Hey friends! Welcome back to Nourished to Bloom. We're in part two of our "Summer with the Holy Spirit" series, and let me tell you—today's episode is exactly what your heart needs if you've ever wondered how to make everyday decisions through God's eyes, not just your own.
Have you ever been overwhelmed making simple choices in the carpool line, standing in your kitchen, staring at your planner, or struggling with a health goal that just feels impossible? You're not alone. That's where the Holy Spirit and His gift of wisdom come in!
In this episode, we're unpacking what it really means to invite wisdom into the ordinary, not just the life-changing moments. Wisdom isn't reserved for a select few or just for big, dramatic decisions—it's accessible daily, for all of us, if we just ask!
Key Takeaways
🙋🏻♀️Wisdom is for YOU: It's not reserved for saints or people with tons of life experience—God wants to generously give wisdom to anyone who asks.
🧺 Wisdom in the Ordinary: We don't have to wait for special, churchy moments. The Holy Spirit is ready to pour wisdom into our everyday "mom life"—from meal planning to big family decisions.
⏸️ Pause for God, Not Google: We live in a world of information overload, but what we truly need is transformation. Instead of instantly reaching for answers from our phones, we can ask, "Holy Spirit, what do you think?"
Three Practical Areas to Ask for Wisdom:
- Decision Making: Whether you're juggling big life choices or "what's for dinner?", the Holy Spirit wants to counsel you and give you that "God glasses" clarity.
- Time Management: Invite God into your daily planning to direct your energy and focus—even if it stretches or challenges you—for His greatest good.
- Wellness & Health: Stop chasing diet trends and rules; instead, invite wisdom into your health journey. Tune out the world and tune into the Spirit to make nourishing choices rooted in stewardship, gratitude, and respect.
Your Weekly Challenge: Before making ANY decision—big or small—ask, "Holy Spirit, what do You want me to see or do here?" Watch as confusion lifts and peace blooms.
If you've been longing for clarity, purpose, and peace in your everyday—or if you just need a little holy nudge to let go of control—don't miss this episode. The more we learn to walk in wisdom, the more our hearts change… and that's how we truly bloom.
🌸 Beauty held as a seed, beauty shared as the flower. It's your time to bloom!
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So today on the Nourish to Bloom podcast, we are continuing our series
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Summer with the Holy Spirit. And we're going to
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explore and ask to be infused with the gift
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of wisdom, y' all. Wisdom is for you. It
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is the capacity to love spiritual things
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more than material things and it's something that each of us
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needs in our real everyday life. When you're in the
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carpool line, when you're standing in your kitchen trying to decide what's for
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dinner, or staring at your planner wondering how you're going to
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get it all done, or even navigating that one health goal
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that just feels just so hard. Wisdom is
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what helps you make those choices in a
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Christlike way, y' all. The Holy Spirit doesn't just drop
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wisdom in dramatic moments or the life changing moments.
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He is there to offer it in the middle of your ordinary.
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And that's where I want to meet you today. I hope you'll join me.
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Welcome to the Nourish to Bloom podcast where your faith meets
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your health. I'm your host, Kara Trachta, a registered dietitian and
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certified Catholic coach, and I'm here to help you cultivate a deeper connection
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with your body, your spirit, and the nourishment that sustains them
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both. In a world filled with noise and
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confusion about food, health and body image, this podcast
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offers truth and healing from a Christ centered perspective.
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Together, we'll untangle the deep roots of. Diet culture and discover what
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it means to truly care for ourselves through joyful
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nourishment of mind, body and soul. We're here to dive into
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the transformative power of intuitive eating coupled with the rich teachings of
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our Christian faith. With every episode, I'll be cheering you
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on, offering insights, inspiration and practical tools to
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help you heal your relationship with food and embrace the
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beauty of your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit with
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confidence and courage that can. Only be found in Christ.
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Join me as we journey together towards a more holistic approach to wellness,
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one that honors the wisdom of your body as God's creation,
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the teachings of our faith, and the unique purpose you're called to
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fulfill. You were made to bloom,
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to come into full beauty and health in order to bear good fruit
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for the Lord with your life. So if you're ready to nourish your body,
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feed your soul and bloom into the best version of yourself, then
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you're. In the right place. And I'm so happy you're here.
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Welcome to Nourish to Bloom, where every day is a sacred
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invitation to thrive. Hey
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there. Welcome back to the Nourish to Bloom podcast. So
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happy to be with you here this week. I hope you are having
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a beautiful and blessed week. So far we are
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on part two of our Summer with the Holy Spirit series.
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And today we're talking about wisdom and how we can
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apply the gift of wisdom in practical ways
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in our everyday life. Because I think that sometimes when we
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think of wisdom, we think that it's something that's only available to
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a select few people, people who've maybe
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lived and experienced a lot of life. But that's just
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really not true. Because the reality is, is that wisdom is accessible
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to each one of us daily if
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we only ask, right? That's the key. We have to ask.
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So let's begin by inviting the Holy Spirit in
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and asking him to pour down that gift of wisdom upon us.
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Come, Holy Spirit, you
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are welcome here. Come fill
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this space. Pour down upon
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us your wisdom
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that we may know the wisdom to choose our greatest
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good. The wisdom that helps us weigh
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in making decisions, what it is that the Lord is wanting us
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to choose the way that he is wanting us to choose.
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Let that wisdom pour down upon us as we discern and make
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different decisions in our everyday life.
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May your guidance and your wisdom in, in
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the small everyday decisions help us to grow and prepare
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us for the bigger decisions in life.
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Lord, we thank you for your goodness and all that you provide to us and
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for the beautiful gifts of the Holy Spirit. May you continue to
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pour them down upon us daily in your name. Amen. In the
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Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. So
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I'm really having fun exploring these different gifts of the
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Holy Spirit and really, I think, just trying to understand
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how they, they can be accessible to us
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daily and in a practical way. Because sometimes it's like you start to
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research these different things and it just seems so, so big
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and maybe so theological and so vast.
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It's just trying to understand how we, how we
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bring this back into living a
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Christ like life every day and how we can
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be influenced and inspired by
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really the tools that he offers us, like the gifts of the
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Holy Spirit. And so yesterday at Mass, it was the feast
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of Pentecost, and our priest said something that, that really
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struck a chord with me. And he was talking about the Holy
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Spirit and he mentioned how this
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day and age, whenever we have a question or we don't know the
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answer to something, we don't take that minute to pause. We
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just pull out our phones and one quick Google search
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and there it is. We have an answer. We have a so, so
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extensive answer that really we just kind of get this information
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overload, right? It's a lot to take in,
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but it's not always the answer that we really
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need. It's not always the answer that the Lord would want us to have.
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It's just an answer. And he really
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challenged us. Because here's the thing, he challenged us and asked us,
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how often do you. Do we turn to the Holy Spirit
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when we're looking for an answer, when we're looking for
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direction. I mean, seriously,
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right? We just pick up our phone and ChatGPT
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tells us one thing, Google tells us another thing. Wikipedia tells us another thing. And
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we're kind of just left to our own devices to determine what it
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is that we should pull from all of these. This
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information instead of just pausing
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and letting the Lord direct that answer for us. Because we kind of
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all have this internal dialogue that is going on in our minds all day
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long. We have these questions that we're asking and they're just kind
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of thoughts, like, they're just kind of questions. And I don't know about you, but
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sometimes I just. It's like this internal dialogue and it's just like this conversation is
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going back and forth in my head and I never really stopped to think, like
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how simple it would be. Just I. I think a profound
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thing to do would just be to direct that question to the Holy
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Spirit. Just, just preface the question with Holy
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Spirit and then ask the question, right? Or Holy
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Spirit, what. What do you think? Right? Because we're
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living in an age of just that information overload. But what
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we really need is not more information. What we're
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really needing, I think, is that transformation.
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And that's where the gift of wisdom really comes in.
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I've been listening to a series on Hallow from Father Dave
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Pavanka, and he says that the gifts of the Holy Spirit allow us
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to manifest God's presence in the world.
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Right? That's the goal. The goal is for us to
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make God more present in this chaotic world
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with every, every word that we speak, with every interaction that we
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have, with every person that we come across. And that means that
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wisdom isn't just about being right, but it's really about
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radiating and sharing God's truth,
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sharing his love and his clarity. Because
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wisdom is the crown of all the gifts. It's really
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the heart of our faith. It's that our faith coming to full formation.
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Wisdom is the gift that directs our hearts
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and our minds. It helps us to know and it helps
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us to Understand, it's what makes our faith more
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real and allows us to move into that deeper relationship with the
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Lord. And lastly, wisdom is the
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one that helps us see as God sees it,
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helps bring clarity to any situation,
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and it dispels all confusion. And
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when we start to see as God sees, we start to live as God
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desires. Since we've most recently
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been reading from the Acts of the Apostles, this just kind of stuck out
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to me as an example of seeing the Holy Spirit
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at work, how the apostles called upon the Holy
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Spirit to help them make a decision. And it was through this gift
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of wisdom that when the apostles had had a
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council and were meeting and debating on whether or not the
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Gentiles who had converted to Christianity would need to be circumcised,
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and through this wisdom, through the gift of the
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Holy Spirit, they determined that it was not something
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that they needed to focus on, that this
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wisdom that is being infused through into them through the
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Holy Spirit really helped them to see that God
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had a bigger picture for their
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mission than them trying to enforce this old law.
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And so that's why I really wanted to find ways
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to share some practical ways to share that
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we can call upon the Holy Spirit to infuse us with wisdom
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in practical, everyday ways in our ordinary
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everyday life. Because if we break this down, I think
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when I was looking at it from my own life of where are some areas
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that I could grow in wisdom or ask the Holy Spirit to infuse me with
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more wisdom, There were kind of three that kind of spoke
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to me. And I think that these real life areas where
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women, especially women like you and me, can really call
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on the Holy Spirit to invoke wisdom in
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our lives really revolve around
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decision making processes, time management,
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and then our wellness. And so the first one being decision
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making, right? We. Well, I don't know
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about you, but for me, like, decision fatigue, I think I
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told my husband for Mother's Day, I just didn't want to have to make a
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decision because it seems like that's all we do. We make
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so many decisions in a day. And it's not just decisions for ourselves.
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We're making decisions for our whole household. We're making decisions for children,
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what to wear, what to feed our family, whether to say yes or
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no to something. We overanalyze,
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how to respond to a text message. We are constantly trying to figure
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out the healthiest way to discipline our children. And then we also
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are balancing those bigger decisions too, like
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what do we do about a career or a passion project
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Decisions around our finances or family planning.
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And I think it's important that we remember that we are not having to do
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this alone. That, that the gift of
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wisdom allows us a tool to
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help us make better decisions, to take away that
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decision fatigue. Because we are. We're really being
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counseled, right? We're really being, you know,
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we're having our hand held through the entire process through the Holy
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Spirit. And it's as if wisdom is like wearing
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God glasses. It gives us the spiritual lens that
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helps us to see things with
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clarity, but in a way that it's like
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eternal clarity, right? It moves us out of indecision
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and into peace. Because we're not just leaning on logic, but
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we're trusting God, that he is revealing to us
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the decision that's going to help us achieve our greatest good.
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So the next time that you're torn between two good things,
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pause and just ask, Holy Spirit,
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help me see this the way that you do.
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And I think you'll really be amazed at the clarity that follows.
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And when we begin to make these decisions, even these small
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daily ones, what to cook, what to wear, how to care for
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ourselves. When we start to make these small
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daily decisions using that gift of
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wisdom, inviting the Holy Spirit into it, it's
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laying a foundation and it's preparing us for being able
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to make those bigger life decisions
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rooted in God's wisdom.
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It allows us to kind of take that guesswork out of it. We are
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more able to clearly see this, the decision that we need
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to make that's going to lead to that eternal clarity that's going to
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lead to our greatest good. Now, the second
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area of our life that I think that we can invite the Holy Spirit into
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is our time management and how we are spending
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our time. And y' all, this one hits really close to
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home for me. I mean, like, I'm seeing this with a
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whole new perspective. Because I am just going to say that the struggle
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can be real for me when it comes to time management.
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Because If I'm being 100% honest with you, sometimes what
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God is calling me to spend my time on isn't the most fun or
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exciting thing or anything that I really want to do.
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Because oftentimes the things that God is calling me to spend
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my time on can be challenging.
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It can stretch me, it can cause me to grow,
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and it can make me feel uncomfortable. And y' all, it's just
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so much easier to procrastinate and pretend like I don't
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know what to do or distract myself with those
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worldly things like reading a book or watching
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TV or online shopping or scrolling
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y' all, that struggle is so real.
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But I have noticed that when I ask the Holy Spirit to
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direct my day, if I just kind of sit there and
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invite him into that planning process and say, you know,
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lord, what do you show me what you want me to work on today. Show
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me where you want me to spend my time. And then I. And then I
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let him show me, right? I. I take what he's saying he wants me
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to do. And while it does sometimes nudge me towards things
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that challenging me, that challenge me, they are
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often the things that are necessary and what I need
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there. They may be moving you in a direction
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to have a hard conversation that you've been putting off.
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They may be moving you into a direction of serving someone that you
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know is in need. I know for me,
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it's. It allows me to write or record or create
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or, or plan or, or work on my business, even when
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I don't feel particularly inspired. Because sometimes I
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feel like the only time to work on it is if I have this big
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idea and I know exactly what to do. But when we
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ask the Holy Spirit to direct our days, to direct
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how we are spending our time, what
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happens is there's this shift that what was once
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challenging or uncomfortable actually becomes
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more exciting and maybe more rewarding
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because you realize, like, you are doing the
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Lord's work, you are doing what he's asked you to
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do, and maybe you start to see the fruits of your
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labor and then also that you aren't doing it alone.
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The likelihood is that it's probably a little bit easier than you thought it
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was going to be because the Holy Spirit is right there with you.
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It's like you're truly living the scripture of Matthew
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11:28 30 of taking up the Lord's
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yoke, that you're doing it with him. And because you're doing
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it with him, you're learning from him. And we know that he makes
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it easier and, and that he makes the burden light.
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And as you begin to become more confident in your calling
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and how you are spending your days and your time, even
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if it's counterintuitive to what the world is saying
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you should be doing, you are more confident,
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you're more sure, you're more willing to do the things,
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because the ways of the world are not our Lord's ways.
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And, and growing in wisdom helps you to see that difference
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and to start to more often make decisions
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that promote your greatest good, that good that God
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desires for us. Your life becomes more closely
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tethered to the Lord's plan for you. And you begin
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to see that plan being revealed to you because you are
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seeing things the way that God sees things.
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And here's the third one, our health and wellness. And I think this is a
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place where wisdom can. Is probably pretty
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underrated because so many of us are trying to follow
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rules around food, exercise and our bodies.
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We're chasing what's trending instead of
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what's true. But wisdom can help us to
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slow down, right? It helps us to. To create
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that pause and just allow God to
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reflect his light on whatever it is that we're trying
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to do. It allows us to listen
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inward and make choices from a place of
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stewardship, a place of gratitude and a place of respect,
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not a place of restriction or trying to
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fit a mold. Because remember, when we talk about
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our wellness and taking care of our body, God created us with that
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internal wisdom. We just have to ask for
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help and listening to it and then following its direction.
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It helps us to see that movement can be a form of worship,
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not punishment for something that you ate. That nourishing
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your body is a sacred act, a form of
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stewardship, not a chore.
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And then that your worth is not measured by your weight,
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your meal plan, or your to do list.
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Wisdom gives us that courage to trust our
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God given clues, right? The. The clues that
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God is putting there in our. In our way, in our
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path. Wisdom allows us to see them, to
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care for our bodies without idolizing them, to
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tune out the noise of the world and tune into the spirit that's
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living in each of us. Y' all. You don't
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have to earn wisdom. You don't have to be perfect to
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receive it. You just have to ask.
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Holy Spirit, infuse me with wisdom. Pour down your wisdom
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in James, chapter one, verse five. It tells us that if any of
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you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously
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to all without finding fault. Y' all,
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he just wants to give you the gifts of the Holy Spirit. He just
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wants to give you that wisdom and he delights
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in helping you. We just sometimes
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have to put our pride aside and our control
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issues aside and realize asking for
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help is not a bad thing. And we have the ultimate helper in the Lord.
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So here's my challenge for you this week. Before making a decision,
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big or small, ask the Holy Spirit
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what he thinks about that. When you're planning your
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day, when you're sitting there and you're thinking about, or all the things
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that you have to do. Maybe you're writing in your planner all of your
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appointments or you're jotting down your to do list.
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Ask the Holy Spirit to shed wisdom upon it.
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What are the things that are the most
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necessary? What are the things that allow you to move
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forward with God's plan for your life? And when you
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feel stuck or confused this week, ask God to help you see it as
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he sees it. Go ahead and put those God glasses on and look at it
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with his perspective, with that spiritual lens. Because
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the more we learn to ask for wisdom and walk
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in wisdom, the more our hearts change. And as our
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hearts change, y' all, we begin to bloom.
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We grow in purpose and peace and in the presence
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of God. So I'm going to close out today with a prayer
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written by Bill Lipscomb. And I really love this
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prayer because of the punchline at the end. I want to see if you can
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get it. So in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
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the Holy Spirit, Amen. Jesus, son of the living
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God, have mercy on us. Touch our eyes,
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our mouths, our ears, and our hearts to your healing
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grace. Give us the strength to dig to the depths of our
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hearts to expose our deepest desires, the courage
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to open our hearts to you and the wisdom to ask for all
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that we need, which is to say, the wisdom to
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ask for you. Amen. Did you catch the
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punchline at the end? Right. All we need is the
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wisdom to ask for him and how beautiful it is to ask for
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that wisdom and to know that Jesus is all that we need.
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Y' all, thanks so much for joining me here on the podcast this week. If
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you know someone who wants to journey with us this summer as
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we spend it with the Holy Spirit, please feel free to
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share this podcast episode with them. Invite them to join us on the
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Journey of this Summer series. I hope you have a
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beautiful and blessed week. Remember, beauty held as a seed,
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beauty. Shared is the flower. It is your time to bloom.
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I'll see you next week. We'll talk soon. Bye.