Hey Guys, Dave here, we're getting you as much content as possible right now, as we navigate this global crisis. If you're enjoying these messages of hope for me and the other Ramsay Network Post, subscribe to a message of hope on Apple podcast, follow the show on Spotify or listen to your favorite podcast app. Christy right, and I want to take just a few minutes to share a message of hope with you all now. Many of you may know that I am a Ramsay personality and part of being a Ramsay personality means we are all the business of hope I know that this is a scary time I know but there are a million variables that, You can't control and I know that you might have a lot of fear about what is going to happen that I think it so important in this season or any season. Two folk on what we can control and look to our source of hope. Now, I don't want you guys, but I am busy all the time

at least before this happened right like I go, Stop my schedules always for my goal. Every single day, was to see how I can fit more in two less time trying to be more efficient, more productive. How kind multitask? How can I get more dine with less resources, less time and as energy. I'm always always busy now granted parted might be my season of life. I have three kids under five? My husband small time. I work full time. We both have demanding jobs in different ways, but I think, as a culture, and if you don't have little kids at home, we just it caught up in this culture a business, don't we Like we run hard, we run faster, there's a million articles and resources on how to make the most of your time how to have more time had a fit more into less time and we're all just so again busy

I realize probably a couple months ago that I woods a business, kind of like my drugs, like I always tend to go to that. That is my temptation that, as my struggle, I thrive in business even when I'm not busy, which is rare. I too to find a way to be busy in my season of life that drug is always readily available, because, let us be honest, someone they milk in their city cup, someone else needs a diaper change. The house is a mess. Cursory needs to be bought, we need to go. The dry clears, there's always air, to be Ryan and things to do and commitments to show up for things to volunteer for. Oh, my gosh, I totally forgot to put my child and its pajamas for Pajama day of admiral, I'm always busy. And really used to that end? what to do with that. I know how to control my schedule and my calendar. I know how to run hard. I know how to run faster. I know how to operate in the world so too

first few days of this shut down- a whole world got set down I hundred was paralyzed like album. Honest. I treated those first few days kind of like a snow day were I just stated my pajamas, I didn't know what to do? I didn't know how to fund everything else was too short for was cancelled. Everything else do. I don't have to do anymore and I this kind of hold up and when I realized is all the other things that I could still do, I still do. I didn't work out, my house was a mess ever thing that I knew everything that was used to doing came to the screeching hall, and I realise that apparently I can do a thousand things or zero, but not like for not like four things, but you know, I think many of us experience something like that. Many of us I didn't know what to do when there was nothing to do with. He came to a screeching halt. Some of us myself included

had a little bit of an identity crisis, We don't know how to slow down we don't know how to not fast? We don't know how to not be doing things all the time. I love that. You aren't human doing you're human being, but you know what some of us myself included again need to learn how to be I'm not do and then you technology. They mix, which I'm so thankful for technology right now, because it's because the technology. We can do things like this is because technology. We can stay connected even when we're social distancing but we ve gotten so used to distraction and so used information and so used to being that we can't not be thinking something or doing something you don't like it its whenever we go on a road trip there used to having a dvd player in the car liked are used to having a move,

playing and makes the hours go by fast. They dont cause as much trouble in the back seat and it's a when for everybody. You know when I was little like we just played ice by. We learned how to just sit there in silence. Sometimes we'll get creative and make up games here you and I We can't even ride in an elevator for three years. Or floors without looking at our phones also used to go non stop. And then this happened. And then the rug was pulled out from underneath us and we don't know what to do with ourselves. Had a conversation last week with a good. And of mine, and her name is Chris Evans Hearst- and she said something that I thought was so clever. She said you know what we are on a forced elimination, diet. Now for those of you that no no and elimination diet is where you remove foods from your diet that use

specks, your body can tolerate and then later as you reintroduce them one at a time I'm looking for symptoms that show a reaction shows when making you feel bad. You know what That's really true, I think that we are experiencing a force, elimination diet in our schedules. Calendars in our commitments in our social interactions, even in simple things like our daily habits were in this form. Elimination where we went from doing a thousand things, and now we have nothing in that were used to, and we have an opportunity we. And look at this as think that everything has been taken away. I don't know what to do. I am sad I bumped and yes, we real challenges. There's no doubt about it. There are things that we have to find solutions for we ve got to take practical steps, for we ve got a pray about, but there's also opportunity

its margin, there's an opera You need to look at your life differently there An opportunity for reset were you really can you this blank slate to create a better life, You know I do an exercise with clients and our own coaching them, I'm a business coach and love helping people with all aspects of their business, but I love helping them with time management and this idea of life balance. What does that even mean right, but one of the ex I got a lot to do with them. Is I of them create an eye on schedule granted. This is in a different world, it's not in this world of pandemic when everything is shut down, so normally when all running hard running fast, trying to be efficient, trying to get it all done. I'm trying help them make them their time find more time. Men their time. Well, you get the idea right, Here's the exercise,

I'm trying to clean up their current schedule, which is hard because sometimes when you're so deep in it, when you're in the weeds day today, it's hard to imagine your life being in a different than what it is, because you ve gotta go hearing, you gotta do this and that's already on account or have already committed and and and and and and write he felt so to help shut that off and not think in that way, if it was just forget about that for a second, let's create an eye, your schedule. Let's just look at this purpose, schedule. If your schedule could be anything you want it to be, what would we want? You do so you look at it and you start to feel and well. I do work. No eighty five and I I do have these commitments that I want to stick with them, and so you start to feel- and I do sleep at night like when the rest of the world a sleeping, and so you feel this end and you play the priorities there and then we are left with. Is this ideal schedule? Ok, let's look at these side by side. You have your video schedule.

Still realistic right is still has your job, your commute sleeping, you got your! a real scandal and then you ve got your actions. Scheduled. What I want you to do is I want you to begin to make incremental changes to your current schedule. To get to your ideals schedule you don't they have to do that. Exercise because right now. You have been given an inch credible gift, you ve been and the gift of a clean slate. You ve been and the gift of an opera. We need to look at your life, your time, Your schedule, your calendar year, commitment your family in a completely different way a way that you would never be able to look at any other way? This is not necessarily a time to do more and run faster and fill time and add to do so. You're do ask Khazars just so used to doing instead it might be a time to reset

I'd be time to use this blank slate to truly create a better life. When things get going again, it's a tie. To think about. Create the life that you want, the life that you always wanted, but you never the time for you have an excuse is right, you don't have the excuse of. I don't have the time I've used that excuse, I'm with you and you don't even have follow right. You don't have the fear of missing out, because no one else is doing anything either Everyone is at home, you got. Beautiful, fresh perspective and a clean slate, to consider what you what your life to look like. I said something on social media last week from TAT Paul S and he said something to be effective, for you rushed back to your own life think about what you're rushing back to. I don't know, but you guys, but there have been aspects of being at home.

There are so beautiful their hand and aspects of slowing down, even for someone like me, that is type in anger and a hard asked runner. There have been aspects of this, I just love, you know have noticed I noticed things more. It has done so simple, but when you're running fast You miss Alot I have noticed the most interesting things I have noticed freckles on my side, space that I didn't know where they are have noticed, how my other son says certain words so funny and comical some Conway. He says things all the time and I thought it was just gibberish cause. I can't really make out what saying you get totally speak perfectly at the age of three, but I've been pig A lot of what he sang our movie lines, like my son, is quoting a latin and frozen, and once I

oh down to notice what he was saying. It's so funny. His new thing by the way is that he runs around when he's mad and screams. True love someone Connally it's time to dinner. Is it now True love it's from frozen those you that no frozen, no, that's a line from frozen, I notice more. I also, embracing more I'm bracing this season of slowness, I'm embracing getting to sit with my son and read not one or two books, but maybe like five or six or seven books, because I can, because I'm home, because president. Because I'm not a hurry, because rushed going to them. Thing you know it incredible- the emotional weight that carry in our households, especially as women for those of you that are watching that are women are energy? anxiety are peace. We can sway and entire room whether we realise it or not,

the other day. I was rushing around trying to get I brought change before I went, live at one o clock on Instagram to do this hope in the chaos series that I did so due to this offer hope. One Said, Graham, as I was rushing upstairs to get a diaper. I saw my six month old daughter, her whole posture change issues like looking around six month old, picked up on my energy, so I stopped and slow down. How do you want to use this time? How do you want to use this blank slate How do you want to use this gift of perspective to look at your entire life differently? I know there are things we do want to rush back to. I want to rush back to having our team at the office because I love getting to collaborate in person. I want to rush back to getting to hang out with my friends. I'm sure you do too. There are things we do want to rush back to, but maybe Maybe this is an opportunity to look at everything differently to really think about.

Those commitments that we had that are hurt. Wasn't it anymore to think about those obligations that we just crammed into began to think about all the things we said, yes to think about what we're saying, no to or to say yes to those things. You know one of them most common questions that I've been asked through this whole thing, is how should I be spending my time use these tough on social media, where you got people there, use this time to hustling grind get after it changed that dream. Build that business. Do that thing! Go Fort! Go, go! Go you! Now! You ve got the time reorganise that attic. You got this You have other things that using on social media, this aim How do I know about you, but I want to slow down I know about you, but I want to use this as an opportunity to just be present. My family to could meals to have picnics to go slow and you know what

I would say that there is no right answer of what you should be doing and what you should be spending more time on because my advice for you on how you should be spending this unbelievable gift of a time is the same answer I have given for ten years now a war when you're not in a pandemic crisis, is You should be spending your time on, what's most important to you this month this week today spend your time on. What's most him written to you. If you want to build a business, do it go for it. Think it would be amazing if you can find something that meets a belt need, especially in this business landscape. Right now, we're? U can solve a problem. Maybe you start a business just running errands for people delivery business. Something like that. Maybe you started toilet paper business. I don't know. Maybe you come up with something amazing during this time. Do it

that's important to you. Do it. And if you want a slowdown. If you just want to be home, if you, dont want to reorganise your attic cause? You just don't want to cause it's not important to you and you'd rather read your kids have picnics and playing sprinkler. Do it do what's most important to you, What's so beautiful about this time that none could have ever plan and would have ever wanted. Certainly not in this way. Is that all the thing things that we say we want to do that. We never have times do we now have the time The excuse has been taken away, we're not missing out on anything with anyone else goes there not doing anything either, and we are left with is opportune to look at our life with a clean slate per se. Deaf to look at our life- and I wouldn't want to put in it what do I want to go back to whenever life gets going again. We don't want my weekend to look like when things get, as you can go to my evenings, look like

Maybe you're evenings rushed back to what they look like before of everyone running around trying to do other things, maybe your evenings! Look like walk or on the neighbourhood, because you really used to it right now, and it's pretty awesome to just go for a walk, and wave to neighbours and enjoy the sunshine and list. The birds haven't agenda and not have plants and just go slow, so what're you gonna, do what you gonna do with a clean slate. I want to give you some journal questions to consider our love. It you actually write these down. I know that sounds silly, but ya. Sometimes you don't even know the thought said in your mind, the things or sensing in your heart until you sit down with a pen to paper. And you begin to right. What's on your mind, sometimes I write down things that I didn't even know. I was thinking. Sometimes I feel, like God leads me to write downwards. I didn't even know we're coming.

Some want to give you some questions to ask yourself questions to reflect on questions to pray about in general about, as you think about this unbelievable gift of a clean slate what're, you gonna do with it. What are you gonna do with this clean slate. Another thing to consider: we not miss about your old life. I'll tell you for me I dont miss Russia. I rush everywhere. All the time I don't want to rush MA. Am My friend recommended a book to me and my past a recommended this book as well. Called the ruthless elimination of hurry and irony about this book, by John Mark Comber, the Ford by John Org, the irony is. I started this in January. I started this before new. Any of this was coming. Saul was already sensing, so they needed to change about my life. Some. Needed change about my schedule.

As I got into this book, there was I'm particular part I thought was so interesting because I always think of rushing Well, that's! That's! Not fine! It's you're full of anxiety on that, but there is a very real implicate this that I never considered so that the conversation is between John Work, bird, whose past author? Many of you know him and he's here, A conversation with Dallas Willard and so John Ort Burke asks Willard What do I need to do to become the me? I want to be This conversation is not happening a pandemic. This is just in life. What do I need to do? This is a pastor asking a brilliant philosopher, also just teacher in the ways of Jesus he asked this man has meant or what They do to become the me, but I will. To be. There's a long silence on the other to the line according to John there's, always a long silence and other into line with Willard, but then as this. You must really.

Leslie eliminate hurry from your life?. Rights, this down John rights. Now he was ok what else he said. There's nothing else Greece is the great enemy of spiritual life. In our day, you must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life, because to explain the unbelievable benefits of eliminating hurry from your life when I hurried on that what kind when I hurry, I'm stressed I'm short tempered and irritated When I hurry time to pause and ass God. What he's doing When I hurry, I always think of others. There are so many negative side effects I've rushing and we in a time that is rested in it? There has been this massive pause, that has been hit where we are a chance to look at things.

Differently, we didn't have to ruthlessly eliminate hurry product, it was eliminated for us and we have a gift of a clean slate, a reset to look at every think differently. So how do you want to use it? how do you want to use this clean slate, about your old life, do not want to go back to what about this new life? Do you wanna keep You know what I want to maintain this when things get rushing again and they will they will. I want to keep these things these things. I want to still be true when things go back to normal, What are some things that your grateful for right now morning, see God right now, What are you since thing that God is doing in your life, What are you sensing that God is teaching you. Just in the season of slowing down at a thought the other day As I imagine, our entire world causes they global thing, and I

think of another time, certainly in my lifetime, when the entire globe is just on. One thing like this I wonder how many people are looking out for the first time. How many people are praying first prayer, how People are seeking a god. They don't even really know if he exists, but they're gonna branch out there, because their desperate, because we all have this guy of slowing down and looking to something bigger than ourselves. You know that think of all the analyses I've used in this pandemic. I've noticed that, every single analogy we that we are desperate for there is an actual example in scripture of what says about that. We want, something we can depend on right like it feels like the rugs and pull out from underneath this. We want something firm and the Bible says that God is our rock our firm foundation, we really the storm we get a storm analogy with what they were in a storm in a storm in the Bible shows us Jesus actually com the storm. You remember that

we feel like we're thinking. That's another now you're welcome thinking and telecom sinking. Jesus showed us that he walked on water. We feel act. Thus the Bible says Jesus is peace. We want healing the Bible says he is, the here. We want to know the way Jesus says he is the way we want to know the truth. What there's lots of misinformation out there? The Bible says he is the truth and we want our life back And Jesus says he is the life, that's our goddess, God that has gotten me and got you regardless of where you are right now and how you're feeling and what you are facing. I just want to remind you that our God is a God of Hope I would remind you that the greatest message of hope, any one of us could ever have is the hope we find in the person of Jesus so I ll leave you with one of my favorite versus Romans. Fifteen thirteen says: may the God hope fill you our joy and peace.

The trust in him. So you overflowed with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit and a man to that now. I know that many of you are facing real article needs I presently messages, one of hope Virus you to look at your life with fresh eyes I also want to give you some resources, some things that you can actually use right now today, with the things that your facing now spent a lot of time talking about time. We have a lot of time now, but it won't be long before all of those things are flooding. Your calendar all over again, so I actually have a free resource for you called twenty five ways to Take your time you can get that free. Download by texting, protect time to three three, four, four. Four! That's protect time! One word to three three: four for fort: that's where I just rode up twenty five ways to protect your time, Ninety five ways to say no without even saying the word, so when all this stuff start getting back, no one again, you

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