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- WEBVTT 00:00:19.769 --> 00:00:25.750 Dear Diary. Hey everyone, welcome back to another 00:00:25.750 --> 00:00:29.480 Dear Diary episode. I know I told y 'all last 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.039 week like, oh, we might take off a whole month. 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:37.179 There's like a 99 % chance. Maybe not 99. There's 00:00:37.179 --> 00:00:41.100 like a solid 90 to 95 % chance that that's exactly 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:43.399 what's going to happen because y 'all don't get 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:47.619 it. I want to be able to give you video so bad, 00:00:48.299 --> 00:00:50.799 like so, so bad. And I know that all of y 'all 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:55.240 listen to this on Apple or Spotify, but maybe 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:57.710 video is where it's at. And we're really trying 00:00:57.710 --> 00:00:59.710 to figure that one out. The amount of research 00:00:59.710 --> 00:01:04.790 I have done for video is crazy. So do I have 00:01:04.790 --> 00:01:07.329 a whole episode typed up for you right now that 00:01:07.329 --> 00:01:11.390 I could have done? Yes, it is. It's there. I 00:01:11.390 --> 00:01:13.189 could have done it. But then I thought, there's 00:01:13.189 --> 00:01:15.870 so many thoughts in my head. Let me just get 00:01:15.870 --> 00:01:18.709 it put into a Dear Diary episode for y 'all so 00:01:18.709 --> 00:01:20.370 you can kind of know what's going on because 00:01:20.370 --> 00:01:22.879 I want to keep you in the loop. I want you to 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.379 know what's going on and not question it or second 00:01:25.379 --> 00:01:27.599 guess or wonder, is there an episode this week? 00:01:27.659 --> 00:01:31.680 Is there not? So I might save it and put it out 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:33.799 next week because in the following week would 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:37.060 just be a lineage of Jesus episode and then I 00:01:37.060 --> 00:01:39.459 would have two weeks to do the other things unless 00:01:39.459 --> 00:01:42.400 something else comes to me. Plus, again, there's 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.260 things in my head I want you to know that I've 00:01:45.260 --> 00:01:46.739 already told my mom about, so I might as well 00:01:46.739 --> 00:01:49.780 tell you all about too. But while I have you 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:52.079 here. because you're trapped just kidding you 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:53.760 could totally turn this off i'm gonna catch you 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:59.879 up on life really quick okay so i am in week 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:05.319 three of living in florida there are still those 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.500 little tiny lizards everywhere they're everywhere 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:11.020 i wish i could explain to y 'all how much they 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.639 are everywhere they are everywhere i don't know 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:16.500 why that's the first thing i want to tell you 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:19.259 about week three but I just saw them this morning 00:02:19.259 --> 00:02:21.599 and I was thinking, wow, they really are everywhere. 00:02:23.020 --> 00:02:25.479 Um, okay. Anyway, so last time we talked, I told 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:28.280 y 'all how I met a friend. We went to church 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.800 together. Church was great. Well, Saturday she 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.199 invited me to go to get coffee and journal. And 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:38.060 then we went to this famous TJ Maxx where I bought 00:02:38.060 --> 00:02:40.240 two things, one dress I've already worn twice. 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:42.659 And let me tell you, it is so cute and it has 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:46.430 pockets. Um, and then we went to look at apartments 00:02:46.430 --> 00:02:48.370 with one of her friends So I got to meet like 00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:51.330 her whole friend group and the girls were so 00:02:51.330 --> 00:02:54.150 nice y 'all They were such like little cutie 00:02:54.150 --> 00:02:57.750 pies and we just deep dived into everyone's trauma 00:02:57.750 --> 00:03:00.129 right off the bat because after looking at apartments 00:03:00.129 --> 00:03:03.270 We went to dinner at a tapas place, which i'm 00:03:03.270 --> 00:03:05.789 usually not a tapas girl. I hate little small 00:03:05.789 --> 00:03:08.449 portions I'd rather just order one meal and call 00:03:08.449 --> 00:03:10.710 it a day versus like three tiny little things 00:03:10.710 --> 00:03:15.110 anyways Deep dives into everybody's trauma so 00:03:15.110 --> 00:03:19.569 fun. Um One girl was actively writing her breakup 00:03:19.569 --> 00:03:22.430 text with her boyfriend Love that for her because 00:03:22.430 --> 00:03:25.569 she needs to be set free. That's for sure The 00:03:25.569 --> 00:03:28.349 other one was telling us about her divorce crazy 00:03:28.349 --> 00:03:30.969 story. Let me tell ya Well, I'm not gonna tell 00:03:30.969 --> 00:03:34.030 you her story, but I'm telling you it was crazy 00:03:34.030 --> 00:03:37.129 Yeah, and then we went and got ice cream. Well, 00:03:37.270 --> 00:03:38.909 they got ice cream. I took a bite and thought 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:41.120 I'm gonna get ice cream with Serena and she's 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:42.800 gonna love this place. So I'm gonna save it just 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:44.780 for her because if I get ice cream tonight, I'm 00:03:44.780 --> 00:03:47.259 not getting ice cream tomorrow. And she's coming 00:03:47.259 --> 00:03:49.560 back tomorrow from her bachelorette. So I'm gonna 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:53.020 save that. Which leads me to the next day. The 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:57.240 next day I go to church. From church. Went grocery 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:01.300 shopping. From grocery shopping. Got home. Facetimed 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:03.939 with anybody and everybody. Caught up really 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:08.719 quick. We went and got ice cream. Ice cream? 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.620 Banging don't ask me the name I don't know the 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:13.900 name of it, but it was really really really good 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:16.519 They use like more natural sweeteners, so it's 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.680 not like it was crazy over -the -top sugary I 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.779 mean it was definitely sweet, but it wasn't like 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:25.779 disgustingly sugary anyways Then woke up the 00:04:25.779 --> 00:04:28.779 next day Monday morning. What is Monday morning? 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.160 What is it? Why does it matter? Why am I telling 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:33.600 you about on Monday? It was my first day of work 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:37.100 y 'all my very first day now only had one client 00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:39.819 nothing crazy It was 4 o 'clock in the afternoon, 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:44.160 so I sat there from 8 .45 till 4 o 'clock, where 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:46.139 I then took her, finished her haircut, and then 00:04:46.139 --> 00:04:48.699 went home. But I got to meet some of my coworkers. 00:04:48.899 --> 00:04:52.079 I would say as a first day, it went really good. 00:04:52.459 --> 00:04:54.420 Would I have liked to have been busier? Absolutely, 00:04:54.540 --> 00:04:57.660 because anything about me is I cannot sit still. 00:04:58.220 --> 00:05:01.180 I get bored out of my mind. So, fingers crossed, 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:05.300 because tomorrow is now my next second day at 00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:08.420 work, and I have no one on the schedule. And 00:05:08.420 --> 00:05:12.259 again, your girl gets bored. So prayers are appreciated 00:05:12.259 --> 00:05:14.899 because also we have bills to pay. This is serious. 00:05:14.899 --> 00:05:17.699 We're adulting, you know, and if we are going 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:20.660 to get video, I have to pay for some upgrades 00:05:20.660 --> 00:05:25.180 on some very expensive things. Otherwise, it 00:05:25.180 --> 00:05:29.060 will be a hot minute. Okay, cool. I'm glad we're 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:30.759 all in the breach. So if you're going to take 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.259 a prayer request, pray that I get busier at work. 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.949 Let's talk about what is in. I used to volunteer 00:05:38.949 --> 00:05:41.050 at places when I lived in Wilmington. In fact, 00:05:41.129 --> 00:05:43.509 like my Bible study group would volunteer sometimes 00:05:43.509 --> 00:05:46.250 too. And I want to find somewhere to volunteer 00:05:46.250 --> 00:05:49.490 here in Florida. So what is in is volunteering 00:05:49.490 --> 00:05:52.990 and trying to find a place to volunteer. Let 00:05:52.990 --> 00:05:54.730 me tell you what's out because it has to do with 00:05:54.730 --> 00:05:56.889 this is I posted one of the Facebook girl groups 00:05:56.889 --> 00:05:59.170 I'm in and I said, Hey, anybody have any like 00:05:59.170 --> 00:06:01.490 soup kitchens or places they like to volunteer 00:06:01.490 --> 00:06:06.870 around town in? And I swear nobody read my post. 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:10.060 To answer it, they read my post to respond because 00:06:10.060 --> 00:06:12.319 then everybody who's been commenting has said 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:15.360 that they also want to volunteer and asking me 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.100 information on where I'm volunteering at as if 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:21.540 I didn't ask a question about where to volunteer. 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:25.879 I don't understand reading comprehension right 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.980 now in this generation, but the struggle bus 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:30.860 is real. That's what I'm going to say. The struggle 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:35.519 bus is so real. I don't know why it's hard for 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:37.139 people to read and comprehend, but this happens 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:39.819 all the time. Like, I don't know if y 'all are 00:06:39.819 --> 00:06:42.220 any girl groups on Facebook, but you'll post 00:06:42.220 --> 00:06:45.100 something and then people will respond asking 00:06:45.100 --> 00:06:47.459 the same question that you just asked or saying 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:50.160 the same thing that you just said and not answering 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:54.680 it or like not giving the correct type of response. 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:59.560 I don't know. It's just confusing to me. So anyways, 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:04.120 I just that's my out. That is my out is people 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:08.120 responding to respond and not responding to answer 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:11.500 the dang question that I typed up. I took time 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:15.000 to type up and put out there and I need to now 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:16.300 actually now I'm thinking about I need to check 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:18.639 my Facebook and see if anybody's responded yet 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.980 because it's been probably a couple hours. Also, 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.339 all these deep breaths I'm taking you would think 00:07:24.339 --> 00:07:26.560 I never went to the gym this morning, but I 100 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:34.689 % went to the gym this morning. Oh, somebody 00:07:34.689 --> 00:07:37.550 did just send something, a link. We love a girl 00:07:37.550 --> 00:07:42.990 who sends a link. Ugh, so helpful. I really hope 00:07:42.990 --> 00:07:44.709 it's not one where they want me to drive because 00:07:44.709 --> 00:07:46.509 I did find this one where they want me to drive 00:07:46.509 --> 00:07:48.610 to drop off food and that scares me. Like, I 00:07:48.610 --> 00:07:51.550 will do it, but at low key kind of scares me. 00:07:52.529 --> 00:07:55.069 Okay, let's get straight into it. There are two 00:07:55.069 --> 00:07:57.509 particular things I want to talk to y 'all about 00:07:57.509 --> 00:08:01.779 and then a hot take. So. The first thing is, 00:08:01.819 --> 00:08:04.759 you know, last week we were going over the Lord's 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:08.680 Prayer. I had so much information. I had so much 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:11.639 more information for you that I just was not 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:14.500 going to type up and put it there because it 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:17.759 would not have gone into. It wouldn't have flowed 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.720 into the conversation we were having, and I wanted 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.439 it to. So I was like, oh, I'll just save that 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.519 to chit chat about. So here we are. Let me set 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:29.680 the scene. So Jesus is walking the earth. At 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:34.259 that time, who was ruling in that area? The Romans, 00:08:34.580 --> 00:08:38.120 right? Okay, stay with me. So the Romans every 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:41.440 single day would give out daily portions of bread 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:44.580 to those in the lower classes because the thought 00:08:44.580 --> 00:08:47.039 process was if they're not hungry, they won't 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:50.539 rebel. So when Jesus talks about, give us this 00:08:50.539 --> 00:08:53.610 day our daily bread, it's in reference to knowing 00:08:53.610 --> 00:08:55.789 that at that time the romans were giving the 00:08:55.789 --> 00:08:57.350 daily bread and he was like no you need to get 00:08:57.350 --> 00:09:00.950 your daily bread from god who also got their 00:09:00.950 --> 00:09:04.610 daily bread from god let's go back even farther 00:09:04.610 --> 00:09:10.090 the the israelites when they left egypt right 00:09:10.090 --> 00:09:12.590 god was providing manna on the ground every single 00:09:12.590 --> 00:09:17.820 day well except for sundays um And so talking 00:09:17.820 --> 00:09:21.080 about daily bread also goes into the Jews understood 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:24.000 at that time when the Messiah was coming that 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.259 for them to go through their second exile, the 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:28.980 Messiah was going to do something with bread. 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:32.000 And you know, Jesus feeds the 5 ,000 and then 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.399 the other few thousand or whatever, and he gives 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:36.820 bread. And one of the chapters, it talks about 00:09:36.820 --> 00:09:39.419 how he, it's in Matthew. It's probably in all 00:09:39.419 --> 00:09:41.909 the books, honestly. he was aware that they were 00:09:41.909 --> 00:09:43.529 going to try and make him king once he'd given 00:09:43.529 --> 00:09:45.409 them bread and that's because in their mind they 00:09:45.409 --> 00:09:48.509 knew that this messiah was going to have something 00:09:48.509 --> 00:09:50.289 to do with giving bread and they were going to 00:09:50.289 --> 00:09:52.970 force him to be king to fulfill that prophecy. 00:09:53.450 --> 00:09:55.789 Now he was to fulfill the prophecy in other ways 00:09:55.789 --> 00:09:58.070 and he knew that but they didn't know that which 00:09:58.070 --> 00:10:00.250 honestly if i was there at that time i wouldn't 00:10:00.250 --> 00:10:01.929 have known it either i would have been like this 00:10:01.929 --> 00:10:04.690 man's feeding us bread let's let's make him king 00:10:04.690 --> 00:10:08.639 he's providing everything we need So yeah, anyways, 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:10.700 I just thought that was interesting. That's a 00:10:10.700 --> 00:10:12.919 roundabout way of talking about how the Lord's 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:16.440 Prayer, going back to it, Jesus fulfilled that 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:19.259 in so many ways and saying that we did not need 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:21.639 to rely on those around us because God is always 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:23.399 going to provide that. But then at the same time, 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:27.000 how he fulfilled another ideology that they had 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.600 of what the Messiah was going to look like without 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:32.899 them realizing it. The most beautiful butterfly 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:35.440 just flew through. around my window that was 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:42.240 so cute um yeah anyways random but cool i don't 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:43.720 know you learn something new every single day 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:47.500 right also the jewish leaders were not liking 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:49.720 that he was providing bread which is why it was 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:51.899 something that got called into question often 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:55.539 because again they knew that the messiah was 00:10:55.539 --> 00:10:59.100 going to be doing that thing and to look for 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:02.730 that sign so yeah i learned that Also, another 00:11:02.730 --> 00:11:04.789 thing I learned is I've been watching a documentary 00:11:04.789 --> 00:11:10.929 about the history of Christians in general. Don't 00:11:10.929 --> 00:11:12.370 ask me the name of that. I'm not sure. It's in 00:11:12.370 --> 00:11:15.730 one of those Bible study gateway things. Anyways, 00:11:16.210 --> 00:11:18.490 if you've been following along with the lineage 00:11:18.490 --> 00:11:22.330 of Jesus two parts ago, which I think was like 00:11:22.330 --> 00:11:24.529 part 11 or something, where you're talking about 00:11:24.529 --> 00:11:29.710 King Hezekiah. And did y 'all know that the tunnel 00:11:29.710 --> 00:11:33.710 of King Hezekiah is still there in Jerusalem. 00:11:34.429 --> 00:11:36.570 Like the tunnel he built to protect the water 00:11:36.570 --> 00:11:39.809 so that when the Assyrians came to lay siege 00:11:39.809 --> 00:11:43.070 and war so they could access the water but so 00:11:43.070 --> 00:11:46.590 the city still had water, that tunnel is still 00:11:46.590 --> 00:11:49.429 there and you can like walk through it. I mean 00:11:49.429 --> 00:11:51.450 there's some water in it, not as much as there 00:11:51.450 --> 00:11:53.789 probably used to be, but I don't know. I just 00:11:53.789 --> 00:11:57.149 think that is the craziest thing. They have all 00:11:57.149 --> 00:11:59.899 the things to last. that is still here to this 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:02.539 day and you can walk it you can see it you can 00:12:02.539 --> 00:12:05.779 do it like i don't know just random random things 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:08.840 i find fascinating you might you might not but 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:10.580 just because we did talk about king hesekiah 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:13.460 not so long ago just like a month or two ago 00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:15.480 i just thought it would be fun to know and hear 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:19.539 that it's still there okay those are my two now 00:12:19.539 --> 00:12:24.000 here's my hot take why on earth when we sing 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.200 worship songs are all of worship songs about 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:30.649 us Like to me when we sing worship songs lately 00:12:30.649 --> 00:12:32.769 in churches I feel like and I've been saying 00:12:32.769 --> 00:12:35.629 this for a long time like years two years three 00:12:35.629 --> 00:12:39.490 years years They're all about us and it's not 00:12:39.490 --> 00:12:43.330 like a an actual prayerful like aroma going up 00:12:43.330 --> 00:12:46.149 to God It's just like God you did this for us 00:12:46.149 --> 00:12:48.350 God because you did this for us. You've made 00:12:48.350 --> 00:12:51.509 us great or we rely on you God It's not like 00:12:51.509 --> 00:12:55.460 talking about him or how great he is, or how 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:58.240 holy he is, or how glorious he is. It's always 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.840 about us. And I don't know. I just don't love 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:04.899 that. And I think that personally, maybe I should 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:06.879 just be charged of picking worship songs for 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:10.080 churches now. The church I've been visiting in 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.159 Florida does a pretty good job, I will say, of 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:14.059 picking worship songs, so no shade towards them. 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:16.200 This is not throwing shade towards them whatsoever. 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.659 This is just a general realization that I've 00:13:19.659 --> 00:13:21.779 had for the last few years that when I have visited 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:25.309 other churches, It's a lot of songs about what 00:13:25.309 --> 00:13:27.470 God is doing for me or how God is showing up 00:13:27.470 --> 00:13:33.409 for me or the effect that he's having in my life 00:13:33.409 --> 00:13:36.830 or what I want or what I need or what I'm feeling. 00:13:37.450 --> 00:13:39.730 And that's not really so much about him. I don't 00:13:39.730 --> 00:13:42.529 really love that. You know, just be for that. 00:13:42.750 --> 00:13:44.990 So if your church is doing that, you should really 00:13:44.990 --> 00:13:46.429 think about it because sometimes I was talking 00:13:46.429 --> 00:13:49.120 about this with my friend Taylor. like two years 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.899 ago. Sometimes we would change the words in the 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:53.740 worship songs to make it more about God when 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:55.460 we were singing at church on Sunday mornings. 00:13:55.820 --> 00:13:57.639 And I thought I was the only one who did that. 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.460 So I loved hearing that she did that too, because 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:01.860 I'm like, it's a little bit kind of embarrassing 00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:04.220 to be doing it, but if she's doing it too, I'm 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:07.340 all for it. Maybe we all just start doing it. 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:10.960 I don't know, food for thought. It's an idea. 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.919 Okay. Genuinely, y 'all, that is it. That is 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:16.929 all I have. That's my hot take. Those were the 00:14:16.929 --> 00:14:19.029 subjects I was going to cover. That is the update, 00:14:19.070 --> 00:14:22.230 which is I have an episode typed up and I might 00:14:22.230 --> 00:14:25.889 give it to you next week, but no promises because 00:14:25.889 --> 00:14:29.210 there are other things going on and we're trying 00:14:29.210 --> 00:14:31.429 to get things prepped and excited and good to 00:14:31.429 --> 00:14:36.509 go. Um, and I do have to travel in September 00:14:36.509 --> 00:14:40.370 anyways to go home for a family wedding and other 00:14:40.370 --> 00:14:45.879 things. So yeah. Okay. If I do come up with anything 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:48.159 else interesting to tell you, you might also 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:51.240 get another Dear Diary, but once again, no promises. 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:57.179 Alright, that's it. Love y 'all! xoxo the living 00:14:57.179 --> 00:15:17.909 free podcast you