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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to Ink and Impact.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We've reached our final part for episode thirteen, Who Do
You Trust? Part one we aks the hard questions. Part
two we shared our raw testimonies that reminded us trust
is deeper than logic. Now Part three, we're closing this
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series with reflection and also real appl real life application.
How do we take what we've learned and live it
out when life feels messy, uncertain, or flat out overwhelming?
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Grab you a notebook, okay, because this one is about
anchoring your trust where it belongs. So it's take a
deep breath together. Who say you've heard the stories, You've
asked yourself the tough questions.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Now it's time to break it down.
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What does trust actually look like when the bills are due,
when the plan falls apart, or the answer hasn't come yet.
Let's talk about it now, all right?
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Segment three Trusting in people or instans trusting in God?
So why do you often put so much trust in people?
I'm sorry not you, but why do we put so
much trust in people even thoughing people can fail us?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I think we're trying to see the good in people.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Oh yeah, because it's like like that's my mama.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That's you wouldn't do that to me. That's my sister, right, that's.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
My blood boot.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
But man, that blood no worse than water.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yes, I know we'd be like God, coume us in
your blood, but that that family blood, it's.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
A little bit different. It's okay. They got a little
air pocketed a little. So for for for the.
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Most art, what are some qualities or potterns you've seen
in human trust that can be dangerous or disappointing.
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So one of those is us giving others a benefit
of doubt. Yeah, and you know we've already kind.
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Of like kind of we already questioned and answer those
but right, qualities and the patterns that we get from
others are mostly how I would say, for like we
get older, we kind of use that as the.
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Experience to kind of see are.
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As the excuse to to see who we can trust,
because it will be like we put all our trust
in people, saying because of who they are to us,
and it's like why do that, though?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Why not why not give.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Them, you know, the benefit of the out trial and error,
give them something.
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Because we can't put all our.
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Trust in a human because they don't at the end
of the day, They're gonna.
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Be human, right, a contradiction of a contradiction my oxymarn
right the other day, and you'll get those people.
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That's just who I am. You can change, people can change.
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Yeah, But I definitely say, have you at.
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The end of the day because God's got you at
the end of the day.
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And knowing that God has you, you should be confident.
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In the way you walk knowing that.
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He no matter if you make the wrong decision.
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He's gonna make the right decision.
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And do you think that trusting people before God creates
a unnecessary heartbreak or do you feel as though if
they put their trust in God to trust people, that
will give them more confidence to not get heartbroken? If
I can say it, because I've been through a p
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as a personal scenario like that where my focus was
God more than the person, and in the end, the
nudge or the spirit that I was getting from that
person was correct.
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So the love that I felt for.
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Them was different, even though I know that it was
a intimate relationship that I was looking for, But the
dynamic that.
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I was given to talk to him in that moment
was pay leave your eyes on me. This isn't for you, right,
m You know.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
So it's like MM, yeah, I can be excited to
be in your presence, but are you really for me?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Right yeah? And I think that'd be.
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A prayer to because you do pray that you be like,
if this person is not for me, strip them from
my life, take them from my life.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
And I think that's what we have to pray too.
We have to sit up here and make your prayer specific.
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Hey, if this person is not for me, take them out.
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Of my life or remove them.
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You have to make your prayers specific in order.
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For God to.
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Give you anything, or in order for God to open
your eyes.
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To certain things.
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Because we can have rose colored glasses on and be like,
but they they this and they that to me, and
it's like sometimes you have to let it go, and yes,
it's that's true. It hurts because you feel like, gosh,
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I had to let this person go even though they
was this to me.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Don't touch the hot sole, right, don't touch that housuld Oh.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Then I tell you how to touch that hostele.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I told you how to touch the house.
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That's the mind naturally that I always get in my
brain when I go back to a person that I
know has hurt me deliberately, right over, over and over again.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Uh, my child, how many times do I have to
give this person to you to say that he's not fraid?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Right?
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Hm?
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Well do you think, uh?
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Well, how do you balance trusting others while still keeping
your ultimate.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Trust in God? You say, how do I trust in?
How you balance trusting others? Cause you you have a good.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Relationship with us when it comes down to the dynamic
of like when you guys, uh, you guys have been
together like over fifteen years, so you what'd you say
that you have a good dynamic of balance?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Yes, yes, but sometimes you do.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
Have to have those serious conversations where you're sitting up
here aksing yourself.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Hey, let's do a check in.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Let's do hey, you know, is everything okay on your end?
Is everything okay on my end?
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (07:35):
You do have to do that, even though you've been
with somebody so long, you do have to do.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Those check ins. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
I agree, And I feel like you have to do
that with any relationships cause I still be talking to
my mom.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I'd be like, hey, lady, you gonna have to tell
me what's going on?
Speaker 4 (07:54):
Yeah, right, you can't just be doing stuff.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
I don't really know. You think I'm supposed to be
on your right. I have my own things, right, I
have my own things going on. Yeah, I have other
things that I have to do. They don't know. It's
a line with what you're trying to do, right, that's
putting up.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
That you're putting I then I see that too, and
I they do have more balance with uh, like your
schedule and your routine.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
So I do for input on like how you do it.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I feel like, so you do communicate the good level
when it comes down to what you can do versus
what you feel.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
So like you don't take on your plate, you know, right?
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Yeah, And I say, I say, if you can't do it,
it's okay to say no.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Yeah, no, it's a full sentence. It's okay to say no.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
And don't feel bad about it either, because if you
say no that they're person, they gonna find somebody else
to do it for them.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Yep. That's the that's the next thing going. That's all
I can do. And that's the empathy. I think that
I lose sight up too. When I wanna help, I
forget that like these people are.
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Growing, you are you can help themselves and he'll figure
it out right. Well for some uh, we're on the
our lives. Are the practical takeaways? Right?
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For someone struggling to trust God, where should they start?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Mm?
Speaker 4 (09:18):
I think you should start getting into your Bible, m
because if you read the.
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Bible and you see the things He have.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Done for others, I think you would start trusting him
more if you get into the Bible. You can't trust
anybody if you.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Don't know them. People say to start in like the
New Testament, but I feel on sell you you should start.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
With the beginning because it gives you the dynamic of
the level of intelligence that you're working with with the
Israelites and how little trust that they had, right, and
you would look at the story like, dang, why y'all
can't get this right? And you mean, like self reflection, alright,
why I can't get this right correct? My daily habits
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or mindsets helped strengthen your.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Trust in God.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
My parer life because I pray every morning, pray every night. Yeah,
And I think with me praying, it shows me God
is listening. God is doing what I'm asking him to do,
and he's keeping me every day.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Cause I'll be like I'll be like, thank you Lord.
When I look at their ring camera and I see
my kids walk up here, I'll be like, thank you Lord,
because I'll be praying heavily for.
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Them, because you see all these kids going missing and stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I'm like, this is crazy.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Yes, And the that this very phone was going off
because of a ambroler the other day, I think, yesterday,
this is not a world for care. But we're not
of this world, and then we gotta and he sees that,
and that's why he's making sure that you know, they
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get home safe right now.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Well, the last question, how.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Do you know if your trust is truly in God
and not in circumstances or people.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Yeah, that's me. I think my trust is truly in
God because I go to Him for everything. I go
to him first.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
I don't sit up here and complain to other people.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
And figure out, well, what can y what can they
do for me? Really? Nothing?
Speaker 4 (11:37):
All they can do is run and tell my basis
or talk about me behind my bank. So I think
that's why I go to God first and be like, God,
can you help me with this?
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Or God, can you show me how to do this?
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:53):
I like that too.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
That's a year looking for that guide that's more instructure like,
cause we don't have a man They always say, we.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Don't have a manual for this this thing called life,
but we do. He gave it to us or the Bible,
but in a way that only us, his his children
generated light.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
We gotta get the message in a meditating state.
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And I think that's.
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Definitely how I see how you've developed your relationship with
him in just being that proverb of thirty one woman.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Oh yeah, because you're of a lily. You know, that's
what we do, you know. But I enjoyed doing the
episode for thirteen.
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Mission's gonna be why do we trust? And I think
that you we definitely make this vision come to life
on what it is, what it means to give a
relationship to God and surrender that thing that we call
self ego.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
I think that's where it comes from.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
Or we just got surrender and he says that a
lot in in in his words, so I.
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Think we I think we put it to people in our.
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Perspective, it's good, you know, so well, this is.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
The end Lily's We're gonna have more Brandy on the
on the show as well, giving her perspective on on
this this thing called life as a Lily, and.
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With her and the family being present.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
I hope that you guys can see us as good
pedals to grow from.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Yes, all right, that's over now, Lily's bye.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Believe and that's a wrap on who do we trust?
Three parts of digging, reflecting, and applying. My hope is
that you don't just leave this conversation inspired but equipped
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to live differently, because trust isn't just a word, it's
a choice every single day. Thank you for growing with
me through this series. If it spoke to you, share
it with a friend who needs this reminder as well,
And as always, keep writing, keep believing, and keep letting
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your ink make an impact. Until next time, Stay rooted,
my lulies.
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Bye for now.