Welcome to the Kingdom Table Podcast Episode 1

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Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:00

Welcome, welcome to the Kingdom Table Podcast. And my name is Roxy, and it is a privilege for us to be here. And I am the CEO and founder of CareBag Incorporated, and we do great things with the homeless and families that are struggling. And it is just a part of giving them dignity. Everyone should have access to proper hygiene. It is a right, not a privilege. And I'd like to share with you the two people that I have come to know and love. And we together are the Table Kingdom podcast, and I'd love for them to introduce yourselves. So I represent care, and Tiara represents love.

SPEAKER_03 0:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:44

Yeah, so I'm Tiara Smith and I am with True O'More Foundation. And we have the privilege of really wrapping around those families, just dealing with congenital heart defects, just the support for those families. You know, it's not until you're in a situation like I encountered with my baby girl that you realize the void and the gap that's out there for those that are experiencing such hard issues and challenges. And even the families, you know, the support that's needed. You know, I didn't realize, you know, you have a lot of nonprofits, and I love it. You know, but when they go through these times and they can't think for themselves and can't figure out the next day who's there. And I'm just so happy to be a part of that, and God just allowing our organization to fill that gap and do what we do best. Love on them. And we have provision.

SPEAKER_01 1:29

Hi everyone, I'm May with the Extraordinary Kids Foundation, also the EKF Provision Center, where we provide, as our name states, provision, we provide support, we provide resources such as food, clothing. Um, through CareBag, we provide showers and just um whatever is needed from those that are uh in need. As we know, there's a lot of people right now that are in need, and I think coming together for our organization to be able to meet those needs is super important, and I think that's what we're called to do as believers. And you know, we this is the kingdom table, right? So we are working for the kingdom to make that happen. So I'm blessed to be surrounded by these two amazing women, and together um we are here making a difference.

SPEAKER_02 2:13

So I love this. We are a force to be reckoned with, and as our viewers and our subscribers, if you're watching this, only thing we want you to do is subscribe because you're gonna be getting knowledge, you're gonna be having jokes, you're gonna be crying, you're gonna be like, oh my goodness, only if I knew. You're gonna be inspired, you're gonna be hearing a word because the kingdom table represents what God has done. We could not be doing this if God did not place something in us, and for that we are so, so grateful. So I just want to talk about how we met. I want people to, I just don't want you to come and see us on here. I want you to know how we met. So I'm gonna start from early to the latest. So I'm gonna start with Medine. And I got a call. My phone rang, and it basically we make it we keep it short. Um, I'm looking for shower units. So just to let you know, I have four shower units that we have in four different counties, and I just moved one up from West Palm. And uh that was the start of the conversation.

SPEAKER_01 3:19

Yeah, I was looking to provide showers. We had just started um doing our outreach programs, and because we had the food, we had the clothing, I was like, you know, we need to be able to have people get showers because when you're unhoused, when you don't have a home, that's something that a lot of us take for granted. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02 3:39

We don't even think about it. We don't think about it.

SPEAKER_01 3:41

Yeah, and so for me, um, when God placed it on my heart, I'm like, okay, God, how where am I gonna get this uh shower unit from? And I remember searching and I happened to come across your organization, and I was like, okay, well, I'm gonna reach out to her and see, you know, if we can partner together. And literally from that first phone call, it was so aligned and so meant to be. And I remember when I told you about us and you told me what you did, you literally said that you weren't gonna look for another place to put your fourth unit. That is correct. God would allow whoever was supposed to get it to call you. And I remember saying, Well, that's me.

SPEAKER_02 4:16

So I have it's funny because a lot has been happening to me um over the week. And one thing I keep saying, and Tara knows, I'm letting the door open. If God, I'm a firm believer, if God closes the door, let it close. We always have our foot in the door. We're trying to send the email, trying to send the text, trying to fix it, trying to work it out, trying to smooth you like you're dating. No, baby, don't leave me. No, baby, I love you. We need to just let it go. And I believe, I'm a firm believer, if it's supposed to happen, it's supposed to happen. And I'm so glad I said yes. Because when I said yes, my the doors just was the doors just started opening because I was blessed with an office suite. I'm not gonna say office because I got corner office window view, overlooking the lake. Those who don't want to call it a lake, it's water. So and it's a lake. I was blessed with an office. I didn't ask. I don't ask. And I was just blessed with it. And then a storage room downstairs, and then she had her event. And I remember saying, Tierra, why don't we come on? So, Tierra, we met through Pastor Rock. Yes, expansion church. Absolutely. And when I first met her, she had her and Junior, Tori Jr. Yes, I did.

SPEAKER_00 5:32

And it's amazing because we all got connected. I remember us for ourselves, we were looking like, how can we give back? How can we do something that we're just not showing up and checking a box, but we're actually making impact. And I was online and I'm just Googling and Googling now. For me, I wasn't even thinking of a shower. I was thinking of impact. I was thinking of difference, I was thinking of divine intervention, right? And so I'm reading uh online, I'm reading the reviews, and the way that people just praise the work that CareBag was doing, I was like, this has to be it. And I think one of the things I can appreciate about appreciate about us ladies is it's we're gonna reach out and ask. What can you say no? And if you say no, that's okay because we're just chicks and we're gonna find this on one, right? God has equipped us to where, like you said, when one door shuts, another one opens. But I am just so blessed and happy and grateful, humble, um, that when I reached out, she was ready with open arms. And I think that's really huge because sometimes when you're doing things in ministry and you reach out, people aren't always as welcoming. Yeah, you know, when you're taught to industry, so much. They are hesitant.

SPEAKER_02 6:36

They are, and I think it's not hesitant in the bad way, it's hesitant in what are you what are you trying to accomplish? What are you trying to get? Are you trying to get something out of me? Because there's always an underlying something. Because what May couldn't understand when we were talking, she said, Well, how much? But I said, How much? For what? Well, how how much is it to have the shower unit here? I said, I don't charge.

SPEAKER_00 6:58

Well, let's talk about that, though, because that's that's norm. I mean, I think society has really made us like that. Like no one can do anything. You're not sure. Unless you're charging.

SPEAKER_01 7:07

Right.

SPEAKER_00 7:07

Because let's talk about it, May. When I reached out to you, I said, Listen, we're gonna barter or something. I just felt like you have to. And and I think um, I think one of the things I'm learning is what God has for you. He has to do you. And you have to embrace it. You have to allow people, you're a part of their blessing, right? And sometimes we get in the way of trying to stop what God has for them, and we need to embrace it, allow them to bless us, and collectively we're a blessing to others, right? Just like the Great Commission and being disciples. I love that.

SPEAKER_02 7:36

And it's and we take each other's blessing. When you say no or you stop someone from doing something, I don't think people understand. You take someone's blessing away when you say no, thank you, or it's okay. Right. You gotta say yes.

SPEAKER_01 7:49

Absolutely. And not only that, one of my favorite sayings is who said you had to pay for it, right? So when God gives you an assignment and he says, I want you to do X, Y, and Z, we have to trust that He has already made the provision and made the way for how it's gonna happen. So when He said you need to be able to shower people, he already had her lined up, right? Because I remember sitting there with my assistant and we were looking up shower trucks to buy and to purchase, and it was $60,000, $70,000. And I looked up, I said, Todd, make it happen, you know. We were just starting out, you know, that kind of thing. And so it was just like literally within I would say 24 to 48 hours when I made that call, and we got a free shower truck, you know. And so for me, it's just a reminder that like when if it's his will, it's his bill, right? He will make the way, he will send the resources, he will send the people. This is how I encourage myself, you know. I love it. And and I've proven it time and time again, and I think your proof of that, and then in turn, God allowed me to be able to provide things for you that you needed for your organization because it, like you said, it's about how do we help each other, how do we come alongside. I'm never a person that like wants to take, take, take. I want to see how I can be of service too, you know. So you're helping me and the people that we serve, and in turn, I'm able to help you. Same thing with True Amor Foundation. I was able to help you, you're able to help me. I remember my first event, you came, you brought a hundred, you know, snap packs. I mean, cute, everything was, you know, done so tastefully and so well. And that and that's the thing. I feel like whenever we're doing things for those that are in need, the way in which we do it speaks value. It has to go back to that. It has to be that dignity again. That dignity, yes.

SPEAKER_02 9:33

I tell people this all the time: do it the same way you want somebody to do it for you. Amen to that. Don't don't do it half. Do it full, do it the way you want to. And I want to go back on something you said, and I know we're gonna talk about it over and over again, how we bless each other. We have, as women, women on on every diversity, we have a way of fighting each other. We have a way of competing with each other. I want people to realize this table is round, and it's round for a reason because there is no head. There is there is there is no head at the table. Um yes, we differ in age, and we might get to that one day, but not today. But um it's about it's about how we complement each other. It's about how you, we are not in competition. And I hope that as we go with this and as people see us and learn from us, they see that there is no competition with us. Only thing it is is its grace, it's it's that formidable force of how could we encourage each other because each of us are bold and just direct. You are not gonna find this fierce women like us three. We cannot be challenged. But the fact that we can sit here, we can talk, we can humbly agree, we can give each other our time and our space, that's what we want people to understand. Yeah, we want them to see that. And you can learn, you're gonna learn so much from us. You're gonna learn my story, you're gonna learn Maidine's story, you're gonna learn Tierra's story, and you're gonna learn how we come come through all of this. And that's what we want people to understand about the Table Kingdom podcast. It's about how we can encourage you and how we live. We're gonna be taking off that wall. Our wall has come down, so we can be authentic with our with our viewers and we can be honest. If it's not truthful, we're just not gonna say it. Because we want people to know this is us, and we're hoping if one person doesn't gotta be a hundred, we would love a hundred thousand. But if one person we'll get there, yeah, but if we have that one person that leaves and goes, Oh my god, God help me. Yeah, I can do this. That is a blessing. Because how did we start? You know, how did how did we start? We're about, you know, care, love, provision, you know, and with that together, that's that's mighty. I don't know if you ladies have thought about that. Yeah, care, love, and provision. Yeah, because first of all, I couldn't have thought about that. So thank you, Jesus. But it is just mighty how all of this comes about. And what would you guys love to see? And just see how we how we flourish. Yes, just you know, what are what are things that what are things we can do? What are things and how can we encourage people? And that's what we want. You know, when we start posting this, you guys let us know. We want to know what do you want to talk about? What's a conversation nobody has ever had? Because we're gonna talk about it all. There's like May Dean said, there is no taboo. I have ladies come to me one day, me and Maidine were talking. Her friend said, you know what, I'm with my husband, and we're deciding, you know, what what what how many times should we have sex a week? And before I can finish the sentence, Maidine, what did you say? There is no there is no and I was like, okay, that's the conversation we're gonna be having. But that but you know, these are conversations married women. We're gonna talk about that. But the thing is that that's the conversation people come, there are questions many people ask both of you. And those are the if they're asked, if one person is asking me that, that means that 20, 30, 40, 50 other women or men are thinking that. So how can we answer you, answer you correctly? So we're coming from a marriage standpoint, because all of us are married. I will be 29 years in August.

SPEAKER_01 13:25

I'll be 15 years in a few days, February 19th.

SPEAKER_00 13:28

And I'll be 12 years next month.

SPEAKER_02 13:30

Hello, so we're looking we're all just just around the corner. But the point is, we're coming with some kind of experience. My experience is gonna be different from each one of you. But imagine when collectively we have that together and how we can answer. You know what I'm saying? We can talk about grief at this table. We can talk about grief. Can we? We can talk about love, we can talk about disappointment, we can talk about growing, we could talk about being a boss because we all are bosses, we all have our own business, but we also give back. And we want to talk about giving back. Yes, we want to talk about people don't. I tell people, look at those that give millions and millions of dollars. Where you think their blessing comes from? They didn't just give and oh, I'm lost, your blessings multiply, and that's what we want to let people know. It doesn't matter who you support or wherever you support, but support. Yeah, there's so many people, there's so many organizations that you can. And from just talking to us, you're gonna be able to learn from us, and we're gonna be able to give you some advice and just throw our love on you and uh just hear what everyone has to say. Tierra, what would you love people to get from you?

SPEAKER_00 14:38

Listen, I I for me, um, I and I know I say it so much, but just impact. You know, you spoke on something about giving and just people understanding good soil, um, good giving on good ground and what that looks like, making sure wherever you're placing your funds or your time, um, that it's somewhere that you see things happening. I just love the fact that, like you said, we're all married here, but us really diving into who's Tierra prior to Miss Smith. Miss Smith, you know, who is she? So I want those that are who, you know, that are not married, those that are looking to date, those that have no interest in relationships because maybe I'm just focusing on self, you know? I gotta get myself together before anything else. What does that look like? We're able to peel back those particular layers and still inspire, still empower, and still push forward. So I'm just ready um and excited about those individuals that's gonna say, Hey, I can do this. Yes, I can breathe again, I can take another day. Because those were many times for me where I felt like it was over, you know. So if there's uh a young lady, you know, if there's an older woman, if there's even a man that can say things got really hard, you know, but I can inspire um someone else or I can take um another step, that would mean the world to me.

SPEAKER_02 15:50

It's like the conversation we had with a mutual acquaintance this morning. And I told her, I said, listen, if your friend wants to go to church, I said, let him go. Don't look at it any type of way. And it's those little conversations that we hear, those are things that other people are thinking. You know, mate, what do you want to get out of this? Or what do you see your best blessing that this can be?

SPEAKER_01 16:12

Um, I see us being able to touch lives through our stories, and I want to bring a realness to the conversation and an authentic perspective. Because I think so many times um we see things and it a lot of things are very curated, a lot of things are very, you know, uh, you know, it's it's not left over. Yeah, it's just not realistic. So I want us to be able to have real conversations because people are going through real things, you know. There's many women and men out here that are really struggling, they're always struggling to find themselves to find healing and to find wholeness, right? And so for me, I always want to want us um all together to bring that perspective of listen, this is what we've been through, not sugarcoating anything, really telling them like it is and telling them how we overcame, right? Because that's one thing too. It's like people see us and they may see, you know, the pretty looks and faces and all that, but they don't know that behind behind that are scars, behind battles are battles that we have had to all fight, all overcome. And really and truly, uh each of us that are sitting here, we're only sitting here because of one reason. Absolutely, and that is the grace and the mercy of Almighty God. And so I think that um when people hear us, I want them to hear and see themselves in our stories. Yeah. I want them to be able to put themselves in that position and say, listen, well, if they can make it, if Tierra can come through that, if May can come through that, if Roxy can come through that, then I know that there's hope for me. Because you know, our testimonies are not for us, they're not for us, you know. The Bible says we overcome by our testimonies. And so it's for us to be able to share that with other people. I heard someone say once that when things happen to you, right? When things when you make when you get the lemons to make lemonade, lemonade is not for you to drink, it's for me to offer to you, and to offer to you, and to offer to those that are listening. And so I think that is gonna be really key and central to what is accomplished here is that people are gonna really be able to hear our stories, be impacted, and hopefully we can change at least one life.

SPEAKER_00 18:04

Yeah, may I you know I really love that, you know, and it helps with perspective because one of the things you said we've been through so much and we can share so much. And I love the fact that we're gonna be able to talk about what we're going through now. Yeah, you know, because sitting at this table, you know, what what happened yesterday, what happened this morning, what do we know we have to face going forward, but we still choosing to show up. And I think for a lot of us, and I know especially myself, it's um you realize like what you said, what I'm going through or what I have to face or what I have to do, it's not for me. Yeah, and when you kind of take that on and realize that, hey, God is allowing me to experience something so I can empower someone else, you show up to that thing, whether you feel equipped or not, and saying, I know who's with me, I know who's beside me, I know who's gonna get me through this, right? And I know who's gonna come out of it. And it just really allows you to just continue to move forward and be prepared, you know, in a way that you don't even understand. Preparation is not on our side, but when you know who you serve and you know who you have with you, you can conquer it all. One of the things I um I hear people say is, you know, I'm just so tired of being strong. That is okay. That's okay. That is okay. Because guess what? I'm tired of being strong too, right? I'm tired of it. And some people say, you know, when you say strong and so far, it just means I encountered so much and I had to go through it. Sometimes it's not a bad thing, right? God has given us so many experiences, but the strength that He that lies ahead, the strength that we don't understand why and how we're even standing or continuing to go is impeccable. And that's what I hope, I hope that individuals are able to glean from us.

SPEAKER_02 19:32

Yes, they're gonna get a lot from us because what you have to understand, people say, Oh Roxy, how did you do it? I said he equipped me. He wouldn't have given this to me and he wouldn't have put this in me if he wasn't going to equip me. And what we have to let people understand, we have to start, like you said, be authentic. We have to stop forcing to do it. Some people out there pushing and forcing. Nothing's wrong with a hustle. Nothing's wrong with hustling. But what you gotta understand is when he equips you, when he gives you something, he's gonna let it fall into place. He wakes you up at the three o'clock in the morning time, he'll make that person call you, he'll make that door open, and he'll just make things happen. And I want people to understand that that pretty look that they're seeing here, it's authentic. It's not there, there is no what do they call it? Filter. This is it. This is it, there is no filter. And and it's and it's a beauty from inside and it's beauty from out. When you are doing good, you feel good. And when you feel good, that beauty just shines. And we just want to shine it on others, and we want to let you know that let's that conversation that we have, we want you to reach out to us. Yeah. Because you know, people unfortunately, on a real note, people are suffering. People, people are hurting, people are really, really hurting. And it doesn't matter what your story is, your story is valid. And a lot of people are not valuing people's stories. What you're going through is valid. If you there's a we I come from a Caribbean, as may a Caribbean background, and you can't talk about mental illness. You can't talk about mental illness, you can't talk about I'm hearing voices, um you can't talk about that because that's taboo. Um, as black women and black men, how dare you think you can go to a therapist? You can't fix yourself, you can't get yourself together. Right.

SPEAKER_00 21:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 21:31

It is okay.

SPEAKER_00 21:32

Yeah, and what about the ones that are professional? Just speaking for myself, just being a professional woman myself and going to school for clinical mental health. When it was time for me for counseling, I didn't want to go. And I didn't want to go because I felt like I knew what you was gonna do. I know you're gonna take me through a bicycle social, I can tell you what my ICD 10 code is, right? Before you even come to me. And and so just learning how and teaching how to take those walls. Like you don't know it all, right? When you really surrender and you open up and you really Want the help, the way that thing will turn, and you'll talk about things that you don't even remember from a textbook, from school, from experience, from TV, from society, or any of that. So I hope to inspire women that feel like they they they got it all, like, oh, this isn't for me, or you know, I'm already past that. No, it is. Yeah, it's for you. It's here. You know what? And it's okay. And it's okay.

SPEAKER_02 22:21

You don't know what underlying you don't know what underlying issues you have. So many of us suppress things and we don't even know it's suppressed.

SPEAKER_00 22:28

But I have a question for you too. Um, I think about the the women too that really want the help. But when I get the help and I open up and I let all that out, what happens when I still have to show up for other people? You know, and I think sometimes um individuals bat battle with that because when you really open up and you really dive into some of the trauma that you have experienced, um, and you face that, it's hard to show up for others in that moment. Like I am really, and this is speaking for me, like I am depleted just from my own situation. Right. Um and again, that's where that strength comes in from the Lord, but also carnally, I'm tired. You know, yes, I know God is gonna be there. I know He's gonna keep me and all that, but Tierra is tired, yeah, you know? And so just really inspire every day because it's something every day, you know, that you deal with and and you have to kind of work through and really lean on your faith about because when you're real about bit like peeling back those layers, it gets heavy.

SPEAKER_02 23:26

Yeah, but all of us talk about that because I talk about it with you and you. You have to take time for yourself. We don't do that. I don't do that. We don't, we need to. Well, I know she does that. I do, yeah, she does that. I do now.

SPEAKER_01 23:38

Yeah, but not but not to take not to like think, you know, I like I'm gonna be 100% honest. I did not used to do that. Okay, and then that's when I hit a brick wall and you know, it was, you know, I had a really, really rough time, which we'll discuss in a later episode. But I think uh going through that experience made me realize how important it is, you know. If Jesus himself had to rest, yes, had to retreat from the disciples, had to go off and spend time with his father, had to replenish himself, had to restore, right? That's real. What makes us think that we don't have to? And what makes us think that rest is not mandatory for us, right? And I think that's the part that um a lot of us as women have missed out on. We have perfected the hustle, we have perfected looking glam, all the things, all the accolades, we have the degrees, we have the businesses, we have it all. Okay, talk about me. I'm sorry, just I didn't even mean to. I didn't even mean to. So yeah, you open it together. I'm gonna get it together. No, but this is good. But it's true, it's true. That's the part that we do not take time for. And so I told my friend the other day, I said, rest is not a priority in my life, right? I will say no to things, I will not go to things so that I can put my rest first. Because now that I've begun to prioritize it, I am at so much, I'm so much more peaceful. And I'm so much, I'm so much more um grounded in just like my decision making, my mood has gotten better, you know. Joy comes back. Joy is back, and it's all from rest. And I think like we're searching for something, and it's right there in front of us. Jesus is literally right there in front of us. And God is like, I like this people think, oh, the Sabbath, oh, we're supposed to just like, you know, not go to church on Saturday or you know, whatever it is. No, no, Sabbath is a is a it's a lifestyle, it's rest. So when you make it a lifestyle, you will see the changes. And so we need to do a whole episode on that. Oh, we do. And like practical tools of how do you give yourself rest. Because I'm sure there's people out there saying, well, I have three kids and I'm a single mom, and I have two jobs and three jobs, and I have to do this and that. Heard it, heard it, heard it. We've heard it all before too, and we too have a lot going on as well. I have three kids, I have a special needs child, I have a husband, I have multiple businesses, I have two nonprofits, I have things that I need to get done. But I have to put that rest piece first because without doing that, none of those things are gonna matter if I crash out. You understand what I'm saying? Yeah, none of that stuff is gonna matter if I work myself to an early grave.

SPEAKER_02 26:07

And so And guess what? You gotta when you're in the grave, someone's gonna come along and figure out how to do it. So, what you need to do is make it a make you a priority. Correct. And like you said, that's a whole that's a whole sequence show. But you know, we have some we have some engineers here, and you can't see them, they're behind the scenes, they're making us sound good, they're making us look good, and we're just gonna give them their thank you because we appreciate that.

SPEAKER_01 26:34

There you go.

SPEAKER_02 26:36

Um, it's a collective, yeah. And and we love and we love to build up and not only building up, but building up ourselves. So as a woman, as a wife, as a mother, as a grandmother of four, I make sure I have time for myself. Yes, because that is important. Because if I crash, this is the first thing I think of. What happens to their world? Yeah, what happened to their world? Because women, we are an anchor. Yeah, we are anchored. Yes, we are. Yes, we have kings in our home, and we do not, we do not underestimate the men that we have in our home, but we are the anchor. So we must take time. And even though we're gonna talk about it, I just think I need to, something's telling me I just need to say it. Take time for yourself. It doesn't matter if you just sit on the couch five minutes or close the door and wrap up in a blanket. Tier is good for that one. Yeah, yeah, she goes, she travels with a blanket. But you know what? Whatever time you have, sometimes when it's so much, I just go and sit in my car. I come in the driveway. I talk to both of y'all sometimes. Oh, I'm just in the car, in the driveway. And then just it's just that little bit of peace, that little bit of time. Because when we do that, that little five minutes can energize you for a couple of hours. Yes. And that's what you need. We're good to our husband. But if our husbands aren't happy, our life is not right. If we can't be there for our children, our husband's not happy, our house is not right. It it's a cycle, it goes around. And we need, I know we love what we do. We love our businesses, we love our organizations. You know, we love to work because if we don't work, we can't look good.

SPEAKER_00 28:15

You see what I'm saying? We can't go out, we can't. I don't know. We'll find a way to stay cute, though. I know you have anyway.

SPEAKER_02 28:21

See, that's there we go. That's that's what I said. We got we got them generations in the thing. But that's but that's what it is. At the end of the day, it comes down to find my word is peace. I don't know if you guys have words, but my word is peace. Yeah, oh yeah. My word is peace. I have this little thing I'm saying, I'm moving my foot out the door so the door can close because when that door closes, I find my peace. That's right. When those other doors open, whatever is there is for me. And that's what I do. I don't know what your word is, but my word for my year is peace.

SPEAKER_00 28:52

And I love that. I'm practicing the peace too, and I think I'm doing that through my no, my no muscle. Okay, it's okay to say no. Oh my god, it is okay. That is a complete sentence. Oh, I've mastered that word. I haven't mastered it, but I'm getting there, and I like it. You like it? Doesn't it feel good? You prioritize, yes. I love that, but I would have to say my word is grace. You know, grace. Um, it's a book I read by Emily Lay, There's grace um but not perfection. And that's where I am, and that's what I want to inspire just individuals and viewers as you're going through this, and we share things, grace. Yeah, we understand it's not gonna happen overnight, it's not gonna happen immediately. Give yourself grace, right? Um, and just walk that. That's my word. I would say that.

SPEAKER_01 29:32

Yeah. I guess my word would be alignment and truly being aligned with the things that God has purposed for me to do for his will for my life. Because I feel like a lot of times when we're running into issues, you're probably it's probably not your line. It's probably what you're supposed to do, right? So for me, I only want to do what he has for me to do. And I only want to be aligned with the things and the people and the places and the opportunities that he has for me. And so I'm in a season where if it feels off, if you know, if if I if if I pray about it and it's not sent from him, it's not aligned with me. And then I just move on. And I think that keeps me at peace, right? And I think that's one of the things that I've been really, really purposeful about is just really staying in alignment with the things that I know that I'm sent here to do and the things that I know that he has purposed for me to do.

SPEAKER_00 30:20

I think that's that that's good. Um, because I think just as women, you know, and being uh boss chicks as we say, and being um in our particular arenas, alignment can be hard sometimes because when you hear the voice of the Lord that's saying no, or shut that door, get your foot out the door and don't move forward, our mind automatically goes to there you go, so it's B and C. Like I'm gonna I'm gonna move my foot out the door, right? But I'm moving it out the door because I'm gonna do B, C, D, and E. But when you're in alignment, you shut it down, you move your foot out the door and you wait and say, God, what's next? I'm trusting that whatever happens, he's going to lead me. And that can be challenging some sometimes, but it feels so good to lean in. It does.

SPEAKER_01 31:03

And I think the reason why most people struggle with alignment is they struggle with obedience. Oh, there you go. And so because obedient end up getting off track, we end up going around in circles, you know, God was gonna lead us out of um Egypt and it was supposed to take 40 days and it took 40 years because we were disobedient and they weren't aligned, they weren't aligned and they were not being obedient. And I think that's something too that we have to take responsibility for, is how our disobedience causes us to fall out of alignment with his will. And I think that's something that you know we all can um attest to at different points in our lives, right? Where we had to God had let us bump our heads a couple of times. A couple? More than a couple, more than a couple, more than a couple. It took me 40 years. I'm 41 years old, and I can honestly say that it wasn't until I hit that 40 mark and I began to see like, oh, I've been doing it my way all along. No wonder I'm so stressed out and tired. Let me get in alignment with what he needs me to do, right? And not to say that being in alignment is easy, right? Because that is just not what we were promised. We were never promised like an easy life, you know. If he suffered, so shall we. But it it it definitely gives me that like peace of mind in knowing, you know, that peace that passes all understanding and knowing that I am in alignment with what he needs from me and what his will is, and so that the outcome of whatever situation I'm going through will always be in my favor, right? It will always come out the way it's supposed to because it's the way that he intended it to. So even if the road is a little bit rough or tough, I rest now. I told my friends I took my hand off the wheel now. Yeah, I let him drive, which is so much better.

SPEAKER_00 32:45

I love that. I love that. It reminds me of what um I still hold on to from Lady Charlotte when she said, you know, uh pressure is a privilege. Oh, yeah. You know, that has stuck with me, and I utilize that. That comes to mind when things get hard, and I'm like, you know, you have those moments like wild or something else. I just really sit in that pressure is a privilege, you know. So he's using me, you know, and I have to really sit in that and fast in what he has for me. So I think that's that's huge, and it makes it a little a lot easier, easier, should I say, when you know you're being obedient. It's easier to rest. That right. Right? Because you know you're being obedient. I love it. But that's what you have.

SPEAKER_02 33:19

Just imagine this peace, grace, and alignment. Imagine if those things were, if we just always followed what God has asked us to do. And you talk about pressure, the most precious stones come under pressure. Yes, that's how they're formed. That's how they're formed. So your beauty comes from your pressure. That's right. Your your grace comes from your pressure, your peace comes from your pressure, your alignment comes from your pressure. Because with all of those things that we go through, we have to be going through something. That's why we need our peace. Yeah. When we're going through something, that's why we need our grace.

SPEAKER_03 33:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 33:52

When we're going through something and it's not going the way we need to go with our alignment, we gotta have our alignment. So just imagine if we had all those things just wrapped up in one. Oh, show's done. Let's go home.

SPEAKER_01 34:03

We're done. I think that's a great idea. I think that's a great idea.

SPEAKER_02 34:08

But it's a great, it's a privilege. It is a privilege. And I just hope that just a little bit on the start of what we're starting, that someone got something out of this and someone could feel something out of this and know that you want to hear more. We're gonna be going on our platforms, we're gonna be asking everybody who knows everybody, who knows everybody to subscribe and share and let it out. We wanna be, like May said, authentic. Yes. We want to be authentic. Absolutely, yes. We will be. I like that. We will be authentic, we will be honest, and if we cannot, then that's the conversation we cannot have. Because we've had our conversation, and the one thing I said, I said, what is something that is off the table? And my lady said to me, There is nothing off the table. So even in our private conversations, we are authentic. Yes, and uh from the Kingdom Table podcast, from Roxy, yes, Tierra, and May. We just want to say thank you. And we are gonna be doing this every Tuesday. So we want you to tune in, tell your friends, and we're gonna have little giveaways, little sweepstakes, we're gonna have little things and surprises to go ahead and just say thank you. And when we're ready, we will do it live. But right now, my girls are not ready. So we're just gonna take and we're gonna put it out there, and we're gonna hope that you enjoyed this. So, from our table to yours, peace, love, and grace. And may God bless you. Absolutely. Thank you. Yes. See you next time.