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We Who Endure is a Christian podcast where we dive into Scripture, culture, and real-world topics - from AI and entertainment to work and daily life - asking honest questions, sharing ideas, and exploring what it means to follow Christ in today’s world.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in
latter times some will depart from the
faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits
and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in
hypocrisy, having their own conscience
seared with a hot iron. 1st Timothy 4
verses 1 and 2.
Phoenix Comic Con, Phoenix Fan Fusion,
Phoenix whatever you want to call it.
I always held a special place in my heart
because that's that's where I met
my wife and I proposed to her there. But
you know I mean pop cultures really got
down and honestly I think the the
convention has really gone down too and
has become very money driven. But one
thing I noticed was this year you know
they said you know like all of you is is
welcome not are welcome but all of you
is welcome. And we know what the
implication there is and they want to be
very inclusive and you know inclusivity
is great right. But also I was on the
phone with a friend and we were gonna
meet up there at the convention the next
day and someone who was just as Jesus.
And I'm not gonna describe the things
that were that were happening and were
saying but you know obviously it was
not you know very pro-christian. He was
like should I go over there and
preach to them. I was like you're not
gonna get through with it right now you
know. And it's like but I thought we were
I thought everyone was invited to this
and like well obviously everyone except
Christian. I think that's I think that's
really sad. Yeah I mean it's it's not
surprising right. I mean stuff like that
happens a lot where it's just and this
same convention gets
attacked I guess. But
then it's not okay to attack other
religions usually right. Like a lot. So
you're saying because it was mocking
Christian. I'm not
saying Jesus meaning and
not accepted but but couldn't someone
still come as Jesus and just be Jesus
and it's okay right. Like that'd be still
accepted though. Like it's not that the
con itself is not saying Christian like I
see what you're getting at but like I
also don't want you to say that like
Christians aren't welcome. Okay but okay
so to take this a step further and this
is a a fellow voice actor used to do a
Christian panel at every convention that
he visited. The only time he ever got
denied doing this panel was at Phoenix
Comic Con and they said our this our
fan base will not be interested in this.
Okay. I explicitly told
him that. So I guess at
the same time what I think to kind of
prove that would be if someone came
dressed as another religious character.
Like Muhammad we can say it. But if you
know would that be. I bet it would be. It
would be offensive to people right.
Oh like you can't you can't be that but
it's okay to have whatever. I just I want
Phoenix Comic Con to do better. I mean
obviously they're okay. I just
wanted I just wanted to clear that up.
Absolutely. Absolutely. But just so now
this is like this is like two strikes you
know as far as far as I can see and I
just think that's terrible. I think
Phoenix Comic Con needs
to do a better job and stop
you know being in it for the money and
not lose sight and being the love for
for pop culture because is it for
everyone or is it for just people who
share your exact beliefs. Yeah. Yeah for
sure. I mean you got to if you truly want
to accept everybody then there really
shouldn't be hatred towards anything
right. Right. It should be all inclusive.
It should be all and so it shouldn't be
like oh I'm picking on this or I'm
picking on that should just be like this
is what it is and yay and there shouldn't
be hatred towards it. Yeah. I
just wish they would do it not during the
hot months like like why do it when
the when the week before was Denver Con
and Philly Con and then you got Phoenix
Con like why not do it in like January or
February where it's nice weather in
Arizona. You mean like they used to do. I
also so here's the other thing that
doesn't make any sense because on the
flip side of that New York is usually
the like end of October. Yeah when it's
starting to get cold. When you start
freezing outside you guys we can solve
this real quick can you guys just flip it
like it doesn't make any sense because
I've been to both and they both
sucked to go to be outside during those
times of year. Well especially seeing the
lines to get in like if you have your
ticket and you don't have to go through
security like it took people 15 20
minutes to get in but then I saw people
that were waiting out for hours and
granted they had water for people and
everything. You're talking about Phoenix
right now? Yeah but like to be outside
when it's you know at any part of the day
like I think today it got
up to like 103 104. I will
admit we got we got right in at the
beginning on Saturday which I was I was
impressed credit where credits do but
that's that's this year in this
particular time. Right. Later in the day
my friend it took him a while to get in
there and I don't know I don't know how
it took longer at like noon that's that's
kind of weird. Nobody's getting up early.
Yeah nobody's showing up at 8 a.m. It was
packed. It was packed.
But apparently not the majority. Right.
That's fair. That's fair. Well I was at
Comic Con last weekend so whenever this
is coming out you can
figure out when we were
recording this but welcome back to We Who
Indoor. We got a fun little episode for
you today. If you have heard us talk
about the Lost episode what was
originally going to be episode 4. We
called it real talk and we might title
that for this episode. We all picked a
real that we're going to watch together
and then and then discuss. You really
did. We really did. For real. Whether it
was Instagram YouTube Facebook. TikTok.
TikTok. It doesn't matter where it came
from because it was probably posted on
everything anyway. Just like we do.
America's funniest home videos.
I don't think so. No none of those.
There's no like dog falling off the. No.
But before we dive into all of this I
quickly want to say we have an exclusive
t-shirt design up on our fourth wall
plate page. You can check that out in the
description of this podcast.
It is for 4th of July. So we've got
America's 250th birthday anniversary
whatever you want to call it that that
design is up. We're only going to have
that available probably no later than the
4th of July. I haven't decided when we're
going to take that down.
America. But yep America. The order is
already coming in so don't don't miss out
on that because it's it's fun. So you can
show off your faith and your patriotism
this 4th of July with that with that
design. I don't know if I have it on
screen up here to the left of me to the
right to me in front of my face whatever
it may be. Just put it over his face.
It's fun stuff. I took a while on that
even though it's pretty simple because I
was totally overdoing it at first.
Less is more sometimes.
Less is more. Less is more. So first up
is going to be my real. And for this I
wanted to pick this because I feel like
this addresses conversations I have with
with lots of people with lots of people.
And I think we can all relate to
wanting to argue with someone online in
the comments in text message whatever it
may be. I'm leaving it at that. And let's
let's cut to the real now and we will
further discuss this.
Don't waste your time trying to give
truth to people that don't want to hear
it. Don't try to keep out people that
don't want to be helped. You counseling
someone that hates Jesus. They're not
ready to receive that truth.
Jesus is saying you need to elevate the
status of my truth. And don't try to give
it to people that don't want it. Last
theme it rejected. There Adele. That's
why you need discernment to be able to
say this part is not ready for this
truth. I've got to come
back to you in another season.
So I mean I mean perhaps obviously the
basic principle of this is do not cast
your pearls before swine. Right. And
that's what it comes down to. I mean how
how often are we are we tempted to argue
with someone especially in this social
media age. Are you going to win them
over. And you can usually find out how
receptive they're going
to be after one comment.
Yeah I find more time I would say 10 out
of 10 times all type something up and be
like well actually and then delete delete
delete delete a lot of times more just me
to get it out as opposed to not sending
because I know it's going to fall either
on deaf ears or it's not like you said
it's not the season for it.
Yeah. And I mean
obviously I think to an extent.
As you know good disciples we always want
to try to save everybody right because we
don't want to ever give someone be like
man I don't want to regret and be like I
wish I said that to someone because maybe
I changed something or.
But I mean there between the you know
don't catch your pearls or
you know it does say also like.
Worn a divisive person wants and then
after the second time you don't have
nothing to do with them.
I mean like if you just if you try to
approach them initially and you know
coming from a place of peace and love
like like listen you know you're I think
you might understand something like so if
you if you truly come from that place you
can gauge where they are at.
After they then reply to you because if
it if it keeps being very negative very
resistant maybe okay.
It's time to stop.
And it could just have they want they
don't even want a
conversation they're just.
Wanting to want to just be mad and be
angry and it's not to be judgmental to
them because like at one point we were
all you know just as bad
as they were I'm sure but.
yeah just like you if you push it and
love and but if they don't want to hear
it then so be it you know you gave them
you gave him a shot you know.
When it all depends on the person to so
like if you're looking and you let's say
it is on someone's profile on facebook or
something like that and you're noticing.
post after post after post has the same
thematic element to it.
Then you're just like well they're in a
place that they're not ready to hear that
truth or they're not ready it doesn't
matter what you say it's not going to be
just the same as whatever
they're going to say to you.
isn't going to change your mind right
right so sometimes it's almost like you
got to kind of pick and pick your battles
and almost sometimes the
best battle or the best.
thing is to be by leading by example like
let me show you how I present myself like
this like if you come to my profile, this
is what you're seeing as opposed to
you're so basically living by example.
To that person maybe they bring that
conversation to you would be like how
come you're not posting this kind of
stuff or how come you feel this way about
this and then they're coming with a
curious mindset as
opposed to a combative one.
Right and then, especially it's
especially when you're talking about
things on social media if even if you are
responding to them it's also hard to.
To respond to someone and they even
though you are coming in love and you
might phrase it perfectly they still
might take it the wrong way.
You can read it in a whole nother place
and like a whole nother way there is a
little bit more argumentative and
especially because it's online.
Where everyone else can see it specially
like I got a comment.
Then it feels like that you're attacking
them and everyone else sees it so maybe
sometimes it is better to send like a DM
if you can to the person to be like hey
you know I saw you posted this I just
kind of wanted to because then it's
private then it's just hey it's just me
and you and you when you.
It'll probably come off a little more
loving than it would like comment
something back to be like
you're wrong kind of a thing.
Because in some way you are trying to
prove them wrong whether you come in love
or not it's still they're still probably
gonna take it as combat.
Well that's why they say always like
correct in private oh yeah you know like.
What I always found is so like I have
conversations with people sometimes that
were I disagree with like a lot of things
and I know a
conversation is going nowhere.
So I'll hear their side I'll let them
hear mine for the same time it's almost
like you want to plant that seed.
To like a little nugget or a little like
something to where because you know
you're not going to change their mind in
that conversation and we want to
respectful and hear them out so it's not
just a one sided type thing
like I'm just going to keep.
Beating my point into you and you're
going to keep beating your point into me,
but if I plant these little seeds and
these little nuggets of thought and
things that get you
thinking and leave it at that.
Then we can usually go in our way like it
doesn't affect our friendship because we
can have a intellectual conversation and
we may not agree with each
other, but we can at least.
kind of go from there and I think it's
important to realize like.
Ultimately we're talking about matters of
the spirit spiritual warfare and
whatever, but this this does go as far as
to even politics, I think, I think
perhaps obviously and and I think a big part of that reason is because.
Politics, if you will, for lack of a
better term is become so spiritual it's
literally spiritual warfare at this point
in this in this fight for the culture
literally like the verse we opened with.
And we're living it now. Giving heed to deceiving spirits and
doctrines of demons speaking lies and
hypocrisy having their own conscious
seared with a hot iron forbidding to
marry and commanding to abstain from
foods which God created and received at
thanksgiving by those who
believe and know the truth.
And they you know they're calling they
call good things evil evil things good
right like we're experiencing that right
now, so some people are so lost in their ideology and their philosophy and that they're not really.
receive and yes, we should be reaching
these people, but if
they're not ready to hear it.
They're not going to
be able to receive it.
And that's that's sometimes we need need
to be conscious of this because we could
do damage in trying to force anything on them so pray pray for that person.
And that's and some of you people who
argue in the comments is I
don't respond to any of you.
You know you're not ready to receive it
in that season this season.
Yeah, too much hatred in their heart.
Yeah, that's and that's why you're
commenting against a Christian podcast
because you're you're more interested now and just being right causing sewing.
Discord you know that's that's why most
people try to argue online right is it
ever to try to correct and love yeah
there might be people.
Well at the end of the day we're just
going to do it anyway so we can do it.
Any other comments before we go to the next one which one was next it was.
Any other comments before we go to the
next one which one was next it was.
June is do you know what month June is
and it's not the one you think enough it
is actually men's
mental health month and.
This is a huge thing it's an epidemic in
our country is men battling with suicidal
ideation and get this in right now.
So it is the second leading cause of
death for men under the age of 50 400,000
men a year in America take their lives
and what they're
seeing is is that they're.
If the suicide is 80% likely that it's a
male 80% of suicide it's our men and what
we're seeing is men have been taught to
bottle up push it down pretend like
everything's okay smile and nod and.
push the tears away and not ask for help
because that would be a
masculine that would be.
Whatever you want to call it not alpha
whatever it might be but truly the
greatest thing that you can do is ask for
help and for you to have camaraderie and
brotherhood within the church
and outside the church and so.
We just want to acknowledge you as men it
is hard to be a man and and if you don't
have that space to share and a safe
environment where you're encouraged to
not look down upon just know that you're
not alone we see you we love you men and
and if you do need to talk.
You got to ask for help amen and I want
to encourage you to check in on the guys
in your life that maybe you think you're
doing fine often statistically those the
ones that are not doing fine are the ones
that you least expected so make sure you
check in on our loved ones amen so one
more time for the men in
the room the dads the fathers.
Alright so yeah so in case you didn't
know June is men's mental health
awareness month it gets.
Ironically shadowed by another thing and
so it's kind of funny because you know
you talk about men who bottle up their
feelings and just say
I'm fine instead of.
You know because the manly stigma is like
you're supposed to be tough manly that's
when you you handle everything and you
can get fraud and it's also is kind of
forgotten this month so I kind of thought
it was kind of fitting to kind of have
this real and just kind of.
kind of talk about the whole like I'm
fine mentality and kind of having that
that kind of against that stigma.
Yeah absolutely.
My my personal Facebook page I have about
141 friends something
something like that.
To two men on my page I
believe have now taken their lives.
Well what was it Jimmy just recently even
like a few days before June began.
A hockey player that like I enjoyed
watching growing up Claude Lemieux he
took his own life and not three days
before he brought a torch out to the
Canadians game because he played for the
Canadians won a Cup with the Canadians.
Coming out and you see just all smiles
and everything else and but you don't
know what demons people are battling on
the inside and I think that's the key
element in that is like you
don't know what demons men.
Are battling because like you said you
were taught not to
see weakness and not to.
You know to put on that face of
everything's okay be especially if you're
being that stronghold
for your family to be that.
Patriarch that sort of thing and so
really I wanted to play this.
And not talk about it too much because we
could have a whole episode about this
kind of thing but I wanted to have like a
verse just to kind of go along with it.
Proverbs 1717.
A friend loves at all times and a brother
is born for adversity and so I was trying
to look up kind of like what kind of
adversity is it kind of talking about and
so it's kind of like looking that up and.
Kind of the difference in that is that
you know a friend loves and supports you
unconditionally during good and bad times
but a brother steps up build some self.
And showing true loyalty exactly when
you're facing your deepest
trials in your hardships because.
We all have like a group of friends that
like when things get tough they kind of
disappear a little bit, but there are
those that you know are
strong like your brother not.
Actual brother like you guys but like you
know you have your spiritual brother, so
I think it's very important as men, especially Christian men to have.
That close brother people that you can
confide in that you're not afraid or
things you know not to say that you keep
things from your wife your spouse or
things like that, but like someone that
you can talk to about things that
understand where you're coming from and
may have dealt with the same things like.
I have a friend that we try to meet and
it becomes less and less because the way
our timelines work, but we try to you
know whether it be once a month or once every few months and we just sit and we talk.
And just.
Vomit it all out you know and just.
And we have our own hardships but like to
be there for your brother and to be there
to build each other up is the most
important thing is to to be able to
confide in that person because.
A lot of times you just you just need to
be heard and if you keep bottling up
that's when you start having those
tendencies of like what's the point of me even continuing you know like i'm only here strong enough to be here.
For my family and if that then what am I.
Yeah, I think a big part of
that too obviously is like.
You talked about like the demons is like
this literal spiritual warfare right so.
To combat that with your brothers and
Christ to pray for you you know that
that's not an inconvenience to them you know that's that's a privilege to them to to do that that's what we are here for right.
Like we are vessels for for for the Lord
and we need to focus on God and if you're
going through something like it's okay to
ask your brother for a prayer and it
doesn't have to be in person.
Right we don't have to wait for the next
time all you know he's so busy whatever
shoot him a text should call him like we
can pray over the phone God doesn't I don't need to be touching you to to to lay hands on you, you know what I mean like right.
God can work through anyway right so.
You know if you're going through those
things it's it's you know important you
know pray ask your ask for prayer ask for
help go to your church fast right like go
in your prayer closet like.
Get away from the kids the wife whatever
like spend time with God and just just pray right I think that's.
That's a really big thing when it comes
to that because you don't know what's
coming against you well and a lot of the
time you don't know what that person they
could have looked like they have it all
together because man
are really good at that.
You know because you don't want to sit
there when someone you haven't seen a
while go like how are things you don't
want to go like well I've got to do this
you just go I'm good things are great you
know and but you don't know like the million things going on in their in their head right and so.
And also with Christians you know like
people will be like oh he's you know he's
leading this Bible study he's doing a
podcast or you know he's.
You know he's doing these things and then
you're like well maybe he should have
prayed and then like maybe they do take
their life or something like that and
then like well maybe they should have
been praying more maybe
they weren't being as.
And I don't think that's the case of this
not it's not like they're not spiritual enough like the most.
Have you know downfield because that's
that's where the enemy is the
strongest right when you are.
You're attacked in your lowest and your
highs and everything else and so like I
think you can't use that as a reason
either to be like well maybe they weren't
spiritual enough for maybe they weren't.
Oh no for sure because you have to think
about I mean just look I mean if you
especially if you want to just get into
like the Bible's aspect of it right I mean you had Judas.
He was literally sitting next to God for
months he was healing people he was doing
miracles he witnessed Jesus's miracles
and he still fell and then betrayed Jesus and took his own life right so.
Spiritual warfare is you know it's strong
you know like you just because they're a
pastor just because they're a youth
leader doesn't mean they're not going
through things and that's mean they don't
need prayer or does it mean that you know
you can't just ask them a
question if they're doing okay.
And I have such a problem when people
kind of talk badly about people who who
have unalive themselves and try not to
say the word too often here and they're
like oh that's selfish that's what I was
like what I what I think a lot of those
people don't understand is like it's.
This sort of this mental problem is
literally like it's like a disease these
people are fully under the belief that
their family their loved ones are better
off without them they truly believe right
it's not being selfish in that sense or
they're they're they're also they're
thinking of them forget it you know and.
I hate to be graphic but I you know I
have I have police officer friends who
have dealt with the scenes if you will
and guess what especially you know we see
we see it's 80% men right of these scenes
they're very well thought out they're
very considerate about the way they do it
very often when you read between the
lines on that well and the thing is a lot
of times when this happens this wasn't
like this was like the
first time they succeeded.
They probably tried time and time again
and then stopped and you know didn't do
it and then because it takes a lot to go
through with it it's not just some quick
thing like I'm gonna.
You know do that and it's like no it's a
process and it's not something that.
Happens overnight it's something that is
weeks months even years yeah absolutely
gets to the point where you are done
fighting it and you especially if you
don't have that support
or have someone to talk to.
Things like that like I mean they even
have that you know the number you call
nine eight eight you know if you're
feeling anything call nine eight eight.
And you know just occasionally don't
forget to reach out to someone you know
make it make it a thing for yourself once
in a while if there's a friend or a love
and even if you haven't talked in years
you know she had a text you know call a
she my Facebook message
because you never know the other guy.
That that I was a Facebook friends with
like I think you would never know he was
always always happy you know running
around he loved taking
pictures and stuff and.
You know it's just just shocking but I
mean I bet if you saw the outpouring of
love after the fact you
know hopefully he would have.
reconsidered this you really never know
it could it could be like the happiest
person and you really don't mean look at
someone like Robin Williams right.
You know it's always it's always the
person who's making you laugh you just
you just don't know a personal rule I
have for reaching out to people.
As I have a lot of dreams have a lot of
very vivid dreams if I if I dream about
someone I try to reach out to them that
that week just just in case just in case
that's the reason there
they were in my dream.
That's that's my role.
Nice rule, thank you.
I guess mine's next.
Yours is next.
You have any lead up for
this besides that kind of.
I mean it kind of goes with it because.
Just talking about you know you're
stumbling through your
your walk with Christ.
Just some things you know how to get back
into it good motivation because this is
going to be from Joel chapter two and
talks about the day of the Lord right so.
So just like if you aren't.
Prepared for Christ here's how to help
you get prepared for Christ right so.
Let me just.
Give some context is always good for
context for the Bible verses right so the
Joel chapter two verse twelve.
Bro context.
Listen for everybody who deals with guilt
everybody who deals with shame everybody
who feels like I don't know if I could
consecrate because you don't know what
I've been doing there's no way God is
going to listen to me he's not going to
hear me man I've been in sexual
immorality man I've been far away from
God I know it's a new year but I'm not
feeling God right now I'm far away this
is for all of us who are dealing with
that listen what he says in
verse twelve yet even now.
In the middle of your rebellion the clans
the Lord watch this word return to me.
Return to me with all of
your heart how do you do that.
With fasting.
With weeping.
With mourning break yourself shed tears.
Try over the issues of your heart.
Come to me and tell me how far away you
are tell me your code tell me your prayer
life sucks tell me you don't read tell me
a far away tell me return return return
to me with fasting and weeping and
morning and I like verse
thirteen range your hearts.
And not your garments I don't want your
empty praise and I don't want no dead
service I want your heart he says break
your heart pour out
your heart watch this.
Ring out your heart tell me God I'm
struggling I'm struggling with
masturbation I'm struggling with lust I'm
struggling with jealousy I'm struggling
with pride I'm struggling with anger I'm
mad at you God I'm mad at my wife I'm mad
at my husband I'm mad at you God.
I'm struggling I'm jealous ring out your
heart and fasting and prayer not your
garments now you can dress it up and come
to church and fool everybody.
So for me one of the
biggest part parts of that.
That I feel like is pretty important and
it kind of plays into what
we've been talking about.
When it says you know return to me with
all of your heart with fasting and the
last part I think is key is with weeping
and morning and I think as men we're not
allowed to cry you're not allowed to show
emotion but there's so many
times in the presence of God.
Like you can't help it but cry and I
think even sometimes in church I feel
like sometimes I'm not picking on anybody
but like try not to show it or try not
like let God work in your heart like.
The biggest things in my life have come
in those moments like the biggest changes
in my heart was just
because I just sat there and wept.
Over the problems and the issues of my
heart or of the things
that I've dealt with.
And that's when God like the Holy Spirit
just breaks you right.
And I just think that's so important as
men to make sure that like it's okay like
you need to sit there
and cry sit there and cry.
And like God wants to melt your heart he
wants to soften your heart.
The Bible talks about all the time about
the hardening of your heart.
Like when people are bad like the heart
gets so hard and it's they seem so you're
so like dull when things happen you just
don't care right you just need to soften
your heart like God just melts you away.
I just think that's
just really important.
I also think kind of what he was talking
about is so he's talking about the
ringing of the heart as opposed to your
garments like coming to church just like
we're talking about the last the last
clip of coming in with this facade of
everything's fine everything's okay.
But you're dealing with these inner
struggles you're dealing whether it be
lusting could be gambling it could be you
know anything that is not of God right
and then you could
even get to a point where.
Because there's that there's a sense of
shame right like I'm I don't want to give
that to God because that's exposing that
wound that's exposing that thing that.
Is against God and so it's very important
especially with those that aren't
believers and everything else to be like
I'm such a sinner I'm so far done you
know God's not going to want me because
you know like it's it's
like that stigma of like.
Oh once I once I stop like smoking weed
then I'll go to church and it's like no
no no you go to church to stop smoking
weed you don't you don't get right and
then go to God you go to God
and then God gets you right.
Right that's you can't you can't wait to
better like I'm just once I'm done doing
this once I'm done with this
then I'll be okay just like.
Like I remember we had you know like
church like you see someone coming in off
the street that's homeless or something
like they're like I'm not fit for church
I'm not I don't I don't like to put on
like I don't care what you
look like you come in here.
And this is where you're God's leading
you right now I don't care that you
haven't showered in two weeks I don't
care that you've had the same clothes you
know like you come in this is your place
to and it's just it's the
same mentality right because.
You make excuses to not seek God you make
excuses like I've just I've been sinning
I've been doing this I haven't been the
God the man God wants me to be.
So I don't think he's going to love me
like he should and so I'm just going to
kind of continue and you go down that
slippery slope when you should be heading
that head on and then meeting him in that
place yeah because you're not because now
you're saying I'm going to rely on my own
strength to get myself better and we
can't we need to rely on God and that's
that's the key we tried saving ourselves
it didn't work didn't work.
And you know he said you know cry more
and you know it's it's okay you know in
this in this theme of you know mental
health you know it's it's
okay to cry it's okay to mourn.
You know I posted I posted back in April
May whatever it was you know blessed are
those are more and that was those on the
Bible versus I posted on our on our
social media for we who endure you know
follow us on
Instagram Facebook and TikTok.
I posted that because I was.
My dog that we had for for 15 years we
put her down and I my wife and I took
that really hard and I kept thinking
about that that verse.
You know I bring it up to God you know
bless those are those are more like where
where is the where's the
blessing in my morning.
And that day.
It really came.
And it came in the most unexpected ways
and it came multiple times.
So many people because they
knew what we were dealing with.
That day.
I only have a I have a handful of really
really close friends and so many of them
reached out and but each one of them you
know like you know let me know if anything and I love you.
Every every one of them said that I love
you and I felt so loved by each of them
and all the all the gestures.
Even even somebody came up to my to my
door and they said check check check your
camera because I collect Pokemon cards
and they left me a couple
of packs of Pokemon cards.
So all these little things and I realized
like that's that's what blessed are those
who mourn it wasn't
magical comfort from God it was.
It was.
Realizing what support system I actually
had and seeing that work
was just such a blessing.
I didn't mean to bring that really.
It's okay.
No but I mean that's yeah I mean I think
you kind of nailed that.
And of course more with those who more
right that's that's a big thing too is like.
If you see someone in mourning you know
you mourn with them.
Just not just you're not just there for
the happy celebration moments right there
the real friends are there when you're in
your darkest place you rejoice with those
who rejoice and you
mourn with those who mourn.
And a perfect and a perfect example too
of that is you know Jesus with Lazareth
right like when he got there and his
wife's crying and everything and he cried
with them even though we were in the dark.
He knew he was going to raise him from
the dead and that's a perfect example of
like you mourn with
those who mourn right like.
Well that's what that's
what we got for men's.
Mental health month there any other
comments before we wrap this up.
No I think we got we got
one more clip to write.
Oh yeah we do we do have one more clip I
totally forgot about that
Lance you you got that's the.
It's the upper.
Background because we don't want it we
don't want to continue on your day with a
little bit like I found that like when I
was looking up men's
mental like health like.
I was doom scrolling right and I had to
stop looking because I just I was weeping
and I started getting emotional and stuff
like that so yeah this totally kind of
helps give you another meaning to a word
that we say so common.
And maybe you'll
change to how you say it.
For I for this reason I'm
definitely considering it.
And every mission when we send human
beings into space somewhere there is that
reference in the NASA fan word me I'll
tell you I'll tell you
what it means please do okay.
So oh by the way I'll get
to that in just one minute.
The atheist who are arguing that I was
using Godspeed as a phrase they all have
used the phrase goodbye haven't they see
later goodbye right what
is that word come from.
It's from God be with you it's a
contraction of those three words.
And why would you say this you would say
this to someone leaving the city wall
where it's dangerous okay back when you
had city states you're going to your God
be with you to bring protection for you.
Between one city well and.
Really weird to hear Neil degrasse Titan
Tyson own some atheist.
One really is.
God be with yeah yeah.
The YE yes that's where the YE because
it'd be like they start speeding it up
like God be a guy you know and so you're
like goodbye and then
just became goodbye after.
Seven years.
There.
Well God is good too
so good goodbye goodbye.
That's probably that too.
So it's a that's a fun one.
But I mean I guess you could start saying
you gotta be with you.
Yeah and also with you.
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