Everyday Truths

Sherri: 00:02

Well, hey all and welcome to the everyday truths podcast where we make faith real and relevant so we can live it out in our everyday lives. Today, I'm joined by my friend, and we're kind of doing a two for one episode. I'm gonna dig into the future that I see for everyday truths and for myself. We're gonna talk about dreaming with God and starting things when we don't know how they're gonna turn out. I'm also gonna be announcing a project that I am so excited about.

Sherri: 00:30

Probably the project I'm most excited about or I've ever been excited about. And so I'm so excited to share that with you too. And keep your ears open because we were actually recording over a live worship night. And so maybe you'll even get to hear some of that in the background. And so, let's get into it.

Sherri: 00:50

I feel like I've arrived. I'm pretty much famous. It's not important My 800 followers. I know. All of them are accounts my mom made.

Tiffany: 00:57

Is it? Girl, we do what we gotta do.

Sherri: 00:59

We do what we do. We do what we I wanna burn her Instagram account just to like Me too. Just to like comment back, get sassy back with people who leave rude comments on my stuff.

Tiffany: 01:08

I know.

Sherri: 01:08

That's what we should talk about. Rude comments. Yeah. Welcome to everyday truths podcast. Welcome.

Sherri: 01:16

Cheers. Doctor Pepper. So today, if you if this happens, you're jumping in there for the first time, tabletop kind of episodes of Everyday Truths is just it's kind of it's a little less it's not my other stuff's not scripted.

Tiffany: 01:31

No. We're just It's a

Sherri: 01:32

little bit more casual and just a little bit maybe more fun to do. Yeah. Now, where we record is at a church. And tonight is their worship night. And so their rehearsal can start any time.

Sherri: 01:44

And we're above them. Yeah. And so we don't know what's gonna happen. I've actually never accidentally been here for a rehearsal. Oh.

Sherri: 01:49

And so we decided we made the lights, like, more fun. So it's like in a club. So when the bass the bass and if we start

Tiffany: 01:55

if we start dancing.

Sherri: 01:56

So we'll see. Yeah. Yeah. So we made the lights behind us fun just Yeah. Because we can.

Sherri: 02:00

There's no rules here.

Tiffany: 02:01

Obvious is it that I'm uncomfortable in this chair?

Sherri: 02:05

Have you noticed me? Assume you're uncomfortable. Really?

Tiffany: 02:09

Yeah. Do I just seem like an

Sherri: 02:11

uncomfortable like always like Do you know why I do that all the I

Tiffany: 02:14

do. That's why I have this wrinkle right here. It's because I can't see. You know? I am so blind.

Tiffany: 02:21

I'm always like

Sherri: 02:22

Mhmm. This I'm like

Tiffany: 02:25

what people are thinking.

Sherri: 02:26

I am prematurely wrinkling very, very quickly. Well, we'll we'll talk about it later. When I do this, it's why does this stay when I pinch it? Like, what is wait till you have this. I yeah.

Sherri: 02:36

Yeah. Poor tattoos. Yeah. And so, but it's because sleep on my face. Poor tattoo.

Sherri: 02:42

Aw. Poor buddy. This lion's gonna be lion's gonna be bloated. Anyway, but it's it's because I sleep on my face. I'm a stomach sleeper.

Sherri: 02:52

I can't do it. So I'm just like gonna wrinkle like crazy fast.

Tiffany: 02:54

I only know one other my son-in-law is a stomach sleeper too.

Sherri: 02:58

I didn't know it was a weird thing. You people were Until I was rooming with a good friend at a conference, and she was like, you're a stomach sleeper? And I'm like, what does that even mean? Do you use a pillow? I use 800 pillows.

Tiffany: 03:08

He uses zero pillows.

Sherri: 03:09

It's like a full nest situation. Like, my husband is probably, like, deeply jealous of all of my my pillow. There's so many.

Tiffany: 03:17

I I am too. Yeah. I sleep your side. Well, now my husband's in Miami. Yeah.

Sherri: 03:21

I sleep at six. I have, like I have at least three.

Tiffany: 03:24

Yeah. Because I have them everywhere, so if I move, I don't have to move the pillow.

Sherri: 03:28

See, there's something about you to be, like, side propped.

Tiffany: 03:30

Then I go to here. And then, yes, and I need to feel, like Yeah. The warmth and love of something,

Sherri: 03:36

of human touch. Everyone right now is wondering why they listen to this podcast. Yeah. It's just like welcome. This is my friend, Tiff.

Sherri: 03:43

Hey. I'm Tiff. With me. Tiffy. Kinda.

Sherri: 03:45

Yeah.

Tiffany: 03:45

Tiffy J. Don't do it.

Sherri: 03:46

And I'm Sherry.

Tiffany: 03:47

Tiffy J is my DJ name, but I don't DJ.

Sherri: 03:49

I would be about that. Would you? Yeah. What's up, Tiffy We played a music game a music game together recently. And Oh, yeah.

Sherri: 03:56

We did. Like, the DJ energy is there. It's there. And so really fun game where it doesn't matter. Anyway, so episodes.

Sherri: 04:05

Yeah. It is kind of a part two, but that's okay. Jump If you don't want oh, it might be. Yeah. And this is a great place to start if you don't wanna hear my whole life story, but you wanna like jump in right now and you're just like medium about hearing a little bit about me, then then this is

Tiffany: 04:21

a great place to be. How would you like your sherry cooked? Shaken. What? Medium well.

Tiffany: 04:27

Not shaken, not No. Medium. Medium well. We would like her done medium well.

Sherri: 04:34

Eight minutes of nonsense. Yeah. And so, like I said, my name is Sherry, everyday truths podcast where we make faith real and relevant so we can live it out in our everyday lives.

Tiffany: 04:43

And we live, laugh, love.

Sherri: 04:44

Let's no. We do not. No. And so we just kinda doing some more informal

Tiffany: 04:51

We're just chilling. We're just chilling.

Sherri: 04:53

Oh, I already said that. Yeah. We're just chilling. From my own podcast.

Tiffany: 04:57

Yeah. We're just chilling. So the first episode, we just really dig deep kinda Yeah. Just kinda like wanted people to get to know you a little bit more

Sherri: 05:04

like Yeah. Formal format and we decided to do something a little different.

Tiffany: 05:08

Because she's funny, and she's smart, and she's quirky. She's nerdy. And I think the whole world should see all of these parts of

Sherri: 05:17

you. Like, kind of yeah. I love I love yeah.

Tiffany: 05:20

And I think a lot of people get to see, especially because you were in ministry for fifteen years.

Sherri: 05:27

That I'm ridiculous. Thirteen. If we can't can we do like internships like, at the church where I worked for almost thirteen years that this podcast studio is at.

Tiffany: 05:37

Right. Right. Right. So you were there for, you know, thirteen years. So people kinda see you as this teacher.

Tiffany: 05:42

You've kinda come out in this podcast world as a teacher and and as an equipper. Yeah. Right? If you do follow her on Instagram, which you absolutely sure should because Farmer Sherry. A farmer Sherry will evolve, you know, evolve from that or

Sherri: 05:58

In my backyard farm. My like, it's like my whole backyard, like In the suburbs. In the burbs. You know?

Tiffany: 06:03

In the burbs.

Sherri: 06:03

Yeah. We're preparing for the future But doomsday.

Tiffany: 06:06

She you know, there's so much to Sherry that we should all know all of the things about her. Oh. And so dangerous. We just thought it would be fun to because it's been a full year Yes. Since you've been out of vocational ministry.

Tiffany: 06:18

Yeah.

Sherri: 06:18

Of everyday truths. Yeah. Yeah. Which did you know like day one, it's like I left my the I left the church, stepped stepped away. And it was like the next day I started my blog Uh-huh.

Sherri: 06:30

And literally just made up the name everyday truths for my blog. And just kinda stuck. So there you go.

Tiffany: 06:35

Yeah. Yeah. And she's truthing every day. Truthing. Yep.

Tiffany: 06:39

Sleuthing. Sleuthing and truthing.

Sherri: 06:41

And truthing. Just right. Doesn't that like what PI stuff is?

Tiffany: 06:45

Like, sleuthing Sluthing and sleuthing. Yes.

Sherri: 06:47

There you go.

Tiffany: 06:48

Yeah. So Yeah. That's so, anyway, in the in the episode before this, maybe the two episodes because we talked we're a little one long winded when we get together.

Sherri: 06:57

You've literally been talking about nothing for, like, an hour in this episode. So I don't even know what

Tiffany: 07:02

we've covered. Yeah. I don't know where we're what we're doing with our lives. But, Sherry has in the episodes prior to this one, she shared more extensively about her story and how she got here Yeah. In everyday truths, like, in this moment right where we're at.

Tiffany: 07:21

And part of that journey is that she was in vocational ministry for thirteen years.

Sherri: 07:24

She's kind just means it was my job.

Tiffany: 07:26

It was her job. Yeah. It was her job to be to work at a church, and she has always had this call on her heart to make things accessible to people. She's always known that she wanted to be in ministry in some aspect, in shape or shape or form rather. Yeah.

Tiffany: 07:44

Yeah. And God has just kinda taken her on this journey. He's closed doors. He's shut things down. He's opened things up and just given her some insight to who she is and what she can really offer as far as helping equip people and understanding that God is, like he's he's right there for everybody.

Tiffany: 08:03

Yeah. Like, he's we're not gatekeeping the Lord. No.

Sherri: 08:06

No. No.

Tiffany: 08:07

No. You know? It's not like this, like Yeah.

Sherri: 08:09

Like, kingdom status other than, you've believed in Jesus, and now we are Now we're and sisters

Tiffany: 08:15

and family. Like, come on.

Sherri: 08:17

Sisters, let's get there together.

Tiffany: 08:19

You know? Figuring it out together. Yeah. And so, you know, so right now and for the last year, you you started a blog and then felt led to do this podcast because felt led meaning that everybody told her, Sherry, why aren't you doing a podcast? Like, that's just dumb.

Tiffany: 08:32

Tons of people, like, just encouraging her, like, this seems like it makes sense for you Yeah. To get in front of a microphone and just share your heart and your truth with people. And

Sherri: 08:43

Because you know what? It's I think sorry. I've interrupt you constantly. But I think Constantly. I think that as you said that, because I'm always like, I feel like really self conscious about being like, hey, listen to me.

Sherri: 08:54

But you know what? I think I think that where God's gifted me has always been across the table from somebody. Yeah. Yeah. And and I think this is just the opportunity.

Sherri: 09:03

I love this like this image because I think this is just the opportunity to get across the table with with more folks. And Mhmm. And yeah. I never thought about it that way. But I love that anyway.

Tiffany: 09:12

Yeah. Super cool. So we kinda left off with just kind of where like why she's here right now in this moment. Right? Here podcasting, wanting to like shift with God and, like, how he's leading her and what he's going to be doing.

Tiffany: 09:30

And so my question for you is, what does the future hold for you? Like, what do you what do you dream of? Like, what do you I because here are the things. We know that you love to teach. Mhmm.

Tiffany: 09:44

We know that you love to be the brave. I get excited. Like, it's like

Sherri: 09:48

I I get god shows me something. I get so excited

Tiffany: 09:50

Yes. To share with them.

Sherri: 09:51

It's like I can't wait to, like, ugh.

Tiffany: 09:54

Like, oh my gosh. Did you see this?

Sherri: 09:56

I don't even know. It's like it it's I can't even just like saying that, I'm like, it's like, oh man. Like, that is like, I cannot wait. Right? I cannot wait.

Sherri: 10:05

I get so excited when God shares something that I'm just like, like, let's let's learn. Let's go. Let's do it together. Yeah. Anyway.

Sherri: 10:11

So yes.

Tiffany: 10:11

Yeah. And so it's like this beautiful thing that God has gifted you in. Like, you're a gifted writer. You're a gifted speaker. You love to share things with people and to kinda help bridge this gap, right

Sherri: 10:23

Mhmm.

Tiffany: 10:24

Of where they're at to where God wants them to be. And you have no limitations. Like, there's no limitations on what you can do right now.

Sherri: 10:35

You have a lot of faith in me.

Tiffany: 10:36

But you don't. You don't have any limitations on what God can do.

Sherri: 10:41

Oh, yeah. What God can do. Yes.

Tiffany: 10:42

You know what I mean? There's no limitations on there's no lamentations.

Sherri: 10:48

There's no limitations. Gonna get real dark.

Tiffany: 10:52

There's no there's no ceiling. Right? There's no box that you've been put in, which sometimes working in a vocational ministry, you can feel like you're in a box because you're Oh, yeah.

Sherri: 11:03

I feel in a box now. As you said that, I'm just like, oh, like what are the boxes I'm putting myself in right now?

Tiffany: 11:08

Yeah, you we do that to

Sherri: 11:10

Oh, keep ourselves we're a box in it up. Bring the box. I didn't eat all my food. Right.

Tiffany: 11:14

But we do that because that makes us feel safe, right? Absolutely. If I'm in this box, and I know this is all I'm going to be doing, then there's no risk. There's no failure. There's no, scary moments.

Tiffany: 11:25

There's no cliffs that I have to look and say, okay. And God say, no. It's time to jump. Right? There's no altars to lay our child on top of.

Tiffany: 11:33

Right? So if you don't know what that means

Sherri: 11:36

This is so weird. If you hit No. Don't explain it.

Tiffany: 11:37

It's Well, I'm not gonna explain it. Don't clip that. And please ask a question in the

Sherri: 11:44

comments or send us an email or something if you don't know I'm literally just taking that and, like, posting it everywhere. Yeah. You're welcome. Along with a clip from the other recording that we did that was, we hate children, and we don't like I hate all the orphans. Yeah.

Sherri: 11:58

The miserable cow. No. We're putting on alters. She just got dark. Anyway So

Tiffany: 12:03

again, we're just doing this so you guys can see a little bit more of who Sherry really is. Just apparently. But you really are. You're living in space right now where you have tremendous support from your husband

Sherri: 12:18

Mhmm.

Tiffany: 12:19

Who is like, I love you. I believe in you. Go with God. Do what you need to do. You have a tremendous support system in your friends.

Tiffany: 12:27

Mhmm. This group of women who are like, sure. We'll hang out

Sherri: 12:31

with you for the weekend and tell you what to do. Like, no problem. Please tell me what to do.

Tiffany: 12:35

And, you know, you just you have you have all of these things in place. Right? Yeah. So now it's on you. The ball's in your court.

Sherri: 12:42

Yeah.

Tiffany: 12:43

What you want to do with it? Yeah, absolutely. And I

Sherri: 12:45

can say, I'll speak to you just quickly. It's like there's been so much growth in seeing and understanding the help and all of those pieces coming together and just learning to leverage those tools. Because I think really often it feels like humble and it feels stoic to be like, no, no, I got it. I got it. I got it.

Sherri: 13:05

And I'm still struggling there. Like even stuff like I'll take this this recording home Yep. And I need to upload it somewhere. Put it on an external hard drive.

Tiffany: 13:12

Which makes sense.

Sherri: 13:13

And Wes, that's like his, like he takes care of that for me. Well, sometimes it's like, recently, as we've kind of transitioned to him doing that, because he's like, let me help with this particular thing because I hate that process. And like, I'll be like, oh, I don't want to bother him with it. So I'll like start doing it and like, oh, no, no, no, I don't want to ask this thing or I'll just do this call and I just do this. So it's really difficult letting go and it's not even I think in some instances like a micromanagement thing.

Sherri: 13:35

It's tough. That's been a huge learning in this season. I'm still I'm very bad at it still. And and so anyway, so yes, I'm so grateful to have those resources and those tools around me. And so looking into the future, you know, I have something I've discovered is that nothing looks.

Sherri: 13:52

One, nothing looks the way you think it does. Right. Even to like the publishing process. It's like you write a good book and then people read the book and they tell other people it's a good book. Absolutely not.

Sherri: 13:59

That's not how it works. Absolutely not. You get on social, you're like well I'll put out good content and then people will follow and then they'll be like great. These are I I don't know. It's just it's not anything like you think that it is.

Sherri: 14:09

Right. And so there's so many learnings, there's so many distractions. We get it. We were just talking forever about like people who leave like rude comments or just like pushback or all these things. Like, and it's like And that can be so derailing.

Sherri: 14:21

Oh my gosh. I had we you know this. I was like down and out Like for like a week, I had a post that went like really viral, but it like for the wrong reasons. Yeah. And viral for me.

Sherri: 14:30

I think we had like 20,000 views. Oh, it was more than that. By the time it was said and done, I think it hit like 50,000 views. Mhmm. And just like but it got attention for the wrong reasons.

Sherri: 14:38

Yeah. It for the wrong intent, for all of those things. And it's just like, I'm sitting there reading comment after comment after comment. Everybody around me is like, stop. Stop reading them.

Sherri: 14:48

Stop interacting. Stop whatever. It's not worth your time.

Tiffany: 14:51

Mhmm.

Sherri: 14:51

Hey, it's okay to like, it's your platform. It's your page. It's okay to like This is your space. It's your space. You're here for a specific And it wasn't all negative.

Sherri: 15:00

Like, there was a lot of positive. And it just I just realized so quickly. It's like, it was so discouraging. Am I doing the wrong thing? Am I doing it?

Sherri: 15:06

And I mean, if you're just like, who cares? Why would you do that, Sherry? Like, it's really difficult when somebody when it's something you put your heart and soul into, and somebody's like attacking it. Mhmm. And when they talk about you like you're not in like like it's not your post.

Tiffany: 15:19

Or you're not a human behind it.

Sherri: 15:20

Or you're like not human behind it. Can't even imagine. Had some comments on something yesterday I screenshot and sent to you. Yeah. Yeah.

Sherri: 15:25

Yeah. And I'm just like, what is happening right now? This guy was like, it's it was a post about like just be like, hey guys, be nice. And he's like, don't. He commented a ton of things about I don't know.

Tiffany: 15:35

And the theology of not I

Sherri: 15:37

mean, it was of course, there's more to do. With that, I'll like offer some benefit of the doubt, but like just it was so funny because it was like literally about like not being rude in people's comment section. Like, hey, let's like be let's like be better. Let's love more or whatever. And so, and this guy was like, whatever this woman says, do the opposite.

Sherri: 15:56

I couldn't help myself. I had to be like, oh, I love this game. Go be super rude in people's comment section. Like I would love you you to do the opposite of that.

Tiffany: 16:04

Your sister just trolling you?

Sherri: 16:07

I would love that so much. Oh, please let that be true. Oh my I don't want somebody else like hating on me. It's just like that would be the best ever.

Tiffany: 16:17

Right? Because I think like

Sherri: 16:18

I would love even if it was him trolling, was like, please tell me you're trolling. And then like he kept on, and like I'm like, you're not trolling. And then became

Tiffany: 16:25

like this thing between a and like now we have this relationship where you just troll me and I just laugh

Sherri: 16:29

it off. And, like, whatever. Right? I would love it if it was my sister

Tiffany: 16:32

that he's in is something, like, that my brother would do. Right? Like, whatever she says, say the you know, do the opposite. You know? Like Mhmm.

Tiffany: 16:40

I'd be like, oh, that's totally my brother. I know that that's not that's like

Sherri: 16:44

there were some other things in there unfortunately that like proved out nothing. I would love it if my sister created a burner account and you. Would be like, I would die. That would be I can make that happen. Oh, the best.

Sherri: 16:57

You know, you want my sister's number? Yeah. Can Anyway. It So the and so just learning that nothing's what it is, but then just watching God be faithful and like all kinds of little steps. And don't like drop like all the little steps of like, I don't know how to start a podcast or I don't know how to do this and I don't know, you know, whatever.

Sherri: 17:15

You know, do you notice how like, didn't even think about this like, I'm like, I I I I Mhmm. And God's like, hey

Tiffany: 17:23

It's not about you.

Sherri: 17:24

I know. Right? And Wes said something so beautiful recently and it was like thinking about like taking these steps of faith and then thinking like, but God this wasn't successful. And God like leaning in and being like, Like, you thought this was about results? Yeah.

Sherri: 17:40

It's like, no.

Tiffany: 17:40

This is not ROI. This is not ROI.

Sherri: 17:42

What does that mean?

Tiffany: 17:43

Return of investment.

Sherri: 17:45

Oh. Oh, dang.

Tiffany: 17:46

This is not about ROI.

Sherri: 17:47

There's no return that you can get. Oh, man. That's just that's

Tiffany: 17:51

a whole thing. Because I'm investing my time, my energy, my thought, my blah blah blah. And so we want a return on what we're investing. Codependently. And it's a and that's a very corporate thing.

Tiffany: 18:00

Right? Like, if I'm going to put $10,000 into this marketing campaign, I need to see I need to see a tangible return on that.

Sherri: 18:07

Need And we're to see in the world of guarantees. Yes. And so it's like, what Yes. Oh my gosh. Yeah.

Sherri: 18:13

God, if you do x, y, and z, then I will never, then I will, whatever, whatever. We're making guarantees. Sorry. Yeah. Totally tangent.

Sherri: 18:21

Yeah. Yeah. No, but it's so good. No, so I learned that's so so much.

Tiffany: 18:24

Is that this is not about ROI. This is not about, I'm investing all this time, this energy, buying this equipment. I'm doing these things. I'm buying Tiffany Doctor. Peppers.

Tiffany: 18:34

I'm paying her in Doctor. Peppers. Like, all of these things. You said cheap date. So I hope that I at least get, you know, $47.50 out of this.

Sherri: 18:42

You know?

Tiffany: 18:42

Like, it doesn't work that way.

Sherri: 18:44

And God doesn't work that way. No. And isn't that beautiful? And like he's not in our like God is not in our economy. And so Hallelujah.

Sherri: 18:56

Yeah. And so God's economy is completely different. And so there's so just have learned such an incredible amount. And so looking to the future, it's like, oh, I'm not even going to pretend like I fully know. I am going answer the question better.

Sherri: 19:09

But it's like like I feel She'll answer

Tiffany: 19:11

it in forty five minutes.

Sherri: 19:12

And so it's and so it's just like seeing like, oh, okay, God, like, I can see like I I I don't know what each step's gonna look like, but I do know that he's gonna like be there in it. Right. And so looking forward to the future, I think there is a lot of there's still so many areas to grow. There's still so many areas to gain clarity of like what God has for me because it's like I'm constantly making these adjustments when God's like, oh, just this way, oh, just this way. And you you kind of talked about you talked about potential and I think that I'm I'm certainly I think we all are in some ways.

Sherri: 19:53

I mean, it just depends on your personality. It's I'm constantly like capping it. Like well, if it's only this or if it's all I'm a great spin doctor And so it's like I can I can make anything a loss or anything a win? It just depends on my mood. And it's in my mind.

Sherri: 20:08

In my heart. Sure. Sure.

Tiffany: 20:09

I can

Sherri: 20:09

see it in my in my mind, Clark. And so it's it's I think that I'm I'm really like as you're saying that, the potential piece, I'm like oh no, I don't have a I don't have a grasp on that whatsoever. And it's almost like I don't think I'm gonna be able to I think it's the right thing for me to like see the potential. I think it's the idea for me to be open to what God has for it. Mhmm.

Sherri: 20:32

Which is tough because I wanna control things. And so the future, like, I don't like know what the I want the 30,000 followers. I don't know that that's the case. I want this many listeners. Don't know lasting, hopefully.

Sherri: 20:47

Yeah. I do. It's kind of this idea. No. I'm like looking forward, it's okay.

Sherri: 20:50

One day, like Yeah. I'm going to have to have my own studio. So what's that going to look like? Yeah. And what's that going to like, your face looks so like, I'm so glad you thought that.

Sherri: 20:57

No. Anyway, but no. It's like,

Tiffany: 20:58

I'm going

Sherri: 20:59

to have to have my own studio. So like, what's it going look like one day? You have my permission for that. And so Which is not something

Tiffany: 21:06

I'm going stop you because it's not Shut something up, Sherry. Shut up, Sherry. It's no. I'm going to stop you before we go go on because I don't want you in this this this next twenty minutes to be afraid to say, I really think that this is gonna be a really great thing. Yeah.

Tiffany: 21:26

Because we can do that. Because I know that I've done that. It's safer. It's safer to say, well, if God doesn't want it

Sherri: 21:34

Oh, yeah. Isn't God just like it sounds so good and spiritual.

Tiffany: 21:37

It sounds

Sherri: 21:37

so spiritual. I know God's gonna be and I mean it. But I also know that you need it. I'm at the same time, like, whew, I'm glad I don't have to answer that question. Jesus, that's on you.

Sherri: 21:46

Like, let's go.

Tiffany: 21:47

You know? Right. And but that's not what I'm asking. What I'm asking is what because it's okay. God gave you dreams.

Tiffany: 21:53

Yeah. God's given you vision. It's okay for you to have that. You do know, first of all, you'd I mean, not first of all, but the first thing is that you do know that you want the podcast to last. Like, you have a vision that this could be such a great thing.

Tiffany: 22:09

You can have your own studio. You know, there's there's you can see God working in it already. Absolutely.

Sherri: 22:16

Oh, yeah. Moving in it already.

Tiffany: 22:18

Yeah. Yeah. Right? And the assumption is, the asterisk down at the bottom, the legal jargon, is that we do everything in God's until God says no. Right?

Tiffany: 22:27

Yeah. We have all the dreams until God says that's not it.

Sherri: 22:30

Yeah. Right? So When we seek Him. When we seek Him.

Tiffany: 22:32

When we seek Him. And you're seeking Him in this season. Right? So with all of those things that we already know, What do you want? What do you see?

Tiffany: 22:44

What do you dream of?

Sherri: 22:45

Absolutely. I want Tables. Yeah. I very much want to be a published author. Okay.

Sherri: 22:54

Which will happen eventually. And I've kind of I found a lot of ways to well, I'll just release an ebook first. I mean, which the ebook's gonna be dope once, by the way. Like, it's I'm gonna be ready for it. And oh, I'm so excited.

Sherri: 23:06

I didn't even think to talk about one of these things. But, no, the podcast moving forward, and having some different avenues for the podcast, which I want to talk about in a second. Mhmm. And so so published author doing that, and then eventually, I do think I'm going to get back into speaking, but I think it's going to be for different reasons than I have in the past. Not like my reasons were selfish before, but I think speaking to move forward the mission that God has put in front of me.

Sherri: 23:28

Not just to like, oh, I'm filling this slot for, or oh, I'm doing this which like I have friends who are pastors who are wonderful, and they offer me spots on their weekends, and like I don't mean like that's not enough. No, but I mean like like to propel forward that the mission that God's put in front of me, and I think he's still uncovering that.

Tiffany: 23:44

This mission.

Sherri: 23:44

Yes. And I think he's still unveiling that. I agree. And so until that's clear, I do see myself speaking in the future. I would really love, I hate saying this out loud, I would really love to get in like conference circuit.

Sherri: 23:58

Oh. Think that's not like all the time, not like other things, but like to go and bring the intentionality. I would love to because I actually I remember going to a conference and like God giving me this like very clear like like I could be that guy. Like I could be

Tiffany: 24:15

I could do that. I was

Sherri: 24:16

a woman. Yeah. Like speaking into this thing and I was just like I could I could do that and I feel like it would be I don't know. Like that's and maybe it's because I just miss speaking so much. I really do.

Sherri: 24:27

I miss preparing and just like really honing something in Mhmm. To bring this clarity, which somebody who's only going to walk in and sit in the seat and listen for thirty minutes to a sermon because they feel like they're checking a box, and to take advantage of that moment Yeah. Of them checking a box to actually like help them. Yeah. To help them, just generally.

Sherri: 24:47

To let to let God use me to just like Yes. Be be for a minute, just like the avenue that he can speak to somebody. And that he chooses to speak to Mhmm. Somebody. Not like like I'm like willfully.

Sherri: 24:58

Anyway, and so maybe stuff like that. It's like I see myself speaking in the future, but really figuring out what the podcast looks like. And and I don't know beyond that. It's like I I still have this image of like people being a part of what this is and I don't know what it looks like. Yeah.

Sherri: 25:14

Yeah. And and so those pieces together and just having like a great ministry that doesn't look like a church. That doesn't look like that like and so it's like I want to be in people's inboxes like giving them ways to connect with God like on a daily basis Right. And say, I want to be in people but like like y'all like you want know how hard that is to maintain. If anybody wants to send out emails for me daily.

Sherri: 25:36

Like getting in people's inboxes, getting on social where they are, getting like getting where people are to help them, to help make their faith real and relevant. Like that's like that's the dream. It's like the world doesn't look the way that it used to be. Right. And and so it's like I'm not the brick and mortar I don't work for a brick and mortar church anymore.

Sherri: 25:55

I don't expect you to come to me, so how can I how can I get to you? Sorry. Went off all over the place. Yeah. It's like Yeah.

Tiffany: 26:01

Yeah. Yeah. Big Sea Church was the church as a whole that God is over Mhmm. And from, you know, sea to shining sea, like, everywhere. Mhmm.

Tiffany: 26:09

Not just America, but, like, everywhere. Yep. And then there's the little sea churches, like, the building that we're in right now that's doing it at a very micro level. And then there's, like, this

Sherri: 26:19

macro incredible work. It's different. It's all every ministry is different. It's and I just think This

Tiffany: 26:26

is what call God's called you to do in

Sherri: 26:28

a different way. Is how can I get into how can I get faith into the rhythm of your everyday life? Mhmm. And not I get it. How can I how can I help you kick that door open?

Sherri: 26:38

Because it's right there. Right. It's right there. And I mean, literally for each and every one of us, the door to live out our faith is right there. It is within arm's reach and it's not locked.

Sherri: 26:50

It's not anything. It may be like maybe a little stuck sometimes. Mhmm. But it's right there. And I think so often we just forget that we can reach out.

Sherri: 26:57

Yeah. And and so that's like the dream and and doing that in lots of in lots of different ways. And then something a project that's like emerging right now that I'm so excited about is actually a kids podcast.

Tiffany: 27:10

That is the that is I'm so excited about it too.

Sherri: 27:12

I know I should have just started with that because I know. But that's okay. The best idea ever, and it was not mine. And I love that.

Tiffany: 27:19

Yeah. And I love that, like, out of this whole process, as much as you've been learning about yourself and, like, what God's doing and dealing with your healing and all of these things, right, as you've transitioned and your grief from transitioning in in the last, what, however long you and I have been reconnected, nine months or so. Yeah. This is the most excited I've seen you about a project. Oh, yeah.

Tiffany: 27:41

Not that you don't love this, but for some reason, this kid's podcast idea for you has just like every time you talk about it, you just light up. And what about this? And what about this? And what about this?

Sherri: 27:52

And so tell tell us. Now that I think about it, this is a cool format for having the kids I love it. Having the kids that they do like the chair, Anyway, and so well, because I can't I'm not gonna I won't show my kids on camera. And so it is my kids that are going to be doing the podcast. Mhmm.

Sherri: 28:07

And myself and specifically my daughter, my son's all about that tech that tech life love it. Like his He likes pushing the buttons. He likes doing the things. He wants to create the graphic and stuff like that. So a kid's podcast.

Sherri: 28:18

And so there is something that all of us do maybe well that other people go how on earth? Yeah. How on earth? And I'm not saying, you know, and and and I'm not saying that Wes and I do this perfectly or like we're like full like experts, but we have so many faith based conversations with our kids. They ask so many questions.

Sherri: 28:39

We mean like all the time. And I consistently will have conversations with others where they're like, wait, how do you talk about that? And what does that look like? And what is that? And so for whatever reason, not just those conversations with my kids feel somewhat easy, I think, maybe compared to, I don't it's not a comparison game.

Sherri: 28:57

Let me know. No. Can I just like take that out of the thing? What I mean is like what I want to do is if there is everyday truths that adults can be living out, there are everyday that kids can be living out. But I think even more important is approaching it like that, but then also equipping kids and parents to have great conversations.

Sherri: 29:16

Yeah. And so what the what the those conversations, I cannot get into how vital and important those are. And so the what the the kids podcast is going to be just tentatively just like everyday truths kids. I should just get a big kids thing and like put it up there Yeah. One at them.

Sherri: 29:33

That's exactly what you should do. And it's going to be conversations that they're going to be all of like five minutes long. They're going to be like commute oriented length that a a family could listen to together. And it will give just like a little challenge at the end of it like, hey, what does it look like to love when it's difficult today Right. In your class?

Tiffany: 29:52

Some tangible things.

Sherri: 29:53

Very, very tangible. It's like Mhmm. It's like legit meant to be like, hey, here's this little snippet of faith we can fit into, say, our commute or our morning or our evening that then we can take and go tangibly do something with. Mhmm. And really, really simple at a kid's level.

Sherri: 30:08

And and my daughter was her idea to go like we talk about faith in the car. Like we talk about these things in the car. And she, after I started the podcast, she's like mom, we should start a podcast talking about stuff like this. Like what we and she's eight. Yeah.

Sherri: 30:23

Okay? And she's like we should start a podcast like like this. Like the conversations that we have. It was actually, I should have started there because she's precious and this mainly was her idea. We were having girls night and what she wanted to do was come to the podcast studio.

Sherri: 30:35

She sat down. She was the most natural person behind a mic I've ever seen. And it was insane. You've seen the footage. Like I was like, what is happening?

Tiffany: 30:42

She just knows. She was she just did it beautifully. And I think so much of that is that she she knows who she is. The microphone the microphone itself doesn't matter. The lights don't matter because she's just being herself.

Sherri: 30:55

Yes.

Tiffany: 30:55

Right? Which is, like, imagine if you were you were able to be fully yourself at eight. Yeah. How different your life could be, you know? That's just such a cool thing.

Sherri: 31:06

And what's cool is it's her idea or it's her, like, you know, it's like I'm I wanna say it's like she had the idea and I kinda and of course, I helped shape it in in those pieces and and what's cool is like we'll do it as long as she's interested in doing it and then no more. Yeah. And of course if she like agrees to do x amount, like be like okay, we're gonna go, you have to finish your contract. Sign here. Sign here.

Sherri: 31:26

And so I pay

Tiffany: 31:27

you and Doctor Pepper.

Sherri: 31:28

Pinky promise. So it's so we'll do we'll do it, and I've been excited because of course, you know, I don't want to coach her or do anything. I mean, coach her. I don't want to like script her. And so I'm actually creating like a devotional that goes along with topics we're going talk about, so that we can talk about those topics.

Sherri: 31:44

Not necessarily like right beforehand, this is what we're going say, but we can just literally walk through the verse or the story that we're going be talking about, and she walks in prepared, but then it's also prepared in quotations, but it's also a resource that we can offer to families Right. That want to do a devotional like that, like with their kids. And so Mhmm. I'm not exactly sure this isn't what you were asking. I'm not sure how the format's gonna be and what's gonna come out Of this.

Sherri: 32:06

Where we're working on all of those things. Yeah. There will be places where you can get things like those daily things and things like that. And then there will be other platforms say like Instagram, where there's like three little videos that go up a week or something like that. So fun stuff.

Tiffany: 32:19

Yeah. It's going to be exciting to see how that how that continues to be birthed

Sherri: 32:25

Yeah.

Tiffany: 32:25

And grows, and what how that turns into next thing and the next thing and the next thing. Because that's kinda like how God works. He's like, you're like, God, I wanna do something. And he's like, but you walk past the trash can filled with trash every

Sherri: 32:39

day. Mhmm.

Tiffany: 32:40

Like, just pick it up and take it out. Like, I But but God, little things. But God, use me. And I want Like, literally, use this like

Sherri: 32:49

you pulled the laundry man.

Tiffany: 32:50

Right? Like, that's all you have to do. Like, you you we oftentimes wanna it to look this certain way or want it to be this certain way or have these expectations that because we're excited. I don't even think it's out of malice or ill intent or pride or but we're excited. God's doing this thing.

Tiffany: 33:09

It can be all of this. But to say, hey, God's going do this, and then we're going to see what happens. Oh, Yeah.

Sherri: 33:14

That's been so part of my journey and the way God's spoken to me is like it's like I'll have vision through a certain point, and then I won't see it beyond that. And I've just learned to go, okay, God, this isn't cool. Like

Tiffany: 33:25

It reminds me of it reminds me of Abraham.

Sherri: 33:29

Mhmm.

Tiffany: 33:30

Of in both instances with Abraham, both instances with Abraham or there's two rather, where God is like, I want you to pack up and go to a place I will tell you. Yeah. I want you to take your family to a place I will lead you to. Yeah. He even does that he even does that with Paul Mhmm.

Tiffany: 33:55

When he has his moment with God on the road. God says, get on your feet and go Mhmm. To do something I will tell you to do.

Sherri: 34:08

Yeah. Right? Oh, man. Why you gotta be like that?

Tiffany: 34:10

Right? And so there's this idea that we have to take the steps. And then if you look in the book of Psalms, the Psalms say, I will be a light unto your path. I will be a light into the foot on the path. Right?

Tiffany: 34:24

So I'm going to give you just enough light to take the step on the next stone. I'm not going to like give you this whole beacon where you can see exactly where you're going. But it's darkness. And there's a path. And I have the light, and it's before you, and you take one step.

Tiffany: 34:39

And as you move, the light moves with you. Yeah. Right? And so I think that that can be an encouragement to everybody Yeah. That we don't have to have the answers.

Sherri: 34:50

Then why are you asking me what I see in the future? You're a jerk. Because I'm Because like la la la.

Tiffany: 34:55

You're making me feel foolish, me,

Sherri: 34:56

like acting like another thing.

Tiffany: 34:57

Because we're allowed to dream. Absolutely. God is our partner. And I think that's something that I did not understand in the years that I was in vocational ministry, that it was like, I'm doing this because God says I have to. But no, God says dream because I created you.

Tiffany: 35:17

I put these gifts in you. I've created your heart. I've created your desires. I've given you all of this. I want you to know what you want to so that I can come alongside you, and we can do this together.

Tiffany: 35:28

Yeah. You know?

Sherri: 35:29

And it's like it's you know, we think about, like, Romans eight twenty eight is commonly used at, like, bedsides and terrible moments.

Tiffany: 35:37

It's like Expect something great. God works, you

Sherri: 35:38

know, all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. And we think, like, God's going to make everything great. Like, no. Like, when we are in alignment with God, when we are in the flow of what it is that he has for us and things like that, it's always gonna like it's like there is a faith in having the boldness to dream, but there's also a faith in being very open handed and understanding like, you know what? Your dreams and God's dreams sometimes don't align because you're right and you're going after the wrong thing.

Sherri: 36:06

But you know what? His his, in quotations, dreams are bigger. Yeah. And so often I think that's

Tiffany: 36:13

Yeah. But if you dream. Right, and you write and you say, God, here are my dreams, He's going to honor it and do something with it.

Sherri: 36:20

Yeah. Even if it doesn't look the way that you fully expected it to, absolutely.

Tiffany: 36:25

Absolutely. And I think we forget that. I think we forget that God, He's big enough to make whatever come true, but He's small enough to be

Sherri: 36:33

right there with you while you're doing all It's of the and Yes.

Tiffany: 36:38

Personal life. Yeah.

Sherri: 36:39

And like, and you know, it's Yeah. Yeah. And yeah. Yeah. That's it.

Sherri: 36:43

That's it. And so that's kind of like the future of just trying to be open handed, knowing that the podcast definitely and clearly is is the right thing. That's kind of the only thing that I that I have. But maybe being a little bit more open handed about like, no, I don't have to create the perfect journey. Like, you know what?

Sherri: 36:59

Like, the season two idea, I mean, I'm not like tooting my own horn. It's a great idea. Phenomenal. I mean, I think it's going to be fantastic.

Tiffany: 37:06

Especially the episode I'm going to be in.

Sherri: 37:07

Yep. And I don't think I don't even think I don't even know what to call them anymore. Like, it's like like season two or whatever. It's called it's a project called Letters to Me. It's beautiful.

Sherri: 37:16

And it's anyway, but just being more open handed and being like, well, now let's sit down and have conversations. Let's see where God leads. Let's answer people's questions. And that's what the other episodes will be. It's like it's like there's topics people are throwing out there.

Sherri: 37:31

There's silly questions. There's great questions. There's there's some that I'm like, oh, heck, yeah. Let's talk about this. How do I live out my faith in my workplace when I, you know, x, y, or z?

Sherri: 37:39

Or how do I do this? Right. And then there's really tough ones that are like, do I have to? Right. But no, they're great.

Sherri: 37:43

And they're not like, I'm like, I'm not out there to like let me break this down in a way that no one has ever like, no, there are much smarter people out there. That that's not what God puts on on my heart. My heart is very much like, wow, like the theology of that is cool. I love reading about it. I love talking about it.

Sherri: 38:02

I love all that. Like, that is not who God's created me to be. It's very much like, oh, here's this comp like, nope. What where can our feet go? Because we can't just have things that live in our head.

Sherri: 38:11

They have to go I I feel like I say way too often. Like we have to let what God teaches us, what He shows us, what the Spirit reveals in us, the fruit that comes out of it has to go from our head to our hearts to our hands and our feet, or it is like it is meaningless. Right. It is meaningless. Like we were talking about in the last in part one or two of this.

Sherri: 38:31

It's were talking

Tiffany: 38:32

about 76.

Sherri: 38:33

Part 76. Welcome. Now, I can be one of those podcasters that's like episode three sixty seven. Like, how are they doing that? Anyway, looking at you, Joe Rogan.

Sherri: 38:42

So He's a bazillionaire. I don't even know. I don't I wasn't even like thinking about him. There's several people. It doesn't matter.

Sherri: 38:48

They're in like episodes of like the hundreds. They just put them out once a week. And I'm like, how do you guys pick topics? Like, those don't even go together. Like, how do you like, all these things.

Sherri: 38:56

I'm like stressed about it because I'm over here trying to over edit. Like, where's the shot? Where's the because it's like, I don't know. Somebody help me let go. But it's we were talking about how it was you were talking about somebody who felt like they weren't as far along in their faith journey.

Sherri: 39:11

I don't know enough. Don't do enough. I don't whatever. And that's the thing is like we've all known folks who maybe you haven't. I've known folks who just like they could quote, they could memorize scripture front to back, but

Tiffany: 39:21

they were mean as snakes. Regurgitation is not

Sherri: 39:24

the same as life change. It's not. It's not. So living it out, I don't believe we're called to be smarter. I think we're called to be more loving.

Sherri: 39:31

I think we're we're called to reflect who Jesus showed us to be and not just, like, show how much we know. Because it's right. It's like, there's that, like, phrase. It's like nobody cares what you know until they know that Yeah. You And but what if they never care what you know?

Sherri: 39:49

That's okay. Yeah. What if they never care about what you know, but you have that impression on them that you show like, that you've loved and that you've It's like like, we shouldn't just be waiting, like, sitting there waiting, like, say what we know. Like, okay. Right.

Sherri: 40:00

Like, wait, I'm waiting for you to be ready. Like, other than, like, can I share my, you know, my testimony, my story,

Tiffany: 40:05

what God's done? Or have some insight on this.

Sherri: 40:07

Yeah, absolutely. That's done in relationship, and that's done in community, and it's not done off of from a soapbox, and it's not done in an ugly comment, and it's not I going

Tiffany: 40:15

say it's not done in the comments of Instagram. Gosh.

Sherri: 40:18

Your husband must feel so emasculated being married to me. I literally got that comment on something recently. True story. It was some I can't even remember what video it was. Somebody was like, your husband must feel so emasculated being married to a woman like you.

Sherri: 40:31

And literally, at that moment, I'm getting text messages of him unboxing this giant black bear that he had shot. Like, I don't even like it's it's definitely. I'm just here defending that. How dare you, sir? My husband feels fine about sir.

Sherri: 40:47

Anyway, sorry. But it's like, no, it's like we're not winning hearts and comments sections beyond loving well and things like that. And so anyway, I don't even remember I don't even know where where she was. But sorry.

Tiffany: 40:58

I'm excited about what God has done and what He's going continue to do. And you've talked about your daughter being part of the kids podcast, and that's her dream and something that you're helping her to attain. But where do you, apart from the ministry part, which is one of those boundary blurry areas that can sometimes be, where

Sherri: 41:20

what kind what do you

Tiffany: 41:20

see for the future with your family?

Sherri: 41:22

Oh, so I if you follow me on if you follow me on Instagram, you'll see, like, all of these little, like, goofy like, if you follow like, I have a front facing page.

Tiffany: 41:33

You should absolutely follow her on Instagram. I'm at

Sherri: 41:36

thesheri, with an I, Richard, like the man's first name, not Richard. And I mean, it's spelled here behind our water Can you not see that? Can you not

Tiffany: 41:45

see it? But with underscores.

Sherri: 41:46

Yes. But all the and so it's you kind of see like our Oh. Bass is thumping, man.

Tiffany: 41:54

Yeah. We got

Sherri: 41:54

to go. You see how this goes. But like, it's you see some of our family's passions coming out. Yeah. And it is a lot of like homesteading stuff Yeah.

Sherri: 42:04

And things like that. So eventually, we will move out to kind of some properties and we'll property. And we will kind of build this. It's like so many people talk about like in you're gonna be able to hear that. Yeah.

Sherri: 42:16

And so many people talk about like, I want to retire, and I want to move, and I want to live all these dreams. And we kind of we've made some massive like life changes to go. We don't want to wait to live those dreams, and we feel so incredibly blessed to be able to do that. And so that, so much of our future is there. Like, I'm like, if I build a studio one day, it's gonna be an hour away.

Sherri: 42:32

Like Yeah. But I'm okay with that. And and, you know, you'll follow and you'll see them like learning to raise quail. Unless you live in my homeowners association, we there are no quail They are in my backyard. Quail.

Sherri: 42:42

And if you think there are, they're emotional security quail. Emotional support quail. Sorry. Is that what they're called? Okay.

Sherri: 42:47

Like, they have little little tiny vests running or if anybody makes quail vests, you can reach me at at the underscore Sherry Richard or whatever. Anyway, and so and so we really desire to do that. But let me tell you, like, the ultimate vision for our family. Mhmm. Less than eight years ago, we did an activity where it was like we were meant to like literally like draw our image of the future.

Sherri: 43:11

And it was really interesting because we drew almost identical pictures. Oh, wow. I mean, no about it all. And our kids were little when this happened. And they were it was an image of our adult children standing around like a table, like in a like in a a kitchen island was mine.

Sherri: 43:25

Mhmm. And it was our, like, our dream and our goal is to raise kids that actually want to spend time with us when they're adults. Yeah. And and and then there's there's, you know, see them become great men and women of God, like Right. All of those things.

Sherri: 43:37

Like, don't

Tiffany: 43:37

Good humans.

Sherri: 43:38

And and that's like, just throw that to the side.

Tiffany: 43:40

Oh, by God. Yeah. They have to live Jesus too.

Sherri: 43:42

We want to raise children who desire to be around us and to be around one another. Mhmm. And each other. There's only two of them. But that that basis Well, until they get married and have kids and And then yes.

Sherri: 43:56

Yes. That's a really great point.

Tiffany: 43:58

Like generational.

Sherri: 43:59

The slip was right.

Tiffany: 44:00

Yeah. So Generational.

Sherri: 44:02

And so in our and this is one of the books, the same team, it's marriage content. Like, that is the goal that we keep in mind in the small decisions. We don't do it well all the time. We don't do well most of the time. But that is the goal.

Sherri: 44:15

And that is the future that we desire. Yeah. And those two things, when you bring them together, I think draws an image of what the the future looks like. And you know what? That a lot of that wasn't possible in what I was doing before.

Sherri: 44:27

Right. I feel like God has opened an avenue for both Wes and myself to begin to facilitate that more and to facilitate that better in our lives. And actually, if you want to hear mine and Wes's story about faith like Steps of Faith in that way, it was season one episode 11. Okay. We did an episode on Steps of Faith.

Sherri: 44:48

So that's the future for our family as far as we can see it right now. So,

Tiffany: 44:52

yeah. And I think that that goes to what I said earlier, like God takes all of the things that you want, like your ministry, your family, your and he he he works them together in your own little puzzle. Yeah. Right? And says, look, I'm gonna put like, you and Wes had that dream when the kids were little.

Tiffany: 45:15

Yeah. And he was aware that the trajectory that you're on was not gonna accomplish that. And your marriage is important

Sherri: 45:21

to Yeah. You're That's incredible. I'm so deep. Put that to him.

Tiffany: 45:24

He's going, you know what, Sherry? You have a dream, and this is not serving that. And this dream is generational deep. Wow. And so let me

Sherri: 45:35

let Stewardship is a is the Yeah. The key words in our family is stewardship.

Tiffany: 45:39

Yeah. And so sometimes he just got he's just gotta, like, just turn the boat just a little bit. Just a little bit. Because he's like, this is where you're trying to get. This is where you're going.

Tiffany: 45:47

You can do similar things or almost the same. But if I turn you a little bit, it's going to

Sherri: 45:52

get you where you need to go.

Tiffany: 45:54

Because I care about the totality of you. I care about all of your heart's desires, not just the ones that benefit the kingdom, so to speak. Right? Because that we can very much compartmentalize that. Well, they do, but

Sherri: 46:07

it's not like the flashy like Yes.

Tiffany: 46:10

Yeah. Yeah. You know what I mean? So and and how about now that we're we're talking about God himself, the savior of the world, right, who so desires to have this deep personal relationship with you? Where do you see yourself growing in your relationship with him?

Tiffany: 46:28

Where do you see what now that you're out of these blurred moments where And it can be, I know this because I've done it too, where it's like you're studying to speak or studying to And it's like, yes, God, you're here. You're present. And I'm learning. And I'm growing. But now that you've been able to take a breath and sit in the seat at church with your family, like, what what excites you about growing in your relationship with God?

Sherri: 46:57

Yeah. And so think about, like, something that you really enjoy doing, and I don't know what it is. And like, I'm gonna make something up. You like

Tiffany: 47:11

I like sitting by the beach.

Sherri: 47:12

Okay. So it becomes you like sitting by the beach. I do. And then all of a sudden, it's like your career is a lifeguard. And so you're like, great.

Sherri: 47:20

This is a beautiful thing. This is a beautiful thing. I get to sit by the beach all the time, and I get to do all these things. Well, hey, within that, there are other components that come Mhmm. With being a lifeguard.

Sherri: 47:29

Mhmm. And like, you gotta swim out. And you gotta save people. And you gotta see difficult things. And Yeah.

Sherri: 47:34

Sometimes it's like you're, you know, it's like you're pouring things on jellyfish bite. I mean, like, whatever. Whatever. Jellyfish don't bite. Stings.

Sherri: 47:40

But like, there's so there's more to it and you go home exhausted whereas when you just sat on the beach, you went home refreshed and things like that. And so it's the same beach. It's the same sun. It's the same sand. It's the same view, but it's a it can be different.

Sherri: 47:52

It's a shifted. Yeah. Exactly. And sometimes that's what ministry can feel like in some ways. And all of the sudden, it goes from being it is still very personal, but it can feel like it goes from being very personal to constantly having to be something for someone else.

Sherri: 48:07

Yeah. And and so it's like relearning to be on the beach Yeah. Has been this season. And and relearning to sit in the beach and not like be scanning the waters. And learning to not have to scan the waters, learn how not to like constantly like flinch when something I can't tell you.

Sherri: 48:22

I'm I bet the music's getting too loud now, but I can't tell you how often I'm sitting in church and I see it like now with my family and I see a problem. It's like there's not a chair. Like somebody there's not another chair. And it's like everything in me wants to go and go, let me grab the chair, which sounds like a good thing. Like, yeah, grab a chair.

Sherri: 48:40

But like it's literally somebody standing there and it's their job and they're excited to do that, and they're excited to like live out that purpose in so many ways. And so that is somebody else's job, and it's learning to be okay with that. It's learning when you see a problem not to go grab the backboard and run out of the water. And of course, there's of course, like if there was a I'd pray with somebody. I'd do whatever the

Tiffany: 48:59

thing is. Sure. Sure.

Sherri: 49:01

It's not that. That's the asterisk. Like, those are givens. It is the asterisk. Right.

Sherri: 49:04

100%. Those are givens. It's learning to be, and it's learning to sit on the beach and appreciate the sunset. And you're not waiting for the sunset because it's time to clock out. Right.

Sherri: 49:13

And it's a it's very, very different. And so it's been a great transitional season of learning to appreciate the sunset again, and learning to appreciate watching my kids play in the sand, and learning to get out in the water, and just, you know, all the things

Tiffany: 49:27

Instead of saying, you go play in the sand because I have this thing to

Sherri: 49:30

I gotta go. Let mom talk. You know, like, yeah.

Tiffany: 49:32

But now I can sit and play in the sand with them. Exactly. I can experience life with them.

Sherri: 49:36

Yes. So it's it's different. Not that Of course, you can play with your kids when you know, don't Right. And so it's been a season of even submitting to other people's teaching and that sounds extreme, but like, no, just just taking and absorbing and listening to a sermon and and getting to get in the car after a church service with my husband and talk about it. Like actually riding home in the car together and things like that.

Sherri: 49:57

And so that's been the season and I think something I desire in this season is to listen faster

Tiffany: 50:03

Mhmm.

Sherri: 50:03

And not have to it's not even that I don't wanna be uncomfortable that is accurate, but it's learning to, it's learning to listen faster so it's not just discomfort that that allows me to hear from God to let me hear God in joy instead of in God only in pain. So Right. Love to sit by the beach, you know. It's yeah. Mhmm.

Sherri: 50:36

Exactly.

Tiffany: 50:36

So

Sherri: 50:36

yeah. Well, I'm excited for you.

Tiffany: 50:38

I'm excited for what God's doing, what he's done, what he's going to do. We know that the path will not be straight. Yeah. But we trust that that when you only see one set of footprints in the

Sherri: 50:51

sand, you know that God will be carrying you. I love my favorite is the inspirational poster. Like, it's the fake one where it's one set of footprints and there's just like a drag in the sand. And it's like, that's where I drug you dummy. Like, that literally just popped into

Tiffany: 51:08

my head and I could not not say it.

Sherri: 51:10

So Yeah.

Tiffany: 51:11

But seriously, I love you. I'm excited for you. Thank I'm excited to be next to you on this journey. I'm excited to be

Sherri: 51:18

Two sets of footprints. Kicking your I'm excited to be kicking your booty in the right direction. Oh, yeah. How many are doing? Do.

Tiffany: 51:26

But it's all good things.

Sherri: 51:28

All good thing. All good things. All good things.

Tiffany: 51:31

All good So hey, thanks for tuning in.

Sherri: 51:33

Yeah. Awesome music in the background.

Tiffany: 51:36

Yeah.

Sherri: 51:37

Thanks for listening to the everyday truths podcast. I hope that this episode was significant for you and that you could just see through my story that God is kind, the future is still unfolding, and it's okay if your dreams don't come with a blueprint. Mine certainly never have. And so whether you're stepping out of the season, you're trying something new, or you're just trying to remember or learn how to listen to God's voice, this is the right place for you as we go on this journey together. If you haven't already, make sure you're subscribed to the everyday truths podcast and that you like, share, and comment because it goes such a long way in helping others make their faith real and relevant too.

Sherri: 52:21

And so next week, we have another awesome episode for you. And so we'll see you then.