This sermon was delivered the Sunday after the 2024 Presidential election.
An election that has left many fearful.
[00:00:00] That's the tricky thing about fear. Even though it seems like it is protecting us and keeping
[00:00:06] us safe, it can also hold us back from the life that God invites us to live. And that's
[00:00:28] the tricky thing about fear. Even though it seems like it is protecting us and keeping
[00:00:33] us safe, it can also hold us back from the life that God invites us to live.
[00:00:39] That was from A Sermon on Fear and the movie Inside Out 2.
[00:00:45] This sermon was delivered the Sunday after the 2024 presidential election, an election that has left many fearful.
[00:00:54] In a moment, you will hear this sermon.
[00:00:57] I've listened to it three times now, and each time I've discovered something new.
[00:01:03] But if you're in a hurry, I created a mashup of the sermon highlights, which you can find at the end of this podcast.
[00:01:11] The other big development in my family, seemingly unrelated but perhaps not, is our new puppy Chica.
[00:01:20] She's a Havanese, the size of a small cat, and we put a bell on her collar.
[00:01:26] So if you hear a bell in the background today, it's not one of Santa's reindeer, it's our new puppy.
[00:01:33] For those of you watching on Spotify, I've included a short video of Chica at the end of this podcast.
[00:01:42] And now, Fear and Inside Out 2.
[00:01:47] Well, good morning.
[00:01:49] It is good to be here. Good to be together.
[00:01:53] About 10 years ago, Pixar released a great movie.
[00:01:57] How many of you have seen the movie Inside Out?
[00:02:01] A few. Okay, not everybody has seen it.
[00:02:04] All right, there's going to be some spoiler alerts.
[00:02:06] Just a heads up, it did come out nine years ago.
[00:02:09] So I don't think we can even call them spoiler alerts anymore.
[00:02:12] It's been nine years.
[00:02:13] The sequel came out this summer.
[00:02:15] But the original movie, 10 years ago, the tagline to the movie was,
[00:02:20] Meet the Little Voices Inside Your Head.
[00:02:24] The movie cleverly gives life and personality to a range of human emotion.
[00:02:29] Focusing on five key emotions.
[00:02:32] Joy, sadness, anger, disgust, and fear.
[00:02:38] These five core emotions live inside an 11-year-old girl named Riley,
[00:02:44] who faces huge transition and loss as she moves from a life full of ice hockey and friends in Minnesota
[00:02:51] to San Francisco.
[00:02:54] An urban reality that feels lonely and feels different.
[00:02:59] It's a very clever depiction of inner turmoil and tension between conflicting emotions.
[00:03:06] In the movie, fear is one of the characters, and he is pictured as the guardian of safety.
[00:03:13] He looks like that.
[00:03:15] He's always trying to protect Riley from danger.
[00:03:19] He's kind of a jittery little guy.
[00:03:20] He's hyper-aware of every possible danger that could come up in her day,
[00:03:25] and always on high alert for what might go wrong.
[00:03:29] On Riley's first day of school, Joy is organizing all of the emotions to prepare Riley for the best day ever.
[00:03:39] Right?
[00:03:40] She wants everything to go well and says,
[00:03:42] Fear, I need a list of all the possible negative outcomes on the first day of school.
[00:03:47] To which fear responds,
[00:03:48] Way ahead of you there.
[00:03:49] Does anyone know how to spell meteor?
[00:03:53] Fear makes suggestions like,
[00:03:55] I say we skip school tomorrow and lock ourselves in the bedroom.
[00:04:00] And at the end of the day, fear concludes,
[00:04:02] All right, we did not die today.
[00:04:04] I call that an unqualified success.
[00:04:07] Fear constantly frets, scanning for every risk.
[00:04:12] Ultimately, he is trying to protect Riley,
[00:04:15] trying to keep Riley safe from harm.
[00:04:17] But in his over-vigilance,
[00:04:19] we see how fear can lead us to pull back from life.
[00:04:24] And that's the tricky thing about fear.
[00:04:27] Even though it seems like it is protecting us and keeping us safe,
[00:04:32] it can also hold us back from the life that God invites us to live.
[00:04:39] In this season, between Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas,
[00:04:43] we often find ourselves gathering around the table
[00:04:46] with friends and family for food and celebration,
[00:04:49] perhaps more often than usual.
[00:04:52] And all this time around tables,
[00:04:54] with people that we love,
[00:04:57] people that we used to love,
[00:04:59] people that we are struggling to love,
[00:05:01] well, it can bring up a lot of feelings.
[00:05:04] Author Jen Hatmaker recently wrote,
[00:05:07] Holidays in their best years are fragile.
[00:05:10] This year feels particularly brittle,
[00:05:13] like it all might shatter with the slightest touch.
[00:05:18] That resonates a little bit with me.
[00:05:21] I just want to take a moment to recognize
[00:05:23] that we might be feeling a little more fragile than usual.
[00:05:28] This past week, with the national election,
[00:05:32] it may have brought up some feelings for us.
[00:05:35] You may have felt sadness,
[00:05:38] or surprise,
[00:05:40] or joy,
[00:05:41] or anxiety.
[00:05:43] Many of us may have felt that little voice of fear
[00:05:46] telling us to stay locked in our bedroom for a while.
[00:05:49] Whatever emotions that you are experiencing today,
[00:05:53] whatever feelings that have been rolling through your heart
[00:05:56] and your mind as you have walked through this past week,
[00:05:59] you are allowed to feel that.
[00:06:02] Okay?
[00:06:03] Not only allowed to,
[00:06:05] we worship a God who understands human emotion
[00:06:08] because he loved us enough to come in human form.
[00:06:12] He created us with emotion,
[00:06:14] and he lived it out himself.
[00:06:17] Hebrews 4.15 reminds us,
[00:06:19] we have a high priest who can feel it
[00:06:22] when we are weak and hurting.
[00:06:24] We have a high priest who has been tempted in every way,
[00:06:28] just as we are,
[00:06:30] but he didn't sin.
[00:06:32] Jesus lived a full human life
[00:06:35] with full human emotion.
[00:06:39] He laughed,
[00:06:40] he cried,
[00:06:41] he was angry,
[00:06:43] he felt sad,
[00:06:44] he felt happy.
[00:06:45] I don't know about you,
[00:06:47] but that feels very important to me,
[00:06:50] to know that our God does not just understand
[00:06:53] our human experience on an intellectual level,
[00:06:56] right,
[00:06:57] as our creator,
[00:06:59] as sort of the grand designer of humanity.
[00:07:02] He understands that level,
[00:07:04] I get it,
[00:07:05] but God understands our human experience
[00:07:07] on a very personal level
[00:07:09] because Jesus himself lived in this world
[00:07:12] with a human body
[00:07:14] and a heart
[00:07:15] and a soul
[00:07:16] and a mind
[00:07:17] that thinks and feels and functions
[00:07:19] in the same ways we do.
[00:07:21] So as we reflect
[00:07:23] on all of the emotions,
[00:07:24] the emotions that we bring to the table this month,
[00:07:28] I want to begin with the truth
[00:07:29] that paying attention to our emotions
[00:07:32] is vital to our spiritual health and wholeness
[00:07:36] because our feelings connect us with ourselves,
[00:07:40] with others,
[00:07:41] and with God.
[00:07:43] Some of you may be familiar with the book
[00:07:46] Emotionally Healthy Spirituality,
[00:07:48] written by Pete Scazzaro.
[00:07:49] He actually has a whole series of books on this
[00:07:52] and he actually built a whole church
[00:07:53] centered on this idea
[00:07:55] that emotional health
[00:07:57] is absolutely necessary.
[00:07:59] It's an essential part
[00:08:01] of our spiritual health.
[00:08:02] He says,
[00:08:03] ignoring our emotions
[00:08:04] is turning our back on reality.
[00:08:07] Listening to our emotions
[00:08:09] ushers us into reality
[00:08:11] and reality
[00:08:12] is where we meet God.
[00:08:15] Emotions are the language of the soul.
[00:08:18] I think it's really important
[00:08:20] to start here
[00:08:21] because I think
[00:08:23] that often
[00:08:23] in the church
[00:08:24] or in Christian circles perhaps,
[00:08:27] we have a tendency
[00:08:28] to dismiss feelings,
[00:08:30] to say
[00:08:31] that they're unimportant
[00:08:32] because thinking
[00:08:34] is really what's important.
[00:08:35] What we believe
[00:08:36] is really what's important,
[00:08:38] not what we feel.
[00:08:39] So we disregard our feelings
[00:08:41] or even worse,
[00:08:42] we beat them back,
[00:08:43] we stuff them down,
[00:08:44] we put them away
[00:08:45] on a shelf.
[00:08:47] We tend to do this
[00:08:48] not with all of our emotions
[00:08:50] but even more so
[00:08:51] with some of those
[00:08:52] so-called negative emotions.
[00:08:55] In her book,
[00:08:56] Untangle Your Emotions,
[00:08:57] pastor and author Jenny Allen
[00:08:58] talks about this reality
[00:09:00] of what happens
[00:09:01] in Christian circles.
[00:09:02] She says,
[00:09:03] somewhere along the way,
[00:09:04] maybe from things
[00:09:05] I heard at church
[00:09:06] or maybe just from growing up,
[00:09:08] I learned
[00:09:09] I wasn't supposed to be
[00:09:10] sad,
[00:09:11] angry,
[00:09:12] or scared.
[00:09:13] I was supposed to be okay.
[00:09:16] Every time I feel sadness,
[00:09:18] fear, or anger,
[00:09:19] emotions I've been conditioned
[00:09:21] to not want to feel,
[00:09:22] my brain immediately moves
[00:09:24] to fight off the feeling,
[00:09:26] much like my immune system
[00:09:28] takes down a virus.
[00:09:30] Pete Scazzaro echoes this idea
[00:09:32] when he says,
[00:09:33] many of us Christians
[00:09:34] believe wholeheartedly
[00:09:35] that anger, sadness,
[00:09:37] and fear
[00:09:38] are sins to be avoided,
[00:09:40] indicating that something
[00:09:42] is wrong with our spiritual life.
[00:09:45] Can you relate?
[00:09:46] Maybe you have had that thought.
[00:09:49] Anger is dangerous.
[00:09:50] It means we are being
[00:09:52] unloving towards others.
[00:09:53] We've got to stop it.
[00:09:55] Sadness.
[00:09:56] Well, that indicates
[00:09:57] a lack of faith
[00:09:57] in God's promises.
[00:09:59] You wouldn't be sad
[00:10:00] if you really trusted.
[00:10:01] And fear?
[00:10:02] Well, we all know
[00:10:03] that the Bible
[00:10:05] 365 times, right,
[00:10:07] enough for every day
[00:10:08] of the year,
[00:10:09] says do not fear,
[00:10:10] be not afraid.
[00:10:12] Now, I don't know
[00:10:13] if that's true.
[00:10:14] Has anybody ever
[00:10:14] tried to confirm that?
[00:10:16] Is that just one of those
[00:10:16] like Facebook memes
[00:10:18] or something
[00:10:18] about 365 days?
[00:10:21] Regardless of how many times,
[00:10:22] even a casual reading
[00:10:24] of the Bible,
[00:10:25] it's obvious that
[00:10:26] that whole phrase
[00:10:26] do not fear,
[00:10:27] fear not,
[00:10:28] be not afraid,
[00:10:29] it's in there a lot.
[00:10:30] Right?
[00:10:31] It's in there a lot.
[00:10:33] And I don't think
[00:10:35] that it means
[00:10:36] that God is like
[00:10:37] playing whack-a-mole
[00:10:38] with our fear
[00:10:38] and trying to beat it down.
[00:10:40] You know,
[00:10:40] don't be afraid.
[00:10:41] Fear not.
[00:10:41] Don't be afraid.
[00:10:42] I think it means
[00:10:43] that God knows us
[00:10:45] pretty well.
[00:10:47] I think it means
[00:10:48] that God knows
[00:10:50] that fear
[00:10:51] as a feeling
[00:10:51] is an absolutely
[00:10:53] natural
[00:10:53] and normal
[00:10:55] human response.
[00:10:57] We feel it
[00:10:58] a lot.
[00:11:00] The Bible's
[00:11:01] repetitive command
[00:11:02] to not be afraid
[00:11:03] is not
[00:11:04] an admonishment
[00:11:05] of the feeling
[00:11:06] itself,
[00:11:07] but rather,
[00:11:09] I think,
[00:11:10] as it turns out,
[00:11:12] God doesn't
[00:11:13] actually want us
[00:11:14] to live
[00:11:15] according to
[00:11:16] our natural,
[00:11:17] normal,
[00:11:17] human responses.
[00:11:19] Right?
[00:11:20] God wants
[00:11:21] more for us.
[00:11:23] God does not
[00:11:24] want to leave
[00:11:25] us living
[00:11:26] in fear.
[00:11:27] God wants
[00:11:28] to transform
[00:11:29] us.
[00:11:29] God desires
[00:11:31] to change
[00:11:31] us from the
[00:11:33] inside out.
[00:11:34] See what I did
[00:11:35] there?
[00:11:36] Inside out?
[00:11:38] Fear is a
[00:11:39] natural human
[00:11:41] response.
[00:11:42] There's a lot
[00:11:43] to be afraid of.
[00:11:44] But love
[00:11:45] in the midst
[00:11:46] of fear
[00:11:47] is a kingdom
[00:11:48] response.
[00:11:50] It was the
[00:11:51] late Henry Nowen,
[00:11:52] Catholic priest
[00:11:53] and author,
[00:11:54] who first planted
[00:11:55] this idea
[00:11:55] in my mind
[00:11:56] of the relationship
[00:11:57] between fear
[00:11:58] and love.
[00:11:59] Nowen said
[00:12:00] that hate
[00:12:01] is grounded
[00:12:02] in fear.
[00:12:02] So he believed
[00:12:04] that the opposite
[00:12:05] of love
[00:12:05] is not hate
[00:12:06] but fear.
[00:12:08] And the whole
[00:12:09] call of the
[00:12:10] Gospels
[00:12:10] is to move,
[00:12:12] as he says,
[00:12:13] from the house
[00:12:14] of fear
[00:12:14] into the house
[00:12:16] of love.
[00:12:17] The good news
[00:12:18] is that God
[00:12:19] is always
[00:12:20] inviting us
[00:12:21] to take steps
[00:12:22] out of the
[00:12:23] house of fear
[00:12:24] and towards
[00:12:25] the house
[00:12:25] of love.
[00:12:27] Because the house
[00:12:27] of love is where
[00:12:28] we experience
[00:12:29] freedom.
[00:12:29] The question
[00:12:32] that Nowen
[00:12:32] frequently asked
[00:12:33] in his writings
[00:12:34] was,
[00:12:35] how can we live
[00:12:36] inside a world
[00:12:37] marked by fear,
[00:12:39] hatred,
[00:12:39] and violence
[00:12:40] and not be
[00:12:42] destroyed by it?
[00:12:45] He posed this
[00:12:46] question 20 years
[00:12:48] ago,
[00:12:48] and it could not
[00:12:50] be more relevant
[00:12:51] than it is today.
[00:12:54] How do we do it?
[00:12:56] How do we live
[00:12:57] in this world
[00:12:58] and not be
[00:12:59] destroyed
[00:13:00] by the fear
[00:13:01] and the hatred
[00:13:02] and the violence?
[00:13:05] Nowen believed
[00:13:05] that the task
[00:13:06] of coming to
[00:13:07] spiritual maturity
[00:13:08] is linked
[00:13:09] with this movement
[00:13:10] from fear
[00:13:11] to love.
[00:13:12] This idea
[00:13:13] is best captured
[00:13:14] in 1 John 4,
[00:13:15] 18,
[00:13:15] where we read,
[00:13:16] there is no room
[00:13:18] in love
[00:13:19] for fear.
[00:13:21] Well-formed love
[00:13:22] banishes fear.
[00:13:24] Since fear
[00:13:26] is crippling,
[00:13:27] a fearful life,
[00:13:28] fear of death,
[00:13:29] fear of judgment,
[00:13:30] is one not yet
[00:13:32] fully formed
[00:13:33] in love.
[00:13:35] As followers
[00:13:36] of Jesus,
[00:13:36] we are called
[00:13:37] to be fully formed
[00:13:38] in love.
[00:13:40] And I wonder
[00:13:42] if in this
[00:13:43] current season,
[00:13:44] as a nation,
[00:13:46] as a church,
[00:13:46] as a community,
[00:13:48] this may be
[00:13:49] God's beautiful
[00:13:50] invitation
[00:13:50] to develop
[00:13:51] well-formed love
[00:13:53] in our lives,
[00:13:54] a love that
[00:13:55] banishes fear.
[00:13:57] Perhaps the antidote
[00:13:58] to fear
[00:13:59] truly is love.
[00:14:03] The kingdom way
[00:14:04] of life
[00:14:05] is not living in fear,
[00:14:06] but living in love.
[00:14:09] Relaxed
[00:14:09] instead of anxious,
[00:14:12] loving
[00:14:12] instead of fearful.
[00:14:15] When we can rest
[00:14:16] in our belovedness,
[00:14:18] we do not have
[00:14:19] to be anxious
[00:14:20] or afraid.
[00:14:21] When we can look
[00:14:22] at others
[00:14:22] through eyes of love,
[00:14:23] we do not have
[00:14:24] to be afraid.
[00:14:27] Perhaps the most
[00:14:28] powerful invitation
[00:14:29] in scripture
[00:14:30] to move from
[00:14:31] that house of fear
[00:14:32] into the house of love
[00:14:33] is found in Psalm 23.
[00:14:35] There's a reason
[00:14:36] it's the best-known
[00:14:38] psalm in the Bible
[00:14:39] and, I don't know,
[00:14:40] perhaps the best-known
[00:14:41] passage
[00:14:41] in the entire Bible.
[00:14:44] Psalm 23
[00:14:45] is not
[00:14:45] an instruction manual
[00:14:47] of how not
[00:14:48] to be afraid.
[00:14:49] Right?
[00:14:50] You'll notice
[00:14:51] it's not about
[00:14:51] do this,
[00:14:52] don't do that.
[00:14:53] It does more
[00:14:54] than tell us
[00:14:56] that God protects
[00:14:57] and guides
[00:14:59] and blesses.
[00:15:00] It paints
[00:15:01] a picture for us
[00:15:02] of what that
[00:15:03] really looks like.
[00:15:05] And then it paints
[00:15:06] us right into
[00:15:07] that picture.
[00:15:09] We are drawn
[00:15:10] into an understanding
[00:15:11] of God's provision
[00:15:12] and presence
[00:15:13] through poetic images
[00:15:14] of a powerless sheep
[00:15:16] being tended
[00:15:17] by an unfailingly
[00:15:19] careful
[00:15:19] and gentle shepherd.
[00:15:22] In a world
[00:15:23] of dark valleys
[00:15:24] and enemies,
[00:15:26] hunger and thirst,
[00:15:28] we need more
[00:15:28] than abstract
[00:15:29] explanations.
[00:15:31] We need images
[00:15:33] and metaphors
[00:15:34] and poetry
[00:15:35] to help us
[00:15:36] understand deep
[00:15:37] within our heart
[00:15:38] and our soul
[00:15:39] that kind of love
[00:15:41] that conquers fear.
[00:15:45] And so we read
[00:15:46] in verse 4,
[00:15:46] even though
[00:15:47] I walk
[00:15:48] through the darkest
[00:15:49] valley,
[00:15:50] the deepest darkness,
[00:15:51] the valley
[00:15:52] of the shadow
[00:15:53] of death,
[00:15:54] I am not afraid
[00:15:55] when you walk
[00:15:57] at my side.
[00:15:59] There is a reason
[00:16:00] that we don't have
[00:16:01] to live with fear
[00:16:02] because we
[00:16:03] are not alone.
[00:16:05] We are never
[00:16:06] alone.
[00:16:08] Christ
[00:16:09] is with me.
[00:16:10] Christ
[00:16:11] is beside me.
[00:16:12] Christ
[00:16:12] is above me.
[00:16:13] Christ
[00:16:13] is all
[00:16:14] around me.
[00:16:16] God has never
[00:16:17] promised us
[00:16:18] a pain-free life,
[00:16:20] but he absolutely
[00:16:21] promises his presence
[00:16:23] in the midst
[00:16:24] of our pain.
[00:16:25] I know
[00:16:26] that many of us
[00:16:27] have been witnesses
[00:16:29] to this reality,
[00:16:30] right?
[00:16:31] Shake your head
[00:16:32] if you have
[00:16:33] experienced
[00:16:34] God's presence
[00:16:35] in the midst
[00:16:36] of your pain.
[00:16:36] It is real
[00:16:37] and it is true
[00:16:39] and it is deep.
[00:16:40] I know
[00:16:41] in my own life,
[00:16:43] the time
[00:16:44] that I most
[00:16:45] deeply experienced
[00:16:46] the mysterious
[00:16:47] presence of Jesus
[00:16:48] beside me
[00:16:49] was when I was
[00:16:50] going through cancer
[00:16:52] and every single
[00:16:53] exam,
[00:16:54] all those times
[00:16:55] when I went
[00:16:56] into a room
[00:16:57] all by myself,
[00:16:58] I knew I was
[00:17:00] never alone
[00:17:01] and I literally
[00:17:02] felt Jesus
[00:17:03] with me,
[00:17:05] beside me,
[00:17:06] next to me
[00:17:06] and I know
[00:17:07] a lot of you
[00:17:07] have those stories.
[00:17:09] Christ,
[00:17:10] you are close
[00:17:11] beside me,
[00:17:12] guarding,
[00:17:13] guiding all the way,
[00:17:14] your trusty
[00:17:16] shepherd's crook
[00:17:17] makes me feel
[00:17:17] secure,
[00:17:18] says the message
[00:17:19] translation.
[00:17:22] Verse 5 continues,
[00:17:24] you prepare
[00:17:25] a table
[00:17:26] before me
[00:17:26] in the presence
[00:17:28] of my enemies.
[00:17:30] I have been
[00:17:31] thinking about
[00:17:32] this verse
[00:17:32] a lot lately.
[00:17:33] It's just one
[00:17:34] of those that's
[00:17:35] been kind of
[00:17:35] going through my head.
[00:17:36] I have always
[00:17:37] loved the idea
[00:17:38] that God
[00:17:39] is going to
[00:17:40] cook for me,
[00:17:41] right?
[00:17:42] I'm pretty
[00:17:43] sure that's
[00:17:44] what the verse
[00:17:44] says.
[00:17:45] God is going
[00:17:45] to make
[00:17:46] a meal
[00:17:46] for me
[00:17:47] and if you
[00:17:47] know anything
[00:17:48] about me,
[00:17:49] you know I
[00:17:49] really don't
[00:17:50] like cooking
[00:17:50] and so anybody
[00:17:52] who cooks
[00:17:52] for me,
[00:17:53] I feel so
[00:17:54] loved.
[00:17:57] You have
[00:17:58] my heart
[00:17:58] if you cook
[00:17:59] for me
[00:18:00] and I feel
[00:18:01] like Jesus
[00:18:01] is saying
[00:18:02] I'm going
[00:18:02] to prepare
[00:18:03] a table.
[00:18:04] I think
[00:18:04] the message
[00:18:04] says there's
[00:18:05] a six course
[00:18:06] meal ahead
[00:18:07] of you
[00:18:09] but there's
[00:18:10] also this
[00:18:10] phrase in
[00:18:11] there,
[00:18:11] you prepare
[00:18:11] a table
[00:18:12] before me
[00:18:14] in the
[00:18:14] presence
[00:18:15] of my
[00:18:16] enemies.
[00:18:20] Why does
[00:18:21] he have to
[00:18:21] throw that
[00:18:21] in there?
[00:18:22] Right?
[00:18:23] I was kind
[00:18:24] of enjoying
[00:18:24] that beautiful
[00:18:25] meal that
[00:18:25] Jesus made
[00:18:26] for me
[00:18:26] but it says
[00:18:27] that this
[00:18:28] table is
[00:18:28] prepared in
[00:18:29] the presence
[00:18:29] of my
[00:18:30] enemies
[00:18:31] and I have
[00:18:32] to admit
[00:18:32] I've always
[00:18:33] kind of
[00:18:34] thought of
[00:18:34] that as
[00:18:34] like oh
[00:18:36] I get to
[00:18:36] gloat in
[00:18:37] front of my
[00:18:38] enemies,
[00:18:38] right?
[00:18:38] Like God
[00:18:39] is saying
[00:18:39] I love
[00:18:40] you the
[00:18:41] best so
[00:18:42] I'm preparing
[00:18:42] a table
[00:18:43] and your
[00:18:43] enemies
[00:18:43] are going
[00:18:44] to watch
[00:18:44] and they're
[00:18:45] going to
[00:18:45] see what
[00:18:46] you get
[00:18:46] and they
[00:18:47] don't get
[00:18:47] it so I
[00:18:48] am assuring
[00:18:49] them that
[00:18:50] you are
[00:18:50] blessed.
[00:18:51] I don't
[00:18:54] know if
[00:18:54] that's
[00:18:55] actually
[00:18:55] the
[00:18:55] intention
[00:18:56] that is
[00:18:57] behind
[00:18:57] those
[00:18:57] words
[00:18:58] because
[00:18:59] lately
[00:18:59] I've been
[00:19:00] thinking
[00:19:00] about the
[00:19:00] fact
[00:19:00] that those
[00:19:01] enemies
[00:19:02] are there
[00:19:03] in my
[00:19:04] presence
[00:19:04] and that
[00:19:05] God's
[00:19:06] care
[00:19:06] and love
[00:19:08] and concern
[00:19:09] and provision
[00:19:11] for me
[00:19:11] it doesn't
[00:19:13] eliminate
[00:19:14] my enemies
[00:19:15] but it
[00:19:16] actually
[00:19:16] includes them
[00:19:17] in the
[00:19:18] scene
[00:19:18] and if I'm
[00:19:21] honest that
[00:19:22] makes me a
[00:19:22] little bit
[00:19:23] uncomfortable
[00:19:24] because maybe
[00:19:26] that means
[00:19:27] that they
[00:19:27] are also
[00:19:28] there
[00:19:29] at the
[00:19:30] table
[00:19:31] and maybe
[00:19:32] Jesus is
[00:19:33] also providing
[00:19:34] for them
[00:19:35] at the
[00:19:35] table
[00:19:36] maybe
[00:19:37] that table
[00:19:38] that God
[00:19:38] has prepared
[00:19:39] for me
[00:19:40] is actually
[00:19:40] big enough
[00:19:41] to include
[00:19:42] my enemies
[00:19:44] maybe it's
[00:19:45] not just
[00:19:46] about God
[00:19:46] showing my
[00:19:47] enemies
[00:19:47] that he
[00:19:48] loves me
[00:19:48] more
[00:19:48] but perhaps
[00:19:49] God is
[00:19:50] showing his
[00:19:51] expansive
[00:19:52] love for
[00:19:52] my enemy
[00:19:53] at the
[00:19:54] same
[00:19:54] time
[00:19:56] in hopes
[00:19:57] that I
[00:19:58] understand
[00:19:59] that I
[00:19:59] too
[00:20:00] am invited
[00:20:01] to expand
[00:20:02] my love
[00:20:03] maybe living
[00:20:06] in the
[00:20:07] house of
[00:20:07] love
[00:20:07] instead
[00:20:08] of the
[00:20:08] house
[00:20:08] of fear
[00:20:09] it's an
[00:20:10] invitation
[00:20:10] for me
[00:20:11] to love
[00:20:11] those
[00:20:11] enemies
[00:20:12] as well
[00:20:12] and finally
[00:20:15] verse 6
[00:20:15] surely
[00:20:16] your goodness
[00:20:17] and mercy
[00:20:18] will follow
[00:20:18] me all
[00:20:19] the days
[00:20:20] of my life
[00:20:21] and I
[00:20:22] will dwell
[00:20:22] in the
[00:20:22] house
[00:20:23] of the
[00:20:23] Lord
[00:20:23] forever
[00:20:24] the
[00:20:27] passion
[00:20:27] translation
[00:20:27] says
[00:20:28] so why
[00:20:29] would I
[00:20:29] fear
[00:20:30] the future
[00:20:30] only
[00:20:31] goodness
[00:20:31] and tender
[00:20:32] love
[00:20:32] pursue
[00:20:33] me
[00:20:33] all the
[00:20:34] days
[00:20:34] of my
[00:20:35] life
[00:20:36] this is
[00:20:36] a reality
[00:20:37] I want
[00:20:38] to hold
[00:20:38] on to
[00:20:39] we need
[00:20:40] to hold
[00:20:40] on to
[00:20:41] that Christ
[00:20:42] is pursuing
[00:20:43] me
[00:20:43] Christ
[00:20:44] is pursuing
[00:20:44] you
[00:20:45] with beauty
[00:20:46] and with
[00:20:47] mercy
[00:20:47] every
[00:20:48] single
[00:20:49] day
[00:20:51] seeing that
[00:20:52] recognizing
[00:20:53] all that
[00:20:54] is good
[00:20:54] and lovely
[00:20:56] and right
[00:20:57] and holy
[00:20:57] that is in
[00:20:58] my life
[00:20:58] and that is
[00:20:59] in the
[00:20:59] world
[00:21:00] this is a
[00:21:01] way to
[00:21:01] see the
[00:21:02] presence
[00:21:03] of Christ
[00:21:04] so pay
[00:21:05] attention
[00:21:06] to the
[00:21:06] beauty
[00:21:07] in the
[00:21:08] world
[00:21:08] to pay
[00:21:09] attention
[00:21:10] to the
[00:21:10] goodness
[00:21:10] of
[00:21:11] every
[00:21:11] day
[00:21:11] because
[00:21:12] when we
[00:21:12] recognize
[00:21:13] that beauty
[00:21:14] and that
[00:21:14] goodness
[00:21:15] we are
[00:21:15] bearing
[00:21:16] witness
[00:21:16] to the
[00:21:17] presence
[00:21:17] of Christ
[00:21:18] in the
[00:21:18] midst
[00:21:19] of the
[00:21:19] pain
[00:21:19] of this
[00:21:20] world
[00:21:20] we are
[00:21:21] giving
[00:21:21] voice
[00:21:22] to love
[00:21:22] and that
[00:21:23] love
[00:21:24] is the
[00:21:24] antidote
[00:21:25] to fear
[00:21:26] so
[00:21:28] if spiritual
[00:21:30] maturity
[00:21:30] is linked
[00:21:30] with moving
[00:21:31] from fear
[00:21:32] to love
[00:21:32] how do we
[00:21:33] stop ourselves
[00:21:34] from being
[00:21:34] sucked
[00:21:35] into the
[00:21:35] house
[00:21:36] of fear
[00:21:36] so that
[00:21:37] we can
[00:21:37] live
[00:21:37] in the
[00:21:38] house
[00:21:38] of love
[00:21:40] well it
[00:21:40] is a
[00:21:41] journey
[00:21:41] it doesn't
[00:21:42] happen all
[00:21:43] at once
[00:21:43] it's never
[00:21:44] going to
[00:21:44] happen all
[00:21:45] the way
[00:21:45] we live
[00:21:46] it out
[00:21:46] day
[00:21:47] to day
[00:21:47] but I
[00:21:48] want to
[00:21:48] suggest
[00:21:48] a few
[00:21:50] ways
[00:21:51] that we
[00:21:52] can work
[00:21:52] towards this
[00:21:53] because I
[00:21:54] think that
[00:21:54] the key
[00:21:55] is connection
[00:21:57] connection
[00:21:57] with ourselves
[00:21:58] with others
[00:22:00] and with
[00:22:01] God
[00:22:01] and this
[00:22:02] is why
[00:22:02] it is so
[00:22:03] important
[00:22:04] to not
[00:22:04] just stuff
[00:22:05] away
[00:22:05] our emotion
[00:22:06] because if
[00:22:07] we do
[00:22:07] that we
[00:22:07] are short
[00:22:08] circuiting
[00:22:08] this kind
[00:22:09] of connection
[00:22:11] so first
[00:22:12] I want to
[00:22:13] suggest
[00:22:13] that you
[00:22:14] allow your
[00:22:15] feelings
[00:22:15] to turn
[00:22:17] into a
[00:22:17] conversation
[00:22:18] with the
[00:22:19] triune
[00:22:19] God
[00:22:19] okay
[00:22:21] when you
[00:22:22] feel those
[00:22:22] things
[00:22:23] or if
[00:22:24] you're not
[00:22:24] sure what
[00:22:24] you're feeling
[00:22:25] maybe you
[00:22:26] don't even
[00:22:26] know
[00:22:26] that happens
[00:22:27] a lot
[00:22:27] right
[00:22:28] turn it
[00:22:29] into a
[00:22:29] conversation
[00:22:30] with your
[00:22:30] heavenly
[00:22:31] father
[00:22:31] the one
[00:22:33] who has
[00:22:33] created
[00:22:34] you
[00:22:34] and designed
[00:22:35] you
[00:22:36] the one
[00:22:36] who knows
[00:22:37] you best
[00:22:37] the one
[00:22:38] who created
[00:22:39] you with
[00:22:40] feelings
[00:22:40] and emotional
[00:22:41] responses
[00:22:42] the one
[00:22:43] who walks
[00:22:43] with you
[00:22:44] in your
[00:22:44] fear
[00:22:46] use your
[00:22:47] feelings
[00:22:47] to lean
[00:22:48] into a
[00:22:49] conversation
[00:22:49] with
[00:22:50] Jesus
[00:22:50] Jesus
[00:22:52] who is
[00:22:52] God
[00:22:52] incarnate
[00:22:53] Jesus
[00:22:53] who calls
[00:22:55] himself
[00:22:55] the good
[00:22:56] shepherd
[00:22:56] the good
[00:22:57] shepherd
[00:22:57] who knows
[00:22:58] his
[00:22:59] sheep
[00:22:59] Jesus
[00:23:00] who lived
[00:23:01] in a world
[00:23:02] of pain
[00:23:03] and lived
[00:23:04] in a
[00:23:04] body
[00:23:05] with
[00:23:05] feelings
[00:23:07] dialogue
[00:23:08] with the
[00:23:08] Holy
[00:23:09] Spirit
[00:23:09] who we
[00:23:10] are reminded
[00:23:11] over and
[00:23:12] over
[00:23:12] is called
[00:23:13] our
[00:23:13] counselor
[00:23:15] free
[00:23:15] therapy
[00:23:16] guys
[00:23:16] we got
[00:23:17] the Holy
[00:23:17] Spirit
[00:23:17] the Holy
[00:23:19] Spirit
[00:23:19] will comfort
[00:23:20] us
[00:23:20] will encourage
[00:23:22] us
[00:23:22] will give
[00:23:23] words to
[00:23:24] our groans
[00:23:24] when we
[00:23:25] don't even
[00:23:25] have the
[00:23:26] right words
[00:23:27] and we
[00:23:27] can't express
[00:23:28] our feelings
[00:23:28] ourselves
[00:23:28] the Holy
[00:23:30] Spirit
[00:23:30] lives
[00:23:30] within
[00:23:31] us
[00:23:31] and that
[00:23:32] right there
[00:23:32] that's
[00:23:33] what
[00:23:33] prayer
[00:23:33] is
[00:23:35] second
[00:23:37] connect
[00:23:37] with
[00:23:38] others
[00:23:38] and share
[00:23:39] your
[00:23:39] feelings
[00:23:41] our
[00:23:41] feelings
[00:23:42] can be
[00:23:42] bridges
[00:23:43] to
[00:23:43] connection
[00:23:43] not
[00:23:43] just
[00:23:44] with
[00:23:44] God
[00:23:44] not
[00:23:45] just
[00:23:45] with
[00:23:45] ourselves
[00:23:45] but
[00:23:46] with
[00:23:46] one
[00:23:46] another
[00:23:48] so
[00:23:48] whatever
[00:23:49] you are
[00:23:49] feeling
[00:23:50] don't
[00:23:51] keep
[00:23:51] it
[00:23:51] to
[00:23:52] yourself
[00:23:53] maybe
[00:23:54] even
[00:23:54] this
[00:23:54] week
[00:23:55] invite
[00:23:55] a
[00:23:55] friend
[00:23:55] for
[00:23:55] coffee
[00:23:56] or
[00:23:57] lunch
[00:23:57] or
[00:23:58] walk
[00:23:58] and
[00:23:59] don't
[00:23:59] just
[00:24:00] talk
[00:24:00] about
[00:24:00] the
[00:24:00] circumstances
[00:24:01] of
[00:24:01] your
[00:24:02] life
[00:24:02] resist
[00:24:03] the
[00:24:03] temptation
[00:24:04] to
[00:24:04] just
[00:24:04] talk
[00:24:05] about
[00:24:05] your
[00:24:05] job
[00:24:05] or
[00:24:06] your
[00:24:06] kids
[00:24:07] but
[00:24:08] talk
[00:24:08] about
[00:24:08] your
[00:24:08] interior
[00:24:09] spaces
[00:24:11] share
[00:24:11] your
[00:24:12] emotional
[00:24:12] temperature
[00:24:13] give
[00:24:13] language
[00:24:14] to
[00:24:14] the
[00:24:14] fear
[00:24:15] or
[00:24:15] anxiety
[00:24:16] that
[00:24:16] you
[00:24:16] might
[00:24:16] be
[00:24:17] experiencing
[00:24:17] in
[00:24:18] your
[00:24:18] own
[00:24:18] life
[00:24:18] right
[00:24:19] now
[00:24:19] because
[00:24:20] we
[00:24:20] help
[00:24:21] each
[00:24:21] other
[00:24:21] when
[00:24:22] we
[00:24:22] give
[00:24:22] voice
[00:24:23] to
[00:24:23] our
[00:24:23] feelings
[00:24:24] right
[00:24:25] I
[00:24:26] may
[00:24:26] not
[00:24:26] know
[00:24:27] what
[00:24:27] you
[00:24:27] need
[00:24:27] to
[00:24:27] hear
[00:24:28] but
[00:24:28] in
[00:24:28] sharing
[00:24:28] my
[00:24:29] experience
[00:24:29] God
[00:24:30] might
[00:24:31] be
[00:24:31] using
[00:24:31] that
[00:24:31] to
[00:24:32] meet
[00:24:32] a
[00:24:32] need
[00:24:32] for
[00:24:33] you
[00:24:35] finally
[00:24:36] I
[00:24:36] want
[00:24:36] to
[00:24:36] invite
[00:24:37] you
[00:24:37] to
[00:24:37] lean
[00:24:37] into
[00:24:37] connection
[00:24:38] with
[00:24:38] yourself
[00:24:40] make
[00:24:40] space
[00:24:41] and
[00:24:41] quiet
[00:24:41] to
[00:24:42] notice
[00:24:43] and
[00:25:01] like
[00:25:01] why
[00:25:02] did
[00:25:02] I
[00:25:02] yell
[00:25:03] at
[00:25:03] my
[00:25:03] spouse
[00:25:04] oh
[00:25:05] hmm
[00:25:05] maybe
[00:25:06] I
[00:25:06] was
[00:25:06] feeling
[00:25:07] a
[00:25:07] little
[00:25:07] bit
[00:25:07] anxious
[00:25:07] about
[00:25:08] something
[00:25:08] that
[00:25:08] happened
[00:25:09] at
[00:25:09] work
[00:25:09] today
[00:25:10] or
[00:25:11] why
[00:25:11] did
[00:25:11] I
[00:25:11] just
[00:25:12] sit
[00:25:12] and
[00:25:12] binge
[00:25:13] watch
[00:25:13] Netflix
[00:25:13] for
[00:25:13] three
[00:25:14] hours
[00:25:16] when
[00:25:16] I
[00:25:17] think
[00:25:17] about
[00:25:17] it
[00:25:17] I
[00:25:17] guess
[00:25:17] I
[00:25:18] was
[00:25:18] feeling
[00:25:18] kind
[00:25:18] of
[00:25:18] sad
[00:25:19] about
[00:25:20] that
[00:25:20] conversation
[00:25:21] that
[00:25:21] I
[00:25:21] had
[00:25:21] today
[00:25:23] why
[00:25:24] did
[00:25:24] I
[00:25:24] drink
[00:25:24] so
[00:25:24] much
[00:25:24] last
[00:25:25] night
[00:25:25] I
[00:25:28] think
[00:25:28] I
[00:25:28] was
[00:25:28] feeling
[00:25:29] afraid
[00:25:29] about
[00:25:30] the
[00:25:33] we
[00:25:33] to
[00:25:34] notice
[00:25:34] and
[00:25:34] we
[00:25:34] could
[00:25:38] choose
[00:25:39] healthier
[00:25:39] responses
[00:25:40] if
[00:25:40] we
[00:25:40] knew
[00:25:41] what
[00:25:41] feelings
[00:25:41] we
[00:25:42] were
[00:25:42] acting
[00:25:42] out
[00:25:43] of
[00:25:44] growing
[00:25:44] in
[00:25:44] awareness
[00:25:45] of our
[00:25:45] feelings
[00:25:46] is part
[00:25:46] of the
[00:25:47] spiritual
[00:25:47] journey
[00:25:49] and
[00:25:49] there
[00:25:49] are
[00:25:50] lots
[00:25:50] of
[00:25:50] ways
[00:25:50] to
[00:25:50] do
[00:25:50] this
[00:25:51] therapy
[00:25:52] prayer
[00:25:53] books
[00:25:54] I
[00:25:54] actually
[00:25:55] have
[00:25:55] a
[00:25:55] couple
[00:25:55] book
[00:25:55] suggestions
[00:25:56] for
[00:25:56] you
[00:25:56] but
[00:25:58] I
[00:25:58] don't
[00:25:58] want
[00:25:59] to
[00:25:59] talk
[00:25:59] about
[00:26:00] those
[00:26:00] right
[00:26:00] now
[00:26:00] because
[00:26:00] I
[00:26:03] it
[00:26:04] all
[00:26:04] goes
[00:26:04] from
[00:26:05] here
[00:26:05] up
[00:26:05] to
[00:26:05] here
[00:26:06] and
[00:26:07] we
[00:26:07] kind
[00:26:07] of
[00:26:07] intellectualize
[00:26:08] it
[00:26:08] and
[00:26:10] I
[00:26:11] think
[00:26:11] it's
[00:26:11] really
[00:26:11] important
[00:26:11] to
[00:26:12] feel
[00:26:12] our
[00:26:12] feelings
[00:26:13] in
[00:26:13] our
[00:26:14] bodies
[00:26:14] I
[00:26:15] want
[00:26:15] to
[00:26:15] suggest
[00:26:16] an
[00:26:16] embodied
[00:26:17] practice
[00:26:17] this
[00:26:18] week
[00:26:18] I
[00:26:19] want
[00:26:19] to
[00:26:19] suggest
[00:26:20] taking
[00:26:21] a
[00:26:21] walk
[00:26:22] taking
[00:26:23] a
[00:26:23] walk
[00:26:23] outside
[00:26:25] looking
[00:26:25] at
[00:26:26] the
[00:26:26] sky
[00:26:27] listening
[00:26:28] to
[00:26:28] the
[00:26:28] birds
[00:26:29] feeling
[00:26:30] the
[00:26:30] warmth
[00:26:31] of
[00:26:31] the
[00:26:31] sun
[00:26:31] on
[00:26:31] your
[00:26:32] face
[00:26:32] the
[00:26:33] wind
[00:26:33] in
[00:26:33] your
[00:26:34] hair
[00:26:34] as
[00:26:35] you
[00:26:35] walk
[00:26:36] remember
[00:26:37] that
[00:26:38] Jesus
[00:26:38] the
[00:26:39] great
[00:26:40] shepherd
[00:26:40] of
[00:26:40] the
[00:26:40] sheep
[00:26:41] walks
[00:26:42] beside
[00:26:42] you
[00:26:44] Jesus
[00:26:44] equips
[00:26:45] you
[00:26:45] with
[00:26:45] everything
[00:26:46] good
[00:26:46] for
[00:26:47] doing
[00:26:47] his
[00:26:47] will
[00:26:49] Jesus
[00:26:49] prepares
[00:26:50] a
[00:26:50] table
[00:26:50] for
[00:26:51] you
[00:26:51] and
[00:26:51] your
[00:26:52] enemies
[00:26:53] Jesus
[00:26:54] anoints
[00:26:54] you
[00:26:55] with
[00:26:55] oil
[00:26:55] and
[00:26:56] pours
[00:26:56] a
[00:26:56] cup
[00:26:57] that
[00:26:57] is
[00:26:57] overflowing
[00:26:59] Jesus
[00:27:00] pursues
[00:27:00] you
[00:27:01] with
[00:27:01] beauty
[00:27:02] and
[00:27:02] love
[00:27:02] with
[00:27:04] goodness
[00:27:04] and
[00:27:05] mercy
[00:27:05] this
[00:27:08] is
[00:27:08] about
[00:27:09] that
[00:27:09] whole
[00:27:09] idea
[00:27:10] of
[00:27:10] being
[00:27:10] childlike
[00:27:11] entering
[00:27:12] into
[00:27:13] the
[00:27:13] kingdom
[00:27:13] with
[00:27:13] heart
[00:27:14] and
[00:27:14] eyes
[00:27:15] of
[00:27:15] a
[00:27:15] child
[00:27:16] because
[00:27:17] we
[00:27:17] get
[00:27:17] cynical
[00:27:18] and
[00:27:18] we
[00:27:19] get
[00:27:19] hurt
[00:27:19] and
[00:27:20] we've
[00:27:20] seen
[00:27:21] more
[00:27:21] pain
[00:27:21] and
[00:27:22] we've
[00:27:22] seen
[00:27:22] more
[00:27:23] woundedness
[00:27:24] we've
[00:27:24] lived
[00:27:25] in
[00:27:25] the
[00:27:25] house
[00:27:26] of
[00:27:26] fear
[00:27:26] for
[00:27:26] a
[00:27:27] while
[00:27:27] and
[00:27:27] it's
[00:27:27] harder
[00:27:28] to
[00:27:28] move
[00:27:29] to
[00:27:29] the
[00:27:29] house
[00:27:30] of
[00:27:30] love
[00:27:30] so
[00:27:30] I
[00:27:30] just
[00:27:30] have
[00:27:31] a
[00:27:31] special
[00:27:31] word
[00:27:32] of
[00:27:32] encouragement
[00:27:33] if
[00:27:33] you
[00:27:33] are
[00:27:33] in
[00:29:27] feel
[00:29:27] so
[00:29:28] we
[00:29:28] disregard
[00:29:29] our
[00:29:29] feelings
[00:29:29] or
[00:29:29] even
[00:29:30] worse
[00:29:30] we
[00:29:30] beat
[00:29:30] them
[00:29:30] back
[00:29:31] we
[00:29:31] stuff
[00:29:32] them
[00:29:32] down
[00:29:32] we
[00:29:32] put
[00:29:33] them
[00:29:33] away
[00:29:33] on
[00:29:33] a
[00:29:33] shelf
[00:29:35] we
[00:29:35] tend
[00:29:35] to
[00:29:36] do
[00:29:36] this
[00:29:36] not
[00:29:37] with
[00:29:37] all
[00:29:37] of
[00:29:38] our
[00:29:38] emotions
[00:29:38] but
[00:29:38] even
[00:29:39] more
[00:29:39] so
[00:29:39] with
[00:29:39] some
[00:29:39] of
[00:29:39] those
[00:29:40] so
[00:29:40] called
[00:29:40] negative
[00:29:41] emotions
[00:29:42] God
[00:29:42] has
[00:29:43] never
[00:29:43] promised
[00:29:44] us
[00:29:44] a
[00:29:44] pain
[00:29:44] free
[00:29:45] life
[00:29:46] but
[00:29:46] he
[00:29:47] absolutely
[00:29:47] promises
[00:29:48] his
[00:29:48] presence
[00:29:49] in
[00:29:49] the
[00:29:50] midst
[00:29:50] of
[00:29:50] our
[00:29:50] pain
[00:29:51] use
[00:29:52] your
[00:29:52] feelings
[00:29:53] to
[00:29:53] lean
[00:29:53] into
[00:29:54] a
[00:29:54] conversation
[00:29:55] with
[00:29:55] Jesus
[00:29:56] Jesus
[00:29:57] who
[00:29:57] is
[00:29:58] God
[00:29:58] incarnate
[00:29:58] Jesus
[00:29:59] who
[00:29:59] calls
[00:30:00] himself
[00:30:00] the
[00:30:01] good
[00:30:01] shepherd
[00:30:05] connect
[00:30:06] with
[00:30:06] others
[00:30:06] and
[00:30:07] share
[00:30:07] your
[00:30:07] feelings
[00:30:09] our
[00:30:10] feelings
[00:30:10] can be
[00:30:10] bridges
[00:30:11] to
[00:30:11] connection
[00:30:11] not
[00:30:12] just
[00:30:12] with
[00:30:12] God
[00:30:12] not
[00:30:13] just
[00:30:13] with
[00:30:13] ourselves
[00:30:13] but
[00:30:14] with
[00:30:14] one
[00:30:14] another
[00:30:16] so
[00:30:16] whatever
[00:30:17] you
[00:30:17] are
[00:30:18] feeling
[00:30:18] don't
[00:30:19] keep
[00:30:19] it
[00:30:20] to
[00:30:20] yourself
[00:30:21] maybe
[00:30:22] even
[00:30:22] this
[00:30:23] week
[00:30:23] invite
[00:30:23] a
[00:30:23] friend
[00:30:23] for
[00:30:24] coffee
[00:30:24] or
[00:30:25] lunch
[00:30:25] or
[00:30:26] walk
[00:30:26] and
[00:30:27] don't
[00:30:27] just
[00:30:28] talk
[00:30:28] about
[00:30:28] the
[00:30:29] circumstances
[00:30:29] of
[00:30:30] your
[00:30:30] life
[00:30:30] resist
[00:30:31] the
[00:30:31] temptation
[00:30:32] to
[00:30:32] just
[00:30:32] talk
[00:30:33] about
[00:30:33] your
[00:30:33] job
[00:30:34] or
[00:30:34] your
[00:30:34] kids
[00:30:35] but
[00:30:36] talk
[00:30:36] about
[00:30:36] your
[00:30:37] interior
[00:30:37] spaces
[00:30:39] because
[00:30:40] we
[00:30:40] help
[00:30:40] each
[00:30:41] other
[00:30:41] when
[00:30:42] we give
[00:30:42] voice
[00:30:42] to
[00:30:43] our
[00:30:43] feelings
[00:30:43] right
[00:30:44] I may
[00:30:46] not
[00:30:46] know
[00:30:46] what
[00:30:47] you
[00:30:47] need
[00:30:47] to
[00:30:47] hear
[00:30:47] but
[00:30:48] in
[00:30:48] sharing
[00:30:48] my
[00:30:49] experience
[00:30:49] God
[00:30:50] might
[00:30:50] be
[00:30:51] using
[00:30:51] that
[00:30:51] to
[00:30:51] meet
[00:30:52] a
[00:30:52] need
[00:30:52] for
[00:30:53] you
[00:30:56] be
[00:30:57] brave
[00:30:57] stay
[00:30:58] safe
[00:30:58] and
[00:30:59] God
[00:30:59] bless
[00:31:00] this
[00:31:01] is
[00:31:01] Elton
[00:31:02] Sherwin
[00:31:02] and
[00:31:03] here
[00:31:03] is
[00:31:03] the
[00:31:04] video
[00:31:04] of
[00:31:04] our
[00:31:05] new
[00:31:05] puppy
[00:31:05] Chica