Identity-episode 14 season 3

The hosts of the Word of Mouth podcast discuss the concept of identity. They talk about how God created humans in his image and how our identity is shaped by our experiences and the labels others place on us. They question why we feel the need to wear metaphorical masks and why we let societal roles define us. They also touch on the idea of being an ex-spouse and how labels like "former" or "ex" can affect our identity. Overall, they emphasize the importance of understanding and accepting our true identity as creations of God. Welcome to Word of Mouth podcast with Nate and Shelby. We are back in the building. What it do, Shelby? Nothing much, Nate. Okay. We are ready to sing, y'all, so we don't, we don't, yeah, no, not today. However, we're going to have a good time with this podcast because we're going to talk about identity. Identity. You know what? I didn't look up what identity is. I should do that. Thank you so much. Listen, while she's looking it up, I do believe that every human person should know their identity. Now, this podcast may get a little hot. That's honest, open, and transparent, so please, please understand that these are our views. We're not trying to shape anybody's thinking. We're not trying to push on any other person's beliefs or anything to that sort. We are just on a platform where we can speak and not be judged based upon what we speak. Okay? So, please don't get offended. Don't get all ruffled up in feathers and stuff like that. Just be okay. Amen. It might get a little warm, but be okay. A little warm? I did have to turn the AC on, but. Yeah. Yeah. If it gets a little warm for you, turn on your AC, okay? Let's not have fans. Yes. Yes. We are going to talk about it. Shib, I need to ask you a couple of questions. First, do you have the definition of identity? Yes. So, one is the condition of being a certain person or thing. The set of characteristics by which a person or thing is definitively recognized or known. The awareness that an individual or group has. Wait a second. The awareness that an individual or group has of being a distinct, persisting entity. Wow. A distinct. Distinct. Persistent. Entity. Entity. Hmm. What is an entity? Hmm. That is really, really good. A thing with a distinct, independent existence. Kind of said what it said. Kind of redundant. Oh, wow. So, the identity of a person really says who they are. Yes. Right. Is that the reason why we have to get driver's license and state IDs? No, that's because the government makes us do it. Okay. Thanks. There it is. Told you it was going to get a little hot. It's starting off really hot right now. You know I ain't going to mince words about things. Right. I've never been. Yeah. It's never been something discussed about me. All right. So, in Genesis. In Genesis, I believe it's chapter 1 somewhere around the 27th verse. It says God created male and female. Right. Verse. The end of verse 26 is so God created mankind in his own image. In the image of God he created them. Male and female he created them. The first part of that you said in his own image. Yes. All right. Let's touch on that. There's other versions that say in their own image, right? Yes. You're right about it. Yeah. Let's touch on that a little bit. Okay. So, God said that he created us in his image. Correct. Male and female. Correct. All right. So, we are going to dismantle the fact of the argument that may have took place so many times where people say God is a woman, God is a man. Listen, God is a spirit. Okay. Yes. And we'll just kill that with man and woman because he created male and female in his own image. Yes. And Jesus was the one that came in flesh. Period. God is a spirit but Jesus lived in the flesh. Yes. Yes. He was all spirit man and natural man. Right. And then we have the Holy Spirit which is the third part of the Trinity. You're preaching already. We will rather lay foundation so that when we begin to talk about why identity of who you really are is very important because he created you. And in my Shelby voice, he did not make a mistake in the creation of you. No. So, Shelby mentioned something earlier today, the difference between creating and then also accepting the fact that we are, what was it? Children of God. Children of God. We don't come out the womb children of God. No. And I'd never thought about that. And I have to give props to my pastor because he's actually the one that mentioned it. But yes. Amen. He did not come out as a creation of God because we are all, he is our creator. All of us. I don't care who you are. Yes. He created you. Yes. Amen. You don't have to understand it. You don't have to like it. But he did. And then to be a child of God means that you made the decision to accept him. Oh, that's so good. So good. I salute your pastor on that because that's, oh my God, how it kills a lot of the religious politistic. Political. Yeah. We'll say we're political. It kills a lot of that because we do understand that we are creations. We accept later we're creations of God. Regardless of who you are and what you believe. We're creations. Yeah. He created you. Thank you, Lord. Said it in Genesis. We are creations. Even if you don't accept him, he's still your creator. Neener, neener. Getting hot in here. I'm not going to finish that sentence because that's not particularly good for a podcast. So as we read in Genesis, we understand that God made us in his image. All right. The image of God is, I believe, a replica of who he is, but also what he is. Okay. Not just the who, it's what he is too. Now, of course, being in this flesh suit, because we are in the world, we face some things that tend to cause us to become fleshly because we're in a flesh suit. All right. Facts. But it doesn't take away from the fact that God created us. Okay. We can always return back to knowing that, man, God is my creator. Return to your fortress. Oh. Look, you're not going to startle me. You are not. So we got that part. Right. We understand that he's the creator. He created us. And now we have a sense of identity. What happens to our identity is up to us. We begin to either lose it by way of where people begin to speak to you and tell you that you're not something that you are, or they down you or put you in a class where you're just, you know, I've been told that I was something that I wasn't. And that can play over in your mind quite a bit. And you start thinking that you're that thing and you're really not. So that can happen because of the flesh suit and the mind that we have. We live in a world that is designed for us to take images and hear certain things and speak certain things that we can create our own lives in that, especially nowadays. If you look at social media, we're trying to create something that doesn't exist. Why do we have filters of what God created? I don't want to really go into that. Oh, man. I was just getting ready to jump off on that bandwagon. You can. You can. Because I always question that. Like, I don't want to mess up what he created because of who I am. I thank God for who I am. And I'm not trying to become something that he didn't create. And it gets quiet. Where's the cricket button? Now. That's the button. Okay. So. Identity. I think there is a, there's two letters that stand out in the word identity. You need an ID to drive. Right. Yeah. You need an ID to cash a check. If anybody writes checks anymore. Yeah. Or you need an ID to go in the bank. Yeah. To pull any kind of anything out. People have to know who you are before they can service you in some kind of way. Yeah. Right. Why have we put on so many metaphoric mask that we don't even know who we are? Dang. He said metaphoric mask. Why? Like we have. It's hard. You know, I mean, I'll speak from experience when you've been married for so long and like you, you've been a mom and, and then you get divorced like that. It does tweak you a little bit. It does tweak you. I mean. Tweak in what way? Well, 20 some years of your life, you were so-and-so's wife. Ah. Okay. And, and now, I mean, for the rest of their lives, I'm going to be my kid's mom, of course. Um, but they're all flying the coop right now. So it's like, oh crap. What do I, like, what do I hold onto now? Like, what's my, I mean, I get to become something, I guess I can become whatever I want at this point. Right. But you'll still be a mom. I know. And now I'm an ex-wife. Right. And I feel like you'll still be an ex-wife. You'll always be an ex-wife. Yeah. To one person. Right. A little touchy right there. Yeah, that's a little touchy. Because why should I be an ex-husband? I've been an ex-husband twice. But why should I be an ex-husband continually? I just want to be a husband. Why am I taking on that identity? It's ex. Well, you don't want to be married to that person anymore, so it has to be ex. But why do I have to represent that name or that identity when it's done and over with? Like, I don't have to say I'm that person's ex-husband. Can I just say we're not together anymore and leave it at that? You can say whatever you want. That's up to you. But I'll still be labeled as that, right? I'm sure there's people that will label you that. And your ex may label you that. You're right. Okay. And you know, there are certain things that we want to hold on to because we think it makes us look better. So, yeah, there might be some people who throw out the ex thing a lot more than others. Or how about the word, because I hear this a lot in politics, former. Right. So when we use the word former, like former president this or former governor this, can we say former husband? Former wife. Oh, the former wife. I don't know. If you want to, you can say whatever you want. Which one would you use, former ex? That's easier to say, but I'd just rather not talk about it altogether. Period. All right. But we don't have to take on it. I mean, we do get caught up in the labels. We do. And we consider them our identity. Business woman, business owner, you know, I don't know, podcaster. You know what I mean? Why should that be the only way we're identified? I'm actually going into your pastor's message. So that'd be the only way that we are identified of the status of what we've done in life, whether we were an ex or if we are a CEO or if we are any kind of political position. Should we always be that? That's what the world wants us to be. That's what the world defines us as. Because we live in this world. So what about sinner? We all is that. Wait. We all is that. I want to get. That was good. We all is that. And I used is because we're constantly there. It doesn't end. Thank you so much. So we are yet sinners saved by grace. Thank you, Lord. I don't have to take on the identity of. And we talked about this a couple of months ago. When people go to the NA classes or the AA or whatever, I always represent myself as, well, my name is so-and-so and I'm an alcoholic. I don't have to take on that label. I don't feel like I have to because if I've been delivered or I've overcome that thing. It's not yours anymore. It's not mine anymore. Right. I understand that I'm a sinner. But I thank God the sinner keeps me humble. Yeah. Because I'm saved by grace. Yeah. And I thank God that he still loves me so much that he gives me this grace and this mercy and it follows me everywhere I go. But I don't have to keep saying I'm a drug addict. I'm an ex-pimp. Sorry, it just came out. I've been told not to giggle and I've got to stop it. And you're just making it really hard. But I don't have to take on some of those labels. And I get what you're saying. Sometimes we take those labels and I think we let it shape our whole life. And it describes us. If someone asks about us, then that's how we describe ourselves. And I think that with the ex-situation and stuff, it describes that you were part of something that you are no longer part of. There was a history or there is a history. So it can be an encouragement to someone else or even for us to say that we've overcome something? Yeah, I think in certain instances, for sure. OK. OK. I can see it that way. But I don't feel like if I was married to Angelina Jolie, if I was married to Angelina Jolie, that I would always be Angelina Jolie's ex. You know what I'm saying? And that's how I'm labeled. You would too. You'd be like, oh, I am. I sure would. I sure would. Yes, I will. But I think sometimes we play on the position. And we want to look better with the position or with that particular title or with that label. We want to look better. Yeah. If I was an ex-whatever football player or ex, it could be anything. Does it define how people are going to view you? Yes. Wow. Why? Because we talked about this earlier. Well, I don't know if I should. She caught herself in this. She said, OK, well, please. We're hot. OK. So I'm with someone. If we were in church together, as we discussed just a little bit ago, and someone came up to me and said, hey, Shelby, you know. Well, let's say it this way. When you're out as a couple, people automatically assume that you're married at this stage in life. Automatically. So that's one of those things where it's an identity thing. And I guess when they find out that you're not. They look at you different? Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, why? Because you're not fitting the social norm. So I can't be out on a date and not be married? You and I have been out, not on a date, but we've been out together. And I'm sure people have assumed things. But is that sad to say that you have to fit a certain criteria to be accepted by people? Well, and nowadays, if it's two women or two men and you go out, there's a lot of assumptions made. You are so right. Because we are hot on that train, boy. Oh, my God. I'm going to tell you one time. My daughter and I, we were getting some stuff for her graduation. And we were in a store and the lady came up to my daughter and said, hey, you're a significant other. He smells really good. Like, what is he wearing? And my daughter was like, oh, she was so loud. She was like, oh, that's my dad. And she was like, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But that part, I couldn't believe that. I can see her face. The look on her face was like a deer in headlights. And she was like, yuck, that's my dad. But how people see, you said it, how people see you when you're out, man, they immediately assume that it's this or it's that. And if it's not that, then especially if you don't fit their criteria. It's wrong. It's wrong. That's the weird part. Because we're judgy. So if that wouldn't have been my daughter, if that would have been just a friend or one of my daughter's friends I'm just taking to the store, I'm a creep? It got quiet. That could have been Brent. That could have been anyone that I could have just, you know, just dropped off at the store and been picking up. Why do we have to fit the criteria of what people want us to fit? Because we don't live in the spiritual world. We live in the flesh world and we live in the sin world where people get to do that. And instead of taking our identity and who we are in Christ and living in that place, we get concerned about making everybody else happy in this world. It goes back to the podcast we just did about pleasing God versus pleasing people. And, you know, I mean, we live here. We are in this 24-7, 365. So we have to be copacetic, right? We don't want to have to strife with everybody or have strife with everybody. So we just go by the cultural crap. So weird. So weird. I want to dig into that just a tad bit more on why we have to be a certain thing. Let's talk about, from a religious standpoint, let's talk about church. So you're telling me that only a certain position can either, and I saw this in church, can either sit like in the pulpit area or in the front couple of seats? Like can no one just sit up there and have to be, you know, a certain seating? Well, you know, I'm not a real church goer that much. I haven't lived my life there. So I'm probably not the one to ask. I would say anybody can sit up there, but I realize that's not really how it works. Right, and I really can't ask you because you haven't. And thank God you haven't. I praise God you haven't saw that. But it's sad to say that people will label that, that you have to be a certain way. That is really sad. Let's flip to how people view you based upon your status of what job you work. That's a lot of identity right there. Especially when you worked it for so long, you know, like if that's your career for 37 years or something. Let me ask you a question. So do you look at a person different if they say, hey, I've been at Ford. I've been at Ford for 40 years, and I retired from there. Do you look at them as they received a badge of honor, or just a normal person? Compared to a person that says, hey, I've worked probably 19 jobs in my lifetime, and I didn't retire from anywhere because I didn't really want to, but I just wanted to kind of broaden my horizons at different jobs. Like is it a longevity thing that you look at a person and say, hey, you get the badge of honor because you stayed at one company for like 50 years? I don't want to say that there's a badge of honor, but there's definitely judgments made by those two statements because one person seems to not be able to commit to anything, while the other person seems very committed and secure. Now that's a judgment because like you just said, the one person who's worked all these jobs was trying different things. You're absolutely able to do that. That is your right if you want to do that, and that is not my place to judge. If that's what makes you happy, and it works for you, and you are taking care of your responsibilities, that ain't on me to judge. But from an outsider looking in, and an employer myself, you look at it and you go, hmm. Absolutely. That person's a floater. I mean, that's what I call them, a floater, and they just float from one thing to the other, and it's a possibility as an employer. You're looking at them going, well, they're not real concerned about being stable. So why am I going to waste my time training them or whatever, just for them to up and leave and go try another job? So I ran into that situation with younger people from the ages of, say, 18 to maybe about 27. And a lot in that age group said, I'm trying to find something that fits me. So if I do this for a period of time and then I jump to something else. Like a trial basis. Everything's a trial basis. And that's more accepted in this day and age than when we were growing up because we were looked at. I remember an uncle saying to me, persistence and consistency is major. Longevity means something. Integrity means something. It means something. And people look at that and people would take that and say, hey, you stayed a length of time. But if I was to put that on marriage, I mean, what if the marriage stopped after five, but you just now hitting 50? Emotionally, it ended after five. I'm looking at it because the kids, when they were talking about it, I was like, you know what? I'm not mad at the fact that you want to try different things. I'm not mad at the fact that you're trying to get your niche. I just wasn't taught like that. So I'm learning and I want to put it down. And I'm learning to accept the fact that because we didn't do that. It doesn't mean it's wrong. Right. I looked at it as though it was wrong for a period of time. I don't even tell my kids. I think you get up in age and you do. You think everything outside of how you were brought up is wrong. I don't think we're there yet. Right. Creeping up on it. But I definitely think with, yeah, when you get older, you definitely get like concrete in your ways. And that's the way it's supposed to be. 100%. I heard. I mean, there's a lot of preachers told me. I mean, I was told I had to get married before I start preaching. So it was a lot of preachers that told me longevity in the church. Yeah. You got to be married. What if I don't like her anymore? Does that count? Right. We still got to stay married. And I didn't think that was right. And I know this for me, it's kind of crossing the line because if you're telling me that my identity got to be based upon what you're telling me or how you're viewing me, you're saying that you would accept me because I'm married for 50 years and we hate each other. But now I can fit in your group. Instead of getting divorced after five and being single. That part. But I'm only accepted in your group. That was a thing, though. It's not too long ago. It is a thing. Well, but people for a long time stuck in marriages that they were absolutely miserable in. Yes. And I don't, you know, we can go back and forth about God hates divorce and all that stuff. That's another conversation. A whole bunch of people that have been doing it. Oh, my God. I am one. Well, even people getting antsy in their pants if we keep talking about marriage. What about jobs? Like, I didn't like my job after about six years. And I knew I wanted to do something different. I was still in law enforcement, but I didn't like where I was. So I knew that I wanted to do something different. And so in starting something of my own, it was preparing me for it. Yeah. But I had to stay there. Now, the way we grew up, I had to stay there because I had a family. Yeah. My family. Right. So I wasn't going to say, OK, I'm just going to quit that and do something else. But that's that was my mindset of how. That's why I said you have responsibilities like you can. I've told my kids this all the time. You can bounce from one thing to another up until you're married and you have responsibilities. Once you have married or once you have responsibilities, especially if you have children, your bouncing days are over. Preach. Like you have to buckle down and raise that family. So get it out of your system and try things because I don't think that you need to know what you want to be at the age of 19. There's no way in hell that I did. You just mentioned this to a young lady that you ran into. Yeah. Right. I get it because she didn't have any responsibility. Right. Now is the time to bounce around and see. It changes. Once something comes up and you're responsible, then you're. Come on. You got to be responsible. You got to own it. Own it. Come on. In my Shelby voice. Own it and take full responsibility of it. And that defines to me character. And that character to me is your identity. You're known by your character and your integrity. Right. And you're not known by your job. Is it character or is it integrity is what you do behind closed doors? No matter who's watching, you're still the same. I think it's character too. Yeah. You're right. It's character. Because that is solidly what you boil down to. Yes. Yes. And that should be the child of God. My God. Doesn't have anything to do with a position. Not a title. Not a title. Not a label. Not a label. Well, not a worldly one. Yes. Yes. Because you get caught up in it. But do we talk about it? I mean, like if someone asks if they meet you and they say, hey, you know, how are you, Nate? And they're just getting to know you. And they say, tell me a little bit about yourself. Do we lead with? I'm a child of God. Well, no, we don't. No, we don't. No, we don't. Do we even mention it? No, we don't. Wow. I have. I have. Oh, have you? I have to examine myself. It depends on your joy factor, I think. That you can read off someone? Yeah. Yeah. And the way you pick up how they are, like, I'm not going to lead off with negativity. I'll say that. Unless you don't like them and you don't want them to know who you are. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just, I'm just terrible, depressed, frustrated. But I think that we do understand that labels are important based upon this world system. You have to, you fit in a criteria of what people will see you as when they talk to you. At a recent point, I was at work last week and a guy came up to me and he was like, hey, what's going on? How you doing, sir? And he said, are you KPD? And I said, no. Are you sheriff? I said, no. So are you just? And the word just. Right. And I said, I wanted to know why. So I kind of, from a psychology standpoint, I kind of flipped the conversation because I wanted to know what was his purpose of asking and he, he wanted to know in a different perspective of just kind of just knowing law enforcement, period. And I said, well, yeah, this company that I'm working for now, I started it a couple of years ago and blah, blah, blah. And his demeanor changed. I feel like if I would have said, nah, I just work for McDonald's and I'm out here just kind of helping people that I wouldn't have had a conversation with him the way I had it. Because sometimes we label people where they are based upon what they say. And if they don't say the right things, we end it. We do that all the time. Why, though? Because if I don't know, you should. We're Judgy Judys. Yes, indeed we are. If I don't know you, why am I putting you down if I don't know you? I feel like we just talked about what right do I have to have any opinion about how you live your life? If you ain't hurting me, you ain't hurting other people. Now, if you do that, then I'm going to have an opinion and you're going to know about it. But if you're just living and you ain't hurting anybody. Now, that's not to say that there ain't absolute truth. Which is another thing we need to talk about. Because there is absolute truth. Yes. Not everything is gray area like we are becoming in this world. There is absolutes. You know what? Can I give scripture to that? In the book of Revelation. Jesus wrote this letter and told John to deliver it to this particular church. He said, I would rather for you to be hot or cold. Not lukewarm. Because if you're lukewarm, you will make me throw up. Spit you out my mouth. I mean, I'll spit you out. I can't hold you inside because you're making me dizzy. You're making me, I don't know where you are. A double minded man. Another conversation. However, I get the fact of the absolute truth. There are absolute truths in this world. And we ought to understand that the truth is the truth. And the truth will set you free. Yes. The way, the truth and the life. Who is that? That is Jesus. Come on. So that's the truth we're talking about. And everything in life has truth to it. You know, half truth. You know, quarter of a truth. It ain't whatever makes you feel good or however you're feeling that day. There are absolute truths in this world. Like two plus two is four. That's what we were going off on the other day. Or I was. I guess someone posted something on Facebook. That there was some stupid newscast. And this lady was saying that two plus two is four is racial. It's discriminatory. It's racist. Wait, what? Yeah. Because you should be able to say that two plus two is whatever you want it to be. No, you absolutely shouldn't. Two plus two is four. There are hard facts to this. That's what I'm talking about in this day and age. Not everything is just because you want it that way. There are hard truths and hard facts that are absolute in this world. And they always will be. You don't get to do whatever. Or pick. And choose. Two plus. Same as Jesus. There's no gray area with Jesus. He says, I am the way. The truth is the way. You can't get to my father. Which is the big guy who created you. Unless you go through me. Right. That's not a compromise. I mean, that's the truth. No, he said that's the only way. He didn't say, now, maybe we'll think about it later on in the year 2023. And we'll let you do whatever you want. He said this is the only way. Shit. That's the only way. That's the only way. That's the only way. I mean, the word doesn't change. The word is a living thing. But the word does not change. And it doesn't cater to decades on. Generations on. It ain't going to change. Ain't nothing new under the sun. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. It's the truth. And it's going to set you free. And it ain't going to change. And you might not like it. But I promise you, it's going to stay the same. It's the truth. I promise you, it's going to stay the same. And he created them male and female. Yep. That ain't going to change. It's the truth. No. I mean, we read it. It ain't going to change. That's the way he created us. Male and female. Male and female. That's truth. And to put facts upon that truth, there are genitalia that signify those things. That tells you what you are. It's just the truth. Yes. I mean, it is what it is. And when you think that your body was created wrong, then you're saying God makes mistakes. God does not make mistakes. He does not. What has happened is sin has confused you and the author of confusion is coming from the pit of hell and he's put blinders on you and talked in your ear and made you really confused inside. And baby, I'm sorry, but I'm going to tell you right now, God does not want you confused and he doesn't want you doubting the creation that he made you as because he made you perfect in his eyes. You may be perfectly imperfect in this world, but you were made perfect the way he designed you in the womb when he knit you together. And there is no changing that. And if you're going to change that, then your chances of having an authentic and real relationship with God are going to be skewed because your absolute truth got janked up with the rest of it. It doesn't mean I don't love you. It doesn't mean anything like that. I'm just telling you God does not make mistakes and you are not a mistake. So stop saying you're a mistake by saying that you ain't what he designed you as. I'll get off my soapbox now. No. Thank you Holy Spirit. It had to be said and it should be continually said because there's no mistakes. Some people may have felt like that they're a mistake. Not even, not just gender. There's people that feel like that they are a mistake based upon their race too. All kinds of things. All kinds of things. The enemy has gotten people so off on separating them from God, their creator. That's what it is. Separation. Yes. If he can divide, he can conquer. My God. My God. Thank you for saying that. But you know that God created us. He created everything all in the beginning of whatever time, whatever you want to call it. We were all already planned at that point. And God stopped and looked at everything he created and said it is good. Everything. That means you're good. I don't care who you are. Your creator looked at you and said you're good. Take it a step further. He even, after he created all this stuff, once he created us, he breathed life into us and then said you're good. Breathe. I didn't see where he breathed into the waters, the trees, the dogs. I didn't see that. Like his own breath in us. And we're saying he made a mistake? Nah. And you know it even goes beyond that. I mean it's as simple as not being secure in yourself. You know, not loving who God created you to be regardless whether it's your body image, whatever. It goes that far. I mean we're saying that God made a mistake. And I'm guilty of it. I'm not going to say I'm not. And we all have moments. But I'm just saying God does not make mistakes, people. The world wants us to think he does. The world wants us to think we're not good enough. The world wants us confused and walking around with doubt in our hearts. God did not make a mistake. He loves us too much. And he wouldn't have created this beautiful thing. He said we were beautifully and wonderfully made. Wonderfully made. How can that be a mistake if we're beautifully and wonderfully made? I would think it takes time to make something beautiful and wonderful. Come on. You didn't just slap it together. Come on. That's so, so good. There are some people that may struggle with insecurity. And the in part is it's the inward. They're thinking... Can you raise my hand over here? The inward man is saying you're not enough. The inward man is saying if you change yourself to something else then you may be accepted. The inward man is trying to speak you out of what? Your identity. Yes. Yeah. As a perfect creation that was good when it was formed. It still is good. Right. I'm getting this tap on my heart that there's people out there that say well, yeah, I started out okay but then such and such happened and now I'm a disaster and there's no way that God appreciates me. Honey, he knew about all that you were a speck on this earth and he knew how you were going to react and he knew what was going to happen and he didn't want you hurt but it happened because sin's in this world and this world is sorry, it's controlled by the pit of hell guy and God knows and he loves you. Nothing ever changes that. Nothing ever stops that. No amount of sin no matter what your sin is it doesn't change his love for you. Doesn't change the fact that you're a child of God if you have accepted him into your life. It doesn't change the fact that you're his creation regardless of what you've done or what choice you've made or not made. So don't get it twisted. Don't let the devil talk you out of things that belong to you. Shelby, I want to ask you there have been or there may be there may be some people that are struggling with insecurity based upon their decisions that they made and maybe the decisions that they made wasn't a good decision. Yeah, I can identify with that. What can you say to that person that feels like because I made this terrible decision and they feel like they're going to be this way all of their life what can you say to them? There's nothing that can separate you from the love of God. There's no decision, no sin, no action, no nothing that is too big for him to walk away from you. He's never going to do it. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever. If that was to happen then Jesus' death on the cross and his biggest sacrifice for us is null and void and it meant nothing. And that's not the fact. Jesus. What about and I'm pulling on Shell today, y'all. What about the person that What about the person that don't know who they are, period, based on what they were told as a child? You don't have to own that, number one. You can go to the Word and the Word will tell you who you are. Those are the facts that go beyond what this world says or what people say or what people have done to you or you can God is always there. 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