September 19, 2025 • 54 mins
Taylor Turner, a ninth-grade science teacher and mother of three, shares her transformative journey from struggling with family Bible reading to creating a comprehensive family Bible study. What began as a simple tradition of reading a chapter of Luke daily during December evolved into something much more profound when Taylor realized her family was merely going through the motions without meaningful engagement.
"We'd read the Bible and it felt like we got nothing out of it," Taylor explains, describing how her young daughter would focus more on the advent calendar reward than the scripture itself. This disconnect prompted Taylor to develop a resource that transforms Bible reading into genuine family conversations about faith.
Her Bible study stands apart through its accessibility and practical design. Understanding the intimidation many parents feel about leading spiritual discussions, Taylor incorporated parent tips, conversation starters, and background information using simple Bible translations. "I try to come about it in a perspective of a parent who doesn't really read the Bible as much," she shares. Each chapter includes fill-in-the-blank summaries, memory verses, and family activities—from themed snacks to games that reinforce biblical concepts.
Beyond scripture comprehension, Taylor's study teaches families how to pray meaningfully, moving beyond formulaic approaches to develop authentic communication with God. "I think there's so much hate in this world that if I could choose anything to stand for, it would be love in every situation," Taylor reflects, explaining how her own faith journey informs her approach to teaching children about God's love.
The Bible study represents more than just a published work—it embodies Taylor's passion for breaking generational curses through intentional faith development. As she powerfully states, "We have to train up our kids in the way of the Lord, and it's nobody else's job." Whether you're looking to strengthen your family's faith conversations or begin a new tradition this Christmas season, Taylor's Bible study offers a fresh approach to experiencing scripture together as a family.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Truth podcast with your host,yanni.
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(00:23):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
Sit back and get ready to enjoy Hello everyone,
welcome to another episode ofthe Daily In your Truth Podcast.
I am your host, yanni.
Y'all had a writing thought asI was thinking of the intro.
I need, like a nickname.
I really don't have one.
I don't think there's no suchthing as a nickname for Yanni.
I lied, I have one of mysisters-in-law call me Yannicka,
okay, which is a littleinteresting.
(00:48):
But anyway, how are you guysdoing?
Happy September, yay, we'realmost to the 12th month, which
I'm a little scared because Ifeel like it hasn't been that
hot this summer out here.
So does that mean it won't bethat cold in the winter, or it
will be colder in the winter?
I have no clue how that works,but anyway, well, I'm very
(01:08):
excited about the year.
I say that for every guest,which I am excited for every
guest, but this looks different,like this is an authentic.
Well, anyway, I'm going to lether introduce herself.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Hi, I'm Taylor Turner .
I'm a mom, a try to begreatChristian, not always all the
time and a ninth grade scienceteacher, and I've been teaching
for 12 years.
You're a ninth grade scienceteacher Ninth grade science
teacher.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
yes, how did you know ?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
that I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Really.
Yes, erin teaches seventh grade.
You do math this year.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I did eighth grade for 10 years and I loved it.
7th graders I do not like and9th graders I like.
Yes 7th grade is too immature.
I can't handle it?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
It definitely is.
I slept behind a bunch of themat a football game recently and
I really wanted to turn on.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Yeah, they just say weird things.
You can, you can, you can tellthem oh.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I didn't.
I felt like we were in a publicplace.
They were after game, they werehaving a good time.
I just suffered there, blinkingmy eyes and still melting away
Hearing 6-7.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Did you hear that?
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
All the food shoes, as I was like.
That makes absolutely no sense,but if y'all believe her, sure?
Anyway, before we get into ourtopic, let's get to know you a
little bit.
So what motivates?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
you, my kids and my family.
Just I feel like my kids.
Of course, you know that is mypurpose in life and my husband.
I have two and a stepdaughter,so three in total.
So a 20-year-old stepdaughterand then a five-year-old and a
two-year-old.
So they are my why oneverything.
(02:52):
And my husband, he's amazingand awesome.
So everything I do is becauseof them.
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
How do you protect your mental health?
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Well, I recently started seeing a therapist.
Yes, I, I definitely neededthat.
Um, and I just take days formyself, even if it's like in the
middle of the week I'll take ahalf day and go get a massage.
Um, I try.
I have a sauna and that's likemy quiet time for when I talk to
(03:23):
God and it's weird because it'slike hot and I'm like
struggling, but I'm like, okay,god, this when I like focus on
him, it's great because I foundjust sitting in there doing
nothing is awful, so that I lovedoing my sauna and I love cold
plunging.
I know it's yes, so I bought achiller and I try to do it every
morning and so I feel like that, every like, all the mixture of
(03:45):
the two and you know, spendingtime with God, and I feel like
the closest time I have with himis in the sauna.
It's weird.
That's like my secret place.
I can see that.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So we have like an indoor sauna.
Yeah, from Amazon.
Yeah, the dogs shoot it up, butwe once had it, do it shoot it
up, but we once had it, do it,get it back.
Yeah, I don't know we have toput it somewhere else, but I do
feel like when we had it, wewill put like praise and worship
music.
Yes, but for me, I felt likethat was the time for me to talk
to god, because, also, I don'tknow, I'm not really
(04:17):
claustrophobic, but I felt likewhen I was sitting in that, yeah
, I'm like if I talk to god,then I won't, I'll forget the
fact that I'm sitting in thesefour walls, yeah, or four
whatever walls, little pieces ofplastic, yeah, um, and I can
kind of breathe.
The first time I did I was like, oh my gosh, yeah, it's awful
because it's it's a little tough.
So they said have benefits, yes, what does cold plunging do for
(04:40):
your body?
Speaker 3 (04:41):
so it's supposed to like put your body in shock and
like boost your metabolism, andthen it's supposed to have all
these health benefits in themorning.
It's supposed to like wake youup, I don't know.
Interesting, I'm trying.
Yeah, gary brucca, I likelistening to him.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
So yeah, so I mean the follow-up question, for that
was what's your self-careroutine?
But it seems like it's cold.
Plunging sauna is anything elsemaybe?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
no no, that's pretty much it yeah, because I don't
eat the best.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
So I understand I have burp today, but anyway,
what advice would you give youryounger?
Speaker 3 (05:17):
self.
Um, I think it would be.
This is tough because I don'tknow if I would change anything,
but I definitely like, I guessmaybe actually have a
relationship with God instead ofjust using him, you know, and
like as a genie type deal, thatwould be my, because I feel like
(05:39):
I took for granted everythingand I see these young kids in
church and really have arelationship and I'm like, wow,
I wish I had that like just tokind of help me through
different things.
Because I feel like when, yeah,and as trials hit as a teenager
, I just was always so brokenand I feel like if I would have
actually had a relationship withGod that I wouldn't have been.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
So that's what I would say you know people come
on here and say differentanswers.
You're never wrong, but that,that's that's what I would say.
You know people come on hereand say different answers are
never wrong, but that's a goodone.
Yeah, can you imagine how someof the choices as a team might
have changed?
Yeah, you know, if you have astripper or if we have a
stripper now.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Hence the book.
Yeah, okay, okay, okay Okay.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
What is one moment in your life that has really
helped shaped?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
you or made a huge impact in your life.
So Legends, dad, who was veryimportant to me like love of my
life you know I've been blessedwith two um.
His passing really shapes themom I am today, the person, the
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wife, you know, I think I thankGod, I mean every day, because
even though it was so hard, Iknow that it was all, you know,
for a reason and for a purposeand I know without that I would
not be the person I am today.
Going through that, goingthrough like actually, you know,
going being with him in thehospital, you know that was
really tough.
And then, like his passing wassuper tough, and then realizing,
(07:15):
okay, you're going to be asingle mom, I think like all of
it just kind of trickled downand really made me depend on God
and really started my faith,because until then I thought I
had a relationship with God andI realized I didn't, I realized
that I just crumbled under youknow, trials and so that was
like the moment where everythingchanged and it was like, okay,
(07:37):
I cannot do this by myself, likeI have to depend on him, on God
, because without him I'm notgoing to make it.
So that really shaped, you knowthe way.
I think, the way I teach, evenbecause I was, yeah, like the
way I interacted with kids, iscompletely different.
So I would say that and even,just, you know, being loved by
him he was.
(07:57):
I had never been loved likethat before, and so he taught me
how to be loved and, you know,be in a relationship, and so
when another good man like TJcame into my life, I knew how to
accept that, because before,you know, I didn't.
So I think being with him andhis passing, you know, really
shaped who I am today.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah, I definitely thought you were gonna say your
book, no.
You're like yeah, no, um.
I said, oh okay, what is yourmindset when you're 12?
Speaker 3 (08:28):
no, or the door shuts honestly, I'm one of those I
think now, since I've had a hugedoor shut in my face, you know
I'm very like resilient, likeokay, then, obviously this isn't
it.
So, my mindset is okay, what'snext?
Like, obviously you didn't wantme to do this, god, and before
I would be like gosh, why didyou say no?
(08:49):
Or you know.
So I'm pretty flexible and andknows.
I think I'm thankful for theno's, even like I said, you know
, when Alvin passed and God gaveme a big no, I didn't know how
to handle that and so I didn'tunderstand.
And now I do, and so I thinkwith that it's easy to say okay,
(09:12):
god, I know that you have adifferent path or a different
way, you know.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Based off of that, so well, let's get to our topic.
The reason I invited her on.
Uh say we made an announcementabout maybe a week yeah, it's
been two weeks.
It's been a week, yeah, a week,yeah, that she, um, is getting
ready to.
I think she's all right weeks.
I think it's been a week, yeah,a week, yeah, that she is
(09:36):
getting ready to.
I think it's poetry.
Is that the right way of sayingthat?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Because you already wrote it.
Yeah, publish a book.
We'll have a date, hopefully inabout a week or two, with
exactly when it'll be out.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Yes, a Bible study.
And when I saw that I was like,first of all, how cool is that?
That someone you know has satdown to do the work to put
together a Bible study to beable to share with people all
over the world, yeah, then I waslike, hey, let's invite her on
to figure out what was herprocess on?
(10:05):
You know how you chose thetopic from you know the start to
the finish, so I have a coupleof questions for you and then,
whatever I leave out, feel freeto, you know, fill in the blanks
.
Ok, I'm going to start withwhat inspired you to write a
Bible devotion.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
So for me, I think after I had kids.
You know we go through theChristmas season and we're like,
oh my gosh, we're going to makeit about Jesus you know, you
always want to do better.
You know, not that my parentsdid bad or anything, but I
really wanted it to be focusedon God.
And so, as she was little, Istarted reading the book of Luke
, a chapter every day.
It was 24 chapters and I waslike you know what we're going
(10:42):
to read the Bible and it's goingto be about Jesus and you know
all that good stuff.
And so when she was little, Iwould read it and it was fine.
And then, as she got older, Icontinued to read it and when I
met my husband and his daughterwas a teenager at the time I was
like, hey, this is like atradition that I really want to
start in my home.
You know, this is what I do.
And he was like, okay, you know, he was on board with it.
(11:03):
So we would read the Bible and Ijust felt like God was really
like tugging at my heart becauseafterwards we'd read it and it
felt like we got nothing out ofit.
So we'd read it and then mykids would be like where's my
advent?
Like where's my gifts?
Because we do an adventcalendar and we did like a
rubber ducky or something.
So in order for them to get theducky, they had to read the
bible, so it was like they were.
It was kind of like a bribe andI was like I don't think this
(11:26):
is how it should be so I feellike that age well, even for
adults sometimes.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Well, getting her to sit down was tough, so I was
like like okay.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
And then even, like with my teenage daughter, her
walk with Christ was new, and soI just felt like it wasn't even
helping her, I don't know, itjust felt like we read it and it
was over.
And so I really started sittingdown, god started putting on my
heart, like okay, like maybe youshould ask some questions, you
know.
After, and so I did, I startedwriting, like just a question
here and there, and I'd asked mydaughter and her responses, at
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three years old, was pretty wild, like I was like, oh, wow, so
she is listening, you know, butwe're just not talking about it.
And so at the time, cause II've been writing another book
for a year and a half, so at thetime I was like, okay, like I
have, I know how to start thisprocess of writing one.
And so I kind of just startedwriting, writing it, um, and it
just started off with simplequestions and like at one point,
(12:18):
you know, in Luke, one Jesus is, I think it's like one or three
, I might be, I might be lying,but he um gets lost for three
days or his parents can't findit, and you, know and I remember
asking my daughter um, you know, how would you feel if you were
gone for three days?
She was like, oh my gosh, mom, Iwould be, cause she's sassy.
She's like I would be so scared.
(12:39):
And I'm like, oh my gosh, Iwould be so scared too.
Like can you imagine what Maryand Joseph were thinking?
She's like I bet they werescared, I bet they were crying,
and so we were talking.
I'm like why do you think Jesuswasn't scared?
And she's Like I would bescared.
And I'm like, well, he was God,he's God.
And she's like, oh yeah, youknow, we just started talking.
I was like, okay, god, like I'mlistening, I'm going to do it
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because I'm a procrastinator.
So I really started sittingdown and just kind of breaking
up like main points andquestions, and that's how it
started off, with just simplequestions for each chapter.
That's how it started off withjust simple questions for each
chapter.
And then, as the next year camearound, we asked those
questions and I just felt likeit still wasn't like good enough
(13:21):
.
And so I was like, ok, if I wasa parent that didn't really
read the Bible and, you know,wasn't close to God.
But I wanted to start like howwould I go about this, like what
would I want to see?
And so I was like, okay, I'mgoing to start adding in some
like parent tips and kind of goover like guiding questions to
lead you to like the mainquestion.
(13:43):
And that's what I did.
I just started, you know,putting this thing together and
God really like just startedpouring it out and I listened.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I mean, that's really , really.
I think the first time I everjust listened, because I I never
do so.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Yeah, yes.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
I know you mentioned you do it every year, but Luke,
but is there a certain reasonwhy the book of Luke?
Speaker 3 (14:09):
because it has 24 chapters, so it's an ad so.
I wanted it to be like aChristmas, advent, and so just
something to do every day.
I feel like, you know, inDecember it's all about Santa
and the gifts and stuff, and Ireally, you know and I'm sure
your husband can, you know,attest to this as well Like we
work with kids every day, thatyou can see that they're missing
(14:32):
, that you know we just want totake them home and we want to,
you know, bring them to church.
You know we can't, you know,say everything we want to say at
school.
And it's just like you knowwhat, if I could help, like one
family and I know, I know Godhas a purpose for this because
it's been hard writing it, but Ithink it's so important for
families to just talk in general, not even about the Bible, and
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I feel like that's missing today.
Like I feel like kids don'ttalk to their parents about how
their day is.
I feel like it's just like, oh,today was good, or, you know,
and I feel like if we reallyadded in, you know, talking
about Jesus and His life and how, you know, it could affect ours
and how we should live like Him, based off of, you know, his
word, I think it would make suchan impact in these kids' lives
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and how they deal with differentthings.
Because, like we said earlier,like if I could tell my younger
self have a relationship withhim, like cause I would just
crumble.
And that's what I want.
I want better for my kids.
I want them to know God's wordand his love and his voice, you
know.
And so when they are in trialsbecause they're going to have
trials, I know that and you knowtelling my kid that like, hey,
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it's going to be tough one day,but whatever you do, you turn to
God first, you know.
And so this was a big part ofthis book.
Like I want to equip families,you know, and help them grow
together in his word.
Because I feel like parents too, like even when I was reading
this and asking questions, andin the in the Bible study it
says parents ask, answer allthese questions first, like be
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vulnerable.
And like you know, like there'sthe parables of the soil.
Like be vulnerable and be like,okay, hey, like, maybe I'm not
good soil.
Like you know I've been cursinga lot, I've been drinking.
Like maybe I need to do bettertoo.
You know I've been cursing alot, I've been drinking.
Like maybe I need to do bettertoo and just really as a family,
like you know, kind of calleach other out because you're
reading the word, it's there,the truth, you know, and so just
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like, how can we grow together?
You know?
That's why I wrote this.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Yeah, it's so funny.
You said something you'resaying right now before you got
here.
Like that, usually whensomeone's coming to the court, I
set the new light, a candle,clean up all the dog stuff, um,
and take time to pray.
It's funny, but one of thethings I I'm sure with all these
spirits I don't even know why Isaid it, but now I'm seeing it
(16:50):
um that those who are reading,going through your bible study,
are breaking generational curses.
Yeah, that it's new soil beingbuilt for their like coming up
for their family.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
Yeah, for my family I'm trying to break many you
know generational curses andit's like Even the ones that are
rereading them.
Yes, no, absolutely Like that's.
You know, of course, my family,but again this, I know God put
this on my heart for a reasonand for other families and I
know, like again your husbandcan attest to this there's so
(17:23):
many families needing, you knowthis even just a conversation
starter, you know, and the coolthing is there's opening prayers
.
So you know the goal is for themto pray on their own, but they
have opening and closing prayersand then even a, a memory verse
, you know, for every seven daysand kind of like a challenge,
and there's even challengesthroughout.
You know the study, like, whocan we pray for in our family?
(17:46):
This, you know, this week, orum, is there somebody at school
that you know maybe sits bythemselves?
Is there somebody that you cango talk to?
Just depending on what you knowthe word is saying.
And then even at the end of thebook, I've added in um snacks
that go with each day.
So, and then nothing, crazyCause I hate when they're like,
give you this recipe, that'slike ridiculous.
(18:07):
So it's like, buy pills, verydope, yeah, like don't even.
Or, you know, buy thosepowerhouse smoothies because it
talks about God's power and youknow, as you're drinking your
smoothie, talk about, you know,the strength that we get from
God.
Or even, like, with the firstday, the Bethlehem Star, like
you know, make sugar cookies anddecorate them and talk about,
you know, with stars.
And so I try to do like thatjust to kind of bring families
(18:30):
together and it could be foryoung or old and then also
activities.
So you know, with Zachariah notbeing able to speak, there's a
quiet game, you know, and justlike different cute little
things, I really put a lot andyeah, and so even um at the end,
when um like just there's Idon't remember which part this
(18:53):
is, but there's a dance party,you know, let's have a praise
and worship.
My husband bought my daughter adance floor and it's so funny,
her and Saint, they bought astrip like two for their room
and they'll put on praise andworship music and it's so cute
and they're in there justdancing and just different
things or like you know, thosemini Jesuses, so like like
hiding them around the house andyou know, and so there's also
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Bible trivia for every sixchapters, kind of set up like
family feud thing.
So this also could be used likein church, like if you want it
to, but I really want it to befor families, cause I think
church is important.
I love, you know, pastor Andyand everything he does for our
youth and everybody there.
But I feel like it's not goingto be as effective if it's not
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coming from you, like you're notgoing to make a difference in
your family.
You know, and I and I felt thatbecause my mom, she took us to
church, you know, and it wasfine, you know, and she's like
make sure you pray.
So I prayed and you know, Isaid the same prayer for every
day for like 20 years, like Ijust it was a repeated prayer,
you know.
Know, I didn't have arelationship.
It was like a one-way line thatyou know, when I was drunk or
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something I'd be like, pleaseforgive me you know yeah and you
know, there I was like, oh well, he already forgave me, so I
can do it again, or you know,and I really just I feel like
this generation just needs that.
They need to know God's word,their, his love, and it needs to
be from their parents.
Because I think we all need togrow, like, even me, like every
time I read this, like, and tryto do different questions with
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my daughter, it's, it's adifferent reaction with her and
for me I'm like, oh, likesomething new will come up, and
like forgiveness is a big, youknow, topic that pops up in the
book of Luke.
So there are some questionsthat are repeated, but on
purpose, like I want thefamilies to know, like hey, like
unforgiveness is important,like you need to forgive, like
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even, you know, even if youdon't want to.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
So Wow, I'm interested to see what these
activities are in the trivia.
I'm not that competitive.
When we are the other twonephew and my brother, they're
competitive.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
I'm competitive.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
I'm not.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
See, and I'll make my kids like.
I won't let them win.
I'm like no See, you know yourbrother's better than mine.
And I'm like you got it and wedo push-ups.
Losers do push-ups, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
See, that wouldn't work out for me.
First of See, that wouldn'twork out for me.
Second of all, I'll just belike, look, it is what it is.
At this point Y'all arestressing me out.
So what was, I guess, the mostchallenging part about writing
this letter?
Speaker 3 (21:27):
My book, I think, really just confidence and
sometimes like pride.
Sometimes I wouldn't ask Godfor help and I could tell like,
okay, this is not how I want itto go.
So really just relying on Godand not letting the enemy get in
my head, because right now mykids they're in their terrible
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twos, you know, and myfive-year-old is sassy and for a
good chunk, like I was like,okay, maybe I should even write
this, maybe I just need to stopLike I'm not even a good mom,
you know, you have thosethoughts that start going
through your head.
And I even told who did?
I tell I think it was Stephanie.
I was like I'm over here writingthis book, yelling at my kids
in the middle.
I'm like, okay, look, you'refamily, please pray, you know,
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and I'm, you know.
So I think for me it was theenemy just kind of trying and
like trying to just get in myhead and tell me that this is
not OK, like you're not evenperfect, which I know I don't
have to be, you know.
And so I think once I reallylike started getting back into
my word and really like becauseI think we all go through these
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ups and downs with God, like youknow, we're like thank you, god
for this idea.
And then we try to take overand we're like, ok, god, no, I
need you back again.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Yeah, and don't pray about anything else.
Thank you for the idea, and I'mfiguring how to do it on my own
.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
And then it was like yes, and so that was the hardest
part really, just like mentally, you know, being able to like
tell myself, like no, like Godloves you and he wants you to
write this for a reason, for apurpose, and make sure, like
you're telling others to knowtheir word, so you need to know
your word, you need to know whatthe Bible says about you, and
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so that was definitelychallenging and funny, because
that's really how most of thisbook went, like it's life?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Yeah, it just sounds wrong to me.
So what was the best part ofalready?
Speaker 3 (23:20):
I think actually having the conversations with my
daughter Saints Too Little andyou know, doing some of the
activities and just seeing itreally come to life, that was
the best part, because I waslike, okay, this is me and my
daughter is just so talkativeanyways, and she just made it so
easy.
Okay, this is me and mydaughter's just so talkative
anyways, and she just made it soeasy.
But just having thoseconversations and like what she
knows about God, I didn't know,you know at her age, and it's
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like wow, like I, I just I wantit to impact other families like
that, like I want them to grow.
So that was the best part.
Just kind of sharing it withher and her being my little
helper with it, without her evenknowing it, that's sweet.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Those are memories that she'll keep for life.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Yeah, and we're going to do it every year, so she
might get annoyed by it.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
At this point she'll be like okay, I know what
happened to that.
What makes your Bible studydifferent from others?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Your Bible study is different from others.
I think I try to come about itin a perspective of like a
parent who doesn't really readthe Bible as much.
So I try to make it very simpleand put it like in CEV version
and Good News Bible version,because for me, I think King
James is super intimidating.
I can't read it, me neither.
(24:34):
And even New King James, I'mlike no, I'm like what was that?
Yeah, so I was like you know, Ireally want it to be simple.
I don't want parents to beintimidated and I don't want
them to.
Just because when I started off, like I said, it was just
simple questions and I still waslike I don't think this is
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going like I don't know, as aparent, I wanted to make sure,
you know, I knew exactly what Iwas talking about and I was
going to read one of them realquick.
So, um, and one of thequestions it's what does mary's
response to the angel teach usabout trusting god?
How can we have courage likemary did when the angels
appeared?
And so then it has a parent oradult tip.
(25:16):
So it says Mary was likely ateenager, just like some of your
kids, when she was given a huge, life-changing message.
She could have been overwhelmed, scared or full of questions,
but she chose faith over fear.
Talk to your children abouttimes when they felt nervous,
scared or unsure, and howchoosing trust helped or could
help them move forward.
This helps kids of all ages seethat bravery doesn't mean
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you're not scared.
It means that you trust Godmore than your fear, and so I
really wanted to put somethingin there to lead them or like,
maybe they don't know the answer, you know so yeah, and so I
really wanted to give them somebackground knowledge.
And then it has an ask.
So I know there there's alreadya question, but these ask
questions really get theconversation started.
(25:59):
So it's like how do you thinkmary felt when the angel showed
up?
Legend was like oh my gosh, Iwould be so scared.
She's like I would have ran toyour room.
And they're like no, get out.
Like get out of my room, youknow.
So it's and it's funny to hearwhat they said I'm like well, I
would have.
I would have been terrified too.
Like you know, it's just likeyou would have been scared.
Yeah, like she's like yeah,yeah, me too.
(26:19):
And then how would you feel?
What makes someone brave?
And that's like a differentquestion, like I don't know,
like maybe they're strongLegend's, like I think you have
to be strong, you have to be andbe brave, you know, and have
you ever done something hard orscary, but you did it anyways?
And hers is probably likeriding a carnival ride or
something, but you know to alittle kid that yeah you know
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she's being brave or making anew friend.
It's like, yeah, because I'mnervous.
And she's like you get nervous,you know, and just really being
vulnerable and just opening upthese conversations and what are
some things we can do when wefeel scared or nervous?
And so she's like we could pray.
And I'm like, yes, we couldpray, you know, and so we do.
Isaiah 41 to you know, do notbe afraid, for God is with you.
(27:03):
I'm like you know we could putthat, you know we could talk to
someone, you could talk to me,you could talk to your teacher,
your grandma, or justremembering God's promises, and
so those are all in there.
But just, really, those areconversation starters with some
background knowledge, and I feellike I honestly don't know a
lot about other family Biblestudies.
(27:24):
I feel like they're either justfor children or just for adults
.
So I really wanted to make onethat incorporated both, because
I think that is super important,especially at these young ages,
and I feel like if we couldjust imprint God on them now,
then we would have a wholedifferent generation as we grew
(27:44):
up.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
I think the difference to what I'm hearing
from what's in the book for thekids is you're teaching them
about having a relationship withGod.
Versus what I feel like.
When I grew up, it was morelike the religion and the
tradition that was somebody'spastor from 20 years ago that
everyone somehow respected, andthat's why we do it.
It has nothing to do withwhat's in the Bible.
So I think that's what I'mgetting out of it, and I love
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the fact that she ask theparents a question and then
provide their information justin case they don't know.
Yeah, because it's it'screating a space for um also, I
feel like the parent to diveindependently in their
relationship with that, likeyou're you're getting, you're
making them feel comfortable tobe like I don't know, but wait,
(28:34):
you know, while reading it,without having to say hold on,
let me go, you know, flip thepage of the bible to figure it
out.
You know, hold on, it's righthere, yeah, and then maybe you
know they will go back and kindof read or figure out, you know,
whatever they don't know.
But I think it's beautiful thatyou're setting it up to where um
it challenges both the parentand the child.
Yeah, and they come back andchallenge them as a whole, yeah,
and then you're making some ofthe questions to questions to
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where it's dives deeper and it'slike real life.
What do you do when you'rescared?
What does courage mean to youas a parent?
That's a chance for you also.
I would think not that I havekids.
I'm around them, but I don'thave them For you to figure out
how they're thinking it?
Speaker 3 (29:10):
Yeah, because they're going through stuff every day
that we don't think about Evenlegend out like, yeah, even
legend.
Like you know, it'skindergarten drama is hilarious.
You know she's like uh,charlotte didn't want to be my
friend and I'm like, well, didshe say that?
no, but she hung out withso-and-so and I'm like hey, like
it's okay, you know, and sojust really under knowing what
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they're going through, but alsolike hayley, you can have more
than one friend.
Like just having you know thatbackground of it too, and also
like when they're reading it.
These chapters are pretty longso I try to break it up and like
, after so many verses there'slike fill in the blanks of this,
like the summarization, so youcan kind of pause and like
regroup.
Okay, like what did we read?
(29:51):
And so that way it's not justbecause sometimes reading
comprehension is hard, like youknow I'm not gonna'm not going
to lie.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I started reading I think it was the Bible for a
year.
They just give you so manychapters to read and a lot of
days I was like, but this islike 12 chapters.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Well, you read it, and then the next day you're
like I'm like I know I read that.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Yeah, you have to go back and listen to the summary.
Yeah, oh yeah, that's right.
Okay, oh, yeah, that's right.
So, yeah, good on, steve, carefor breaking that up.
Some of us the it's like thatthing I posted on Facebook where
it was like in elementaryschool, you spent time reading
your own paragraph.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Oh, my gosh Preparing to the sentence is coming up
and on the text.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
You filled everything but your one paragraph and I'm
going to text you.
I failed everything but yourone paragraph.
I'm like that's real life, someof us.
I feel like you kind of touchedon this already, but actually
I'm not going to answer thatbecause you definitely did.
Oh, I'm sorry.
What was your favorite part?
I guess about the kid-friendlypart.
Is there something particularrelative to activities?
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Is there a special part or your favorite part about
it being kid-friendly?
Um, I think I don't know ifmaybe, yeah, kind of.
I think the way I'm taking itis like my favorite kid-friendly
part is when the chapter thatwhere jesus teaches the
disciples to pray, I've added inum, I love pastor mitchell, oh
my gosh, I love.
And so he did this sermon.
Um, um, he's in atlanta, Ibelieve.
(31:24):
When he's like that 24, 18, orpastor anthony mitchell yes, oh
my gosh, so good.
And uh, he did this wholesermon about how to pray.
And I was right.
As I was writing this book, Iactually changed the way I
started praying based off of itand even like with my kids, you
know when they're talking abouthe talks about, like when he
(31:44):
prays, you know they go over thelord's prayer and I've added in
like, quote for quote, words,but he's like this is like an
example of how you should prayand it's like, oh my gosh, why
isn't help me out the Lord'sPrayer?
Why am I blanking Girl?
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Well, we're not going to do the fact Hold on.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
I literally I know, this let's Google it.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Why can't I?
Do this, I don't know, butyou're like look at the spot.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
Because the way I would jack it up, I know I'm
doing I literally cannot thinkright now they're gonna be like
we're not reading it.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
I'm talking about both of us.
Whenever he sees us, all right,here we go well, this is our
father lord in heaven.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Okay, I was like hallowed be thy name, our
kingdom come.
That would be done on earth asit is in heaven.
You know, give us this day, ourdaily bread, all that good
stuff, stuff.
But he really breaks up like,hey, like it's okay to repeat
this, but like this is how youshould pray.
And he's like you know, whenyou sit down to talk to God,
think about who you're talkingto.
And it's like, okay, like I'mtalking about, he's like no,
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think about where he's at, whathe's doing right now.
Who you're like when you'retalking to him and it's like, oh
, wow, like you know, king ofthe universe, heavenly father
sitting on the throne, like inheaven, you know, and you're
just like you know.
And as you're saying this,you're like, okay, god, you know
.
And he just really breaks uplike, okay, our father lord in
heaven, hallowed be thy name,you know, our kingdom come.
(33:10):
That will be done.
And he's like you know, stopbeing so selfish, start, start
praying.
You know about others, aboutthe things happening in this
world, and you know, and youknow bringing heaven to earth
and and connecting it.
And so for me I'm I used to bevery selfish prayer like, okay,
god, you know, heavenly father,you know, help me with this.
(33:31):
And it's like no start off withlike selfless things, like you
know, prayer for our country,prayer for our schools, lord,
and like, for me, I have a softspot for, like you know, kids
that have been sexuallyassaulted.
I don't know that, just it's onmy prayer list every night.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I'm like, please, you know, yes, I want to work with
them.
I know they need it.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Yeah, like protect them, you know, guide them, and
so he's just it just breaks upexactly like how to pray, how to
set it up and like how to do aneffective prayer.
And I think for me that waslike my favorite part.
And even just like starting offright now, like with legend,
(34:12):
I'm just like just think aboutwho you're talking to, you know,
and so that was like adifferent, like a different
approach, cause she's like I'mtalking to God.
I'm like no, but where is God?
Who is he?
Like like what has he done foryou?
Like how would you talk?
And she's just like, oh well,he gave me breath this morning.
(34:39):
I'm like how do I?
Okay, why do I not know thisright now?
But I pray that it really justimpacts, you know, families and
changes the way that they prayand just even approach God.
And like that's my favoritepart, because I feel like that's
important for kids, likeknowing how to pray.
Because I didn't know how topray.
My mom was like you know, justpray, talk to him.
(34:59):
And I'm like okay, hey guyswait, yeah, which can work too.
But like when you sit down andyou posture your heart to him in
that way, even as a kid,legend's like okay, like you
know, okay, god, like let me letme get myself ready, or you
know, insane, when I tell him topray, he says his food prayer
every time.
So you know there's.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
It's a prayer, so I mean I'm not mad at it.
Oh so did you see yourselfwriting more books, but you
mentioned you're writing anotherone, so is it a Bible for their
book.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
So I have a couple of projects in mind.
So right now, for a year and ahalf I've been writing my
testimonial book and I'm morethan halfway done.
I just really want it to begreat, you know.
So I'm taking my time,no-transcript way that I
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parented and I didn't evenrealize I hadn't dealt with some
of those things, and and so Ireally want to make sure that
it's not just about Alvin'sdeath as well, like that.
It's about God, like my faithjourney with him and so, and
just how he's been there for meand hopefully it can help others
.
And then I'm also startedwriting a toddler version of
this, like a children's activitybook same thing, but more
(36:31):
towards like two and three yearolds, um and so like we talked
about Zechariah, right, nottalking, or so it starts off
like you know Zechariah, right,not talking, or so it starts off
like you know Zechariah.
An angel came to Zechariah andactually like, have some
drawings and stuff done alreadyfor that one?
But it's like, and then, uh,the angel told him you know,
because you doubted you're gonnaplay the longest, you know, uh,
(36:51):
quiet game until your son isborn, and so so it's very
kid-like and I'm trying toshorten it in that way because I
mean it is a lot of pressure todo this every day for 24 days
because I it's hard for me tokeep up with it, you know.
And then you add in theseactivities and you're like, oh
my gosh, it's overwhelming, sothat's another project.
(37:11):
And then when I told mypublishing company, like when we
first had our first meetingabout the book because I was
about halfway done with it theywere like, oh my gosh, we need
an Easter series.
You know we need this.
And I'm like, yes, this is like, this is my goal.
I really want to make thesestudies, like not just for
Christmas but for all year round, because I don't think Jesus is
only for Christmas you know, sothat's the goal is to make more
(37:35):
family Bible studies, you know,for the different seasons, and
honestly I want to do one overProverbs with kids, like more
for teenagers I think that'simportant for them to know that
and over the Passover, easter,and yeah.
So that's the goal.
Those are a couple of thetestimonial book.
It's in the process right now.
(37:57):
And then I had to pause on thechildren's book because my
husband was like you're doingtoo much.
Yeah, like sit down yeah, whatyou doing yeah, because I was
like you know.
So, yes, there's a couple ofthings and I'm excited to see.
How will you?
Speaker 2 (38:16):
possibly do a devotional and go with your book
?
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (38:20):
I haven't thought of that, maybe.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
I just know there's some.
Actually, do I have it up here?
No, no, this book, but it'slike a.
It has a devotional that goeswith it, like a writing journal,
oh.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
Well, there's writing pieces on it.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 3 (38:41):
Then maybe it could stand yeah.
So I don't know, who knows,maybe I'm going to write it down
.
Speaker 2 (38:44):
Okay, something to think about.
Wow, I think that's really cool.
So have you always been like awriter?
Speaker 3 (38:50):
No, Really no, what, no?
But honestly, after Alvin'sdeath I had really like God
really was like you know,because I had, and what sucked
is when he was in the hospital Ihad talked to other burn
victims' wives and they're like,you know, you need to write a
journal and so for when he makesit out, you know, and that way
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he can know exactly what youwere going through in these
moments.
And so I started writing ajournal and then it was like God
was kind of preparing me for itand then I got so angry I like
ripped it up and threw it away.
So now that I'm like going backtrying to remember everything
it's, I'm like, dang, I wish Iwould have kept that journal,
but I he really has placed this,like for a while on my heart.
(39:34):
Like, okay, I know other peoplehave gone through this and like
maybe they just need helpnavigating through, because I
did, you know, and I had, uh,minister pam, sister pam, that
you know that cliff knows shewas my saving grace.
God put her in my life andreally just kicked me up and,
you know, walked me through allof this.
(39:55):
So, you know, I feel like wedon't know what people go
through no, and I think that'sone thing I've learned.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
When I first started this podcast, it kind of exposed
me to it, um, and then the moreI just started volunteering the
community, I'm like, bro, thisperson, you think you know
something, yeah, and so youreally sit down and talk to them
yeah, you have no idea.
You're like what like, yeah,yeah, no like no idea like right
now I mentor um teenagers, 10to 17 boys and girls.
(40:26):
Oh wow, um every tuesday andsome of the things.
Speaker 3 (40:31):
It's sad, it's scary and it's wild very sad.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
Like one of them, I was like what did I you?
He kept asking random questionslike how old is your
grandfather, what year did yougraduate high school?
I mean, it just kept going.
It kept going and, like I,never.
Nothing was always fair.
Because I was like what ishappening?
But never once did I.
Because, hey, you know we'redoing mental health.
(40:55):
And I was like, hey, ron, letme know how you're feeling.
And he didn't do it and I foundout.
I said you have to answer thisquestion, what is going on?
But he's like well, ma'am, I'mjust lonely.
Now that's starting to makesense why he kept answering the
question.
He just didn't have theattention.
Yeah, and then you know, ronwas saying why he was lonely and
and all that.
Speaker 3 (41:13):
But if you just don't know, sometimes we just try to
judge people off of theirreaction, but then it'll take
the time to figure out you knowwhat is causing that well,
that's all teaching is becausethere's some kids that are like
my gosh not doing their work,and then I find out they're
homeless and then you know theyhave an eight.
I'm like you know, and you'rejust like, okay, it's very
(41:34):
humbling and, like you know, youhave more empathy and it's
things that you don't expect.
Like there's one you knowstudent who was like hey, like
what's going on?
Like you know, I found out hismom died and I was just like,
okay, like this, you're notworried about ipc science right
now, don't care.
Yeah, you know.
And with I get it like yeah, Iwouldn.
Yeah, you know, and with I getit Like I wouldn't either, you
(41:58):
know.
So it was one of those.
Until you talk to them, youknow, you don't know.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
And I didn't realize how much food like I guess how
many kids are going around.
Speaker 3 (42:08):
Oh my gosh, that's so sad.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
No, it really is so, like even for this.
Basically, I work with BigBrothers and Big Sisters and
they're providing snacks.
I think that's the majority ofit.
They inked them, girls, sometrail mix.
I said I need no harm.
I don't know if it's correct,because there's kids that eat
trail mix.
Give them some of this now.
(42:30):
I thought I'd tell them to makesome cakes, but one day I saw
the kid and they kept eating,eating and I was like, ah, neat.
So now I talk to the staff andwe're going to be providing
meals.
Along, yeah, along the snacks.
We just don't know what'shappening.
Speaker 3 (42:44):
Yeah, um, I remember alamo.
There were kids, you know, overthe weekend that would take,
like the food bags.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yes, and it's yes, and then you know the sad thing
is I'm like no, I think at firstI used to have the mindset of
like why can't that parent feed?
But you know their kid, theydon't have to realize something.
Speaker 3 (43:03):
Some of the parents have two jobs paying rent,
paying bills like they can't,like they don't have to realize
something.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
Some of the parents have two jobs paying rent,
paying bills like they can't,like they just or have eight
kids.
Speaker 3 (43:10):
They're assembling of eight and you're just like wow,
it's not.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
It's not always what it seems.
No, it's what I've definitelylearned and, um, I'm thankful
that I learned that it allows meto when I do that young man,
yeah, um, I think that's whatallows me to have that in the
holy spirit, to have thepatience to be there and to get
in there and kind of get myhands dirty and, you know, try
to plant some seeds to breakgenerational partnerships and
challenge these young people,yeah, to be who god has called
(43:35):
them to be um, that's kind offunny.
But working with theorganization, um, I don't really
like.
We don't really talk about Godso much, but like I pray, going
in pray after um, pray for themwhen you know I'm laying in my
bed, yeah, um, same.
So they don't, they don'trealize the seeds being planted,
(43:56):
you know, behind the scenes,which I think it's a beautiful
thing, yeah.
Speaker 3 (44:00):
Well, my kids call me it's my neighbor here.
By the end of the year I'm theChristian teacher.
I play like Boris Frank, youknow, and just different
depending on what we're doing,but it's like all, or I do 70s
disco too, but it's mostlyChristian and they're like, oh
my God, oh yeah, because don'tcuss, because this is a
Christian classroom.
I'm like you're right it is.
So you know those students thatdon't believe in.
(44:27):
God and they're like I have oneright now.
You know, uh, I don't believein God, I'm like that's okay.
Yeah, you know, and I thinkthey want this reaction.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
They're like well, you know, I'm like that's not
yeah, yeah, and I'm just likethat's okay.
Speaker 3 (44:39):
and then it's they just kind of I don't know, they
think they're gonna get areaction out of me, and then it
doesn happen, and they're justkind of like okay.
Speaker 2 (44:45):
They're definitely confused.
Speaker 3 (44:46):
Yes, and I love that yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:49):
They're definitely confused.
Yeah, yeah, I've seen thatbefore and I'm like I don't know
what.
Adults have been arguing withyou, but I'm going to show you
God's love and kindness andgrace instead.
So, yeah, it's, it's, it's athing for sure, but wow, we're
going to create something this,or is there anything that we did
(45:11):
not touch on?
Oh, I do have one more questionfor you.
How did you grow personallyfrom this project, and that can
be physically, emotionally,spiritually.
Speaker 3 (45:20):
I think I missed well my pant size definitely grew
from sitting down.
So much right?
No, uh, I think for mespiritually too.
And the cool thing about thisis I was, as I was finishing up
the book um, I'm in the armorgroup and we did the book of
blue, so it was like I was.
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I was writing off of how Iunderstood it and then adding
that on top of it.
I was like, oh God, I got to goback and I got to change this
and I got to change that, youknow, and it just, really, like
I don't know, opened up my eyesbecause I don't know if, are you
in art?
Are you in art?
I'm not, erin is Erin is yes,and it's just.
(46:11):
Then he's like no, no, no, likethis is what he said, and
you're like he did say that.
Speaker 2 (46:13):
Why didn't I think of that?
Speaker 3 (46:14):
And so, um, yeah, I'm like he's so smart, I love it.
Um, I think spiritually it'shelped me grow too and just help
me see like you're not perfectbut when you are planted in God,
you are a completely differentmom and I could see that, you
know, going through this book,because there was so many ups
and downs and and impatientmoments where I was so impatient
(46:34):
because I needed this to bedone, I know God was like, okay,
hey, like, have some grace withyour family, or you know, or I
would get mad at my husbandbecause I'm like, hey, like I
need to write this, like whyaren't you, you know, and and so
I think for me it's helped megrow spiritually, emotionally,
helped me be a better mom,helped me be a better wife.
I have so much more to grow Like.
I'm excited to officially dothe full book with my daughter
(46:59):
this year, so, and even with myhusband, because he participates
in it too, so it's, it's funand and have our stepdaughter
come down, cause she, you knowshe came down and maybe see what
she's going through.
You know, as a 20 year old and,um, yeah, but definitely pant
size grew.
Spiritually, I grew, yes, Igained 30 pounds.
Speaker 2 (47:22):
I'm right there with you, but I have not been right.
I don't know what I've beendoing, but I gave you about the
same amount, so it must be inthe air.
But you can definitely gothough.
I'm just saying yeah.
Speaker 3 (47:31):
For sure.
No, yeah, emotionally too, Ifeel like I was just so, I think
you know kind of cliffhitted onthe head today, like I was
depending on so many otherthings for my happiness and as
I'm writing this, I'm like, ok,god is supposed to be my source,
like not my husband, my husband, shouldn't?
You know?
That's hard when you're like,you know, make me happy, or your
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kids, and you're like, why areyou doing this?
And it's like, hey, they'rehumans, like you know.
So I definitely learn and justreally diving deep into Luke,
like learn grace, and reallytrying to live my life like
Jesus, even though I fell, youknow, every day, but, yeah,
definitely grown in that andjust teaching too.
Like I feel like the way Iapproach these kids is again
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different and you know I do havemore empathy and it's made me a
better person through it,through everything I've gone
through and writing this, youknow wow, do you think to ever
do like, uh, anything with thenames?
Speaker 2 (48:32):
or collaborating with your husband on another book?
Oh, I don't know, that may beinteresting.
Yeah, do you like a marriage?
Speaker 3 (48:42):
I think I need, I think for marriage.
I'm like we're we're hittingone year, so I think I need to
get uh.
June 29 2024.
Speaker 2 (48:52):
Yes, yes okay, so we're november 2nd, okay they're
like this is awesome, butanyway, that's really cool,
though.
I like that.
Speaker 3 (49:12):
I'm like I need to get it together.
Speaker 2 (49:17):
Let me hit five years , but I'm needing like a co-ed
Bible study for the baby to dowith their husband.
I like that.
It's actually like made forhusband.
I like that.
It's actually like made forhusband and wife.
It's not just like a biblestudy.
Speaker 3 (49:28):
I choose to do it together I know we bought so
many and it's like they just sitthere and we'll do like one or
two days and it's like, okay,yeah, something to think about
though yeah, because I have oneright now that I'm supposed to
do.
Speaker 2 (49:40):
I'm gonna keep what it's supposed to be, yeah, but
it's like the names of God,what's the word it is.
I love that.
It's like three pages, though,brittany.
Speaker 3 (49:51):
No, it's crazy how many names.
Speaker 2 (49:54):
Yeah, that threw me off too.
I was like, hmm.
Speaker 3 (49:57):
Yeah, my husband's in a coach's one.
I wonder if Aaron has it's likemade for coaches.
It's a coach's Bible made forcoaches.
Speaker 2 (50:03):
it's a coaches bible study and it's like a playbook
really yeah, I don't even haveto talk about it, so he's not in
it, but it may be good for mewhere's he cultured?
Speaker 3 (50:10):
it's um midland freshman, but it's called the
minors.
Oh, that's the name of thebible study book and it's made
specifically for coaches andtheir coaching staff.
They do it like on thursdays.
Speaker 2 (50:20):
It's really neat, yeah well, he hasn't mentioned
it.
I, like I said he does armorfor sure.
Yeah, because sometimes I hearor I sit in the room like
they're having y'all know me.
Yeah, four videos where I'mgoing to y'all be watching.
Y'all getting fed for real.
Anyway, thank you, ma.
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Okay, two more questions.
One is what do you stand for?
Yeah, thank you, ma.
Okay, two more questions.
One is what do you stand for?
So the purpose of that is thename of the podcast is Standing
in your Truth.
So it's what do you stand for?
Speaker 3 (50:52):
I think love you do, yeah, I think without it,
everything falls apart.
So I think if you don't havelove or you don't stand for this
, it's stand on love I'mstanding on love.
Yeah, oh God, yeah, I thinkstand on love, standing on love,
yeah, yeah.
I think that I think there's somuch hate in this world that if
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I could choose anything, itwould be love in every situation
.
Speaker 2 (51:18):
I have to realize once, getting married this time
instead of the other is mysecond marriage.
Okay, that love is a verb, yeahit's an action.
Yeah, like I feel likesometimes we just say I love you
and we just you know, it givesa feeling like it's good you
have a little work today.
Speaker 3 (51:33):
No, a lot of work and I'm needy.
So my husband's like, yeah, alot of work.
Speaker 2 (51:39):
He goes to me like mm-hmm, shake his head.
Yeah, I know about that, butit's just funny when you smell
that.
All right, and then, lastly,there's two options here for
this question.
Okay, you can either give uslike some closing remarks,
advice, kind of motivatingwhoever's listening, or you can
close us out with the book.
Speaker 3 (52:01):
Well, I do have a scripture that I wanted to read
Okay, come on.
It says train up your child inthe way he should go, and when
he is old he will not departfrom it.
Proverbs 22, 6.
This is kind of like the wholebasis of my Bible study.
Like I feel like if we train upour kids, you know they'll have
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these seats planted and thatwe're going to set them up for
success and set them up, youknow, to break those
generational curses and just dobetter than we ever have.
And just you know, and that waytheir kids are, you know,
blessed, and their kids andtheir kids and just maybe it's
something they want to do withtheir family, you know, when
they get older.
And so that's the whole mainidea of my book.
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You know, as a family we got to.
We have to, not the church.
We have to train up our kids inthe way of the Lord and it's
nobody else's job, and if youdon't, you're going to be
trained up in something else bysome other people that you don't
want, and then you're going tobe shocked.
So the world is a hook of ateacher, yes, so that's all well
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, thank you again.
Speaker 2 (53:10):
Thank you for having me coming and, um, giving us a
little bit backstory on how yougot to your bible study.
I'm very, I'm really interestedto see you know what this bible
study, but also what else.
Yes, um, your book.
You have a title for your bookby chance, or is it like no
title?
Speaker 3 (53:28):
yeah, it's uh, not, not your bible study, but your
book.
Oh yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (53:32):
It's um god's uh, my story, god's glory you need
people more interested yeah soyou need to go home and create
yeah, sorry, y'all go right.
Right now.
I will patiently wait, yeah,but thank you again for coming
on.
For those that are listening,this is your reminder that you
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are loved, seen, heard, neededand wanted.
Please do not think that youhave to navigate this alone.
God is always with you and ifyou need to talk to someone,
feel free.
Please feel free.
Please feel free.
I can talk To reach out to meand we can.
I can see how I can help younavigate life.
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Will I have all the answers?
No, well, we can pray togetherand I'll hold your hand and
introduce you to some peoplethat may be able to help you
with whatever you have going on,and I'm just going to say I
love you and bye.
Speaker 1 (54:31):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
Sit back and get ready to enjoy Hello everyone,
welcome to another episode ofthe Daily In your Truth Podcast.
I am your host, yanni.
Y'all had a writing thought asI was thinking of the intro.
I need, like a nickname.
I really don't have one.
I don't think there's no suchthing as a nickname for Yanni.
I lied, I have one of mysisters-in-law call me Yannicka,
okay, which is a littleinteresting.
(00:48):
But anyway, how are you guysdoing?
Happy September, yay, we'realmost to the 12th month, which
I'm a little scared because Ifeel like it hasn't been that
hot this summer out here.
So does that mean it won't bethat cold in the winter, or it
will be colder in the winter?
I have no clue how that works,but anyway, well, I'm very
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excited about the year.
I say that for every guest,which I am excited for every
guest, but this looks different,like this is an authentic.
Well, anyway, I'm going to lether introduce herself.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Hi, I'm Taylor Turner .
I'm a mom, a try to begreatChristian, not always all the
time and a ninth grade scienceteacher, and I've been teaching
for 12 years.
You're a ninth grade scienceteacher Ninth grade science
teacher.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
yes, how did you know ?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
that I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Really.
Yes, erin teaches seventh grade.
You do math this year.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I did eighth grade for 10 years and I loved it.
7th graders I do not like and9th graders I like.
Yes 7th grade is too immature.
I can't handle it?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
It definitely is.
I slept behind a bunch of themat a football game recently and
I really wanted to turn on.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Yeah, they just say weird things.
You can, you can, you can tellthem oh.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I didn't.
I felt like we were in a publicplace.
They were after game, they werehaving a good time.
I just suffered there, blinkingmy eyes and still melting away
Hearing 6-7.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Did you hear that?
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
All the food shoes, as I was like.
That makes absolutely no sense,but if y'all believe her, sure?
Anyway, before we get into ourtopic, let's get to know you a
little bit.
So what motivates?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
you, my kids and my family.
Just I feel like my kids.
Of course, you know that is mypurpose in life and my husband.
I have two and a stepdaughter,so three in total.
So a 20-year-old stepdaughterand then a five-year-old and a
two-year-old.
So they are my why oneverything.
(02:52):
And my husband, he's amazingand awesome.
So everything I do is becauseof them.
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
How do you protect your mental health?
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Well, I recently started seeing a therapist.
Yes, I, I definitely neededthat.
Um, and I just take days formyself, even if it's like in the
middle of the week I'll take ahalf day and go get a massage.
Um, I try.
I have a sauna and that's likemy quiet time for when I talk to
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God and it's weird because it'slike hot and I'm like
struggling, but I'm like, okay,god, this when I like focus on
him, it's great because I foundjust sitting in there doing
nothing is awful, so that I lovedoing my sauna and I love cold
plunging.
I know it's yes, so I bought achiller and I try to do it every
morning and so I feel like that, every like, all the mixture of
(03:45):
the two and you know, spendingtime with God, and I feel like
the closest time I have with himis in the sauna.
It's weird.
That's like my secret place.
I can see that.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So we have like an indoor sauna.
Yeah, from Amazon.
Yeah, the dogs shoot it up, butwe once had it, do it shoot it
up, but we once had it, do it,get it back.
Yeah, I don't know we have toput it somewhere else, but I do
feel like when we had it, wewill put like praise and worship
music.
Yes, but for me, I felt likethat was the time for me to talk
to god, because, also, I don'tknow, I'm not really
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claustrophobic, but I felt likewhen I was sitting in that, yeah
, I'm like if I talk to god,then I won't, I'll forget the
fact that I'm sitting in thesefour walls, yeah, or four
whatever walls, little pieces ofplastic, yeah, um, and I can
kind of breathe.
The first time I did I was like, oh my gosh, yeah, it's awful
because it's it's a little tough.
So they said have benefits, yes, what does cold plunging do for
(04:40):
your body?
Speaker 3 (04:41):
so it's supposed to like put your body in shock and
like boost your metabolism, andthen it's supposed to have all
these health benefits in themorning.
It's supposed to like wake youup, I don't know.
Interesting, I'm trying.
Yeah, gary brucca, I likelistening to him.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
So yeah, so I mean the follow-up question, for that
was what's your self-careroutine?
But it seems like it's cold.
Plunging sauna is anything elsemaybe?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
no no, that's pretty much it yeah, because I don't
eat the best.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
So I understand I have burp today, but anyway,
what advice would you give youryounger?
Speaker 3 (05:17):
self.
Um, I think it would be.
This is tough because I don'tknow if I would change anything,
but I definitely like, I guessmaybe actually have a
relationship with God instead ofjust using him, you know, and
like as a genie type deal, thatwould be my, because I feel like
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I took for granted everythingand I see these young kids in
church and really have arelationship and I'm like, wow,
I wish I had that like just tokind of help me through
different things.
Because I feel like when, yeah,and as trials hit as a teenager
, I just was always so brokenand I feel like if I would have
actually had a relationship withGod that I wouldn't have been.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
So that's what I would say you know people come
on here and say differentanswers.
You're never wrong, but that,that's that's what I would say.
You know people come on hereand say different answers are
never wrong, but that's a goodone.
Yeah, can you imagine how someof the choices as a team might
have changed?
Yeah, you know, if you have astripper or if we have a
stripper now.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Hence the book.
Yeah, okay, okay, okay Okay.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
What is one moment in your life that has really
helped shaped?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
you or made a huge impact in your life.
So Legends, dad, who was veryimportant to me like love of my
life you know I've been blessedwith two um.
His passing really shapes themom I am today, the person, the
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wife, you know, I think I thankGod, I mean every day, because
even though it was so hard, Iknow that it was all, you know,
for a reason and for a purposeand I know without that I would
not be the person I am today.
Going through that, goingthrough like actually, you know,
going being with him in thehospital, you know that was
really tough.
And then, like his passing wassuper tough, and then realizing,
(07:15):
okay, you're going to be asingle mom, I think like all of
it just kind of trickled downand really made me depend on God
and really started my faith,because until then I thought I
had a relationship with God andI realized I didn't, I realized
that I just crumbled under youknow, trials and so that was
like the moment where everythingchanged and it was like, okay,
(07:37):
I cannot do this by myself, likeI have to depend on him, on God
, because without him I'm notgoing to make it.
So that really shaped, you knowthe way.
I think, the way I teach, evenbecause I was, yeah, like the
way I interacted with kids, iscompletely different.
So I would say that and even,just, you know, being loved by
him he was.
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I had never been loved likethat before, and so he taught me
how to be loved and, you know,be in a relationship, and so
when another good man like TJcame into my life, I knew how to
accept that, because before,you know, I didn't.
So I think being with him andhis passing, you know, really
shaped who I am today.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah, I definitely thought you were gonna say your
book, no.
You're like yeah, no, um.
I said, oh okay, what is yourmindset when you're 12?
Speaker 3 (08:28):
no, or the door shuts honestly, I'm one of those I
think now, since I've had a hugedoor shut in my face, you know
I'm very like resilient, likeokay, then, obviously this isn't
it.
So, my mindset is okay, what'snext?
Like, obviously you didn't wantme to do this, god, and before
I would be like gosh, why didyou say no?
(08:49):
Or you know.
So I'm pretty flexible and andknows.
I think I'm thankful for theno's, even like I said, you know
, when Alvin passed and God gaveme a big no, I didn't know how
to handle that and so I didn'tunderstand.
And now I do, and so I thinkwith that it's easy to say okay,
(09:12):
god, I know that you have adifferent path or a different
way, you know.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Based off of that, so well, let's get to our topic.
The reason I invited her on.
Uh say we made an announcementabout maybe a week yeah, it's
been two weeks.
It's been a week, yeah, a week,yeah, that she, um, is getting
ready to.
I think she's all right weeks.
I think it's been a week, yeah,a week, yeah, that she is
(09:36):
getting ready to.
I think it's poetry.
Is that the right way of sayingthat?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Because you already wrote it.
Yeah, publish a book.
We'll have a date, hopefully inabout a week or two, with
exactly when it'll be out.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Yes, a Bible study.
And when I saw that I was like,first of all, how cool is that?
That someone you know has satdown to do the work to put
together a Bible study to beable to share with people all
over the world, yeah, then I waslike, hey, let's invite her on
to figure out what was herprocess on?
(10:05):
You know how you chose thetopic from you know the start to
the finish, so I have a coupleof questions for you and then,
whatever I leave out, feel freeto, you know, fill in the blanks
.
Ok, I'm going to start withwhat inspired you to write a
Bible devotion.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
So for me, I think after I had kids.
You know we go through theChristmas season and we're like,
oh my gosh, we're going to makeit about Jesus you know, you
always want to do better.
You know, not that my parentsdid bad or anything, but I
really wanted it to be focusedon God.
And so, as she was little, Istarted reading the book of Luke
, a chapter every day.
It was 24 chapters and I waslike you know what we're going
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to read the Bible and it's goingto be about Jesus and you know
all that good stuff.
And so when she was little, Iwould read it and it was fine.
And then, as she got older, Icontinued to read it and when I
met my husband and his daughterwas a teenager at the time I was
like, hey, this is like atradition that I really want to
start in my home.
You know, this is what I do.
And he was like, okay, you know, he was on board with it.
(11:03):
So we would read the Bible and Ijust felt like God was really
like tugging at my heart becauseafterwards we'd read it and it
felt like we got nothing out ofit.
So we'd read it and then mykids would be like where's my
advent?
Like where's my gifts?
Because we do an adventcalendar and we did like a
rubber ducky or something.
So in order for them to get theducky, they had to read the
bible, so it was like they were.
It was kind of like a bribe andI was like I don't think this
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is how it should be so I feellike that age well, even for
adults sometimes.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Well, getting her to sit down was tough, so I was
like like okay.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
And then even, like with my teenage daughter, her
walk with Christ was new, and soI just felt like it wasn't even
helping her, I don't know, itjust felt like we read it and it
was over.
And so I really started sittingdown, god started putting on my
heart, like okay, like maybe youshould ask some questions, you
know.
After, and so I did, I startedwriting, like just a question
here and there, and I'd asked mydaughter and her responses, at
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three years old, was pretty wild, like I was like, oh, wow, so
she is listening, you know, butwe're just not talking about it.
And so at the time, cause II've been writing another book
for a year and a half, so at thetime I was like, okay, like I
have, I know how to start thisprocess of writing one.
And so I kind of just startedwriting, writing it, um, and it
just started off with simplequestions and like at one point,
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you know, in Luke, one Jesus is, I think it's like one or three
, I might be, I might be lying,but he um gets lost for three
days or his parents can't findit, and you, know and I remember
asking my daughter um, you know, how would you feel if you were
gone for three days?
She was like, oh my gosh, mom, Iwould be, cause she's sassy.
She's like I would be so scared.
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And I'm like, oh my gosh, Iwould be so scared too.
Like can you imagine what Maryand Joseph were thinking?
She's like I bet they werescared, I bet they were crying,
and so we were talking.
I'm like why do you think Jesuswasn't scared?
And she's Like I would bescared.
And I'm like, well, he was God,he's God.
And she's like, oh yeah, youknow, we just started talking.
I was like, okay, god, like I'mlistening, I'm going to do it
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because I'm a procrastinator.
So I really started sittingdown and just kind of breaking
up like main points andquestions, and that's how it
started off, with just simplequestions for each chapter.
That's how it started off withjust simple questions for each
chapter.
And then, as the next year camearound, we asked those
questions and I just felt likeit still wasn't like good enough
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.
And so I was like, ok, if I wasa parent that didn't really
read the Bible and, you know,wasn't close to God.
But I wanted to start like howwould I go about this, like what
would I want to see?
And so I was like, okay, I'mgoing to start adding in some
like parent tips and kind of goover like guiding questions to
lead you to like the mainquestion.
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And that's what I did.
I just started, you know,putting this thing together and
God really like just startedpouring it out and I listened.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I mean, that's really , really.
I think the first time I everjust listened, because I I never
do so.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Yeah, yes.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
I know you mentioned you do it every year, but Luke,
but is there a certain reasonwhy the book of Luke?
Speaker 3 (14:09):
because it has 24 chapters, so it's an ad so.
I wanted it to be like aChristmas, advent, and so just
something to do every day.
I feel like, you know, inDecember it's all about Santa
and the gifts and stuff, and Ireally, you know and I'm sure
your husband can, you know,attest to this as well Like we
work with kids every day, thatyou can see that they're missing
(14:32):
, that you know we just want totake them home and we want to,
you know, bring them to church.
You know we can't, you know,say everything we want to say at
school.
And it's just like you knowwhat, if I could help, like one
family and I know, I know Godhas a purpose for this because
it's been hard writing it, but Ithink it's so important for
families to just talk in general, not even about the Bible, and
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I feel like that's missing today.
Like I feel like kids don'ttalk to their parents about how
their day is.
I feel like it's just like, oh,today was good, or, you know,
and I feel like if we reallyadded in, you know, talking
about Jesus and His life and how, you know, it could affect ours
and how we should live like Him, based off of, you know, his
word, I think it would make suchan impact in these kids' lives
(15:17):
and how they deal with differentthings.
Because, like we said earlier,like if I could tell my younger
self have a relationship withhim, like cause I would just
crumble.
And that's what I want.
I want better for my kids.
I want them to know God's wordand his love and his voice, you
know.
And so when they are in trialsbecause they're going to have
trials, I know that and you knowtelling my kid that like, hey,
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it's going to be tough one day,but whatever you do, you turn to
God first, you know.
And so this was a big part ofthis book.
Like I want to equip families,you know, and help them grow
together in his word.
Because I feel like parents too, like even when I was reading
this and asking questions, andin the in the Bible study it
says parents ask, answer allthese questions first, like be
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vulnerable.
And like you know, like there'sthe parables of the soil.
Like be vulnerable and be like,okay, hey, like, maybe I'm not
good soil.
Like you know I've been cursinga lot, I've been drinking.
Like maybe I need to do bettertoo.
You know I've been cursing alot, I've been drinking.
Like maybe I need to do bettertoo and just really as a family,
like you know, kind of calleach other out because you're
reading the word, it's there,the truth, you know, and so just
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like, how can we grow together?
You know?
That's why I wrote this.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Yeah, it's so funny.
You said something you'resaying right now before you got
here.
Like that, usually whensomeone's coming to the court, I
set the new light, a candle,clean up all the dog stuff, um,
and take time to pray.
It's funny, but one of thethings I I'm sure with all these
spirits I don't even know why Isaid it, but now I'm seeing it
(16:50):
um that those who are reading,going through your bible study,
are breaking generational curses.
Yeah, that it's new soil beingbuilt for their like coming up
for their family.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
Yeah, for my family I'm trying to break many you
know generational curses andit's like Even the ones that are
rereading them.
Yes, no, absolutely Like that's.
You know, of course, my family,but again this, I know God put
this on my heart for a reasonand for other families and I
know, like again your husbandcan attest to this there's so
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many families needing, you knowthis even just a conversation
starter, you know, and the coolthing is there's opening prayers
.
So you know the goal is for themto pray on their own, but they
have opening and closing prayersand then even a, a memory verse
, you know, for every seven daysand kind of like a challenge,
and there's even challengesthroughout.
You know the study, like, whocan we pray for in our family?
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This, you know, this week, orum, is there somebody at school
that you know maybe sits bythemselves?
Is there somebody that you cango talk to?
Just depending on what you knowthe word is saying.
And then even at the end of thebook, I've added in um snacks
that go with each day.
So, and then nothing, crazyCause I hate when they're like,
give you this recipe, that'slike ridiculous.
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So it's like, buy pills, verydope, yeah, like don't even.
Or, you know, buy thosepowerhouse smoothies because it
talks about God's power and youknow, as you're drinking your
smoothie, talk about, you know,the strength that we get from
God.
Or even, like, with the firstday, the Bethlehem Star, like
you know, make sugar cookies anddecorate them and talk about,
you know, with stars.
And so I try to do like thatjust to kind of bring families
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together and it could be foryoung or old and then also
activities.
So you know, with Zachariah notbeing able to speak, there's a
quiet game, you know, and justlike different cute little
things, I really put a lot andyeah, and so even um at the end,
when um like just there's Idon't remember which part this
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is, but there's a dance party,you know, let's have a praise
and worship.
My husband bought my daughter adance floor and it's so funny,
her and Saint, they bought astrip like two for their room
and they'll put on praise andworship music and it's so cute
and they're in there justdancing and just different
things or like you know, thosemini Jesuses, so like like
hiding them around the house andyou know, and so there's also
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Bible trivia for every sixchapters, kind of set up like
family feud thing.
So this also could be used likein church, like if you want it
to, but I really want it to befor families, cause I think
church is important.
I love, you know, pastor Andyand everything he does for our
youth and everybody there.
But I feel like it's not goingto be as effective if it's not
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coming from you, like you're notgoing to make a difference in
your family.
You know, and I and I felt thatbecause my mom, she took us to
church, you know, and it wasfine, you know, and she's like
make sure you pray.
So I prayed and you know, Isaid the same prayer for every
day for like 20 years, like Ijust it was a repeated prayer,
you know.
Know, I didn't have arelationship.
It was like a one-way line thatyou know, when I was drunk or
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something I'd be like, pleaseforgive me you know yeah and you
know, there I was like, oh well, he already forgave me, so I
can do it again, or you know,and I really just I feel like
this generation just needs that.
They need to know God's word,their, his love, and it needs to
be from their parents.
Because I think we all need togrow, like, even me, like every
time I read this, like, and tryto do different questions with
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my daughter, it's, it's adifferent reaction with her and
for me I'm like, oh, likesomething new will come up, and
like forgiveness is a big, youknow, topic that pops up in the
book of Luke.
So there are some questionsthat are repeated, but on
purpose, like I want thefamilies to know, like hey, like
unforgiveness is important,like you need to forgive, like
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even, you know, even if youdon't want to.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
So Wow, I'm interested to see what these
activities are in the trivia.
I'm not that competitive.
When we are the other twonephew and my brother, they're
competitive.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
I'm competitive.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
I'm not.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
See, and I'll make my kids like.
I won't let them win.
I'm like no See, you know yourbrother's better than mine.
And I'm like you got it and wedo push-ups.
Losers do push-ups, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
See, that wouldn't work out for me.
First of See, that wouldn'twork out for me.
Second of all, I'll just belike, look, it is what it is.
At this point Y'all arestressing me out.
So what was, I guess, the mostchallenging part about writing
this letter?
Speaker 3 (21:27):
My book, I think, really just confidence and
sometimes like pride.
Sometimes I wouldn't ask Godfor help and I could tell like,
okay, this is not how I want itto go.
So really just relying on Godand not letting the enemy get in
my head, because right now mykids they're in their terrible
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twos, you know, and myfive-year-old is sassy and for a
good chunk, like I was like,okay, maybe I should even write
this, maybe I just need to stopLike I'm not even a good mom,
you know, you have thosethoughts that start going
through your head.
And I even told who did?
I tell I think it was Stephanie.
I was like I'm over here writingthis book, yelling at my kids
in the middle.
I'm like, okay, look, you'refamily, please pray, you know,
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and I'm, you know.
So I think for me it was theenemy just kind of trying and
like trying to just get in myhead and tell me that this is
not OK, like you're not evenperfect, which I know I don't
have to be, you know.
And so I think once I reallylike started getting back into
my word and really like becauseI think we all go through these
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ups and downs with God, like youknow, we're like thank you, god
for this idea.
And then we try to take overand we're like, ok, god, no, I
need you back again.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Yeah, and don't pray about anything else.
Thank you for the idea, and I'mfiguring how to do it on my own
.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
And then it was like yes, and so that was the hardest
part really, just like mentally, you know, being able to like
tell myself, like no, like Godloves you and he wants you to
write this for a reason, for apurpose, and make sure, like
you're telling others to knowtheir word, so you need to know
your word, you need to know whatthe Bible says about you, and
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so that was definitelychallenging and funny, because
that's really how most of thisbook went, like it's life?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Yeah, it just sounds wrong to me.
So what was the best part ofalready?
Speaker 3 (23:20):
I think actually having the conversations with my
daughter Saints Too Little andyou know, doing some of the
activities and just seeing itreally come to life, that was
the best part, because I waslike, okay, this is me and my
daughter is just so talkativeanyways, and she just made it so
easy.
Okay, this is me and mydaughter's just so talkative
anyways, and she just made it soeasy.
But just having thoseconversations and like what she
knows about God, I didn't know,you know at her age, and it's
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like wow, like I, I just I wantit to impact other families like
that, like I want them to grow.
So that was the best part.
Just kind of sharing it withher and her being my little
helper with it, without her evenknowing it, that's sweet.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Those are memories that she'll keep for life.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Yeah, and we're going to do it every year, so she
might get annoyed by it.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
At this point she'll be like okay, I know what
happened to that.
What makes your Bible studydifferent from others?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Your Bible study is different from others.
I think I try to come about itin a perspective of like a
parent who doesn't really readthe Bible as much.
So I try to make it very simpleand put it like in CEV version
and Good News Bible version,because for me, I think King
James is super intimidating.
I can't read it, me neither.
(24:34):
And even New King James, I'mlike no, I'm like what was that?
Yeah, so I was like you know, Ireally want it to be simple.
I don't want parents to beintimidated and I don't want
them to.
Just because when I started off, like I said, it was just
simple questions and I still waslike I don't think this is
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going like I don't know, as aparent, I wanted to make sure,
you know, I knew exactly what Iwas talking about and I was
going to read one of them realquick.
So, um, and one of thequestions it's what does mary's
response to the angel teach usabout trusting god?
How can we have courage likemary did when the angels
appeared?
And so then it has a parent oradult tip.
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So it says Mary was likely ateenager, just like some of your
kids, when she was given a huge, life-changing message.
She could have been overwhelmed, scared or full of questions,
but she chose faith over fear.
Talk to your children abouttimes when they felt nervous,
scared or unsure, and howchoosing trust helped or could
help them move forward.
This helps kids of all ages seethat bravery doesn't mean
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you're not scared.
It means that you trust Godmore than your fear, and so I
really wanted to put somethingin there to lead them or like,
maybe they don't know the answer, you know so yeah, and so I
really wanted to give them somebackground knowledge.
And then it has an ask.
So I know there there's alreadya question, but these ask
questions really get theconversation started.
(25:59):
So it's like how do you thinkmary felt when the angel showed
up?
Legend was like oh my gosh, Iwould be so scared.
She's like I would have ran toyour room.
And they're like no, get out.
Like get out of my room, youknow.
So it's and it's funny to hearwhat they said I'm like well, I
would have.
I would have been terrified too.
Like you know, it's just likeyou would have been scared.
Yeah, like she's like yeah,yeah, me too.
(26:19):
And then how would you feel?
What makes someone brave?
And that's like a differentquestion, like I don't know,
like maybe they're strongLegend's, like I think you have
to be strong, you have to be andbe brave, you know, and have
you ever done something hard orscary, but you did it anyways?
And hers is probably likeriding a carnival ride or
something, but you know to alittle kid that yeah you know
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she's being brave or making anew friend.
It's like, yeah, because I'mnervous.
And she's like you get nervous,you know, and just really being
vulnerable and just opening upthese conversations and what are
some things we can do when wefeel scared or nervous?
And so she's like we could pray.
And I'm like, yes, we couldpray, you know, and so we do.
Isaiah 41 to you know, do notbe afraid, for God is with you.
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I'm like you know we could putthat, you know we could talk to
someone, you could talk to me,you could talk to your teacher,
your grandma, or justremembering God's promises, and
so those are all in there.
But just, really, those areconversation starters with some
background knowledge, and I feellike I honestly don't know a
lot about other family Biblestudies.
(27:24):
I feel like they're either justfor children or just for adults
.
So I really wanted to make onethat incorporated both, because
I think that is super important,especially at these young ages,
and I feel like if we couldjust imprint God on them now,
then we would have a wholedifferent generation as we grew
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up.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
I think the difference to what I'm hearing
from what's in the book for thekids is you're teaching them
about having a relationship withGod.
Versus what I feel like.
When I grew up, it was morelike the religion and the
tradition that was somebody'spastor from 20 years ago that
everyone somehow respected, andthat's why we do it.
It has nothing to do withwhat's in the Bible.
So I think that's what I'mgetting out of it, and I love
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the fact that she ask theparents a question and then
provide their information justin case they don't know.
Yeah, because it's it'screating a space for um also, I
feel like the parent to diveindependently in their
relationship with that, likeyou're you're getting, you're
making them feel comfortable tobe like I don't know, but wait,
(28:34):
you know, while reading it,without having to say hold on,
let me go, you know, flip thepage of the bible to figure it
out.
You know, hold on, it's righthere, yeah, and then maybe you
know they will go back and kindof read or figure out, you know,
whatever they don't know.
But I think it's beautiful thatyou're setting it up to where um
it challenges both the parentand the child.
Yeah, and they come back andchallenge them as a whole, yeah,
and then you're making some ofthe questions to questions to
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where it's dives deeper and it'slike real life.
What do you do when you'rescared?
What does courage mean to youas a parent?
That's a chance for you also.
I would think not that I havekids.
I'm around them, but I don'thave them For you to figure out
how they're thinking it?
Speaker 3 (29:10):
Yeah, because they're going through stuff every day
that we don't think about Evenlegend out like, yeah, even
legend.
Like you know, it'skindergarten drama is hilarious.
You know she's like uh,charlotte didn't want to be my
friend and I'm like, well, didshe say that?
no, but she hung out withso-and-so and I'm like hey, like
it's okay, you know, and sojust really under knowing what
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they're going through, but alsolike hayley, you can have more
than one friend.
Like just having you know thatbackground of it too, and also
like when they're reading it.
These chapters are pretty longso I try to break it up and like
, after so many verses there'slike fill in the blanks of this,
like the summarization, so youcan kind of pause and like
regroup.
Okay, like what did we read?
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And so that way it's not justbecause sometimes reading
comprehension is hard, like youknow I'm not gonna'm not going
to lie.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I started reading I think it was the Bible for a
year.
They just give you so manychapters to read and a lot of
days I was like, but this islike 12 chapters.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Well, you read it, and then the next day you're
like I'm like I know I read that.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Yeah, you have to go back and listen to the summary.
Yeah, oh yeah, that's right.
Okay, oh, yeah, that's right.
So, yeah, good on, steve, carefor breaking that up.
Some of us the it's like thatthing I posted on Facebook where
it was like in elementaryschool, you spent time reading
your own paragraph.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Oh, my gosh Preparing to the sentence is coming up
and on the text.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
You filled everything but your one paragraph and I'm
going to text you.
I failed everything but yourone paragraph.
I'm like that's real life, someof us.
I feel like you kind of touchedon this already, but actually
I'm not going to answer thatbecause you definitely did.
Oh, I'm sorry.
What was your favorite part?
I guess about the kid-friendlypart.
Is there something particularrelative to activities?
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Is there a special part or your favorite part about
it being kid-friendly?
Um, I think I don't know ifmaybe, yeah, kind of.
I think the way I'm taking itis like my favorite kid-friendly
part is when the chapter thatwhere jesus teaches the
disciples to pray, I've added inum, I love pastor mitchell, oh
my gosh, I love.
And so he did this sermon.
Um, um, he's in atlanta, Ibelieve.
(31:24):
When he's like that 24, 18, orpastor anthony mitchell yes, oh
my gosh, so good.
And uh, he did this wholesermon about how to pray.
And I was right.
As I was writing this book, Iactually changed the way I
started praying based off of itand even like with my kids, you
know when they're talking abouthe talks about, like when he
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prays, you know they go over thelord's prayer and I've added in
like, quote for quote, words,but he's like this is like an
example of how you should prayand it's like, oh my gosh, why
isn't help me out the Lord'sPrayer?
Why am I blanking Girl?
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Well, we're not going to do the fact Hold on.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
I literally I know, this let's Google it.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Why can't I?
Do this, I don't know, butyou're like look at the spot.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
Because the way I would jack it up, I know I'm
doing I literally cannot thinkright now they're gonna be like
we're not reading it.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
I'm talking about both of us.
Whenever he sees us, all right,here we go well, this is our
father lord in heaven.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Okay, I was like hallowed be thy name, our
kingdom come.
That would be done on earth asit is in heaven.
You know, give us this day, ourdaily bread, all that good
stuff, stuff.
But he really breaks up like,hey, like it's okay to repeat
this, but like this is how youshould pray.
And he's like you know, whenyou sit down to talk to God,
think about who you're talkingto.
And it's like, okay, like I'mtalking about, he's like no,
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think about where he's at, whathe's doing right now.
Who you're like when you'retalking to him and it's like, oh
, wow, like you know, king ofthe universe, heavenly father
sitting on the throne, like inheaven, you know, and you're
just like you know.
And as you're saying this,you're like, okay, god, you know
.
And he just really breaks uplike, okay, our father lord in
heaven, hallowed be thy name,you know, our kingdom come.
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That will be done.
And he's like you know, stopbeing so selfish, start, start
praying.
You know about others, aboutthe things happening in this
world, and you know, and youknow bringing heaven to earth
and and connecting it.
And so for me I'm I used to bevery selfish prayer like, okay,
god, you know, heavenly father,you know, help me with this.
(33:31):
And it's like no start off withlike selfless things, like you
know, prayer for our country,prayer for our schools, lord,
and like, for me, I have a softspot for, like you know, kids
that have been sexuallyassaulted.
I don't know that, just it's onmy prayer list every night.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I'm like, please, you know, yes, I want to work with
them.
I know they need it.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Yeah, like protect them, you know, guide them, and
so he's just it just breaks upexactly like how to pray, how to
set it up and like how to do aneffective prayer.
And I think for me that waslike my favorite part.
And even just like starting offright now, like with legend,
(34:12):
I'm just like just think aboutwho you're talking to, you know,
and so that was like adifferent, like a different
approach, cause she's like I'mtalking to God.
I'm like no, but where is God?
Who is he?
Like like what has he done foryou?
Like how would you talk?
And she's just like, oh well,he gave me breath this morning.
(34:39):
I'm like how do I?
Okay, why do I not know thisright now?
But I pray that it really justimpacts, you know, families and
changes the way that they prayand just even approach God.
And like that's my favoritepart, because I feel like that's
important for kids, likeknowing how to pray.
Because I didn't know how topray.
My mom was like you know, justpray, talk to him.
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And I'm like okay, hey guyswait, yeah, which can work too.
But like when you sit down andyou posture your heart to him in
that way, even as a kid,legend's like okay, like you
know, okay, god, like let me letme get myself ready, or you
know, insane, when I tell him topray, he says his food prayer
every time.
So you know there's.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
It's a prayer, so I mean I'm not mad at it.
Oh so did you see yourselfwriting more books, but you
mentioned you're writing anotherone, so is it a Bible for their
book.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
So I have a couple of projects in mind.
So right now, for a year and ahalf I've been writing my
testimonial book and I'm morethan halfway done.
I just really want it to begreat, you know.
So I'm taking my time,no-transcript way that I
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parented and I didn't evenrealize I hadn't dealt with some
of those things, and and so Ireally want to make sure that
it's not just about Alvin'sdeath as well, like that.
It's about God, like my faithjourney with him and so, and
just how he's been there for meand hopefully it can help others
.
And then I'm also startedwriting a toddler version of
this, like a children's activitybook same thing, but more
(36:31):
towards like two and three yearolds, um and so like we talked
about Zechariah, right, nottalking, or so it starts off
like you know Zechariah, right,not talking, or so it starts off
like you know Zechariah.
An angel came to Zechariah andactually like, have some
drawings and stuff done alreadyfor that one?
But it's like, and then, uh,the angel told him you know,
because you doubted you're gonnaplay the longest, you know, uh,
(36:51):
quiet game until your son isborn, and so so it's very
kid-like and I'm trying toshorten it in that way because I
mean it is a lot of pressure todo this every day for 24 days
because I it's hard for me tokeep up with it, you know.
And then you add in theseactivities and you're like, oh
my gosh, it's overwhelming, sothat's another project.
(37:11):
And then when I told mypublishing company, like when we
first had our first meetingabout the book because I was
about halfway done with it theywere like, oh my gosh, we need
an Easter series.
You know we need this.
And I'm like, yes, this is like, this is my goal.
I really want to make thesestudies, like not just for
Christmas but for all year round, because I don't think Jesus is
only for Christmas you know, sothat's the goal is to make more
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family Bible studies, you know,for the different seasons, and
honestly I want to do one overProverbs with kids, like more
for teenagers I think that'simportant for them to know that
and over the Passover, easter,and yeah.
So that's the goal.
Those are a couple of thetestimonial book.
It's in the process right now.
(37:57):
And then I had to pause on thechildren's book because my
husband was like you're doingtoo much.
Yeah, like sit down yeah, whatyou doing yeah, because I was
like you know.
So, yes, there's a couple ofthings and I'm excited to see.
How will you?
Speaker 2 (38:16):
possibly do a devotional and go with your book
?
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (38:20):
I haven't thought of that, maybe.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
I just know there's some.
Actually, do I have it up here?
No, no, this book, but it'slike a.
It has a devotional that goeswith it, like a writing journal,
oh.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
Well, there's writing pieces on it.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 3 (38:41):
Then maybe it could stand yeah.
So I don't know, who knows,maybe I'm going to write it down
.
Speaker 2 (38:44):
Okay, something to think about.
Wow, I think that's really cool.
So have you always been like awriter?
Speaker 3 (38:50):
No, Really no, what, no?
But honestly, after Alvin'sdeath I had really like God
really was like you know,because I had, and what sucked
is when he was in the hospital Ihad talked to other burn
victims' wives and they're like,you know, you need to write a
journal and so for when he makesit out, you know, and that way
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he can know exactly what youwere going through in these
moments.
And so I started writing ajournal and then it was like God
was kind of preparing me for itand then I got so angry I like
ripped it up and threw it away.
So now that I'm like going backtrying to remember everything
it's, I'm like, dang, I wish Iwould have kept that journal,
but I he really has placed this,like for a while on my heart.
(39:34):
Like, okay, I know other peoplehave gone through this and like
maybe they just need helpnavigating through, because I
did, you know, and I had, uh,minister pam, sister pam, that
you know that cliff knows shewas my saving grace.
God put her in my life andreally just kicked me up and,
you know, walked me through allof this.
(39:55):
So, you know, I feel like wedon't know what people go
through no, and I think that'sone thing I've learned.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
When I first started this podcast, it kind of exposed
me to it, um, and then the moreI just started volunteering the
community, I'm like, bro, thisperson, you think you know
something, yeah, and so youreally sit down and talk to them
yeah, you have no idea.
You're like what like, yeah,yeah, no like no idea like right
now I mentor um teenagers, 10to 17 boys and girls.
(40:26):
Oh wow, um every tuesday andsome of the things.
Speaker 3 (40:31):
It's sad, it's scary and it's wild very sad.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
Like one of them, I was like what did I you?
He kept asking random questionslike how old is your
grandfather, what year did yougraduate high school?
I mean, it just kept going.
It kept going and, like I,never.
Nothing was always fair.
Because I was like what ishappening?
But never once did I.
Because, hey, you know we'redoing mental health.
(40:55):
And I was like, hey, ron, letme know how you're feeling.
And he didn't do it and I foundout.
I said you have to answer thisquestion, what is going on?
But he's like well, ma'am, I'mjust lonely.
Now that's starting to makesense why he kept answering the
question.
He just didn't have theattention.
Yeah, and then you know, ronwas saying why he was lonely and
and all that.
Speaker 3 (41:13):
But if you just don't know, sometimes we just try to
judge people off of theirreaction, but then it'll take
the time to figure out you knowwhat is causing that well,
that's all teaching is becausethere's some kids that are like
my gosh not doing their work,and then I find out they're
homeless and then you know theyhave an eight.
I'm like you know, and you'rejust like, okay, it's very
(41:34):
humbling and, like you know, youhave more empathy and it's
things that you don't expect.
Like there's one you knowstudent who was like hey, like
what's going on?
Like you know, I found out hismom died and I was just like,
okay, like this, you're notworried about ipc science right
now, don't care.
Yeah, you know.
And with I get it like yeah, Iwouldn.
Yeah, you know, and with I getit Like I wouldn't either, you
(41:58):
know.
So it was one of those.
Until you talk to them, youknow, you don't know.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
And I didn't realize how much food like I guess how
many kids are going around.
Speaker 3 (42:08):
Oh my gosh, that's so sad.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
No, it really is so, like even for this.
Basically, I work with BigBrothers and Big Sisters and
they're providing snacks.
I think that's the majority ofit.
They inked them, girls, sometrail mix.
I said I need no harm.
I don't know if it's correct,because there's kids that eat
trail mix.
Give them some of this now.
(42:30):
I thought I'd tell them to makesome cakes, but one day I saw
the kid and they kept eating,eating and I was like, ah, neat.
So now I talk to the staff andwe're going to be providing
meals.
Along, yeah, along the snacks.
We just don't know what'shappening.
Speaker 3 (42:44):
Yeah, um, I remember alamo.
There were kids, you know, overthe weekend that would take,
like the food bags.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yes, and it's yes, and then you know the sad thing
is I'm like no, I think at firstI used to have the mindset of
like why can't that parent feed?
But you know their kid, theydon't have to realize something.
Speaker 3 (43:03):
Some of the parents have two jobs paying rent,
paying bills like they can't,like they don't have to realize
something.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
Some of the parents have two jobs paying rent,
paying bills like they can't,like they just or have eight
kids.
Speaker 3 (43:10):
They're assembling of eight and you're just like wow,
it's not.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
It's not always what it seems.
No, it's what I've definitelylearned and, um, I'm thankful
that I learned that it allows meto when I do that young man,
yeah, um, I think that's whatallows me to have that in the
holy spirit, to have thepatience to be there and to get
in there and kind of get myhands dirty and, you know, try
to plant some seeds to breakgenerational partnerships and
challenge these young people,yeah, to be who god has called
(43:35):
them to be um, that's kind offunny.
But working with theorganization, um, I don't really
like.
We don't really talk about Godso much, but like I pray, going
in pray after um, pray for themwhen you know I'm laying in my
bed, yeah, um, same.
So they don't, they don'trealize the seeds being planted,
(43:56):
you know, behind the scenes,which I think it's a beautiful
thing, yeah.
Speaker 3 (44:00):
Well, my kids call me it's my neighbor here.
By the end of the year I'm theChristian teacher.
I play like Boris Frank, youknow, and just different
depending on what we're doing,but it's like all, or I do 70s
disco too, but it's mostlyChristian and they're like, oh
my God, oh yeah, because don'tcuss, because this is a
Christian classroom.
I'm like you're right it is.
So you know those students thatdon't believe in.
(44:27):
God and they're like I have oneright now.
You know, uh, I don't believein God, I'm like that's okay.
Yeah, you know, and I thinkthey want this reaction.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
They're like well, you know, I'm like that's not
yeah, yeah, and I'm just likethat's okay.
Speaker 3 (44:39):
and then it's they just kind of I don't know, they
think they're gonna get areaction out of me, and then it
doesn happen, and they're justkind of like okay.
Speaker 2 (44:45):
They're definitely confused.
Speaker 3 (44:46):
Yes, and I love that yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:49):
They're definitely confused.
Yeah, yeah, I've seen thatbefore and I'm like I don't know
what.
Adults have been arguing withyou, but I'm going to show you
God's love and kindness andgrace instead.
So, yeah, it's, it's, it's athing for sure, but wow, we're
going to create something this,or is there anything that we did
(45:11):
not touch on?
Oh, I do have one more questionfor you.
How did you grow personallyfrom this project, and that can
be physically, emotionally,spiritually.
Speaker 3 (45:20):
I think I missed well my pant size definitely grew
from sitting down.
So much right?
No, uh, I think for mespiritually too.
And the cool thing about thisis I was, as I was finishing up
the book um, I'm in the armorgroup and we did the book of
blue, so it was like I was.
(45:42):
I was writing off of how Iunderstood it and then adding
that on top of it.
I was like, oh God, I got to goback and I got to change this
and I got to change that, youknow, and it just, really, like
I don't know, opened up my eyesbecause I don't know if, are you
in art?
Are you in art?
I'm not, erin is Erin is yes,and it's just.
(46:11):
Then he's like no, no, no, likethis is what he said, and
you're like he did say that.
Speaker 2 (46:13):
Why didn't I think of that?
Speaker 3 (46:14):
And so, um, yeah, I'm like he's so smart, I love it.
Um, I think spiritually it'shelped me grow too and just help
me see like you're not perfectbut when you are planted in God,
you are a completely differentmom and I could see that, you
know, going through this book,because there was so many ups
and downs and and impatientmoments where I was so impatient
(46:34):
because I needed this to bedone, I know God was like, okay,
hey, like, have some grace withyour family, or you know, or I
would get mad at my husbandbecause I'm like, hey, like I
need to write this, like whyaren't you, you know, and and so
I think for me it's helped megrow spiritually, emotionally,
helped me be a better mom,helped me be a better wife.
I have so much more to grow Like.
I'm excited to officially dothe full book with my daughter
(46:59):
this year, so, and even with myhusband, because he participates
in it too, so it's, it's funand and have our stepdaughter
come down, cause she, you knowshe came down and maybe see what
she's going through.
You know, as a 20 year old and,um, yeah, but definitely pant
size grew.
Spiritually, I grew, yes, Igained 30 pounds.
Speaker 2 (47:22):
I'm right there with you, but I have not been right.
I don't know what I've beendoing, but I gave you about the
same amount, so it must be inthe air.
But you can definitely gothough.
I'm just saying yeah.
Speaker 3 (47:31):
For sure.
No, yeah, emotionally too, Ifeel like I was just so, I think
you know kind of cliffhitted onthe head today, like I was
depending on so many otherthings for my happiness and as
I'm writing this, I'm like, ok,god is supposed to be my source,
like not my husband, my husband, shouldn't?
You know?
That's hard when you're like,you know, make me happy, or your
(47:54):
kids, and you're like, why areyou doing this?
And it's like, hey, they'rehumans, like you know.
So I definitely learn and justreally diving deep into Luke,
like learn grace, and reallytrying to live my life like
Jesus, even though I fell, youknow, every day, but, yeah,
definitely grown in that andjust teaching too.
Like I feel like the way Iapproach these kids is again
(48:17):
different and you know I do havemore empathy and it's made me a
better person through it,through everything I've gone
through and writing this, youknow wow, do you think to ever
do like, uh, anything with thenames?
Speaker 2 (48:32):
or collaborating with your husband on another book?
Oh, I don't know, that may beinteresting.
Yeah, do you like a marriage?
Speaker 3 (48:42):
I think I need, I think for marriage.
I'm like we're we're hittingone year, so I think I need to
get uh.
June 29 2024.
Speaker 2 (48:52):
Yes, yes okay, so we're november 2nd, okay they're
like this is awesome, butanyway, that's really cool,
though.
I like that.
Speaker 3 (49:12):
I'm like I need to get it together.
Speaker 2 (49:17):
Let me hit five years , but I'm needing like a co-ed
Bible study for the baby to dowith their husband.
I like that.
It's actually like made forhusband.
I like that.
It's actually like made forhusband and wife.
It's not just like a biblestudy.
Speaker 3 (49:28):
I choose to do it together I know we bought so
many and it's like they just sitthere and we'll do like one or
two days and it's like, okay,yeah, something to think about
though yeah, because I have oneright now that I'm supposed to
do.
Speaker 2 (49:40):
I'm gonna keep what it's supposed to be, yeah, but
it's like the names of God,what's the word it is.
I love that.
It's like three pages, though,brittany.
Speaker 3 (49:51):
No, it's crazy how many names.
Speaker 2 (49:54):
Yeah, that threw me off too.
I was like, hmm.
Speaker 3 (49:57):
Yeah, my husband's in a coach's one.
I wonder if Aaron has it's likemade for coaches.
It's a coach's Bible made forcoaches.
Speaker 2 (50:03):
it's a coaches bible study and it's like a playbook
really yeah, I don't even haveto talk about it, so he's not in
it, but it may be good for mewhere's he cultured?
Speaker 3 (50:10):
it's um midland freshman, but it's called the
minors.
Oh, that's the name of thebible study book and it's made
specifically for coaches andtheir coaching staff.
They do it like on thursdays.
Speaker 2 (50:20):
It's really neat, yeah well, he hasn't mentioned
it.
I, like I said he does armorfor sure.
Yeah, because sometimes I hearor I sit in the room like
they're having y'all know me.
Yeah, four videos where I'mgoing to y'all be watching.
Y'all getting fed for real.
Anyway, thank you, ma.
(50:41):
Okay, two more questions.
One is what do you stand for?
Yeah, thank you, ma.
Okay, two more questions.
One is what do you stand for?
So the purpose of that is thename of the podcast is Standing
in your Truth.
So it's what do you stand for?
Speaker 3 (50:52):
I think love you do, yeah, I think without it,
everything falls apart.
So I think if you don't havelove or you don't stand for this
, it's stand on love I'mstanding on love.
Yeah, oh God, yeah, I thinkstand on love, standing on love,
yeah, yeah.
I think that I think there's somuch hate in this world that if
(51:15):
I could choose anything, itwould be love in every situation
.
Speaker 2 (51:18):
I have to realize once, getting married this time
instead of the other is mysecond marriage.
Okay, that love is a verb, yeahit's an action.
Yeah, like I feel likesometimes we just say I love you
and we just you know, it givesa feeling like it's good you
have a little work today.
Speaker 3 (51:33):
No, a lot of work and I'm needy.
So my husband's like, yeah, alot of work.
Speaker 2 (51:39):
He goes to me like mm-hmm, shake his head.
Yeah, I know about that, butit's just funny when you smell
that.
All right, and then, lastly,there's two options here for
this question.
Okay, you can either give uslike some closing remarks,
advice, kind of motivatingwhoever's listening, or you can
close us out with the book.
Speaker 3 (52:01):
Well, I do have a scripture that I wanted to read
Okay, come on.
It says train up your child inthe way he should go, and when
he is old he will not departfrom it.
Proverbs 22, 6.
This is kind of like the wholebasis of my Bible study.
Like I feel like if we train upour kids, you know they'll have
(52:23):
these seats planted and thatwe're going to set them up for
success and set them up, youknow, to break those
generational curses and just dobetter than we ever have.
And just you know, and that waytheir kids are, you know,
blessed, and their kids andtheir kids and just maybe it's
something they want to do withtheir family, you know, when
they get older.
And so that's the whole mainidea of my book.
(52:47):
You know, as a family we got to.
We have to, not the church.
We have to train up our kids inthe way of the Lord and it's
nobody else's job, and if youdon't, you're going to be
trained up in something else bysome other people that you don't
want, and then you're going tobe shocked.
So the world is a hook of ateacher, yes, so that's all well
(53:09):
, thank you again.
Speaker 2 (53:10):
Thank you for having me coming and, um, giving us a
little bit backstory on how yougot to your bible study.
I'm very, I'm really interestedto see you know what this bible
study, but also what else.
Yes, um, your book.
You have a title for your bookby chance, or is it like no
title?
Speaker 3 (53:28):
yeah, it's uh, not, not your bible study, but your
book.
Oh yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (53:32):
It's um god's uh, my story, god's glory you need
people more interested yeah soyou need to go home and create
yeah, sorry, y'all go right.
Right now.
I will patiently wait, yeah,but thank you again for coming
on.
For those that are listening,this is your reminder that you
(53:52):
are loved, seen, heard, neededand wanted.
Please do not think that youhave to navigate this alone.
God is always with you and ifyou need to talk to someone,
feel free.
Please feel free.
Please feel free.
I can talk To reach out to meand we can.
I can see how I can help younavigate life.
(54:13):
Will I have all the answers?
No, well, we can pray togetherand I'll hold your hand and
introduce you to some peoplethat may be able to help you
with whatever you have going on,and I'm just going to say I
love you and bye.
Speaker 1 (54:31):
Thank you for listening to another episode of
Standing In your Truth withYanni.
And if no one told you today,you are loved, you are beautiful
, you are needed and you matter.
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