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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on. Uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody
you are listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
One and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Man o,
man o man. I thank God for it.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I thank God for all He's done for me, for
all the little things that I oftentimes failed to thank
him for that I take for granted for you know,
I was. I was talking the other day to a
buddy of mine. We had gotten to this conversation about
God and and and in the conversation we had narrowed
(00:45):
it down and we were talking about changing the way
we are as people. You know that everybody has to change.
You know, nothing stays the same. Everybody changes, and a
lot of these changes can be for the good, and
a lot of them are just They just come with time,
you know. Sometimes it's aging that changes us. But no
(01:07):
matter how old you get, you still have the ability
to improve as a person. You may not have the
footspeed you used to have. You may not be as
agile as you used to be. Your energy level may
not be what it used to be. Your desire to
(01:30):
do some of the things that you used to do
may be gone.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
The thing that.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Doesn't have to change and will not change is you
you have the ability to continue to grow as a
person even when father time and nature has taken its course.
We were talking about everybody can change and everybody has
(02:06):
uh the right to reinvent themselves as they get older,
and I equated it to jumping out of an airplane.
You know, there are some people man who get to
a certain point in their life and they and they
jump from the airplane. Is now almost a stunt of
(02:29):
some kind. It's almost like they lifed and got out
of control. You ever seen somebody jump out an airplane
and the parachute don't open, and they life start and
it seems like they start spinning and tumbling and they
can't get it together. And I've seen some mid air
rescues before. But then there are times when you know
when it hasn't worked. You know, you jump out that
(02:50):
airplane and at first it's fun. I've never Scott dived before,
but I would imagine when you first jump out of
an airplane that that people describe it as a sense
of being free, and that it's exhilarating when you first
jump out the plane. But if you pull that cord
(03:10):
and nothing happens, it never happened to me, But I
can only imagine the panic that's got to set in
because no matter how fun it was a moment ago,
the flying over to one another, the holding hands in
the air, the breeze, the descent, the feeling of all
(03:33):
of a sudden, if you reach for that cord and
it's not there, you're suddenly spinning out of control. And
that's what happens in a lot of people's lives. When
you first start your life, you jump out the plane,
you free you young, you ain't got nothing to worry about.
The Then you get to a certain point in your
life when you go, okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Gonna pull the cord now.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
And pulling the cord is an important thing, because here's
the analogy my friend gave me. He said, man, use
your mind like a parachute. It works better when it's open. Well,
see what happens with a lot of people is they
they in life. They jump out the plane and they
(04:20):
and they having this free fall and it's fun for now.
But they get to a certain point in their life
where they got theirself in a situation, or they've had
a little bit too much fun, a little bit too long,
or you know, they wasn't open to nothing, and they
just did what they wanted to do, or they started
getting involved with drugs or drinking or started running with
(04:40):
the wrong people.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
See you jump out the plane.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
At first, you're free falling this fun but then after
a minute, man, something happens and they realize whoa and
they reach for the cord, and the chord don't work.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Well.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Now you're in a panic stricken situation. And my suggesting
that what I've learned from the analogy that my friends
shared with me is that we all the sooner we
can open our mind to God, the sooner we could
develop that relationship with him. It's like pulling the chord
and opening a parachute. If you open up.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Your mind to God, God is like a parachute. You know.
God can slow your descent.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
God can turn this out of control freefall into a
nice ride for you. See, that's what happened to me.
I was spinning out of control. I had gotten myself
into a point. Man, Why I wasn't doing real good.
Oh y'all would look at me and think, man, stevee man,
(05:44):
Now I wasn't doing real good. I had spun out
of control. I was in a free fall, and I
reached for the chord, but I was so far away
the chord didn't open. Then I went to him and
I pulled the cord. When I went to God, I
pulled the cord and open, and he slowed my descent.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
And this is what I just believe. I don't believe.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Now that I age as fast as I was aging,
because I got that parachute open. Now, you know, I
take better care of myself, eating, I work out more.
Now you know I'm not out of control. I have
a direction now that win. Then got up under that
parachute a little bit, you know, And now I'm I'm
(06:29):
going You know, I'm still getting older, you know so,
but the descent is so slow. Now I'm able to
enjoy the ride. I'm guiding my parachute over. Sometimes we
go over to to a vacation spot over here, we
float back over to it. But you know, I'm still
getting old. I'm still going going down. But the descent,
(06:50):
because I've opened my mind to God, the parachute has
slowed my descent. And now I'm rocking back and forth.
But I ain't in and out of control no more.
You know, I'm able to enjoy the view.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
You know, when you jump out that plane and you
pull that cord and it don't work, you ain't looking
at the view no more. You're thinking of only one thing.
How can I slow this down? Well, now I'm able
to enjoy the view. I'm able to see all the
beautiful things on the horizon that God has for me.
I'm able to see all the beautiful things around me
that He's provided for me over these years because I've
(07:28):
slowed my descent. I use my mind like a parachute.
It works better when it's open. Open your mind to
God and so you can see the view, so you
can slow the descent, so you can stop the out
of control free fall that you've been on. That you
can get your life together and see everything out on
(07:49):
the horizon that God has for you. You know, it
turned out to be a very true statement. Your mind,
if you use it like a parachute, it works better
when it's open.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Y'all here, listen Deep Harvey Morning Show
Come on. Uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody
you are listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
One and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Man o,
man o man. I thank God for it.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I thank God for all He's done for me, for
all the little things that I oftentimes failed to thank
him for that I take for granted for you know,
I was. I was talking the other day to a
buddy of mine. We had gotten to this conversation about
God and and and in the conversation we had narrowed
(00:45):
it down and we were talking about changing the way
we are as people. You know that everybody has to change.
You know, nothing stays the same. Everybody changes, and a
lot of these changes can be for the good, and
a lot of them are just They just come with time,
you know. Sometimes it's aging that changes us. But no
(01:07):
matter how old you get, you still have the ability
to improve as a person. You may not have the
footspeed you used to have. You may not be as
agile as you used to be. Your energy level may
not be what it used to be. Your desire to
(01:30):
do some of the things that you used to do
may be gone.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
The thing that.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Doesn't have to change and will not change is you
you have the ability to continue to grow as a
person even when father time and nature has taken its course.
We were talking about everybody can change and everybody has
(02:06):
uh the right to reinvent themselves as they get older,
and I equated it to jumping out of an airplane.
You know, there are some people man who get to
a certain point in their life and they and they
jump from the airplane. Is now almost a stunt of
(02:29):
some kind. It's almost like they lifed and got out
of control. You ever seen somebody jump out an airplane
and the parachute don't open, and they life start and
it seems like they start spinning and tumbling and they
can't get it together. And I've seen some mid air
rescues before. But then there are times when you know
when it hasn't worked. You know, you jump out that
(02:50):
airplane and at first it's fun. I've never Scott dived before,
but I would imagine when you first jump out of
an airplane that that people describe it as a sense
of being free, and that it's exhilarating when you first
jump out the plane. But if you pull that cord
(03:10):
and nothing happens, it never happened to me, But I
can only imagine the panic that's got to set in
because no matter how fun it was a moment ago,
the flying over to one another, the holding hands in
the air, the breeze, the descent, the feeling of all
(03:33):
of a sudden, if you reach for that cord and
it's not there, you're suddenly spinning out of control. And
that's what happens in a lot of people's lives. When
you first start your life, you jump out the plane,
you free you young, you ain't got nothing to worry about.
The Then you get to a certain point in your
life when you go, okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Gonna pull the cord now.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
And pulling the cord is an important thing, because here's
the analogy my friend gave me. He said, man, use
your mind like a parachute. It works better when it's open. Well,
see what happens with a lot of people is they
they in life. They jump out the plane and they
(04:20):
and they having this free fall and it's fun for now.
But they get to a certain point in their life
where they got theirself in a situation, or they've had
a little bit too much fun, a little bit too long,
or you know, they wasn't open to nothing, and they
just did what they wanted to do, or they started
getting involved with drugs or drinking or started running with
(04:40):
the wrong people.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
See you jump out the plane.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
At first, you're free falling this fun but then after
a minute, man, something happens and they realize whoa and
they reach for the cord, and the chord don't work.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Well.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Now you're in a panic stricken situation. And my suggesting
that what I've learned from the analogy that my friends
shared with me is that we all the sooner we
can open our mind to God, the sooner we could
develop that relationship with him. It's like pulling the chord
and opening a parachute. If you open up.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Your mind to God, God is like a parachute. You know.
God can slow your descent.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
God can turn this out of control freefall into a
nice ride for you. See, that's what happened to me.
I was spinning out of control. I had gotten myself
into a point. Man, Why I wasn't doing real good.
Oh y'all would look at me and think, man, stevee man,
(05:44):
Now I wasn't doing real good. I had spun out
of control. I was in a free fall, and I
reached for the chord, but I was so far away
the chord didn't open. Then I went to him and
I pulled the cord. When I went to God, I
pulled the cord and open, and he slowed my descent.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
And this is what I just believe. I don't believe.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Now that I age as fast as I was aging,
because I got that parachute open. Now, you know, I
take better care of myself, eating, I work out more.
Now you know I'm not out of control. I have
a direction now that win. Then got up under that
parachute a little bit, you know, And now I'm I'm
(06:29):
going You know, I'm still getting older, you know so,
but the descent is so slow. Now I'm able to
enjoy the ride. I'm guiding my parachute over. Sometimes we
go over to to a vacation spot over here, we
float back over to it. But you know, I'm still
getting old. I'm still going going down. But the descent,
(06:50):
because I've opened my mind to God, the parachute has
slowed my descent. And now I'm rocking back and forth.
But I ain't in and out of control no more.
You know, I'm able to enjoy the view.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
You know, when you jump out that plane and you
pull that cord and it don't work, you ain't looking
at the view no more. You're thinking of only one thing.
How can I slow this down? Well, now I'm able
to enjoy the view. I'm able to see all the
beautiful things on the horizon that God has for me.
I'm able to see all the beautiful things around me
that He's provided for me over these years because I've
(07:28):
slowed my descent. I use my mind like a parachute.
It works better when it's open. Open your mind to
God and so you can see the view, so you
can slow the descent, so you can stop the out
of control free fall that you've been on. That you
can get your life together and see everything out on
(07:49):
the horizon that God has for you. You know, it
turned out to be a very true statement. Your mind,
if you use it like a parachute, it works better
when it's open.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Y'all here, listen Deep Harvey Morning Show
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