There’s a Right Time for It | Ecclesiastes 8

I think wisdom is what God wants is what God wants is what God wants for us, it's the fruits of the spirit for us, it's the fruits of the spirit : love, joy, peace, : love, joy, peace, : love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, patience, kindness, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, goodness, faithfulness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, gentleness, gentleness, self-control. And I self-control. And I self-control. And I feel like... But I feel like... But I feel like... But I think there's think there's think there's something about it... Um, I think something about it... Um, I think something about it... Um, I think wisdom is what it wisdom is what it wisdom is what it leads to. leads to. leads to. It's almost like a fruit of the spirit, It's almost like a fruit of the spirit, It's almost like a fruit of the spirit, wisdom—it's like wisdom—it's like wisdom—it's like fertilizer that makes fertilizer that makes fertilizer that makes things things things grow. So, and even grow. So, and even grow. So, and even sometimes, you know, there are things sometimes, you know, there are things sometimes, you know, there are things that seem wise, that seem wise, that seem wise, and then...It's and then...It's not. not. That's right, and it sounds That's right, and it sounds That's right, and it sounds good, and maybe it good, and maybe it good, and maybe it rhymes. And it's rhymes. And it's rhymes. And it's just not fertilizer, it's just not fertilizer, it's just not fertilizer, it's just real just real just real crap. crap. This is Crosswoods Daily. No This is Crosswoods Daily. No experts, no experts, no experts, no perfect people, just perfect people, just perfect people, just honest conversations about what honest conversations about what honest conversations about what happens when happens when happens when the Bible appears in the Bible appears in the Bible appears in real life. real life. Welcome Welcome back to Crosswoods Daily. back to Crosswoods Daily. back to Crosswoods Daily. My name is Caleb. My name is Caleb. My name is Caleb. I am Mika. I am Mika. I am Mika. I'm Ian. I'm Ian. I'm Ian. I'm Zach. I'm Zach.

I'm Zach. Today we read the 8th Today we read the 8th chapter of the book of chapter of the book of chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes. We Ecclesiastes. We Ecclesiastes. We move forward as move forward as move forward as we read this book of the we read this book of the we read this book of the wisdom of King wisdom of King wisdom of King Solomon. And don't let that Solomon. And don't let that Solomon. And don't let that stop you if stop you if stop you if you haven't read it, or are you haven't read it, or are you haven't read it, or are worried about worried about worried about reading it, or if you've reading it, or if you've reading it, or if you've read it and thought, read it and thought, read it and thought, "Man, that's "Man, that's "Man, that's hard." It's a little hard." It's a little hard." It's a little heavy, but we heavy, but we heavy, but we find gold in it find gold in it find gold in it . We find . We find . We find gold in it together. gold in it together. gold in it together. This is what I want to This is what I want to This is what I want to tell you. Okay, this is tell you. Okay, this is tell you. Okay, this is Ecclesiastes. Today Ecclesiastes. Today Ecclesiastes. Today we are in chapter 8. This is the 5th we are in chapter 8. This is the 5th verse of the 8th chapter. verse of the 8th chapter. My Bible translation My Bible translation says: “A wise says: “A wise says: “A wise heart knows heart knows heart knows the right time and the right time and the right time and order.” order.” order.” There is a time There is a time There is a time and order for every activity. and order for every activity. and order for every activity. Mhm. A Mhm. A Mhm. A wise heart knows wise heart knows wise heart knows the right time and the right time and the right time and order. So, order. So, order. So, let's start with this. How do you let's start with this. How do you let's start with this. How do you define wisdom? define wisdom? define wisdom? And how do you know when And how do you know when And how do you know when you see it? What is you see it? What is you see it? What is wisdom? wisdom? wisdom? Oh. Oh. Oh. I mean, I mean, I mean, obviously, it's knowing the obviously, it's knowing the obviously, it's knowing the right time and right time and right time and order. order. order. Of course. Of course. Of course. But what does this mean? But what does this mean? But what does this mean? Yes. Yes. Yes. I mean, what are I mean, what are I mean, what are we getting at? We we getting at? We we getting at? We turn to turn to turn to biblical wisdom, biblical wisdom, biblical wisdom, or simply to the fact that or simply to the fact that or simply to the fact that you can share street wisdom with you can share street wisdom with you can share street wisdom with someone someone if you want. I don't know . Whatever.

. Whatever. . Whatever. Biblical street Biblical street Biblical street wisdom, business wisdom, business wisdom, sports wisdom, sports wisdom, sports wisdom, I don't know. wisdom, I don't know. wisdom, I don't know. Any wisdom. Any wisdom. I don't know if you I don't know if you immediately know that this is immediately know that this is immediately know that this is wisdom. Sometimes when wisdom. Sometimes when wisdom. Sometimes when I hear something, I I hear something, I I hear something, I put it through put it through put it through some kind of filter and say, some kind of filter and say, some kind of filter and say, oh no, that's good. And sometimes it's oh no, that's good. And sometimes it's oh no, that's good. And sometimes it's things I do things I do things I do n't really want to n't really want to n't really want to hear. hear. hear. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. But I know that But I know that But I know that actually from a actually from a actually from a biblical perspective biblical perspective biblical perspective it sounds right, it sounds right, it sounds right, so I think, oh, this is the so I think, oh, this is the so I think, oh, this is the wisdom that God wisdom that God wisdom that God needs me to hear. needs me to hear. needs me to hear. Yes. Yes. Yes. Emm. Emm. Emm. So, it sounds So, it sounds So, it sounds a bit like you mean a bit like you mean a bit like you mean you you you know it's know it's know it's wisdom after you wisdom after you wisdom after you 've applied it or 've applied it or 've applied it or when you start when you start when you start applying it? Is that what applying it? Is that what applying it? Is that what you mean? you mean? you mean? Um, Um, Um, maybe it's because maybe it's because maybe it's because when I hear it, I when I hear it, I when I hear it, I think about it, think about it, think about it, what does it mean to what does it mean to what does it mean to me? And then I me? And then I me? And then I realize that it's actually realize that it's actually realize that it's actually at the core of something that at the core of something that at the core of something that I might be I might be I might be dealing with. dealing with. dealing with. Yes. Yes. Yes. at that time. at that time. at that time. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Um, yes. Um, yes. Like, I'll say, uh, the Like, I'll say, uh, the person I person I person I turn to for wise turn to for wise turn to for wise counsel, spiritual counsel, spiritual counsel, spiritual guidance, uh, guidance, uh, guidance, uh, she actually she actually she actually objected to me that I do objected to me that I do objected to me that I do n't find time in n't find time in n't find time in my life to my life to my life to just sit and just sit and just sit and listen to God. I listen to God. I listen to God. I was so busy with was so busy with was so busy with things, in a hurry and things, in a hurry and things, in a hurry and all that. And she all that. And she all that. And she did it in did it in did it in the nicest way, the nicest way, the nicest way, but she said, but she said, but she said, you know, if you have you know, if you have you know, if you have time for silence? And I time for silence? And I time for silence? And I said, yes, I do, and said, yes, I do, and said, yes, I do, and I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying to read this Bible to read this Bible to read this Bible in a year, and I'm praying for in a year, and I'm praying for in a year, and I'm praying for people, and she's like, no, it's people, and she's like, no, it's people, and she's like, no, it's just a time when you just a time when you just a time when you sit down and walk, take a sit down and walk, take a sit down and walk, take a deep breath. God, deep breath. God, deep breath. God, what do you have for me?

what do you have for me? what do you have for me? It is like this: 15 minutes. It is like this: 15 minutes. It is like this: 15 minutes. For example, 15 minutes to For example, 15 minutes to For example, 15 minutes to be in silence. be in silence. be in silence. Yes. Yes. Yes. And I'm ashamed to And I'm ashamed to And I'm ashamed to tell you, but I found it tell you, but I found it tell you, but I found it difficult to do 15 difficult to do 15 difficult to do 15 minutes a day. Yes, minutes a day. Yes, minutes a day. Yes, when I just sit and be when I just sit and be when I just sit and be silent. silent. silent. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. And I'll maybe take a And I'll maybe take a And I'll maybe take a notebook with, uh, things notebook with, uh, things notebook with, uh, things where I can where I can where I can write down what I hear write down what I hear write down what I hear or when I get or when I get or when I get distracted to distracted to distracted to just come back just come back just come back to it. But she to it. But she to it. But she was absolutely right was absolutely right was absolutely right that I was in such a hurry that I that I was in such a hurry that I that I was in such a hurry that I didn't take the time to didn't take the time to didn't take the time to think and think and think and let God let God let God remind me of it. remind me of it. remind me of it. So, and then I thought So, and then I thought : that was wisdom. : that was wisdom. : that was wisdom. Yes, of course. Yes, Yes, of course. Yes, Yes, of course. Yes, because then you because then you because then you applied it and applied it and applied it and saw that it saw that it saw that it really worked, really worked, really worked, yes. Of course, yes. yes. Of course, yes. yes. Of course, yes. Yes. I think I don't Yes. I think I don't Yes. I think I don't know. I'm at a point now where, know. I'm at a point now where, know. I'm at a point now where, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, if it's wisdom, it's if it's wisdom, it's if it's wisdom, it's as if it's as if it's as if it's inspired by God for me inspired by God for me inspired by God for me . Because I think . Because I think that life, you know, I that life, you know, I that life, you know, I often look back on often look back on often look back on things that I thought were things that I thought were things that I thought were wise at certain wise at certain wise at certain times. Like in past times. Like in past times. Like in past periods of my life, periods of my life, periods of my life, things, you know, things, you know, things, you know, beliefs, beliefs, beliefs, ideologies that we ideologies that we ideologies that we clung to, that we clung to, that we clung to, that we lived by, and that to me are lived by, and that to me are lived by, and that to me are so stupid. Yes.

so stupid. Yes. so stupid. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. And that's why I don't know. So And that's why I don't know. So And that's why I don't know. So for me it will be like this, whether for me it will be like this, whether for me it will be like this, whether you know it or not, it you know it or not, it you know it or not, it will be according to will be according to will be according to Scripture, or Scripture, or Scripture, or somehow God will somehow God will somehow God will confirm it. confirm it. confirm it. Yes. It's like it's Yes. It's like it's Yes. It's like it's going to speak going to speak going to speak to my spirit, right to my spirit, right to my spirit, right ? I'm thinking to myself, "Hmm, ? I'm thinking to myself, "Hmm, ? I'm thinking to myself, "Hmm, okay, God, this is more okay, God, this is more than just a good than just a good than just a good idea. There's some depth to this idea. There's some depth to this idea. There's some depth to this , you know , you know , you know what I mean?" And I recognize what I mean?" And I recognize what I mean?" And I recognize your hand in this. So your hand in this. So your hand in this. So for me, it will have for me, it will have for me, it will have some element of His some element of His some element of His fingerprint. fingerprint. fingerprint. Yes. Yes. Yes. For me to consider that For me to consider that For me to consider that wisdom... wisdom... wisdom... I think wisdom I think wisdom is, uh, almost like, you is, uh, almost like, you is, uh, almost like, you know, what God know, what God know, what God wants for us is the wants for us is the wants for us is the fruits of the spirit: love, fruits of the spirit: love, fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, joy, peace, joy, peace, patience, kindness, patience, kindness, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, goodness, faithfulness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, gentleness, gentleness, self-control. self-control. self-control. Yes. Yes. But I think there's something But I think there's something ... I think ... I think ... I think wisdom is something that wisdom is something that wisdom is something that gives birth to... It's almost like a gives birth to... It's almost like a gives birth to... It's almost like a fruit of the spirit, wisdom fruit of the spirit, wisdom is like a fertilizer that is like a fertilizer that is like a fertilizer that makes things makes things makes things grow. So grow. So grow. So even sometimes, you know, even sometimes, you know, even sometimes, you know, there are things that seem there are things that seem there are things that seem wise and then they're wise and then they're wise and then they're not wise.

not wise. not wise. And they sound good, And they sound good, And they sound good, and maybe rhyme. and maybe rhyme. and maybe rhyme. Yes. Yes. Yes. And this is not fertilizer, but And this is not fertilizer, but And this is not fertilizer, but just real just real just real [ __ ]. [ __ ]. [ __ ]. Yes. Yes. I remember someone I remember someone saying that wisdom saying that wisdom saying that wisdom lies in lies in lies in noticing noticing noticing patterns. patterns. patterns. Yes. Yes. Yes. And then take And then take And then take appropriate measures appropriate measures appropriate measures based on these based on these based on these patterns. patterns. patterns. That's good. That's good. That's good. When you say that, I'm When you say that, I'm When you say that, I'm like, "Wow, I'm an idiot." I like, "Wow, I'm an idiot." I like, "Wow, I'm an idiot." I miss a lot of miss a lot of miss a lot of patterns. patterns. patterns. Just yesterday, a pattern Just yesterday, a pattern Just yesterday, a pattern emerged in my life emerged in my life where I don't give myself enough where I don't give myself enough time to get time to get time to get home to do the home to do the home to do the next thing. A. next thing. A. next thing. A. Right? And Right? And Right? And yesterday I had to yesterday I had to yesterday I had to drive home for about an hour drive home for about an hour drive home for about an hour . I was going to . I was going to . I was going to take the kids to take the kids to cross- cross- country running practice, right? And country running practice, right? And country running practice, right? And so, obviously, to so, obviously, to so, obviously, to get there by 3:00, get there by 3:00, get there by 3:00, I need to I need to I need to leave at 2:00. Well, how did I leave at 2:00. Well, how did I leave at 2:00. Well, how did I think I could think I could think I could do it, leaving at do it, leaving at do it, leaving at 2:15? This is a constant thing. I'm 2:15? This is a constant thing. I'm 2:15? This is a constant thing. I'm late. And I late. And I late. And I hate it. I don't want to hate it. I don't want to hate it. I don't want to be...Dad is be...Dad is be...Dad is late. They're late. They're late. They're like, "Yeah, Dad's coming. like, "Yeah, Dad's coming. like, "Yeah, Dad's coming. He's going to be late, He's going to be late, He's going to be late, right?" I ignore right?" I ignore right?" I ignore the pattern that I don't the pattern that I don't the pattern that I don't allocate enough allocate enough allocate enough time and take the time and take the time and take the proper steps. That proper steps. That proper steps. That was my was my was my foolishness yesterday. foolishness yesterday.

foolishness yesterday. Sorry, kids. Yes. Sorry, kids. Yes. Sorry, kids. Yes. Therefore. And that's why I Therefore. And that's why I Therefore. And that's why I like the like the like the scripture, right? Because scripture, right? Because scripture, right? Because it says: “A wise it says: “A wise it says: “A wise heart knows heart knows heart knows the right time and the right time and the right time and course of action.” This is course of action.” This is course of action.” This is noticed. And it works noticed. And it works noticed. And it works properly. Is it possible properly. Is it possible properly. Is it possible that you that you that you did the right did the right did the right thing, but with the thing, but with the thing, but with the wrong wrong wrong procedure, at the wrong procedure, at the wrong procedure, at the wrong time, or with the time, or with the time, or with the wrong wrong wrong words, or with the words, or with the words, or with the wrong wrong wrong attitude? attitude? attitude? I mean, I can I mean, I can I mean, I can think of times when think of times when think of times when I asked girls I asked girls I asked girls out and they out and they out and they said, "I have a said, "I have a said, "I have a boyfriend." boyfriend." boyfriend." This is very bad This is very bad This is very bad timing. Very timing. Very timing. Very bad timing. bad timing. Here's what we need to Here's what we need to do about it. We could do about it. We could do about it. We could fix that. This is fix that. This is fix that. This is funny. Anything else that funny. Anything else that funny. Anything else that comes to mind? comes to mind? comes to mind? Maybe it was the Maybe it was the Maybe it was the right intention, but right intention, but right intention, but it was the wrong... it was the wrong... It was the wrong It was the wrong It was the wrong approach. approach. approach. I mean, I feel like I mean, I feel like I mean, I feel like I I I do it regularly. I do it regularly. I do it regularly. I think it's one of the think it's one of the think it's one of the things that just things that just things that just makes me makes me makes me awestruck by awestruck by awestruck by Jesus when it seems Jesus when it seems Jesus when it seems perfect. It's not that perfect. It's not that perfect. It's not that you're just you're just you're just perfect at what you perfect at what you perfect at what you do. The thing is in do. The thing is in do. The thing is in perfect tone. The thing is perfect tone. The thing is perfect tone. The thing is in perfect time. in perfect time. in perfect time. The thing is, the The thing is, the The thing is, the perfect way perfect way perfect way to do something is the to do something is the to do something is the perfect way to perfect way to perfect way to say something. It's like say something. It's like say something. It's like you just you just you just like all of this. It's like like all of this. It's like like all of this. It's like you got everything you got everything you got everything right, right, right, you know? And then you are still you know? And then you are still you know? And then you are still clothed in clothed in clothed in humility. You know, because humility. You know, because humility. You know, because if I had everything if I had everything if I had everything right all the time, it would be right all the time, it would be right all the time, it would be hard for me to hard for me to hard for me to stay humble stay humble stay humble about it. It's like everything that about it. It's like everything that about it. It's like everything that comes out of my mouth comes out of my mouth comes out of my mouth is the perfect thing to is the perfect thing to is the perfect thing to say at the say at the say at the perfect time and in the perfect time and in the perfect time and in the perfect way. I would perfect way. I would ...I would be...I'm like ...I would be...I'm like ...I would be...I'm like perfect, you know perfect, you know perfect, you know what I'm saying? It seems like I would what I'm saying? It seems like I would what I'm saying? It seems like I would walk like that, but I don't know.

walk like that, but I don't know. But, man, I guess I don't know. I I don't know. I I don't know. I regularly think, regularly think, regularly think, man, even in man, even in man, even in conversations with my wife, conversations with my wife, conversations with my wife, um, where I just um, where I just um, where I just find myself saying something find myself saying something find myself saying something because it feels like it because it feels like it because it feels like it needs to be said at needs to be said at needs to be said at that moment, and it's that moment, and it's that moment, and it's like, "Okay, like, "Okay, like, "Okay, maybe there's some truth to that maybe there's some truth to that maybe there's some truth to that , Demiko, but does , Demiko, but does , Demiko, but does the moment call for it the moment call for it the moment call for it ?" Do you understand ?" Do you understand ?" Do you understand what I mean? what I mean? what I mean? Who benefits from this? Who benefits from this? Who benefits from this? Except that you Except that you Except that you realize that this is the realize that this is the realize that this is the answer, answer, answer, or how it should or how it should or how it should be. And I be. And I be. And I think for me, I do think for me, I do think for me, I do n't know, it n't know, it n't know, it comes back to comes back to comes back to this state of just being this state of just being this state of just being humble and humble and humble and realizing realizing realizing who I'm serving in this who I'm serving in this who I'm serving in this moment? And I don't know, moment? And I don't know, moment? And I don't know, coming back to coming back to coming back to this space, so I this space, so I this space, so I can turn around to, can turn around to, can turn around to, "Okay, maybe "Okay, maybe "Okay, maybe I should I should I should shut up now. Or shut up now. Or shut up now. Or maybe I should just maybe I should just listen now." listen now." Yes, I mean, there's an Yes, I mean, there's an extraordinary level of extraordinary level of humility in that to humility in that to humility in that to realize that realize that realize that what may what may what may seem like the right seem like the right seem like the right time and procedure for me, time and procedure for me, time and procedure for me, but it may but it may but it may be the wrong be the wrong be the wrong time and procedure for you. And time and procedure for you. And time and procedure for you. And I can move I can move I can move forward because it makes me forward because it makes me forward because it makes me happy. Or I can happy. Or I can happy. Or I can wait until you wait until you wait until you 're ready.

're ready. 're ready. Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand what I mean? Yes, especially when you Yes, especially when you Yes, especially when you say it like it say it like it say it like it seems right. seems right. seems right. Do you understand what I'm Do you understand what I'm Do you understand what I'm talking about? It doesn't seem like talking about? It doesn't seem like talking about? It doesn't seem like you just don't know or you just don't know or you just don't know or anything. It seems like it's anything. It seems like it's anything. It seems like it's something like, something like, something like, "No, there's some truth to that. "No, there's some truth to that. "No, there's some truth to that. There is knowledge in that, is There is knowledge in that, is There is knowledge in that, is n't there?" But it is n't there?" But it is n't there?" But it is applied applied applied incorrectly, either with the incorrectly, either with the incorrectly, either with the wrong motive wrong motive , or at the wrong , or at the wrong , or at the wrong time. time. time. Wrong time, as Wrong time, as Wrong time, as you said. Yes. you said. Yes. you said. Yes. Yes. So, I realized, Yes. So, I realized, Yes. So, I realized, you know, conversations about you know, conversations about you know, conversations about our schedule with our schedule with our schedule with my wife and I my wife and I my wife and I shouldn't happen shouldn't happen shouldn't happen at 10:30 p.m. when we're lying in at 10:30 p.m. when we're lying in at 10:30 p.m. when we're lying in bed. She's not ready bed. She's not ready bed. She's not ready to talk about the to talk about the to talk about the calendar, even though calendar, even though calendar, even though I might be ready. I might be ready. I might be ready. I need to I need to I need to notice this notice this notice this pattern. This is a pattern. This is a pattern. This is a stupid time for this kind of stupid time for this kind of stupid time for this kind of conversation, isn't it? conversation, isn't it? conversation, isn't it? Or is it stupid to try to have a Or is it stupid to try to have a Or is it stupid to try to have a rational rational rational conversation with my conversation with my conversation with my child while they are child while they are child while they are crying, right? Because crying, right? Because crying, right? Because she is in an emotional she is in an emotional she is in an emotional state. They're not ready state. They're not ready state. They're not ready for Dad to teach for Dad to teach for Dad to teach you a lesson that you should you a lesson that you should you a lesson that you should realize and that realize and that realize and that would save you from would save you from would save you from this pain, right? this pain, right? this pain, right? I want to just do I want to just do I want to just do it because I'm like, it because I'm like, it because I'm like, look how look how look how smart I am, and I could smart I am, and I could smart I am, and I could save this, you know, save this, you know, save this, you know, but no, it's up to them. but no, it's up to them. but no, it's up to them. It's not about me. It's not about me. It's not about me. Yes.

Yes. Yes. And there is wisdom in this modesty And there is wisdom in this modesty And there is wisdom in this modesty , I think. , I think. , I think. Yes. That's Yes. That's Yes. That's so true. so true. so true. What is the last wise thing What is the last wise thing you feel you feel you feel like you learned or like you learned or like you learned or heard from someone heard from someone heard from someone else? We should else? We should else? We should do something quick, do something quick, do something quick, small, small, small, small, small, small, popcorn. If you popcorn. If you popcorn. If you can think of something. can think of something. I would say I just I would say I just took some took some took some listening training. listening training. listening training. Good. Good. Good. And this is And this is And this is training to teach training to teach training to teach you to be a better you to be a better you to be a better listener. listener. listener. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, okay. Yes, okay. Yes, okay. And I didn't realize And I didn't realize And I didn't realize how hard it was how hard it was how hard it was . . . Oh, I was terrible. Oh, I was terrible. Oh, I was terrible. Terrible, and I went through Terrible, and I went through Terrible, and I went through this training. I this training. I this training. I thought, oh, that's good. thought, oh, that's good. thought, oh, that's good. Yes. And it took me a while Yes. And it took me a while to at least to at least realize the meaning of realize the meaning of realize the meaning of it. Because I'm like, I it. Because I'm like, I it. Because I'm like, I mean I just have to mean I just have to mean I just have to sit here while they sit here while they sit here while they talk and listen, talk and listen, talk and listen, you know, but yeah, you know, but yeah, you know, but yeah, you know, but it's like you know, but it's like you know, but it's like realizing that this is the realizing that this is the realizing that this is the way that you way that you way that you serve them in this moment, serve them in this moment, serve them in this moment, right? When they're right? When they're right? When they're blowing off steam, or blowing off steam, or blowing off steam, or when they're, you know, not when they're, you know, not when they're, you know, not redirecting them, redirecting them, redirecting them, or solving or solving or solving problems. problems. problems. That's right. Yes. And I That's right. Yes. And I That's right. Yes. And I saw, as if I saw, as if I saw, as if I recognized moments recognized moments recognized moments in recent conversations in recent conversations in recent conversations when I thought it was the when I thought it was the when I thought it was the wisest thing to do wisest thing to do wisest thing to do now. It's like I now. It's like I now. It's like I go into a default mode go into a default mode go into a default mode where we're where we're where we're just having a just having a just having a conversation, and then conversation, and then conversation, and then mid-conversation I mid-conversation I mid-conversation I realize that no, it's realize that no, it's realize that no, it's just time to listen. And that's why just time to listen. And that's why just time to listen. And that's why I am, right? I don't I am, right? I don't I am, right? I don't know if it's...it's not what know if it's...it's not what know if it's...it's not what I was told, but it I was told, but it I was told, but it definitely felt like, definitely felt like, definitely felt like, you know, just you know, just you know, just wisdom that I wisdom that I wisdom that I was applying, or I was applying, or I was applying, or I saw, you know, I saw, you know, I saw, you know, I knew about it and then I knew about it and then I knew about it and then I saw opportunities to saw opportunities to saw opportunities to apply it apply it apply it recently. But I mean recently. But I mean recently. But I mean great.

great. I'm still working on I'm still working on this space-time with this space-time with this space-time with God. Just God. Just God. Just trying to trying to trying to apply every day not to apply every day not to apply every day not to do it because it do it because it do it because it takes time to takes time to takes time to change your habits change your habits change your habits and yeah I still and yeah I still and yeah I still think about it and think about it and think about it and try to do it try to do it try to do it and I just say I and I just say I and I just say I miss it, I miss it miss it, I miss it miss it, I miss it a lot of times and then I a lot of times and then I a lot of times and then I just try again. just try again. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I just hear over and over again I just hear over and over again I just hear over and over again that this isn't about that this isn't about that this isn't about you, Caleb. It's so you, Caleb. It's so you, Caleb. It's so easy to be easy to be easy to be self-conscious and self-conscious and self-conscious and make it about me. This make it about me. This ...This isn't really about ...This isn't really about ...This isn't really about you, like...Okay. you, like...Okay. you, like...Okay. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay, I'll take Okay, I'll take Okay, I'll take that too, because it's something that too, because it's something that too, because it's something we can all do. we can all do. we can all do. Yeah, that's two of them, Yeah, that's two of them, Yeah, that's two of them, man. man. man. As the Scripture says, a As the Scripture says, a As the Scripture says, a wise heart knows the wise heart knows the wise heart knows the right time and right time and right time and procedure. Just procedure. Just procedure. Just think about your think about your think about your day, maybe you're day, maybe you're day, maybe you're watching watching watching us at the beginning of the day, us at the beginning of the day, us at the beginning of the day, maybe it's the middle maybe it's the middle maybe it's the middle or end of the day. Whatever or end of the day. Whatever or end of the day. Whatever you have you have you have ahead of you, there is a ahead of you, there is a ahead of you, there is a right time and a right time and a right time and a right procedure right procedure right procedure to do it. to do it. to do it. Think about other Think about other Think about other people more than people more than people more than yourself, and it can work out yourself, and it can work out yourself, and it can work out very, very well. very, very well. very, very well. See you See you See you next time.