What's in Your Spiritual "Toolbox" When Life Gets Tough?

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Picture this: You're facing a moment where your patience is threadbare, your emotions are surging, and the world seems determined to push all your buttons. What spiritual resources do you reach for first? In this candid conversation, we explore the must-have items in every Christian's spiritual toolbox—those go-to practices, verses, and mindsets that help us navigate both storms and smooth sailing.

From the power of "heavenly language" that brings unexpected peace in tense moments to maintaining an open dialogue with God throughout your day (think of it as constantly texting your best friend), we unpack practical ways to access divine help when you need it most. We explore how specific scripture verses like 2 Corinthians 5:17 can transform your perspective, why putting on the full armor of God daily isn't optional, and how trusted friends who "sharpen your iron" make all the difference.

The conversation takes fascinating turns as we discuss the challenge of leaving work stress at the door, finding the balance between patience and appropriate self-advocacy, and why God cares more about your heart attitude than your perfect performance. Whether you're a seasoned believer or just exploring faith, these practical spiritual tools offer real help for real life.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Well, I'd say they're different Disperse, disperse,
disperse, yeah yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
We're on, just so you know.
But, Beth, are they nurses?
That weren't?
Is it a nursing position?
That's not.
Medical assistants Okay.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
And the pay is so different compared to other
areas.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yes, that's what I was thinking.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
And that's what hurts .

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, I mean even you know, like I think, a lot of
people from Philly and Doverarea.
If I lived in Philly or Dover Iwould probably travel to Canton
just to get, you know, fivebucks more an hour, whatever it
may be.
But my neighbor that I was justtelling you about, she's
getting, gosh, what'd she say?

(01:28):
$13 more an hour just going toUnion.
Oh, yeah.
And that's going to Dover.
You know what I mean.
But they're hard to work for,though.
I'm sure yeah, I am sure We'vehad a lot come back from there
Really.
I am sure We've had a lot comeback from there Really.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
Is your mic working?

Speaker 3 (01:50):
I don't know, is it?

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, it's working.

Speaker 4 (01:56):
I couldn't hear her the way I can hear you two.

Speaker 3 (01:58):
Well, I never talk right into mine, okay.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Let me see, keep talking.
Beth, say something.
Hello, is that better?

Speaker 4 (02:06):
You just sat a little farther away, that's all.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
I did have to change my ears or something earlier, so
I wasn't sure if something elseneeded adjusted to.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
So you're pushing buttons?
Huh, not pushing turning.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
I hope you guys have got a lot to talk about and we
don't get to me because I'vestumbled all over this one well,
well, you've got way more thanwhat I've got hey, some of mine
really just came to me thisafternoon, so I was actually
ready.
I was ready, I mean I thought Iwas ready and then wasn't ready
did you do the right one I thinkso, that would be me, I mean, I

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think so, I did well, I justwas a little like I said, I was
a little confused on whichdirection you were going with.
Well, it was abroad.
You know, I always like toleave the beauty of it.

Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yeah, I like to things leave things open to how
you want to approach it, becausemaybe that makes it interesting
if we approach it from adifferent direction.
But, yeah, I was just thinkingabout, okay, you know, if you
only have five takeaways or fivethings, you know that you could
put in your toolbox those fivethings that you use most often

(03:20):
let's say it's on your topdrawer of your toolbox that when
you're going through life,either if things are going tough
or perhaps when things aregoing good, what are those
things that you feel like youconstantly use in your daily
life?
If it's prayer, if it's like Isaid, if there's a certain book
of the Bible you go back to thatgives you strength, that gives

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you guidance, just anything likethat.
So it could be a mix of the two.
Maybe here's a couple thingsthat you know when things are
going good and I'm appreciativeof.
But okay then, yep, then I gotto have a couple things for
things aren't going so good.
So, yeah, you don't have to.
You don't have to be set on anyone thing.
You don't have to.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
You don't have to be set on any one thing.
Yeah, See you got it covered.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
I do, he covered it all.
I don't have to talk anymore.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
Roger, what do you have?

Speaker 1 (04:14):
I got a hammer, a screwdriver and pliers.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well, what is your hammer?
What is your hammer?
I guess we should say what isyour spiritual hammer?

Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, I guess it should say what is your
spiritual hammer?

Speaker 3 (04:26):
Yeah, I guess it would be my heavenly language.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
Oh, that's good.

Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yeah, I like that.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
I like that too.
You know that hammers down theenemy all the time.
So yeah, okay, that's it,that's it.
That's all we get.
Okay, that's it, that's it.
That's all we got.
That's all we got I'm going totake a nap.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Wait, you said, your hammer, yeah, your tool belt,
wait a minute.

Speaker 4 (04:50):
Yeah, wait a minute.

Speaker 2 (04:52):
I want to know more about this language.

Speaker 4 (04:53):
Yeah, Give us an example.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Well, I mean, you know a lot of times if I'm
having trouble doing something,I just you know a lot of times
when you're having difficultydoing something, it's wanting

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you to lose your temper, getexcited, start swearing.
You know anything to be on hisside, and so you know a lot of
times I'll just start talking tothe Lord in my heavenly
language and then, I don't know,kind's kind of like a peace

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comes over you.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
Self-control yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:48):
And, believe me, sometimes I have a real hard
time with self-control.
Depends on the situation.
But then, if you do loseself-control, but then if you do
lose self-control after you'vecome back down to earth, you

(06:09):
think you know why did I?
You know that was about thedumbest thing you could have did
.
You should have just prayedabout it more, longer and harder
.
But sometimes situations comeup where you've got to think
right now instead of ponderingon it.

(06:30):
But there again, that's whereit comes.
Engage your brain.
Before you open your mouth,think about what you're going to
say.
Who's it going to hurt?
Is it going to say?
Who's it going to hurt?
Is it going to hurt you?
Is it going to hurt somebodyelse?

Speaker 4 (06:48):
Well, that lines up with one of mine, but I couldn't
put it into words because I wasthinking about is it prayer?
And then, the more I thoughtabout it, I'm like well, it's
not quite prayer, because to meit's almost like it's having an
open dialogue with the Lord atall times.
So it's not like setting myselfup for prayer and privacy or

(07:12):
taking the time to get in themoment and making time for
prayer as most of us do, butit's one of those things like
you're saying, roger, likeyou're in a situation where you
know, you become aware, you'rein the moment and you don't want
to act out, even though ifinside you might be just

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bubbling at the top.
But that's when you starthaving that inner dialogue with
the Lord, almost as he's walkingwith you through that situation
.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
Yeah, and you really don't have to say it to where
anybody else can hear you.
You know you can say it in yourmind because the Lord, you know
he knows all about us.
So you know he's going to readyour mind and see how you're
feeling and and asking.
You're asking him for, forguidance, yeah, oh, and you're
letting him take control of thesituation.

Speaker 4 (08:07):
You know you're not.
You're not trying to control thewhole situation yeah, you know
he's there with you and it'salmost as if you know he's your
right hand man in that situationso he can help you, he can
guide you to say the rightthings, he can give you that you
know self-control to where youknow.
Hey, there's been plenty oftimes for me like I'll go

(08:31):
through that situation and, likeI said inside, bubbling at the
top.
Uh, so I may, after it's allover, I may go in private and
vent a little bit, right,because you can't hold
everything right forever.

Speaker 2 (08:41):
I mean it's all over.

Speaker 3 (08:41):
I may go in private and vent a little bit Right,
because you can't holdeverything in forever.

Speaker 4 (08:43):
I mean, it's just not humanly possible to hold in all
your emotions all the time andit's probably not healthy to do
that.
But you can wait sometimes toyour private and then you can go
what in the world was that allabout?
And you can maybe say a fewwords and kind of get the anger
out, get the frustration out.
Maybe say a few words and kindof get the anger out, get the
frustration out.
But in the moment, especiallyif you're in a leader-type

(09:06):
position, if people are lookingto you for guidance, as you said
, if you lose self-control, theneverybody's going to the whole
situation can only get worseonce you lose it.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
It escalates from there.

Speaker 4 (09:19):
Yeah.
And for me sometimes that's theonly thing stopping me is just
having that open dialogue.
You know where Jesus is alwaysriding shotgun.

Speaker 3 (09:29):
Yeah, that's your personal relationship with him.
Yeah, you're alwayscommunicating with him.
It doesn't necessarily have tobe in prayer, but you're always.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (09:38):
So that's definitely in my top five yeah, so that's
definitely in my top five.
Um when?
when you always say opendialogue it, it makes me think
of like an open diary, like youknow, just writing to him or
something, and and have you guyswatched both of the stitches,
the original and then the newone?
So the original Lilo is sayingto the guy like yeah, my sister,

(10:03):
she likes your hair.
And he's like oh, did she tellyou that?
And she's like, well, no, Iread it in her diary.
But then in the new one it'slike yeah, she, you know, she,
she likes your hair.
And he's like well, did shetell you that?
He's like, well, no, I read hertext messages, you know.
So I'm like, okay, opendialogue.
Like if a younger person needsto try to I don't know, um,

(10:25):
break it down, some like it'salmost like you're writing to
him every day or texting him allday, every day, like you're
texting your boyfriend all day,every day, probably you know
like that's, that's the way theyshould be looking at it.

Speaker 4 (10:38):
You know that's a great example.
I'm sure plenty of people youknow they're having a tough day.
They're in the moment and atthe same time, they're probably
texting whoever saying this is abunch of yes or yeah and
venting to whoever it is yeah itis on their phone.
Meanwhile they're not.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
They're not venting to the one person they should be
well and not only actually helpthem yeah, and not only like
even you know, I'm sure margiedoesn't 100 understand all of
the issues that go on at yourwork, but she tries to
understand.
But it's like if you would atleast vent to both of them, you
know, like to margie and god,like he might be able to help

(11:15):
you a little more because heactually knows 100 where you're
coming from.

Speaker 4 (11:18):
You know what I mean yeah, well, yeah, he knows, he
knows you inside now.
Yeah, he knows what emotionsyou're coming from, you know
what.

Speaker 2 (11:22):
I mean.
Yeah, well, yeah, he knows youinside and out.

Speaker 4 (11:22):
Yeah, he knows what emotions you're struggling with.
He knows exactly why you'restruggling with it, Mm-hmm.
So yeah, he knows yourstrengths and your weaknesses
and just having that opendialogue he can make up for a
lot of those weaknesses whenyou're going through those
moments.

Speaker 2 (11:39):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (11:43):
So, yeah, that definitely for me is, so we
thought about that a little bitdifferently but more or less
it's the same thing.

Speaker 1 (11:48):
Yeah, same thing, only different, right?

Speaker 4 (11:51):
yeah, yeah oh, I was thinking of um.
Was it john deere when he saidonly smaller?

Speaker 1 (12:00):
Yeah, yeah, oh, it's green.
Yeah yeah, that was a dumbcommercial.
They're all dumb, they are.

Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah, Seems like they just keep getting worse too.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Somebody didn't know what they were talking about.
They said to scratch your headand say that was a waste of
three minutes.

Speaker 3 (12:27):
And I do that sometimes I have no idea what
they're talking about.

Speaker 1 (12:33):
What is that about?
Somebody got paid to come up.
I'm in the wrong business.
I could act stupid and get paidbig bucks.

Speaker 2 (12:41):
And someone paid to put this on.

Speaker 4 (12:43):
Yeah, somebody looked at that and said that is
fantastic.
We've got to put that out rightnow.

Speaker 1 (12:49):
That's what's wrong with the country?

Speaker 4 (12:50):
right now.
We can't do any better thanthat right there.

Speaker 1 (12:52):
That's what's wrong with the country right now.
Oh, yeah, okay, that's cool,yeah, we'll do that.
Okay, what's the consequences?
Truth or consequences?
Oh, that's probably before yourtime when Sid.

Speaker 3 (13:10):
Yeah, I know about it Okay.

Speaker 2 (13:15):
What's it from?

Speaker 1 (13:17):
It was a TV show.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
Oh, that was a TV show.
That's what it was called.

Speaker 1 (13:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (13:21):
Like a game show.
Oh, that was a TV show, that'swhat it was called, yeah.

Speaker 1 (13:26):
True Consequences Like a game show, yeah, okay.

Speaker 4 (13:29):
Like Lawrence Welk, lawrence Welk yeah.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
You never watched Lawrence Welk.

Speaker 4 (13:35):
Isn't he on like at 3 am?

Speaker 1 (13:37):
Well, he is now, Before he was prime time On an
actual cable Every Sunday at 7o'clock.
Big time wrestling Saturdaynights.

Speaker 4 (13:52):
That I remember.

Speaker 1 (13:54):
That I miss.
That was the only TV that mygrandfather would ever watch.

Speaker 4 (13:57):
Just wrestling.

Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yeah, he was from the old country.
He was from Slovakia and hespoke very little English.
But Saturday night he knew whenwrestling was on.
He'd be in the room justbaiting on the couch.

Speaker 2 (14:15):
Speaking his heavenly language.

Speaker 4 (14:20):
Heavenly headlock yeah.

Speaker 2 (14:33):
Excellent, heavenly headlock, yeah, excellent, all
right, so you got one?
Um, yeah, a little bit.
So the first one was secondcorinthians 517 um, that is the
first bible verse that I learned.
I think I was like seven oreight, but I think it was during
summer break maybe, but it waswith my grandpa and I don't know
.
I just always go back to itbecause it I'll read it.
Let's see 2 Corinthians 5, 17.

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Therefore, if anyone is inChrist, he is a new creation.
The old is gone, the new hascome, which the one that I
memorized wasn't this version,you know.
Um, it was like behold, allthings have become new.
Um, but I don't know.
It just makes you never losehope and faith because you know

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you're, you're a new creation,like it doesn't matter what your
past was or you know what you.
I'm not saying you should useyour salvation, um as like
loosely loosely, yeah, like toyour advantage.
But if you, you know, if you dohappen to mess up like he's
always there to you know, holdout his lending hand to us and

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forgive us, and when we don'tdeserve that whatsoever.

Speaker 4 (15:43):
So if we haven't used our heavenly language that day,
we need to.
We should I mean, we still haveopportunity.

Speaker 2 (15:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (15:51):
Nothing's ever lost on a bad day.
Yeah, we still have thatopportunity in the morning to
start all over again.
Try to get it right and he'llbe right there.
Ryan shotgun again.

Speaker 2 (16:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (16:03):
He doesn't say well, I need a—Jesus never says I need
a break from you for a while.
You're just too much for meright now.

Speaker 1 (16:09):
You're way too much, I can't handle you?

Speaker 4 (16:13):
Yeah, he doesn't do that.

Speaker 1 (16:14):
I'm going to put you in timeout.
Yeah, don't do anything.
Yeah, yeah, anything, yeah,yeah, let me rest, just put your
head down that's what I was,like my, my grandma was.

Speaker 2 (16:23):
Like you cannot, like you can't keep your eyes off of
like you do, you will turnaround for one second.
Cooper is putting a worm in hismouth, or you know?
I was just dealing with thattoo.

Speaker 4 (16:34):
Huh, oh, yeah, yeah, our granddaughter right now yeah
he did it.
She was outside yesterday, putpicked up a rock sure right in
her mouth.

Speaker 1 (16:41):
Yep, rock candy yeah, yeah, up a rock Sure Right in
her mouth.
Yep, rock candy.

Speaker 2 (16:44):
Yeah, yeah, I said did you just put that in your
mouth Because we were fishing?
And he's like so then I had tohuck it out with my finger.
You know I'm like yeah, butyeah.

Speaker 4 (16:58):
That's good protein.
They're so quick.

Speaker 1 (16:59):
They are.
That's good protein.

Speaker 2 (16:59):
They're so quick, they are so quick.

Speaker 1 (17:04):
He's a trip, yes, he is, she couldn't get over when
worship started Sunday himdancing.

Speaker 2 (17:14):
Yeah, he was a handful Sunday.
I apologize to everyone.

Speaker 3 (17:19):
Oh, we love watching, I know.

Speaker 2 (17:23):
We're in the weird spot.
I don't wake him up like in themornings.
You know if he either wakes upat seven or eight, you know it's
one or the other, but if it'sseven, typically on sundays, I'm
like I don't know if we shouldgo to church.
Because it's well, we decidedto go this weekend he doesn't
have his hourly break-in nap, oryeah, yeah because he was
starting to like act tired,basically when we were getting

(17:45):
ready to leave and I'm like, oh,here we go, here we go.

Speaker 4 (17:49):
Was he trying to start a mosh pit at church?

Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, yeah, he had two flags out and then he does
the whole thing where he youknow when you go grab him and he
just like deadweights.
I'm like, oh, the whole thingwhere he you know when you went
go grab him and he just likedead weights.
My grandma's like you're gonnahave to start sitting up front
because he just keeps running upthere like I know.
Oh, he needs to sit down no,it's, it's cool, like I don't

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know um resembling or almostlike, looking at him and
thinking about the way you acted.
Well, no, but almost like I'm,you know, I am him and the the
lord is me, you know, liketrying to constantly parent me,
you know yeah yeah, corral.

(18:39):
Yeah, not Sometimes, not in themoment, because I'm like, but
then looking back, like now,yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4 (18:47):
That's a good way of looking at it.
Yeah, yeah, we are his children, yep, you know.
So I mean, we're going to, nomatter how old we are.

Speaker 1 (18:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (18:56):
We still belong to him.
We're still his child.
That's right.
We act like children.

Speaker 1 (19:04):
Mm 10, we're still as child, that's right we we act
like children, yeah, and wedon't get our way.

Speaker 2 (19:06):
Yeah, very selfish, yeah, selfish pout, I think a
lot of people, especially whenthey don't get their way and oh
well, god didn't do this for meso I'm not gonna follow him like
.
That is so childish, yeah yeah,yeah do we want to do like one
out of maybe have like I've gota few more, but I'm wondering,
should we go in a circle?

Speaker 4 (19:23):
I might be able to segue into that a little bit.
Yeah, one of my favorite booksis Ephesians and I love the
armor of God.
I like to go back to that a lotof the time and, as you were
saying, you know, sometimes wepout, we don't get our way and
we can get depressed.
Make no mistake, just becauseyou're a Christian doesn't mean

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that you never get depressed,that you don't get sad, that you
don't have weaknesses.
And that's why the armor of Godis so important, because, as it
says, you want to put on thatarmor of God every day.
And there's a reason for that.
Is that because you want to beable to deflect all the things

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coming at you in life and youjust can't do it without that
armor.
You can try your best, but youjust can't do it on your own.
And I'm thankful that I look tothat because, as I said, just
because you're a faithfulChristian and you're doing the

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best you can, it doesn't meanthat you can go through hard
times.
You can face things likedepression and just feeling like
your life's not going the wayyou want it to go.
For me it just seems like overthe last couple of weeks I've
just felt just like just down,and I don't even want to say

(20:51):
it's depression, but it feelslike depression.

Speaker 2 (20:53):
It's the weather changing and it could be.

Speaker 4 (20:55):
Yeah, but I just don't quite feel like myself and
so it's like, okay, so you'reopen to all these.
You know attacks and thingskeep happening.
And you know, attacks andthings keep happening, and you
know, and you don't behave theway you would normally behave.
But I'm always thankful forthat armor of God because I can

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look at a lot of situations andgo well, without that, how much
worse would it be.
You know, then I probably, youknow, wouldn't be handling some
things as well as I could, andsometimes it's like I'm not even
handling it, maybe, as I should.
I'm not at a hundred percent,you know, but I still got that

(21:37):
armor on.

Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (21:38):
So I'm taking hits, I'm taking damage, but it could
be a lot worse, I think, if Iwasn't a Christian and trying to
live that life and having that.
But it could be a lot worse, Ithink, if I wasn't a Christian
trying to live that life andtrying to have that focus on
things, then I feel I would benot using the spiritual language
.
I wouldn't have that opendialogue and then I would be
lashing out at people.

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I would be not handling thingscorrectly.
But in battle, I mean, you'realways going to take, you know
you're always going to take hits, you're always going to take
damage and um it's.
It's impossible not to Um, butthose blows don't hurt as bad, I

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think if you do if you areputting on that armor of God
every day?
you know eventually, you knowyou'll, you know you'll come out
of it.
Things will get better, thingswill get back to normal,
whatever the situation might be.
But that book in particular Ijust have always found very
helpful for just keeping thatsingular idea in mind that every

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day, when you go out, there youknow if you're leaving the
house without your armor, whichwhich is your relationship with
christ yep, you leave the housewithout it yeah it's just yep.
Hell only knows you're introuble, you're in trouble so,
uh, I just I just think that'san important idea, and a lot of
things in that book are justit's more of a, uh, it's more
than what.
I think more of a, I think moreof the inspirational ones.

Speaker 3 (23:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (23:11):
So I think it's important to I like to go back
to that one quite a bit, so thatbook alone would be top shelf
for me.

Speaker 2 (23:23):
Beth, did you have something to add about the?

Speaker 3 (23:26):
Well, that's my first fool in my box.
Yeah, the armor of God.

Speaker 2 (23:30):
I saw her go ah.

Speaker 3 (23:32):
There's a segue in here I mean because I mean it
covers everything.

Speaker 4 (23:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (23:38):
You've got your Bible , your sword, you know, and the
helmet of salvation.
Sometimes I'm like I get myhead wrapped around things.
I'm like, oh, oh, wait a minute, let me buckle this down tight,
you know, and yeah, so I cankeep godly thoughts on things
instead of especially at work,when you're challenged with yeah
, you know yeah yeah, problem issometimes I I'm gonna be honest

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, we want to get real.

Speaker 4 (24:06):
Sometimes, before I go in the house, I take off my
armor.

Speaker 2 (24:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (24:10):
And then I go in the house and perhaps I don't treat
Margie so well.
Maybe I'm quiet, maybe I'm.
It's like when you finally stepoff the battlefield, it's like
you take your armor off yeah.
And then all of a sudden,sometimes it can all like.
That's when it hits you.
Creep up and then again youstart treating the people that
love you.
They get, you know they get.

Speaker 3 (24:31):
The short end of the stick.
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (24:34):
Or they get, you know , all the comments that you've
held in all day.

Speaker 2 (24:37):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4 (24:37):
They're the ones that get it.
They're the ones that get tosee you be tired.
Because, when I'm at work I'mlike I don't show that I'm
frustrated, I don't show thatI'm tired.
I don't show any of thoseemotions whatsoever.
I don't allow myself to do that.
So when I walk through the door.

Speaker 2 (24:51):
Even if you're ready to blow up, you know.

Speaker 4 (24:54):
Yeah, then it's like that's when it all starts
pouring out, and that's notreally fair yeah.

Speaker 2 (24:59):
I was thinking that yesterday, like when I came home
, like it's not fair that Ibring this, you know, like I
think I should feel it, butmaybe I need to just feel it on
my way home, or something likefeel it the first 10 minutes and
then, you know, maybe just letgo and turn on some christian
music or something.
The rest of the time.

Speaker 1 (25:17):
You know that's.
That's something I never did.
What take work home?

Speaker 2 (25:21):
yeah, as far as you know attitude I think that's.
I think it's hard like it's,like it's hard to do that you
know to um, to just drop it atthe door.
Like and I definitely envypeople that are able to do it,
because, yeah.

Speaker 3 (25:45):
Yeah, you know when you get home.

Speaker 4 (25:47):
You still got things you have to do.

Speaker 2 (25:49):
You still got.

Speaker 4 (25:50):
You know, you still have to give your family time.
You know, you have to do allthose things.

Speaker 2 (25:55):
You can't just get home and those cats of yours,
you have to give them time.
Yeah, I got to scoot cat letter.

Speaker 4 (26:04):
So that's that's what makes it hard is you can's like
, even when you get home, you'vegot to keep going, you've got
to keep the armor on, and thatgets hard to do and I fail at
that sometimes.
Failing at that right now, as amatter of fact, just because
you know, just like you said,before I go in the house it's
like, oh, I'll take my armor offbefore I go in.

Speaker 1 (26:25):
Maybe you should practice.
If you're going to take it off,just leave one piece on.
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (26:34):
And then the next day leave two pieces on.

Speaker 3 (26:38):
Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1 (26:40):
That's a good thought .

Speaker 2 (26:41):
Yeah, that is a good idea.

Speaker 1 (26:42):
Yeah, you know if that's what you're doing, you
know.

Speaker 4 (26:46):
Yeah, you know if that's you know if that's what
you're doing, you know, orperhaps it's just that piece
that's most essential towhatever's.

Speaker 2 (26:53):
At home, you know yeah.

Speaker 1 (26:55):
Well then, maybe you just better leave it all on.

Speaker 4 (27:00):
It's very hard to sleep in armor, though.

Speaker 3 (27:03):
I find that sometimes when I come home from work, if
I just take five minutes and sitin the car with it turned off
and just breathe, and maybelisten to a song, or just take
that five minutes before I walkin and leave it in the car or
whatever you know, yeah.
But if you're out there alonewith it five minutes, or the

(27:24):
dog's looking out the window,Jarvis is like is everything all
right?

Speaker 4 (27:28):
Yeah, Jarvis is like is everything all right yeah?

Speaker 3 (27:32):
But sometimes that does help.
It's just like five minutes ofpeace and quiet here.

Speaker 1 (27:37):
Decompress.

Speaker 2 (27:38):
Especially when you've probably been running all
day, you know.

Speaker 4 (27:42):
Oh yeah, because that's what I mean All the
adrenaline stops, mm-hmm youknow everything just kind of
settles and then it's likeeverything that you've held back
all day sometimes can just kindof like.
You can almost just feel itlike oozing down from your head
to your toes.
And it just goes over your wholebody and then it's like you
need some recovery time.

(28:02):
Sometimes that's hard to getbut, like I said, I can be very
guilty of not that I'm beingintentionally, I'm not being
mean or I'm not being, but it'sjust like I guess the best way
to say is I'm being vulnerablefor the first time and other
people can see it and it doesn'tmake them feel good.

(28:24):
It doesn't make them feel good,it doesn't make them happy.
So you just think like okay,you know how can I at least have
a little more control over,like you said, not taking it
home with me?

Speaker 2 (28:34):
Yeah.
You know, because it has noplace, it doesn't have any place
in the home, if you think aboutit, but that's hard.
And that's what the devil wants, you know.
He wants us to take it homethat way it yeah you know stirs
up relationship issues andeverything else.

Speaker 4 (28:52):
Yeah, yeah so, yeah, that's a never-ending,
never-ending struggle.
You got anything else to add tothe armor there, beth?

Speaker 2 (29:04):
no, I'll think well, beth was talking about, you know
, spending the five minutes andin your car and just either in
the quiet or putting music on it, and I put like my spotify
playlist.
I like to just turn that onsometimes or I've, um, I've had
95.9 on my typically.
I have like 99.9 on mytypically.

(29:25):
I have like 99.9 on justbecause it's like I like country
music.
It's not too profanity, youknow what I mean.
And but I had 95.9 on one time,I don't know, probably three
weeks ago and might've beenlonger than that, and like I
just haven't changed it, youknow, and it's like it's just
refreshing, like Cooper hearsthe songs and like knows half of

(29:46):
them, you know.
So it's, I don't know, it's abrush, a breath of fresh air
compared to some of you know92.5, where it's like vulgar and
it had to be something that bobross said a brush of fresh air.
Yes, yes I'm messing it up tooyeah, but I mean I gosh, I

(30:10):
haven't even listened to 92.5and forever.
But when I'm when I'm likeseeking through the um channels
and sometimes I hear just evenjust the the sound of someone's
voice on there and I'm like, nah, it's just always vulgar no, no
, 94.1 is not bad either.
But yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 4 (30:31):
I just usually listen to the Tusk Yep, and it's you
know, they always have somethinggood on there.

Speaker 2 (30:36):
That's what we listen to at work, yeah.

Speaker 4 (30:41):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (30:43):
Do they still have dial-a-deal on there?

Speaker 2 (30:46):
I have no idea.
Is that the lunch deal thing,where your workplace gets the
lunch?

Speaker 3 (30:51):
No, no, we're old Roger.
I guess we're still in our age.
Facebook market state and care.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
Well, yeah, that's true.

Speaker 3 (31:00):
Dial-a-deal was, you would call in and you'd
advertise whatever you had.

Speaker 4 (31:04):
Oh, that's right yeah , and you would give them like
your number, oh okay, you're notarrested, that's right.

Speaker 3 (31:10):
But I bet, yeah, I bet, these new phones have wiped
out.

Speaker 4 (31:13):
Totally Uh-huh, I forgot about that.

Speaker 2 (31:16):
Like a newspaper ad, but it's on the radio instead.
Huh See, they're getting alittle history I am.

Speaker 3 (31:25):
They would do that, that, and then they would read
all the obituaries.

Speaker 4 (31:27):
Yeah, read all the obituaries they say memory
unlocked.

Speaker 1 (31:35):
See, I'm good for something yeah.

Speaker 4 (31:43):
All right, somebody else.
So that's what.

Speaker 2 (31:47):
Two for me, that's two for me.

Speaker 4 (31:50):
Two for Two, for you got another one, raj.

Speaker 1 (31:57):
No, well, you know, you could take your pliers.

Speaker 2 (32:05):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (32:07):
That's in my toolbox.

Speaker 2 (32:08):
And what do you do with your pliers?
Yes, that's in my toolbox, andwhat do you?

Speaker 1 (32:12):
do with your pliers, your spiritual pliers,
Everything that comes at you.
That's of the enemy.
You take your pliers and I knowthat's of the enemy you just
squeeze it, snip it away.
Like a pair of scissors.
Yeah, just snip it off.
Squeeze it Like a pair ofscissors yeah, you know, just
snip it off, yep.
Okay, what do you think of menow?

Speaker 2 (32:34):
I like that.

Speaker 4 (32:36):
You just strike back, yeah, before it gets too big,
that's right, yeah, cut the headof the snake off, mm-hmm yeah.
I'm trying to think of one ofthose alien movies where it
starts out small and grows theblob.

Speaker 1 (32:50):
That's old.

Speaker 4 (32:51):
Yeah, they should have got that blob when it was
you know.

Speaker 2 (32:54):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (32:55):
Still able to spit inside of a can.

Speaker 1 (32:56):
Have you ever seen the black and white blob?
No, oh jeez.
When you were a kid, did youever watch gulardi?

Speaker 4 (33:09):
yes, of course.
I think I was leaning moretowards the son of ghoul by that
time oh, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah,but I know what you're talking
big chuck and hula hand oh yeah,oh yeah you guys are speaking a
foreign language right now forme, yeah, I even feel old on
this one.
Big Chuck and Little John.

(33:32):
Never heard of Big Chuck andLittle John.
They're straight out ofCleveland.

Speaker 2 (33:35):
Yeah, really I don't know.
Let me look them up.

Speaker 3 (33:39):
They like critique the movie that came on at what?
Yeah, and of course it'd be aridiculous movie that they could
laugh through and tell jokesand Gilardi.

Speaker 4 (33:50):
Yeah, they're like local legends.

Speaker 2 (33:52):
Oh, yeah, yeah, Okay, yep.

Speaker 4 (33:54):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (33:55):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
Now you look it up on Google.

Speaker 2 (34:02):
I'm terrible with names, like first off, but I
looked up the picture of them,yeah.

Speaker 1 (34:07):
Well, you know what they look like now.
Huh, yeah, okay, yeah.

Speaker 4 (34:10):
Yeah, little John had that laugh.

Speaker 1 (34:12):
Yeah, how tall is Little John.

Speaker 4 (34:16):
He's still around right.
I don't know.
I think he's still hanging on.

Speaker 3 (34:20):
Was he about what?
4'10".

Speaker 4 (34:22):
Yeah 4'10".

Speaker 1 (34:23):
That's why they called him Little John.

Speaker 2 (34:26):
Do you know when the first episode was?

Speaker 1 (34:29):
No.

Speaker 2 (34:29):
Do you want to take a guess?

Speaker 1 (34:31):
No 71.

Speaker 3 (34:35):
I was going to say 60 .

Speaker 2 (34:36):
79, actually September 2nd.
Was that a year ago, gosh?
Yesterday would have been theanniversary of how many years I
can't do the math.

Speaker 4 (34:49):
I can't do that math 2025.

Speaker 1 (34:53):
Oh, there you go.

Speaker 2 (34:55):
Not today, it is 46.
46th anniversary yesterday.

Speaker 1 (35:01):
Yeah, see.

Speaker 4 (35:01):
Well, I guess I could have done the math because I
was born in 79.
I had to do it.
My goodness See, I said nottoday.

Speaker 2 (35:10):
Do you know when the last episode was?

Speaker 1 (35:13):
Yesterday Yesterday no.

Speaker 3 (35:16):
Probably about what?
1982?

Speaker 4 (35:18):
No, no, no, no, no, no.
They went clear in the 2000?

Speaker 2 (35:23):
They went clear in the 2000.
Uh-huh.

Speaker 3 (35:25):
I just must have said I wasn't going to watch them
after that.

Speaker 2 (35:27):
But what year after 2000?
2003.
Seven Wow.
No way June too, like June 17th.
That's crazy.

Speaker 4 (35:38):
There's your local history, yep, this episode.
Ladies and gentlemen, 28seasons.

Speaker 2 (35:42):
it says yeah.

Speaker 3 (35:43):
Well, you must have still had to have antenna to get
them, because I don't rememberthem on cable anymore.

Speaker 4 (35:48):
Yeah, they died.
When cable died, I'm sure.

Speaker 1 (35:52):
When cable died, you mean, when TV antennas died.

Speaker 4 (35:54):
Yeah, no, I enjoyed watching that as a kid.
There were little skits andeverything.
Oh yeah, it was good stuff.

Speaker 1 (36:02):
You know why they took Gilardi off of the air
Because he did too much violence.

Speaker 4 (36:09):
There's too many violent movies.
Movies, or would they doviolence in his little skits?

Speaker 1 (36:14):
He'd blow stuff up, yeah.

Speaker 3 (36:16):
Boy, if they only knew what the TV was going to
become now.

Speaker 1 (36:19):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4 (36:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
They're not allowed to show Tom and Jerry, because
there's too much violence inthat cartoons.

Speaker 4 (36:27):
Yeah Right, boy, you know they're not allowed to show
Tom and Jerry because there'stoo much violence in that
cartoon.

Speaker 1 (36:30):
Yeah right, oh boy, it's all in what you want to see
them, mm-hmm.

Speaker 3 (36:35):
So I was going to say my second one, which is
actually part of the armor,which is your sword.
You know your Bible, but my twofavorite verses is Philippians
4.13, I can do all thingsthrough Christ, and Psalms 46,

(36:56):
be still, Be still and know I amGod.

Speaker 4 (37:05):
Because when.

Speaker 1 (37:06):
I can get all wrapped up.

Speaker 4 (37:07):
He's like simmer it down there, Patience, Patience
was on my list.

Speaker 1 (37:09):
That's why he gives you that five minutes after work
, when you get home, he allowsyou to just to.

Speaker 2 (37:20):
Sometimes that's just exactly what I do.
I just take a good deep breathand just let it go.

Speaker 3 (37:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (37:27):
Patience.

Speaker 3 (37:33):
I get anymore stray cats hollering at the car door
for me hurry up, feed me, feedme, oh please I've got.

Speaker 1 (37:37):
I've got three at work.
You want to stop on your wayhome and feed them?
No, there's.
There's food there.
All you gotta do is just put itout for them listen, mine won't
even eat dry food anymore.

Speaker 3 (37:45):
I I have to buy them canned.

Speaker 4 (37:47):
Oh man, Big mistake.

Speaker 2 (37:50):
Yeah, big mistake.

Speaker 4 (37:53):
Rookie mistake and ones of ours at work.

Speaker 1 (37:56):
they'll eat anything.
Put chicken bones out.
Oh yeah, I mean we put stuffout, scraps in that after lunch
and stuff.

Speaker 4 (38:08):
We got a couple that beg at the table.
It's ridiculous.
Let's look up at you.

Speaker 3 (38:14):
Cats that beg at the table.
Oh yeah, they'll beg just likea dog.

Speaker 4 (38:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (38:19):
Zara's begging right now with Cooper.
It is absolutely insane.
It drives me insane.

Speaker 1 (38:25):
Does Cooper feed him?

Speaker 2 (38:27):
I mean, yeah, cooper throws food, yeah, Sure, so we
have to keep them separated,because then I'm like you know,
sometimes when he's eating lunchI'll be doing something else,
and then I turn around and hisfood's gone.
I'm like, okay, but did you eatit or did you give it to Zara?
So now, that's a whole thing.
Got to pay attention more.
Oh, that's a whole thing.

Speaker 1 (38:47):
Got to pay attention more.
That's pretty sad when you gotto separate the dog, I know.
The dog was.

Speaker 2 (38:51):
Yeah.
And then you tell Zara, go, goZara.
And then because I'm like, okay, I'll be nice, I won't lock her
in because we've got a babygate from the living room to the
kitchen, I'm like I'll be nice,I won't lock her in.
And there she is, two, twoseconds later I'm like what did
I just tell you?

Speaker 3 (39:05):
Go Well, at least she waits for him to feed him.
Mine just reaches up and takesit right off.
Oh well, yeah, she can do thatsometimes, but yeah, and at
seven years old, I just look athim and I said there's no hope.

Speaker 2 (39:21):
No, that's how she is .

Speaker 3 (39:23):
I've never had a dog quite as challenging as this one
is.

Speaker 1 (39:29):
You need a hybrid wolf once they're really
challenging.

Speaker 2 (39:34):
Seems like it.

Speaker 1 (39:36):
That one of mine I had when we were living with my
mom when we had our house burnt.
Yeah, she wouldn't beg.
She would like when we lived intown.
She would lay at my feet andshe'd never beg she would.
She'd like when we lived intown, she would lay at my feet
and she'd never beg at the table.
When my stepdad started andthere was a bag of buns on the

(39:58):
table and she grabbed them bunsand she ran in behind the, in
behind the couch.
So I went in and I got a holdof the buns.
I said give me them buns.
And she went.
I grabbed her right by thethroat, me her the lamp.

(40:18):
The end table was out in themiddle of the floor and I had
her right by the throat, I hadher on her back and I said you
don't growl at me.
And she tried to get up and Isaid no, I'll let you up.
And I held her down.
I held her down.
I mean I had her right by histhroat and then I finally I let
her up and I said you don'tgrowl at me, no more.

(40:40):
Oh, I got when we moved out tothe sticks.
Yeah, she caught a baby rabbitand I seen her catch it and I
took that baby rabbit out of hermouth.
I stuck my finger in her mouthand I started pulling on the
rabbit and she clamped down justa little bit and I said, easy,

(41:03):
she'd leave up.

Speaker 3 (41:06):
I've got battle wounds.
I mean, this is a daily basis,is that right?
Oh yeah, and he does it only tome.
$2,000 in training.
And the trainer said you're theproblem, not the dog, right?
He said I don't make him listenand the dogs are packs and they

(41:28):
need a pack leader.
He said I don't make him listenand that dogs are packs and
they need a pack leader and I'mnot the pack leader.
So he's going to be the leader.

Speaker 2 (41:37):
I'm like, okay, where's my refund?

Speaker 1 (41:41):
Where'd you take it?
Newcomerstown.
You know what that guy told mywife?
She took my white wolf downthere.
He said she needs to put down.
My wife told him if I go homeand tell my wife or tell my
husband that he says I'll comedown here and put you down.

Speaker 4 (42:02):
And he put down because it was untrainable.
She wasn't untrainable.
I mean, is that what he wastrying to say?
Pretty much.

Speaker 1 (42:09):
Yeah, pretty much yeah pretty much.
She was the biggest baby shewas.

Speaker 3 (42:16):
Listen, I had he would be a perfect angel when I
took him to training and Jarviseven told him he only does this
when at home and he's like, well, what's he do when you're
sitting there watching TV?
And I said he climbs up on theback of the couch and rips the
hair out of the back of his headand he's like no, he doesn't.

(42:37):
I'm like yes, he does.
Jarvis is like yeah, he does.
So the guy came to the house.
He's a perfect angel, wouldn'tmisbehave angel wouldn't
misbehave like like a kid.
You needed cameras or something.
Yeah, oh my gosh, after likeyear, after we didn't do any
more training and stuff, I'mwalking, we go for a walk.
I got both dogs and jarby'slike I'm gonna run into goshen

(42:59):
here.
He's like will you be able tohandle both of them?
I said, oh yeah, I'll be fine.
You know, jarby comes out andthey're both sitting like
they're sitting in attention andjarby's like what's up with
that?
I pointed the guy was gettinggas in his car.
He never said a word to him butthey seen him.
He was like, oh, oh, now nokidding.

Speaker 2 (43:15):
Yep, wow, that's crazy.

Speaker 1 (43:19):
Man.

Speaker 2 (43:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (43:22):
I mean, he doesn't, he just nips, nips nips, nips,
nips to get me to do, and I'mwhat I.
He gets me by my wrist, takesme to the door when he wants to
go out, oh, my gosh Bleeds youby the hand, huh, or the wrist,
wow.

Speaker 1 (43:39):
Oh man.

Speaker 4 (43:43):
How big is this dog?

Speaker 3 (43:44):
48 pounds.
Wow, I'm glad he's one of mysmaller poodles, because my
other two were 90-some man.
Really, he's just full of sass,just full of it.

Speaker 4 (44:00):
My goodness.

Speaker 1 (44:02):
That collar didn't help any, or you put that on the
little dog.

Speaker 3 (44:06):
He is the little dog, that's why I have the one left
oh him.
Yeah, I know I, I haven't usedit yet that's why he's the
leader I can't stand the thoughtof it I'll tell you what.

Speaker 1 (44:21):
I've got one of those underground fences.
Well, I had four but only gotthree now.
But that's the greatest thingsince sliced bread.
I mean, I live out in thecountry and they've got a pretty
good area to run in.
Get up in the morning, let themout of the cage, open the door

(44:44):
and shut the door, or just leavethe door open.
They got a door, you don't haveto worry about them.
They're not going anywhere.
There can be deer in the yard.
They'll run over to the lineand stop and bark at the deer.

Speaker 3 (45:00):
My yard's fenced in so I don't have to worry about
that.
I'm embarrassed when he startsthat carrying on out there at
the lake because there's newpeople out there and they have
different dogs that he's justnot used to.
But I don't feel quite as badnow because every dog on the
dock is carrying on about thesenew dogs, Not just mine.

Speaker 4 (45:19):
Yeah, before we put the fence up, we had two cats on
those underground electriccollars Cats yeah, they figured
it out real quick, oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (45:36):
It's like I got that little what is he?
A little miniature King CharlesSpaniel.
He was pretty much ran loose.
I don't know, he might havebeen eight months old when we
got him.
I put that collar on him onetime.

Speaker 2 (46:01):
I mean, I had him on a leash and he got whooped.

Speaker 4 (46:07):
You don't even have to do that, just you put them on
.
Once A cat can do a backflip,oh is that right it?
Can On four or five, I don'tknow, but it was hot enough.

Speaker 3 (46:22):
They decided to stay in the yard.

Speaker 4 (46:24):
Yeah, Now, the last cat.
We tried to put it on.
It wasn't going for it.
It shocked itself until it wasout of bounds.
Yeah, the other two, yeah, theydid.
They did real well on it.

Speaker 2 (46:36):
Two.
You said the other two.
Did we all do two?
We've all said two.
So far, right.

Speaker 3 (46:41):
Yeah, oh yeah, you're reeling us in.

Speaker 2 (46:43):
I'm trying to reel us back in?
Guys, I'm trying.

Speaker 3 (46:46):
I wonder how much the Lord ever really wants to zap
us.

Speaker 2 (46:53):
All the time.

Speaker 1 (46:56):
I'm so glad I don't have a collar on from Evan.

Speaker 4 (47:02):
Patience was whatever .
She led me to think patiencewas one of mine.
That's always one I try to youknow, do my best at, and it
seems like when I'm out in theworld I'm a lot more patient
than some people.
Yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (47:21):
Yeah, I can see that.

Speaker 4 (47:23):
Yeah, I do.
You know, I've been told that Ihave the patience of a saint,
which I'm like.
Ok, I'll take that ascompliment.
Yeah, which in the male world,sometimes other males see that
as a weakness.
If you're patient, which meansyou don't yell, you don't?
You know you don't have toforce your hand by yelling, or,

(47:44):
you know, verbal abuse orphysical abuse, or you know you
can work through a problemquietly.
You know, keep yourself together, um, keep everybody else, you
know, on the same line, Um yeah,but yeah, I'd say, patience for
me is definitely on there.

Speaker 2 (48:07):
Now when you're being patient.
Do you want to blow up quietly?

Speaker 4 (48:12):
Okay, oh, inside.

Speaker 3 (48:14):
Inside that's what I mean.
Sometimes I'm bubbling over.

Speaker 4 (48:18):
Because my natural way of working and doing things
is I always want to keep controlof the situation and I always
want to keep the momentum going.
I hate when things come to astop.

Speaker 3 (48:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (48:31):
I hate when, for whatever reason, I lose control
of the situation, Like somebodyhas done something to mess up my
plans.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (48:37):
And then you're like now what?

Speaker 4 (48:38):
And now I have to you know come up with a plan B and
figure it out, and a lot oftimes things just can't move
fast enough as I want it to andyou know, like I said yeah, and
on the inside I'm just like I'mon the treadmill.

Speaker 3 (48:58):
Yeah, I was there yesterday.
Seriously, I'm on the treadmillbut I don't think people could
tell.

Speaker 4 (49:00):
You know, you know people can't tell that and I'm
just.
You know, I'm trying to be aspatient and work through it as
well as I can.
That way it doesn't turn into anightmare.

Speaker 2 (49:09):
And I know you're right when you do say that that
men tend to look at that as aweakness Not all of them, but
it's like I don't know whybecause they know how hard it is
for us to keep our cool asyou're boiling inside, you know
yeah.

Speaker 4 (49:26):
Because sometimes people are like why don't you
just go down there and tell him?

Speaker 2 (49:30):
Like you can't do that?

Speaker 4 (49:31):
No, you got to work with people.
You can't just.

Speaker 2 (49:33):
You can't let your emotions take over.
Bully everybody to get what youwant, yeah.

Speaker 4 (49:37):
I might have to deal with this guy again.
And that's what I always thinkis you know what, right now this
guy may be putting me in aposition that I don't like, but
you know what, there may come atime where that guy's going to
help me out.
I'm going to be in a situationwhere I might need him to help
me out.
And if you act, you knowfoolishly, then he's not going

(50:01):
to.
So that's what I always try tokeep in mind.
There may come a time where Imight not know that person very
well.
It may only seem like they'recoming in and out of my life for
just an hour or so, but younever know when you're going to
see that person again and youmight need their help.
That might be the dude that'srolling by on the highway when
you've got a flat tire.

Speaker 2 (50:19):
Exactly.

Speaker 3 (50:20):
Yeah, you just never know.
Yeah, yeah, you just never know.
Yeah, yeah, I think prayer's onmine, but it's not just prayer,
it's that open communication.

Speaker 2 (50:28):
Mm-hmm, right, mm-hmm .

Speaker 3 (50:30):
All day long, because sometimes I drive, instead of
yelling at the driver, I'll justsay God, did you see that?
Yeah, hold on.
Did you see that?
I did it just today.

Speaker 4 (50:47):
Like I'm pulling up to a four-way stop and and the
lady in front of me clearly gotthere way ahead of me, she sits
there.
So I gave her a nice wave, likego ahead, she goes threw her
hands up like she's mad.
I mean, I'm thinking number one.
You were there first, sotechnically you're supposed to
go number two.
I'm being nice.
Yeah, I gave you a nice waveand you throw your hands up like
I'm stupid.
I'm like that's typical youknow yeah like that's because?

Speaker 1 (51:06):
that's because people aren't used to anybody being
nice to them.
Yeah, it could be they'rethey're.
They're used to either gettingflipped off or or or the window,
rolled down and screamed andhollered at you know, yeah,
people aren't used to otherpeople being nice to them.
Yeah, that's true.
So they don't know how to, theydon't know how to handle it I.

Speaker 2 (51:24):
I think I think that's so fair, Like, so true
too, because there's Chase willcome, you know, go up to a stop
sign and he doesn't want peopleon his butt because he can't see
out of the back.
There is like a backup cameraon the, but it's very little but
it's on the, the mirror.
So a lot of times he just, youknow, lets people go and he'll

(51:45):
give you the hand signal.
And I think people are so inshock that they're they're like,
no, you go.
And he's like I just told youto go, so now I have to go.
But I think they're so in shocklike, oh, I better be, I better
be nice to you Go.

Speaker 3 (51:58):
Yeah yeah or they tell you to go and then, and
then there's like a hesitation.
Yeah, and then you don't go.
You're like, should I or shouldI not?
And then, once you start to go,then they throw their hands.

Speaker 1 (52:12):
Yes, yes, well, I'm gonna go.
Yeah, yeah, are you gonna go orare you gonna sit there?
Yeah, well if you're gonna sitthere, I'll go.
And then you start to go, andthen they decide well, and then
you get t-boned yep then argueover whose fault it was.
Yep, yeah yeah, but here'sbecause you didn't go when I

(52:34):
give you the okay but I thinkthat, though, when you like, he
sees it all.

Speaker 2 (52:47):
You might as well tell him, did you?

Speaker 3 (52:49):
see them.

Speaker 4 (52:51):
Instead of yelling and calling that person.

Speaker 3 (52:54):
I just not really yell at God, but I'm like hey,
did you see that you createdthat.

Speaker 2 (52:59):
You created this monster.

Speaker 4 (53:01):
Well, I said to him today, because again last couple
weeks I've had these feelingsof just being frustrated, being
tired, just short on patience,all of these things, and
somebody again just didsomething really stupid, and
then it has to be something thatI have to deal with and I'm,
and I'm doing the thing and Ijust look up and I and I even

(53:22):
said it out loud I'm like I'mupset, lord.
I said I know I'm upset, I'mmad, I know I'm mad.
I said, and I'm sorry, I said,but I am Just like I'm going to
do my best.
I said, but yeah, I'm mad.
I said so I'm sorry that youknow that right now I can't,

(53:43):
that I'm mad in the first place,like I'm apologizing to him
because something got to me tomake me mad, even though I'm not
acting out on it, but stillinside I'm like, yeah, today.
I am just frustrated.
And I was like Lord yes, I'mfrustrated, I'm tired, I've had
enough, I just want you to knowGiving your heads up and I'm

(54:04):
sorry.
I'm sorry that I haven't risento the occasion today, that I've
let this stuff get to me.
Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm not mybetter self today.
Yeah, I'm just confessing tothe Lord like, yep, I'm not at
my best today.
I'm just telling you.

Speaker 2 (54:19):
I think this comes as a good point because was it
Friday as a good point?
Because, was it Friday?
My co-worker, she kind of saidwhat was on her mind, but to
someone higher up, which may ormay not have been our boss, but
you know, she was talking to meand she's like I shouldn't have

(54:40):
said it and I'm like I don'tknow if you shouldn't have
necessarily not said it, and Iwas standing right there.
What she said was true.
We were all feeling it.
You know, we basically getscrewed over.
Like you know, some of thesepeople have certain rides that
bring them to these appointmentsand they're 35 minutes late and

(55:00):
here we have to jumble all thisstuff and she's like we just
don't.
We accommodate so stinking muchwhen most of the time, if you're
late to a cleaning for morethan 15 minutes for your teeth,
they're not going to see you atall.
You know, this one person was35 minutes late and it made the
rest of the day just insane andit's like we have that happen

(55:21):
all the time.
And I get that we want to beaccommodating, but even when
this person was making thatappointment, it was like oh well
, I'll try to be here at thattime.
So it was like well, why didyou make it that?
You know, why didn't you justpick a different day then?
And so it's like to to a pointlike we need to be nice and I

(55:44):
don't't know be patient and bepolite, but I think we still
need to stick up for ourselvestoo.
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, I think a lot of timespeople look at Christians as
well.
If I'm a Christian, I'm justgoing to get walked on all the
time.

Speaker 4 (55:59):
No, the difference between self-control and just
being passive all the time.

Speaker 2 (56:05):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get that yeah, I don't know, I
just wanted.
I just wanted to say thatbecause it it was something that
had just happened the other dayand I'm like, oh, this is kind
of going hand in hand with thisconversation oh, and that kind
of leads me into one of my otherones which I just kind of fell
upon today, and to me it'sdevotion.

Speaker 1 (56:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (56:25):
It's devotion to the duty that you have as a
Christian and to the Lord to doHis works every single day, no
matter how your day's going.

Speaker 3 (56:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (56:37):
Right, no matter what the situation is, you have a
duty to do that.
I was listening to one of myCivil War things and it kind of
put it in perspective.
They said, because you know someof these generals, you know,
like Robert E Lee, stonewall,jackson, they're these Christian
generals, they're Christianpeople, and Jackson had this

(56:58):
idea that he was building anarmy of the living God, like
that's how he wanted his men tobehave and that's how he wanted
them to see what their purposewas.
But he said, of course, but theproblem is he's trying to raise
this army of the living God outof a bunch of sinners.
So he still has the duty oftrying to make thousands of men

(57:25):
follow him, follow his orders,go in the direction he wants
them to go, do all the thingsthat are supposed to happen and
still be a Christian.
You know, and they kind of putit in perspective is that it's
by his example.
It's not so much that everysingle one of them soldiers was
going to believe it and becomeChristians themselves.

(57:48):
Right, because you're talkingthousands of men, mm-hmm, and,
as I said, a lot of them aregoing to continue to be sinners.

Speaker 3 (57:54):
Right.

Speaker 4 (57:55):
And they're not going to buy into that idea.
Yeah, under that understandingof being a Christian general,
that that's how he's going tocontrol events and that's how
he's going to lead his men sothat.
Let's face it.

(58:15):
Even if some of them don't wantto go along, they're going.

Speaker 3 (58:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (58:20):
Because in his mind, he's doing the work of the Lord
and nothing's going to deter himfrom doing it.
So he's going to carry out hisplan despite these sinners.
That perhaps will be like I'mnot going to do that.
I'm not going to buy into that,it's like.
Well, you will, through myleadership and what I'm going to
do.
I'll show you, I'll show youthat it can happen, that we can

(58:43):
do this.
It may look impossible now.

Speaker 2 (58:46):
It may seem unreasonable.
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (58:49):
But if it's the work of the Lord, it's going to
happen.

Speaker 2 (58:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (58:52):
We're going to do this and sometimes, as a leader,
you know you have to look atthat devotion every day of just
saying, you know, even whenthings are down, things don't
look good.
Everybody in the shop's notbuying in to my work ethic and
how I see things.
But if I just keep doing whatI'm supposed to do under that
devotion, things are going to goin that direction yeah they

(59:15):
just will, because you can't.
You can't defeat the will of thelord no, no and through that
devotion, if you stick to it,it's going to come to pass.
You know, if you're workingunder those ideals, you know,
then it doesn't matter if yougot a few bad apples.

Speaker 2 (59:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (59:34):
It's still.
You're still going to end up inthe same, in that same place.

Speaker 2 (59:40):
That brings me to my other one was Bible studies, and
I didn't know how I wanted totouch on this one, but that
reminded me of, like Alyssa has,the one that it's like the
young mom one that we're doingright now.
But it basically was saying,like you know, god isn't really

(01:00:00):
necessarily not judging you, butlike he's not.
He's not looking at how you dothe work, he's looking at your
heart, on how you do the work.
Like you know, say you'reloading the dishwasher and like
just grumbling about.
You know, like he he's judgingyou, not I shouldn't say judging

(01:00:23):
, but he's, he's not wantingthat you know he's, he's
definitely like, yeah, thisisn't how you're supposed to be,
he doesn't care how you loadthe dishwasher, doesn't care,
but he just he cares how yourheart is about it all so well
and I think we've talked aboutthis before that it's very easy
as individuals to to uh take forgranted the blessings that you

(01:00:44):
have.

Speaker 4 (01:00:45):
you know if, if you've been blessed enough to
have a house, to have a nicehome to have all these things.

Speaker 3 (01:00:50):
Well, guess what?

Speaker 4 (01:00:51):
It comes with responsibility and things you
have to do, but oftentimes weget mad because we have to do
them, because we'd rather bedoing something else.

Speaker 2 (01:01:00):
Not like I have to or I get to, you get to.

Speaker 4 (01:01:03):
You have the blessing of having this home that has a
dishwasher that you can slam thedishes into.

Speaker 2 (01:01:09):
That's what I was saying.

Speaker 4 (01:01:10):
Yeah, some people don't have that.
Some people, you know, don'teven have a home.
So you have to constantly bringyourself back down to earth and
say you know, I'm reallyblessed to have everything that.

Speaker 3 (01:01:20):
I have.

Speaker 4 (01:01:21):
And yeah, I don't like coming home and doing cat
litter I.
And yeah, I don't like cominghome and doing cat litter.
I don't like coming home anddoing this or that, I'd rather.
But it does take that constantreminder of.
You know, I'm pretty blessedhere.
Sometimes I can look down thestreet at a lot of my neighbors
and go you know they're wantingfor a lot of things, and most

(01:01:45):
likely one of those things isyou know?

Speaker 3 (01:01:45):
relationship with jesus and um that's what I was
gonna say.

Speaker 4 (01:01:48):
They don't even know that that's what they need, or
right you know, so you know wecan't take those things for
granted, so that the devotioncomes into it as well, that you
know you have to, you have toremind yourself that you know,
you are where you are becausethat's where god has placed.
You allow it because you've upyour heart to him.
You've allowed him to do thatand it's not wise to, like you

(01:02:10):
said.
You know he gets it, thatyou're tired, he gets all those
things.
But I think the more you're inthe Word, hopefully you know
less likely you're going to bein there.
You know using your dinnerwareas Frisbees.

Speaker 2 (01:02:25):
Right, I think.
Have you seen the thing whereit says you know, kids slow you
down and everyone's like, well,maybe that's the point you know,
and I'm looking at it as that.
Like you know, maybe that's thepoint of like he's just
constantly, you know, scanningour heart on how we're doing
things.
You know, and we have to almostkeep in mind that you know

(01:02:45):
scanning our heart on how we'redoing things.
You know, and we have to almostkeep in mind that you know we
yes, it's when you're in thatrat race or like, yeah it, but
you have to pull yourself outand remember that everyone's in
the same boat and I mean youjust have to have a good heart
about it all.

Speaker 4 (01:03:03):
Yeah, yep, it's a healthy way to live, but that's
a tough one sometimes, like Isaid, because that's what the
enemy wants Once you get you allcaught up, get life going as
fast as it can and get you offbalance.
And you know when you're offbalance, that's when you make
mistakes, that's when you're notat your best, and that's what
he wants.

(01:03:23):
So, yeah, we can't be preparedif we're not, as you said, going
into the armor of God,reminding yourself of those kind
of things.
And you know, as withCorinthians, you know your
favorite verse.
You know, if you're not remindedof that all the time, yeah,
yeah, Then you slip into some ofthose bad experiences, bad
habits.

(01:03:43):
So yeah.
So you always got to have.
That's the thing which I'mguilty of.
This in the real world.
You know my toolbox is usuallyjammed somewhere in the garage.
I have no idea where it is.
I don't know what's in it,hardly use anything in there.
I don't want to get in thattoolbox anymore than I have to.
I don't like to fix thingsaround the house, I just don't

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like to fix things around thehouse.
I just don't like to do it, uh,but you can't treat your
spiritual toolbox that way yougotta keep it handy it can't be
tucked away somewhere gatheringdust and gotta keep it well
oiled.
Yeah, yeah, yeah and whateveryou got in there.
Yeah, you gotta take care of itand do maintenance and make
sure you've you know you'reusing it on a regular basis.

Speaker 3 (01:04:26):
Yeah, when you talked about the Bible and you're
sharing it the Bible study.
Yeah, it kind of brought me toone of mine which was um, I
don't know if it's something inmy tool, it is in my toolbox.
I mean, is fellowship?

Speaker 2 (01:04:40):
Yeah, iron sharpens.

Speaker 3 (01:04:46):
That was, yeah, iron sharpens, that was one of mine
and that those few close friendsthat you can say listen, and
you puke it out on them andthey're automatically looking at
you.
But and they're pointing outthis, this- yeah, yeah, all of a
sudden you can.
They're not, you know, sayingyou did things wrong making you
look at things in a differentway are they're not gossiping
with you.

Speaker 2 (01:05:01):
Yeah, like, or turning it into a gossip session
or something.

Speaker 3 (01:05:05):
Yeah, yeah, one's real good when I dump on her and
she's like, yeah, but they didthis, didn't happen and this
didn't happen and you didn't dothis and well, yeah, it's not,
it's not, it's not that bad.
Anyway, you know I'm looking atit with.
You know, I got blinders on, Ijust see one way, and she's real
good about opening, and hollyis too you know we can, we have

(01:05:25):
that relationship, that we can,yes, puke things out on each
other.
Basically, yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:05:31):
Yeah, that's a real good one.
Yeah, iron shaping.
Iron sharpens iron.
I got this.
I got this.

Speaker 2 (01:05:41):
I think, especially like what I was talking about
earlier with Margie, like youknow, like if we vent to our
significant other, maybe theydon't understand all of the
things that are going on at work, but like I feel like Dawn does
with you, cause like it's thesame profession, you know.
And now, did you guys ever workat the same?
Did you both work at Ember?

(01:06:02):
I was there for 21 years.
Okay, yeah, so.

Speaker 3 (01:06:05):
Did you both work at Ember?
I was there for 21 years.
Okay yeah, so when I left, Ifelt like I got a divorce.

Speaker 4 (01:06:11):
I bet and again, the way the world has now been set
up, you know, the enemy has ithis way that both parties work.
Both people are working, sonobody's getting any sympathy.
Sometimes, yeah, because youdon't want to come home and
start complaining about your day.

Speaker 1 (01:06:31):
Well, that person's been at work too and had their
own challenges.

Speaker 4 (01:06:32):
Yeah, they had their own problems.
But you know.
So that's tough, because a mancan't come home nowadays and
kind of unload on his wife orjust talk about it, because most
likely you know she's got themproblems too.
But, again, that's got themproblems too, but again, that's
what the enemy wants.
You know, wear both people outand they'll fight each other.

(01:06:52):
It's really easy to do that.

Speaker 3 (01:06:53):
It's really easy to do it.
I think sometimes it's hard forwomen to unload on men, because
God made you guys your fixers.
You want to fix everything, andso when we start puking out all
our problems, like Jarvis,automatically, well what?

Speaker 2 (01:07:08):
do you want me to do about it?
Yeah, well, why don't you justdo this?
I'm like no, no, just listen.

Speaker 3 (01:07:15):
Yeah, just let me get it out and then it's done.
Yeah, I'll figure it out yes.
But I think God created men tobe fixers and women to be more
nurturing.
And you know he just createdthose things different.

Speaker 1 (01:07:28):
It's hard to be a listener though.

Speaker 3 (01:07:32):
When you are made to be a fixer.

Speaker 1 (01:07:35):
Yeah, it's hard to be a listener, because I mean,
when my wife was working, she'dcome home from the store and
she'd say I said I don't want tohear it.

Speaker 4 (01:07:45):
She's pouring out the drama.

Speaker 1 (01:07:48):
Because it's for one, it's not doing the person
that's venting any good and theperson that's listening really
doesn't care Because it doesn'tinvolve.
Or sometimes that person couldbe really on a high, had a great
day and the other person wouldcome home, you know, because it
doesn't involve.
You know in person.

Speaker 4 (01:08:05):
Or sometimes that person could be really on a high
, had a great day, yes, and theother person will come home and
just destroy it.

Speaker 2 (01:08:11):
I'm like, well, I'm glad your day was good.
Well, let me tell you aboutmine.

Speaker 1 (01:08:18):
Well, you know, in those kind of situations you've
got to, you have to listen firsta little bit to see the tone of
voice.
Then you know okay, well,that's good.
I'm glad you know, I'm glad youhad that.

Speaker 2 (01:08:33):
That's nice.
There's a timing turf and tone.
Timing turf and tone Don't know, where I got that from, but
I've heard it somewhere.
Tone Don't know where I gotthat from, but I've heard it
somewhere.

Speaker 1 (01:08:46):
Yeah, I'm always being told your tone of voice
was not very good, I'm sorry.

Speaker 3 (01:08:54):
I think Jarvie says that.
I say that to Jarvie a lot too.
Well, what about your tone?

Speaker 2 (01:08:58):
What tone are you talking about?
Uh-oh.

Speaker 1 (01:09:02):
Here, let me put.
I don't have a tone, I'm pushrewind if we're gonna play that
again I get the timing and thetone, but what's turf?

Speaker 2 (01:09:17):
I don't know.
I was thinking that I'm likewhat?

Speaker 1 (01:09:20):
maybe like the time and place your own side, your
own side of the bed.

Speaker 2 (01:09:23):
But that would be what timing is right?
No, maybe not.

Speaker 1 (01:09:28):
Timing would be when.

Speaker 2 (01:09:31):
Well, we know what timing is and tone.

Speaker 1 (01:09:35):
I'm not going to talk to you.

Speaker 3 (01:09:38):
The turf.
What is it?
Is that where you're at?

Speaker 1 (01:09:41):
Your boundaries, your boundaries where you're at.

Speaker 4 (01:09:42):
Maybe, my brain just goes to surf and turf, let's see
what is turf Tiny.

Speaker 1 (01:09:53):
That's something that grass grows Turf and tone, is
it artificial?

Speaker 2 (01:09:59):
If you want it to be.

Speaker 1 (01:10:00):
Indoor, outdoor turf.

Speaker 2 (01:10:02):
Okay, here we go.
I think they added another oneoh boy oh wait, this is
different text, tone and timethat's what turf kind of be like
, you know.

Speaker 4 (01:10:12):
Don't yell at your wife when you're in the middle
of a store you know the turf,you know wait till you get home.

Speaker 2 (01:10:16):
So I'm thinking like don't have not the right time
and place like yeah you know,don't do it in front of your
friends, right belittle yourwife.
That's what I was about to say.
Yeah, you know, don't do it infront of your friends, right?
Belittle your wife.
That's what I was about to say.
Yeah, you know, you're gonnahave a day tour or deep
conversation.

Speaker 4 (01:10:29):
Maybe do it just the two of you again, if you're in
management, if you're a leader,if you got a problem with
somebody you don't, you don'tyell at them and tell all about
it right in front of everybody,you take them aside, yeah, and
tell them.

Speaker 2 (01:10:41):
Yeah, I think that was.

Speaker 1 (01:10:43):
Maybe that's it, I think so that's too many things
to try and remember, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:10:49):
You remember what they are.

Speaker 4 (01:10:50):
Instead of TTT, people want to use TNT.
Yeah, yeah.
There, you go yeah, yeah, ohboy.

Speaker 3 (01:11:01):
Discussing it in a neutral place.

Speaker 4 (01:11:03):
See there you go, perfect.

Speaker 2 (01:11:07):
Yep, oh boy Discussing it in a neutral place
, See Perfect.
I don't know where I heard thatfrom, but somewhere.
Well.
Does anyone else have anything?

Speaker 4 (01:11:16):
I guess it's all right, I think we got close to.

Speaker 3 (01:11:18):
I don't know if everybody did five, mine is just
like listening to my praise andworship music, which I said
we've all touched, based on that.

Speaker 2 (01:11:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:11:25):
Especially in your five minutes of decompression.
Decompression.

Speaker 2 (01:11:30):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (01:11:32):
Yeah, it's like putting you in that little
decompressing chamber.
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:11:38):
I think God gives everybody their own gift of you
know like, for me it might bejust like, hey, I'll listen to
the Civil War thing for fiveminutes.
It'll calm me down.

Speaker 2 (01:11:51):
Yeah, or whatever it is their thing that calms them
down and grounds them almost.

Speaker 4 (01:12:01):
Right now Brinley Faye, our granddaughter.
She just has this blanket andshe'll just shove in her mouth
like half, you know whole end ofthe blanket will just start
going in her mouth.
So anymore we're just like, yep, stop it in there.
She gets crying sometimes we'lljust throw her the blanket,

(01:12:21):
like get it in there, she'll putit in there and she'll stop
crying.

Speaker 2 (01:12:25):
Does she call it anything?

Speaker 4 (01:12:27):
yet no, I don't think she's really.

Speaker 1 (01:12:29):
She can't talk.

Speaker 4 (01:12:30):
I mean, she's like I said.
She'll say, like she was sayingpop the other day.
And you know she'll say dad,and I think mama, Juice is juju.
Juju Well Cooper startedsinging Thunder by ACDC Like her
Uncle Seth will be like sayUncle Seth, she goes no, no.
Like she won't say Uncle Seth.

Speaker 2 (01:12:52):
Yeah, cooper will go Thunder.
Really.
Chase had him in the truck oneday, I don't know.
I think I might have beenworking and they were.
He said, yeah, he says Thundernow.
And now I'll put it on yeah, sogood one but so with the, with

(01:13:14):
the blanket yeah are youthinking maybe like that's what
you need to do sometimes just?
Yeah, I'm just gonna take ablanket in there if anybody's
coming to my office, I'll justgo.

Speaker 1 (01:13:26):
I mean, come back later yep, yep, sounds about
right they open the door, saywell, okay we'll be back it's
time I hope there's a lot ofolder people listen to us yep

(01:13:49):
that way, they can appreciatewhere we're coming from nap time
you know it's such punishmentas a child oh, I know we talk
about it all the time.

Speaker 3 (01:14:01):
I'm like if you only knew somebody tell me to go take
a nap, yeah yeah just yeah, youdon't know, two o'clock's nap
time yeah, oh, it is isn't it?

Speaker 4 (01:14:12):
yes, it is two o'clock rolls around and it's.
I mean, I've only got a halfhour to go.
I leave at two, usually twothirty three o'clock, but yeah,
like one thirty two oh, I knowyou can't just just yeah, yeah,
like 1.32.
Oh, I know you can't Just.

Speaker 1 (01:14:25):
Yeah, especially if you're on a computer.
Yeah, oh yeah, oh, just yeah.
Oh, can't really keep my eyesopen.

Speaker 2 (01:14:33):
Yeah, I will say it like when I take an hour lunch,
like anytime I'm working, it'san hour lunch, so it's typically
from 1 to 2.
So I don't normally get thatweird crash, but like I think
345, it's starting to hit me.

Speaker 4 (01:14:51):
Yeah, if I didn't get hungry, I wouldn't take a lunch
, because after that it's justmy mental is gone.
And everything is just yeah,trying to start back up again.
It's just not so easy as youget older.
It's just not easy as you getolder.
Sure, it is.

Speaker 1 (01:15:09):
It's real easy Just get in a recliner, kick it back.

Speaker 4 (01:15:13):
Oh, that would be, yeah, taking a nap would be easy
.
That's pretty easy, you know,getting moving again.

Speaker 1 (01:15:21):
I got trouble getting moving at 8 o'clock in the
morning, well, 7 o'clock in themorning, well, 7 o'clock in the
morning.
That's a hole in the ground.
Has water in it.

Speaker 3 (01:15:35):
What was that?
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:15:40):
Oops, maybe someone's vehicle.
It sounded like your stomach atfirst, roger, and then like no,
no, no, that can't be someone'sstomach.

Speaker 4 (01:15:48):
I thought it was her music.

Speaker 2 (01:15:51):
It's probably someone's vehicle.

Speaker 4 (01:15:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:15:54):
People were just walking out.
Whose turn is it to pray?

Speaker 1 (01:15:59):
Yours.

Speaker 2 (01:16:00):
Is it?

Speaker 1 (01:16:00):
Yeah, because I prayed last week.

Speaker 2 (01:16:02):
No, no, no, it's been a while.

Speaker 4 (01:16:03):
Oh yeah, we, because I prayed last week.

Speaker 2 (01:16:04):
No, no, no, it's been a while.
Oh yeah, we weren't here lastweek, Roger.

Speaker 1 (01:16:11):
Well, the week before that, Excuse me, I was here
Working.

Speaker 4 (01:16:17):
Working.

Speaker 2 (01:16:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:16:21):
Yeah, okay.

Speaker 2 (01:16:23):
All right.

Speaker 1 (01:16:24):
Trust me Sid.

Speaker 2 (01:16:25):
I feel like I hit this button and then did the
whole thing.
Whatever, I'll just do it again.

Speaker 1 (01:16:32):
Well, yeah, you always got to hit the button.
Don't hit the red one.

Speaker 2 (01:16:35):
Let me think Okay, I got to hit this button.

Speaker 1 (01:16:37):
Okay, is everyone ready?

Speaker 2 (01:16:38):
for me to start praying.

Speaker 1 (01:16:39):
Okay, whenever you're ready.
Well, no, she messed up themusic.

Speaker 2 (01:16:54):
It's not.
It's not doing anything.

Speaker 1 (01:17:00):
Hmm, we can pray without music.
Yeah, I'll just pray without.
There you go.

Speaker 2 (01:17:03):
Dear Heavenly Father.
Lord, I just thank you for thisevening that we had tonight
talking about.
You know all of our just all ofour tools in our spiritual kit
that you know help us go on withour daily lives and staying
focused on you.
You know all the aids that wetypically depend on.

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Lord, I just thank you thatwe're able to meet weekly and
just have these conversationsand continue to pour out these
podcasts and speak whatever ison our mind.
I just pray for travel merciesand until we meet at our next
point in time, in Jesus name,amen.