Chipmunk Invasion!

We jump from silly to serious in the way real mornings do, discussing fidget confessions and things we tried once and thought "never again!" A chipmunk kitchen invasion, a flying squirrel rescue and a moment of faith when the pressure is on remind us we are not alone in middle of all the chaos. 

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- Josh & Hannah

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Transcript

Teaser And Cold Open

SPEAKER_06 0:00

Here's what to expect on this week's episode of the River Morning Show weekly podcast. Chris has disappeared. I'm like, where where did you go? Help me. When I need you most! There is a rodent in the house. Like, you need to come help me. He comes barreling out of the living room with a golf club. He was ready to just prepare for a world war against it. Wow. With his golf club.

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It's gonna jump out and he's gonna hit it like a baseball bat.

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I don't know what the plan was. All I know is I'm screaming when the rubber laps. He has a baseball bat. We have not found a single chipmunk.

March Madness Bracket Confessions

SPEAKER_04 0:35

Living the homeowner's dream. Thank you for pressing play on this podcast. And you can find more when you click on demand at riveradio.com at the recording of this here podcast. Uh Hannah, are you ready?

SPEAKER_06 0:52

Uh depends on what you're referencing.

SPEAKER_04 0:55

Because at this time, in the following week, when a podcast is released, you will you'll be smelling the burning of my bracket.

SPEAKER_06 1:04

It is almost time for March Madness.

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We're ahead of selection Sunday as of this recording.

SPEAKER_06 1:10

You doing a bracket this year? Oh yeah. My family always does it. And I have never once placed in the top five. Never.

SPEAKER_04 1:17

The closest I've been was top three in like a pool of 50.

SPEAKER_06 1:20

Yeah, that's pretty impressive.

SPEAKER_04 1:21

You know what that got me? Pretty much like respect from three people and a large fry. That's pretty much all it got me.

SPEAKER_06 1:27

That's all we get in our family. You just are playing for respect for bragging rights. And the thing is, the person who knows the least about sports usually wins. Just based off of mascots or colors. That's me. But I don't win. I hate it here.

SPEAKER_04 1:45

And everybody's got one. So we want to know here this morning what's your fidget?

SPEAKER_06 1:51

Hmm. Your fidget.

SPEAKER_04 1:53

The thing you do that you don't know you're doing until somebody pointed it out, and now you're like, oh yeah. I do that thing. My wife has pointed out my fidget for me, it usually happens most at church because I'm locked in. I'm paying attention. I'm taking notes. That's good. My leg or my foot is bouncing like crazy.

SPEAKER_06 2:09

When you're focused, your leg bounces? Yes, that's how That's what my brother does when he has to pee. You're just locked into what's being said. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 2:19

It's just helping me pay attention and it removes other distractions by giving me something to do subconsciously while I'm taking notes. But my wife will look at me and she'll be like, You're bouncing the entire row. The I am moving over here. Like I'll do it sometimes at dinner when we're having a conversation. And like the all the glasses, the silverware is clinking on the table because I'm bouncing so hard. Somebody's drink just spilled over. Yeah, that's my fidget. You can share yours. Call or text, 800-609-1049. Hannah, what's yours?

SPEAKER_06 2:52

I don't know if I have one that's like I'm I'm moving.

SPEAKER_04 2:56

I will admit, I have not seen anything with you, but you gotta have something.

SPEAKER_06 2:59

I think I just can't. I can't be doing nothing. I have to be doing something, but not even moving. So, like the one thing I always go to, if I'm just sitting somewhere, I'll pull up on my phone or I'll pull up on my laptop, wordle. That's still a thing? I mean, I still make it a thing. I know it's like such a COVID thing, but I still play Wordle every single day. And if I find like I'm in a moment of like not sure what to do with myself, I just I do wordle. Wow.

SPEAKER_04 3:28

Your fidget is wordle. That's wild. Uh producer Mike, what is your fidget?

SPEAKER_01 3:34

So I stand up and I kind of bounce up and down. And no, I'm not just grooving to the music. I'm actually trying to crack my ankles.

SPEAKER_06 3:41

Yeah, we've seen that. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 3:43

That makes a lot of sense now because I do out of the corner of my eye, it's just like burn.

SPEAKER_06 3:47

Or like his legs are giving out.

SPEAKER_04 3:49

Are you good?

unknown 3:50

You're good?

SPEAKER_04 3:50

You need water? I forget what movie that was, like Master of Disguise or whatever. It's like turtle.

SPEAKER_06 3:55

Like literally that's Master of Disguise.

SPEAKER_01 3:57

It does kind of look like that, at least what I imagined in my head.

SPEAKER_04 4:01

All right, you can share yours because we're clearly not the only crazy people around here with our fidgets. What is your fidget? Call or text 800-609-1049. Everybody's got one so you can out yourself. Uh Hannah and I and producer Mike did that on the River Morning Show Facebook group. This video of us showing off our fidgets. And I don't mean our fidget spinners, although I would love one of those.

SPEAKER_06 4:27

Um you need one of those. I really do. You're constantly moving or twirling something.

SPEAKER_04 4:31

Yeah, yeah. I even have like one of those wind-up cars that I spin between my fingers.

SPEAKER_06 4:35

You cannot sit still.

SPEAKER_04 4:36

It's a problem. Um anyway, so thanks for that, Hannah, for making it even worse. Um I bounce my leg when I'm paying attention to something. It's how I lock in. Hannah's not like moving all the time.

SPEAKER_06 4:48

No, I'm very happy to sit still.

SPEAKER_04 4:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 4:50

I'm just fine with that. But my brain has to be doing something. I can't, like, if I have downtime or if I just like need a mental moment, Wordle. That's it. Wordle's my JM. It started during COVID and it's never stopped.

SPEAKER_04 5:05

Do you make it every day? Like, do you get it every day?

SPEAKER_06 5:09

Wordle, I usually get. It's then there's another game that came out called Connections, which is through the same website. Uh, your son introduced me to that one. Which one was that? When he was in the studio. Was it Clay? No, it was Will. It was Will. It was Will. Um, yeah, it was Will. And now I that one gets me every time.

SPEAKER_04 5:27

I'm gonna tell him. Like, he has tripped me up.

SPEAKER_06 5:29

Yeah, he's really angry.

SPEAKER_04 5:31

And enhanced your life.

SPEAKER_06 5:32

Yeah. All at the same time. Yes.

SPEAKER_04 5:34

Producer Mike, your fidget is something that I had to ask you about one day. It's like, what are you doing? I just see your head going up and down over there.

SPEAKER_01 5:42

Yeah, I crack my ankles. Sometimes, like, I feel like I get like tightness in my ankles and just pop and I gotta like bob up and down. Like this little squat.

SPEAKER_06 5:52

Do chiropractors work on ankles? They do. Mike, you might need to go talk to someone because it is multiple times a day.

SPEAKER_04 6:00

This little squat thing is free.

SPEAKER_06 6:02

Yeah, but I feel like we're not addressing the core issue.

SPEAKER_04 6:05

No, that's true. Yeah, really get to the problem. Uh, the uh the the text machine and the River Morning Show Facebook group, they are all open and ready for you. Uh producer Mike, who's saying what?

SPEAKER_01 6:15

Angie said, I play with my wedding ring. I like to spin it around, slide it up and down my finger, flip it around.

SPEAKER_04 6:21

I'll do that sometimes. I'm I'm always nervous about taking it off, though, because I would like to leave it somewhere or like spin it right into a hole in the floor.

SPEAKER_06 6:28

Anytime I go out to dinner with my husband, he's twirling it on the table. And I'm like, dude, stop it. If you if you lose that, we're going to Walmart and that's your replacement. That's right, the 25 cent machine by the door.

SPEAKER_01 6:41

Joel from Brewster said, for me, it's pen clicking and it drags my wife insane.

SPEAKER_06 6:47

Yeah, sorry, friend. That would get me. That would no stop it. I would throw that pen as far as I can.

SPEAKER_04 6:54

Yeah, well, if hopefully for you, he'd be in the way.

SPEAKER_01 6:56

Just like you can't click that one anymore, can you? Oh, goodness. Valerie said, I twist my hair and I'm just messing with it constantly. I've seen people like that.

SPEAKER_06 7:07

I feel like that's pretty common. Definitely, like Valerie, I don't know how old you are, but like my young niece does that. And I'm sure it continues, though, if it is a habit from childhood.

SPEAKER_04 7:17

Hannah thinks you're a baby.

SPEAKER_06 7:18

No, well, I I will call you young.

SPEAKER_04 7:20

That's always good to hear. There's that.

SPEAKER_06 7:26

Not every adventure is meant to be repeated.

SPEAKER_04 7:31

Say no more. Actually, I want to know why. Say more, yes, please.

SPEAKER_06 7:35

Some things like hot yoga, ballroom dancing, or joining a debate team. Make it clear after the first time, nope, not for you. It's not your thing, and that's okay. But I'm curious, what was something you tried once and it was not for you? Call or text to share 800-609-1049. For me personally, anything musical.

SPEAKER_04 8:03

Oh, anything. I've heard you sing songs with the River Sing Along, and you do a great job.

SPEAKER_06 8:09

You are too kind, and you might need to clean out your ears. Because here's the thing. I actually did try more than once, and not for me. Let's think. Back to fifth grade, the flute. No. No, absolutely not. Sixth grade, the trumpet.

SPEAKER_04 8:25

No.

SPEAKER_06 8:25

Absolutely not. Piano lessons all throughout that. I would only want to learn the Christmas songs.

SPEAKER_04 8:31

Plus your fingers.

SPEAKER_06 8:32

They don't move. They're long, so you'd think it would work well. No, they have rigor mortis. They don't work.

SPEAKER_04 8:38

Hannah has rigor mortis fingers. Like it just doesn't function. Even as you're doing hand gestures now, they are sticking straight at me. They're creepy. I get it.

SPEAKER_06 8:45

Put me in a trick-or-treat movie. I don't know. Choir, tried that in middle school. No. Just couldn't stick with it. Couldn't, didn't, like, if they put me in in front of the entire choir and made me do a solo. No. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 8:59

So, and here you are still working in Christian music radio.

SPEAKER_06 9:02

Look, I am very good at listening. It is a skill set that God has given me. However, musical skills, not one of them. Understood. Absolutely not. So now I'm curious, what is that for you? That thing that you tried once and you said never again. Call or text 800-609-1049. Some experiences are one and done. Maybe it was skydiving. Sushi. Running a 5K. Whatever it was, you knew right away. Nope, not my thing. So what something you tried once and never looked back? Josh, I'm curious if something came to mind for you with that.

SPEAKER_04 9:46

Yeah, it's um it's anything home improvement related. Oh. Cut, cut twice. No, no, cut, see?

SPEAKER_02 9:55

Measure?

SPEAKER_04 9:56

Measure twice, cut once. And for me, it then it includes throw it away, start again.

SPEAKER_02 10:01

It's terrible.

SPEAKER_04 10:03

I can't put things in the wall. If you look behind all of our hanging stuff on the wall, there's like 15 holes when I was trying to get it right. Oh, dude. It's just, it's a mess. I can't do it. I can paint a room. I'm good at that. That's it. Everything else, no.

SPEAKER_06 10:17

Look out. If Josh has a hammer, you're in danger.

SPEAKER_04 10:20

It will guarantee it's another trip to the hardware and a conversation with the poor person wearing the bib to help me figure out what in the world am I doing wrong?

SPEAKER_06 10:32

What is that thing you tried once and thought never again you can call or text a share, 800-609-1049. Kathy, what's that for you? Camping. Camping! That's such a good one.

SPEAKER_04 10:45

That's one for you too, isn't it, Hannah?

SPEAKER_06 10:47

Oh, absolutely. But please, Kathy, share your trauma. What happened?

SPEAKER_00 10:51

I decided that any place that didn't have a spot to plug in my curling iron or my blow dryer was just not for me.

SPEAKER_06 10:59

Amen, amen. And if it's not a real toilet, absolutely, that's a no-go, literally.

SPEAKER_00 11:06

Absolutely not. Never again.

SPEAKER_04 11:09

I just heard what you said. That's disgusting, Hannah. You're welcome. That's so gross.

SPEAKER_00 11:12

It is.

SPEAKER_04 11:15

All right, so what else do we got? Because other people have chimed in on the on the text.

SPEAKER_06 11:18

Some friends have texted in. Uh Mary in Zanesville said skiing. After they shut down the lift to remove me, I quit. Oh, sweet Mary. I'm so sorry. Yeah, that would be a tough one to come back from. Uh-huh. Brittany said the crunchy seaweed leaves. Oh, I don't mind those. Is that just like the stuff they wrap sushi in? Is that all that is?

SPEAKER_04 11:40

Or is it something different? It's either that. My wife has also like cooked kale before. She like made kale chips out of it. I like that. Out of seaweed? Yeah, it's kale.

SPEAKER_05 11:48

Oh, it's kale. Okay. I don't know. Is it kale seaweed? No, no.

SPEAKER_04 11:52

No, okay.

SPEAKER_05 11:52

I don't know what you're talking about.

SPEAKER_04 11:55

What was her name? Brittany. Britney. Whatever you're talking about. Yeah, I'm also. I don't know. I'm out.

SPEAKER_06 12:00

And then Gabby in Delaware said she tried cliff jumping off a 40-foot cliff in an old abandoned rock quarry quarry. That's intense, Gabby. She said it was fun, but I ended up with a bruised backside and couldn't sit for a week.

SPEAKER_04 12:16

Serves you right.

Chipmunks Invade The Kitchen

SPEAKER_06 12:17

Rock jumping like that. They're in the walls. They're in the cabinets. We're surrounded. It's the chipmunks. The chipmunks.

SPEAKER_04 12:30

Is this is this real or are you reading from a storybook? Like what?

SPEAKER_06 12:34

Never have I ever thought ill thoughts about Alvin and his brothers until now. Down with the chipmunks.

SPEAKER_04 12:45

Wow, that's okay. What happened?

SPEAKER_06 12:47

Chris, my husband, has been battling the chipmunks in our yard ever since the first like above 30 degree day here in Ohio.

SPEAKER_00 12:56

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_06 12:57

They are digging so many holes. We see spots everywhere.

SPEAKER_04 13:01

You got a lot of that in our yard, too.

SPEAKER_06 13:03

Trying to go under the shed and in the flowers, and I was like, no, like, Chris, they're fine. They're harmless little cutie patoonies.

SPEAKER_04 13:40

Well. I feel like I need to change the tone here.

SPEAKER_06 13:46

Hang on a second. Um, all right, so okay. Earlier this week, both Chris and I were just meal prepping, so there was a lot of chaos happening in the kitchen, and we both needed towels and oven mitts. Normally we have some readily available, but we needed more, so I needed to open the drawer of extra kitchen towels and mitts that never gets opened.

SPEAKER_02 14:05

And what did you find? Rarely open it. What did you see?

SPEAKER_06 14:09

I screamed because inside were all these food shavings of a chipmunk. Little pieces of nuts everywhere. And then I like freaked out and was like opening every drawer in the kitchen, and you could see where they've had snacks in the drawers that we just like don't open daily. Sure. They've made their little tables in there. That's where lunchtime is.

SPEAKER_04 14:33

It's like you have a high rise of apartments.

SPEAKER_06 14:36

No! And we did Google, it's definitely the chipmunks, not mice. But I didn't think I didn't know that chipmunks come into the home. No, they're little woodland creatures that stay outside and sing songs with a Disney character.

SPEAKER_04 14:49

The thing about that is we forget that our houses also made are made of wood. And so they're like, Oh my word! It's home, it's just squared off and nicely cut.

SPEAKER_06 14:58

So I pulled on these rubber gloves to start grabbing anything out of the drawers that had any sign of chipmunk. So I'm pulling stuff out and Chris has disappeared. I'm like, where where did you go? How did me? When I need you most! There is a rodent in the house. Like, you need to come help me. He comes barreling out of the living room with a golf club.

SPEAKER_04 15:21

A golf club? Why? What is his deal?

SPEAKER_06 15:24

He I knew he doesn't like like I know he doesn't like rodents. This was the first time in our marriage that I've seen him like come this face to face with one.

SPEAKER_04 15:34

So he he was unglued.

SPEAKER_06 15:36

He was ready to just in this drawer with all of the towels and oven mitts to just prepare for a world war against it.

SPEAKER_03 15:45

Wow.

SPEAKER_06 15:46

With his golf club.

SPEAKER_03 15:47

It's gonna jump out and he's gonna hit it like a baseball bat.

SPEAKER_06 15:51

I don't know what the plan was. All I know is I'm screaming when the rubber collapsed. He has a baseball bat. We have not found a single chipmunk, but we have removed all their little treats and snacks that they've brought into the house.

SPEAKER_04 16:05

You guys are living the homeowner's dream.

SPEAKER_06 16:07

And I don't know what to do. What do you do with chipmunks in the house? Like, I know mouse traps, I know how to repel mice. Is it the same thing?

SPEAKER_04 16:14

I don't know. I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_06 16:15

I don't know. So if you know, let me know. But also just help me not feel so alone. Because I also feel embarrassed. I'm like, we have chipmunks in our house.

SPEAKER_04 16:27

One of the best things about the river is you can admit anything and you find out you're not alone. So Hannah. This is the tree of trust, but it's indoors because the squirrels and the I mean the chipmunks are in that tree.

SPEAKER_06 16:40

If the squirrels come in, I'll lose it. I'll lose it. So share your story of rodent in the house. Call or text to share. 800-609-1049. The chipmunks have invaded, and never before have I had so much angst against Alvin and his brothers. I'll never hear the Christmas song name again.

SPEAKER_03 17:06

They just want a hula hoop. That's all. They're looking.

SPEAKER_06 17:09

My husband and I have been battling the chipmunks recently. I thought it was just an outside problem.

SPEAKER_04 17:15

Yeah, so this is in your house.

SPEAKER_06 17:17

Yes, it was just my husband was upset about all the holes in the in the yard and trying to shoe them away until just this week I was opening some of the drawers in the kitchen that we don't open very often. Yep. And I found their little snacks. And my heart stopped, and I'm losing my mind, and I never knew. I never knew. I don't know if that's naive that chipmunks came in the house.

SPEAKER_04 17:39

Well, then also your husband shows up with a weapon slash the kitchen wedge.

SPEAKER_06 17:43

He grabbed a yeah, the golf to defend me from the chipmunk that we never found. I just had rubber gloves on. I was ready to tear into the drawers and find it. But oh my goodness. So it just like had me thinking, I can't be the only one who has been shocked by the rodents in the house.

SPEAKER_04 18:02

Yeah, and not even necessarily mice, because those show up.

SPEAKER_06 18:06

Everyone can get. Like it doesn't matter if you live in the city or in a farm. Like the mice are everywhere.

SPEAKER_04 18:11

But the chipmunks. We had kind of an exotic one one time. Did you? To it to a degree. When we had just uh moved into our house, my youngest son came out of his room and he just said, I think we have a mouse, and we're like, ah, rats. And he said, I saw it scamper away. And I'm like, mice don't scamper. What do you mean by scamper?

SPEAKER_06 18:30

Yeah, I define it a little more.

SPEAKER_04 18:31

So it hopped, it was big enough for him to see it had a long tail. We're like, ah, squirrel. It was not a squirrel.

SPEAKER_06 18:37

Was it a rat?

SPEAKER_04 18:38

It was not a rat. I was picking up towels later, and in the pile of towels was a flying squirrel.

SPEAKER_06 18:44

A flying squirrel was in the square.

SPEAKER_04 18:47

Yes. And so we instantly, all of us, we do the dumb thing that humans do. We're just we stick our arms out and we make noise. We're like, ah and the it didn't help at all. The thing's climbing.

SPEAKER_06 18:59

Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_04 19:01

In our kitchen, it's climbing up my wife's curtains. She's losing her mind, and I'm freaking out.

SPEAKER_06 19:06

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_04 19:06

We eventually got it into a box, closed the box real quick, and then just threw the box outside.

SPEAKER_06 19:13

Look, they're cute when they're outside, but when you put a rodent with wings in the house, I know!

SPEAKER_04 19:18

Absolutely not. There was one point he was sizing me up, and I'm like, don't you dare jump over here. I am not a tree. I am not a home for you. You stay over there. Thankfully, uh, we were without much trouble, we were able to get him out.

SPEAKER_06 19:31

But the word scamper clued me in.

SPEAKER_04 19:35

I'm like, this is not right. This is something more serious than just a mouse.

A Flying Squirrel House Rescue

SPEAKER_06 19:39

Oh, you can call or text to share when you had a rodent in the house. I know. Really fun morning conversations. 800-609-1049. Bonnie texted in. She said that chipmunks were everywhere when they moved to their house five years ago. But George, their cat, is an outdoor cat. Okay. And has eradicated them for the whole neighborhood. Wow! Bonnie, can you drop off George to my neighborhood? We could use them.

SPEAKER_00 20:14

Stop overthinking it.

SPEAKER_04 20:16

These thoughts of an overthinker brought to you by our heroic first responders. Oh boy. Our dog Ollie went nuts the other night, but nobody was at our house. No new car pulled in the driveway. So I went to the window too, and I'm like, what are you looking at, buddy? And then I saw it. Flashing lights. It was a fire truck. Oh no. I hadn't heard any sirens or anything, so I was like, okay, what is going on? I immediately started overthinking because the fire truck was parked outside our next door neighbor's house. Worst case scenarios going through my mind. Best case scenarios going through my mind, like maybe everyone's okay, maybe it was a false alarm of some sort. But then how was I gonna find out what was going on? Because I didn't want to be the guy just, you know, sipping my coffee staring at a disaster next door. But you also don't want to be nosy. I didn't want to be nosy. You can't go knock on someone's door when the authorities are there. No.

SPEAKER_06 21:07

And I also didn't want to get in the way if something was really wrong. And you don't want to be a sidewalk dweller. Like you can't just go staring at it.

Overthinking A Fire Truck Next Door

SPEAKER_04 21:15

Like, sir, can you stop pacing? You're stressing me out. So I didn't know what to do, so I sent a text. Oh. And I was like, this is so lame. I felt terrible sending it because it's very easy to just send a text. It's almost like thoughts and prayers. Like, is that really even like does that is it effective? Thoughts, no. Prayers, yes. But still, it's a text, it just didn't have the the care that I wanted with it. So I just I wasn't.

SPEAKER_06 21:41

I mean, I feel like that's a pretty good, like is compromise? It's it's a respectful distance because you don't know what's going on inside. You want to give them their space, but you're also showing that you care by doing something.

SPEAKER_04 21:53

Yeah, but like then I just went back to like reading my book or whatever, and it because there wasn't anything else I could do. It just it it felt very impersonal and disconnected from potentially a time that they would need comfort and help.

SPEAKER_06 22:06

Well, that's why the first responders are there.

SPEAKER_04 22:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 22:10

And then as the details come out, you can you can be your friend.

SPEAKER_04 22:13

I will say, this one does have a happy ending.

SPEAKER_06 22:17

Oh, that's a that's a refreshing moment.

Women Of The Bible Who Inspire

SPEAKER_04 22:23

Uh my my neighbor is from Switzerland. That's cool. And he has a French accent.

SPEAKER_05 22:29

Even cooler.

SPEAKER_04 22:30

So he replied to my text and I will read to you what he said in a French accent. He said, This is very nice from you. Detectors carbon monoxide went off, so we called 911. The problem with the batteries. Thank you, Josh. So everybody.

SPEAKER_06 22:46

That was a really good accent.

SPEAKER_04 22:47

Everybody was okay. And so I appreciate him responding, letting me know.

SPEAKER_06 22:52

We're good, bro. C'est bon. We're good. It is Women's History Month. And it's a great reminder of just how God has used and continues to use women who trust him even when the odds feel impossible. Think about these women of the Bible. There was Deborah leading an army with courage she never could have mustered on her own. Or Esther stepping into the palace, risking everything to save her people. Ruth leaving everything familiar behind, showing that loyalty and faith can open doors you didn't even know existed. And of course, Mary. Yeah. A young girl facing the impossible, saying yes to God and becoming a part of a story that changed the entire world.

SPEAKER_04 23:39

And that's just scratching the surface of the women in the Bible who are so inspiring and powerful.

Faith In The Furnace Story

SPEAKER_06 23:43

Oh, there's so many more. I just don't have time. Right. These women weren't perfect and their situations weren't easy, but they leaned into God anyway. And you and I can do the same thing. Your faith, your courage, and your willingness to trust Him in the moments that feel impossible can make history in your own life and in the lives of those around you. So take a moment this month to love, honor, and encourage the women in your life. Your support could be the spark that reminds them just how capable God made them to do amazing things. So to all the ladies out there know that you are loved, you are seen, you are appreciated, and you are welcome here.

SPEAKER_01 24:36

Is that a real true story?

SPEAKER_06 24:39

True story. In the Bible, in the book of Daniel, three guys, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendigo, were living in Babylon, working high-up government jobs under King Nebuchadnezzar. Big name, we'll call him Neb. Things were going okay until the king built a giant golden statue and made this royal decree. When the music plays, everyone has to bow. And if you don't, you're getting thrown into a burning furnace.

SPEAKER_04 25:11

It would have been really hard to take him seriously if that's what he sounded like.

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Yeah, sorry, that's all I got. Now, most people would have hit the floor the second the flute played, but not these three. They stood tall, no bowing, no fear, and the king loses it. He gives them one more chance bow or burn. And they say something wild. Our God can save us. And even if he doesn't, we still won't bow.

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That is faith. Wow.

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It's so powerful. So into the furnace they go, flames so hot, they kill the guards standing near it.

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Would the kids say they were cooked? They were cooked, yes. Josh.

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But when the king looks in, he sees not three, but four people walking around in the fire, not burning, not even panicking, just strolling. And one of them, as he describes it, looks like a son of God. And then he calls them out. They don't have a scratch on them, not even a whiff of smoke on their clothes. Because sometimes God doesn't stop the fire, but he will never leave you in it alone. He's the kind of God who climbs into the flames with you. So whatever pressure you're under today stands strong, you are not alone. And that's a true story.

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