1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker: It is day two of our ADHD friendly advent study. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker: You are not behind if you missed day one. 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker: No one is ever behind. 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:07,839 Speaker: That is the entire point of this. 5 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:08,599 Speaker: If you are new here. 6 00:00:08,599 --> 00:00:09,519 Speaker: Hi, my name is Rachel. 7 00:00:09,519 --> 00:00:11,199 Speaker: I am an ADHD er and I help women 8 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker: with ADHD seek, find and live 9 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker: the abundant life that Jesus 10 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,679 Speaker: offers to us and we are doing an 11 00:00:16,679 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker: advent study during advent 12 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:18,519 Speaker: season. 13 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:19,519 Speaker: It is free. 14 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:22,039 Speaker: You can hit, follow, subscribe all of the things. 15 00:00:22,039 --> 00:00:24,519 Speaker: There's also a free workbook that goes along with it. 16 00:00:24,519 --> 00:00:26,559 Speaker: You can find the link to that in my bio. 17 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:27,660 Speaker: With that said, let's get 18 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker: digging into the scripture for 19 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker: today. 20 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,439 Speaker: But before we do that, the song for this week. 21 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker: So each week of advent, we will 22 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,619 Speaker: be going through a different 23 00:00:35,619 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker: like Christmas song or hymn that 24 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:38,679 Speaker: is impactful. 25 00:00:38,679 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker: And this this week's song is oh come, oh Come Emmanuel, which is 26 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,359 Speaker: one of my absolute favorites. 27 00:00:44,359 --> 00:00:45,759 Speaker: I really like the version by 28 00:00:45,759 --> 00:00:47,119 Speaker: Josh garrels, I think is his 29 00:00:47,119 --> 00:00:47,759 Speaker: name. 30 00:00:47,759 --> 00:00:49,759 Speaker: It just screams Christmas to me. 31 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker: So pause this. 32 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker: Go listen to the song O come, O 33 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker: come Emmanuel and then come back 34 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker: here. 35 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,079 Speaker: I am also on day like thirteen of being sick. 36 00:00:58,079 --> 00:00:59,479 Speaker: So please excuse my voice. 37 00:00:59,479 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker: And I've got like all kinds of honey in my tea right now. 38 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker: All right, go listen to the song and then come back here. 39 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:04,769 Speaker: Now that you have listened to 40 00:01:04,769 --> 00:01:05,829 Speaker: the song, let's go ahead and 41 00:01:05,829 --> 00:01:07,109 Speaker: read the scripture passage for 42 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:07,349 Speaker: today. 43 00:01:07,349 --> 00:01:10,950 Speaker: We are in Luke one, verses one through seven. 44 00:01:10,950 --> 00:01:12,510 Speaker: Inasmuch as many have undertaken 45 00:01:12,510 --> 00:01:13,709 Speaker: to compile a narrative of the 46 00:01:13,709 --> 00:01:14,349 Speaker: things that have been 47 00:01:14,349 --> 00:01:15,790 Speaker: accomplished among us, just as 48 00:01:15,790 --> 00:01:16,790 Speaker: those who from the beginning 49 00:01:16,790 --> 00:01:18,549 Speaker: were eye witnesses and ministers 50 00:01:18,549 --> 00:01:20,069 Speaker: of the word have delivered them 51 00:01:20,069 --> 00:01:20,870 Speaker: to us. 52 00:01:20,870 --> 00:01:22,109 Speaker: It seemed good to me also, 53 00:01:22,109 --> 00:01:23,230 Speaker: having followed all things 54 00:01:23,230 --> 00:01:24,769 Speaker: closely for some time past, to 55 00:01:24,769 --> 00:01:25,870 Speaker: write an orderly account for 56 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:27,629 Speaker: you, most excellent Theophilus, 57 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:28,730 Speaker: that you may have certainty 58 00:01:28,730 --> 00:01:29,750 Speaker: concerning the things you have 59 00:01:29,750 --> 00:01:30,670 Speaker: been taught. 60 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:31,829 Speaker: In the days of Herod, king of 61 00:01:31,829 --> 00:01:33,430 Speaker: Judea, there was a priest named 62 00:01:33,430 --> 00:01:34,790 Speaker: Zechariah of the division of 63 00:01:34,790 --> 00:01:35,549 Speaker: Abijah. 64 00:01:35,549 --> 00:01:36,750 Speaker: He had a wife from the daughters 65 00:01:36,750 --> 00:01:37,790 Speaker: of Aaron, and her name was 66 00:01:37,790 --> 00:01:38,349 Speaker: Elizabeth. 67 00:01:38,349 --> 00:01:41,750 Speaker: And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly 68 00:01:41,750 --> 00:01:44,150 Speaker: in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 69 00:01:44,150 --> 00:01:47,310 Speaker: But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both 70 00:01:47,310 --> 00:01:49,069 Speaker: were advanced in years. 71 00:01:49,069 --> 00:01:50,269 Speaker: And this is a story. 72 00:01:50,269 --> 00:01:53,870 Speaker: We've all heard the Christmas story a million times, right? 73 00:01:53,870 --> 00:01:55,129 Speaker: But the goal here is to kind of 74 00:01:55,129 --> 00:01:56,349 Speaker: strip away those preconceived 75 00:01:56,349 --> 00:01:57,650 Speaker: notions that we have, kind of 76 00:01:57,650 --> 00:01:58,950 Speaker: take away those opinions that we 77 00:01:58,950 --> 00:02:00,829 Speaker: already have of the story, and 78 00:02:00,829 --> 00:02:02,310 Speaker: allow ourselves to see it with 79 00:02:02,310 --> 00:02:03,269 Speaker: fresh eyes. 80 00:02:03,269 --> 00:02:06,469 Speaker: And that starts with asking God to give us fresh eyes. 81 00:02:06,469 --> 00:02:09,599 Speaker: So if you look in your workbook, I do have the prayer that I 82 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker: personally use when I'm starting my quiet time to kind of invite 83 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,020 Speaker: God in, ask him to strip away, you know, my own voice, bind the 84 00:02:16,020 --> 00:02:18,599 Speaker: enemy so that he's unable to interfere, and just kind of 85 00:02:18,599 --> 00:02:20,500 Speaker: focus myself on the spirit. 86 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,620 Speaker: So like I said, the link to that is in my bio. 87 00:02:22,620 --> 00:02:23,979 Speaker: Go download that. 88 00:02:23,979 --> 00:02:27,439 Speaker: And I would definitely recommend kind of taking a moment to like 89 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker: rest and center yourself and kind of just settle before you 90 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,340 Speaker: dig into Scripture or Bible study of any kind. 91 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:39,319 Speaker: There is also a journaling prompt for today, and that is so 92 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:42,860 Speaker: Elizabeth was living righteously, and yet God held 93 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:45,979 Speaker: back from her her heart's desire, which was a child. 94 00:02:45,979 --> 00:02:49,139 Speaker: So is there an area of your life right now where you feel like 95 00:02:49,139 --> 00:02:52,620 Speaker: God is holding back, or he is absent from your life? 96 00:02:52,620 --> 00:02:54,659 Speaker: This passage, I'm the one who 97 00:02:54,659 --> 00:02:55,939 Speaker: put this together, and yet I 98 00:02:55,939 --> 00:02:57,759 Speaker: still got like a lot of value 99 00:02:57,759 --> 00:02:59,599 Speaker: out of this, um, and kind of 100 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:00,699 Speaker: like going through and actually 101 00:03:00,699 --> 00:03:01,759 Speaker: reading it and trying to, like, 102 00:03:01,759 --> 00:03:02,860 Speaker: take away from the fact that I 103 00:03:02,860 --> 00:03:03,259 Speaker: wrote this. 104 00:03:03,259 --> 00:03:04,939 Speaker: And yet I'm like going through it. 105 00:03:04,939 --> 00:03:10,629 Speaker: I was really struck by the fact that barrenness in the Bible is 106 00:03:10,629 --> 00:03:14,009 Speaker: much more complicated and much more socially impactful than it 107 00:03:14,009 --> 00:03:14,610 Speaker: even is now. 108 00:03:14,610 --> 00:03:15,569 Speaker: Like, obviously, there's a lot 109 00:03:15,569 --> 00:03:17,389 Speaker: of social implications even now 110 00:03:17,389 --> 00:03:18,569 Speaker: for married couples who don't 111 00:03:18,569 --> 00:03:19,129 Speaker: have kids. 112 00:03:19,129 --> 00:03:23,370 Speaker: You know, I had the unfortunate experience of having someone ask 113 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:26,770 Speaker: me, so when are you an ex-husband going to have kids? 114 00:03:26,770 --> 00:03:29,409 Speaker: As I was actively miscarrying? 115 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:30,650 Speaker: There's a lot of societal 116 00:03:30,650 --> 00:03:32,650 Speaker: implications with being 117 00:03:32,650 --> 00:03:33,770 Speaker: childless. 118 00:03:33,770 --> 00:03:36,930 Speaker: Um, even just the decision to be childless is just not accepted 119 00:03:36,930 --> 00:03:38,409 Speaker: by a lot of society. 120 00:03:38,409 --> 00:03:40,770 Speaker: My husband and I have been asked when we're having more children 121 00:03:40,770 --> 00:03:42,090 Speaker: and we're like, well, we're not. 122 00:03:42,090 --> 00:03:44,930 Speaker: And also we can't, but that's another story for another time. 123 00:03:44,930 --> 00:03:49,550 Speaker: But back in those days, not having children was not just, 124 00:03:49,550 --> 00:03:50,849 Speaker: hey, you don't have kids. 125 00:03:50,849 --> 00:03:52,530 Speaker: Children were your retirement plan. 126 00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:55,610 Speaker: If you did not have kids, you had no one to take care of you. 127 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:59,169 Speaker: When you kind of aged out of being able to care for yourself. 128 00:03:59,169 --> 00:04:01,430 Speaker: There also was, you know, the 129 00:04:01,430 --> 00:04:02,930 Speaker: absolute heartbreak that comes 130 00:04:02,930 --> 00:04:04,490 Speaker: with not being able to have 131 00:04:04,490 --> 00:04:04,969 Speaker: children. 132 00:04:04,969 --> 00:04:08,110 Speaker: I have friends who are wrestling with infertility and it is just 133 00:04:08,110 --> 00:04:09,689 Speaker: a completely brutal experience. 134 00:04:09,689 --> 00:04:12,930 Speaker: I even remember being so afraid to tell a friend of mine who had 135 00:04:12,930 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker: been wrestling with infertility for years when I had become 136 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker: pregnant because I didn't want to hurt her. 137 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker: It's just an absolutely heartbreaking experience. 138 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker: And number three, we do still see little bits of this with 139 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker: illness here in today's society, but especially back then, being 140 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker: barren was seen as punishment for having done something wrong. 141 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker: It was kind of believed that if 142 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,100 Speaker: God chose not to give you 143 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker: children, it's because you had 144 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker: done something to exclude 145 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,300 Speaker: yourself from being eligible to 146 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker: have children. 147 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,439 Speaker: And so barrenness was not just seen as a health issue. 148 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:50,779 Speaker: First of all, it was always blamed on the woman, and it also 149 00:04:50,779 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker: was seen as essentially a sign of moral failure. 150 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker: And so these all were things 151 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker: that Elizabeth and Zechariah, 152 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,399 Speaker: but mostly Elizabeth as this 153 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:02,060 Speaker: was, you know, a system that 154 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker: very much looked down on women 155 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker: and put the brunt of the 156 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,779 Speaker: childbearing, um, responsibility 157 00:05:08,779 --> 00:05:10,300 Speaker: morally and otherwise, onto 158 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker: women. 159 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,860 Speaker: But we see that she is carrying 160 00:05:12,860 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker: an incredibly, incredibly heavy 161 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker: burden. 162 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,750 Speaker: And for me right now, my husband 163 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:19,110 Speaker: and I have been in a season of 164 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:21,110 Speaker: uncertainty really since before 165 00:05:21,110 --> 00:05:22,310 Speaker: we met. 166 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:25,189 Speaker: Um, and he is in a season right now of looking for a job. 167 00:05:25,189 --> 00:05:28,189 Speaker: Um, he was let go, I believe, unfairly, but that's another 168 00:05:28,189 --> 00:05:29,430 Speaker: story for another time. 169 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:31,149 Speaker: Um, from the job that he'd had 170 00:05:31,149 --> 00:05:33,310 Speaker: for almost ten years and has 171 00:05:33,310 --> 00:05:35,029 Speaker: been hunting for a job for 172 00:05:35,029 --> 00:05:36,589 Speaker: months now, and it's been it's 173 00:05:36,589 --> 00:05:37,069 Speaker: been brutal. 174 00:05:37,069 --> 00:05:38,870 Speaker: The job market is brutal right now. 175 00:05:38,870 --> 00:05:39,910 Speaker: And most recently, there were 176 00:05:39,910 --> 00:05:41,769 Speaker: three really solid opportunities 177 00:05:41,769 --> 00:05:44,310 Speaker: that looked like one or even 178 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:46,470 Speaker: two, or possibly even all three 179 00:05:46,470 --> 00:05:47,269 Speaker: of them are going to come 180 00:05:47,269 --> 00:05:47,470 Speaker: through. 181 00:05:47,470 --> 00:05:49,389 Speaker: And on the same day they all fell through. 182 00:05:49,389 --> 00:05:51,589 Speaker: And so we have been in this 183 00:05:51,589 --> 00:05:53,910 Speaker: season of waiting and wondering 184 00:05:53,910 --> 00:05:55,509 Speaker: and hoping that God's gonna 185 00:05:55,509 --> 00:05:56,670 Speaker: provide, knowing that he will 186 00:05:56,670 --> 00:05:57,829 Speaker: provide, but maybe not in the 187 00:05:57,829 --> 00:05:59,629 Speaker: way that we would prefer for him 188 00:05:59,629 --> 00:06:00,430 Speaker: to. 189 00:06:00,430 --> 00:06:02,149 Speaker: And it's just been really difficult. 190 00:06:02,149 --> 00:06:04,709 Speaker: And so, you know, going through 191 00:06:04,709 --> 00:06:06,750 Speaker: this question today, I wanted to 192 00:06:06,750 --> 00:06:08,189 Speaker: be open and share about what I'm 193 00:06:08,189 --> 00:06:09,509 Speaker: feeling right now and that I am 194 00:06:09,509 --> 00:06:10,750 Speaker: in a season where it doesn't 195 00:06:10,750 --> 00:06:11,910 Speaker: necessarily feel like God is 196 00:06:11,910 --> 00:06:12,589 Speaker: absent. 197 00:06:12,589 --> 00:06:14,509 Speaker: I'm very confident that God will provide. 198 00:06:14,509 --> 00:06:19,370 Speaker: He has always, um, even when it hasn't looked how I would hope 199 00:06:19,370 --> 00:06:21,449 Speaker: it looked or how I had planned for it to look. 200 00:06:21,449 --> 00:06:24,529 Speaker: You know, I married my high school sweetheart when I was 201 00:06:24,529 --> 00:06:26,129 Speaker: newly twenty years old. 202 00:06:26,129 --> 00:06:27,970 Speaker: I had a baby, had my whole life 203 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:29,529 Speaker: planned out, and then became a 204 00:06:29,529 --> 00:06:30,810 Speaker: single mom quite literally 205 00:06:30,810 --> 00:06:32,009 Speaker: overnight when my son was four 206 00:06:32,009 --> 00:06:32,730 Speaker: months old. 207 00:06:32,730 --> 00:06:34,490 Speaker: So it's safe to say that, you 208 00:06:34,490 --> 00:06:35,610 Speaker: know, I had my life all mapped 209 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:35,769 Speaker: out. 210 00:06:35,769 --> 00:06:37,250 Speaker: I remember being very prideful 211 00:06:37,250 --> 00:06:38,730 Speaker: about the fact that I had it all 212 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:39,250 Speaker: figured out. 213 00:06:39,250 --> 00:06:43,810 Speaker: I had a wonderful husband, I had a wonderful extended family. 214 00:06:43,810 --> 00:06:46,930 Speaker: I had this whole life mapped out and everything was coming up 215 00:06:46,930 --> 00:06:47,769 Speaker: roses for me. 216 00:06:47,769 --> 00:06:48,769 Speaker: We had enough money. 217 00:06:48,769 --> 00:06:52,209 Speaker: We had a really nice house that I just absolutely loved. 218 00:06:52,209 --> 00:06:53,449 Speaker: I had this baby and we were 219 00:06:53,449 --> 00:06:55,129 Speaker: planning for another one, and 220 00:06:55,129 --> 00:06:56,209 Speaker: then it was all completely 221 00:06:56,209 --> 00:06:56,769 Speaker: ripped away. 222 00:06:56,769 --> 00:06:59,769 Speaker: And honestly, as brutal as it was, it was the best possible 223 00:06:59,769 --> 00:07:02,490 Speaker: thing that could have happened to me because it showed me that 224 00:07:02,490 --> 00:07:03,970 Speaker: I am not the one in control. 225 00:07:03,970 --> 00:07:06,689 Speaker: And it broke something in me that very much needed to be 226 00:07:06,689 --> 00:07:11,689 Speaker: broken in order to allow God to really be the Lord of my life. 227 00:07:11,689 --> 00:07:13,569 Speaker: And it still feels like that 228 00:07:13,569 --> 00:07:15,209 Speaker: season is ongoing of just 229 00:07:15,209 --> 00:07:17,310 Speaker: uncertainty and refining fire, 230 00:07:17,310 --> 00:07:18,009 Speaker: really. 231 00:07:18,009 --> 00:07:19,889 Speaker: And so wherever you are at right 232 00:07:19,889 --> 00:07:21,170 Speaker: now, if you are struggling with 233 00:07:21,170 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker: a similar season, Um, I can 234 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,199 Speaker: absolutely relate. 235 00:07:24,199 --> 00:07:25,279 Speaker: And you are in the right place. 236 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker: This is not me coming from a place of, like, nothing wrong 237 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:29,079 Speaker: has ever happened to me. 238 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker: And so I know God is good. 239 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,839 Speaker: Like I'm still in a season where it's a conscious choice to go, 240 00:07:34,839 --> 00:07:36,759 Speaker: okay, God, I'm gonna trust you. 241 00:07:36,759 --> 00:07:38,199 Speaker: There's constantly stuff going on. 242 00:07:38,199 --> 00:07:42,100 Speaker: I swear my therapist will get on our our calls and go, all right, 243 00:07:42,100 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker: lay it on me. 244 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:43,399 Speaker: What happened this week? 245 00:07:43,399 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker: Because it's always just insane stuff that's going on. 246 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,519 Speaker: And it's it's a lot of it is very, very heavy stuff. 247 00:07:50,519 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker: So all of that to say I am wrestling in this season right 248 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,379 Speaker: now, like Elizabeth is in these verses of, okay, God, I don't 249 00:07:58,379 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker: know how you're gonna provide. 250 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker: It looked like you were gonna provide. 251 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker: And then that was taken away. 252 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,439 Speaker: So I don't know what the future is going to look like, but the 253 00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker: entire purpose of advent is that we have hope. 254 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,579 Speaker: The entire purpose of advent is anticipation of something 255 00:08:13,579 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker: incredible and wonderful, and God being so beautifully 256 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,959 Speaker: glorified through, even through an incredibly dark season. 257 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker: And think about it, Israel was 258 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,620 Speaker: in an incredibly dark season, 259 00:08:24,620 --> 00:08:27,529 Speaker: even after Jesus was born and 260 00:08:27,529 --> 00:08:28,790 Speaker: had his ministry and was 261 00:08:28,790 --> 00:08:29,990 Speaker: crucified because they were 262 00:08:29,990 --> 00:08:31,110 Speaker: still under oppression by the 263 00:08:31,110 --> 00:08:32,309 Speaker: Roman Empire. 264 00:08:32,309 --> 00:08:37,149 Speaker: So unfortunately and fortunately, our redemption does 265 00:08:37,149 --> 00:08:40,669 Speaker: not always look like our troubles, just going away. 266 00:08:40,669 --> 00:08:44,549 Speaker: We serve an incredible God, a God who understands that our 267 00:08:44,549 --> 00:08:49,070 Speaker: lives are multi-layered and we truly function best when he is 268 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:50,870 Speaker: the Lord over all of our lives. 269 00:08:50,870 --> 00:08:54,190 Speaker: And so redemption and release from the refining fire in one 270 00:08:54,190 --> 00:08:56,990 Speaker: area does not always mean that that is the case in all other 271 00:08:56,990 --> 00:09:00,470 Speaker: areas of our lives, or that difficult seasons are all going 272 00:09:00,470 --> 00:09:03,830 Speaker: to end just because we see redemption in one area. 273 00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:05,009 Speaker: So with that, I would love to 274 00:09:05,009 --> 00:09:06,870 Speaker: invite you to go download your 275 00:09:06,870 --> 00:09:08,990 Speaker: workbook, read the passage for 276 00:09:08,990 --> 00:09:10,529 Speaker: today for yourself, listen to 277 00:09:10,529 --> 00:09:13,090 Speaker: the song, and then just kind of 278 00:09:13,090 --> 00:09:14,669 Speaker: sit in God's presence and allow 279 00:09:14,669 --> 00:09:16,549 Speaker: him to show you what he has for 280 00:09:16,549 --> 00:09:18,669 Speaker: you today. 281 00:09:18,669 --> 00:09:21,870 Speaker: And once you've read the passage, uh, and done your 282 00:09:21,870 --> 00:09:24,309 Speaker: journaling prompt, I would encourage you again to just sit 283 00:09:24,309 --> 00:09:26,950 Speaker: with your eyes closed and listen to the song. 284 00:09:26,950 --> 00:09:31,179 Speaker: I love kind of the juxtaposition of these very hopeful lyrics, 285 00:09:31,179 --> 00:09:34,860 Speaker: but also this very melancholy sound in the music. 286 00:09:34,860 --> 00:09:37,379 Speaker: It's very, very interesting and I feel like it paints a really 287 00:09:37,379 --> 00:09:40,100 Speaker: beautiful picture of, you know, what Israel was going through at 288 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:42,899 Speaker: the time, what we are going through in our own lives and how 289 00:09:42,899 --> 00:09:45,100 Speaker: there can be so much sorrow. 290 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:47,179 Speaker: But God has so much hope. 291 00:09:47,179 --> 00:09:50,700 Speaker: My my son, who's four, we were all kind of messing around. 292 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:52,139 Speaker: We have a couple ukuleles. 293 00:09:52,139 --> 00:09:54,779 Speaker: Um, and so this past weekend, my 294 00:09:54,779 --> 00:09:56,379 Speaker: four year old had the ukulele 295 00:09:56,379 --> 00:09:57,279 Speaker: and was just kind of like 296 00:09:57,279 --> 00:09:58,639 Speaker: strumming it and started kind of 297 00:09:58,639 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker: like softly singing and just 298 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:01,299 Speaker: like sang for like three 299 00:10:01,299 --> 00:10:01,620 Speaker: minutes. 300 00:10:01,620 --> 00:10:02,860 Speaker: It was the cutest thing. 301 00:10:02,860 --> 00:10:04,259 Speaker: And he finishes up and he looks 302 00:10:04,259 --> 00:10:06,620 Speaker: at me and he goes, that song was 303 00:10:06,620 --> 00:10:08,179 Speaker: about hope. 304 00:10:08,179 --> 00:10:09,419 Speaker: Jesus is hope. 305 00:10:09,419 --> 00:10:11,019 Speaker: And it was just this moment 306 00:10:11,019 --> 00:10:12,620 Speaker: where my heart completely 307 00:10:12,620 --> 00:10:13,340 Speaker: exploded. 308 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:14,100 Speaker: It was so sweet. 309 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:16,419 Speaker: But it's like, yes, Jesus is our hope. 310 00:10:16,419 --> 00:10:18,179 Speaker: And even in the absolute darkest 311 00:10:18,179 --> 00:10:19,820 Speaker: seasons, whether this is purely 312 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:21,340 Speaker: a joyful Christmas season for 313 00:10:21,340 --> 00:10:22,500 Speaker: you, which I'm very glad for 314 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:22,580 Speaker: you. 315 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:26,860 Speaker: If that's the case, or whether this joy of the season is mixed 316 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:30,019 Speaker: with a lot of darkness from your own personal life, you are in 317 00:10:30,019 --> 00:10:31,169 Speaker: the right place. 318 00:10:31,169 --> 00:10:34,210 Speaker: We know that we can find our hope in Jesus and I am glad that 319 00:10:34,210 --> 00:10:35,289 Speaker: you are here. 320 00:10:35,289 --> 00:10:37,049 Speaker: So again, head over to my bio. 321 00:10:37,049 --> 00:10:38,570 Speaker: You can download the free workbook. 322 00:10:38,570 --> 00:10:39,970 Speaker: This is a study that I'm doing 323 00:10:39,970 --> 00:10:41,049 Speaker: completely for free, but if you 324 00:10:41,049 --> 00:10:42,669 Speaker: would like to buy me a coffee, 325 00:10:42,669 --> 00:10:44,690 Speaker: the link to do that is in my bio 326 00:10:44,690 --> 00:10:45,490 Speaker: as well. 327 00:10:45,490 --> 00:10:48,250 Speaker: So make sure you hit follow so you get updates. 328 00:10:48,250 --> 00:10:51,850 Speaker: There will be another video tomorrow with that day's work. 329 00:10:51,850 --> 00:10:52,889 Speaker: How I have it set up. 330 00:10:52,889 --> 00:10:54,210 Speaker: It's not structured. 331 00:10:54,210 --> 00:10:56,889 Speaker: You can choose to kind of go through the work in one day if 332 00:10:56,889 --> 00:10:57,970 Speaker: that's how you prefer to work. 333 00:10:57,970 --> 00:10:59,529 Speaker: There is a suggested schedule. 334 00:10:59,529 --> 00:11:01,769 Speaker: I'll kind of scroll through the workbook here on the screen so 335 00:11:01,769 --> 00:11:03,090 Speaker: you can see what it looks like. 336 00:11:03,090 --> 00:11:04,850 Speaker: There's a suggested schedule if 337 00:11:04,850 --> 00:11:06,090 Speaker: you are more of a structured 338 00:11:06,090 --> 00:11:06,490 Speaker: person. 339 00:11:06,490 --> 00:11:08,769 Speaker: If you are, I highly envy you. 340 00:11:08,769 --> 00:11:10,409 Speaker: Um, but it is. 341 00:11:10,409 --> 00:11:13,009 Speaker: It is designed to be accessible for everyone, not overwhelming. 342 00:11:13,009 --> 00:11:15,049 Speaker: Just to add a little bit of food 343 00:11:15,049 --> 00:11:16,889 Speaker: for thought, add some scripture, 344 00:11:16,889 --> 00:11:18,750 Speaker: and add some celebration into 345 00:11:18,750 --> 00:11:19,970 Speaker: your daily life here in the 346 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:20,769 Speaker: advent season. 347 00:11:20,769 --> 00:11:24,049 Speaker: So again, it's specifically designed for people with ADHD or 348 00:11:24,049 --> 00:11:27,129 Speaker: who have chaos in their brains, because that is definitely me. 349 00:11:27,129 --> 00:11:29,210 Speaker: Um, but make sure you download the workbook. 350 00:11:29,210 --> 00:11:31,090 Speaker: Share this with a friend who needs to hear it. 351 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:32,370 Speaker: Buy me a coffee if you feel so 352 00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:33,769 Speaker: inclined and I will see you 353 00:11:33,769 --> 00:11:34,409 Speaker: tomorrow. 354 00:11:34,409 --> 00:11:34,970 Speaker: Bye.