Episode 125: God Will Not Let You Down

For the first piece of advice I wish I understood in my 20s: Talk to God everyday. He will not let you down! Friends will let you down at some point - and sometimes we need to cut them some slack (they’re figuring out life too). But we can come to God with any problem, any decision, any sin in need of forgiveness. God is by your side, so talk to Him everyday!

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Transcript

A Lesson We Learn Too Late

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This is a lesson that I wish I would have comprehended much better. And it's this talk to God every day. Friends will let you down, but God will not. And so let me ask you this question. Do you have friends that let you down? Maybe even good friends. I don't know about you, but when I was in my 20s, even some of my bestest of friends let me down. Maybe at times they got a boyfriend. And so the time they were spending with me, now they were spending with their boyfriend. Maybe there was a time where they wanted to go out and go to a party and I didn't want to go. And so I was left behind and lonely. Maybe there were times when I thought, you know, somebody liked me and we were growing the friendship. And then they just went away. There's so many things that happen in life. And a lot of times it has nothing to do with us. A lot of times it's about what they're going on, what they're dealing with, their insecurities. I don't know, we're all right, like in our 20s, just trying to figure things out. And so I just wanted to take this opportunity to remember that your friends are gonna let you down. And don't hold them to that one letdown or that two letdowns. You know, we've got to give people second chances sometimes. Now, not in every situation, not if they're being abusive or manipulative or anything like that that's negative, but if it's just in the everyday life of trying to figure it out, and you know that maybe they're going through something hard or they're experiencing something new and they don't know how to balance and juggle everything, we're gonna have letdowns. And so that's why my first lesson here on the relaunch of giving your best life is to remind you to talk to God every day. Let him be your sounding board, let him be the person that you go to with all your worries, all your anxieties, all your disappointments, and that friend, even who let you down. What I have found in life is when people let me down, when people frustrate me, this is something that took me, I feel like two decades to learn, maybe as long as you've been alive, is that that's when I start praying for that person. That's when I start to ask the Lord, change my heart, you know, instead of pointing out maybe what that person's doing or how they're hurting us or how they're letting us down, is go, okay, Lord, what can I do in this situation? And not that things are your problems or your burdens, but it's I'll give you an example of what I'm talking about. So right now I have somebody that is frustrating the heck out of me. But every time they frustrate me, guess what? I just pray for them. Like I take my attitude, I take a step back, and I'm like, I'm just gonna pray for them. I don't know what they're going through. And then the next thing is it's like, okay, Lord, what are you trying to teach me in this moment and in this situation? And if we're sitting still and we're talking to God and not only just talking, but we're listening, is a lot of times He'll tell us, maybe he's teaching us to be patient. Maybe he's teaching us that this situation that we're in is uncomfortable. And we grow in going through uncomfort. We grow in the time when God is asking us to wait. So that is my short lesson for you today. Is what I wish I would have known in my 20s was talk to God every day. Because guess what? Your friends are gonna let you down, but God will not. Thank you for listening to the Giving Your Best Life podcast. If this episode encouraged you, would you please share it with a friend or family member? Also, we'd love it if you would rate and review this podcast. Finally, if you want to connect with us, subscribe to our YouTube channel or follow us on TikTok and Instagram at GivingYourBest Life. Have a fabulous day.