 Hey, y'all welcome back to conversations with Carrie. How you doing, you know, this time I hadn't waited as long to talk to y'all and I got some goodness for you And can we also say that I am on the road to know Invisalign all I'll have to wear at night. It's my It's my retainer and if you saw my previous videos, you already know that me in the business line is a thing But I'm really proud of the progress. Okay. Anyway, I wanted to share what I Actually recently wrote about on my blog Carrie Lee calm as you know, I like to write and do my videos But listen if this is kind of like a book review at the same time I've been reading Jackie Hill Perry upon waking and it's a 60-day devotional and Like I'm a devotional fan. It helps me have like structure to my day and my time with the Lord And she says this devotional up so that she makes it clear that this should not be your only Bible moment Like this is just merely an appetizer and after you read it The goal is hopefully you have the hunger to dive more into your word to learn more about what Jesus said and to really like Research whatever she's talking about But this is one of those moments when I was reading this and I was like, oh, that just smacked me in my head like she Is like the Holy Spirit was like, this is what I want you to take from this And I was like, oh, I got to share this with y'all. So on day 40, the scripture that she uses as the foundation is Psalms 106 verses 12 to 14 and this says then they believed his words They sang his praise, but they soon forgot his words They did not wait for his counsel But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness and put God to the test in the desert So what she talks about here is like how Israel just really complained the hungrier They got when they were into within the wilderness They began to grumble and complain quite a bit and how quickly they forgot about like what a God had done and She talks about like just how they were identifying the problem and praising it repeatedly By its name and I'm just like she's so poetic in this but the same time she keeps it very real I don't know. It's great how she sets it up But what she was talking about is that they were so hungry that they forgot how bad slavery in Egypt was They felt like well shoot. I'm so hungry at least back in Egypt I had my leaks and I had my garlic and I had my bread or whatever it was and She actually says a couple phrases here that I was like, oh, like I've been there So I'm gonna give you the phrase and then tell you what I'm talking about So she says The body will provoke us into missing a place We weren't even happy in because again, we're so hungry the body will make us seem like we love this place even though we really didn't and then it says the hunger within changed the way they thought about their previous condition and Whatever I thought I was just like oh, I could just close this now and go on by my business because this is what I'm talking to my single ladies and single man y'all too, but there have been times in my single season that I Got so hungry for affection I got so hungry for wanting Attention wanting to go out on a date and just wanting to be wanted that I let that hunger for what I desired Make me forget Wow single It made me forget what I walked away from in that relationship with the help of the Lord It made me forget what all my ex exes Provided that I was just so busy because I'm so hungry. I glorify what I thought they provided I mean listen, there's been times and I've been thinking like oh I could go for No going out on a date or something and I'm thinking about calling up sus and such I ain't gonna put nobody on blast y'all I ain't messy like that. But anyway, um call up sus and such so that I can you know feel desired At least he'll take me out or I'll get a free meal if you ain't never been there before bless you But I've been there where I'm like I'll go out with you just to get a free meal But that's not me anymore. Thank the Lord But there are times where I've been so hungry for what I thought I was missing in my single season that I would make the text I would make the phone call. I would answer the phone call just to have that person around again Only afterwards to feel like well, what was the point of that and I'm talking about I'll make the text And make the late night text if you know what I mean And it's like afterwards. I I've never felt like oh, I'm so glad I did that. That was so rewarding No, my hunger straight deceived me my my desire because y'all body and our feelings are real However, they are very deceptive if they do not come under submission of the holy spirit and just like the Israelites They were so busy glorifying what was in slavery forgetting that you were being beat and having to make bricks and working all day You forgetting all that just because you you miss the garlic and you miss the leaks and the things different things You were eating and now you're in a wilderness having to live off the land And I'm like, I don't want to be that person in my single season. I do not want to be the oh, man I miss I miss the way he used to talk to me. I miss all the hand-holding moments No, but do you miss the heartbreak? Do you miss the lies? Do you miss the miscommunication or the lack of communication that have you wondering does he like me or does he not like me? No, boo, I don't miss none of that because let me tell you when I be sleeping in my bed Y'all be like laid out completely in my bed because that it's it's just me I ain't sleeping with no worries I ain't got no worries about Somebody not answering my phone call or whatever it might be the things that I worried about in my single season And I cannot be so deceived by what I think I'm missing that I go back to that No, honey, I enjoyed my peace and my contentment way too much for that But what I'm saying is that we can't be deceived by our hunger We can't be deceived by what our body is craving and thinking that the previous stuff Was better than what we have right now the blessing and the deliverance that the lord I'll speak for myself what the lord brought me out of I'm not going back to that Just because I want my booty rubbed Just keeping it all the way real I'm not going back to that But I think about how israel and we're so much like the children of israel when I read that story I see myself. I see myself being deceived by what I think I'm missing and not seeing the miraculous work of the lord because don't forget they had just came from a Red sea moment the lord had just parted the red sea And I don't want to go back to the moment when the lord has freed my heart at the chains that came with pornication And lies and everything else. I don't want to put those chains back on So I want to encourage you that you don't have to do the same either because as we move forward We can we can always remember what the lord has done for us And yes, we may get hungry at times But submit that hunger and deny our flesh under the power of the holy spirit And he will guide and direct your path So you don't hunger the things of the past But instead you look forward for the plans and the future and the hope that the lord has for you Because that x he he's doing something different But jesus honey, he's the same yesterday today and forevermore and that's what i'm going to hang my hat on I'm coming on here to encourage you that you do not have to go back to what you thought was better The lord has better plans for you up ahead if you would just stay the course don't grow weary and well doing Okay, I promise the lord has something for you because that's what he promises in his word So y'all again, thank you so much for tuning in. I hope to talk to you again soon Take care