1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,560 Hello and welcome back to another episode of Upfront and Undivided with Luke and Dean'na. 2 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:15,560 Hi. 3 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:22,440 See, again, this is why we need video. 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:29,040 You and your little air drums. 5 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,320 Because it's true. 6 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,600 People want to see you dance. 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:33,600 People want to see you sing. 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:34,600 People do not want to see. 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,600 They want to see the animated awesomeness that is you. 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,600 Unhinged. 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:46,600 There's a lot of people that get to see it, but even more people need to see it, want 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:47,600 to see it. 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,600 See, what's going to happen is I'm going to become so self-conscious. 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:51,600 Thanks, babe. 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:52,600 I'll be like... 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:53,600 I don't think so. 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:59,720 I'll just sit very, very quietly and be like, what's going on? 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:00,720 Hi. 19 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:01,720 How are we? 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:02,720 How are we today? 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:03,720 How's my makeup? 22 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:04,720 What's going on? 23 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:12,200 I think maybe the first, maybe one, two at the most episodes, and then you're going to 24 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,200 be like, whatever. 25 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:14,200 This is me. 26 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:15,200 This is what we do. 27 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,200 Welcome to me. 28 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,200 I almost said welcome to in the real, but this is Upfront and Undivided. 29 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:21,200 We are Upfront and Undivided. 30 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:28,720 But yes, once those cameras get going and people will see us in the real too. 31 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,400 We might have to figure out an Elvis cam. 32 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,400 Oh my gosh. 33 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:34,400 How cute would that... 34 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,840 Could we get him a little collar cam? 35 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:37,840 Oh my gosh. 36 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:38,840 How cute would that be? 37 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:39,840 What's up? 38 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,840 He sees life from our point of view. 39 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:44,840 Oh no, you're right. 40 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:45,840 You're right. 41 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:46,840 You're right. 42 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:47,840 Because dogs do what dogs do. 43 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:48,840 Yeah, no, never mind. 44 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:49,840 It's fine. 45 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,320 I'm thinking, yeah. 46 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,560 We don't need to stream that live to the world. 47 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:56,560 No. 48 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,480 It's really bad. 49 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:05,320 So if you're joining us now, how are we doing, babe? 50 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,320 I think we're doing good. 51 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:07,320 Yeah. 52 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:08,320 How are you? 53 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:09,320 Are we doing well? 54 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,040 I don't feel good, but yeah, it's fine. 55 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,040 We are here. 56 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,200 You and the boy have been hit by stuff. 57 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:20,480 Some sort of stupid bug, apparently, so when our beautiful girl came down to get her laundry 58 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:21,880 started, she just... 59 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,680 I said, hey babe, I haven't seen you all day. 60 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:24,680 How are you? 61 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:25,680 Right? 62 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,600 Because we ran and did some errands even though we needed to, but they were very slow errands 63 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,480 and there was a lot of trips to the bathroom. 64 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,040 TMI, but there you go. 65 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:42,560 And it's like when we ran the few errands, so we hadn't seen her and she's like, I got 66 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,880 really lightheaded and I feel really nauseous and I haven't been feeling very good. 67 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,320 And I was like, excellent. 68 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,320 All three of us have this thing. 69 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,280 So that's, yeah, but we're here. 70 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,520 We're here and it's good. 71 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:03,440 And I don't know what else is on my stomach to discharge anyway, so there's that. 72 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,440 Yeah. 73 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:05,440 And here we go. 74 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:06,440 And here we go. 75 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:07,440 But it's been a good week. 76 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,440 Has it been a good week? 77 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,440 Last week was a good week. 78 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:10,440 I mean, it's Tuesday. 79 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:17,960 It's a Tuesday, but like last week, because we didn't do this last week. 80 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:18,960 Right. 81 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:20,600 What did we do last week? 82 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,520 I think it was just a lot of just... 83 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:23,520 Life. 84 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,520 Yeah. 85 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,960 It's just been a lot of life lately. 86 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:27,960 Yeah. 87 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,920 We've been helping friends and trying to help them get settled. 88 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,920 Yes. 89 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 Just, yeah. 90 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:38,240 We do have some friends that have really great, amazing things on the horizon for them. 91 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,160 And then we're in the process of... 92 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,920 I've been working on getting a project done for Marsha and then we're going to be recording 93 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,400 that here soon. 94 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,520 You guys will actually see our faces, but it will not be on any kind of platform that 95 00:03:53,520 --> 00:04:00,240 is readily available unless you have a teenage daughter or I guess son too, but mostly a 96 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:09,040 teenage daughter that is wanting to stick with the land of purity and even know her 97 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,240 worth and knows what that means. 98 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:20,320 So she asked Heather and I to record some stuff about just that kind of stuff. 99 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,760 So I've been working on that. 100 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:31,920 And then you've been helping me set up Canva so we can start working on our devotional 101 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,080 and eventually a book. 102 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,880 And I just literally just read something today and it's from a sweet Mandy Windsor friend 103 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:40,880 of ours. 104 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,000 And she said, I'm just going to put this out here. 105 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,680 I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you like to read, then you like to write. 106 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,080 And if you like to write, then there's a book inside of you and there's stuff that needs 107 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,080 to be. 108 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,400 And here we go. 109 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,800 So you guys just keep praying. 110 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,720 I mean, it's one of those slow and steady wins the race. 111 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,280 And we know that there's a lot of stuff. 112 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:02,440 You're finishing up a project. 113 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,720 We got some stain and woodworking project. 114 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:07,840 So we're working on that. 115 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,680 You're getting that done. 116 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,680 And summer is happening. 117 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,200 And so it's just good. 118 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,720 I've determined that it's just okay that we don't have to be in a constant state of let's 119 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,160 go, let's go, let's go, let's go. 120 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,680 That we don't have to be in that constant state of like, you have to always have something 121 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:28,560 going on. 122 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,920 There is rest is a weapon. 123 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,480 And that's something that I'm learning. 124 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:41,400 That's something that I'm trying to help impart to friends that are going through some stuff 125 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,640 right now that I've also had to go through. 126 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,840 And in letting them know that it's rest is a weapon. 127 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:55,400 It's rusting in God, rusting in his knowledge, rusting and knowing who he is and also rusting 128 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,840 your body because rest is healing. 129 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,840 So it's good. 130 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:00,840 Yeah. 131 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:01,840 So what are we talking about? 132 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:02,840 Cause I don't know. 133 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:03,840 Yeah, I know. 134 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:04,840 I'm excited. 135 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:07,840 I actually told you not to tell me. 136 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,320 Yeah, you did. 137 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,840 So this hit me a couple of few weeks ago. 138 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:13,840 Oh, cool. 139 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:14,840 Okay. 140 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:20,440 So it's sitting not like heavy, just marinating, not really marinating, but it's like, it's 141 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:21,440 been there. 142 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:22,440 Yeah. 143 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,440 So to speak. 144 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,040 It's like, I've kind of been watching it on the back burner. 145 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,320 Okay. 146 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,120 But I want to title it, don't marry potential. 147 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:32,120 Yeah. 148 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,120 Yeah. 149 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,120 Yeah. 150 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,120 Yeah. 151 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:40,080 I think I know we've talked about this before somewhere. 152 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,080 Little bit. 153 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:45,360 But yeah, I don't know where and I don't know how in depth we got into this. 154 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:46,360 So I'm excited. 155 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:47,360 Okay. 156 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:52,200 So what, do you want to tell me what triggered this or was this something that... 157 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,160 It was just, it was one of those thoughts that just kind of like came in because every 158 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:01,980 now and then I just, you know, cause I do, I, that's one of the things that goes through 159 00:07:01,980 --> 00:07:09,240 my mind of, cause even though I can think about nothing, it's like, there are times 160 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,400 where it's like, my brain is just racing. 161 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 Yeah. 162 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,520 Like, especially when, you know, wake up in the morning before my alarm and I'm like, 163 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:17,520 I want to go back to bed. 164 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,000 And it's like, we should think about this. 165 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,880 I'm like, why shut up? 166 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:30,120 You know, but it's like, it's the, you know, because it is, I, you know, every now and 167 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:37,400 then it's, you know, not that I sit out and try to, it's not like my goal is to think 168 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:44,160 of podcast episodes or topics, but it happens. 169 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,160 Yeah. 170 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:53,280 Either for us or for the equipped man, it just, it just pops in there. 171 00:07:53,280 --> 00:08:01,000 And you know, sometimes it gets fleshed out and sometimes it's just like a topic that 172 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:07,160 just kind of sits there, like a one word or two word, you know, and it was just, it just, 173 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,920 it does, it just kind of sits there. 174 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:16,360 And sometimes, like I said, sometimes my brain will just go and all of a sudden it's like, 175 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:24,800 I feel like I have, I wish I had a recorder in my brain because it's, I don't, it's by 176 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,880 the time I have, I can write something down. 177 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,960 It's like, it's already all like 75% of what I wanted to say. 178 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,200 I'm like, Oh, that was really good. 179 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,720 And it's like, and it's gone. 180 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:35,720 Yeah. 181 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:36,720 Yeah. 182 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,320 And then some of the things like that we talk about on here, it's like, you know, I'll say 183 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:41,320 something. 184 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:42,320 You're like, Ooh, that was good. 185 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:43,320 Say it again. 186 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:44,320 I'm like, what'd I say? 187 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:45,320 Right. 188 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:46,320 Right. 189 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:47,320 It released it out there. 190 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:48,320 I said it's gone. 191 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:49,320 Yeah. 192 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:50,320 Yeah. 193 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:51,320 No, that's good. 194 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:52,320 My, my, my, my hands did not hold onto it as it left. 195 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:53,320 It just kind of, it went. 196 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,320 Yes. 197 00:08:54,320 --> 00:09:02,840 I joke that that's the bonus of being honest and having integrity and character because 198 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,080 you can, you can let it just fly. 199 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,080 Yeah. 200 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:10,240 And you know, you, you don't have to be as guarded. 201 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:11,240 Yeah. 202 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,240 So to speak. 203 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:13,240 Yeah. 204 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:18,600 Um, you know, yes, you want to try to measure your words and in some sense, you know, and 205 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:23,720 in some scenarios and all, you want to think more on what you're going to say. 206 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,720 But you know, at times when it's like, you know, especially if the Holy Spirit's involved, 207 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:33,040 it's like, you know, you just, you just open your mouth and talk and it's, Oh, that was 208 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,040 cool. 209 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,040 I love that. 210 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,040 I love that. 211 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,640 So that's where, so yeah. 212 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,200 So this is talking about potential. 213 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:42,200 Don't marry potential. 214 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:47,040 Um, cause it is, I think we've talked about it before. 215 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:53,120 Um, you know, you can sit there and, you know, in the dating world or marriage, you know, 216 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,440 hopefully it doesn't get to marriage, but you know, dating world and stuff like that. 217 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,880 It's like, I can see that, you know, I can see the potential in them. 218 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,480 And so therefore that's what I'm marrying. 219 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:04,400 And it's like, you're not marrying potential. 220 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,760 You're marrying a person. 221 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:06,760 Right. 222 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,680 You know, you're not dating potential. 223 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:16,200 You're, you know, I mean, when, when we got together, I mean, technically I had the, I 224 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,240 still have, um, the potential to be a millionaire. 225 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,240 Come on, sir. 226 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,160 I'm not a babe. 227 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,160 It's happening. 228 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,160 I'm not. 229 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,400 I definitely wasn't when we got married. 230 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,400 No, no. 231 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,760 I mean, I was, I was a thousandaire. 232 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:31,760 Yes. 233 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,880 I was, I was four figures, babe. 234 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:34,880 You were baby. 235 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:42,120 And our pastor said, if this is as good as it gets, are you good with that? 236 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,720 And I said, yes. 237 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:49,960 And I don't think it was a thing of settling in my mind because once upon a time I settled, 238 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,480 hi, hi, hello. 239 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,160 I have a previous marriage. 240 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,040 I've had previous relationships. 241 00:10:56,040 --> 00:11:01,480 It's one of those where it's like you, you settle or you see the potential, right. 242 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,800 And then you don't see the potential, um, come to fruition. 243 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:11,520 And I would like to bring, um, I love that you didn't tell me what this is because I 244 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:18,240 would love to bring, um, the, the, uh, train of thought. 245 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:19,440 That's a good way. 246 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:24,600 So my little train of thought would be if you feel like you are supposed to walk with 247 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:25,600 this person. 248 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:26,600 Okay. 249 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,400 So we're going to talk about relationships, but I'm going to say just even friendships, 250 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,920 okay, some friendships or just whatever. 251 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:37,440 So if you feel like you are supposed to walk with somebody, business opportunities, any 252 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:42,520 of those things, and you're like, man, like I can see the potential of this person and 253 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,520 blah, blah, blah. 254 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:49,540 And some, I would say there's those times where you have to say, I'm not necessarily 255 00:11:49,540 --> 00:11:52,720 going to try to cultivate something inside of you. 256 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:57,440 I'm not going to sit here and say that I think that this is the way that it needs to go. 257 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:06,720 Um, I'm going to say, what is it that I can bring to the table that can help like, um, 258 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,960 grow or help assist the potential that lives inside of you? 259 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:17,440 Because sometimes it's not always a thing of, um, you know, like, like here, I'm going 260 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:18,440 to be your support system. 261 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,080 I'm going to be all the things. 262 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:25,480 I think we also have to stand back and say, um, and I, I'm, I know I've said this to 263 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,200 myself, we've said this to our beautiful girl. 264 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:33,800 Um, this may not the potential that the potential of heaven that's inside of you, it may not 265 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:38,760 come out and be cultivated in the way that you think it's supposed to come and be cultivated. 266 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,880 It may not come in the timing. 267 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:49,600 It may not come in, um, the, the way like the vehicle or whatever it is that you think 268 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,020 I, well, this is how I think I see life. 269 00:12:53,020 --> 00:12:54,020 This is what I see. 270 00:12:54,020 --> 00:12:57,680 Okay, I see the potential of this woodworking business inside of you. 271 00:12:57,680 --> 00:12:58,680 Okay, cool. 272 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:01,600 So like, we're going to just, you're going to quit your job and we're just going to sell 273 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,600 it all. 274 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,600 What are you going to do? 275 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,960 And the whole time, like Holy Spirit's like, nah, like, nah, like, like, like there's a 276 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:08,960 good potential there. 277 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,200 There's goodness there, but, um, we're going to go a different way. 278 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,560 We're going to, we're going to, we're going to grow and we're going to, um, finesse and 279 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:20,520 we're going to make this better, but it's not in the way that you think. 280 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:28,520 And I think too many times when it comes to marrying potential, um, and, and I see it 281 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:34,700 time and time again, and it was with you and I too, like, okay, God, I see the potential 282 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:35,840 in this person. 283 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:36,840 He's an amazing man. 284 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,000 He's like, babe, you're like wicked smart, right? 285 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,820 I tell this to people all the time. 286 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:41,820 You are my Google. 287 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:42,820 Yes. 288 00:13:42,820 --> 00:13:43,820 I do not need Google. 289 00:13:43,820 --> 00:13:48,840 Anybody that has played any kind of board game with us understands you are Google. 290 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,120 And but it's like, what does that look like? 291 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,200 How, how does the Holy Spirit want to mold that? 292 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,560 What does he want to create out of this? 293 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:02,520 Because even though there might be potential inside of you, he might be going a different 294 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:03,520 way. 295 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:04,520 Okay. 296 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:05,520 That's great, Luke. 297 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,000 Like you're stupid smart, like, yeah, like off the charts smart. 298 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 You know what? 299 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,320 I'm going to make you do something that is completely outside of your character and outside 300 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:13,520 of your comfort zone. 301 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:14,520 Yeah. 302 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,520 And we're going to build on that. 303 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:16,520 Yeah. 304 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,520 And you yourself would go, Oh, yeah. 305 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,520 Shoot. 306 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Okay. 307 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,520 I don't know what I'm doing. 308 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,240 And then me who knows the potential inside of you could say, but that's not your gifting. 309 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,920 That's not who you are. 310 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:32,220 While the whole time the Holy Spirit's going, Hey, but I'm asking him to cultivate this 311 00:14:32,220 --> 00:14:36,080 and to grow this because this, this is what I'm asking. 312 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,640 I know what he has the capability of. 313 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:44,120 I know what and it's like, I keep saying you, but that's, that's kind of where we are in 314 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:45,120 our lives. 315 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:51,600 It's that space of, we could naturally try to help move even the potential of people 316 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,000 in our lives and say, Oh man, you're really good at this. 317 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Our daughter, you're really good at this whole baby thing. 318 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,080 Yeah. 319 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:05,600 But I, I mean, she has said this, but I, but I also like, um, the video part of things 320 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,400 and I also like social media and I also like, and like all these other giftings. 321 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,720 I love photography, the baking. 322 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:13,720 I love all of this. 323 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,840 And it's like, okay, why am I putting you in a box then? 324 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:17,840 Right. 325 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:18,840 Like, okay. 326 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,760 Then why are you trying to put yourself in a box? 327 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:21,760 That's it. 328 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:22,760 Yeah. 329 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,080 And, and it's not just, did it go off on a tangent? 330 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,600 No, no, no, no. 331 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:27,600 It made sense. 332 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:33,120 And, and I want to say it's, it's not just, you know, I'm, I'm glad you brought up the 333 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:40,160 giftings and the abilities and all that because it's more than, I know I use the example of, 334 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,680 you know, the potential to be a millionaire, you know, but it is, it's, it's more than 335 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:54,120 financial potential because it's, you know, because again, with us, um, being a little 336 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:59,920 different than other couples because I was, when we got together, I was a brand new Christian 337 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:03,560 and I was growing and learning in that so much. 338 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:09,240 And so it was one of those things that, oh my gosh, you know, he has the potential to 339 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,720 be X level in Christianity. 340 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:13,720 Right. 341 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:18,080 You know, in his walk with God, you know, he has the ability to, to be, you know, go 342 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,080 so deep and go so high and all this. 343 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,960 And it's like, and that's, you know, and again, that's when our care pastor at the time looked 344 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,920 at, looked at you and said, well, what if he doesn't grow anymore? 345 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,520 You know, what if, what if where he's at is where he's at? 346 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:33,520 Yeah. 347 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,200 You know, and it's like, is that good enough? 348 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:36,200 You know? 349 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,200 Yeah. 350 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:43,400 And so what if, you know, spiritual level work in full time job at McDonald's, it's 351 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,400 like, you know, that's, that's, that's where you end up. 352 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:47,400 Yeah. 353 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,400 You know? 354 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,400 And it's like, you cool with that. 355 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:51,400 Yeah. 356 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,400 You know? 357 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:57,360 Um, you know, I, it's like, I, I, it's, I, I'm not a huge fan that I go keep going back 358 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:03,600 to the financial, but it is, I think it's because that's in a way, almost the, the more, 359 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:10,880 the easiest example of potential in a way, especially when it comes to like relationships 360 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,480 and stuff like that, you know? 361 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:13,480 Yeah. 362 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,760 But, but it is, it's, you know, again, like you said, you know, with talent and stuff 363 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:24,880 like that, you know, it's, you know, for musicians or, or athletes, it's, you know, you've seen 364 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:30,480 it at times where, you know, they get together in like high school or something or early 365 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,000 on in the, the, the hobby or the, the sport. 366 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,360 And it's like, well, they have the potential to go really far. 367 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:39,760 You know, they could be a superstar. 368 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,120 And so I'm going to get with them now because that's what I'm banking on. 369 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:45,440 And it's like, you can't do that. 370 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:46,440 No, no. 371 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,240 You know, you're going to end up getting burned. 372 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:49,240 Right. 373 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,920 You know, or you're going to hold on for the wrong reasons. 374 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:53,920 Right. 375 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:58,400 And I mean, I think of like, um, contentment. 376 00:17:58,400 --> 00:17:59,400 Yeah. 377 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,720 Like contentment seems to be a big word. 378 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:08,560 And I know that that was something that when you and I, at the very beginning, um, you 379 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:14,880 know, when somebody says, are you good with this person where they are? 380 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:15,880 Yeah. 381 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,120 And I think, are you content? 382 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,120 Yeah. 383 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:21,120 Are you, are you satisfied? 384 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:22,880 Are you satisfied with your care? 385 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:23,880 Right. 386 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:28,920 So are you, are you, um, is, is this enough for you? 387 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:34,240 And I believe when we see the potential of heaven inside of somebody and they're not 388 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:42,320 maybe possibly, um, hitting the spaces that we think that they should be hitting, um, 389 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,760 are we doing them, um, justice or are we doing them a miss service? 390 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,880 Because it's like, I could sit here and say, babe, like, this is who you are and this is 391 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,320 amazing and all the things. 392 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:58,080 And, and I could see sometimes even when I'm speaking so much goodness over our children, 393 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:03,800 or it almost exasperates them because it's like, you're asking more of me than what I 394 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,560 think I can give you right now. 395 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:14,160 And are you, are you content mom and just me being me? 396 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:20,520 And it's like, and it's, it's not giving somebody an escape to where they're, they're allowed 397 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:27,100 to be, um, we're not saying abusive or ugly or, or whatever. 398 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:33,640 But if this person, all they've got to bring to the table is, and I can't even say all 399 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:39,880 because that sounds like it's, it's less, but you, one of the reasons why I said it 400 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:45,320 was easy for me to say, yeah, when it, when our care pastor asked, you know, if this is 401 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,180 as far as he goes, are you content with that? 402 00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:52,920 And I said, yes, because what I saw was somebody that was gentle and kind and loving. 403 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,840 I saw somebody that was already walking in the fruit of the spirit of God. 404 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:03,680 And to me, that is the potential that is, it's not even the potential that, that you, 405 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:10,520 you already exceeded a lot of the expectation you already exceeded where a lot of my past 406 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:16,880 had already been, you know, I, I, you were selfless, you are somebody and you still are, 407 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:17,880 right? 408 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:22,640 But that's, I want people to understand the, the picture that was painted in front of me 409 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,380 when this pastor is asking me. 410 00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:27,720 So it's like, well, what do you, how, what did that even look like? 411 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:33,920 Cause you know, you guys got married with the thought of, okay, yeah, I don't think 412 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:38,160 we ever really talked about like a five year plan, even a 10 year plan. 413 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,160 You know what I mean? 414 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:44,200 Like when we got married, it was more of, I really like you. 415 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,280 I like hanging out with you. 416 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,760 You make me a better person. 417 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,440 You make me want to be a better person. 418 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,200 You're amazing with our daughter. 419 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:59,720 I, I, I can see going on amazing, beautiful adventures with you, even if it's in our backyard. 420 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:08,720 Um, I, I like doing everyday mundane, simple day to day things with you. 421 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:15,120 And I, I think that that, that is what has been really good for us. 422 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:22,160 Um, and in all I could hear in my spirit is, um, to some of our listeners, that is, that 423 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,520 that's what you need to base a lot of your stuff on. 424 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,120 Like I like you. 425 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,120 Yeah. 426 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:30,520 Like, why do I like you? 427 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:31,520 Okay. 428 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,040 We're talking about marriage, but we're also talking about family. 429 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,120 We're talking about friends. 430 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:38,360 We're talking about, um, children, right? 431 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:44,720 Like I told you it was, oh, it was last week when I got a chance to be, spend a day, kind 432 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,440 of a full day with both of our kids separately. 433 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:52,920 And I was like, literally in the car, almost in tears driving with Sebastian, you know, 434 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,520 like Gabri the day before and just loving, just doing the things, just spending time 435 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:01,960 with her laughing, joking, same thing, Sebastian, him just going, you know, cause he just, that 436 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,600 cute little boy just goes mile a minute. 437 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:09,480 He's sitting there, he's watching, he's looking outside the car and he's looking while driving 438 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,920 and all the things. 439 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,800 And I'm like tears in my eyes going father, just thank you. 440 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,040 I genuinely like my kids. 441 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,760 Like, I love being with them. 442 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:24,840 They're, they, they are allowed to be unapologetically them. 443 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,000 You get to be unapologetically my husband. 444 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,240 I get to be unapologetically your wife. 445 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,880 That is, it's like, are the potentials there? 446 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,240 Are the things there, the goodness there? 447 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:38,240 Yes. 448 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:47,320 But I think if we don't take the time to enjoy the base camp essentials of who we are, right? 449 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:53,920 Just without the fluff, without the, without the six figure income, without the, you know, 450 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,720 without the books, without the talking, without the hair, without the makeup, with all this, 451 00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:58,720 you know what I mean? 452 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:04,000 If we can't take the time to just sit and just enjoy that space with each other, I think 453 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,520 the potential doesn't matter. 454 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:06,520 Yeah. 455 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:13,160 And then kind of along those lines, I mean, not kind of, but along those lines, something 456 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:20,760 I did write down with this was yes, you don't want to, yes, it's, you know, it's, it's good 457 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,720 to recognize potential. 458 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,040 I mean, we all have potential. 459 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,200 We all have, you know, we all have potential for, for greatness. 460 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:32,480 We all have, you know, the full potential of heaven inside all of us. 461 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,240 You know, so it's, it's good to see that. 462 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:43,160 And it's okay to recognize and encourage that, but you don't want to bank your entire relationship 463 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:48,480 or base your entire relationship on that, on what could be. 464 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,480 Yeah. 465 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:56,040 Because again, it's one of those things that, you know, when you're 20, it could look like 466 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,320 your life is going in one direction. 467 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:03,240 And by the time you're 25, 30, it could be going in a completely different direction. 468 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:09,860 So you know, it's, it's one of those things that's, that is, that is something I wanted 469 00:24:09,860 --> 00:24:16,540 to say is, you know, that feel free to encourage that, you know, because again, we should be 470 00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:17,960 encouraging our spouses. 471 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:23,160 We should be encouraging our children, our friends, you know, our coworkers, you know, 472 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,280 all of it. 473 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,280 Yeah. 474 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:30,880 But don't, I mean, again, it's, it's kind of like we were talking, you know, don't put 475 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:31,880 them in a box. 476 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:32,880 Right. 477 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,520 And it's because if you put, if you're, if you're banking so hard on that potential, 478 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,960 yeah, that's, that's what you're doing. 479 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,920 You're pigeonholing them and you're almost setting up, you know, kind of what we've talked 480 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:49,840 about also, you're setting up those false expectations or those on unspoken, unrealized 481 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,520 expectations of, well, you should be this. 482 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,920 No, no, don't do that. 483 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:55,920 Right. 484 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:56,920 Right. 485 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:57,920 Because we do that to ourselves. 486 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:58,920 Yeah. 487 00:24:58,920 --> 00:24:59,920 Oh, yeah. 488 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:04,600 So, Sunday after church on the prayer floor, talking to some friends and just loving on 489 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:05,600 them. 490 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,960 And one of them says, I said, I didn't come up, I didn't come to have you pray for me. 491 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,680 I just wanted to come and give you a hug. 492 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,040 And she says, good, then you pray for me. 493 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:20,640 And the only thing that came out of my mouth was you need to stop putting God on a timeline. 494 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:21,640 Yeah. 495 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:26,800 You, you need to stop being, you need to stop putting him on a timeline and know that he 496 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,280 is going to do what he's going to do when he's doing it. 497 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:35,120 And you need to stop putting yourself on a timeline thinking that you have missed it. 498 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:36,120 Yeah. 499 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:40,880 And it was like, and it wasn't just for her, but it was also for the young lady that was 500 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,400 just right next to her. 501 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,800 And it was like, and there was a whole lot more stuff that was said too, but, and I won't 502 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:51,000 go into that, but it just, that, that hit me hard because I think I needed to hear that 503 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000 too. 504 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,000 Like, why are you? 505 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,040 Are, are there good things to have like, you know, Hey, we have a time limit. 506 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,560 We've got, we're going to put ourselves in, in this space, right? 507 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:01,720 Like we're working on a project. 508 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,440 We want it to be done within X, Y, Z. Okay. 509 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:05,440 That's good. 510 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,440 So that gives us a base. 511 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,360 And so that way we're not just lingering and just whatever. 512 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:15,560 But when it comes to developing your character, when it comes to walking in integrity, when 513 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:22,280 it comes to learning how to discipline and walk in the fruits of the spirit and learning 514 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:27,840 who you are and whose you are, that is a lifelong journey. 515 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,800 And some days we're really going to be good at it. 516 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,600 And some days we're going to fall flat on our face and go, am I even saved? 517 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:35,880 Do I even know God? 518 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,000 I don't even think I like people today. 519 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:46,920 And it's like, I think we as the people of God specifically need to stand back and say, 520 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,080 all right, father, is this something you want to put a time limit on? 521 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,520 Or is this something that you're just developing inside of me so that way, because it's going 522 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,760 to be for the next leg of the journey? 523 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:04,440 Or is this something that I'm needing to develop inside of me because eventually somebody else 524 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,680 is going to need what it is that I've got. 525 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:08,680 Right. 526 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:14,760 And I think what that does is number one, I believe he'll tell you. 527 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,960 I believe he'll tell you. 528 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:22,120 Because again, you and I have said for over a year now, I'm looking at God go and tell 529 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:23,120 me the hard. 530 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:27,680 I want to learn how to hear you in the hard. 531 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,360 And sometimes the hard is you got to step up your game, girlfriend. 532 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,360 Hey, you know what? 533 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:36,360 That was not kind. 534 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:37,360 Yeah. 535 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:38,360 Or whatever. 536 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:42,600 Or hey, I need you to start working out and stuff like that because your body is not in 537 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:47,240 the shape that I need you to be in to do what needs to be done. 538 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,240 You know what I mean? 539 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,240 And it's like, there's going to be times where we know that I need to do something better. 540 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,200 I need to do something more. 541 00:27:55,200 --> 00:28:03,360 But I think we need to stop putting ourselves, putting God in such a timeframe, even with 542 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:08,800 the potential that lives inside of the person in front of us. 543 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,560 You are like, I'd like to do this and I'd like to do this. 544 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,240 And I'm applying here and I'm applying here and I'm doing this and I don't know what's 545 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,280 going on. 546 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:20,320 And I'm looking at you going, it's not because you don't lack anything. 547 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,040 It's because this may not be the direction God's got for you. 548 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:28,760 And so when you have somebody that comes alongside you that even speaks that kind of truth into 549 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:33,080 you and says, or maybe it's just not your time. 550 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:39,880 Why are we trying to force a hand of God on something where he might have something completely 551 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,720 different or this may not be what he wants to do at all. 552 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:56,040 And it's like, so be present in those moments and be present in what God's doing today. 553 00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:01,560 And then eventually I believe the potential will start flourishing and start growing in 554 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:05,640 a way, in a place that you didn't even think existed. 555 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:13,680 And I think a good illustration that I've seen as far as potential and especially the 556 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:22,240 fact that only God really knows our true potential and where we're going to end up in all of 557 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,240 this. 558 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:28,240 But I think that the coolest thing I heard and the greatest illustration of this that 559 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:34,960 I've heard is anyone can count the seeds in an apple. 560 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:39,840 Only God can count the apples in the seed. 561 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:40,840 And so it is. 562 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:50,560 It's that you cut in and it's like, okay, there's like five or six seeds in an apple. 563 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,080 You and I, we eat enough apples. 564 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,080 We've counted, we've seen it. 565 00:29:55,080 --> 00:30:00,120 But again, we should be growing apples in somewhere. 566 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,120 But it is. 567 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:09,760 And how many, one seed can turn into a tree that can produce thousands upon thousands 568 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:16,720 of apples, if not millions, depending on how long and how fruitful the tree is. 569 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:17,720 Right. 570 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:23,800 Now I want to do research. 571 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:24,800 So it is. 572 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:34,880 And in a way that's kind of, it's like as I say it, that is, not only is it a really 573 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:43,880 great illustration of only God knows our true potential and we as humans cannot really get 574 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:48,920 a full measure and full idea of what potential is. 575 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:55,840 But when that tree is growing, when that seed is planting, that is when we can sit and we 576 00:30:55,840 --> 00:31:02,200 can encourage, we can water, we can take care of, we can make sure that the right environment 577 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,360 for growth is there. 578 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,720 So it's like we can encourage it, but only God truly knows it's full realization. 579 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:11,720 That's it. 580 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,080 That's it. 581 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,080 I love that. 582 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:15,080 Yeah. 583 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,660 I love that. 584 00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:26,480 So I think a lot of it right now is just teaching people, teaching ourselves, teaching ourselves 585 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:33,680 how to be content in the waiting and then asking him how to cultivate the potential 586 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:39,560 of heaven that resides inside of ourselves and then resides inside of the people around 587 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:40,560 us. 588 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,360 The ones that he's entrusted us with, right? 589 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:52,440 To be very careful with our words, to be very intentional of how we speak of when we have 590 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:57,560 a word of encouragement or maybe some knowledge or something, some wisdom to bring to the 591 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:08,080 table that we're being people that uplift and help, like you said, water those things 592 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,480 in a way to where it's not heavy. 593 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:20,480 It's not something that is unattainable, but it's something that you can look at somebody 594 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:28,560 and say, you're more amazing than what you even have an idea of. 595 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,800 And then when they look at you like, well, what do you see? 596 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,560 I see the goodness of God and I know that he's going to complete what he started inside 597 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:39,480 of you and whatever that is, it's going to be good. 598 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:45,320 And so I would say as far as like, I understand don't marry potential. 599 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,800 Absolutely not. 600 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:58,040 But not but, but also when you do get married, when you do have the children, when you do 601 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:03,840 have the friends, when you do have the people surrounding you that you know that God has 602 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:11,600 placed inside of your life for whatever season, for whatever reason, then I would say be very 603 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,480 intentional. 604 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,600 Ask the Holy Spirit to show you, right? 605 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:23,000 To show you so that way when you're looking at your loved one and they're saying, I feel 606 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:27,280 like I just need to scrap everything and I don't want to do anything else and I'm just 607 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:36,160 going to take my little paper in color that we can stand back and say, no, but I do think 608 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,240 you need to be at the foot, the feet of Jesus right now. 609 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,760 I do think that you need to go sit in the presence of your father and have him talk 610 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:48,440 to you and ask him, where should I be putting my efforts right now? 611 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:53,640 Where, what, what potential is inside of my spouse, inside of my children that I could 612 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,200 be encouraging? 613 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:01,360 What is it that I can be helping them obtain? 614 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:06,120 And nine out of 10 times, the thing that I always hear, especially with you and especially 615 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:13,100 with our children is you encourage them in the goodness of who God is and everything 616 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:16,240 else will start falling itself into place. 617 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:21,640 You remind them who they are and I will do the rest. 618 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,240 You know, it's, it's, it seems so trivial. 619 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:27,880 It seems so easy, but what is it? 620 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:34,400 The, they say that talent can only take you so far, but ultimately it's your character 621 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:39,080 and the integrity of who you are is what's going to keep you. 622 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:44,680 And so if you feel like even the potential inside of yourself right now is a little weighing 623 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,440 that you're not quite where, where am I? 624 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,240 What am I supposed to be doing? 625 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:53,440 Maybe asking him if he's taking you through bootcamp, asking him what, what could I be 626 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,960 polishing just as a good human being? 627 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:03,560 Because no matter what you do, it's not going to succeed to the fullest if you don't be 628 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,840 who it is he's created you to be. 629 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:06,840 Yeah. 630 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:07,840 I like that. 631 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:08,840 That's good. 632 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,560 Do you want to add anything else? 633 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,600 I think we hit it. 634 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:16,600 I think so. 635 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:17,600 Yeah. 636 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:18,600 I think so. 637 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:25,240 I'm going to go walk on a treadmill now and try to feel better. 638 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:35,240 So y'all encourage us in our potential, can you? 639 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,560 Cause I am floundering right now. 640 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,880 I'm trying to figure out what we need to be doing the next step, but we know that it's 641 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:40,880 good. 642 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:41,880 Yeah. 643 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:42,880 We know that it's good guys. 644 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:43,880 We know that it's good. 645 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,480 Know that whatever it is that's in front of you and I'm speaking to myself right now, 646 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,360 whatever it is that you see that's in front of you that looks like it's bigger than you 647 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:55,600 are, remember that greater is he that's in you than the thing that's trying to overtake 648 00:35:55,600 --> 00:36:02,880 you and that God wouldn't ask you to do something if he wasn't going to help you and help make 649 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,360 a way for you. 650 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:05,360 Yeah. 651 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:09,360 So again, I'm speaking to myself right now. 652 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:10,360 It's going to be good. 653 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,680 All right guys, have the best week. 654 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:31,560 Enjoy the journey.