Thank you all for listening! I hope you enjoyed and maybe even found some tidbits of your own that you can take away (or some timbits - the Canadian donut - idk).

To my future self, here are some quick reminders:

- Focus on friendship- being a faithful, loving and encouraging friend

- You’re now at a place of awareness which is a great step to growth but don’t forget where you want to be- at a place of being a loving, encouraging and kind friend to all of the young men in your life.

- Your desire (of emotional, spiritual and sexual intimacy within the covenant of marriage) should not trump your love for people. Love as God loved.

- Controlling and managing the fire of this desire is not meant to be done on your own- trust that God will help you and guide you.

- It’s easy to love people when it’s convenient or beneficial for you, but it’s hard to sacrifice you desires in order to love someone else the best you can. Meaning you may have to sacrifice the crush you have on someone if it means you can love them better by viewing them as a brother in Christ. That you way you respect and honor them as the young man they’re created to be rather than the young man you want, hope or expect them to be for you.

Grace and peace to you all! I love you! :)

Thank you all for listening! I hope this inspires you all to give yourself and others the grace to grow.

To my future self: remember that you are not required to be perfect, nor can you be.

It’s through your weakness, your imperfection that God’s perfection is shown and glorified. Choose today to give yourself the grace to grow in Christ.

South Side Rabbi Podcast (ft. Ruslan)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FRlcBn7b7qgMtTjQkTnFo?si=6F-WngAKScKSJrAbp_8v7Q&dl_branch=1

Ka’Mari’s Place Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4SA2GoVARK8DHqFtIkzXcp?si=W0msSZwvTqGzrnAucigFfg&dl_branch=1

True Freedom Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/6kcspQKM4uHvGY2gDukzHb?si=3VfW0KGhRUSd2GUMZhqCiw&dl_branch=1

I hope you enjoy this podcast update! I’ve been gone for a month- can you believe it?! Crazy innit? Whelp I’m back and I’m sharing some exciting news!

Ka’maris podcast (the reference about books/pages) https://open.spotify.com/episode/4SA2GoVARK8DHqFtIkzXcp?si=P30Y4xQYQ7OoCatSNGbksg&dl_branch=1

Isn’t God such a great teacher? I’m a learner and I’m just sharing what I’ve been learning. Hope you enjoy!

My favorite song right now: https://open.spotify.com/track/3tQHbcDuZC0Zy323aODWPI?si=08argUOCQcyFUkYBgd4iHw&dl_branch=1

I actually recorded this a while ago but never uploaded it so here you go. I was just talking one day. I was tired so if it doesn’t make sense, oh well. The book that I mentioned is titled Hearing God by Nathan Finnocio!

Why iii Love the Moon by Phony Ppl (on Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/track/2x5Frs6ts14U4MSLrQQlXg?si=avvqSlR6R_2914qx-ZfsdA

Ali by Mustafa (on Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/track/4TQYdFRCYW7QH0vwmYYt97?si=5KSfsZd2SimSIa39HKLveA

Ali by Mustafa (lyrics) https://www.google.com/amp/s/genius.com/amp/Mustafa-ali-lyrics

Ali by Mustafa (lyric meaning) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/mustafa-the-poet-new-single-ali-b1825497.html%3famp

Picture of Ali as a kid https://www.deezer.com/us/track/1268686332

News story on Ali https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3962883

What About Heaven? by Mustafa (this song is really good too) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqe9hCBfnn4

Wikipedia on Ghetto https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto

About Nazareth (the hood of Jesus’ day) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/listen-what-do-we-know-about-nazareth-in-jesus-time-an-archaeologist-explains/amp/

Join me and the Holy Spirit as we embark on a journey discovering and discussing God’s loving kindness.

Check out this song

https://open.spotify.com/track/1TP5qfz8EGeJqV7WutuKC6?si=1cWUQj8cT7K6BDf1U-700A

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One thing about me is...I consciously and unconsciously mirror the people around me. I think we all do to some degree. Listen for more of my thoughts on it! Here are some great songs that go along with what I mentioned! Arrow by Half Alive — https://open.spotify.com/track/6HGDxEtcoUsztb2xeVOXTP?si=QJ2Xf45cT8Sow-W3owB_Dg

Like You by Aaron Cole — https://open.spotify.com/track/0EOIXfewSRoiO4lqwhAHrA?si=cReUkNyYSyaXAV4Bokyrhg

Join me for this experience of fleshing through the random things forming in my mind! It’s a little bit hard to follow I feel at times, but trust me, trust me it gets better (kinda).

Peace, Be Still, Let Go: what God spoke to me then, and what He’s speaking to me now