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Mirror Moment: Choosing Peace When Life Interrupts · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Happy birthday, Noah! See this? See this shit does nothing.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it try.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it try.
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  This little light of rain, I'm gonna let it try. Let it try.
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  Let it. Let it.
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  South. Yeah!
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  Daddy, I'm so excited, but I have one question.
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  What's your question? I'm going to be a pastor or a minister.
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands. Good morning.
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  You're listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  My name is Angel, and it's always a joy to come into your lives,
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  and every single weekday at 6.30 recording time, 7.30 air time,
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  This is Have Faith, Let It Begin, and I want to share something that happened to me yesterday.
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  Nothing major, but enough to throw your day off.
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  I was driving home, and it was just a normal day. And out of nowhere,
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  my passenger side mirror got hit.
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  Damaged. Needs definitely to be repaired.
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  And now that I have to repair it, and you know how that goes, moments usually go.
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  You get a little bit upset for like a few minutes. Frustration kicks in,
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  and you start thinking about the inconvenience, the cost, the time.
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  But this time, I surprised myself.
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  I didn't get upset. I didn't let that moment ruin my day.
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  Instead, I just paused and I said to myself, could have been worse.
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  And I meant it because it's at the end of the day, it's just a mirror and that's fixable.
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  That's replaceable. But some things in life aren't.
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  And that shift in perspective and it changes everything because life is full of interruptions.
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  Unexpected things can happen. that can happen all the time, things we didn't
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  plan for, things we didn't want.
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  And we always have a choice in that moment. We can't let it take over.
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  We can't let it steal our peace.
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  Can't let it define the rest of our day. Or we can pause, take a breath,
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  and remind ourselves that this is frustrating, but it's not everything.
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  It reminds me of James chapter 1 verse 19.
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  Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.
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  That word, slow, not reacting right away, not letting emotions take control.
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  And I'm not saying it's easy by any means, because it's not.
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  But yesterday, I saw that just, I saw it all happen. And when I did see it happen, I chose patience.
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  Situation didn't change. The mirror still needs to be fixed.
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  But my peace, that stayed intact.
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  And maybe that's the real lesson today. We can't control everything that happens to us.
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  What we can control is how we respond.
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  So today, if something, someone, or something unexpected comes your way,
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  pause, take a deep breath, and ask yourself, is it worth losing my peace over it?
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  Because more often than not, it's not. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, we thank you for being with us in everyday moments,
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  everyday moments of life.
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  Even in the small frustrations, the unexpected interruptions,
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  you're there. Lord, help us to respond with patience.
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  Help us to pause before we react, to choose peace over anger and to trust that
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  not everything needs to shake us.
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  Give us perspective to see what really matters and remind us that our peace comes from you.
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  The light comes from you.
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  In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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  So may God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and every
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  single one of you peace on earth never forget have faith let it begin.