Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign.
Hey, welcome, everyone, to Jonathan's Leftovers. This is a bonus segment from the main podcast of the Jonathan Project podcast show, where this week we're talking about resiliency. And so we're going to give you a little bit of extra what we couldn't put onto the main show. We called it Jonathan's Leftovers. This is kind of a fun short segment. Segment. Give you some practical advice. So, Jason, why don't you give us what you got?
[00:00:36] Speaker B: Yeah, because as the audience may not realize is I threw out the Jonathan's Project or the leftovers and Kobe's like, I didn't know we were doing that. So it's on you. So in the previous episode, what people didn't see was as we're sitting here and we're talking about resilience in a much lighter sense, the coffee pot exploded next to me. And that's. We relate. But as typical for this Jake, you will appreciate it. There's always some technical issue, and today it's just a coffee pot.
[00:01:05] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah.
[00:01:06] Speaker B: Or the 14,000 restarts.
But so you, you know. And of course, Colby highlighted the devotional. I want to say that a buddy of mine, Levi, is actually, he hit me up and said, hey, I'm on this day, and it's really good. So thank you, Levi, for reading it. But, Jake, you talked about when it comes to resiliency, you had family, friends, you know, in your faith, all the things that came together to strengthen your faith, like 550 cord. And being a good NCO, we're very familiar with 550 cord because, you know, they made it. They made us tile of our stuff with 550 cord. Back in the day, you're like got tied on you. And I had a couple of comical stories. But I remember we were going through training and we had a foreigner come in. He was training with us, but one time he got up and we were all dead tired on patrolling phase, and he got up and walked off, and the. The. The saw was tied to him, and he. It didn't even phase him, but he plowed the ground with that muzzle. Right?
And it's tough. 550 cord's tough. And so I thought about that. But I also, you know, what made me really think is, is we learn the most from our mistakes. Right? And you've got to have that. Like, I think it's why it's so important to surround yourself with godly friends and do, you know, stay in the word daily. And you do you put it together 550 cord is not breaking.
I don't, I don't know what breaks it. £550 maybe. I think it'll hold up more.
So no kidding. I had some gear back in the day and I had a knot at the end of my 550. It was just a little, not to keep it from fraying, right. But we were getting out of a Blackhawk for training and yours truly was getting out of that Blackhawk like a full grown man. Like with all, you know, 200 pounds of American Alabama heat going at it, right? And that 550 cord slipped in between the, the little seats in there. And let me tell you, it was like a cartoon. Like I went right back into that helicopter boom, right? You know, fell down. I was like, ah, that's embarrassing. And I couldn't, you're surely couldn't fight. You know, it anchored me, which was where the biblical tie in was besides this comedy that someone's listening to as they're driving in, but it's that anchoring in. And I love how you put that. We're going to go through hard times. You definitely have to, you definitely have to anchor yourself back in the faith. And you know, I thought about where Jesus, you know, when he's preparing his disciples and you said some things he says very plainly, for whoever will seek to save his life shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. When you talk about the difference in counseling, the world will tell you, this is it. This is all there is.
And you need to get all you can while you can, and you need to, you know, live for, for pleasure, get the most out of it. Is it all. But Jesus is that right there, you know, about losing your life for him. Like, get your second. And, you know, you think about it. Jesus says, I'm the way, the truth and the life. And he also says to take up our cross daily. Right.
You, in your previous segment, you know, you talked a lot about that. It made me stop and think about that. The secret to life isn't getting everything I want and feeling good all the time.
But it was just like you talked about in your healing, about serving others and moving forward like that, like being that hands and feet of Jesus.
I thought that was really, really good.
[00:04:52] Speaker C: Yeah, no, absolutely. If I could share one thing really hit home was if, if everything in this life is, is what we're, you know, trying to achieve, fame, fortune, influence, then why do all these people that have achieved everything that this world supposedly has to offer, why are they empty why are they dying of drug overdoses? Why are they constantly searching? Is it because God maybe has written eternity on our hearts and he is the only. The only sustaining no amount of money, influence, you know, things here on this earth is.
[00:05:28] Speaker B: Is.
[00:05:28] Speaker C: Is satisfying anyway.
[00:05:31] Speaker A: No, that's a good point. Yeah. Go ahead, Jason.
[00:05:34] Speaker B: If it's so fulfilling, why are all those people.
Why are they in rehab? You know, why is it. If that's the fulfilling fountain, then why on earth are they so sad? Right? Why are they so lonely?
Jesus tells us the way to happiness is not in ourselves, but through Him.
And, you know, when I think about. When you talk about helping other people, it's about leading others, pointing others towards Christ. That's the ultimate helping. Like, I can. I can give you a biscuit. I'll give you a biscuit all day. Well, let me rephrase that. I'll wind up with a bunch of requests. Hey, let's. We're going somewhere. Let's go eat breakfast. But it's not fulfilling. It just kind of goes away, Right?
[00:06:24] Speaker C: Yeah. And through helping, like, it took a Katie and my mind off our current, you know, so intense emotions on. On losing Jake and our sadness, and it. It fixated our focus on trying to meet someone else's need. And in pointing to the Lord. And I. I just. It's just indescribable just to say how much healing that.
[00:06:46] Speaker B: That.
[00:06:46] Speaker C: That provided.
[00:06:47] Speaker B: No, that's. That's excellent. I really do appreciate it. You know, it's. It's work, and that's it. Right? Like, when you are. We show up, right? Like, that's. Colby and I were talking to the Moody Bible Institute the other day, and it was. It was almost one of those discussions of what we didn't really prepare for the meeting because we really didn't have any expectations. And the lady was like, well, tell us about yourself. And Kobe goes, we just show up every day. Like, that's the superpower, you know, one foot in front of the other, and we just. We show up. It's. You've been behind the scenes on this right here, and it's pretty clear there's not a plan other than just we want to bring. We want to draw people closer to Christ.
[00:07:28] Speaker A: Trying to keep Jason on track is the plan. Jake, that's. That's. That's the track.
[00:07:32] Speaker B: Like, I'm free radical of this. Yeah.
[00:07:36] Speaker A: You see it in all seriousness. No, I. I think. I love those practical tips. I think another one that I thought about just. Just from listening to. To the conversation was and it's something that Jason has said in the past, but like journaling, putting down your thoughts. Right. And having that prayer journal, if you would like. I didn't really subscribe to that. The more I sat with this wild guy here and we've talked and had conversations, I started doing that. But what. It helps, I think especially in this particular topic here. It helps in a lot of ways, but it helps bring to my remembrance things that the small things, like got me through just that next little day when I was going through a rough patch, you know, a marriage or life or jobs or whatever the case may be. Right. And I think that's something for folks to do. Take your time and actually study your Bible because it has so. And make those notes because it has so many of those examples that we talked about in the main show, like Esther Job or, you know, David, like, there's, there's plenty of examples of people from a resiliency standpoint that you can draw from. But making notes for yourself in your life, I think that's something good and practical for all of us.
[00:08:37] Speaker B: Yeah.
No, so that was it for my Jonathan's Project Leftover.
[00:08:44] Speaker A: So yeah, yeah.
[00:08:46] Speaker B: So close us out there, Colby. It's on you.
[00:08:51] Speaker A: So everyone, that, that. That ends Jonathan's Leftovers. You can find this a bonus episode on the same platforms where you find the main Jonathan Project podcast. Please subscribe. You can go and find us at Apple, Spotify, any major platform where you find your podcast. You can find Jonathan's Leftovers and the Jonathan Project Pod. If you want prayer, you're looking for us to come out, speak at an event. You enjoy our sense of humor and bringing you practical biblical wisdom for. For men. Please reach out to us at the Jonathan Project podcast gmail.com Again, the Jonathan Project podcast. Gmail.com also want to let you know out there you'll see the link. We have a free devotional.
Jason took a lot of time and effort and put together a really great 28 day devotional which will help you be a better father and husband and become that man that God wants you to be. Again, special thanks to Jake, our special guest who's all the way in Germany, spent some time with us here this morning. Hope we brought you some laughs and you get to see the magic behind the chaos here. So welcome again. Thanks for spending time with us and with that, that closes out the show. Thanks everybody.
[00:10:01] Speaker B: See.
