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S7 275. Its about Time, Part 2 - Lost Time Tyranny & Treasured Moments · Millennial Mustard Seed

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  Well, welcome back to another mini episode here on the days of
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  Noah and with the millennial mustard.
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  See what's up ride. How you doing my friend?
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  What's going on, Pete? We're back at it again for
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  another Micro Mini. The micro mini, I love, I love
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  it. It's like, is it a micro mini?
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  Like micro is the adjective and mini is the no, it's an ad.
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  What is that, an adverb? I don't know.
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  I don't remember. Anyway, yeah, we're back here
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  for another mini and we're going to continue on the the time
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  theme, unpacking this concept of time, which man, when you start
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  thinking about all the aspects of it, you could really spend a
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  lot of time talking about time from God's perspective, from the
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  biblical perspective. It's connotations, it's
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  meanings, it's ramifications, the perception of it, how it's
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  different depending on if you're enjoying yourself or not.
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  Let's start with this real quick because my friend Don, who has
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  been on the podcast in the past, sent a couple of ideas.
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  He said when you do another short episode on time, can you
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  explore our time perceptions? Like when we're having fun, it
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  flies. When it's boring or difficult,
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  it seems to drag. So that's the first thing he
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  said. And the second thing is, he's
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  wondering, is time speeding up as we come closer to the return
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  of Christ? Does the Bible talk about time
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  going faster or is it just a perception thing?
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  Well, so let me jump in and say here's a couple idioms and
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  expressions. OK, so in the English language
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  includes obviously a vast number of expressions regarding the
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  word time, like killing time, occupying oneself while waiting
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  behind the times you're old fashioned or outdated, just in
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  the nick of time at the last possible moment, right?
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  Time and time again, repeatedly you talk with somebody who's
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  been in prison, they said, man, I did some time.
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  I was doing time, right. And so these are these perpetual
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  aspects. You know, the concept.
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  We say, for example, that time is past or behind us and we look
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  forward to the future. This could be us, you know,
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  rendering into this this this left, right, kind of reinforced
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  paradigm, this linear perception that we get from school, right,
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  a timeline. Psychologically, our perception
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  of time can feel altered as if time is flying by during
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  enjoyable activities when you're enjoying yourself, or it can
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  slow down during an emergency like time freezes.
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  So I think Pete, you know, before I pass it back to you, I
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  would just say, does our heightened emotion, our energy
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  levels have to do with affecting time, right?
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  Because if you have a surge of emotion, surge of energy, it
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  seems to affect the way that we perceive this perpetual aspect
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  related to time. Yeah, I think perception is the
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  keyword there. So I'm thinking of my own
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  experiences, like if you've ever had one of those days where you
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  just fit so many interesting, enjoyable and diverse things in
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  one day. You, you know, even just like,
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  you know, from 8:00 AM to noon, you do 3-4 different things
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  outside of your normal routine and it feels like you've lived
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  that entire day. And you're like, I can't
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  believe, you know, it's just past noon already.
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  I've got the rest of the day open.
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  So there's this perception of I think our brains kind of connect
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  how much is maybe different than our routine or how much is being
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  stored in our memory, right? Because we don't, we don't
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  remember every aspect of everything we did everyday.
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  Like we, we have that ability, our brains to selectively go.
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  That's not important. That is important.
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  I'm focusing on this. I'm not focusing on that like
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  all the stimuli around, like even where you're sitting, where
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  I'm sitting, all of the, the little noises or the little
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  sights and sounds and, and everything going on, we
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  selectively rule out the ones that don't matter.
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  So I think that it, that perception makes a huge
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  difference. And just thinking of the, the
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  spiritual aspect, I think that's how the enemy can really mess
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  with us too, because we can get caught up in thinking, I've got
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  all this time in front of me, what could I do?
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  What could I do with this day? And that can either make you
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  feel really optimistic and oh, I love having the day wide open
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  and you know, the Sky's the limit for what I could
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  accomplish. The other side is sometimes I
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  feel like the enemy comes in and goes, you're not going to use
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  this day well, you don't really know what you want to do with
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  it. And so the perception of this
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  open amount of time almost feels like a burden, like I better, I
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  better make something useful out of it.
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  I don't know. Any thoughts on that?
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  Yeah, I mean, as you're talking, I keep thinking breaking up the
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  monotony, right. And so when we look at the word
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  monotony, it means to lack of variation and interest.
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  It's tedious, a repetition or a routine.
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  So you're right, you know, when we are stuck in these rhythmic
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  things like working or driving a long distance, something that
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  you're doing continually over and over again.
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  It's a repertoire of events that you get used to.
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  It's like driving autopilot. Those of you out there know what
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  I'm talking about, especially the truck drivers that listen to
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  these shows. You're like, where did the last
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  hour ago and how did I get here? You're almost kind of going to
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  freak you out sometimes. Like my God, I I lost track of
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  time and so can we be stimulated in a negative way that affects
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  time like monotonism, right where we're stuck in these
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  repetitions and this would make a lot of sense Pete to the
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  Kingdom of darkness harness harnessing us to the plow and
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  making us produce when that's not Kingdom right.
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  The Kingdom of God is when we're living completely spiritually
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  and completely here on this earth merging the two together,
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  blending those lines right. So there's there's like a lack
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  of of this time restraint when you're joyous, when you're
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  happy, you recognize coming out of the joy and happiness that it
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  feels like whatever you weren't keeping track of went by too
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  quick. It's such a strange reality to
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  sit in and try to ponder on. But yet when you know that it's
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  a downtrodded or a very heavy repetition like those those of
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  us who have been working, you know, I'm, I'm 37.
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  I've been working since I was 14, and you can get stuck in
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  these rhythms where it's like, Oh my God, can't wait to clock
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  out. Can't wait for this meeting to
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  be over. Can't wait to.
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  And it's like I said in the first part, Pete, we're
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  exchanging lower quality time for higher quality time.
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  But is that really what God is calling us to?
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  And how does God define time? You know, he talks about being a
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  good steward of time. God talks about redeeming the
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  time lost is His business. That's His duty.
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  Let me pass it back to you with thoughts on any of that.
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  Yeah, well, you, you had a few biblical quotes here on kind of
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  the wisdom and stewardship of time and and I think after that
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  we could segue into, you know, the classic section of Scripture
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  on time Ecclesiastes, right? A time for every for every
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  season, for every activity under heaven.
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  We'll get to but but you, but you have here Psalm 90 and 90
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  verse 12. Teach us to number our days,
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  that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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  And Ephesians 515 to 17. Be very careful then how you
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  live, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every
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  opportunity, because the days are evil.
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  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will
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  is and I'm challenged by that daily as I deal with monotony in
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  life, in work, in even the wide open day and going what am I
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  going to do with it? And somehow feeling a depression
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  when I should have optimism. It's so strange.
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  I don't know. We we were talking recently
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  with, with Basil on the Canary Cry Clubhouse about kind of this
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  spiritual weariness lately and there seems to be that theme
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  going on. But yeah, the stewardship of our
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  time. I'm challenged to pray
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  continually, to throw up that prayer in those moments and go,
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  God, what should I do in the next hour?
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  I either don't know what I want to do.
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  I can't decide. My brain feels a little muddled
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  or the thing that's already planned for me, 'cause I'm
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  clocked in at a job, let's say, isn't all that exciting.
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  How do I have your attitude for what you've given me to do?
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  How do I have an optimistic heart?
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  How do I have a thankful heart of gratitude in those moments
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  where I'm not really all that excited to do what I'm doing or
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  what's coming up? Maybe there's whole not a whole
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  lot to look forward to, you know, that day or even that
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  whole week. So that that really I think can
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  play on our our perception of time.
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  But before we get to the Ecclesiastes section, any
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  thoughts on that? But then I also want to kind of
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  get your thoughts on what what Don suggested here.
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  Is time speeding up as we come closer to the return of Christ
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  as a Bible mention anything about that time going faster?
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  Or is this again a a perception thing?
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  I mean, I'm stuck on the perception and the emotion thing
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  because as I am pondering deeper and deeper, which up literally
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  this is a brand new kind of emotion or I'm developing the
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  words to try to express it, which means I need to sit with
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  it a bit longer. I need some more time with it.
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  But the emotional end of it, if absent from the body is present
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  with the Lord and he's outside of time, right?
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  Time is a restricted realm that we experience, right?
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  Because God knows the beginning from the end.
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  He can come in and out. We we know all that, right?
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  But how we're dealing with it is like, how come when it's a great
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  day, everything's going right? I feel like I'm on cloud 9.
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  Things make sense. There's a, a, a, a, a, a
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  internal peace and joy flowing out of me.
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  Why does that seem like it goes by so quick?
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  Once again, is our emotional engagement is our reality is, is
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  the measure of faith we've been giving actually starting to
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  alter our perception of time because we know that every good
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  and perfect gift comes from the Lord.
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  So if we're tapping in Pete, and we're having a really great time
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  together, you're like ours just flew by, right?
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  So you got to start to think when we're with the Lord, is
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  that why time is not even considered or counted?
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  Because you are literally you, you're completely involved in
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  that moment of joy where nothing else matters.
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  But it seems like these lower quality experiences, the
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  mundane, the monotonous, the hardship and burdened moments of
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  life, that they just seem like they go on forever.
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  So I don't know. I would say to your your buddy
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  Don's question, I personally would would experience a
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  speeding up of time and a slowing down of time based on
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  what I just depicted to you that it that it literally has to do
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  with am I checking my attitude? Am I coming before the Lord?
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  Am I washing my mind like just like you read it says redeeming
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  the time right because of the days are evil.
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  So like count be very careful then how you live not as unwise
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  but as wise making the most of every opportunity.
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  Well, it's tells us right at the end of the verse.
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  How do we make the most of every opportunity to understand what
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  the Lord's will is? So yeah, of course, everything
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  that's pinned against us to distract us, to keep us in these
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  rhythms and ruts is to steal that beauty and the creativity
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  and the optimism that we are to make the most of every time.
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  Maybe that's why we're not sharing scripture with our Co
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  workers. Maybe that's why we're not
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  actually, you know, walking with a pep in our step because we're
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  stuck in this mental rut of oh, I don't clock out till 5:00 PM.
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  And this is the same thing I've been doing over and over again.
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  And so I need need to lower my vibration, lower my mentality,
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  lower my attitude just just to try to endure so I can get
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  freedom when really got like the fact that we have breath alone
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  this very moment is proof of grace is proof that your time,
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  what God's written about you in heavenly scroll is not over yet.
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  So I don't know if I answer your your question, Don, and I don't
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  think it's a question that can be answered from a guy like me,
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  but through my emotion, I hope that it connects and dots for
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  you. The Bible does talk about, you
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  know, time speeding up, but what word is used for time there?
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  Is it the Kronos or the Karyos? I mean, that requires a little
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  bit of deeper preparation investigation on my end.
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  But I think it's a great question, Don, because here I am
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  trying to express that I feel both almost on a weekly basis.
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  So maybe some listeners out there would agree.
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  Yeah, yeah, I, I, I would agree that I, I think it is a
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  perception thing. I don't know that it is actually
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  speeding up like one second is different than it was 100 years
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  ago or 1000 years ago. But I think there is a
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  perception of what is fit into that and how much change is
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  happening. And knowing that the change that
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  is happening right now as we approach 2026 is so much more
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  accelerated than even a couple decades ago.
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  You know, you think of the, the cycle of knowledge, I forget the
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  term, but where, where knowledge becomes outdated, right?
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  Like they used to say, oh, if you went to college and got a
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  four year degree, you know, by the time you got out, you know,
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  X percent of what you learned is outdated.
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  And I'm sure that that's to the point where it's like by the
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  time you you get your 4 year degree, it was outdated, you
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  know, three years ago. Basically, it's like that the
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  knowledge is just doubling so much more quickly these days
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  that, you know, if you're a doctor, you're constantly having
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  to study the latest thing because what you learned in
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  school is outdated. So I think, I think again, it's
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  a a perception thing. So maybe let's leave off right
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  there for this one, Rod. And then on the next episode,
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  let's dive into time from God's perspective, the Ecclesiastes
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  classic verses on time. And then let's talk about the
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  Hebrew mindset about prophecy, cycles and patterns.
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  Sounds great. I'm excited for these
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  miniseries, Pete. I literally go back and re
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  listen to them and it challenges me.
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  It's like, isn't that funny how you can kind of forget, but you
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  know, you get in prayer, you get your notes out, you you start to
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  express these fun little micro minis and then you listen to
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  them a couple of weeks later to be like, I wonder how that
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  sounds on the car speakers and you're like stuck.
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  Wow, this is good. So give us that like that that
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  share and continue to keep me impede in prayer as we join
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  forces for the micro minis till next time.
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  Yeah. Stuck in this pain is a cycle.
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  My life like a rifle. My life is no typo.
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  Secret prayers to the Kinsmen Redeemer all through the night.
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  I have a sword in the spirit, the word ready to fight.
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  Don't forget when in the flesh, deprived and feeling naked.
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  I'm not my best spirit is willing, the flesh is weak.
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  My knees, they keep on shaking. Never since they've beaten me to
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  death. Been eating the stress.
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  I know that Eden's my rest. I won't sugar coat it reflects
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  our people. Fake it, repent and replay it.
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  Speaking truth is never outdated.
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  I'm never sequacious. Please stop complicating
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  happiness. A gift.
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  Just repent. Believe in your heart.
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  Remember the biggest fires. They always start with a spark.
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  Refine me. Remove the trauma loop.
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  Lord, define me. You'll hold the beauty of the
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  ancient up days. Remind me, Baptize me.
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  Stuck in this pain into the cycle reel on my life like a
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  rifle. Wishing my life is no typo.
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  Then please refill. If they appear restless, Lord,
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  make them still. If they appear to you with
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  flaws, examine their heart. Show them your love.
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  Expel the dark. We need you, Jesus, so step in
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  right now. We call in on the one name whose
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  loves are found. The good you represent the
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  healing you can give us. Not the life they have, but the
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  life they want to live. They were stuck up in that
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  trauma loop, so break it, Lord. Set us free from the trauma
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  loop. Refine me.
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  Remove the trauma loop. Lord, define me.
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  You hold the beauty. You're the Ancient of Days.
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  Remind me. Baptize me.
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  Stuck in this pain is a psycho reel on my life, like a rifle.
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  Fishing my life is no typo. Stuck in this pain is a psycho
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  reel on my life like a rifle.