1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,480 Have you ever caught yourself thinking things like I'm not 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:07,520 enough, or maybe I'm too much or something must be wrong with me? 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,920 You know, these kinds of thoughts, they sneak into our 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,080 life so easily, don't they? We don't even notice them at 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:14,600 first. They kind of start out as 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,640 passing ideas, maybe from something that someone said or 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,880 something that didn't go the way that you hoped. 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,760 But before long, they start shaping how you see yourself, 9 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,040 how you show up, and even what you believe you're capable of. 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:29,960 And I know this because I've been there. 11 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,800 I believe lies like these not because I wanted to, but because 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,720 they blended in with the noise of life. 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,800 They sounded reasonable because there was evidence to support 14 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,240 them. People said so. 15 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,840 Circumstances said so. They were familiar. 16 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,160 And eventually those lies, or those things I believed about 17 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:50,240 myself wrapped me in exhaustion and in disappointment and in 18 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,360 moments where I just felt unseen and I didn't even know if I knew 19 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,720 myself anymore. And before I realized it, those 20 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,680 lies started to sound like truth. 21 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,720 But transformation, you know, it doesn't happen by trying harder 22 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,800 or just like pushing those thoughts away. 23 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,520 It happens when we stop and recognize the lie for what it is 24 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,400 and replace it with what God says is true. 25 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:18,120 You know, Romans 12/2 says be transformed by the renewing of 26 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,960 your mind. And that means the battle for 27 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:23,040 freedom isn't just in our circumstances. 28 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,720 It's not somewhere out there. It's happening right here in our 29 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,520 thoughts. So today we're going to talk 30 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,680 about how to recognize a lie when it shows up in our life, 31 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,840 how to name it for what it is, and then how to replace it with 32 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,000 truth that actually sets you free. 33 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,480 Hey, friend, welcome to the Free to Lead podcast, the place where 34 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,680 we go deep and uncover what's really holding us back from 35 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,120 walking confidently in our call and our identity in Christ. 36 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,760 I'm your host, Catherine May, a transformational life coach on a 37 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,080 mission to help growth minded, high achieving women just like 38 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,960 you to break free and lead from a place of peace, clarity and 39 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,840 freedom. I know what it's like to keep 40 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,160 striving, to keep showing up, to keep doing more, all while 41 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,360 wondering if it is ever going to feel like enough. 42 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,320 You're not alone in that. This is the space where we get 43 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,880 honest about those struggles, invite God into the mess, and 44 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,440 discover practical ways to live with more peace, joy and 45 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,320 purpose. Together, we'll tackle the lies, 46 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,480 the limiting beliefs, and the habits that keep you stuck so 47 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,640 that you can lead with true freedom and confidence in 48 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:28,920 Christ. So take a deep breath, settle 49 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:31,920 in, and let's dive into today's conversation. 50 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,280 Here's what I've learned about lies. 51 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:39,040 They don't usually show up as loud and bold obnoxious 52 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,160 statements. They sound more like subtle 53 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,280 undercurrents that maybe you've carried for years. 54 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,040 Lies whisper things to us like there's no way out. 55 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,040 I'm broken, something's wrong with me, or my voice doesn't 56 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,720 matter, or I'm not enough. One of the best ways to tell if 57 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,760 something's a lie is to look at the fruit it produces in your 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,840 life. Does it bring peace, hope. 59 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,960 Does it bring clarity? Or does it stir up fear, shame, 60 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,680 and confusion? Because God's voice always leads 61 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,200 us towards peace, even if He's correcting us. 62 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,560 The enemy's voice, on the other hand, leaves us feeling heavy, 63 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,560 stuck, and hopeless. So that old thought comes U Or 64 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,040 when you hear something over and over in your head again that you 65 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,280 just know is not life giving. I want you to do this ause and 66 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,000 say to yourself, wait a second, that doesn't sound like 67 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,040 something my father would say. And if you don't know what God 68 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,000 says about you, you cannot do this well. 69 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,040 So I would say go back if you don't know and start looking at 70 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,480 what God actually says about you. 71 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,440 What does your Father say about you? 72 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:45,800 And when you know what he says about you, you can identify the 73 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,920 lies a whole lot easier in your life. 74 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,560 So naming those lies like that instantly breaks the power of 75 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,600 the lie. You can't heal what you don't 76 00:03:54,600 --> 00:04:00,520 reveal, and it's very important to know the truth from the lie. 77 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,200 So then once we recognize the lie, once we know what's been 78 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,720 holding us back and what we keep saying to ourself over and over 79 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:12,120 again, that is just simply not life giving, not true, and it 80 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,000 isn't serving you well. It's time to replace it with the 81 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,360 truth and not just with positive thinking or affirmations, but 82 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,080 with the truth of God's Word. Now, I don't think there's 83 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,520 anything wrong with positive thinking or affirmations because 84 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,640 honestly, I think they're very important. 85 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,240 I don't even think that like the Bible tells us as a man thinks 86 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,600 in his heart, so is he. So positive thinking is a good 87 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,800 thing. You know, the new age and the 88 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,200 woo woo world and all this stuff, they have hijacked a lot 89 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:48,000 of what God has created for us and it's been very sad to see. 90 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,640 I know when I had a client recently tell me that she wasn't 91 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,600 going to do affirmations because she didn't think that they were 92 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,000 biblical, and I was really shocked by that because 93 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,480 affirmations are more than just like this Saturday Night Live 94 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,080 show where, you know, you hear the guy standing in front of the 95 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,400 mirror and he's like, you know, I'm, I don't remember. 96 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,400 I'm smart, I'm handsome, and everybody loves me something 97 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,720 like that. Anyways, that's not what 98 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,400 affirmations are really meant to be when they're going to be 99 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,560 transformative. Affirmations is looking at 100 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,320 what's true about you and speaking that over your life and 101 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,720 then also affirming who you are in a positive way. 102 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,120 Using the word of God is really important because believe it or 103 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,960 not, you are affirming one thing or another in your life. 104 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,320 Whether you're affirming that you can't, you're broken, you're 105 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,760 dumb, you're ugly, you can't, whatever The thing is like mine 106 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,840 was, I can't. So that's why that comes out so 107 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:40,360 easily. But you're affirming one way or 108 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,800 another, positive or negative. So when you're speaking anything 109 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,640 over your life over and over again, it's an affirmation, OK? 110 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,920 And and it can become an agreement as well. 111 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,280 So we, we won't get into agreements today. 112 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,000 We can talk about agreements another day. 113 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,360 But this is really important to know, to affirm yourself and to 114 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,400 think positively is good. But we have to do it coupled 115 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,720 with the truth of God's word. Because if we don't do it that 116 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,960 way, then yes, it's really not going to penetrate to the level 117 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:13,400 that we need it to penetrate to shift that alive from becoming 118 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,080 true to us to believing the truth. 119 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,920 And again, if you don't know what the Bible says about you, 120 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,520 you can't do this. So you do need to go look up 121 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,720 what the Bible says about you, even Google it. 122 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,840 But I would recommend just go to the word and read in Ephesians. 123 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:29,840 That's a great place to start. But there's lots of places in 124 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:35,560 the word that God affirms who we are as his sons, as his Co heirs 125 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,840 in Christ, right? We, we have so many beautiful 126 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:43,000 scriptures that we can pull from to replace the, the lies that we 127 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,280 believe about ourself with truth. 128 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,400 So here's a few examples straight from my own journal. 129 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,000 I went and pulled these because I did a class. 130 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,200 I was speaking to a group of ladies early in 2024 and I just 131 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,640 felt led to talk about the lies that we believe versus the, you 132 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,960 know, the truth of who we are in Christ. 133 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:02,680 And I had written a bunch of these lies down. 134 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,720 So I'm just going to go through a few of them with you to give 135 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,360 you an example of how this really works like IRL right now. 136 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,800 So here's the lie. There's no hope. 137 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,960 And right now, the world feels pretty hopeless and scary if 138 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,080 we're focused on all the negative things that are going 139 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,960 on out there. But remember, our God is bigger. 140 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,040 He is bigger than all of this. OK, That's one way to look at 141 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,200 it. It's to have a perspective of 142 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,440 God. He's not fretting. 143 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,040 He's not wringing his hands in heaven because there's crazy 144 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,440 things going on in the earth. There has been crazy things 145 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,560 going on in the earth since the beginning of time. 146 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,920 OK, so the lie that there's no hope, the truth is because of 147 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,400 Christ, I have hope in the future. 148 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,680 Where did I get that? Jeremiah 2911? 149 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,120 Because Jeremiah 2911 says, for I know the plans I have for you 150 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,240 declares the Lord plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 151 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,040 plans to give you hope and a future. 152 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,760 So when you feel like there's no hope or you keep telling 153 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,200 yourself there's no hope out of whatever situation you're in or 154 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,680 for the world or for a relational issue or whatever it 155 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,280 might be, there is hope because Christ gave you hope. 156 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,000 OK? Because of Christ, you have hope 157 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,520 in the future. So what about the lie that maybe 158 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,480 there's no way out? Like, I cannot see a way out of 159 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,400 this. It's really tough, right? 160 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,880 There's no way out. You might believe that lie, but 161 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:25,920 the truth is God is a waymaker. He lights my path even in the 162 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,080 dark. That is a really fantastic truth 163 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,200 to make sure that you know, And again, not only if you don't 164 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,240 know who you are in Christ, if you don't know what God says 165 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,320 about you, you can't believe it. But if you don't know who God is 166 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,120 and the character of God, and I'm not talking about just like, 167 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,480 yeah, Doug, Catherine, I know who God is. 168 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,040 Like, I read my Bible. I go to church. 169 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,000 But if you don't truly know the character of God, it's going to 170 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:54,720 be very hard for you to know that God is the waymaker and he 171 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,520 is all the other names that He is. 172 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,480 So I would really encourage you also to know who God is at a 173 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,400 deep and intimate level. More than just the name of God, 174 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,680 more than just a few things you've heard in church, but 175 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:08,640 really dive in deep to who God really is. 176 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,760 Who is he in every area of creation and of life because he 177 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,800 lights your path even when it's dark. 178 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,240 You may not know the way, but He does because he's the waymaker. 179 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,840 So there's a lie that I'm broken. 180 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,960 And I felt this like I really felt this way for a long time 181 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,320 that would never be put back together. 182 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,400 I was too far gone. But the truth is and was then, 183 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,120 but is still that I am whole. OK, that's the opposite of 184 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,920 broken. I am whole, complete and 185 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,680 beautifully restored in Christ. The word whole means lacking 186 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:45,200 nothing. So you may feel broken, you may 187 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,440 feel like damaged goods. I remember a woman who was going 188 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,640 through a divorce one time came to me at AI think we were at a 189 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,880 football practice for my son, who at the time was in middle 190 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,400 school, I think. And she had come up to me and 191 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,920 was just sharing her heart. And we we had kind of known each 192 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,240 other for a while. And people do this to me all the 193 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:05,280 time. They just come up to me and 194 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,440 start like pouring out their heart and I'm like, OK, thank 195 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,320 you for trusting me with us because you don't even know me. 196 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,000 I don't take that lightly. So I'm very thankful that people 197 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,360 do trust me with their deepest problems, pains and all those 198 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,160 things. But she was just sharing. 199 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,560 And I remember a statement that she made. 200 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,960 She just said, I'm, I'm just used up. 201 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,080 I'm damaged goods. And when I heard her say that, I 202 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,680 I remember going home and journaling about it because I 203 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,800 felt that when she said it, I believe that about myself as 204 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,960 well. And even though I encouraged her 205 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,800 in that moment and said, no, like that's not true. 206 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,000 But I went home and felt like, yeah, I felt like damaged goods. 207 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,440 I felt like I was so broken. I was so used up. 208 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:48,240 I was so tattered and torn. And you may feel this way too, 209 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,160 but feelings, I'm going to tell you right now, feelings are 210 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,800 fickle. Feelings will lead you in all 211 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,280 kind of directions that you were never meant to be in. 212 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:59,080 So don't listen to your feelings. 213 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,560 Even though we need to feel our feelings so that we can deal 214 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:05,560 with them and then heal, we don't need to ignore them. 215 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:10,120 I just mean, don't allow them to rule and run your life. 216 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,800 So even though you may feel this way, it's not true, OK? 217 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,200 Because what's true is that you are whole, complete and 218 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,640 beautifully restored in Christ. You are not damaged goods, a 219 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,240 restored item. Like think about restoration 220 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,280 hardware, restoration furniture, right? 221 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,080 Anything like that. It is a, a beautiful picture of 222 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,560 something that's been, you know, broken and is old and worn out 223 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,320 being made new. And we are that in Christ. 224 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:39,040 OK, so there's another lie that my voice doesn't matter or what 225 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:43,120 I have to say doesn't matter. But the truth is, your voice 226 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,800 does matter because the power of life and death are in your 227 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,680 tongue, tongue. And God has trusted you to speak 228 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:52,440 life. So if you have the ability to 229 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,760 speak at all, then your voice matters. 230 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,400 It matters in the relationships you have with your spouse or 231 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,760 your children. It matters in your friendships. 232 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,440 It matters for the Kingdom. It matters for you because the 233 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,080 power of life and death are in the tongue. 234 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,360 So when you start to feel like your voice doesn't matter, that 235 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,600 is a lie literally from the pit of hell to keep you shut up. 236 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,440 So if you believe that your voice doesn't matter, you're not 237 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,320 going to life. You're just going to be flippant 238 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,440 with your words. You're going to say whatever, 239 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,920 whenever. And really, honestly, if we ever 240 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,320 understood the power of our words and what they can do to 241 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,040 bring life or death, we would be a lot more careful to choose our 242 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,280 words and to probably say a lot less of them, to be honest. 243 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,360 But the truth is your voice does matter because you have the 244 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,120 power of life and death. And God trusted you to speak 245 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,240 life. So speak life. 246 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,760 So you see, truth isn't just something that we know, it's 247 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,160 something we have to speak. And when you speak truth out 248 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,240 loud, you're aligning your thoughts with God's thoughts for 249 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,560 you. You're saying that I refuse to 250 00:12:57,560 --> 00:12:59,920 agree with anything that doesn't sound like my father. 251 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:04,160 I refuse to agree with anything that is not true. 252 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,680 And I know that Philippians tells us to think on things that 253 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:11,800 are lovely, of good report and pure and holy and honorable and 254 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,640 all of that. We are also to speak on those 255 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,720 things. We're supposed to be speaking to 256 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,440 one another about positive things. 257 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,960 Prime example this morning of what not to do. 258 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,960 I had a conversation with someone briefly and I was saying 259 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,320 something about how much I love roller coasters and how fun it's 260 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:30,560 going to be to do roller coaster. 261 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:32,400 And we were talking about roller coasters, whatever. 262 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:36,480 And this person decided it was a great idea to just say, Oh, 263 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,560 yeah, and did you hear about the guy in Georgia that la, la, la, 264 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:42,080 la, la. And he started going on and on 265 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,200 about some terrible accident that hurt, well, actually killed 266 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,520 somebody. And I was like, seriously. 267 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,720 Like, we don't even realize. We just naturally speak the most 268 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,720 negative thing that we've heard recently. 269 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,480 So that's why I don't watch the news and I can't even like get 270 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,800 on my social media account where I'm like, my local news is on 271 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,680 unless it's a severe weather day. 272 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,520 It drives me nuts because it will tell me things that I 273 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,720 didn't want to know about. And then what's my first inkling 274 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,120 to do? Go around and tell everybody 275 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,080 else, Did you hear? Can you believe? 276 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,120 And it's like, no, Catherine, like we're not going to do that. 277 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,080 And I know it's a natural thing for us to want to do. 278 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,600 So this is not always easy to be careful and be mindful not to 279 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,920 just say, oh, you know, here's your mountaintop moment friend, 280 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,600 but I'm going to tell you what somebody got hurt or did this 281 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,880 thing or whatever. It's just bringing fear in 282 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,120 people's life. It's and speaking negative and 283 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,520 speaking death, right? Speaking death. 284 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,160 So let's speak truth. We're supposed to be speaking 285 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,680 positively and lovingly towards each other. 286 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,480 And if we can't do that, then we just need to zip it, right? 287 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,080 Like just be quiet. So I want you to try this. 288 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,800 If you have a minute you're not driving, grab your journal and 289 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,720 just draw 2 columns, OK? Or make make a little list and 290 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,520 start by writing the lies that you believed on one side and 291 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,280 just go through the the gamut of what comes up in your brain and 292 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,000 ask the Holy Spirit, what am I believing Lord, that's not true. 293 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,600 And would you reveal that to me? And then on the other side of 294 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,480 the paper, I want you to write truths that replace them. 295 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,960 And then you're going to find the truth to combat that lie. 296 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,160 So those few examples I just gave you was exactly what I did. 297 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,640 I took the lie that there's no hope, there's no way out. 298 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,200 I'm broke in my voice doesn't matter. 299 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,880 And I mean, I have so many more, but I took those lies and I 300 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,760 replaced them with truth because I went and searched out. 301 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,800 Sometimes I, I had to go to the Scripture specifically, but 302 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,560 other times, most times, to be honest, I just sat and was quiet 303 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,600 with the Lord because believe it or not, you can hear from God if 304 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,760 you'd be quiet and listen. And I just said, Lord, what do 305 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,160 you have to say about this? I believe that here's the lie. 306 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,240 And I would say, but what do you say? 307 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,560 Or sometimes I would have to take this to him and say so and 308 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,280 so says this about me, God, but what do you say? 309 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,880 And I would just listen for what he had to say and write that 310 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,200 down. And I would just go back to that 311 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,120 when those lies would creep back in, I'm like, you know, I'm not 312 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,720 enough or I'm dumb or I can't or whatever would come up when 313 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,040 those lies crept back in, I would be able to go back and 314 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,120 read the truth that I believe about the lie that I've been 315 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,600 telling myself. And when I first started this 316 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,920 practice, I didn't just put it in my journal and pretend I was 317 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,480 ever going to open it back up to go to that page again. 318 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,160 No, I didn't leave it to chance like that. 319 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,640 I was so serious that I was going to break out from the 320 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,800 self-imposed prison camp in my mind that held me in captivity 321 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,800 to the lies I believed that I took sticky notes and little 3 322 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,360 by 5 index cards. I just did the weirdest stuff 323 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,280 and I wrote the truth and the lies on those things. 324 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,000 And I would put them everywhere. I could see them on the 325 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,520 dashboard of my car. I would put them on my mirrors. 326 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,240 I would put them on my desk in my office. 327 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:44,800 I would have them inside of books. 328 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,640 I would have them just everywhere so that I could go to 329 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,280 them and see them often because I really needed the 330 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,840 reprogramming. And if you think for one second 331 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,200 that if you just write it down one time and then you never 332 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,920 revisit it again, it's going to to suddenly change your life, 333 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,200 then I'm sorry, you're sadly mistaken. 334 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,160 So make sure that you do go back or find a way to put those in 335 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:08,400 front of your face daily, OK? Declare them over your lifeout 336 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,040 loud. You're going to start to notice 337 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,240 your mind shifting. You're going to start to notice 338 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,760 some peace returning. Little by little. 339 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,160 It's going to happen. OK. 340 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,880 And then the last step is learning to live from truth, not 341 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,079 just knowing it in your head, but letting it shape the way 342 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:28,240 that you move through your day, letting it actually sink into 343 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,160 your soul and become part of who you are. 344 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,800 Living from truth doesn't mean that you're never going to 345 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,480 struggle with doubt again. It doesn't mean you're ever 346 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,360 never going to say something you know, terrible to yourself or 347 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:42,960 believe something someone says. It means that even though those 348 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,040 thoughts come, you have something stronger to stand on. 349 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,680 And it sounds like this. I feel inadequate, but I know 350 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,440 I'm equipped. And that's like mine. 351 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,560 OK? That's literally mine. 352 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,680 Every day I feel so inadequate. But I know I'm equipped because 353 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,600 he called me. And he equips those he calls. 354 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,960 OK, It sounds like this. I feel unseen. 355 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,360 Nobody notices me, but I know I'm chosen. 356 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,040 And it also sounds like this. I feel like I've failed, but I 357 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,160 know His grace covers me. Another way that I've viewed 358 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,400 failure is I haven't failed. I've just learned what not to do 359 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,640 or how not to do something. Because failure has been such a 360 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,840 problem for me in my life that I would just get caught up on this 361 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,560 idea that I thought I was going to do something a certain way or 362 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:27,960 life was going to turn out a certain way. 363 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,760 And when it didn't, I would just be so down because I felt like I 364 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,120 failed. And the Lord was like, I'm going 365 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:35,520 to reframe your I failed thought. 366 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,280 And he started working with me. We don't have time to go into 367 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,360 all of that today, but it was really powerful. 368 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,440 And if you are struggling with failure and feeling like a 369 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,400 failure and maybe looking back at seeing your life and going, 370 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,040 wow, there's been a string of failures. 371 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,960 Hey, you know what? More power to you, sister? 372 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,960 Because that means you have learned a lot and you've done a 373 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,560 lot. And that means you're bold and 374 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,520 you're out there trying something in order to even allow 375 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,320 yourself to fail. But I would encourage you to 376 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,680 take those things to the Lord if they're really like wrecking 377 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,360 your life, right? If they're really holding you 378 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:11,040 back from trying a new thing that, you know, God's called you 379 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,720 to do, but you're afraid of failing because you don't know 380 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,240 how. You don't, you know, know how 381 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,840 where the resources are going to come from, or maybe I've done 382 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,560 this before and it didn't work, Something like that. 383 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,160 You know, his grace is sufficient and he's going to 384 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,400 walk you through it. But take all those fears of 385 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,520 failure to the Lord and say, OK, I feel like I've failed, but I 386 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,120 know that your grace covers me because you work all things out 387 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,560 for the good of those who are called according to Your will, 388 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,840 right and His glory. So He works it out for your good 389 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,040 and His glory one way or the other. 390 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,680 You may not see it right now. Hindsight is 2020. 391 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,120 When we look back, we can go, oh, that makes sense. 392 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:49,960 Now you don't have to wait until you feel confident to walk in 393 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,560 confidence. Let me just tell you that right 394 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,880 now, I am not confident probably 100% of the time, but I walk in 395 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,480 confidence. Confidence grows when you 396 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:02,280 consistently choose to believe what God says about you, even 397 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,040 when your emotions haven't caught up yet. 398 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,080 And that is really why I am confident. 399 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,240 When I say I don't feel confident, I don't feel 400 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,480 confident. But I am confident because I 401 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,640 know who lives in me, because I know who's leading my life, 402 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,960 because I've surrendered and consecrated myself and my life 403 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,440 and my future to God. So I'm confident in that. 404 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,160 So the most important thing that you can believe about yourself 405 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,440 is what God says is true. His truth fills in all the gaps, 406 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,680 every place that feels like it's not enough, every wound that 407 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,600 keeps coming up and whispering a lie to you, every lie that says 408 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,240 you're disqualified, He fills it all with His presence. 409 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,120 And that's where real freedom begins. 410 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:46,840 So when you're trying to fill that God shaped hole in your 411 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,280 heart with anything other than His presence, it will always 412 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,320 leave you wanting. It will always leave you feeling 413 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,200 like there's just something missing because there is. 414 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,760 So fill that God shaped hole with his presence. 415 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,640 Make time to go to Him about what is it that's going on 416 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,760 inside of me. Like, Lord, this is what I said 417 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,280 to him one day years ago. It's time to clean out the 418 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,160 closet. It's time to declutter my house. 419 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,040 Lord, help me because it is just so full. 420 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,960 It's about to explode and I feel like a hoarder's house is inside 421 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,480 of me. So I'm going to need you and 422 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,200 that's just how I talked to the Lord and he said, OK, we're 423 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,400 going to let's do this, right? I mean, he just went with me on 424 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,440 the journey and it was so fantastic. 425 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,120 At times it was very difficult and it was never overwhelming 426 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,400 because God does not throw everything at us all at one 427 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,120 time. He doesn't reveal everything to 428 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,760 us at once because he knows our limitations. 429 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,440 He knows our humanity. He knows what's too much and 430 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,200 what we can handle and what we can't. 431 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,080 So don't be afraid that maybe he'll overwhelm you. 432 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:54,160 God is patient with, he is so kind and he's a gentleman. 433 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,120 He's never going to overstep. He's going to walk with you the 434 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,520 whole way. That's why I love the verse 435 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,720 where Jesus says in Matthew, he says, come to me, all who are 436 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,680 heavy laden and I will give you rest for my yoke is easy and my 437 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,680 burden is light. So yoking to something is 438 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,680 standing next to them. You're you're taking the load on 439 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,040 with Jesus. So it's not like you're not 440 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,160 doing anything. You're just partnering with him 441 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,600 and he's walking with you hand in hand. 442 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,760 And when you're too weak to go on and when you're too tired to 443 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,840 go on, he stops and he waits with you. 444 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,720 He renews your strength. And I love the verse in the 445 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:36,200 Bible when I feel so, so depleted and just beat up that 446 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,880 says those. I think it's in Isaiah. 447 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,400 It says those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. 448 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,880 They will mount up on wings like eagles. 449 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,120 They will run and not grow weary. 450 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,520 They will walk and not grow faint. 451 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,600 I just ate that verse every day for like a year and a half 452 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,000 because I felt so weary. But I also knew it was time to 453 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,240 wait. You know, it was just time to be 454 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,720 with the Lord and says those that wait upon the Lord. 455 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:06,680 But it's really meaning resting in him, being with him, allowing 456 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:11,400 him in and allowing him to do the things that is necessary for 457 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,840 your strengthening. There's so many times in the 458 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,960 Bible where he has sent angels to minister healing to people 459 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,560 that were just at the end of the rope and felt like it was 460 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,680 overwhelming and they couldn't go on any further. 461 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:28,440 So God's not a taskmaster. He's not saying like, yeah, like 462 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,880 with a whip in his hand. He's he's just waiting. 463 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:32,760 He'll wait. He's not going to leave you. 464 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,280 He's not going to get frustrated at you. 465 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,080 He's not going to say, well, you know, I'll be over here until 466 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,960 you figure it out. No, he's going to sit with you 467 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,600 and he's going to wait and he's going to listen to your whining. 468 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,360 He's going to hold you when you cry. 469 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:46,760 He's going to, you know, kind of roll his eyes, probably. 470 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,360 I, I imagine when you know, you're saying terrible things 471 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:52,720 about yourself that aren't true, but he's also going to be 472 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,680 reminding you the whole time of who you are and empowering you 473 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,960 and equipping you and encouraging you. 474 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,560 And so that's really, really important to remember when 475 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,720 you're believing that you can't do a thing or you're too much or 476 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,480 you're not enough. And if you don't even know that 477 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,400 those lies are running your life, you can't deal with them. 478 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,800 So it's very important to sit with him for a while and ask 479 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,160 him, what are some lies that I'm believing? 480 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,120 What are the limiting beliefs that I have? 481 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,000 So even like I can't, I can't is a limiting belief. 482 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,200 So if you find a limiting belief coming up in your time with the 483 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,080 Lord, one of the ways to overcome a limiting belief is 484 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,000 again, just asking him, OK, well, what's true and how do I 485 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:40,080 scan my life for evidence to support this truth versus what 486 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,800 I'm believing to be true? So for instance, for me, the lie 487 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,680 or the limiting belief that I had, which is really a limiting 488 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,320 belief, is that I can't, I would say it all the time. 489 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,480 I would feel immediately I can't do something when I was faced 490 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,680 with having to overcome some kind of challenge of some sort 491 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,920 or an obstacle or learning anything. 492 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,520 I would just say it often. And I remember when the Lord 493 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,280 took me on the journey of breaking free from that limiting 494 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,280 belief. The one thing that I did many 495 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,720 things, but the one thing that I did that was the most helpful 496 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,720 and beneficial for me and I teach this in my course, the 497 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,680 Biblical body plan about mind renewal for emotional eating. 498 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,480 But whenever I talked about the phrase or belief, I can't to the 499 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:26,760 Lord, he started to teach me to go back into my past, which I 500 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,920 don't like to live in the past. I don't really think that's 501 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,360 important. But we can learn from the past. 502 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,880 And he said, go back into your past and look for evidence to 503 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,240 support why you can. And I began to start to think a 504 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,320 new thought. And the thought was I can do 505 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,400 hard things. So instead of I can't, I can do 506 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,520 hard things when anything came up that was challenging, like 507 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,600 I'm not sure I can do this. Instead of saying I can't, I 508 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,440 just would say I can do hard things because I've done hard 509 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,480 things before, because I could go back and, and scan my life 510 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,120 for evidence to support that I've done it before. 511 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,400 I've done hard things before, may not have done this thing 512 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,600 before, but I've done hard things and I can do hard things. 513 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,920 So if I've done that before, I can do it again. 514 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,720 And I also know that all those hard things that I've overcome 515 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,000 in my life or have done in my life weren't done alone. 516 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,720 Well, the Lord was with me the whole time then, He'll be with 517 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,040 me now. So it was just a beautiful way 518 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,640 for me to break out of that limiting belief that would cause 519 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:24,120 me to waste a lot of time feeling inadequate or fearing 520 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,560 that I wouldn't be able to do a thing. 521 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,400 O friend, what lie have you been believing? 522 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,480 Maybe it's I'll never change, or maybe it's God could never use 523 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,960 someone like me. Or maybe it's I have to hold all 524 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,920 this together. Oh, that's a big one. 525 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,920 Whatever it is, you don't have to carry it anymore. 526 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,120 God's truth is big enough to rewrite every story that the 527 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:48,040 enemy has tried to tell you. If you're ready to go deeper to 528 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,880 uncover the patterns that keep you stuck and start renewing 529 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,720 your mind from the inside out, I'd love to invite you to book a 530 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,840 breakthrough session with me. And this is a one-on-one space 531 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,480 where we identify the lies and replace them with truth. 532 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,360 And then we build a plan that helps you walk in lasting peace, 533 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,880 clarity and confidence. You can book your session and 534 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,360 find and other resources at my website at catherinemay.com. 535 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,080 The link is also in the show notes for you to just go ahead 536 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,280 and click there real easily. But listen, take a deep breath 537 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,200 today. You're not what the lies say you 538 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,480 are. You are who God says you are. 539 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:23,200 You are whole, you are loved and you are free because it is for 540 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,880 freedom that Christ set us free. Until next time, keep walking in 541 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:27,840 truth my friend.