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The Rush Hour Dilemma: Why Is Everyone in a Hurry? · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  So we all travel to work. We all get in our vehicles and we run errands.
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  We eventually get into a vehicle or some type of transportation to get us where
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  we need to go, right? A to B. But here's the question.
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  Why is it that when you're in your vehicle, you feel as if you have joined the Indy 500 lately?
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  Why is it that everybody is in a rush?
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  I don't understand it. Is it because I'm getting older and maybe I'm just,
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  you know, more cautious on the road?
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  Or would you agree with me when I say everybody is just driving way too fast? So why rush?
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  Have Faith, Let It Begin starts right now.
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  Have Faith, Let It Begin. And it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Here's your host, Angel Santana. Ariel, can you say, have faith?
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  Let it begin.
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  Say, have faith. Let it begin.
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  Happy birthday, Noah!
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  Daddy, I'm so excited! But I have one question. What's your question?
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  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.
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  Good morning. You're listening to Have Faith, Let Me Get, and it starts right now.
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  We've all heard the expression, you know, take your time. There's no reason to rush.
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  It's better to get there late, but safe, than to get there, well,
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  to not get there at all. That's really the saying.
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  Yeah, I guess because I'm getting older, maybe I've become like my own parents,
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  like those commercials.
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  Don't become like your parents. Well, you know what?
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  I'm happy to become like my parents. I'm driving to work every morning or I'm
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  driving back or I'm even running errands.
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  And I feel like literally I am in a race.
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  I feel as if somebody's trying to get in front of me, honking their horn,
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  high beaming me, even if I'm in the slowing.
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  Doing the actual speed limit. If it's 65, I'm getting high-beamed.
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  I'm being told to get out of my way, even if I'm in the slow lane.
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  I don't understand it, guys. What is the rush?
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  Driving into work, I'll get to my lane where I have to pull into my location
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  of where I work, into the hospital.
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  And even then, people are rushing in.
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  Are they running late? They not give themselves enough time?
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  But because I'm running early, I am the victim of somebody rushing me off the road.
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  Now, I'm not going to use other examples like cutting me off.
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  No, I'm talking about the whole rush job. What is the rush?
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  Why do we feel like we have to get to a place in record time?
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  Is it a time management thing? Is it because you don't want to be on the road
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  or you're trying to beat the traffic?
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  I mean, I've driven all hours of the day.
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  I've driven at night to do an overnight shift, and I still feel the same way.
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  I still feel as if people are just rushing me off the road.
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  Now, you could sit there and say, well, Angel, my goodness, how fast are you
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  going? I do the speed limit. Now, do I speed? I've done it.
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  I'm not saying I'm consistently at it, but if it's 65, maybe I'll do 70.
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  It's as if 65 is the new 80, at least to my knowledge.
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  I remember when they first raised the speed limit on the interstate that we
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  drive on, 84, it used to be 55.
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  And once they raised that to 65, I remember people saying, yeah,
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  now I can do 70. Well, that's changed. Now it's 80, 85.
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  And to me, I don't understand it. I try to understand it, try to put myself in their shoes.
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  Now, have I been late before? Absolutely. Who hasn't? But I still don't rush.
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  Now you could say, well, that's because you have kids, Angel.
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  Listen, kids in my vehicle or not, I don't rush.
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  I just take my time. At the end of the day, I've got to get there safe.
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  Yes, because I have kids, on a side note, I am even more cautious.
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  I want to make sure that I'm alive.
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  But you know, in the field that I'm in and reading the papers,
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  as the weather has gotten better, the accidents have started to increase.
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  And it is very, very scary when you read articles about a six-year-old or an
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  eight-year-old or a five-year-old pedestrian struck.
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  A child should not be struck by a vehicle. Mind you, a child should be always
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  watched so they're not in the car, in the road.
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  But if we're driving at a respectful and honorable speed limit and we are cautious
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  and not looking down at our phones, not texting while we're driving,
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  we will see anything in our path.
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  I'm going to exclude deer because deer come out of nowhere, right?
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  That's something that just can be out of our control. But people shouldn't be.
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  Children shouldn't be. Just this past week, family members of mine were struck from behind.
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  And why? Because people were either tailgating, they were texting,
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  They were not paying attention. This is the problem.
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  I guess you can say that based off of that, that's what caused this episode to take air.
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  But I've been feeling this for a while, and we've done episodes before.
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  Just the other day, my boss shared with me that as she was doing her daily evening
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  walk, the light at the crosswalk indicated she could walk.
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  And here comes an individual with the right-of-way, meaning he could make the
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  right, but he didn't come to a complete stop and he wasn't paying attention.
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  Almost sideswiped her and took her right off the road,
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  Of course, that's when they look up and they say, my bad, as the kids would
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  say, my fault. And it's not all kids, let's be real.
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  There's adults too that don't pay attention.
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  Some will say that they have a lot going on in their mind. They're not paying
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  attention because they're going through stressful times.
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  I understand, but maybe you shouldn't be driving. I don't want to make it sound
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  like a public announcement, but it is.
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  Have Faith Let It Begin wants all of us to stay safe.
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  We don't want to get a prayer request because somebody has struck another person
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  or another vehicle and are in the hospital due to injuries.
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  We want everyone to get where they need to be in a timely fashion.
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  We want each and every one of you to be safe on the roads.
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  So as spring fastly approaches, I'm asking all of you to please adhere to this warning.
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  Take your time. There is no reason to rush.
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  You don't have to text while you drive. You don't have to pay attention to what's on your phone.
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  Get to where your destination is, or if it's that important,
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  pull over and then make your phone call. Make your text message.
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  Because what takes a few minutes to come off the road and make your call or
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  deliver your text is far better than having to be pulled over,
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  having the police arrive, and maybe you being arrested or given a fine because
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  you did something to someone else.
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  Maybe you struck a pole, maybe you damaged property, all because you needed
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  to make an effort to use your technology over somebody else's safety.
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  Now I digress. I kind of segued off of the main title, and that is why rush.
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  When Jesus was delivering his message to others, he didn't rush.
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  He didn't tell his disciples, we got to get there tomorrow.
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  We got to get there today. He took his time.
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  Delivering a message and getting to your destination should take your time. Get there safely.
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  Trust in your vehicle and trust in your instincts and have the respect of the
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  other drivers and other pedestrians, mind at heart, life at heart.
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  Don't put their safety at jeopardy all because you failed to get up on time. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, we lift up in prayer all the individuals that have helped or
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  have been a part of or recently heard of, of these accidents that have taken lives already,
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  that have put children in the hospital, that have put adults in the hospital,
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  all because people were not paying attention.
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  We want everyone to get to where they need to be.
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  Now, I know what you're thinking. This was kind of a tough episode,
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  Angel. So where's the motivational part of this? It's very simple.
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  God loves us. God wants us to be safe.
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  God doesn't want us to put our lives and others in jeopardy.
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  So guess what? The same technology that we use to make text message replies
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  or outgoing messages or picking up the phone or checking your voicemail,
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  the same technology that allows us to go on social media and tell the world
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  what you're eating and tell the world what you're driving,
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  the same text and technology that allows you to gossip and do all the things
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  that you want to do is the same technology that allows us to put an alarm clock
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  so that we can get up on time and get to work in a timely fashion. Think about that today.
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  Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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  For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.
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  In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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  On this Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, I wish you nothing but peace and never forget.
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  Have faith, let it begin. We lift up in prayer the following individuals that
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  continue to ask for prayer.
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  And not only that, we are lifting up in prayer.
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  Our good friend, Clinton Knapp, Maria, and their families.
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  Thank you, Lord, for being with them. Thank you for protecting him.
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  Clinton, can't wait to pray with you, my friend. I fell asleep last night and
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  I missed the call. So I apologize. guys.
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  We lift up in prayer, Dr. E, who reset his nose after he fell.
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  Broken nose and all, this guy set his own nose. God bless you, buddy.
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  We pray for Nick, who's coming onto the show today to prerecord.
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  Get ready for that, guys.
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  Young lady with stage four cancer.
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  Faith Let It Begin family, especially our good and family member,
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  Carol, who continues to honor and celebrate the life of Dennis.
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  I know Dennis is looking down and saying, I'm with you.
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  I believe in you as well. And I am safe and in the hands of our good Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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  May each and every one of you be blessed by today's message.
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  and do what's right for all of us.
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  We pray for Ralph. We pray for Diane, for Maria, for Emily, for Rochelle.
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  We pray for Nick and Justin.
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  We pray for all of you. God bless you. And never forget, have faith, let it begin.
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  This one went a little late, but you know what?
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  Sometimes the messages have to go a little longer. God bless.
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  Thank you for listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin. I'll be back tomorrow.