Journey Through Life's Challenges: Update, Faith, and Health

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Welcome Back and Life Updates

Speaker 1 0:09

hello everyone and welcome back to my channel and welcome back into another episode of the cg or other , also known around the world as the carlos granados podcast . Um , yeah , it's been a minute . Huh , it's been , uh , it's been several months . But here we are to catch you up on everything that's been going on with my life . You know everything that's been uh , happening around my life as well . Uh , it's a lot of things . I was actually supposed today , uh , host somebody , uh again , uh , but he couldn't make it . Uh , he's going through through some stuff and some health issues and stuff and whatnot . So it's all good . So what we do is improvise , and here we are , so let's make it happen . First of all , before I even get started with the episode , as always , I want to thank everyone and everybody who has been supporting my channel . When I don't upload episodes , sometimes you guys ask me , you know if everything is good , what's going on , and I appreciate the love , as always . Thank you guys for sharing my content , for always showing love , for liking , commenting . Don't forget that you can listen to this podcast on all the audio platforms you can think of and , of course , you know , if you like it , go over there and show some love , you know , rate it , you know , a five star , leave a good review and whatnot . And also , if you're listening already through the audio platforms , you can watch this video on my YouTube channel in 4K , as I have a list of basically a playlist of all the podcast episodes that I've done with people . All right , so , without further ado , ladies and gentlemen , let's get mixing . Man , we're just going to talk a lot today . We're going to discuss a lot .

Speaker 1 1:56

By the way , I bought a little laptop if you're watching this , a little laptop here . I figured it would be cool to have a personal laptop . I bought a PC and that's my gaming PC , but obviously I can't move that over there from my room . Laptop here . I figured it would be cool to have a personal laptop . I bought a PC and that's my gaming PC , but obviously I can't move that over there from my room to here . So I was like , what about during podcasts ? If I have questions , if I want to look something up , might as well get a little PC , a little , you know , a little laptop , have it ready , have access and you can just , you know , start searching stuff up and whatnot . I think it'll be pretty cool . So anyways , man , after the last episode that I released , I believe that I uploaded some you know couple YouTube videos in regards to my health and , yeah , essentially we're going to start with that , for those that care about it at all After the winter break , I caught something .

Speaker 1 2:52

It was strep throat C or whatever . I don't even know how I got it , by the way , but I've talked already that on my channel . The thing is , though , it has been prolonging after the winter break , and one of my biggest issues is the fact that I can't breathe through my nostrils . So , because I can't breathe through my nostrils and sleeping at night it's hard , so I have to breathe through my mouth . A lot , um , causes me to snore , uh , even more than I already do . I wake up with , you know , a dry mouth , sometimes my uvula swollen , which is just a pain , you know , and the fact that I can breathe through my nostrils . I'm having to try to breathe and use secondary muscles on my neck so I can just catch , you know , a breath , like pretty deep breath , right . So

Family Health Struggles

Speaker 1 3:37

I've been , you know , seeing ENTs trying to figure out all that stuff . So that's been bothering me a lot and it's unfortunate . Then , of course , course , we have the GERD that came back and it's been causing me a lot of issues .

Speaker 1 3:48

And not only that , ladies and gentlemen , but in my household , um , my grandma has been going through a lot of health issues . You know she's suffering from a congestive heart failure due to a lot of uh , liquid and water buildup . Essentially , long story short , the water and the fluid you know goes up to her heart . The heart can't be very well and of course she's 80 years old , so you know it's already weak and essentially that water goes back into her lungs and you know she essentially can't breathe . You know she suffocates from from that , right , and we've had to take it to the doctor several times already throughout , you know , the three , four months , the last three , four months , um , and each day has been , each day that she has been in the hospital has been longer , unfortunately , you know . So we've been dealing with that . I mean , my sister had to go to the hospital one time , I ended up going to the hospital too , and then my mom ended up going to the hospital , so that's four family members out of six that has ended up in the hospital in literally in the last three to four months .

Speaker 1 4:58

So as a family we've been going through it . We would appreciate . You know a lot of prayers . You know a lot of prayers . You know a lot of love sent our way because as a family we've been going through a lot . It's not easy , you know . Especially , you know I'm already suffering some health issues and we try to take care of my grandma . That's a little bit harder . Obviously , I don't have the greatest relationship with going to hospitals because I've been there , been in and out of it so much . Sometimes I'm going to be honest , you don't like going . It's a weird feeling that you get when you go to hospitals because I've already been in and out . But when it comes to other family members , you got to put that aside and remind yourself that you're going to be okay as well and be there for them . That's what families do , man .

Speaker 1 5:41

I'm very proud of our family and how strong we've been , especially my mom . I know my mom has to deal . She's the rock , the foundation to our family , so we can never thank her enough for what she does I mean especially taking care of my grandma and then she has to look after us . I remember one time my mom ended up falling off the golf cart that we have right and the golf cart landed on her leg . So she was injured for several months and she couldn't do anything physical right . She couldn't be moving around , she couldn't be walking . It was just too painful and I remember how hard it was for us because we missed how much she did for us . You know what I mean .

Speaker 1 6:30

You know that saying that you don't know what you have until it's gone . Well , in this case , something similar where you don't know how easy your life is until your mom , you know , can't do anything physical and she's out for a while . Uh , so a lot of things in our family . We were just like man , like we . I miss . I miss the little things she does . That makes your life easier , that facilitates your life , right , because , as many as you guys know , my mom is a housewife . So , um , and she does that role exceptionally , especially around our household , and we we're a traditional Latin family . So you know we're all close . She takes care of me . I'm a mama's boy . I'm not afraid to admit that . You know , I'm definitely a mama's boy . My brother's definitely a mama's boy , my sister I guess . She's the princess of the house . So we all miss a mom in that situation . So you know when she's not well .

Speaker 1 7:23

A lot of us are affected by it and in this case , with my grandma and things of that nature , you know it's been hitting us pretty hard . So , definitely , if you know , love prayers our way , and not just for myself , but you can reach out to my siblings . You know they have social media . A lot of you guys friends and family , of course you guys have them on social media as well . Friends and family , uh , of course , uh , you guys have them on social media as well . Uh , and you can even find my mind on my mom on facebook and stuff like that . Uh , and my stepdad as well . So , hey , you know what ? Even my grandma , you can find her , she , she loves social media . Boy , let me tell you , grandma definitely loves social media . So we've been dealing with that . Uh , it hasn't been easy , so it hasn't .

Speaker 1 8:01

Sometimes you don't find the motivation to record a podcast and make videos because sometimes you just have to look after yourself . There is a certain point in life that you get where you have to put yourself first before making content or content creation . And let me tell you , man , a lot of you guys have tried the content creation game right , oh , my god , I'm excited and all . It's cool in the beginning where , like you're so motivated , you feel like you know a lot of people will be listening to you . And then they see the numbers and they're like , damn , maybe , maybe I didn't think , I didn't think it was gonna go like that , you know , but for me , I actually genuinely love making content . I genuinely love sharing my journey , my experiences , um having people on my podcast to to share real life , because that's what we go through .

Speaker 1 8:47

I don't do the click baiting . I don't do all of that . Maybe my thumbnails a little bit , but I'm talking about my content itself , what goes on in the video . I'm just sharing life because I believe that I have a gift of vulnerability , and a lot of people benefit from that , a lot of people that can't be vulnerable . Um , they get something out of it , and you know I I love sharing that . So it it .

Speaker 1 9:15

It gets to a point sometimes , though , where you don't feel the motivation . You're just like man , I'm just going to take this time off , let me , let me relax , let me get some rest . Oh , by the way , part of the reason also is because I've had to go back to the office . Now you guys have heard of what's been going on with the federal government . I don't need to tell you , we don't need to Listen . If you want me to get mixy , I could , but right now we're going see how things settle down right , we're also not gonna be effing around , just you know , for the hell of it , we're , we're gonna see how things play out . We gotta play our cards right . But again now , listen , I'm not , I'm not afraid to talk about , about all of that , except you know , you , you guys know what's been going with the federal government .

Speaker 1 10:03

So I , because of the executive orders that have been

Returning to Office Work

Speaker 1 10:07

um passed um by the president , we've had to go back to the office , which , to be honest , if I'm being honest , I actually enjoy going to the office , but not because I actually just want to be there and like , oh , I need people to be around . No , that's cool and all at the beginning , that's pretty cool to see other faces , but you definitely do feel more productive . You feel like when you're in the office , you want to get work done , you're there to accomplish a mission and , of course , because of where I work , it feels more significant , although I will say I think a hybrid job is probably where it's at and , to be honest , if I could only go to the office once or twice a week , that would be perfect for me because I feel like it's a good balance , right ? Although for some reason , in the federal government there is this how do I say this ? There is this energy where people it's kind of boring atmosphere , it's kind of I don't want to say boring , no , that's not the right word it's just people mind themselves a lot Like . It's not like a like this atmosphere that you will feel like it may be in a private sector . You know what I mean . Where it's , uh , it's a different light to going into the office and the atmosphere is different .

Speaker 1 11:28

The federal government not so much , and I've learned that because this again , this is my first time going to it , but it's all good . You know , I'm not complaining . Sometimes you got to put your hand down and you got to do what you got to do . You got to take care of business . You know what I mean . So that's been interesting and , of course , going to the office and obviously I have to wake up earlier , go to sleep earlier . My schedule for like a week or two was messed up because I have to get used to the routine again , right ? So I've been going back and that in itself has been a little bit of a struggle for me because sometimes , you know , my health issue doesn't let me sleep very well . Sometimes I'm tired and I have to push it through . But I will say that I'm taking the steps that I can to try to rest , to try to relax , not to overdo myself .

Speaker 1 12:14

Especially in HHS , after the 20,000 cuts that just happened within the federal government , the energy definitely was felt in the offices . Everybody can tell you this . This is not something that's a secret . You can tell that there was a stress , stressful energy around the office , you know , around the federal government , and dealing with that , on top of everything that I just told you , it's been a lot on me , man . It's been a lot a day at a time . I always tell people and I always tell myself remind myself a day at a time and , you know , try to .

Speaker 1 12:53

These are the times that I feel like are best to even get closer to the Lord , right , whether you're a believer or not , for me I feel like it's something that I have to look at it in a certain , a different light and I'm like , well , this is a chance to , to kind of improve on my faith right , because it's easier to have faith when , when things are going well , but when things are going not so well , that's when you have to put it to use . That's why it's called faith right . So in these moments , um so , one of the things that have been helping me with , I started , uh , this year taking um kind of setting more of a goal for myself of trying to read the Bible as much as I can within a year . Now , I've known of this program called the Bible Recap . So shout out to Sarah Lee Cabo , who hosts , you know , and she does the audio .

Speaker 1 13:48

So what happens is you read the Bible and , if I'm not mistaken but you can do research on this , in chronological order , and the goal is to read a certain amount of chapters , so within 365 days , you can read the whole Bible in one year . But let me tell you , man , this is a commitment , this is a commitment . I mean it's hard , but let me tell you , man , this is a commitment , this is a commitment . I mean it's hard . It's so difficult because it's so difficult to find time . Just like I mentioned earlier in regards to the motivation when people become content creators , same thing when you start something new , right , the motivation is different when you start , but it's the consistency and the discipline , right , the D word , not the one , don't get your head out the gutter . The discipline , the D word , that one , that's the one that you always need to keep and you kind of that's the one that keeps you going . Right , that's hard .

Speaker 1 14:50

So typically you have to read around two , sometimes three , sometimes four chapters per day . What happens essentially is you read the Bible for those chapters , your daily chapters , and you read your chapters . Um , if you go , if you do the Bible recap , there's a book where you also have to read , which is like a page or two long . That kind of recaps

Bible Reading Journey

Speaker 1 15:15

what you just read . It simplifies it for you , right , so you can just understand what what you're reading the Bible is . To a lot of people it's complicated , it's long , uh , sometimes could be boring Sometimes . Uh , there are things that you read and you're just like it just complicated , it's long , sometimes , it could be boring . Sometimes there are things that you read and you're just like it just made no sense . But the great thing also about the Bible that sometimes what you read doesn't pertain to you that day , but there's other times that it does affect you in a different way and in a different light , and you know that's the beautiful part about it . You read sometimes what you need and sometimes even if you don't need it . You keep that in your head and as the day goes on , you'll remember that . You remember the stories right , and I figure in my walk and my faith .

Speaker 1 15:59

It will be important for me to really grasp the Bible , because let me ask you a question , and I'll give you a couple of seconds to think about this when I'm talking about it , when you think of the Bible , what do you think about ? Obviously , besides the Lord Jesus and the gospel itself . But what are some of the things that you think of the Bible ? And you're just like , hmm , for me , I'm like it's a lot , right , it's big . A lot of stories , a lot of books that there's some books that you've never heard of , because a lot of the times you're reading the gospel , but there's so many books and so many stories that you're just like , man , this is a lot . How do I ? One of the questions that I ask myself is like how do I ? Even myself is like how do I even remember all of this ? How do I even read all of this ? Seriously , like it's a serious , serious question , and I know a lot of you guys are probably laughing , listening to me or watching me and you're like I got a point .

Speaker 1 17:04

I know , because it's a lot , it's it's heavy man . It's not easy , because it's a lot , it's heavy man , it's not easy . But I'm not so fresh and new in my journey where I understand a lot of concepts in the Bible . And let me tell you something we're all different learners , right ? I'm a very slow learning and I have no problem admitting that . I don't have insecurities when it comes to admitting things and my flaws . It's just again . Maybe another gift or maybe something I've worked on that's another story but I feel like I'm really good at grasping concepts and grasping concepts and a lot of times , applying it to certain things . Right Now . I'm not going to say it's perfect , but I feel like that's what I do better .

Speaker 1 17:49

I can't just read something and understand it right away , especially the Bible . So with the Bible recap , you read and then you read like a summary of what happened and on top of that , sarah Lee Cobble the Bible recap . They have a podcast episode which each day , she summarizes what happened . But it's a farther explanation than just reading . You listen to it . Sometimes the episode can be five to eight minutes . You know it's a quick recap , that's why it's called recap of what you just read , and it's easier , right ?

Speaker 1 18:23

Sometimes , when I can't read the Bible , especially recently because I've been going to the office I've been feeling tired Not an excuse , but sometimes you slack . But I listen to the Bible on my way to work or if I don't have enough time , for whatever reason , I listen just to the recap what happened today . So tomorrow I will understand what's happening , and she does a really exceptional job at explaining what's going on . It's easier to understand . For people like me that don't grasp it . It's easier to understand . So reading that , reading the summary and then listening sticks a little bit better , right , in my sense .

Speaker 1 19:01

It's going to take a lot of time for me to grasp a lot of the things that I'm reading , but I'm trying to understand the concepts . Why is it that this is happening ? Why is God doing this at a certain time ? And she explains that to you so you can understand a little bit better , which becomes easier for me . So right now , we just finished 100 days of the Bible recap and if you subtract 365 minus 100 , that's 265 . So we're almost a third of the way into completing the Bible , which is pretty cool , right .

Speaker 1 19:35

But again , it's been tough man , it's been really hard . I think because of what I've gone through , I'm even more motivated to learn about the Lord . Maybe I'm going through more of these episodes and this little journey in my life so I can get closer to him . I don't know , you have to look at the positive side , right . So that's been , I mean , something that I feel like has been helping me in that sense . And you know , once you go through a lot of stuff in life , you look at life a little bit different . So I'm planning on continuing that journey and even if I can't read the verses or the chapters , I should say that specific day I will still listen to the Bible recap and catch up , right . Again , it's not perfect reading the Bible .

Speaker 1 20:24

Even people who have been in the game right , who have been saved for a while , who have been reading the Bible and all this , bro , it's sometimes life be lifing and you forget about certain things , uh , and sometimes the important things in your life , because life takes over , which is natural that you have to lock back in and get back to work . Right , it's , it's , it's , it's , it's a process , but I've been enjoying it . So that's what I've been also doing with my time and that's the reason I've also haven't been very active when it comes to my YouTube channel , my life and stuff like that . Again , listen , I have not lost any motivation when it comes to podcasting at all , like I haven't . If anything , I've gained more motivation because I have more to share . It's just sometimes life hits you a little bit different .

Speaker 1 21:17

I mean , think about when I started the podcast episodes . We started really , really good . When it comes , like the podcast was , it was popping , man , I enjoyed it . But due to a lot of different things and some of what I have just explained , you have to slow down a little bit , right , but the podcast and the content itself , man , I enjoy it , I love it . It's it's something that's like , um , I can do . It's natural to me . Look , I've probably been talking for like 20 minutes already or so and it just comes more naturally to me than , uh , other things .

Speaker 1 21:47

Right , I actually had a , a friend reach out to me who had been in the podcast , who is giving me an opportunity to try and grow his brand when it comes to creating a podcast for his brand . Now I'm thinking , I'm considering the opportunity because , again , I have a lot on my plate right now . But even then , you know , even that opportunity , seeing people , that , seeing people seeing you that you do something pretty well and you know they're willing to try and work something with you and hopefully one day you can kind of , you know , I could kind of take over that space for his company , I don't know , I I'm going to think about it . You know I have to pray about it and then see where that takes us , um , so so we'll see . But I , you know , keep , keep your , keep your eyes open , um , keep your ears open . I might pull up with something like that . We'll see , um , how the days go and stuff of that nature . But that's , you know , that part of my life is , you know , pretty exciting . Again , it's not the easiest thing , but we take it a day at a time .

Speaker 1 22:57

I wonder if I was , like , really in complete health , how much I would be accomplishing when it comes to reaching more people , creating content , things of that nature . I think I would be doing so much . A lot of my time would probably be doing this because it's awesome , of that nature I think I will be doing so much . A lot of my time will probably be doing this , because it's awesome when people come into my podcast and they come into this little setup , which is little , but I consider it pretty professional , especially for the equipment that I have and the lights I mean the fireplace in the background , by the way , if you see this light back here , the good vibes only shout out to my brother because he broke it . He stepped on the USB cable that lights , lights it up , that connects it and lights it up , and now it's broken . So it's , that is dead . I have to buy a new one . So shout out to marvin for , uh , breaking my good vibes .

Speaker 1 23:42

Only , I actually really really liked , uh , the , the , the , what would this be called ? The light , yeah , the light , I really . So I gotta buy a new one , though maybe it gives me a chance to to buy a different one . Uh , maybe this one's kind . I feel like it was getting a little , a little old , but good vibes only , I always enjoy good vibes . It's hey , sometimes we just , we just be chilling , we just be vibing and , um , I'm gonna buy a new one .

Speaker 1 24:08

I don't know which one , though if you have any ideas , I would definitely take some suggestions . What could I have in my background that would make it cooler , stand out even more ? Um , maybe this light was too bright , I don't know , hey , but your , hey , your light can never be too bright . You know what I'm saying ? Damn , hold up Shakespeare . Let me slow down real quick chat , um , but yeah , so all of that combined , by the way , I lost my train of thought when I was going with this . If it catch up , I'll come back . Catch up , like mayonnaise , shout out Lil Wayne .

Speaker 1 24:42

But yeah , man , so that's what's been going on with my life . I mean , it's been a , it's been , it's been , uh , a wild year , let me tell you . And this upcoming year , uh , I mean , at least this summer , the World Cup , um , it's going to come next year , right , this year , the club World Cup , which I'm planning on going to a lot of different games and , like you know , you got to take it a day at a time , cause if I think too far ahead , I'm just like what if this , what if I don't feel well ? What if that , what if this hits me ? And it's just your brain , man , it starts going into a lot of different places , a lot of rewiring that you have to do . You know what ? Talking about health in general , have you ever thought about how much your trauma in your past has rewired your nervous system ? Oh , this is deep , right . Oh , chat , all right . All right , this is deep

How Trauma Rewires Your Nervous System

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I hope for the few of you guys that have stayed listening to this podcast . I want you guys to think about something . Think about how much your trauma from your past doesn't matter what kind physical , emotional , I listen spiritual , some people have been church hurt . You never know . Just think about how much that trauma has affected who you are now . Because we as humans man , we're complicated , but in the same sentence , we are beautiful . The way our body works , man is just the more you understand . It is just wow , it's a machine and it's a beautiful thing , right . But if you think about how your trauma in the past , the things that you have gone through mentally , physically , emotionally , how much that changes you who you are right . A lot of the time , if it's trauma , obviously it's not changing you for the best , because it's affecting now who you are and how you think and how you wire , and you're wired a certain way , right , but eventually you start rewiring with your experiences and your nervous system gets hit by it , right ? Let me give you a prime example for myself and I've talked to one of my friends before about this , because it can become , you know , spiritual . But let me , I'm gonna let you hear it and then you can make your own opinions .

Speaker 1 27:17

Sometimes , when I get excited , whatever type of excitement , whatever happiness , right , uh , the good emotions , I will call those good , good , good emotions because you feel like something good is going to happen or supposed to happen . Right , that's why you're happy , that's why you're excited . But In the same emotion , right away , my body and my brain starts making me feel worried , starts making me feel concerned , starts making me feel anxious . Right , because I've read , and you guys can maybe do your research on this obviously the same place where those emotions come from , so does your nervous , you know , your anxiety , um , within your nervous system , right , your happiness , your excitement . So my , my , my body , my brain , when it's something good , it's going to happen to me , or , um , I feel like something is going to happen , or maybe I'm happy , I'm excited , for whatever reason , then I start getting worried and anxious . Right Now , you can look at it at many different .

Speaker 1 28:29

Well , at least two different ways , right . The physical , the normal , the physical , your nervous system , maybe , the trauma you face now , your body confused , your brain confuses what's supposed to be good and what's supposed to be bad . Or you can look at it from the spiritual , which is what if you , every time that God has something good for you for me in this case he attacks you and he wants to press you down , oppress you , because he knows ? One , that you have suffered from this . And two , he wants to keep you there , right . And three , he doesn't want the good that God has for you . It makes sense , right , even if you think about it that way , right . But it also makes sense scientifically , naturally , with the rewiring and what's been going on . Both make sense . Two things could be true right , we are physical beings .

Speaker 1 29:30

Obviously , the enemy can be playing with your physical health , emotions , nervousness in this case , to make you think otherwise . Right . And sometimes I have to slow down and just kind of let things go by . I feel like sometimes I can't be enjoying things too much because it's like wait , wait , wait . You know , and it's not that I'm negative , because I don't believe I'm a negative person .

Speaker 1 29:55

I don't think I get this far in life if I'm , you know , always negative , right , there's something within me that I feel like God puts in everybody . You know you're meant for greatness , right , there's something within me that I feel like God puts in everybody . You know you're meant for greatness , right , the Bible speaks about all the time God wants the best for you , um , and you were meant for greatness and a purpose . So , if you're leading down a road where , um , you're getting closer , or maybe you're trying to achieve your purpose , uh , you're going to to become or be great in this life , then essentially , of course , then the enemy will try to oppress , that attack you in a certain way , right ? I mean , I I would say everybody can relate to this , and the only reason I I don't say that is is because I got another question for you guys , and this is a real , real deep question how many of you guys that are listening right now can fully say I know my purpose in life , what's the purpose that God has for me ?

Speaker 1 31:03

I know my purpose in life , what's the purpose that God has for me ? Can you answer that and fully say this is your purpose , this is what you were put on this earth to be or to become ? That's a deep question , right ? What were you on this earth put here to be ? Why did God give you life ? What's your purpose ? What's his purpose behind that Like ? Have you found that yet ? And on my end I feel like I have . But I also feel like there's a lot to keep learning as well . Like this whole life , it's a journey . It sounds cliche , but it is a journey . When you constantly try to keep growing and learning , you feel like you've accomplished or you've gotten to a certain point and God says you ain't seen nothing yet . Homie , let me show you this Boom , Let me hit you with this . Let life hit you with this so you can see what I did here . You can come out on top here . Or maybe let me keep you here because you're not ready for this yet . It's a lot . It's a lot .

Speaker 1 32:20

And one of the things when you get saved that Christians don't tell you is hey , you thought you was worst off before . Just wait , because the enemy will attack you even more now that you're trying to get closer to God , because he doesn't want you to leave that life . Right , when you get closer to your purpose , to the walk with Christ , your intimacy with the Lord , the enemy gets upset . He gets mad . Why ? Because obviously he doesn't want you to be saved . He doesn't want you to live on forever , because he already knows his ending . We know our ending , but his ending it's not the good one , right ? He , god , looks at us and he loves us . He cares for us . Right , it was life . So the enemy is jealous of what you have . He doesn't want you to go away from what he has you .

Speaker 1 33:24

Why do you think that when , when you know you're not doing taking all the steps to get closer to the Lord , why do you think the enemy is cool with you doing whatever , whatever , whatever that you want ? Right , because he has you where he wants you . It's not hard . That concept , remember , concepts , remember I told you the beginning of this podcast , the concepts . That's not hard to understand and , by the way , I didn't think that this episode was going to get to this point , but here we are right . So let's keep getting mixy with it , but that in itself is an important concept to understand . So he keeps you where he wants you and you fulfill his plans and his purpose . Right , but a lot of Christians don't tell you and the people around you like , hey , be prepared for what you're about to go through , because you're about to go through probably even more than what you have been going through

Finding Faith Through Challenges

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Speaker 1 34:29

Don't get me wrong it is beautiful , but at the beginning it maybe takes longer for most people to understand . It's hard , and it can take some time . 100% , because now the enemy attacks you deeper , with more weapons . The great thing now , though , this fight you're fighting , you've already won it , because God promised you that , right . He promised that you will win , and we have to remind ourselves to fight from victory , not for the victory , right , because we've already won for victory . So when you keep going on that path , in that journey , then it becomes easier to understand for the brain .

Speaker 1 35:16

Now there are some things that I will never understand , and a lot of us if not all of us , to be honest . All of us will never understand when it comes to God and his plans and his purpose , because His understanding is bigger than mine , than ours will ever be right . We just we don't know and we will probably never know , but again , this is where this is why it's called faith . Again , another concept understanding that . This is why it's called faith . Again , another concept understanding that and I'm going through a season myself that I'm having to try and apply that every day right , and when you're going through it , it's not easy , man , it's not easy . So I'm here to tell you that if you are going through the walk with Christ and trying to get closer , maybe try to find your way to have more an intimate relationship with him , it's okay . If you feel like you know it's worse than before . Again , we wouldn't be Christians if we didn't go through that , if we didn't .

Speaker 1 36:17

And this is why , coming full circle , when you read stories in the Bible , you have to understand and read them . This is the importance of reading the Bible , because you get to see what his people , his disciples from the beginning , the people from the beginning of Genesis , right and forward , what they had to go through , and you can see the amount of times they failed . And it makes you come back to reality and say you know what they were humans too . They also failed and God was so gracious with them Time and time again . You know you will think sometimes that from what you hear from the Bible , you hear some stories sometimes where God speaks to them and they spoke to them .

Speaker 1 37:13

I'm just like man . God was right here . He spoke to you and you still didn't listen . What does it take for me to listen ? I was like what , if that was me ? What would you do ? That's deep right . Like you start thinking like man , you're so quick to judge sometimes , but again , we're humans and our understanding will never match his . So when you understand what he did for the people in the Bible and you start understanding concepts and you try to apply those to your life , because you know he's the same God that he was back then than he is today right , and he shows the constant love , the constant times . We mess up all the time and we constantly do in our struggles or weaknesses . We all have weaknesses . I could tell you about my weaknesses all day , um , but it's part of the process , it's part of the journey .

Speaker 1 38:13

So , reminding myself and reading the Bible and in ourselves , I should say , and getting into that point right , where you just get more of where he was coming from , then that journey has been interesting . I feel like it's one of the first times in my life where I've done that . You know I was saved in 2019 , but , dude , I've been . Let me tell you , man , let me scratch my head with that one . It's been a journey . It's been a freaking journey , bro , so um , but that's been helping me with what I love . What's going through .

Speaker 1 38:50

Again , I didn't intend for this to get to this point , but I feel like it came full circle and this is where we're going to leave off , because I feel like this is a perfect time to cut this off . I would love to get more deep into this conversation because I feel like I've learned , and I'm learning a lot with my journey in my life , that I want you guys to hear and to listen and maybe to grasp certain things Right and things right . So you yourself , when you know you're going through some stuff , remind yourself of again my stories , my experiences and people from in your life people , your friends , your family and people from the Bible . Just think about what they've gone through and what you've gone through . One of the things that I constantly say because of the Bible recap it's at the end . She always says he's where the joy is , and I keep saying that nowadays because it's just , it's a good , it's a cool catch , it's a cool phrase to to , to think about . So I'm gonna leave you guys off with that .

Speaker 1 39:58

I'm glad I can make another podcast episode just to catch up a little bit and hopefully you guys enjoy it . I would like to continue making more podcast episodes and there's people . I'm telling you , I have people planned to be here and to keep sharing deep stories . There are some people that want to come back and I would love to have them again . We just have to plan it out . Time has to be right . I have to be feeling , you know , okay for sure , because I gotta look after myself . But I'm telling you , man , it's been fun , it's been a journey . Hopefully you learned , you got something from this today .

Speaker 1 40:36

It wasn't a waste of your time . By the way , I can't stand that sometimes , where people , if it done , if it done , if wow , that's how you know it's time to cut the episode . But let me finish with this and maybe we can get into another topic with this . I dislike people who , if the time they spent doing something didn't benefit them , it's considered a waste instead of a lesson or a learning experience . It was a waste of my time and I'm talking about deep stuff , not just . You know you spent five hours in traffic and you know that is a waste of time .

Speaker 1 41:14

But you can look at things a different way , but I'm saying there's a lot of things in life that people look at and they're just like it's a waste of my time . I didn't . No , dude , you can look at things a little bit different . We've all done it . I've been there . I'm not , I'm not saying I haven't , but I think when you start rewiring oh , full circle again Some stuff in your life , you know it things start clicking a little bit easier . But I hope that you guys are doing good .

Speaker 1 41:44

Um , I always pray over the people who listen to my , my , my podcast , my YouTube channel , people who have gone through health issues , of course , cause we can relate more . Um , always keep you guys in my mind and , um , I hope you guys enjoyed listening to me , yap , because I think I'm , I'm becoming a professional in japanese . So , yeah , now I speak three languages . You're welcome . But thank you guys for subscribing , for showing me some love , don't forget .

Speaker 1 42:09

You can listen to all this , um , japanese and all the audio platforms spotify , um , apple music , amazon music , uh , apple , apple podcast , I should say . And then , of course , you can watch this video on 4K . I mean , why wouldn't you right ? So go subscribe to the channel , go like it . Go leave a rating . I appreciate the love

Closing Thoughts and Future Plans

Speaker 1 42:29

. And one more time , we're closer to a million views . 1m 1M . We might reach it this year , we'll see , I don't know . But hey , a day at a time , as always , peace and love . Familia , take care of yourself and take care of your family , take care of each other . See you guys on the next one .