, 586 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: good question, man, I was good. Where should we go now? 587 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 1: What about budgeting? How about budgeting? That's all great? Another 588 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: off the wall. It says, Hey, Granger and guest. My 589 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: name is Kaylee. I'm twenty six years old from Magnolia, Texas. 590 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm a Texas A and M class of twenty seventeen. 591 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,879 Speaker 1: And was she supposed to say something after that. Okay, yeah, 592 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: I knew you guys haveniced this. I've got my parents 593 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: hoked on the Smiths and so now we watch together. 594 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 1: Thank you, Kayley. That's awesome. She also listened to the 595 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: podcast every Monday morning at her desk while she's prepping 596 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: for the week. My question is about budgeting. I moved 597 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: back in with my parents in May to save up 598 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 1: for a house. I've been doing pretty well saving so far, 599 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 1: but I feel like I could really maximize my savings 600 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: by creating a solid budget. Do you and your guest 601 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: have any strategies for budgeting programs to use or apps? 602 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Kaylee. Yes, what you got Within the 603 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,800 Speaker 1: first couple months of marriage, we did the whole financial 604 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 1: piece thing and we saw transform just our peace of 605 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: mind as well as the actual amount of money we 606 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: were able to save. To have a plan for the 607 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 1: money before it arrived and telling it where to go 608 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 1: rather than wondering where it went, it was huge for us. 609 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: And when we are when we stick to the budget, 610 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: we definitely experience more joy and success in saving and 611 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,360 Speaker 1: getting to prioritize money where we want it to go. So, yes, 612 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: we've used things from an envelope system to a simple spreadsheet, 613 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: to Mint to simplify, or there's all kinds of programs, 614 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: free apps where you can link to your bank account 615 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 1: and as you spend money, you can go through and 616 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: assign this is it was for clothing, it was for food, 617 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: and it can track all that so you can just 618 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,759 Speaker 1: every week, every day, every month, you can see if 619 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:07,200 Speaker 1: you're sticking within those categories you've preset. But I think 620 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: it's a good idea. So you're talking about Dave Ramsey, Yes, right, yeah, 621 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: so that's the same place I would go, Kaylee. Is 622 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 1: Dave Ramsey probably dot com, I don't know, the Financialpeace 623 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: dot com, something like that. Just just google Dave Dave 624 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:27,480 Speaker 1: Ramsey and he is really the go to for for 625 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:31,239 Speaker 1: your question. And you might have already heard of him 626 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: or from him, but he has a massive platform, many 627 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,319 Speaker 1: books and and very detailed step by step process that 628 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,359 Speaker 1: chat's talking about. Amber and I did the same thing 629 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 1: and it's called baby steps or something. Ye, baby steps 630 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,360 Speaker 1: and emergency fund and you kind of accumulate there's things 631 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: that you kind of prioritize and do in a certain 632 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:57,759 Speaker 1: order that then helps you build and protect your your 633 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,560 Speaker 1: budget and your wealth. And the good news is you're 634 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: twenty six and you're single, and you're already thinking about 635 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,440 Speaker 1: this as opposed to forty five and you're in tremendous 636 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 1: debt and you you're in trouble. You know a lot 637 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,279 Speaker 1: of people will go there from that too, So it's 638 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 1: great that you're starting from scratch. Maybe you have some 639 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,880 Speaker 1: school debt, maybe you have car debt. I don't know, 640 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,359 Speaker 1: but Dave Ramsey, no matter what stage you're in, these 641 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,839 Speaker 1: baby steps at the beginning, will just go Okay, here's 642 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,880 Speaker 1: here's the deal. We're going to start with the highest 643 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,080 Speaker 1: interest credit card, and we're going to attack it, and 644 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,759 Speaker 1: we're gonna pay the minimum on the lowest interest credit card. 645 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: What does he call it? Like the snowball now the 646 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: it's been a while since I've seen it. Oh, he 647 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:44,719 Speaker 1: calls it going gazelle intense. Okay, yes, I think that's 648 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: the first case. Yeah, And you you are able to 649 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: identify your priorities, and so you attack debt and you 650 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,759 Speaker 1: say no to other things, and for a period of 651 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,959 Speaker 1: time you're just just going after that thing and paying 652 00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 1: it off, and you're going gazelle intent. Same no to 653 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: some of the frills. Of life for a little while. 654 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,799 Speaker 1: And I think he says, what's his phrase, live like 655 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,960 Speaker 1: no one else now, so you can live like no 656 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,120 Speaker 1: one else later, Yeah, or something that's awesome. All of 657 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 1: these things are copyrighted Dave Ramsey. Yeah, sorry, Dave, I 658 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: take no credit. He has so many YouTube videos and 659 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,680 Speaker 1: probably podcasts, and so yeah, I would lean lean, lean 660 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 1: in to Dave Ramsey and don't worry about what I 661 00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,560 Speaker 1: say because he's the authority, and Chad and I have 662 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 1: both done it so very fun. Yeah, good for you 663 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:36,239 Speaker 1: for thinking about that. Kayley, Let's see so many, so 664 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,680 Speaker 1: many questions, so many questions. How about struggle with marijuana? Okay, 665 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,960 Speaker 1: next one on a queue. Hey and your My name 666 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: is Blake. I'm twenty four years old currently living in Reno, Nevada. 667 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,800 Speaker 1: Turned twenty one a few years back and about the 668 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: same time I started smoking marijuana. Now a little backstory. 669 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,840 Speaker 1: Growing up, I was deeply involved in church in Las Vegas, 670 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 1: and I was on fire for Jesus. Once I moved 671 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: to Reena for college, I got involved with the fraternity, 672 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,919 Speaker 1: and to be honest, it really helped me find who 673 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:09,160 Speaker 1: I was and some great lifelong friendships I found myself 674 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,960 Speaker 1: distant from Christ as I was in attending church and 675 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: I was in a relationship that was not supportive of 676 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:18,280 Speaker 1: my faith. Around my twenty first birthday, I started smoking 677 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: and I've been pretty much doing it every day since. 678 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,400 Speaker 1: It has helped me with insomnia, depression, and some medical 679 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 1: issues I have. I have discussed it with my doctors. 680 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 1: In the last six months or so, I started attending 681 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,239 Speaker 1: a church regularly, and I'm even a small group that 682 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,239 Speaker 1: meets with people around my age when it's a week. 683 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,040 Speaker 1: My issue is that I've come to is I'm trying 684 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,640 Speaker 1: to stop smoking and even what the Bible says about 685 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,880 Speaker 1: weed and addiction. So my question is, what does the 686 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: Bible say about weed? And do you have any advice 687 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: on ways to stop smoking? Help to catch a concert 688 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:56,799 Speaker 1: when you're in reno? Yee blake, Okay, A lot, a 689 00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:02,439 Speaker 1: lot to unpack, a lot to unpack. So we didn't 690 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,640 Speaker 1: we didn't first say me not, Chatty's a pastor. You 691 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,600 Speaker 1: can't say this that that there are there are good 692 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:16,200 Speaker 1: reasons from marijuana. There's medical reasons. For instance, if it's 693 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:22,239 Speaker 1: crazy opioid from your doctor, or your doctor wants to 694 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,080 Speaker 1: give you some kind of edible and it's doctor approved, 695 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,719 Speaker 1: then okay, I can understand it. So you need to 696 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,360 Speaker 1: ask yourself because you you identified a bunch of problems 697 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 1: that you're using it for. You need to really dial 698 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,960 Speaker 1: in why are you using it? Because I don't think 699 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 1: it's any of those reasons right. Why are you using? 700 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,239 Speaker 1: And then why do you want to stop? Because you're 701 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 1: not convinced the Bible says to stop? You're asking, does it? 702 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,239 Speaker 1: It's interesting because the Bible says that the heart that 703 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: is the law will be written on our hearts, and 704 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: so our hearts know the law and will speak it 705 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:02,799 Speaker 1: to us. It's actually it's a big testimony to the 706 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 1: truth of the Bible because from an atheistic perspective, we all, 707 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:11,040 Speaker 1: as image bearers of God have this law written on 708 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:15,240 Speaker 1: our hearts that speaks to us. That's hard to explain 709 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,160 Speaker 1: where that would have come from. We know right from wrong, 710 00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: and we know different scenarios. We know that the smoking 711 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,600 Speaker 1: thing is probably not right and I should probably quit. 712 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 1: But then you know, we could justify it by insomnia, depression, 713 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 1: medical issues, doctor approved, but we know that's not why 714 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:37,280 Speaker 1: he's emailing this podcast. Yeah, I mean, yeah, other people 715 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:41,040 Speaker 1: describe it your moral compass, that there's something that we 716 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,439 Speaker 1: have that says that I ought to do this and 717 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,359 Speaker 1: I probably shouldn't do that, or we feel bad when 718 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:52,439 Speaker 1: we do something. But back, so his question is one 719 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,759 Speaker 1: of what does the Bible say about a weed? And 720 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,040 Speaker 1: do you have any advice to stop smoking? So to 721 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:01,920 Speaker 1: one's practical, one's more kind of philosophical theological, right, And 722 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,000 Speaker 1: I want to say one more time, if anyone's listening 723 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:09,359 Speaker 1: in Grandma is in stage three cancer and doctors saying hey, 724 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: some edibles will help you eat, I've heard of these stories. Right, 725 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,239 Speaker 1: this is not what we're talking about. Yeah, I mean 726 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:21,400 Speaker 1: not it right that we we can identify whatever whatever 727 00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:25,320 Speaker 1: substance it might be. There are there are ways in which, 728 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:31,160 Speaker 1: like prescription medication is used to help and assist, and 729 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 1: there are ways that it is abused and it's very harmful. Well, 730 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:40,800 Speaker 1: you could say the same about alcohol, regular tobacco. You 731 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:45,920 Speaker 1: could say the same about McDonald's. Right, that the way 732 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:51,600 Speaker 1: that our culture approaches food and processed food and stuff 733 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,279 Speaker 1: that's just bad for you. The way that we use 734 00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:58,160 Speaker 1: that is harmful to our bodies. So that's a whole 735 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,760 Speaker 1: another discussion. And chads a cancer survivor by the way, Yes, 736 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,320 Speaker 1: And so there's a whole discussion to be had about 737 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: how does marijuana compare to other substances that people might 738 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 1: be addicted to or that might cause harm. But that's 739 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,920 Speaker 1: not this that's not this discussion. I think what he's 740 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:22,360 Speaker 1: asking what does the Bible say about whether it's substance 741 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:29,359 Speaker 1: or maybe using products or ingesting things, or it could 742 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,600 Speaker 1: even be in the realm of you know, the Bible 743 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:35,560 Speaker 1: talks about meat, sacrifice to idols and refraining from it 744 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,839 Speaker 1: because it might cost someone to stumble. Even though you're 745 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 1: free to partake, there is a reason to abstain from 746 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,760 Speaker 1: it for the sake of another brother, or a weaker brother. 747 00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,160 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of avenues you could take to 748 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:54,839 Speaker 1: say there's a certainly there's factors in your circumstance that 749 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,160 Speaker 1: would have to be considered. But in general, there is 750 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:01,560 Speaker 1: no passage of the Bible that says marijuana is a sin. 751 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,439 Speaker 1: But it does speak to the way that we give 752 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,279 Speaker 1: ourselves to things, the way that we allow substance to 753 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:12,520 Speaker 1: influence us. It talks about that you do not be 754 00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:15,719 Speaker 1: drunk with wine, but be filled with the spirit. So 755 00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:19,799 Speaker 1: there are times in seasons where alcohol is acceptable in 756 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,920 Speaker 1: the scriptures, and there's other times where it's like, man, 757 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:26,120 Speaker 1: the abuse of that stuff is really unwise and unhealthy. 758 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:30,040 Speaker 1: And so, just like any of these conversations, a substance 759 00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:34,040 Speaker 1: that impairs your judgment, a substance that causes you to 760 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,239 Speaker 1: not be able to respond to the spirit or to 761 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:41,200 Speaker 1: love others well because you have been impaired. Yep, that's 762 00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,600 Speaker 1: not what That's not God's design for us, that's not 763 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,880 Speaker 1: his best for us. And so we don't have to 764 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:50,920 Speaker 1: find a passage that says thou shalt not partake of marijuana, 765 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:55,640 Speaker 1: because there's other principles that guide us to understand. Can 766 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,359 Speaker 1: I be sensitive to God's leading in my life if 767 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:02,200 Speaker 1: I'm impaired? Am I in a position where I can 768 00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:06,239 Speaker 1: fully and freely care for and serve another person? Or 769 00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,720 Speaker 1: am I limited because I'm impaired? Yeah, there are things 770 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:14,239 Speaker 1: that we have to consider. Yeah, is your motivation behind it? 771 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,759 Speaker 1: Because it's changing your mind, are your perception? Are your 772 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:22,600 Speaker 1: You're it's numbing you to some other kind of pain 773 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,839 Speaker 1: that that's inside. Then you're you're taking away from what 774 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,440 Speaker 1: Christ can do for you, because He could accomplish all 775 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,160 Speaker 1: those things and in order for that to happen, we 776 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,480 Speaker 1: need to have a clear mind. The Bible's talk so 777 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:41,480 Speaker 1: many times about about the mind, the mind, the mind, 778 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:46,719 Speaker 1: the controlling your mind. Not your feelings, are your your heart, 779 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,319 Speaker 1: are your gut, but your mind. And so if you're 780 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,040 Speaker 1: transforming your mind with any kind of substance for any 781 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:57,080 Speaker 1: kind of reason, then everything Chad said, then you're you're 782 00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:02,000 Speaker 1: you're hindering your yourself from the spirit speaking to you 783 00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,800 Speaker 1: in that way. So there's a couple of things. But 784 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:08,359 Speaker 1: I would just I would say, why are you trying 785 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:13,440 Speaker 1: to numb yourself? Is it? Do you like yourself better 786 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:18,480 Speaker 1: when you're you're under the influence problem or are you 787 00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:21,880 Speaker 1: able to relax more when you're under the influence problem 788 00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,759 Speaker 1: because you're you're taking away from the fact that there's 789 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:29,920 Speaker 1: there's there's a better solution to all of this. And 790 00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,080 Speaker 1: and that's why I built this. I wanted to say that, 791 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:33,719 Speaker 1: and that's why I built the whole thing up with. 792 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,480 Speaker 1: If you need to be impaired for a medical reason, 793 00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:41,040 Speaker 1: that's different. But if it's just like you know what, man, 794 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:45,879 Speaker 1: I don't really like myself the way I am sober, Yeah, 795 00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:49,799 Speaker 1: I like myself better when I'm numb to the problems, 796 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,000 Speaker 1: and then you can't identify what the problems are, and 797 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:56,799 Speaker 1: it's never ending numbness that you keep searching for, but 798 00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:00,319 Speaker 1: you're never fixing the problem. You're just bondoing the side 799 00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:04,759 Speaker 1: of the car without getting the new door. Yeah, or 800 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:08,480 Speaker 1: I mean similar to that, I like myself better, or 801 00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:13,880 Speaker 1: I just I like to escape from the world or 802 00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:18,360 Speaker 1: my problems or my situation, and I just I just 803 00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,640 Speaker 1: want to break from it for just a little bit. 804 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:23,120 Speaker 1: And then when it wears off, Man, you're right back 805 00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:25,839 Speaker 1: in that spot and Leven's changed, and it may even 806 00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:30,360 Speaker 1: be worse because you've neglected to engage with in a 807 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:33,480 Speaker 1: healthy way the things in your world. But Yeah, if 808 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:35,880 Speaker 1: it's I mean, I really like what you said, Granger. 809 00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,640 Speaker 1: If it's this, then that's a problem. If it's this, 810 00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,319 Speaker 1: then it's I mean, like going through the checklist of 811 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:44,240 Speaker 1: what's your motivation. And it sounds like he wants to stop, 812 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,040 Speaker 1: and he wants some practical advice on how to stop. 813 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:54,200 Speaker 1: I've I've never had to deal with substance abuse and 814 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:58,640 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to stop. My My biological 815 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:04,880 Speaker 1: father was addicted to substance and didn't really ever successfully stop. 816 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:09,000 Speaker 1: So I don't have good advice for that because that's 817 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:12,680 Speaker 1: not something I've experienced or witnessed. Do you have any 818 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,279 Speaker 1: I would say, first and foremost, get away from the 819 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,320 Speaker 1: other guys that are doing it. Yeah, So your community, 820 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:22,160 Speaker 1: the people you disassociate with, the people you're around, and 821 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,240 Speaker 1: that you are who your five people, your five closest 822 00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,839 Speaker 1: people around you are, That's who you are. We could 823 00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:35,520 Speaker 1: you could substitute that marijuana for girlfriend. How do I 824 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,480 Speaker 1: quit this girlfriend? She's not good for me. You could 825 00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:42,000 Speaker 1: substitute it with almost anything, my job, my career, it's 826 00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:44,080 Speaker 1: not good for me. How do I quit it? I'm 827 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:49,440 Speaker 1: making good money. So this situation is it's not just marijuana. 828 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:54,040 Speaker 1: So I would first and foremost get away from these 829 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,040 Speaker 1: guys that are doing it, or just tell them straight up, guys, 830 00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:58,759 Speaker 1: I'm trying to stay away from this. So will you 831 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:01,120 Speaker 1: please not do it in front of me? Oh come on, man, 832 00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:06,080 Speaker 1: we've changed, Yeah, I've changed. Yeah, So cut off your 833 00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:10,080 Speaker 1: Yeah that the friendships are the place where that is 834 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:14,000 Speaker 1: natural and normative. Also cut off access if you can 835 00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:19,440 Speaker 1: like how you're getting it. Yeah, we would say that 836 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:23,520 Speaker 1: with other avenues of sin or temptation. We would say, 837 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:25,720 Speaker 1: you need to cut off access, you need to stop 838 00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:30,759 Speaker 1: hanging around people that are doing it. And the reality 839 00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:33,920 Speaker 1: is it needs to be it's it's likely to be 840 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,880 Speaker 1: replaced by something else. Yeah, tell tell your small group. 841 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,319 Speaker 1: He's in a small group. Yeah, I would say, guys, 842 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you something. I'm smoking weed. Hey, it's 843 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,000 Speaker 1: not that it's it's it's not like you're coming out 844 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:47,440 Speaker 1: and saying, hey, guys, I'm gonna tell you I'm a 845 00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:50,839 Speaker 1: serial killer. You're gonna say I'm smoking weed, and they're 846 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:52,439 Speaker 1: going to go, how can we help you? I mean, 847 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,400 Speaker 1: you're not too far lost here, man, bring it up 848 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,640 Speaker 1: to your small group. And so I'm trying to quit. 849 00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:00,799 Speaker 1: I don't want to do this. I don't like what 850 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,239 Speaker 1: it's making me become. Can you help me with this? 851 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,719 Speaker 1: And that's what a small group is for. Yeah, I 852 00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:08,439 Speaker 1: think you should ask the same question of them. Yeah, 853 00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:11,440 Speaker 1: you guys have some advice. I need to, yes, stop 854 00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:15,520 Speaker 1: doing this and to figure out a better way and 855 00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,959 Speaker 1: get some accountability and some support. And then we'll say 856 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:20,520 Speaker 1: this to and then this is the last thing we'll 857 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:23,960 Speaker 1: say on this podcast. Actually, but Chad and I would 858 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:27,880 Speaker 1: both agree that this is not a this is not 859 00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:31,120 Speaker 1: a judgment thing, and it's important this day and age 860 00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:35,960 Speaker 1: because everyone's so offended. But leaning into Christ as hard 861 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,719 Speaker 1: and as fast as you can, with all of your 862 00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:41,319 Speaker 1: burdens and with all of your problems and all your 863 00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:44,520 Speaker 1: vices and all of your addictions and all of all 864 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:48,719 Speaker 1: of your tendencies, take it all to him. This is Christianity. 865 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,120 Speaker 1: Is not about drop it all and then you're worthy 866 00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:53,959 Speaker 1: to go to church and sit before Christ. Christ says, 867 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,000 Speaker 1: bring it all to me. Give all of it to me, 868 00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:59,840 Speaker 1: and I will take it and I will make you clean. 869 00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:04,080 Speaker 1: Leaning into Him. It's not about it's not about how 870 00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,279 Speaker 1: could I work to shave all this often and to 871 00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:09,560 Speaker 1: be better for myself? Just go to him. Just go Okay, God, 872 00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:12,400 Speaker 1: I'm pregnant, I'm not perfect, I got so many problems. 873 00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:15,839 Speaker 1: But I'm leaning into you and you will be amazed 874 00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:20,720 Speaker 1: at what He can do to you in that aspect. Amen. 875 00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:24,920 Speaker 1: Thank you guys. That's all we got today. I always 876 00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:28,719 Speaker 1: appreciate you, brother, Amen taking me podcast, taking repodcast check 877 00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,840 Speaker 1: it out. Ye ye, thanks for joining me on the 878 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:34,040 Speaker 1: Granger Smith podcast. I appreciate all of you guys. You 879 00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:36,920 Speaker 1: could help me out by rating this podcast on iTunes. 880 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:40,279 Speaker 1: If you're on YouTube, subscribe to this channel. Hit that 881 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,719 Speaker 1: little like button and notification spell so that you never 882 00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:47,200 Speaker 1: miss anytime I upload a video. If you have a 883 00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:49,240 Speaker 1: question for me that you would like me to answer, 884 00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:54,560 Speaker 1: email Graingersmith Podcast at gmail dot com. Yie