November 5, 2024 • 10 mins
When you open your mind to God, it is like opening a parachute and turning an out of control free fall into a nice ride.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today show is pre recorded, y'all know what time.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I don't know y'all, but all at all, so don't
given them.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Black the bus bust.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Listening to show Joy.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Ye joy.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
There you got to use that turn okay, to turn
(01:41):
the mouth turn you probably got to turn mouth, turn
out the water the money. Come come on.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
You'll think, huh. I sure, well, good morning everybody. You
are listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now,
one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show man
or man on man. I thank God for it. I
thank God for all he's done for me, for all
(02:21):
the little things that I oftentimes failed to thank him
for that I take for granted for you know, I
was talking the other day to a buddy of mine.
We had gotten to this conversation about God and and
in the conversation we had narrowed it down and we
(02:43):
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.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Sometimes it's aging that changes us. But no 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
(03:24):
what it used to be. Your desire to do some
of the things that you used to do may be gone.
The thing that doesn't have to change and will not
change is you. You have the ability to continue to
(03:45):
grow as a person, even when far the time and
nature has taken its course. We were talking about everybody
can change and everybody has the right to reinvent themselves
(04:08):
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 some kind. It's almost like they
(04:29):
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 airplane and at first, it's fun.
(04:52):
I've never scot dived before, but I would imagine when
you first jump out of an airplane that they people
describe it as a a sense of being free, and
it's exhilarating when you first jump out the plane. But
if you pull that cord and nothing happens. It never
happened to me, But I can only imagine the panic
(05:15):
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 of a sudden, if you reach
for that cord and it's not there, you're suddenly spinning
(05:36):
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 it. But then you get
to a certain point in your life when you go, okay,
I'm gonna pull the cord now. And pulling the cord
is an important thing because here's the analogy my friend
(05:59):
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 in life? They
jump out the plane and they and they having this
free fall and it's fun for now. But they get
(06:23):
to a certain point in their life where they got
themself 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 the wrong people.
See you jump out the plane. At first, you're free
falling this fun, but then after a minute, man, something
(06:45):
happens and they realize whoa and they reach for the cord,
and the chord don't work.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Well.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Now you're in the 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 your mind
(07:12):
to God, God is like a parachute. You know, God
can slow your descent. 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.
(07:32):
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, Stevie, Man, 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
(07:53):
was so far away the chord didn't open. Then I
went to him and I pulled the chord. When I
went to God, I pulled the cord and open, and
he slowed my descent. And this is what I just believe.
I don't believe now that I age as fast as
I was aging, because I got that parachute open. Now,
(08:13):
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 going. You know, I'm still getting older, you know so,
but the descent is so slow. Now I'm able to
(08:34):
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 down, but the descent because
I've opened my mind to God, the parachute has slowed
my descent. And now I'm rocking back and forth. But
(08:57):
I ain't spending out of control no more. You know,
I'm able to enjoy the view now. 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
(09:20):
to see all the beautiful things around me that He's
provided for me over these years. Because I've slowed my descent.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
I used my.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
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 the horizon that God has for you.
(09:49):
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, y'all, you're listening
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Out
Today show is pre recorded, y'all know what time.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I don't know y'all, but all at all, so don't
given them.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Black the bus bust.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Listening to show Joy.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Ye joy.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
There you got to use that turn okay, to turn
(01:41):
the mouth turn you probably got to turn mouth, turn
out the water the money. Come come on.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
You'll think, huh. I sure, well, good morning everybody. You
are listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now,
one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show man
or man on man. I thank God for it. I
thank God for all he's done for me, for all
(02:21):
the little things that I oftentimes failed to thank him
for that I take for granted for you know, I
was talking the other day to a buddy of mine.
We had gotten to this conversation about God and and
in the conversation we had narrowed it down and we
(02:43):
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.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Sometimes it's aging that changes us. But no 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
(03:24):
what it used to be. Your desire to do some
of the things that you used to do may be gone.
The thing that doesn't have to change and will not
change is you. You have the ability to continue to
(03:45):
grow as a person, even when far the time and
nature has taken its course. We were talking about everybody
can change and everybody has the right to reinvent themselves
(04:08):
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 some kind. It's almost like they
(04:29):
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 airplane and at first, it's fun.
(04:52):
I've never scot dived before, but I would imagine when
you first jump out of an airplane that they people
describe it as a a sense of being free, and
it's exhilarating when you first jump out the plane. But
if you pull that cord and nothing happens. It never
happened to me, But I can only imagine the panic
(05:15):
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 of a sudden, if you reach
for that cord and it's not there, you're suddenly spinning
(05:36):
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 it. But then you get
to a certain point in your life when you go, okay,
I'm gonna pull the cord now. And pulling the cord
is an important thing because here's the analogy my friend
(05:59):
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 in life? They
jump out the plane and they and they having this
free fall and it's fun for now. But they get
(06:23):
to a certain point in their life where they got
themself 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 the wrong people.
See you jump out the plane. At first, you're free
falling this fun, but then after a minute, man, something
(06:45):
happens and they realize whoa and they reach for the cord,
and the chord don't work.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Well.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Now you're in the 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 your mind
(07:12):
to God, God is like a parachute. You know, God
can slow your descent. 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.
(07:32):
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, Stevie, Man, 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
(07:53):
was so far away the chord didn't open. Then I
went to him and I pulled the chord. When I
went to God, I pulled the cord and open, and
he slowed my descent. And this is what I just believe.
I don't believe now that I age as fast as
I was aging, because I got that parachute open. Now,
(08:13):
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 going. You know, I'm still getting older, you know so,
but the descent is so slow. Now I'm able to
(08:34):
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 down, but the descent because
I've opened my mind to God, the parachute has slowed
my descent. And now I'm rocking back and forth. But
(08:57):
I ain't spending out of control no more. You know,
I'm able to enjoy the view now. 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
(09:20):
to see all the beautiful things around me that He's
provided for me over these years. Because I've slowed my descent.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
I used my.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
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 the horizon that God has for you.
(09:49):
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, y'all, you're listening
Speaker 2 (10:00):
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