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What does honor, courage, and commitment really look like in everyday life?
In this episode of the Twin Cast, we reflect on the values demonstrated by our military service members and discuss why these same principles are essential in our homes, workplaces, churches, and communities.
We explore what it means to honor those in authority, have the courage to stand for what's right even when it's unpopular, and remain committed through life's difficult seasons instead of giving up when things become uncomfortable.
More importantly, we discuss why the next generation won't learn these values simply by hearing about them—they need to see them lived out every day. As parents, leaders, mentors, and role models, we're called to both tell and show what honor, courage, and commitment look like.
In this episode:
Why honor begins at home
Having the courage to stand for your convictions
What real commitment looks like in life and relationships
Lessons we can learn from our military service members
Leading the next generation by example
Why character is built through consistency, not convenience
Character isn't taught by words alone—it's shaped by the example we choose to live every day.
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You know, our generation, we need to follow through and we need to explain what this looks like. What does commitment look like? What does honor look like? What does courage look like? We are telling them what it looks like. We are showing them what it looks like. You gotta do both. You gotta tell and show. Thank y'all for joining the Twin Cast. It's the podcast where business and faith are our foundation and a good laugh is always on the house. We're identical twin sisters navigating the real estate world one deal at a time. The twin cast starts now. All right, welcome back to the twin cast where Nicole and Cherie, Identical Twin Sisters, and your host of the Twin Cast. And on this podcast, we talk about faith, real estate, and leveling up. Nicole, let's go. All right, well, let's get into it. So today we want to say, first of all, first and foremost, happy Fourth of July. Happy Fourth of July. It's um this weekend, you know, obviously we're gonna be celebrating that, but uh, we wouldn't be uh where we are today without those uh service members that uh sacrificed their life uh for our freedom um and to live in this great country of the United States. And we're uh we are we're you know uh grateful for your sacrifice and we can't thank you enough. So the land of the free and the home of the brave. So you like Shari said, we thank you for your uh commitment and we appreciate your service. Today we we kind of want to circle uh around that today. Our podcast will talk about commitment, honor, and uh courage. So all of those things uh our service members previously served active duty uh encompass those. And I mean, wear them, I I mean, I have to say every day. And so we can only hope to demonstrate some of those characteristics uh as we live our life. Well, it starts honoring is important, the Bible says to honor your father and your and your mother. And so I think we should go back to the basics. We say that often, but teaching our kids to honor not just us, but other people around them. There's so many people, um, whether it's service members, it's elderly people, it's just little things, you know. Opening the door when you see an elderly person go through it, um, being mindful that there are other people around you um and having the honor to honor them. Yeah, I think that this next generation that's coming up is almost become um satisfactory. It's become okay for you to not honor and not to show those people that are put in authority uh over you to disrespect them. And it's uh frankly, it's just not okay. And we need to understand that God established that uh order and he said that we should honor those people. It doesn't say that if you agree with them, then to honor the Bible says to honor those that are put author uh in authority over you. So whether it's the president, whether it's your pastor, whether it's uh grandma, grandpa, you know, whoever it is, a teacher, um, you know, that's those those are the people that deserve honor. If they are in your employer, if they are in authority over you, then you should honor them. And uh even even if you don't agree with them. Well, yeah, uh, like you said, I think that it children are given the the right or um make it okay to not if you agree if you don't agree with them, you can be disrespectful. Uh gosh, boy, we wouldn't be able to get away with that. Oh no, I mean, mom would, you know, it wouldn't be too you wouldn't be far too for that scared thinking about it. Goodness gracious for that chocolate to come swing around. I mean, I'm trying to tell you, you got to be careful. But that's just the basics of life. We're we are in the land of the free, and we do not have to agree with everyone, and that's okay, but it we do need to honor people that have served that are older than us. We just need to do the very basic of that. And we, I mean, we you have the right to your own opinion because that's where we live, and that's okay. But we can still be respectful in that and it will go a long way. Yes, and and our next generation needs to be taught that we have to not only talk about it, but we have to be about it. We got to walk it because people learn from actions. I mean, you can talk about things all day long, and that's awesome. But until you start walking it and you start demonstrating those characteristics of honoring people even when the conversations are hard and that you don't like them, then your kids won't understand that, you know. So if you if it starts at home and I believe, I mean it's the first commandment. Honor your mother and father. So I believe and know. Live a long life. Say that. And with a promise. That's the first commandment with a promise. So um, my goodness, God knew what he was doing. Um, so it starts at home honoring honoring people. And in in fact, the Bible says to uh to honor people more than you honor yourself, to treat people better than concept. Do you know? It would be nice if if we all lived in if we lived in this world where people did think about that. But um those people that are in our lives that uh and like I said, us walking this life, I mean, I can only hope that I'm demonstrating uh that as well as teaching people that we have to honor people and show them a different level of respect, a different level of care. I mean, just because uh God said it. And I I shouldn't said I shouldn't have said just because, but because God said it, we should do obviously do it. So that's uh our first one is honor. And then what's what's the next one you want to talk about? Courage is a good one. Okay, courage. It takes some courage to be uh to do the right thing sometimes. It takes courage to be in different places. Um and goodness, the the people that have served, the courage it took for them to uh sign on that dotted line, to give up um their freedom, really, yeah, to do things that are uncomfortable, that are uh not what everybody else is doing. Gosh, um, that's a big deal. Yeah, I would I would expect that when we say courage, um, you know, a lot of people don't uh understand that when you sign, like you said, when you sign on that dotted line, I mean you're literally giving your life at that point. You're literally saying, my life isn't as important. You know, you're saying for people I don't even know. You know, can you I mean for people you don't even know. So when we talk to our service members and they say, well, I only served for, you know, three years or you know, my goodness, you served one day longer than I did. You signed on the dotted line, and I can't imagine even taking that as that type of responsibility. But the courage that it takes now just to live in this country, like you said, it we we're living in a free country, but there are things that as a Christ follower, we have to have the courage to stand up and do things differently than the other than other people. So courage is a big part of our life right now. Yeah, I I think so too. Courage, it takes some courage. Um we were uh watching or I was watching a movie recently, a few good men, a great movie, and all uh all the the men and women there had all the things courage, commitment, honor, but they held it with such a regard. I mean, their uh stories and their speeches were so compelling. I just thought, golly, if I could, if I could give a speech that way. And uh it they they were, I mean, almost brought me to tears just to hear the stuff that they said and the commitment and the conviction they had. It was incredible. Well, you had some of the the best actors out there, Demi Moore, uh, Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, you know. So she had yeah, I mean, I I'm not sure where she's been, uh, guys. I don't know what life, you know where I've been. Yes, but what I love that movie. Uh it it does, it does show another level of uh commitment, courage, all the things that we're talking about today. But love that movie. Um, I feel like when when we talk about uh um the courage or when we talk about courage, it makes me think of uh the man that was at the gate beautiful. He had uh he had sat there for 40 years, right? He was he was uh I forgot he was lame, right? So he couldn't walk. Uh and so Peter and John came came down the road and and they saw him sitting at the beautiful, and it was just customary because he had been there for 40 years. Like everybody knew, oh, it's just John, you know, at the gate, you know, here he is again asking for money. Well, as Peter and John came by that gate, he says, uh he was asking for money again, and he said, uh Peter said, you know, I don't have money. Silver and gold have I none. But in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, uh, rise up and walk. And so I thought, you know, who had courage there? You know, who was it? And and honestly both, you know, because it took courage for one, for Peter, I can't honestly remember if it's Peter or John, but either way, for them to say, rise up and walk. I mean, because he had to have enough courage to believe or faith, you know, to believe that if he said it, it was gonna be done. Because I mean, can you imagine there was people coming and going and they he could have thought, man, if I do this, you know, I'm gonna be a laughing stock if this if this guy tries to stand up and he falls down, and you know, what an embarrassment. And I'm just I'm proclaiming the name of Jesus, and you know, this is gonna make you know him look bad. And, you know, so all the things. So he had enough courage to say, I believe in this man enough that if I say it, he's gonna do it. And then the man that was uh at the gate, he had to have enough courage to to to get up and and actually do what make the motion. Yeah. He had to. And so I thought if we could have enough courage to to uh believe the way they they did and and to fight for things that we that we believe in, you know, um we just we just need a a little bit of it, you know, just a little bit. We can tap into it, you know. Gotta lock in. Yeah, and I feel, you know, I try to live my life in a way that doesn't demonstrate uh, you know, to be courageous. Um and in this time, we have to be more courageous than ever because there are there are um so many forces pulling us in directions that are not, you know, don't align uh with the walk of a Christ follower. And so you have to be bold enough to say, I'm not gonna Yeah, I'm not gonna do it. You gotta you have to have the courage to set yourself apart right from everybody else that's doing all the other things that are just norm. You gotta have the courage to to just do it. And if you're the only one, you're the only one. And that's okay. Yep. And again, if it's you and Jesus, hey, that's fine with me. You know, that's fine with me. And I think, you know, teaching that next generation the same thing. Hey, if you're the only one doing it, in fact, that's you know what I kind of tell Elena um and any other uh young person that I have the opportunity to speak with, if you're the only one doing it, probably you're doing the right thing because 99% of the other people aren't doing what's right to begin with. But you are there to have enough courage to teach them, hey, let's do this, let's not do that, let's not lie about that, let's not go there, let's not hurt this person. That's there if we have more of those, those kids, those, those adults, right? Have courage to be be the leader. Um, I think that you know that's something that I talked to Abby about. Um and Ava too. Ava, um having courage and being the leader, um, doing the uncomfortable things, and just you know, like we had said, just because everybody else is doing it doesn't mean that that's the right thing to do. Have the courage to to be the leader in the group and say, hey, I'm gonna go to church on Sunday. Hey, I'm gonna I I know everybody's talking about that girl, but I'm not. I'm not, I'm gonna be her friend. Um you know, just those little things can go a long way. Yeah, we need a uh if we have a lot of people doing a little bit of little bit of those things, make some big moves. Yeah, they they will amount to a big huge step. So um that's that's what uh courage looks like to me. Now commitment. If anybody's different, but that that commitment hits different sometimes. Yeah, that you know that commitment uh for our service members, I again, you know, that's another level that you know I listen, you guys uh pay you guys. Yeah, yes, we salute you because that commitment is uh is not comparable to almost anything. I mean, you're doing the doing the most. And so uh at what it looks like to me as far as commitment, I would say uh we we are pastors, kids, and so we are committed to our church. Um, and that means to us like when things are not easy, when things are when nobody else shows up, you show up. When everybody else gives up, you don't, um, and you find a way, you know. You uh give a a Bible study, it's uncomfortable. You give one anyways, you you take the time, you're committed, but um committed to excellence. Yeah, that's a that's a different that's different too, because you can be committed to show up to work, but are you committed to show up in excellence? That's different, you know. Um and I think that you know God has definitely called us to be uh committed uh in excellence. He said that do everything, you know, in excellence as if you were doing it unto him. Yes, so that uh that's important too. So when you're committed to something, are you then committed to doing it in excellence? Um and and that's the question you should ask. I did have to think about it. Um and goodness, I changed my mindset when you think of when you add God to the equation and you know you you volunteer to do one thing, and then next thing you know, someone decides not to do the other part of it, but then you have to then you have to go ahead and how committed are you? Because then you have to go ahead and pick up the pick up the slack, you know? And I'm committed to excellence when you throw God into it, you you have it's a whole different level. You're like, okay, this is this is I want to bring honor to God. And this is not a good reflection if it's halfway done. So how do I, what do I have to do to make it better? Um, and if we take the time to think about uh not just be committed, but could be committed in excellence, um, I think that's gonna, that's obviously gonna raise the bar. Um, and doing that and um even in things you don't like, you know. Absolutely. I mean, is it really you're committed to what? Like go shopping? Like that not to be committed to it. Yeah, exactly. That's easy. You know, that's that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about the things that you don't like to do. When you that's really when it matters. It doesn't matter when it's easy. I mean, gosh, everybody be, you know, we committed to eat tortillas every day and ice cream, you know. I could commit to that. But what we want to know when when you're committed to something that you don't like doing and you do it because, you know, you're so you're supposed to do it. You know, you signed up to do it, you said you was gonna do it. Committed that you're not gonna let your other the other people behind fall. You you commit, hey, I'm gonna take you with me. I'm not gonna if I'm on the top, you're coming with me. I'm not gonna, my church isn't gonna look bad because someone, you know, maybe someone got sick and couldn't couldn't do what they were supposed to do, but I'm committed to excellent in my and my heavenly father, so I'm gonna make sure that I do my part and everybody and everybody wins. You know, everybody wins. I mean, typically that's what happens in those sever service members. I mean, y'all y'all are committed, y'all commit to your team. Um absolutely uh you're bringing along your teammates, and I mean it's not uh it's not as lightly as I think that us civilians take it sometimes. I mean, because yeah, you say you have a team member, um, and then well the team member you don't agree with the team member. So we're gonna leave the team member behind. That's not your team member no more. You're not committed to your team, you know, we we ex the team member out. No, no. Service members, they're not that way. We stay, we bring, we came as four, we leave it as four, you know, and that's how um I think we need to start thinking, you know, as civilians and and start thinking in your role as a uh church member, as your role as a in uh in employment and employer. And you know, you thinking of all those things, think of it more, more committed, you know, think of it on a, you know, if we could look at our service members and say, hey, four went, four came. You know, it it is what it is. That's how it's going to be. I don't agree with Nicole, but we're gonna find a way because I'm committed to making this work in marriages. I mean, there's so many things. I don't agree with the employer, but I did sign a contract that we were gonna be here to get, and you know, okay, so we're gonna be together, we're gonna figure it out. And that's the thing is navigating through those difficult times when it's not easy, when you don't want to have the conversation, when you don't when this the things don't align, finding a way, finding something that you can relate on, um, whether it's a paycheck that you can relate on, like, hey, I need to get paid, you need the work done, let's do it, let's figure it out. Whatever the situation is, if we thought about it a little bit more and put a little bit more effort into figuring it out, compromising, giving in, taking away the pride, because pride will get you, taking away that um and thinking about how can I serve, how can we serve each other. It's not a it's not a win-win if only one person's winning, and it's only we're thinking about ourselves. It's a win if everybody wins. That's you know, that's in real estate, that's what I think. Um everybody wins if my client gets to the gets to the closing table, and I've said that before. Um everybody wins if I can leave that transaction, and the other person that I've worked with had a great time. We've all had a great experience. Our clients get to the closing table, it's a win-win, but we're committed to excellence. I mean, you know. We yeah, we definitely want to make sure that um that and the next generation needs to know that more than ever because that's what the last thing they have. These these it is far from what they're thinking about. You know, and they need to understand how valuable commitment is. You know, you'll never have a long-standing relationship if you're not committed to working through the hard times, if you're not committed to to help each other out, if you're not committed to talk, if you're not committed to to get to the finish line. And that's where, you know, when the uh tough gets going, or how does it say when the going gets tough, the tough gets yeah, you know, and sometimes people don't they don't get that. They this next generation, they have to under they we have to start talking to them about it and saying, listen, you don't agree with your employer? Oh well, figure it out. You go talk to them. You don't even have another job lined up. How can you? I mean, don't even think about walking out the door, but that's what uh the younger generation does. Oh, well, they told me to take off the hat, and I want to wear the hat, so I'll go find another job. That is no, you're not committed. No, no, you can't not over the hat. And it's it's crazy. But those things minimal, you know, and and how that's the level of commitment they have. It's none, it's almost none. And you know what? Uh that's our, you know, that that's our fault, you know, to be honest with you, uh, because we haven't put an importance on that. And so, as you know, our generation, we need to follow through and we need to explain what this looks like. What does commitment look like? What does honor look like? What does courage look like? We are telling them what it looks like. We are showing them what it looks like. You got to do both. You got to tell and show. It's a tell and show. Yes, a talent show. That is a talent show. It could it could be a talent show, that too, you know. But we need to be living these, a living this life that they understand this is what they meant when they said to have courage. This is what they meant when they said to be committed to your employer, to the, you know, to whatever marriage and friendship, wherever your employer, um, and this is what it means to honor someone, they need to see what it looks like and be committed. Yeah, be all of those things. You know, I can't stress enough how important it is as far as church and um serving God and being committed. If you're not, you know, committed to a church, be committed to God and find a church that you can find. Um, you know, I can't every church needs somebody to need some help in every avenue, any part of that church I can guarantee you, they will open you, they will open their arms. They waiting for you. They waiting for you. The laborers are few. I was listening to uh I was on TikTok the other day and uh happened to scroll through BET Awards and wow, we ran into Lauren Hill. And and she was speaking on gifts and how she had obviously she has a gift, but her parents poured into her and she spoke on how everyone has a gift that they need to share. And I believe it wholeheartedly that everybody has a gift and that you need to be able to share it and you should share it. It will save someone's life if you share it. So find a church, find somewhere you can serve that you can be committed, um, and they will love you for it. Um, and someone else is going, I mean, gosh, just do it. Just do it. I love it. Heart Williams, just do it. Um okay. So we've talked about courage, honor, and commitment. And uh much we love our service members. And again, we can't thank y'all enough for the sacrifice sacrifices that y'all have made. Um, and like I said, we love and appreciate all the things that you've done. We hope you all have a happy fourth of July. And until next time, keep dreaming big, planning smart. And remember, with the right team, you hold the keys.
