WEBVTT - Granger Smith Podcast - LIVE! 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:03.520 What's up, everybody. Welcome to the Grangersmith podcast. This is 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:07.360 episode two hundred and thirty one, and it's a special 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:10.640 one for me because this is actually also live right now, 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:13.480 and so thank you guys for tuning in live if 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.200 you are, and we're trying out something. Ant Man's actually 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.680 sitting here in the studio with me right now, and 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:24.799 we're trying something special because if we could start incorporating 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.920 some live podcast into the normal recorded podcast, and we 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.600 could start taking your questions live, and because that's what 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.040 I do on this podcast, I answer your questions. In fact, 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.720 if you want to email me, if you're listening later 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.760 and you want to email me, just email podcast at 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.680 grangersmith dot com. If you're watching live, then you could 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:49.880 comment right ant but you could just calm it away. 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:53.440 This is opening up an opportunity perhaps down the road, 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:57.640 where we could actually do this at other places. We 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:01.160 can go to theaters, we can go to any kind 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:04.880 of auditorium or a convention center, right and do that. 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.080 So ant Man and I could do it, we could 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.920 bring guests in and I think this could be this 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:13.720 could be the beginning of something very special. 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:17.399 Yeah, and i'd encourage you to comment, because if you comment, 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:19.600 we can throw your comments like a stinger. 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:24.560 PK. Yeah, here we go. What's up, stinger, And so 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:27.679 we'll put your comment on the screen here live. Good morning, 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:30.920 jan thanks for being here. And other than this, other 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.120 than all these cool features, this is not going to 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.120 be any different than any other podcast. We're just going 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.000 to read your questions and we're going to talk about 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:39.920 them as if we're sitting in the cap of a 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.600 truck or sitting around a campfire. I don't always have 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:46.080 the right answers, but I could at least walk through 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:50.080 these questions as if you're a good friend of mine. 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:53.080 So good morning everyone. I say, we've got Alaska, we 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:58.280 got Houston, we've got northern Minnesota, we've got Japan in 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:02.520 the house live today. I should. It is also worth 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:07.320 saying that simultaneously, right now, the EEE Spring launch has 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.800 now gone live. And so right here I'm looking at 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:15.520 my phone and there it is EEE dot Com. It's live. Ultimately, 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.200 what I think what I would want is for you 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.520 to be having that open on your phone and this 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.160 podcast open on your phone, and you're kind of listening 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:28.800 to the podcast while you're shopping for your latest spring 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:33.480 launch apparel from ee. Let's jump into this ant I'm 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:38.480 gonna get. Let's see the first question here and once again, 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.760 if you have a question, you could email me podcast 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.440 at grangersmith dot com, or you could actually comment on 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.600 the live first question comes from Jacket says, Hey Granger, 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.400 my name is Jack. I'm a freshman in college. I 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.400 know I'm young, but the way I was raised, I 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:58.000 just have an old soul. I've always yearned to marry young. However, 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.440 I find it hard in this time to find a good, faithful, 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:06.000 hardworking woman of God. I know this takes time and patience. 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.840 I've been praying a lot and reading my Bible. However, 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:12.040 sometimes I find myself doubting my patience and doubting it 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:15.560 will pay off. Looking for some advice on patience and 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.080 your thoughts on finding a good faithful woman today as 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.040 a young man. Thanks for your consideration, Love your podcast 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:24.160 and your music. All right, what's up, Jack? Thanks for 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:29.679 the question. Brother, you're a freshman in college. I'm assuming eighteen, 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:37.240 nineteen years old, maybe twenty. The thing is, first of all, 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:38.680 I need to say, if you're a friend of mine, 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.600 it puts you in a little bit of a predicament 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:45.720 almost a dangerous situation if you are saying that you 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.680 are the kind of person that will want to marry young, 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:54.520 because that automatically opens the door to you're just gonna 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:58.360 settle because you have established your identity as a kind 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:00.720 of person that marries young with that out having the 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:04.400 person that you're going to marry ready. And I think 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:06.280 that's a problem. And if you're a friend of mine, 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.680 we're sitting in the cab of a truck, I'd say, Jack, 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:14.960 pump the brakes a little bit. Hold your horses. You 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.200 you are saying you're doubting your own patience. You're a 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.280 man of God, first of all, I do need to say. 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:28.080 Prayer would be something that's going to help build your patience. 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.320 And so it's you know, every day in your prayer 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:33.640 it's like, God, build my patience. But you have to 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.560 be careful with that prayer because when you start praying 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.960 for patience, that means God puts things in your life 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.320 that you have to wait for, because how else would 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.440 you learn it. So you don't say, God teach me 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.600 patience and he gives you things that you want it 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:51.119 like that would be self defeating. A good father would 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.600 not do that. If my son Lincoln said, Dad, will 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:55.400 you show me patience, I'd say, all right, let's go 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:56.760 out and we're going to go. We're going to go 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:01.320 fish at a place that has very little fish. That's 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:05.520 going to teach patience. And so speaking of fish, jack 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.039 an analogy I always like to look at and think 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:12.640 about when you're talking about finding a wife. So after 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.479 all that said, if you're looking for like you said, 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:22.640 it's you're having trouble finding a faithful, hard working woman 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.240 of God. I would say, if you're having trouble with that, 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.159 you might want to consider your fishing in the wrong pond. 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.839 And this happens all the time you go. And first 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.360 of all, you might not even be fishing. You might 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.680 not even have a line in the water. Right, So 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.480 you're sitting on you're sitting on your couch playing video games, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.640 maybe you're reading your Bible, you're eating chicken nuggets, and 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.600 you're going, where are all of the faithful, hard work 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:50.720 and women of God. It's like you don't even have 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.080 a line in the water to catch a single fish. 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:57.360 So think about what are the ponds that you would 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.960 fish for that, for that, for that kind of cat 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:04.479 Where would you go to find a good, faithful, hard 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.120 working woman of God. Where would you go? Just logically, 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.240 I want you to think through that kind of thing, Jack, 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.240 and I think the first thing all of us would 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.920 think about is you're going to go to a good faithful, 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:21.279 Bible preaching church with a lot of different demographic there. 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:22.960 You got some old people, you got some young people, 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:26.279 you got some babies, you got some fresh out of 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.479 college kids, you got some young couples. You get a 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.559 good variety. And I'd say that's a pretty good pond 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:39.720 to be fishent. Yeah, nice question comes from Mary. And 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:41.560 by the way, we are alive, so if you have 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:45.800 a question, keep them coming. And I appreciate all you guys. 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:51.039 My email is podcast at grangersmith dot com and you 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:52.880 could also just comment right here on the live We 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.080 might do this soon in the future. We're working out 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.200 trying to get some better cameras in here. Right now 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.840 we're just working off the laptop camera. But we do 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:04.560 have ant Man graciously given us this time. He produces 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:09.080 this podcast. He also produces After Midnight with Me. Next 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.960 question from Mary says, Hello, Granger, I want to say 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.840 thank you for all the Smith videos. I recently found 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.800 out about you, and I've enjoyed many of the podcast 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:20.760 by Granger Arrives with Amber, and I've gone back to 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:22.840 the beginning of The Smiths and I'm working my way 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:27.320 through them. They're all so inspiring. I also really enjoyed 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:31.680 the anniversary in Europe episodes of The Smiths. One thing 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:33.920 that I find myself looking at and trying to figure 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:37.080 out is that big tattoo on Granger's upper arm with 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:42.280 the Roman numerals. Could you explain keep sharing your videos. 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.160 It's amazing the work God has done in your lives 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.920 and how He is using you to bless others. Well, 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:48.960 I think most people that are watching the live right 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.800 now could probably answer that. I know jan who's watching 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:55.440 right now, could answer, what is that tattoo with the 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.960 Roman numerals on my upper arm? And it is my 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:04.880 kids birthdays? So there's four Roman numerals and it is London, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:10.560 Lincoln River and Maverick. I thought it was going to 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.560 be three when I had when I thought I had 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:17.280 my life planned out, and ended up needing space for 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:22.480 one more little caboose Maverick and hey, and don't don't 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.680 put it past me that I'm not going to sit 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:29.000 here again and tell you that now that tattoo is complete, 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.920 you never know, it could be an adoption in the future. 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:36.240 I think biologically we're done. But I'm smart enough now 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:42.040 at least to say I I'd no longer decide when 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:43.880 things in my life are finished are not. 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.920 That's smart because it goes to, like, you know, the 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:55.920 last question. I tend to put God in a box 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.840 when you start off, you don't feel like it, yeah, 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.960 because you're like, so I'm going to get married young. 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.640 You just said God, here's my parameters. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:09.200 Oh that's so good. Yeah, that's good, and soame with 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.520 the same with your tattoos. Jack, take that tattoo advice 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.440 that I that I have learned. It took me a 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.880 long time. But but what ant Man's saying is when 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.040 you go to God and you go, hey, God, I'm 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:23.800 a young soul. I mean I'm a young man with 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.640 an old soul, and I'm the kind of person that 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.520 marries young Where is the hard working worm? You just 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.800 told God who you think you are to him who 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.520 created you? And it gets it gets a little shady there. 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.360 So here's a here's a question that we had come 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.120 in comments where we take a break here kind of 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:43.000 goes along with this one. 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.320 All right, So Michelle says, good morning from upstate New York. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.280 How many more videos of your Israel trip are coming. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.719 I've been so blessed by the eight that have been 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:57.199 seen so far. So we have one more video that's 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.720 on site there that makes nine by and so that'll 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.560 be our last day in Israel, and that'll be coming 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:06.000 out Lord Willing Tuesday. Paul. It's been working so hard 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:08.920 to get these put out, and I've been very happy 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:14.800 with these Israel videos. But I left that ninth video. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.000 I ended it talking with Amber a little bit about 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:20.760 what we saw and kind of thinking about the last 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:24.280 eleven days. But I left it open ended because I 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.760 wanted to come back home and really be able to 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:31.000 unpack it all in my mind. And so Michelle, there 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.760 will be ten, but the tenth one will be Amber 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.120 and I sitting here, which I have not filmed yet. 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:40.840 We'll be sitting here in the house, looking back and 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.640 thinking about all the comments that came in, all the hate. 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:49.120 I got so much hate on not only the Smith's videos, 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.560 but mainly on my Instagram post when I said we 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:58.000 went to Israel an unbelievable amount of hate. A lot 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.440 of it I had to hide on Instagram because it 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:06.200 was very hurtful, So I might be able to walk 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:07.880 through a little bit of that too. So that's a 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:12.120 long way of saying ten videos, and so Tuesday and 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:14.160 Thursday of next week we'll wrap this thing up and 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:17.800 then we'll go back to normal scheduled Smith's videos, which 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:19.640 I haven't filmed in a long time. I've been taking 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:21.680 a little break so I'll be able to get into 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.840 that and then talk about this book coming out up 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:28.640 towards the Light on April the second, and ye e 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.880 day we'll start talking about that. So yeah, we're gonna 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:38.960 take a break and we'll be right back. A long 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.760 time ago, when I started grangersmith dot com, I think 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:45.480 an online store was the furthest thing from my mind. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.280 And now here we are with not only grangersmith dot com, 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:52.040 but Eeye dot com and selling is what we do. 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.199 But now it's become so easy, and that's all because 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:59.280 I use Shopify. Shopify is the global commerce platform that 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:02.480 helps you sell at every stage of your business, from 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:05.640 your launch your own line shop stage to the first 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.200 real life store stage, all the way to man did 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.000 we just hit a whole bunch of order stage. Shopify 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.040 is there to help you grow. Whether you're selling scented 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.720 soap or outdoor apparel like we do at EE. 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That is crazy. 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.079 Plus Shopify's award winning help is there to support your 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.840 success at every step of the way, because businesses that 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:34.600 grow grow with Shopify. So sign up for a one 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.600 dollar per month trial period at shopify dot com slash 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:41.840 granger all lowercase. Go to shopify dot com slash granger 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:44.679 right now to grow your business no matter what stage 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:51.640 you're in shopify dot com slash granger. If you want 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.040 to get a hold of me for any reason, a 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.079 lot of you guys know, go to Cameo dot com 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:58.480 slash granger Smith and I'll make a video for you. 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.200 It could be like happy birthday. All these sit here 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.400 and use my phone and record happy anniversary whatever like that. 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.760 It's a really easy way to get a hold of me. 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:08.080 And then I need to tell you guys that right 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:11.400 now as we speak, as the spring launch at EEE Apparel, 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.400 go to ee dot com and there's all kinds of 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.800 cool things. I like how this live is coinciding with that, 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.040 So let's interact right here. We've got Lori. She says, 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.680 I love your podcast. It makes my Mondays better. So 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.600 that brings up a good point that this will actually 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.320 be posted on Monday like normal, So you guys are 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.320 getting a special sneak peek of what Monday's podcast is 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.200 going to be. Tanya, good morning to all the eegee 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:38.200 family and friends. Appreciate you. Timothy says, do you ever 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:42.440 see Butcher and Bull and how are they doing? Great question, Timothy. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:46.120 I talked to Bull quite a bit. He is out 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:51.240 working for the company that bought Wildflower in Montana, so 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.560 he's out running with a bunch of different bands. You 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:54.000 didn't know that. 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:54.640 I didn't know that. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:59.640 So he sees those buses. He actually purposely he purposely 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:02.880 doesn't right Wildfire because he's sick of her. But I 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.840 don't talk to Butch. Regrettably, I need I need to 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.320 talk to Butch. But he worked for the same company. 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.800 Oh he he took like three months off where he 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:15.360 didn't talk to anybody. So ye, life is asking who's 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:19.360 got their YEEE spring launch orders in Yeah, so comment 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.760 below if you if you have something on the spring launch, 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:26.320 and I would love I mean like, if if this 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.760 was me and I was just a you know, a 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.360 consumer here, I would have this podcast going in the 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:35.240 background while I'm shopping for something on the spring. Yeah, 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:39.760 that's a good question. Okay, Margie says, question, I just 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.000 moved to Dryersburg, Tennessee area looking for a new church. 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.480 I know you have been everywhere and was wondering if 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.520 you knew of a good church in this area. I 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:49.960 don't off the top of my head, I don't know 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.440 where Dryersburg, Tennessee is. I know a couple of great 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.680 churches in Nashville, but I would I would say this 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:04.080 email taken re podcast at gmail dot com, and that 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:09.080 is Chad Warren, and he is he is happy to 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.960 field any of these questions. In fact, let me find 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:16.080 let me make sure that I said that right. Take 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:26.040 and read. Yeah, take and read podcast at gmail dot com. 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.840 That is Chad. Take and read and just say, hey, 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:30.960 I was listening to Granger's podcast and he said, you 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:37.280 would know of a good church in Dryersburg, Tennessee. Now 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.320 let's get to uh, let's get back to her questions here. 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.320 This this comes from anonymous. Oh we got another one, Michelle. 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:46.240 You want to put that up Michelle from Detton. She 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:49.720 already got her EE apparel for the spring launch. Awesome Michelle. 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.600 A question comes from anonymous here. Hey Grangeer, I'm fourteen 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.480 years old. I've been listening to the podcast for over 0:16:55.520 --> 0:17:01.880 a year now. I've been I've been having concerns about 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.440 what I'm going to do after high school, mainly because 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.640 I want to either be a fire watcher or a 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:10.399 truck driver, but both of these jobs consist of long 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.040 periods of isolation. I want to get married and if 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.719 kids one day. I'm not sure how I could do 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:20.080 that with these two professions. And then he goes on 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.360 to say I'm stumped right now and any advice would 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.880 help me. I mean, what is firewatcher? What's a firewatcher? 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:29.920 When I read that email, I bought the same thing. 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.359 But he said it so confidently in the email. It 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:37.160 wasn't like a misspelling or something like that. Yeah, Oh, 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.000 that's a specific job. Is it like maybe when they're 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.080 burning brush or doing controlled burns? 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.199 Does somebody comment below if you know what firewatcher is? 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:49.199 This is as good as mind on that. 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:52.840 I'm not totally sure, but I'm assuming it's something where 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.040 you need to go on twenty four on twenty four 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:58.119 off seventy two on something like that, worre similar to 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:01.160 a firefighter where you're living in a station, then he's 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:06.520 going to be away. So so Anonymous, it's interesting. This 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.400 is similar to Jack's question earlier where you're you are 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:16.200 giving parameters to God? Did you get an answer? Firewatcher 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:21.400 is someone on a lookout tower that watches for fires. Thanks, Jeremiah, 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:26.800 Man this live, This live podcast is awesome, good instant answers. Jeremiah, 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:30.000 you're the man, okay, So similar to a firefighter, uh, 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:35.880 living in a location where he's watching. So to Anonymous, 0:18:36.000 --> 0:18:40.320 You're you're giving these parameters to God. You're going, Hey, God, 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.199 I don't know how this is gonna work because my 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:47.560 identity is a firefighter or a truck driver firewatcher. And 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:49.320 I'm also I don't know how that's gonna work with 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:52.359 my future life that hasn't happened yet, with my future 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.119 wife and kids that I haven't met yet. I'm not 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:57.639 sure how this works. And so you're really My counsel 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.880 to you, Anonymous, is that you are at a time 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.439 right now, this is the only time, if Lord willing, 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:05.840 you do get this family this is the time right 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.720 now to be the truck driver, to be the firewatcher, 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:13.440 and you committing to that. So you commit to a company, 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:16.000 a truck driving company, and you go out and you say, look, 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:18.280 I'm going to give you all my time right now 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.760 because I could drive, and I'm going to get my permit, 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:24.160 and I don't have a family, I don't have kids, 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:26.240 so I'm ready to go out on the road. That's 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:28.479 something you might not be able to offer in the future. 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:31.720 So do it now when you still have a chance. 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:34.800 And then when you meet the wife lord willing. If 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:39.439 you do, then you go, hey, I'm gonna now that 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:42.240 I've seen what the road's like, that's out of my system. 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:45.200 I don't want to be a truck driver anymore. Or 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:47.280 you go, you know what, I love trucking so much 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:49.199 that now I'm going to take my wife with me 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:52.159 and she's going to co drive with me, and I 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:54.960 think we're going to see the country together. So my 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:57.440 point is I don't know the answer, and you don't 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:01.600 either until you commit to something. So follow that right now, 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.600 because the only thing you can do since you don't 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:06.000 have a wife and family is do the firewatcher or 0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:08.640 truck gig right now, it's not going to hurt anything, 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.640 and then you'll know that really the point of this podcast, 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:15.480 it's not for me to ever give you right answers. 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.520 It's for me to help you sink through, like let's 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:24.040 let's think together so that we could learn to critically 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:27.280 think with a biblical worldview through these these you know, 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:32.800 common questions and move on. Should we move on to 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:37.720 Madison here? Yeah? Yeah, Madison says, Hey, Granger. My husband 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:41.399 and I run our own business and it is physically demanding, 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:46.440 seven days a week and long hours. We've worked over 0:20:46.480 --> 0:20:48.960 twelve years and have made a lot of sacrifices to 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:52.640 get here. My husband is my rock, an amazing dad. 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:56.399 He works so hard yet still takes time for our kids. 0:20:57.080 --> 0:20:59.760 He is so solid most of the time, but when 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.760 a bad day, he shuts me out, won't hardly talk, 0:21:04.200 --> 0:21:06.520 so I guess selfishly I tend to get upset because 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:08.719 I'm worried about him and I want to fix it. 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:14.560 His hard days are always work related, burnout, wondering why 0:21:14.600 --> 0:21:18.479 we're even doing this, physically and mentally drained. On a 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:21.959 side note, we've both grown up in Christian families. His 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:26.719 Mormon and mind Lutheran. We've both struggled with faith, feeling 0:21:26.800 --> 0:21:29.360 like it was an image thing and struggling to understand 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:33.080 the point of the messages. Most times, it's so hard 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:35.840 to sacrifice working to sit in church and not get 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:39.120 much from it. So two questions for you. Number one, 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:42.440 how do I handle or support my husband on his bad, 0:21:42.520 --> 0:21:45.399 stressed out days? Number two, how do you know if 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:48.080 it's time to essentially throw away everything you've worked and 0:21:48.200 --> 0:21:53.480 dreamed of for doing something else. Our work does allow 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:55.119 us to live in a beautiful place and raise our 0:21:55.160 --> 0:21:57.240 kids the way we want to, but I desire to 0:21:57.320 --> 0:22:00.280 have a stronger relationship with God. I feel so very 0:22:00.280 --> 0:22:05.639 lost and confused. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Madison. Well, 0:22:06.280 --> 0:22:10.960 this question is totally loaded, and there's so much in 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.320 this question. I mean, really, we could divide this question 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:15.720 to like four parts and it would be it could 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:18.960 be literally its own episode. And Madison, I appreciate your 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:22.159 vulnerability and appreciate you you open it up on something 0:22:22.200 --> 0:22:29.480 that's it's probably difficult for you to discuss because you 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.359 have this life that you've built in a beautiful place, 0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:34.600 raising your kids, as you say, the way we want to, 0:22:35.320 --> 0:22:39.320 but you have this pull, this this desire. This is 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:43.840 something's not right, something is tearing you apart on the inside. 0:22:43.920 --> 0:22:47.560 You can't quite settle it. It's like, I don't understand 0:22:47.600 --> 0:22:50.439