Seasons of Change

Fall is in the air! The change of seasons can be wonderful, but sometimes the change of life seasons can be a struggle. We're chatting about everything from pumpkin spice to feeling unprepared for a new life season.

Mentioned in this episode:
Trey Kennedy's 2023 "Girls during fall be like" video

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33.901134 36.601134 - Well, hello there, Mary Beth.
36.601134 39.001134 - Guten Tag, what does that mean?
39.001134 40.001134 - It means good day.
40.001134 41.801134 - Oh, sweet I got right.
41.801134 43.701134 - Don't know why that popped into my head.
43.701134 44.601134 - Guten Tag.
44.601134 45.901134 - Guten Tag to you.
45.901134 49.301134 Maybe it's because we were talking about hygge.
49.301134 50.301134 - Huga.
50.301134 50.801134 - Huga.
50.801134 52.001134 - I learned a new vocab word.
52.001134 52.801134 - Thank you so much.
52.801134 53.801134 - Or huga today.
53.801134 56.901134 - You can pronounce it  Hygge  or  Hygge ,
56.901134 58.901134 but you should be piercing your lips a little bit.
58.901134 59.601134 -  Hygge.
59.601134 60.401134 -  Hygge ,  Hygge.
60.401134 62.901134 - I thought it was higgy, so I was way off.
62.901134 67.201134 - Yeah, when I read it, I say higgy in my mind.
67.201134 68.201134 - Yeah.
68.201134 69.201134 - What does it mean, Sarah?
69.201134 70.201134 Why are we talking about it?
70.201134 73.901134 - Ooh, it means cozy, conviviality.
73.901134 76.201134 - I like that word too.
76.201134 77.201134 - Yeah.
77.201134 80.701134 - And it comes from, I think it's in our region.
80.701134 85.901134 It comes from Scandinavia, but it's really popularized
85.901134 91.401134 across cultures and there are whole Pinterest pages
91.401134 93.401134 dedicated to  Hygge.
93.401134 94.401134 -  Hygge .
94.401134 95.401134 -  Hygge , I did it.
95.401134 96.401134 Oh my gosh, just did it again.
96.401134 99.401134 - Ooh, there's probably Pinterest pages dedicated
99.401134 100.401134 to hoagies too.
100.401134 101.401134 We can, yeah.
101.401134 103.401134 Okay, let me get it right.
103.401134 104.401134  Hygge ?
104.401134 105.401134 - Yeah,  hygge .
105.401134 106.401134 - Y'all.
106.401134 107.401134 - But it's not like a phlegmmy.
107.401134 108.401134 - It's just a  hygge .
108.401134 109.401134 - No.
109.401134 110.401134 -  hygge ,  hygge .
110.401134 111.401134 - Very clean.
111.401134 112.401134 - Okay.
112.401134 113.401134 - Like IKEA.
113.401134 114.401134 - It's very Scandinavian.
114.401134 115.401134 - Yeah.
115.401134 118.401134 - So, why are we talking about  hygge ?
118.401134 122.401134 - Well, it's a vocabulary episode here on "Trustworthy Podcast."
122.401134 123.401134 - Okay.
123.401134 124.401134 - No, it's not.
124.401134 125.401134 It's not.
125.401134 131.161134 We are talking about the change of seasons.
131.161134 134.721134 We are currently anticipating fall.
134.721134 139.361134 It is not officially fall on the calendar yet, but it will be soon.
139.361134 140.361134 - We're often closed.
140.361134 141.361134 - Yeah.
141.361134 143.361134 - Although by the time you listen to this, it will be fall on the calendar.
143.361134 144.361134 - That's right.
144.361134 145.361134 - Yeah.
145.361134 153.021134 - Hopefully, enjoyed lots of  hygge with maybe a blanket or a fire, or what's your favorite
153.021134 155.361134 fall thing, Sarah.
155.361134 157.361134 - Hmm.
157.361134 166.361134 - I do like cozy sweaters and hoodies, and I do like a good pumpkin spice latte.
166.361134 167.361134 - Oh, yeah.
167.361134 168.861134 You're a pumpkin spice girl.
168.861134 171.361134 - I am a pumpkin spice girl.
171.361134 178.801134 A confession in our household, we brought out the oat milk, pumpkin spice creamer in
178.801134 180.561134 August.
180.561134 187.161134 So, we're having a challenge living in actual seasons in our house right now.
187.161134 193.201134 - Well, I think Starbucks starts their pumpkin spice latte, and maybe even in August.
193.201134 194.201134 Now I'm not sure.
194.201134 195.201134 - Yeah.
195.201134 197.001134 It's kind of shameful, but will you embrace it?
197.001134 198.001134 - We do.
198.001134 199.001134 We do.
199.001134 208.721134 I like pumpkin spice latte, however, that's a lot of calories, lots of sugar, lots of sugar.
208.721134 214.521134 So one of the things that I like to do sometimes is I'll just sprinkle some pumpkin pie spice
214.521134 217.441134 on top of my coffee that I make at home.
217.441134 218.441134 - Yeah.
218.441134 219.441134 I do those for too, as well.
219.441134 220.441134 - Or even just cinnamon.
220.441134 221.441134 - Yeah.
221.441134 222.441134 - Yeah.
222.441134 228.681134 - It gives you sort of that same hygge feeling, yeah.
228.681134 230.761134 It's wetter weather.
230.761134 231.761134 Yeah.
231.761134 237.361134 I'm all about coziness and comfortable things, so fall is my favorite season, actually.
237.361134 240.961134 Not for those reasons, but it contributes to the whole ambiance.
240.961134 241.961134 - Yeah.
241.961134 244.521134 - Football, cooler temperatures.
244.521134 245.881134 I'm here for all of that.
245.881134 253.841134 I'm not, are you familiar with Tray Kennedy's videos of the typical fall female transition?
253.841134 254.841134 Are you going to know?
254.841134 255.841134 - No.
255.841134 256.841134 Okay.
256.841134 258.121134 There's this comedian named Trey Kennedy, and every year he's done it for the past.
258.121134 259.801134 I don't know, six or seven years.
259.801134 264.961134 He puts out these videos where it's like basic fall girls, and it's just the stereotype.
264.961134 269.041134 Years ago, when he first started it, it was the tall brown boots with the big flannel scarf
269.041134 270.681134 and going to the pumpkin patch.
270.681134 271.681134 They're hysterical.
271.681134 272.681134 I mean, he's--
272.681134 273.681134 - I'm going to have to--
273.681134 274.681134 - He has another one coming out.
274.681134 275.681134 Check those out.
278.681134 280.681134 He gets a group of girls to do the video with them, and he himself puts on a wig as if he is
282.681134 283.681134 - A basic fall girl.
283.681134 284.681134 Yeah.
284.681134 285.681134 As opposed to a fall guy.
285.681134 287.681134 Nobody wants to be the fall guy.
287.681134 289.761134 But I'm-- yeah.
289.761134 291.401134 All right.
291.401134 293.001134 I like fall.
293.001134 300.161134 It's actually probably my favorite season, and we just did a put our decorations up recently.
300.161134 305.361134 And we do fall decorations, not Halloween, just fall.
305.361134 310.481134 And then around Halloween, I might add a jacket lantern or something to my day corps, but
310.481134 312.361134 we keep it pretty low-key.
312.361134 316.601134 And then after Halloween, I get out my turkeys and all that sort of thing.
316.601134 317.601134 So--
317.601134 318.601134 - The seasons.
318.601134 319.601134 - I do.
319.601134 320.601134 I like to--
320.601134 321.601134 - Visually.
321.601134 322.601134 - Yes.
322.601134 323.601134 I do like to mark the seasons visually.
323.601134 324.601134 It adds to my enjoyment of them.
324.601134 325.601134 - Yeah.
325.601134 326.601134 - Decorating is not for everybody.
326.601134 327.601134 I get that.
327.601134 329.081134 It's a lot of work.
329.081134 334.841134 However, sometimes it's nice to just-- even just buy a fall-scented hand soap or put out
334.841134 339.961134 a little hand towel that has a pumpkin on it just kind of marks the seasons.
339.961134 344.521134 I also do other things to mark the seasons change.
344.521134 348.601134 I switch my wardrobe out, get out my jeans and sweaters.
348.601134 353.481134 - I was just making the boys try on all of their pants and things last night to see what
353.481134 355.161134 fits, what size are they in.
355.161134 356.161134 - Right.
356.161134 359.921134 When you have young children, it's very easy to mark the seasons because they grow so quickly.
359.921134 360.921134 - They grow so quickly.
360.921134 361.921134 - Exactly.
361.921134 364.001134 - These clothes were three months ago, no longer for you.
364.001134 370.241134 - Yeah, I just tried to buy the things too big and then with the hopes they would fit
370.241134 371.841134 the next year.
371.841134 372.841134 Sometimes that works.
372.841134 373.841134 Sometimes it doesn't.
373.841134 380.001134 They just grow too quickly, and it's a time for me to get my chimney clean, get ready
380.001134 381.001134 for that.
381.001134 382.601134 Just all sorts of fall things.
382.601134 383.601134 - That's right.
383.601134 385.321134 Harvest time for the garden.
385.321134 389.121134 - You all have quite the garden here.
389.121134 391.281134 Okay, can I tell a quick story about our garden?
391.281134 392.281134 - Yeah.
392.281134 394.241134 - It does tie into fall.
394.241134 398.401134 I'm a terrible gardener, and we also did not put up any protections this year to protect
398.401134 401.761134 our garden from the animals and elements and all those things.
401.761134 403.201134 So basically nothing grew.
403.201134 407.281134 We had a few snap peas early in season and nothing grew, except for our pumpkin vine.
407.281134 411.281134 Ooh, we have a very small garden, so we just have one little vine.
411.281134 413.441134 And it's been doing great.
413.441134 417.321134 The flowers are opening every morning, and nothing is happening.
417.321134 418.681134 No pumpkins are growing.
418.681134 422.721134 We didn't know what was going on, really wanted to grow pumpkin to enter into the community
422.721134 425.841134 fair, and I was like, sorry, we don't have any pumpkins.
425.841134 433.761134 Then we discovered from someone that was out in our yard that we had a massive wasps nest
433.761134 441.441134 the back of our shed, and I said to my son, I said, I wonder if the wasps are why we don't
441.441134 442.441134 have pumpkins.
442.441134 446.241134 So we looked it up, sure enough, wasps eat bees, and other pollinators.
446.241134 450.081134 So a week after we got rid of the wasps nest, we have two pumpkins growing.
450.081134 451.721134 - Oh, how about that?
451.721134 453.321134 - They finally got pollinated.
453.321134 454.601134 - So there's your nature lesson.
454.601134 457.681134 So we'll see if they can grow in time before it gets too cold.
457.681134 458.681134 But yeah.
458.681134 459.681134 - Yeah.
459.681134 460.681134 Oh, I like that story.
460.681134 461.681134 - Thanks.
461.681134 462.681134 - Yeah.
462.681134 465.641134 I like that story.
465.641134 472.401134 When I think about the change of the seasons, I start to think about changing seasons in
472.401134 478.521134 our lives, and not necessarily what I'm going to drink, whether it's going to be a pumpkin
478.521134 484.401134 spice latte, or an iced coffee, or whatever.
484.401134 485.401134 True confession.
485.401134 490.881134 For those listeners that don't know it, a large portion of my life is dedicated to the
490.881134 493.041134 curation and consumption of coffee.
493.041134 496.001134 That's my biggest hobby.
496.001134 497.001134 Yeah.
497.001134 498.001134 Yeah.
498.001134 507.001134 - You have a very fun fancy coffee machine downstairs, yeah, that can make any type of coffee
507.001134 508.001134 beverage you want, right?
508.001134 509.001134 That may be iced.
509.001134 510.001134 It doesn't do like iced stuff, right?
510.001134 511.001134 - No.
511.001134 514.641134 But it's, you could brew espresso in the pour it over ice.
514.641134 515.641134 Yeah.
515.641134 518.921134 There's a whole science to cold brew.
518.921134 521.001134 I've never really been an iced coffee fan.
521.001134 522.161134 Actually, that's not true.
522.161134 527.801134 If I'm in the mood, I'll enjoy an iced coffee, but it's got to be sweet and sugary.
527.801134 529.721134 And I just don't need to do that.
529.721134 530.721134 - Different experience.
530.721134 531.721134 - Different experience.
531.721134 534.561134 But I drink hot coffee in all temperatures.
534.561134 535.721134 People always look at me strangely.
535.721134 537.521134 Why are you drinking hot coffee?
537.521134 539.081134 Just like 95 degrees out.
539.081134 540.081134 - Mm-hmm.
540.081134 542.921134 - Just, just damn.
542.921134 543.921134 - My coffee maker.
543.921134 545.921134 Yeah, that's a whole other story.
545.921134 546.921134 (laughs)
546.921134 548.321134 But the changing of seasons.
548.321134 550.321134 - The changing of seasons.
550.321134 551.321134 - Yeah.
551.321134 562.241134 So, thinking about change is something that we spend quite a bit of time on as human beings,
562.241134 571.601134 whether it's just be summer into fall, fall into winter, winter into spring, or the times
571.601134 573.601134 of our lives.
573.601134 581.601134 So, transitioning from high school to college, college to the working world, getting married,
581.601134 584.001134 becoming a mother, raising children.
584.001134 585.801134 - One job to the next job.
585.801134 589.881134 - Yeah, one job to the next job, sending our children off.
589.881134 595.081134 Maybe there's been a change in our family, either, like I said, either through marriage or
595.081134 601.241134 a birth of a child, or maybe we've lost a spouse, either through death or divorce, or maybe
601.241134 607.521134 a child, maybe our child's just gone off to college, or gotten married, which comes with
607.521134 610.921134 its own set of changes.
610.921134 615.921134 - Or you're going from young adult to midlife crisis.
615.921134 616.921134 - Yes.
616.921134 622.041134 - Or midlife to retirement, and you're finally enjoying it.
622.041134 623.041134 Who knows?
623.041134 624.041134 - Yeah.
624.041134 625.041134 Oh, yeah.
625.041134 626.041134 The retirement.
626.041134 627.041134 Exactly.
627.041134 628.041134 That's a new one for us.
628.041134 632.521134 So, the thing that there are a lot of similarities between changes of the season and the way
632.521134 639.841134 we prepare for those, like the physical seasons, and changes in the seasons of our lives.
639.841134 647.841134 Because you can be upset about winter coming, the days are shorter, the sun is less, but
647.841134 652.161134 you can also do some things to prepare for it.
652.161134 656.201134 And sometimes we know changes are coming in our lives, sometimes we don't know changes
656.201134 657.641134 are coming in our lives.
657.641134 658.641134 - It can be challenging.
658.641134 661.281134 Some season changes, we look forward to them, right?
661.281134 663.681134 And we want them to get here as soon as possible.
663.681134 669.321134 Others were dreading, others kind of like what you're saying are completely unexpected,
669.321134 673.041134 and kind of show up, we don't feel prepared.
673.041134 678.141134 Sometimes that leads to it being hard to let go of a previous season, and it brings the
678.141134 679.461134 new one.
679.461134 686.921134 I think that that's probably one of the more difficult things.
686.921134 693.961134 Sometimes even when the change is expected, it's hard to let go of the old season.
693.961134 705.161134 We can spend a lot of wasted time wishing for the past, living in the past, reliving our
705.161134 707.481134 glory days, so to speak.
707.481134 708.481134 - Yep.
708.481134 710.481134 - Like Uncle Rico and Napoleon Dynamite.
710.481134 711.481134 - Yeah.
711.481134 714.281134 - Throw football over those hills.
714.281134 715.281134 - Wow.
715.281134 716.681134 - I always think of that.
716.681134 717.681134 - That's so funny.
717.681134 719.161134 I haven't thought about that movie for a while.
719.161134 721.281134 - I love that movie.
721.281134 726.681134 - Now I want Tater tots.
726.681134 734.921134 - So you were on a very good thought trailer, and now I'm thinking about Tater tots from
734.921134 738.201134 Land Hope, how delicious they are.
738.201134 739.201134 Oh my goodness.
739.201134 740.601134 Okay.
740.601134 742.841134 That could be fall.
742.841134 744.721134 Tater tots could be fall food.
744.721134 746.681134 - Any Tater tots could be any season.
746.681134 747.681134 - Any season.
747.681134 748.681134 - Yeah.
748.681134 749.681134 - Exactly.
749.681134 755.961134 All around in the pockets of your parachute, or parachute, I don't know, parachute pants,
755.961134 756.961134 parachute pants.
756.961134 757.961134 - Yeah.
757.961134 758.961134 - Absolutely.
758.961134 759.961134 Anyway.
759.961134 770.841134 No, but being stuck in the glory days, reliving what we think are our best days, when really,
770.841134 778.041134 and we have a lot of examples of this in scripture, what is coming is going to be our
778.041134 780.081134 glory days.
780.081134 788.921134 What we go through can lead us into really beautiful things and beautiful seasons of life.
788.921134 795.281134 And I think it's appropriate to mourn the loss of something or someone.
795.281134 800.001134 It's okay to look back with nostalgia on a past season of life.
800.001134 808.241134 It's okay to get together with a few thousand, several thousand other people and sing at
808.241134 809.241134 the taffy year long.
809.241134 810.241134 - That's right.
810.241134 811.601134 I just did it a couple days ago.
811.601134 817.721134 I went to a concert for a dashboard confessional, which is one of my favorite bands in college.
817.721134 824.081134 And one of their songs, I mean, they were 20 years younger when they released this song is
824.081134 826.001134 about how we're not 21 yet.
826.001134 830.521134 The whole song is about, we want to be cool and we want to fit in and we want to do all these
830.521134 833.241134 cool things or waiting for our life to begin.
833.241134 836.761134 And so when he introduced the song at the concert, he's like, "Well, I have some news.
836.761134 838.041134 We're not 21 anymore."
838.041134 843.281134 It's like all the 30 and 40 year olds in the crowd are laughing and cheering.
843.281134 844.281134 But yeah, it's fun.
844.281134 849.681134 It's fun to kind of go back and with the perspective you have now, looking back on that season
849.681134 855.561134 of life, especially for college age, you're trying to figure so much out in your early
855.561134 858.521134 20s, like 18, 19, 20, 21.
858.521134 863.561134 And the life perspective you have now and the other seasons you've gone through can be
863.561134 866.041134 fun and helpful to look back.
866.041134 869.241134 Maybe there are some things you really screwed up at that time in your life or things that
869.241134 874.321134 you, your perspective is so shifted because of how much you have grown and know now.
874.321134 879.681134 And I think that's a great way to kind of look back and see benchmarks of how you've grown,
879.681134 883.601134 what you've learned, what God has brought you through, good or bad, but not like you're
883.601134 889.601134 saying, not dwelling on the past, but appreciating what you've been through.
889.601134 894.361134 One could say that it's important to remember what we've been through and like you said,
894.361134 896.721134 what God has brought us through.
896.721134 900.761134 I think that that can inform the future.
900.761134 909.741134 If we've been able to get through a season of life intact, then perhaps God will also
909.741134 912.421134 carry us through this next season.
912.421134 917.021134 And by the way, it's not a perhaps, it's an absolute, yeah, absolutely will.
917.021134 918.021134 Yeah.
918.021134 919.021134 Ecclesiastes 31.
919.021134 924.021134 There's a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.
924.021134 930.941134 And I always love in Isaiah 43, 18, forget the former things.
930.941134 933.141134 Do not dwell on the past.
933.141134 936.501134 See, I am doing a new thing.
936.501134 940.941134 Now it springs up, do you not perceive it?
940.941134 945.141134 I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
945.141134 955.181134 And that in particular speaks to looking forward to change when you're going through a
955.181134 957.781134 difficult time.
957.781134 963.821134 The promise that God gives, look, I'm doing something new, and don't dwell on the past.
963.821134 969.381134 I'm just thinking about this as you read this a lot, and I hope you know the answer to
969.381134 970.381134 this because I don't.
970.381134 975.941134 The timing of Isaiah when that was written, that was well after Hannah.
975.941134 976.941134 Yeah.
976.941134 983.901134 So Isaiah was the prophets who came after King David.
983.901134 984.901134 Yeah.
984.901134 993.781134 So we had the judges and then we had the kings and then we had, yeah, Samuel anointed David.
993.781134 1001.901134 Oh, why am I thinking he was, okay, you know, you're thinking, um, oh, bed, you're thinking
1001.901134 1002.901134 Naomi.
1002.901134 1003.901134 Oh, yeah.
1003.901134 1006.341134 I was going down the other path, the other path.
1006.341134 1007.341134 Yes.
1007.341134 1008.341134 No.
1008.341134 1009.341134 That's okay.
1009.341134 1010.341134 Yeah.
1010.341134 1011.341134 Well, maybe we should revisit the story of Hannah.
1011.341134 1012.341134 I think we should.
1012.341134 1013.341134 We should revisit the story.
1013.341134 1016.821134 I should revisit my Old Testament to get all my facts right.
1016.821134 1023.741134 Well, in all fairness, going back dwelling on the past, we did discuss both Naomi and
1023.741134 1032.741134 Hannah as object lessons for women that lived through some changes, but we ultimately chose
1032.741134 1034.061134 Hannah.
1034.061134 1039.061134 And I think it is interesting, actually, that they're both related to David.
1039.061134 1044.541134 Hannah was childless for years.
1044.541134 1050.741134 I'm not sure if we know how long we may, but right now, I don't know the top of my head.
1050.741134 1061.221134 She was the wife of Elkanah, I believe, and she longed for a child and was even worse than
1061.221134 1062.501134 just that.
1062.501134 1069.301134 The other wife who had many children, a tour manager, made fun of her.
1069.301134 1073.621134 And the reason why I was jealousy, I mean, boy, I tell you, who needs to watch the soaps
1073.621134 1074.621134 on TV?
1074.621134 1076.461134 I'll see plenty of drama.
1076.461134 1079.701134 There's plenty of drama in the, in the Old Testament.
1079.701134 1085.021134 I actually, yeah, mostly the Old Testament, but there's enough drama in the Bible last.
1085.021134 1086.021134 I need place.
1086.021134 1087.021134 There are humans.
1087.021134 1088.021134 There's bound to be two.
1088.021134 1089.021134 Yes.
1089.021134 1090.021134 Exactly.
1090.021134 1093.941134 Panina, Penina, Peninnah was the other wife.
1093.941134 1094.941134 I don't know.
1094.941134 1100.661134 Again, I don't know how to pronounce it, but she had children, Hannah had none.
1100.661134 1105.581134 So year after year, I'm going to read from first Samuel one three year after year this
1105.581134 1111.561134 man, Elkanah, which is the husband, went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the
1111.561134 1117.281134 Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophne and Phineas, the two sons of Eli, were priests to the
1117.281134 1118.781134 Lord.
1118.781134 1123.201134 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his
1123.201134 1126.021134 wife, peninnah, and to all her sons and daughters.
1126.021134 1132.901134 But to Hannah, he gave a double portion because he loved her and the Lord had closed her
1132.901134 1135.101134 womb.
1135.101134 1140.081134 As the Lord had closed Hannah's womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate
1140.081134 1141.081134 her.
1141.081134 1143.241134 This went on year after year.
1143.241134 1145.741134 That's a long, long season.
1145.741134 1149.621134 That is a very long season, yeah, season.
1149.621134 1152.501134 Her husband would say, "Why are you crying?
1152.501134 1154.141134 Why don't you eat?
1154.141134 1156.681134 Don't I mean more to you than all these sons?"
1156.681134 1162.621134 And boy, there's a question when a husband asks the wife, "Don't I mean more to you than
1162.621134 1165.461134 10 sons?"
1165.461134 1169.861134 That's a, wow, that's a whole deep, I'm just going to leave that one right there.
1169.861134 1173.981134 I don't know if I'm prepared to discuss that.
1173.981134 1178.801134 But then she goes in her deep anguish and she prays as she makes a vow.
1178.801134 1184.481134 She says, "Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant's misery and remember me,
1184.481134 1189.521134 and not forget your servant, but give her a son, and I will give him to the Lord for
1189.521134 1197.301134 all the days of his life and no razor will ever be used on his head."
1197.301134 1202.521134 And they are, again, she faced more trouble because Eli sees her and thinks that she's drunk
1202.521134 1209.401134 because she's not praying out loud, but then she shares the prayer with him and he prays
1209.401134 1215.881134 and then, and we know what happens next, they go home and she gets pregnant and she gives
1215.881134 1218.481134 birth to Samuel.
1218.481134 1222.401134 And then comes a new season for Hannah.
1222.401134 1230.761134 She's at home with Samuel, taking care of him, nursing him, and then weaning him, and then
1230.761134 1238.841134 she follows through and she takes them to the temple to live with Eli, which that's another
1238.841134 1243.361134 season, saying, "Goodbye to your child."
1243.361134 1253.321134 I wonder based on how she prayed for the child, how that helped her mindset, knowing that
1253.321134 1258.361134 if she was promising to dedicate her child to the Lord that she would have to give him
1258.361134 1262.361134 up at a pretty early age.
1262.361134 1263.561134 I think so.
1263.561134 1270.101134 I haven't feeling it was like three or five or something like pretty young, which is
1270.101134 1274.981134 mind-boggling to me because this is a totally different time that we're living in.
1274.981134 1283.061134 But just thinking about how did she prepare for that season, she'd waited so long and desired
1283.061134 1288.741134 so much to have a child and then it was just a few years that she had with her son before.
1288.741134 1293.581134 He didn't die, but he wasn't living with her anymore, he wasn't growing up in her house
1293.581134 1294.581134 anymore.
1294.581134 1300.461134 And then the story talks about how she makes him a set of clothes every year, and I think
1300.461134 1306.981134 about her at home, far away from her child, working diligently on these clothes and just
1306.981134 1314.541134 thinking how much love was in every single stitch and how she's still pouring into his life,
1314.541134 1318.381134 even though their absent from each other.
1318.381134 1325.581134 Anyway, so that is definitely a woman that we can look at and see how she had different seasons
1325.581134 1330.541134 in her life and truly embraced each one.
1330.541134 1336.021134 I'm sure that there were days that she was sad about the things that had happened in
1336.021134 1342.541134 the past, but God had been faithful to her and so she was faithful to the Lord and so
1342.541134 1349.221134 she fell through, I think that's a good lesson for us, because God is the same.
1349.221134 1351.621134 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
1351.621134 1357.421134 Hebrews 138, he doesn't change, he can always be counted on.
1357.421134 1362.301134 Every good and perfect gift comes from above, from the Father of heavenly lights who doesn't
1362.301134 1365.141134 change or cast a shifting shadow.
1365.141134 1368.181134 That's James 17.
1368.181134 1375.341134 We know God doesn't change, we know he will be faithful to us through these transitions,
1375.341134 1382.901134 these seasons, but what can we do knowing that change is going to come and that sometimes
1382.901134 1386.101134 this will come, sometimes this not, sometimes it's unexpected?
1386.101134 1392.181134 Is there anything that we can do or what should we do?
1392.181134 1399.421134 That's interesting, the character of God does not change, who he is does not change.
1399.421134 1403.261134 Yet he has built change into his creation.
1403.261134 1408.661134 He's the one that established the seasons in nature, the daylight, the darkness, day and
1408.661134 1409.661134 night.
1409.661134 1418.141134 There is change that he has intentionally brought into our experiences, humans, but he himself
1418.141134 1425.421134 is the steadfast, I mean, I think about Revelation 21.5, he who was seated on the throne said,
1425.421134 1428.141134 I am making everything new.
1428.141134 1432.221134 Then he said, write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.
1432.221134 1440.461134 So, part of that, when I'm processing change, is looking forward, maybe if Hannah was holding
1440.461134 1445.501134 out hope for the future, it's looking forward saying, we know the end result here.
1445.501134 1450.581134 We know that God will be restoring and making all things new and that there is change involved
1450.581134 1452.421134 in that.
1452.421134 1459.661134 We don't have to fear the change, but how do we go into those seasons well prepared,
1459.661134 1464.061134 to trust him, knowing that even though he doesn't change, the circumstances in the seasons
1464.061134 1466.301134 are changing.
1466.301134 1469.741134 What are ways we can prepare for that?
1469.741134 1473.661134 I think there's practical ways you can prepare, like the nuts and bolts or the stuff which
1473.661134 1480.981134 I'm really into, the mechanics of everything, but I also think it's attitude too.
1480.981134 1485.541134 How are we going to anticipate change?
1485.541134 1490.701134 Are we going to be like, oh great, just as soon as I get this figured out, something changes
1490.701134 1491.701134 again.
1491.701134 1499.861134 Now, that's going to make us feel like a victim of our circumstances or if we approach things
1499.861134 1503.501134 like, oh, well, this is going to be, I wonder what God is going to do.
1503.501134 1505.501134 I'm excited about this new chapter.
1505.501134 1508.621134 I can't wait to see what's going to happen tomorrow.
1508.621134 1515.661134 We know that God's mercy is new every morning and it could be a brand new thing tomorrow.
1515.661134 1520.261134 Shockingly, there's a proverb that accurately describes this, Mary Beth.
1520.261134 1524.261134 I love the proverbs, if you all didn't know that, let me show it by now.
1524.261134 1532.361134 Proverbs 15, 15 says, "All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart
1532.361134 1534.561134 has a continual feast."
1534.561134 1544.461134 I think about that, if I'm oppressed, if I perceive that I'm oppressed and that change
1544.461134 1551.601134 is the world's just out to get me and anything that changes is just messing up my perfectly
1551.601134 1557.841134 curated, controlled world, which is a complete joke, but I'm going to be pretty wretched.
1557.841134 1565.101134 If I have a chair of heart, and I'm looking forward with anticipation, then life is a continual
1565.101134 1572.001134 feast of adventure and excitement, and that it's not conditional on our circumstances.
1572.001134 1573.001134 Correct.
1573.001134 1579.561134 Because there are very hard seasons that we go through, but what you're saying is, what
1579.561134 1588.161134 is the posture of our heart, what is our focus, are we dwelling on the heart?
1588.161134 1593.241134 Many, many times in Scripture God tells us there will be suffering, there will be hardship,
1593.241134 1596.641134 but He does not just say that and then drop the mic.
1596.641134 1601.281134 He always provides a way to endure, to sustain, to grow.
1601.281134 1607.481134 I mean, I think the other parts of Scripture where this cheerful heart concept is mentioned,
1607.481134 1611.961134 but I think about instructions on giving, God loves a cheerful giver.
1611.961134 1617.721134 I think there are seasons of life where maybe my budget was stretched.
1617.721134 1619.881134 Do I have a negative attitude about that?
1619.881134 1624.761134 Do I have a negative attitude about, I don't know that I can really be generous right now.
1624.761134 1625.961134 Yes, we can always be generous.
1625.961134 1626.961134 We can always be generous.
1626.961134 1627.961134 What's the attitude of our heart?
1627.961134 1631.441134 Is it being selfish and trying, like you're saying, to control everything that we can't
1631.441134 1639.801134 control anyway, or are we living in the freedom that God is not changing?
1639.801134 1641.761134 He has the end goal in mind.
1641.761134 1643.801134 It is just a season.
1643.801134 1647.761134 And I think on the flip side, during good seasons, there can be a tendency to want to hold
1647.761134 1650.441134 on to it and stop.
1650.441134 1652.881134 We don't want that season to end.
1652.881134 1658.961134 So how do we kind of deal with and prepare when we know a good season is ending?
1658.961134 1661.841134 You have thoughts on that?
1661.841134 1662.841134 Why Sarah?
1662.841134 1676.381134 Well, I don't know if I have any profound thoughts, but I have something that I did have something
1676.381134 1679.881134 that I've done in the past.
1679.881134 1683.721134 Sometimes you know that something is coming to an end.
1683.721134 1687.281134 Could be the last day of summer camp with your friends.
1687.281134 1690.041134 Could be the last trip to the beach.
1690.041134 1696.141134 Could be the last time you close the door of a house that you're moving out of, staying
1696.141134 1707.481134 goodbye to a relationship, holding a loved one's hand before they leave this earthly place.
1707.481134 1714.961134 And I think back to in my own life, the times that I've been in those situations.
1714.961134 1725.261134 And I've spent, I don't know if it's, I guess it's just mental energy or intention on marking
1725.261134 1734.261134 that specific time, all the senses, the thoughts, the sights, the sounds, the smells, the feelings
1734.261134 1735.261134 and everything.
1735.261134 1743.981134 Just like trying to almost like, I don't know, like put like a pin in the timeline, pin
1743.981134 1745.981134 in the timeline.
1745.981134 1756.021134 And so when I look back on something that's sad or something that was good that is now gone,
1756.021134 1763.061134 I can close my eyes and I can take myself back to that time.
1763.061134 1772.541134 I think about sitting beside my grandmother's bedside in the days or hours before she went
1772.541134 1780.701134 to be with the Lord, singing to her and reciting poetry, and it was a poem that we both love.
1780.701134 1787.821134 Even when she couldn't really talk anymore, I knew that she was still enjoying me reciting
1787.821134 1788.821134 that.
1788.821134 1796.581134 I don't love to think of my grandmother that ill, but I think about how precious that time
1796.581134 1808.661134 was and how that poetry signified a long relationship that she and I had with an appreciation for
1808.661134 1811.581134 this particular poet.
1811.581134 1816.981134 And so there's so much more behind it, but I have that moment in time.
1816.981134 1823.541134 Just like the last days of summer, I recently went to the beach just for a few hours because
1823.541134 1831.421134 I just needed some waves, the sound of the waves coming in and out, the water, the smells.
1831.421134 1837.421134 Yes, the ice cream, the sand, the sand between my toes.
1837.421134 1840.621134 I just needed to hang on to that.
1840.621134 1842.581134 And then that's okay.
1842.581134 1849.061134 When I think the common thread through all those examples is being present in the current
1849.061134 1855.221134 season and kind of soaking that up while you're in it and not dwelling on the what's coming
1855.221134 1856.221134 next.
1856.221134 1861.701134 I was talking to a friend yesterday who has moved all over the country for work.
1861.701134 1870.061134 And she said she's had to kind of learn how to not live thinking about the next move, but
1870.061134 1872.701134 to actually be present where she is.
1872.701134 1876.101134 That is the season she's in and she doesn't want to waste that season and that opportunity
1876.101134 1879.261134 and just digging deep where she is, even if it's only for a year or two.
1879.261134 1886.261134 And I think that's part of the helpful mentality is there's the duality of we want to prepare
1886.261134 1890.741134 well and lay a good foundation for the next whatever next season is coming, right?
1890.741134 1892.581134 I mean, Proverbs also talks about that.
1892.581134 1896.941134 The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fool's gulp theirs down.
1896.941134 1903.941134 So there is wisdom and preparation, yes, but we don't want to always be looking toward
1903.941134 1908.821134 the next thing because we'll miss out on what the Lord is doing right now and what, you
1908.821134 1914.661134 know, what the foundation we might be building for the next season could be.
1914.661134 1916.421134 There's so much that we're unaware of, right?
1916.421134 1921.781134 That's going on that God is doing that is happening that God is preparing for us.
1921.781134 1925.981134 And so it's how do we work out both of those things?
1925.981134 1928.181134 Well, actually, there's three things of a real thing about it.
1928.181134 1930.461134 How do we not look too much at the past?
1930.461134 1935.021134 How do we live in the present well and how do we not focus too much on the future?
1935.021134 1936.021134 I don't know.
1936.021134 1937.021134 That's too overwhelming.
1937.021134 1941.061134 I just want to have the sand between my toes and the waist.
1941.061134 1945.341134 You were mentioning, you're talking about the wise store up choice food and olive oil.
1945.341134 1949.101134 And then we were also talking about not holding on too tightly.
1949.101134 1954.341134 There's always a soundtrack in my head and thinking of that great song by 38 Special
1954.341134 1955.741134 Hold On Loosely.
1955.741134 1956.741134 Don't let go.
1956.741134 1959.461134 If you cling too tight, you might lose control.
1959.461134 1966.701134 Also think about one of my favorite financial gurus, Dave Ramsey, when he talks about giving,
1966.701134 1971.301134 he always talks about having your hand open.
1971.301134 1975.381134 Your hand is open to receive blessings, money.
1975.381134 1978.181134 This could be talking about financial things here.
1978.181134 1983.261134 Open to receive, but we're also the money can flow out too.
1983.261134 1987.741134 So we want to be generous, not just with our money, but with our time.
1987.741134 1994.181134 And with ourselves, so taking that time, there was a million things that I could have done
1994.181134 2000.861134 that day besides being in the car for almost four hours, to be on the beach for an hour.
2000.861134 2005.701134 That five hour block of time, I could have done other things, but I needed that.
2005.701134 2008.261134 So I was generous with myself.
2008.261134 2012.661134 And it gave me back something that I really can't quantify.
2012.661134 2016.301134 I can't really put it into words I'm trying to.
2016.301134 2021.921134 If you think about that with the changes that are coming, yes, prepare.
2021.921134 2024.421134 Make sure you have a savings account.
2024.421134 2030.341134 Make sure you have enough margin in your life so that you can take a nap or be able to anticipate
2030.341134 2033.981134 if someone calls you last minute, hey, can you do this?
2033.981134 2038.781134 Make sure that you have a lot of margin with your children, that you're not just correcting
2038.781134 2045.161134 them all the time, but that you're encouraging them to five point six positive things to every
2045.161134 2053.801134 negative, put things into the bank, whether it be food, money, relationships, encouragement,
2053.801134 2056.841134 so that when those changes come, you're more prepared.
2056.841134 2064.721134 And of course, your time with the Lord, because the more anchored we are, the more focused
2064.721134 2071.521134 we are on what he says in his word, the easier it's going to be for us to handle the changes
2071.521134 2074.321134 that are coming, because then we won't feel alone.
2074.321134 2080.601134 There's such a push and pull in our culture to always be doing.
2080.601134 2082.641134 And there are lots of good things we should be doing.
2082.641134 2084.701134 We've talked about it before on other episodes.
2084.701134 2087.281134 We need to be up and doing.
2087.281134 2091.661134 But just that very first verse you read from Ecclesiastes, like go read Ecclesiastes, there's
2091.661134 2093.561134 a time for a rest.
2093.561134 2096.121134 There's a time for a call for rest.
2096.121134 2100.521134 And so we're navigating this just as much as all of you are that are listening to this.
2100.521134 2106.461134 You don't have a perfect system figured out, but it's telling ourselves and re-teaching
2106.461134 2112.081134 ourselves these truths from scripture that, okay, God is not changing.
2112.081134 2113.401134 Seasons are changing.
2113.401134 2114.401134 It can be good.
2114.401134 2115.401134 It can be hard.
2115.401134 2116.401134 It can be exciting.
2116.401134 2118.401134 It can be devastating.
2118.401134 2124.521134 Like all of those things can be true and God is still good and He is still faithful.
2124.521134 2134.681134 And so how do we walk through all that, trusting Him, but savoring it, it's a lot, but at the same
2134.681134 2139.521134 time, it's zoom out to that big picture that we're not in control anyway, and so we can
2139.521134 2143.161134 just let go of some of that.
2143.161134 2151.841134 So I think that to take us back to the beginning of the episode, Hygge, it actually stems from
2151.841134 2156.121134 the word Huga, I don't know if even know how to pronounce that.
2156.121134 2160.761134 The basic meaning is to be or to think.
2160.761134 2167.241134 So whether you're actually putting on a blanket in a cup of hot chocolate or a pumpkin
2167.241134 2175.721134 spice latte or a tea and sitting by the fire, or if you're just approaching the changes
2175.721134 2183.481134 in life from that willingness to just sort of let things happen.
2183.481134 2184.481134 Seat.
2184.481134 2185.481134 I know.
2185.481134 2186.481134 I think against that.
2186.481134 2187.481134 It's hard.
2187.481134 2188.481134 No, I've got to like control things.
2188.481134 2190.081134 I have to be ready.
2190.081134 2197.401134 We can't just watch life go by, but we also can't be overactive thinking we have to do it
2197.401134 2200.881134 all ourselves and do it all the time.
2200.881134 2202.361134 This is tough stuff, man.
2202.361134 2203.361134 It is.
2203.361134 2204.361134 It is.
2204.361134 2207.961134 But I do think this is why God gave us seasons.
2207.961134 2209.121134 I think you're right.
2209.121134 2213.881134 Because if he did not, we would just run ourselves into the ground, right?
2213.881134 2222.561134 Either from lack of action or over action, he gives us these stop turn points.
2222.561134 2223.561134 Yeah.
2223.561134 2227.281134 The sewing and reaping, which is also part of the change of the seasons, the time for
2227.281134 2230.481134 sewing, time for harvesting, I think about that.
2230.481134 2233.241134 This fall we come into harvest time.
2233.241134 2239.321134 It would be a really interesting experiment for us to sort of look around in our lives and
2239.321134 2243.401134 see what type of crop we're harvesting.
2243.401134 2250.721134 Are we harvesting things that we are enjoying the fruits of or are there maybe some things
2250.721134 2258.321134 in our lives that are bearing rotten fruit or weeds or however you want to look at it,
2258.321134 2262.321134 wherever you want your analogy to go, a light-hearted approach.
2262.321134 2266.681134 So in this last season of my life, what am I reaping now?
2266.681134 2269.521134 And maybe what do I want to reap in my next season of life?
2269.521134 2272.841134 So what can I be sewing now in this one?
2272.841134 2278.841134 I know for me, I'm going to enjoy the transition into fall and then I'm going to enjoy the transition
2278.841134 2284.201134 to Christmas and then I'm going to enjoy the transition to winter.
2284.201134 2291.481134 I have looked forward to winter because it brings a sense of rest, lots of jigsaw puzzles,
2291.481134 2297.761134 fires, reading, a little slower pace, a little slower pace, to the frenetic summer and
2297.761134 2298.761134 fall.
2298.761134 2299.761134 Yeah.
2299.761134 2300.761134 Yeah.
2300.761134 2309.801134 Well, Mary Beth, I've got one question for you, okay?
2309.801134 2317.441134 Are you a sweatshirt or a sweater person?
2317.441134 2325.921134 My recent purchases would say sweater because I did a whole closet clean out and I'm trying
2325.921134 2334.441134 to dress more like a grown-up or sweater instead of just totally overrated by the way.
2334.441134 2342.041134 So my default would be a hoodie or a sweatshirt, but I'm trying to just find the most comfortable
2342.041134 2344.661134 sweater so that I can lean more into sweaters, okay?
2344.661134 2346.081134 Sounds good to me.
2346.081134 2356.201134 I am also a hoodie person, but I aspire, I aspire, we're just trying to be grown-ups.
2356.201134 2358.081134 Just trying to be grown-ups, okay?
2358.081134 2363.401134 Well, when you hear this, visit our Instagram page, tell us whether you're a hoodie or a
2363.401134 2364.401134 sweater person.
2364.401134 2365.401134 That's right.
2365.401134 2367.081134 Are you pumpkin spice or anti-pumpkin spice?

2372.241134 2374.201134 You can always email us.
2374.201134 2381.761134 The email address is listen@trustworthypodcast.com and we're on Instagram @ThisIsTrustWorthy.
2381.761134 2389.001134 Alright, until next time, stay cozy.
2389.001134 2389.361134 Hygge.