September 10, 2024 • 26 mins
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How do you recognize overlooked blessings in your daily life? What does it mean to count your blessings in times of hardship? How can we pause and reflect on past blessings in a world full of distractions?
In this episode of New Horizons, we explore the theme of gratitude and blessings. Special guest Seph Schlueter, a Christian artist and worship director, shares the story behind his song Counting My Blessings and reflects on the power of thankfulness. From moments that seemed like setbacks to realizing the greater blessings they brought, we discuss how trusting God’s plan and cultivating gratitude can change your life. Join Brian and Shawna Curee (AKA Mr. & Mrs.KillerB) as they host this conversation from the Metaverse, celebrating both the spiritual and personal blessings we sometimes take for granted.
What to Expect:
- Recognizing Hidden Blessings: Seph Schlueter shares personal stories of blessings in disguise, including his journey from turning down a full scholarship to becoming a full-time missionary.
- The Story Behind Counting My Blessings: Seph explains the inspiration for his song, highlighting the importance of gratitude and how it has evolved in meaning over time.
- Gratitude’s Power: Discussion on how gratitude impacts mental and spiritual health, reminding us to pause and reflect on all the good things in life.
- Virtual Reality Conversations: The unique dynamic of recording a podcast in the Metaverse and how it enhances the sharing of real-life stories.
- A Message of Hope: Seph’s reflections on the gospel, the good news of Jesus, and how a relationship with Him can lead to a life of abundance, peace, and joy.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is there a blessing that comes to your mind that
maybe you overlook but aregrateful for today?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I think there's so many different moments like that
in all of our lives.
I had a full ride out of highschool to a university in
Florida and I just reallyremember feeling God telling me
like I actually want you toactually join up with this
ministry group in Ohio.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
It was so confusing for me.
Welcome to the New Horizonspodcast.
I'm Brian Curie.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
And I'm Shawna Curee, also known as Mr and Mrs
KillerB, in virtual reality.
So this podcast is recordedlive from the metaverse at the
Killer Bee studios where reallife stories and experiences are
shared in a way only themetaverse can offer.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
With that, let's go ahead and dive into today's
episode.
So, okay, let me go ahead andstart by asking all of you a
wonderful question.
My question is have any of youhere ever heard the saying count
your blessings?
Yeah, okay, yeah, okay, awesome, awesome, okay.
Is there a blessing that comesto your mind that maybe you
(01:03):
overlooked?
Is there a blessing that?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
comes to your mind that maybe you overlooked but
are grateful for today.
Yeah, yeah, I mean, actually Icould think of a lot, but
probably my favorite is when Iwas in college.
I was, you know, when I was inschool.
I was really into school.
I mean, I loved it.
I, you know, did well in school, and so college was my next
logical step.
(01:27):
And so I got to college and thenI did all right.
I mean, I didn't do great, so Iwas interested in a lot of
other things other than studying.
And so, you know, after twoyears I found out that they were
not going to offer me any moreloans to stay in school.
So because of that, I had toleave, like I couldn't come back
(01:53):
the third year, and it feltdevastating.
It felt like what have I beendoing all this time if I can't
get a college education?
And I was devastated.
And when I came back, the veryweek that I came back from
college, I met Brian.
So that certainly did not looklike a blessing at first until,
you know, as our relationshipprogressed and we decided to get
married and everything, andthen I realized what a blessing
it really was.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I think that this is going to be a great conversation
about counting my blessings.
So to give you guys all a headsup, Seph is like the meta age
of like I don't know well.
I guess 15 minutes now, maybe30 minutes probably actually,
since we've been here trying todebug problems.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Seems like he's very young.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
He does seem like a pro.
So what I want you guys to do,let's give him a warm Horizon
Worlds welcome by raining himwith some confetti.
Let's go ahead and hit theguest intro arcane and welcome
to the stage.
Sweet, now I forgot.
Welcome to the Killer BeeStudios Come on out.
Yeah, look at me jumping allover the place, so let's go.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
It's my meta birthday .
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Let me just say none of this is your fault.
I just hope you know that wehave glitches upon glitches in
Horizon Worlds.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Hey, you know, you can just blame me because I'm
the new guy, so it's easy toblame me.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
That would be a terrible welcome as our special
guest.
We're like this is all yourfault, All your fault.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Sep.
You know, some people heremight not know you, so why don't
you take about 30 seconds andjust let everybody know who is
Seth?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah, y'all, my name is Sep Schleter.
I know it's a weird name Sethis actually short for Joseph,
fun fact.
So my real name is Joseph, but Igo by Sep.
I am an artist, I'm a musician,I'm a worship director at the
ministry I work for I love Jesusand I love to sing about him
and I love to just write songsthat allow people just to go
(03:49):
through life with more hope andwith more joy in their lives,
and so it's always fun to havethe opportunity to meet people,
always fun to have theopportunity to try new things
and just you know, I also talkwith my hands a lot, so this is
great that I have these hands.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I'll probably end up throwing one.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Oh, my a lot so this is.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
This is great that I have these.
Probably end up throwing one,oh my gosh.
Um no, but yeah, this is.
This is super fun to be here,so thanks for having me guys.
Yeah, um eth.
So did you go by seth as achild, or was that something you
did like later in your life?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
it came later, so I never liked joe or joey, so I
was always just like joseph andone.
One day I read a book and oneof the main characters names
went by Seph.
I thought it was the coolestthing ever, so I went to my
family you know, called a wholefamily meeting and I was like,
all right, guys, you're going tocall me Seph from now on.
And they're like, no, we're not.
So I was just.
I was still Joseph for a longtime.
(04:37):
And then I ended up joiningministry right out of high
school and I was like, all right, I'm Seph, but so many of them
knew me when I was younger, it'slike no, you're Joseph.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And I was like oh Lord, help me.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
And then, when I started releasing music, I
released it under Seph Schlueter, because you get the double.
It's cooler than JosephSchleider.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Yeah, super cool yeah .
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And so gradually it began to pick up the Seph train,
and then now most people callme Seph, so it.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
My mom will still only call me Joseph.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
My wife will still only call me Joseph, but most of
the people call me that stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
So do you have any brothers or sisters?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
I'm one of six.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Oh wow, I'm one of six.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Three boys, three girls I'm the second oldest and
funny story this is how I alwaysteach people to remember my
name.
When my mom was pregnant withbaby number six, I begged her to
name him Peter Because Ithought Peter.
When my mom was pregnant withbaby number six, I begged her to
name him peter because Ithought peter schleter would be
a really fun name.
I was like perfect, like let'sgo later and uh saying I'm not
going with peter and uh one withdominic instead.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
So it's like oh, whatever, but um it's a cool
name too, but it's a great waywhen people are like, how do you
say your name.
I'm like schleter rhymes withpeter heater, leader, meter
feeder, like there's so manythings that rhymes with, but
that's the other one that peoplethink it is schluter I wanted
to mention that, um, the day wemet you was at momentum, which I
(05:58):
know you guys have heard usmention that before, but that's
like the big um ccm contemporarychristian music Conference in
Orlando and we were likestanding around with some people
talking in like the lobby ofthe hotel and Seph just walks
right up and introduces himselfand started asking us questions
about ourselves and I thoughtand I mean Seph, I hope you take
(06:20):
this as the compliment that itis I mean, you look like you're
probably 16, right?
Do you get that?
A?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
lot.
Not with the beard.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Not with the beard anymore, but uh, before the
beard, yeah sure and I was justlike this kid is so sweet and
outgoing and well-spoken andfriendly and have you been like
that your whole life, like haveyou always been like a very
outgoing person?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
yeah, I mean.
So I feel like it's interestingbecause I'm one of six.
So obviously, you know, and allof us are very like stereotypes
.
Yes, yeah, I was just like Ilove talking.
Like my whole life I've alwaysbeen a talker.
My dad like did ministry stuffand then also did like
videography and like when he'dbe like testing his like when he
started getting into thevideography we were the test
subjects, you know.
So he pulled the video cameraand be like all right, you know,
(07:06):
joseph, tell me about likewhat's going on here.
And you know, so he pulled thevideo camera and be like all
right, you know, joseph, tell meabout like what's going on here
.
And you know, like, and so wewould just like always be, you
know, talking, sharing, doingall sorts of stuff, which is
funny.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
It was also really interesting when we first met
you, because I think we wereprobably on our way.
I mean, you probably had some,but they have those voodoo
donuts all the way over inUniversal.
So we thought you know, if wego walk and do that, then it's,
it's exercise.
We're really going above andbeyond, you know, to make sure
we're in shape, uh, and we raninto you on the way back, uh,
which was really cool.
(07:36):
And afterwards, uh, mrs killerreed came to me later because I
was like, yeah, he's a reallynice guy.
He's like, yeah, I got hisnumber, I'm gonna reach out to
him and see if maybe he wants tobe a guest on the show.
Sometimes, like, his namesounds familiar to me.
I just can't wrap my mindaround where I've heard his name
before yet.
Uh, and you want to finish thatstory?
Speaker 3 (07:55):
yeah.
So I um googled and looked upsome of your songs and I was
like, oh yeah, counting myblessings, that's a really good
song.
And brian gasped.
He said what I've beenlistening to that song and of
course that's how I had heard itin the first place.
I just didn't put it together.
He had been listening to thatsong on repeat, I mean seriously
, that's awesome he was sodisappointed that he didn't put
(08:20):
it together so he could say thatto you in person.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
But now, here you are .
Now you're saying the metaverseon my birthday.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Let's go On your birthday.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
It's the metaverse on my birthday.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Let's go On.
Your birthday it's yourmetaverse birthday.
I just want to say, oh my gosh,it's your birthday.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
No, just my metaverse , you know.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Just my metaverse birthday, but if people want to
remember me, that's cool too.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
You know, yeah, yeah, no, it's funny because I was
coming from a radio event, so wedid like a.
We did a rooftop radio eventwhere it was just like the label
that I'm at was me with a bunchof different like people who
work at radio stations, and so Icame down and I'm always like I
actually get, I'm extroverted,in case you can't tell and so I
(08:58):
get like it's, I get like a tonof life from just like talking
to people and it's basically allyou're doing the entire night
is it's just like speed dating,but like with radio people you
know, it's like you're just like, hey, how's it going nice to
meet you, like, tell me aboutyou, whatever.
And then all of a sudden they'relike all right, I'm out, and
another person comes like hey,I'm doing this whole thing and
you meet, like so many people,in the span of whatever, and I
love it.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I love meeting people , I love hearing stories, I love
getting to know people do youmind just sharing with everybody
a little bit about the meaningbehind your song counting my
blessings?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
yeah, man, um, it's so cool because I feel like it's
so like the meaning evolves somuch as I live it out.
You know, which is just like acool thing about music is that
you know it means one thing inone season and then it can use
to mean things as as you livelife, you know, and so, um, yeah
, I think for me, like when wewere writing it, it was me and
these two other guys and we werejust kind of talking about life
(09:47):
and where we were at and reallykind of all of us were in a
similar place where, you know,it's like years ago we had
prayed for this to happen in ourfamilies and this to happen in
our careers and this to happenin our, you know, relationships
and all sorts of things.
And it's like, oh, we're livingthat now, but so often we're too
busy, like we're chasing thenext opportunity, that we forget
to be like, well, I'm actuallygonna pause and like thank God
(10:14):
for what he's done.
You know where, like you know,the Bible talks all about how
give thanks in all circumstances.
You know, don't be anxious, butgive thanks, like all these
different things aboutThanksgiving, and we're seeing
more and more studies now on thescientific realm talking about
how gratitude actually can helpyou live longer.
Gratitude helps, like youroverall body health.
Gratitude helps your mentalhealth, like all sorts of
different things that are justcoming from the simple act of
giving thanks, and so I thinkthe song is just this reminder
of like hey, we all like, yourheart is going to, is going to
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elevate, your heart is going tobe more at peace when you just
give thanks to God and count theblessings that he's given you.
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
So beautiful?
Yeah, that's good.
Have you, Seph?
Have you released?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
a whole album yet or just singles so far.
Yeah, so I've released what'scalled an ep, which stands for
extended play, which is kind ofsilly because it says extended
but it's actually like ashortened album.
So it's five like originalsongs and then there's like a
couple like alternate versionson it.
I think there's eight songstotal.
Um, so I have that and that's.
That's the CD that will will begiven out.
I've been doing a bunch ofevents.
(11:13):
I was on tour with Matt Marrback in like April into May, and
then just a bunch of differentrandom events kind of throughout
the summer, and then inNovember I'm going on tour with
Danny Gokey, mac Powell, tasha.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Layton and myself.
That was awesome.
That's huge Yay clap.
Well, hey, you know, I askedMrs Killer Bee at the beginning.
I asked her a question and Iwould like to ask is there a
blessing that comes to your mindthat maybe you overlooked but
are grateful for today?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Yeah, man, I think there's so many different
moments, moments like that in inall of our lives probably.
You know just like things thatthat we thought were, um,
sometimes even like likesetbacks and then, and then we
like hindsight being 2020, wecan look back and see like, oh,
there's actually.
That was like actually a hugeblessing, I know for me.
(12:06):
I had a right out of highschool kind of similar, a little
different story, but justspeaking of like high school,
college, whatever stuff, I had afull ride out of high school to
a university in Florida and andI was like this is gonna be
great, I'm going to go there,it's going to be perfect.
And I just really rememberfeeling God telling me like I
actually want you to actuallyjoin up with this.
(12:28):
This ministry group in Ohiocalled Damascus instead and like
be there as like a full-timemissionary and all this
different stuff.
And it was so confusing to mebecause I was like, really, are
you sure?
Like I have this full ride, Ihave a roommate picked out all
this like different stuff and um, but just that, that call to
surrender, that call to like,actually say like, okay, god, as
a christian, I say that my lifeis yours and this is a chance
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where I could actually provethat.
You know, like, yep, you wantme to do this and I'm going to
surrender my preference or myunderstanding and do it.
So turn down the full ride.
Told the roommate that I wasn'tgoing to be his roommate
anymore.
Now he's actually married to mysister, which is wild, couldn't
be my roommates.
We had to be my sisters.
You know, um and uh, and thenuh, yeah, he probably likes that
(13:11):
better.
I bet probably pretty coolroommate guys.
Okay, um, and then um, and then, yeah, I ended up joining this
ministry called damascus and Imean it really is one of the
biggest blessings in my entirelife that it just formed me so
much.
It gave me um, it formed myrelationship with the lord, it
formed my character, it formedso many things in me that I'm so
grateful for.
(13:32):
I think it's just one of thebig thinking about blessings,
especially blessings in disguise, you know, I think it was one
of the big because everyonearound me thought I was crazy.
I thought I was crazy, you know,and uh and but I'm like, I like
look back I can totally see.
I'm like that was so the lordand I'm so grateful for it wow
oh, that's so cool, that's didyou grow up in ohio.
So I grew up in Pennsylvaniafor 13 years and then we moved
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to Ohio when I was 13.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Do you care if we talk a little bit about some of
the lyrics of your song here,because I would love this to
kind of touch us a little bit,awesome, okay, I'm going to
start with the beginning part ofthe song yeah, and I'm curious
if you guys I'm going to haveyou guys throw some confetti, if
you guys can relate to this.
But it says it's like it wasyesterday I was praying for a
(14:18):
miracle, scared to have a littlehope.
Now I want to ask everybody inthe audience by throwing some
confetti have you guys ever feltscared to have a little hope
before?
Have you guys ever felt likethat, like you want something?
Okay, yeah, thank you guys forbeing honest.
I mean, it's so true like youdon't expect, like something
good's gonna happen, becausejust things continue to go wrong
.
What came to you when youdecided to write that?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
that line Cause just things continue to go wrong.
What came to you when youdecided to write that that line?
Like again, like living in theanswer to prayers?
You know I was.
I was praying that I would dothis for my family, but it seems
so impossible, you know, or Iwas praying that like well I'm,
I could actually have a recorddeal, or I could release music,
or you know that this girl thatI like would be my wife, or like
you know all these differentthings and it's like.
It's like I feel, like I feellike you're in that place, but
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sometimes I think it's scared,like you're scared to have that
hope.
Because there are so many times,like looking back on our lives
and all of us can relate tothose times, and yeah, there've
been times that you know wemaybe we are disappointed and we
don't understand why, and andmaybe we won't ever like this
out of heaven, but again it kindof we won't ever like this side
of heaven, but again it kind ofit's followed up on that.
That next line, like now,looking back today and seeing
(15:17):
all the things you've done, likeI can't even add them up Like
even Jesus said that we weregoing to experience trials and
persecutions in our lives, butwe can look back on our lives
and count a bajillion ways.
You know where actually therewas a re, like we hoped in
something, or maybe we werescared to hope in something, but
(15:39):
we're like, wow, like Iactually look back and I can see
all the things you've done.
And it's so cool that even inthe midst of my own
imperfections, my own doubt, myown fear, like you still do so
much and it's amazing sometimesit's you're scared to hope
because of you think like maybethings, that things you have
prayed for that haven't come tocome to.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
You know what is it?
fruition is that yeah fruitionyeah, you're thinking, well,
maybe I did something wrong,like something.
Maybe god's mad at me and it'slike that.
That's another feeling that youcan struggle with, because
anybody ever everybody else hereever felt like that before,
like I don't really, I don'tfeel like I deserve it, or you
know why isn't god answeringthis prayer?
You start thinking there'ssomething wrong with you or that
you're doing something wrong.
When I was was listening tothis song, the reason why I kept
(16:17):
hitting repeat was because Iwas kind of going through a time
where there's things I'm likeI'm trying to process things go
on in life and work and all thatstuff, and I'm like trying to
get answers but I'm not gettinganswers.
It's just kind of silent andsometimes we think, well, if
God's not giving me the answer,then, like I was sharing, maybe
I did something wrong.
But sometimes it's like thebest answer is no answer because
(16:38):
he has something greater for us.
When I came across your songagain, I was just listening to
Spotify, I was working, I waslike whoa and I went back and I
hit, I hit repeat and I saidjust hit, repeat and again it
just kept repeating.
I just kept taking it inbecause the verse that the
chorus?
I guess that's the chorus itsays.
It says one, two, three.
Actually, once you say it, yousay it better.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
One, two, three up to infinity.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
Up to infinity.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
That statement right there.
And it says you know, I run outof numbers.
Took me back to the verse whenwe were going through hardships
Philippians 4.6.
Philippians 4.6 always has beena reminder to us.
It says don't worry aboutanything.
Instead, pray about everything.
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And what I love is the nextpart.
It says tell God what you needand thank Him for all he's done
and your song came on andreminded me.
At that moment you need to stopand thank God, because you're
going through a season wherethings aren't clear.
Press pause, like you saidearlier.
Press pause and start thankingHim and look at all the things
God's done.
But we don't remember thosetimes or those moments until we
are willing to press pause andgo and thank Him for everything,
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Pray to Him, give it to Him andthank Him.
And then it starts adding up,like you said one, two, three to
infinity and it's like, likegod, I know you have so many
more blessings I can't even wrapmy mind around right now.
I can't wrap my mind around theblessings, I can't even count
them yeah no, for real curiouslike this one, two, three to
infinity.
Where did that come from?
Speaker 2 (18:05):
yeah, I mean.
So it was actually cool.
We came.
The first thing that waswritten in that song was the
chorus.
Actually, so, sometimes funfact, when you write songs, you
write them all out of order andum.
And so we were one of my friends, jonathan, came in and
basically had almost the entirechorus, pretty much like right
there, and he was like hi, thisidea came to me and he just
sings it and me and the otherguy, jordan, are like yeah,
(18:27):
that's, that's, that's it,that's what, that's what we're
writing today, you know.
And and then we kind of went tothe pre-chorus and then I,
because I had this idea, I waslike you know, like the whole
thing is like counting, likewhat, if they actually just like
count, like what, if we havelike a pre-chorus where, like,
we actually do like counting andlike and it's like so I just
kind of like one, two, three andI'm like oh, up to infinity.
(18:48):
You know, it's like oh, it'slike so cool, like that feels so
special, like that.
It's like literally, we, wecan't, we can't count that high.
You know, like we, literallythere's, there's so many, so
many things if we actually takea moment to look, and I think
that's one of the biggest waysthat the enemy distracts us is
by again always having our mindsfocused on either the past or
the future.
(19:08):
We're so rarely living in thepresent and I think that's one
of the biggest things I'mlearning in my life.
There's just a simple phraselike be where your feet are.
You know and it's like like myfeet are here, like my feet are
right here in the metaverse youknow like you guys, I'm like I'm
not thinking about thebajillion things I have to do or
the worries or cares of thisday.
(19:29):
I'm trying to just be fullypresent.
And I feel like so often,especially in our world of, you
know, social media, or justcomparison or worry, or anxiety,
like it's we're always lookingeither to like oh, that happened
and I'm so anxious about it, orthat's going to happen, I'm so
anxious about it.
And when we just take a momentto pause and like be present to
where we're at and then justlike let your heart be moved to
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gratitude, like just pod that,wow God, thank you that there's
breath in my lungs, thank youthat I have family, thank you
that I have friends, thank youthat I have food, thank you that
I have shelter, I think like,all of a sudden, the anxiety,
the chaos, like the clouds thatI feel like just are so easy to
feel caught in, I feel like itjust goes away when we can just
be present, like where we're atin the moment, and I feel like
(20:12):
that one, two, three up toinfinity, it's like you can't
get there until you like pause.
You know, like you're nevergoing to be able to actually
look at the blessings if you'retoo busy.
If you're too busy like drivingpast them, you know, but when
you?
pause and you're like, here weare, this is the, this is, this
is good.
You know, this is God is goodand I have blessings in my life.
That's where things begin toactually like, the anxiety
(20:35):
begins to leave, the chaosbegins to leave and the peace
and joy and hope begin to fillyour heart.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Amen amen before you move on.
Do you want to share with Sephthe song that you wrote on our
walk today?
Speaker 1 (20:47):
oh, oh yeah, yeah, I will share, okay, so I was gonna
get all serious, not really, Idon't know.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
That's what I do.
I like laughing at that.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
So I can't be serious .
This guy's getting serious.
Yeah, right, no, sean.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
I was gonna say you know well, if any, if you guys
like what Steph is saying, makesure you guys follow him on
threads, because you post somereally good posts on there and I
just think it's inspirationaland I think it's a good reminder
, so, yeah, so I love seeingthat and as I get ready to share
my new song that I was writingas we were walking today, I do
(21:24):
want to encourage everybody.
I think that is one of thehardest things during our
culture these days is toactually press pause.
Culture these days is toactually press pause.
If you guys are going throughstuff and you guys know like you
just feel like the world ispressuring around, you really be
intentional about pressingpause.
Find time to press pause.
Uh, we need that, we really do,and that allows us to be able
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to count those blessings.
And since you did add that toyour, your report, you're the
one that came up with the one,two, three, the counting, the
counting thing.
Yeah, did you add a?
Did you add accountant to yourLinkedIn profile?
That's funny.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
I like this guy joke.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Okay, Well, here let me go ahead and tell you about
my song that I wrote then.
So if you're going to do thisversion, you're going to feel
like, you know, just give me ashout out.
Yeah, but we, we walk aroundour, our complex here and they
have, uh, three, three big pondsand we have these whistling
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ducks that came in and there'slike sometimes there's like
hundreds of them, isn't there.
So we went walking yesterday Ithink we only saw four, is that
right?
Four whistling dogs.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
I think it was only two, two, uh.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
And then we started walking today and there was a
bunch of more whistling ducks,wow.
And as we were walking, we weresaying something about counting
my blessings.
I was like, yeah, one, two,three Ducks to infinity,
counting my ducklings, countingmy ducklings.
Oh, that's.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
Christmas Counting the ducklings.
Yes, I was counting myducklings.
Today I'm going to release aChristmas version called
Counting my Presents.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Counting.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
My Presents.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
That might give the wrong you know idea of what
Christmas is about.
Maybe it should be somethingelse.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
No Counting my Presents.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
You have to be dressed up as the Grinch when
you do it.
There you go.
Dressed up as the Grinch, thereyou go.
I'm going to be the.
Grinch counting my presents one, two, three there you go man, I
always just tell people that Ican't.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
I can't count past three and that's why I made that
so you just say infinity it'sreally smart, I'm like four.
What's that?
Speaker 3 (23:24):
it sounds like really deep and spiritual and then
you're like yeah, it's like, asfar as I can go.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
There's one thing that you hope that people here
and our listeners would takeaway from our conversation today
.
What would that be?
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I feel like for me, the biggest thing that I always
get so convicted about is thegospel.
You know, if anyone doesn'tknow the gospel, it means good
news, and it's the good newsthat Jesus gave his life and he
died so that we actually couldhave life and we can have
eternal life that'll be foreverand ever in heaven, but also
that we get to live in, startinghere and now, today.
(23:58):
And I think the biggest thingin my life is just have a
relationship with Jesus likebegin to cultivate that relation
, because he's going to bringyou into freedom.
He's going to break addictionin your life.
He's going to bring you intopeace and joy and hope like
you've never known before.
He's someone who accepts youfor who you are and is going to
help you become the best versionof who you were made to be like
(24:20):
there's, just there's there'ssome, like he says in john 10 10
, I came that you would havelife and have it in abundance.
And so if anyone out there isjust like, yeah, my, my, like I
actually need an, I want anabundant life.
Like I, I need something morethan what I'm living in, like
Jesus is the answer.
And if you know Jesus, praiseGod, like that's awesome.
But also like like continue,like like you were saying, mr
Killer B, like like being ableto um, like daily commune with
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him, like take time to pause.
Every day I'm showing up, andsometimes it's for 15 minutes,
sometimes it's for two hours,you know, but I'm showing up and
I'm letting the Lord work on myheart and I'm growing in
communion with him and my wholelife has changed because of that
.
And so I just encourageeveryone out there If you don't
know Jesus, just give him a shot, and if you do know Jesus, just
continue growing deeperrelationships with him.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
If you enjoyed this episode don't forget to follow
this podcast and leave us areview.
Is there a blessing that comes to your mind that
maybe you overlook but aregrateful for today?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I think there's so many different moments like that
in all of our lives.
I had a full ride out of highschool to a university in
Florida and I just reallyremember feeling God telling me
like I actually want you toactually join up with this
ministry group in Ohio.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
It was so confusing for me.
Welcome to the New Horizonspodcast.
I'm Brian Curie.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
And I'm Shawna Curee, also known as Mr and Mrs
KillerB, in virtual reality.
So this podcast is recordedlive from the metaverse at the
Killer Bee studios where reallife stories and experiences are
shared in a way only themetaverse can offer.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
With that, let's go ahead and dive into today's
episode.
So, okay, let me go ahead andstart by asking all of you a
wonderful question.
My question is have any of youhere ever heard the saying count
your blessings?
Yeah, okay, yeah, okay, awesome, awesome, okay.
Is there a blessing that comesto your mind that maybe you
(01:03):
overlooked?
Is there a blessing that?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
comes to your mind that maybe you overlooked but
are grateful for today.
Yeah, yeah, I mean, actually Icould think of a lot, but
probably my favorite is when Iwas in college.
I was, you know, when I was inschool.
I was really into school.
I mean, I loved it.
I, you know, did well in school, and so college was my next
logical step.
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And so I got to college and thenI did all right.
I mean, I didn't do great, so Iwas interested in a lot of
other things other than studying.
And so, you know, after twoyears I found out that they were
not going to offer me any moreloans to stay in school.
So because of that, I had toleave, like I couldn't come back
(01:53):
the third year, and it feltdevastating.
It felt like what have I beendoing all this time if I can't
get a college education?
And I was devastated.
And when I came back, the veryweek that I came back from
college, I met Brian.
So that certainly did not looklike a blessing at first until,
you know, as our relationshipprogressed and we decided to get
married and everything, andthen I realized what a blessing
it really was.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I think that this is going to be a great conversation
about counting my blessings.
So to give you guys all a headsup, Seph is like the meta age
of like I don't know well.
I guess 15 minutes now, maybe30 minutes probably actually,
since we've been here trying todebug problems.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Seems like he's very young.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
He does seem like a pro.
So what I want you guys to do,let's give him a warm Horizon
Worlds welcome by raining himwith some confetti.
Let's go ahead and hit theguest intro arcane and welcome
to the stage.
Sweet, now I forgot.
Welcome to the Killer BeeStudios Come on out.
Yeah, look at me jumping allover the place, so let's go.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
It's my meta birthday .
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Let me just say none of this is your fault.
I just hope you know that wehave glitches upon glitches in
Horizon Worlds.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Hey, you know, you can just blame me because I'm
the new guy, so it's easy toblame me.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
That would be a terrible welcome as our special
guest.
We're like this is all yourfault, All your fault.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Sep.
You know, some people heremight not know you, so why don't
you take about 30 seconds andjust let everybody know who is
Seth?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah, y'all, my name is Sep Schleter.
I know it's a weird name Sethis actually short for Joseph,
fun fact.
So my real name is Joseph, but Igo by Sep.
I am an artist, I'm a musician,I'm a worship director at the
ministry I work for I love Jesusand I love to sing about him
and I love to just write songsthat allow people just to go
(03:49):
through life with more hope andwith more joy in their lives,
and so it's always fun to havethe opportunity to meet people,
always fun to have theopportunity to try new things
and just you know, I also talkwith my hands a lot, so this is
great that I have these hands.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I'll probably end up throwing one.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Oh, my a lot so this is.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
This is great that I have these.
Probably end up throwing one,oh my gosh.
Um no, but yeah, this is.
This is super fun to be here,so thanks for having me guys.
Yeah, um eth.
So did you go by seth as achild, or was that something you
did like later in your life?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
it came later, so I never liked joe or joey, so I
was always just like joseph andone.
One day I read a book and oneof the main characters names
went by Seph.
I thought it was the coolestthing ever, so I went to my
family you know, called a wholefamily meeting and I was like,
all right, guys, you're going tocall me Seph from now on.
And they're like, no, we're not.
So I was just.
I was still Joseph for a longtime.
(04:37):
And then I ended up joiningministry right out of high
school and I was like, all right, I'm Seph, but so many of them
knew me when I was younger, it'slike no, you're Joseph.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And I was like oh Lord, help me.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
And then, when I started releasing music, I
released it under Seph Schlueter, because you get the double.
It's cooler than JosephSchleider.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Yeah, super cool yeah .
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And so gradually it began to pick up the Seph train,
and then now most people callme Seph, so it.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
My mom will still only call me Joseph.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
My wife will still only call me Joseph, but most of
the people call me that stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
So do you have any brothers or sisters?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
I'm one of six.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Oh wow, I'm one of six.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Three boys, three girls I'm the second oldest and
funny story this is how I alwaysteach people to remember my
name.
When my mom was pregnant withbaby number six, I begged her to
name him Peter Because Ithought Peter.
When my mom was pregnant withbaby number six, I begged her to
name him peter because Ithought peter schleter would be
a really fun name.
I was like perfect, like let'sgo later and uh saying I'm not
going with peter and uh one withdominic instead.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
So it's like oh, whatever, but um it's a cool
name too, but it's a great waywhen people are like, how do you
say your name.
I'm like schleter rhymes withpeter heater, leader, meter
feeder, like there's so manythings that rhymes with, but
that's the other one that peoplethink it is schluter I wanted
to mention that, um, the day wemet you was at momentum, which I
(05:58):
know you guys have heard usmention that before, but that's
like the big um ccm contemporarychristian music Conference in
Orlando and we were likestanding around with some people
talking in like the lobby ofthe hotel and Seph just walks
right up and introduces himselfand started asking us questions
about ourselves and I thoughtand I mean Seph, I hope you take
(06:20):
this as the compliment that itis I mean, you look like you're
probably 16, right?
Do you get that?
A?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
lot.
Not with the beard.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Not with the beard anymore, but uh, before the
beard, yeah sure and I was justlike this kid is so sweet and
outgoing and well-spoken andfriendly and have you been like
that your whole life, like haveyou always been like a very
outgoing person?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
yeah, I mean.
So I feel like it's interestingbecause I'm one of six.
So obviously, you know, and allof us are very like stereotypes
.
Yes, yeah, I was just like Ilove talking.
Like my whole life I've alwaysbeen a talker.
My dad like did ministry stuffand then also did like
videography and like when he'dbe like testing his like when he
started getting into thevideography we were the test
subjects, you know.
So he pulled the video cameraand be like all right, you know,
(07:06):
joseph, tell me about likewhat's going on here.
And you know, so he pulled thevideo camera and be like all
right, you know, joseph, tell meabout like what's going on here
.
And you know, like, and so wewould just like always be, you
know, talking, sharing, doingall sorts of stuff, which is
funny.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
It was also really interesting when we first met
you, because I think we wereprobably on our way.
I mean, you probably had some,but they have those voodoo
donuts all the way over inUniversal.
So we thought you know, if wego walk and do that, then it's,
it's exercise.
We're really going above andbeyond, you know, to make sure
we're in shape, uh, and we raninto you on the way back, uh,
which was really cool.
(07:36):
And afterwards, uh, mrs killerreed came to me later because I
was like, yeah, he's a reallynice guy.
He's like, yeah, I got hisnumber, I'm gonna reach out to
him and see if maybe he wants tobe a guest on the show.
Sometimes, like, his namesounds familiar to me.
I just can't wrap my mindaround where I've heard his name
before yet.
Uh, and you want to finish thatstory?
Speaker 3 (07:55):
yeah.
So I um googled and looked upsome of your songs and I was
like, oh yeah, counting myblessings, that's a really good
song.
And brian gasped.
He said what I've beenlistening to that song and of
course that's how I had heard itin the first place.
I just didn't put it together.
He had been listening to thatsong on repeat, I mean seriously
, that's awesome he was sodisappointed that he didn't put
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it together so he could say thatto you in person.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
But now, here you are .
Now you're saying the metaverseon my birthday.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Let's go On your birthday.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
It's the metaverse on my birthday.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Let's go On.
Your birthday it's yourmetaverse birthday.
I just want to say, oh my gosh,it's your birthday.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
No, just my metaverse , you know.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Just my metaverse birthday, but if people want to
remember me, that's cool too.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
You know, yeah, yeah, no, it's funny because I was
coming from a radio event, so wedid like a.
We did a rooftop radio eventwhere it was just like the label
that I'm at was me with a bunchof different like people who
work at radio stations, and so Icame down and I'm always like I
actually get, I'm extroverted,in case you can't tell and so I
(08:58):
get like it's, I get like a tonof life from just like talking
to people and it's basically allyou're doing the entire night
is it's just like speed dating,but like with radio people you
know, it's like you're just like, hey, how's it going nice to
meet you, like, tell me aboutyou, whatever.
And then all of a sudden they'relike all right, I'm out, and
another person comes like hey,I'm doing this whole thing and
you meet, like so many people,in the span of whatever, and I
love it.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I love meeting people , I love hearing stories, I love
getting to know people do youmind just sharing with everybody
a little bit about the meaningbehind your song counting my
blessings?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
yeah, man, um, it's so cool because I feel like it's
so like the meaning evolves somuch as I live it out.
You know, which is just like acool thing about music is that
you know it means one thing inone season and then it can use
to mean things as as you livelife, you know, and so, um, yeah
, I think for me, like when wewere writing it, it was me and
these two other guys and we werejust kind of talking about life
(09:47):
and where we were at and reallykind of all of us were in a
similar place where, you know,it's like years ago we had
prayed for this to happen in ourfamilies and this to happen in
our careers and this to happenin our, you know, relationships
and all sorts of things.
And it's like, oh, we're livingthat now, but so often we're too
busy, like we're chasing thenext opportunity, that we forget
to be like, well, I'm actuallygonna pause and like thank God
(10:14):
for what he's done.
You know where, like you know,the Bible talks all about how
give thanks in all circumstances.
You know, don't be anxious, butgive thanks, like all these
different things aboutThanksgiving, and we're seeing
more and more studies now on thescientific realm talking about
how gratitude actually can helpyou live longer.
Gratitude helps, like youroverall body health.
Gratitude helps your mentalhealth, like all sorts of
different things that are justcoming from the simple act of
giving thanks, and so I thinkthe song is just this reminder
of like hey, we all like, yourheart is going to, is going to
(10:39):
elevate, your heart is going tobe more at peace when you just
give thanks to God and count theblessings that he's given you.
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
So beautiful?
Yeah, that's good.
Have you, Seph?
Have you released?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
a whole album yet or just singles so far.
Yeah, so I've released what'scalled an ep, which stands for
extended play, which is kind ofsilly because it says extended
but it's actually like ashortened album.
So it's five like originalsongs and then there's like a
couple like alternate versionson it.
I think there's eight songstotal.
Um, so I have that and that's.
That's the CD that will will begiven out.
I've been doing a bunch ofevents.
(11:13):
I was on tour with Matt Marrback in like April into May, and
then just a bunch of differentrandom events kind of throughout
the summer, and then inNovember I'm going on tour with
Danny Gokey, mac Powell, tasha.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Layton and myself.
That was awesome.
That's huge Yay clap.
Well, hey, you know, I askedMrs Killer Bee at the beginning.
I asked her a question and Iwould like to ask is there a
blessing that comes to your mindthat maybe you overlooked but
are grateful for today?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Yeah, man, I think there's so many different
moments, moments like that in inall of our lives probably.
You know just like things thatthat we thought were, um,
sometimes even like likesetbacks and then, and then we
like hindsight being 2020, wecan look back and see like, oh,
there's actually.
That was like actually a hugeblessing, I know for me.
(12:06):
I had a right out of highschool kind of similar, a little
different story, but justspeaking of like high school,
college, whatever stuff, I had afull ride out of high school to
a university in Florida and andI was like this is gonna be
great, I'm going to go there,it's going to be perfect.
And I just really rememberfeeling God telling me like I
actually want you to actuallyjoin up with this.
(12:28):
This ministry group in Ohiocalled Damascus instead and like
be there as like a full-timemissionary and all this
different stuff.
And it was so confusing to mebecause I was like, really, are
you sure?
Like I have this full ride, Ihave a roommate picked out all
this like different stuff and um, but just that, that call to
surrender, that call to like,actually say like, okay, god, as
a christian, I say that my lifeis yours and this is a chance
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where I could actually provethat.
You know, like, yep, you wantme to do this and I'm going to
surrender my preference or myunderstanding and do it.
So turn down the full ride.
Told the roommate that I wasn'tgoing to be his roommate
anymore.
Now he's actually married to mysister, which is wild, couldn't
be my roommates.
We had to be my sisters.
You know, um and uh, and thenuh, yeah, he probably likes that
(13:11):
better.
I bet probably pretty coolroommate guys.
Okay, um, and then um, and then, yeah, I ended up joining this
ministry called damascus and Imean it really is one of the
biggest blessings in my entirelife that it just formed me so
much.
It gave me um, it formed myrelationship with the lord, it
formed my character, it formedso many things in me that I'm so
grateful for.
(13:32):
I think it's just one of thebig thinking about blessings,
especially blessings in disguise, you know, I think it was one
of the big because everyonearound me thought I was crazy.
I thought I was crazy, you know,and uh and but I'm like, I like
look back I can totally see.
I'm like that was so the lordand I'm so grateful for it wow
oh, that's so cool, that's didyou grow up in ohio.
So I grew up in Pennsylvaniafor 13 years and then we moved
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to Ohio when I was 13.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Do you care if we talk a little bit about some of
the lyrics of your song here,because I would love this to
kind of touch us a little bit,awesome, okay, I'm going to
start with the beginning part ofthe song yeah, and I'm curious
if you guys I'm going to haveyou guys throw some confetti, if
you guys can relate to this.
But it says it's like it wasyesterday I was praying for a
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miracle, scared to have a littlehope.
Now I want to ask everybody inthe audience by throwing some
confetti have you guys ever feltscared to have a little hope
before?
Have you guys ever felt likethat, like you want something?
Okay, yeah, thank you guys forbeing honest.
I mean, it's so true like youdon't expect, like something
good's gonna happen, becausejust things continue to go wrong
.
What came to you when youdecided to write that?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
that line Cause just things continue to go wrong.
What came to you when youdecided to write that that line?
Like again, like living in theanswer to prayers?
You know I was.
I was praying that I would dothis for my family, but it seems
so impossible, you know, or Iwas praying that like well I'm,
I could actually have a recorddeal, or I could release music,
or you know that this girl thatI like would be my wife, or like
you know all these differentthings and it's like.
It's like I feel, like I feellike you're in that place, but
(14:55):
sometimes I think it's scared,like you're scared to have that
hope.
Because there are so many times,like looking back on our lives
and all of us can relate tothose times, and yeah, there've
been times that you know wemaybe we are disappointed and we
don't understand why, and andmaybe we won't ever like this
out of heaven, but again it kindof we won't ever like this side
of heaven, but again it kind ofit's followed up on that.
That next line, like now,looking back today and seeing
(15:17):
all the things you've done, likeI can't even add them up Like
even Jesus said that we weregoing to experience trials and
persecutions in our lives, butwe can look back on our lives
and count a bajillion ways.
You know where actually therewas a re, like we hoped in
something, or maybe we werescared to hope in something, but
(15:39):
we're like, wow, like Iactually look back and I can see
all the things you've done.
And it's so cool that even inthe midst of my own
imperfections, my own doubt, myown fear, like you still do so
much and it's amazing sometimesit's you're scared to hope
because of you think like maybethings, that things you have
prayed for that haven't come tocome to.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
You know what is it?
fruition is that yeah fruitionyeah, you're thinking, well,
maybe I did something wrong,like something.
Maybe god's mad at me and it'slike that.
That's another feeling that youcan struggle with, because
anybody ever everybody else hereever felt like that before,
like I don't really, I don'tfeel like I deserve it, or you
know why isn't god answeringthis prayer?
You start thinking there'ssomething wrong with you or that
you're doing something wrong.
When I was was listening tothis song, the reason why I kept
(16:17):
hitting repeat was because Iwas kind of going through a time
where there's things I'm likeI'm trying to process things go
on in life and work and all thatstuff, and I'm like trying to
get answers but I'm not gettinganswers.
It's just kind of silent andsometimes we think, well, if
God's not giving me the answer,then, like I was sharing, maybe
I did something wrong.
But sometimes it's like thebest answer is no answer because
(16:38):
he has something greater for us.
When I came across your songagain, I was just listening to
Spotify, I was working, I waslike whoa and I went back and I
hit, I hit repeat and I saidjust hit, repeat and again it
just kept repeating.
I just kept taking it inbecause the verse that the
chorus?
I guess that's the chorus itsays.
It says one, two, three.
Actually, once you say it, yousay it better.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
One, two, three up to infinity.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
Up to infinity.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
That statement right there.
And it says you know, I run outof numbers.
Took me back to the verse whenwe were going through hardships
Philippians 4.6.
Philippians 4.6 always has beena reminder to us.
It says don't worry aboutanything.
Instead, pray about everything.
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And what I love is the nextpart.
It says tell God what you needand thank Him for all he's done
and your song came on andreminded me.
At that moment you need to stopand thank God, because you're
going through a season wherethings aren't clear.
Press pause, like you saidearlier.
Press pause and start thankingHim and look at all the things
God's done.
But we don't remember thosetimes or those moments until we
are willing to press pause andgo and thank Him for everything,
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Pray to Him, give it to Him andthank Him.
And then it starts adding up,like you said one, two, three to
infinity and it's like, likegod, I know you have so many
more blessings I can't even wrapmy mind around right now.
I can't wrap my mind around theblessings, I can't even count
them yeah no, for real curiouslike this one, two, three to
infinity.
Where did that come from?
Speaker 2 (18:05):
yeah, I mean.
So it was actually cool.
We came.
The first thing that waswritten in that song was the
chorus.
Actually, so, sometimes funfact, when you write songs, you
write them all out of order andum.
And so we were one of my friends, jonathan, came in and
basically had almost the entirechorus, pretty much like right
there, and he was like hi, thisidea came to me and he just
sings it and me and the otherguy, jordan, are like yeah,
(18:27):
that's, that's, that's it,that's what, that's what we're
writing today, you know.
And and then we kind of went tothe pre-chorus and then I,
because I had this idea, I waslike you know, like the whole
thing is like counting, likewhat, if they actually just like
count, like what, if we havelike a pre-chorus where, like,
we actually do like counting andlike and it's like so I just
kind of like one, two, three andI'm like oh, up to infinity.
(18:48):
You know, it's like oh, it'slike so cool, like that feels so
special, like that.
It's like literally, we, wecan't, we can't count that high.
You know, like we, literallythere's, there's so many, so
many things if we actually takea moment to look, and I think
that's one of the biggest waysthat the enemy distracts us is
by again always having our mindsfocused on either the past or
the future.
(19:08):
We're so rarely living in thepresent and I think that's one
of the biggest things I'mlearning in my life.
There's just a simple phraselike be where your feet are.
You know and it's like like myfeet are here, like my feet are
right here in the metaverse youknow like you guys, I'm like I'm
not thinking about thebajillion things I have to do or
the worries or cares of thisday.
(19:29):
I'm trying to just be fullypresent.
And I feel like so often,especially in our world of, you
know, social media, or justcomparison or worry, or anxiety,
like it's we're always lookingeither to like oh, that happened
and I'm so anxious about it, orthat's going to happen, I'm so
anxious about it.
And when we just take a momentto pause and like be present to
where we're at and then justlike let your heart be moved to
(19:51):
gratitude, like just pod that,wow God, thank you that there's
breath in my lungs, thank youthat I have family, thank you
that I have friends, thank youthat I have food, thank you that
I have shelter, I think like,all of a sudden, the anxiety,
the chaos, like the clouds thatI feel like just are so easy to
feel caught in, I feel like itjust goes away when we can just
be present, like where we're atin the moment, and I feel like
(20:12):
that one, two, three up toinfinity, it's like you can't
get there until you like pause.
You know, like you're nevergoing to be able to actually
look at the blessings if you'retoo busy.
If you're too busy like drivingpast them, you know, but when
you?
pause and you're like, here weare, this is the, this is, this
is good.
You know, this is God is goodand I have blessings in my life.
That's where things begin toactually like, the anxiety
(20:35):
begins to leave, the chaosbegins to leave and the peace
and joy and hope begin to fillyour heart.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Amen amen before you move on.
Do you want to share with Sephthe song that you wrote on our
walk today?
Speaker 1 (20:47):
oh, oh yeah, yeah, I will share, okay, so I was gonna
get all serious, not really, Idon't know.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
That's what I do.
I like laughing at that.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
So I can't be serious .
This guy's getting serious.
Yeah, right, no, sean.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
I was gonna say you know well, if any, if you guys
like what Steph is saying, makesure you guys follow him on
threads, because you post somereally good posts on there and I
just think it's inspirationaland I think it's a good reminder
, so, yeah, so I love seeingthat and as I get ready to share
my new song that I was writingas we were walking today, I do
(21:24):
want to encourage everybody.
I think that is one of thehardest things during our
culture these days is toactually press pause.
Culture these days is toactually press pause.
If you guys are going throughstuff and you guys know like you
just feel like the world ispressuring around, you really be
intentional about pressingpause.
Find time to press pause.
Uh, we need that, we really do,and that allows us to be able
(21:45):
to count those blessings.
And since you did add that toyour, your report, you're the
one that came up with the one,two, three, the counting, the
counting thing.
Yeah, did you add a?
Did you add accountant to yourLinkedIn profile?
That's funny.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
I like this guy joke.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Okay, Well, here let me go ahead and tell you about
my song that I wrote then.
So if you're going to do thisversion, you're going to feel
like, you know, just give me ashout out.
Yeah, but we, we walk aroundour, our complex here and they
have, uh, three, three big pondsand we have these whistling
(22:19):
ducks that came in and there'slike sometimes there's like
hundreds of them, isn't there.
So we went walking yesterday Ithink we only saw four, is that
right?
Four whistling dogs.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
I think it was only two, two, uh.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
And then we started walking today and there was a
bunch of more whistling ducks,wow.
And as we were walking, we weresaying something about counting
my blessings.
I was like, yeah, one, two,three Ducks to infinity,
counting my ducklings, countingmy ducklings.
Oh, that's.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
Christmas Counting the ducklings.
Yes, I was counting myducklings.
Today I'm going to release aChristmas version called
Counting my Presents.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Counting.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
My Presents.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
That might give the wrong you know idea of what
Christmas is about.
Maybe it should be somethingelse.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
No Counting my Presents.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
You have to be dressed up as the Grinch when
you do it.
There you go.
Dressed up as the Grinch, thereyou go.
I'm going to be the.
Grinch counting my presents one, two, three there you go man, I
always just tell people that Ican't.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
I can't count past three and that's why I made that
so you just say infinity it'sreally smart, I'm like four.
What's that?
Speaker 3 (23:24):
it sounds like really deep and spiritual and then
you're like yeah, it's like, asfar as I can go.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
There's one thing that you hope that people here
and our listeners would takeaway from our conversation today
.
What would that be?
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I feel like for me, the biggest thing that I always
get so convicted about is thegospel.
You know, if anyone doesn'tknow the gospel, it means good
news, and it's the good newsthat Jesus gave his life and he
died so that we actually couldhave life and we can have
eternal life that'll be foreverand ever in heaven, but also
that we get to live in, startinghere and now, today.
(23:58):
And I think the biggest thingin my life is just have a
relationship with Jesus likebegin to cultivate that relation
, because he's going to bringyou into freedom.
He's going to break addictionin your life.
He's going to bring you intopeace and joy and hope like
you've never known before.
He's someone who accepts youfor who you are and is going to
help you become the best versionof who you were made to be like
(24:20):
there's, just there's there'ssome, like he says in john 10 10
, I came that you would havelife and have it in abundance.
And so if anyone out there isjust like, yeah, my, my, like I
actually need an, I want anabundant life.
Like I, I need something morethan what I'm living in, like
Jesus is the answer.
And if you know Jesus, praiseGod, like that's awesome.
But also like like continue,like like you were saying, mr
Killer B, like like being ableto um, like daily commune with
(24:45):
him, like take time to pause.
Every day I'm showing up, andsometimes it's for 15 minutes,
sometimes it's for two hours,you know, but I'm showing up and
I'm letting the Lord work on myheart and I'm growing in
communion with him and my wholelife has changed because of that
.
And so I just encourageeveryone out there If you don't
know Jesus, just give him a shot, and if you do know Jesus, just
continue growing deeperrelationships with him.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
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