Episode Transcript
[00:00:03] Speaker A: Good evening and welcome back. Hope you all had a wonderful day. I hope you all are getting prepared for the upcoming holiday.
I know this is a big family time for us. I hope it's a big time for you to spend time with your family as well. Getting together and enjoying each other, enjoying each other's company.
Maybe you do, maybe you don't. I don't know. I know some. Some family don't see in a long time can have some questionable conversations, especially if you get into politics. So should be interesting. Anyway, this is a big family time for us, so we're doing a lot of preparing.
The wife is actually making homemade cranberry sauce, which was a fun new experience.
But today, I don't know how long we're going to go. I just wanted to get in and read some scripture. I thought I would talk about the song that was released this week. It's one of my favorites, and it's addressed to the Church of Ephesus. So I figured it might be appropriate to actually kind of read about the church of Ephesus.
So you guys have, like, context of why I made that song and its purpose. So let's read. We're going to read Revelation 1 and we're going to read Revelation 2, 1, 7. So we're going to read Revelation 1 because it sets the context for the entire book of Revelation and it also sets up understanding the letters addressed to the churches. So no idea how long this is going to take, but I thought this would be fun, give you guys some context. Maybe we can listen to the song. I'll tell you the heart behind some of the words, so maybe you can appreciate it a little bit more.
It really has me excited, and I'm really excited for doing the rest of the churches doing songs for the rest of the churches. Anyway, let's get into this. Let's read. So we're in Revelation 1 and we're just going to read this whole thing. So the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants things which must shortly take place, and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ to all things that he saw. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it for the time is near. So fantastic opening there. We know that this is revelation of Jesus which God gave to him to show unto his servants.
And he sent and signified this revelation that was given to Jesus to Show his servants by an angel that was sent to John. So an angel, whether it was a messenger or whether it was a spiritual being, angel in the scripture usually just indicates a messenger. So this could be a spiritual being, could be somebody who visited John in prison. You get the point. All right, so here's what I really want you to see. In Revelation 4, it says John. So this is him addressing these letters, right? Because we're going to see later on that he was instructed to write these letters. So this is the address.
When I write a letter to somebody, I would say dear John.
Or if somebody were to write a letter to me, they would say, dear Watchful. So this is John addressing the letter to its intended recipients. John, to the seven churches which are in Asia.
So it's really important that you understand that these things are written to those seven churches. It's fundamental to understanding the seven churches. Now let's. Let's show a little bit about what that means. So let me share this tab. So, so you can see. So this is Turkey, right? And the seven churches which he is addressing are located here. So you have Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. These are the churches that were originally formed in his day and age. Right? So here's a little bit better.
So if you want to know where that is in relation to, like, Israel. So down here you have Israel and Jerusalem. So the word would have moved. So after Jesus was crucified, Aquila, Priscilla, Paul, Tychicus, all of them, you know, went up the coast here, spreading the gospel, moving all through the area. But very specifically, they got to this area right here in Turkey. So right about in here, this is where those churches physically resided. So, and I want to emphasize that these were physical churches, not buildings, but physical assemblies of people. So this is a region. That's the point here, is to understand that this is a region where the Gospel of what Jesus Christ had done resides.
So let's go back to this guy here.
So you have these areas. And in these areas, just like any city or town, they have, you know, things that they're good at. And that's going to be important. The region is really important to understanding the message that was given to these areas. So let's keep reading in Revelation 1 here. So John, to the seven churches which are in Asia. So now you can visualize where that actually is.
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne. So notice this is in addition to. So to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven churches which are before his throne. So he is not addressing this to the seven churches. Instead, the message is actually coming from the seven spirits to the churches. So there's a distinction there. I just want to make that very clear that when you're reading this, that there is a very distinct separation between the physical locations and the seven spirits which are before the throne. Okay. And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness the firstborn from the dead and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Behold, he is coming with clouds, and every eye will see him, even they who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so. Amen. There's a lot of stuff in here I'm not going to address just because I want to. This is going to be a quick video. Just wanted to get started down this path of the churches. Kind of explain the song for you guys so you have some context.
Could literally spend years just looking at the meaning behind everything that's in here. But we're just going to kind of go through this really quick. I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, The Almighty. I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ was on the island that is called Patmos. So we're getting into. We're through the greeting, right? So this was. This was the greeting. This was the who it's addressed to and the purpose behind why he wrote the book of Revelation. And now we're getting into the meat of it. We're getting into the message. So he's going to explain where he is and how he came to be instructed to write this information.
I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation. So he was going through tribulation clearly during his day and age. So the tribulation has been an ongoing issue, arguably since fall of mankind. You know, that's the curse that we're all under. But especially in regards to preaching the gospel about Jesus Christ. There's definitely tribulation in regards to that.
Definitely living through tribulation every generation. Anyway, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ was on the island that is called Patmos, that's in Greece, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day. So it seems like he's referring to a dream or a vision here, information that he received. And I heard a voice behind me as of a trumpet saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. And what you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches. Again, he's instructed to send this to the seven churches, just like his address up here, to the seven churches. So church in the Scripture is the word ecclesia. This is the Greek word ecclesia, and it doesn't mean a building, per se. Some translations will use the word assemblies, which I think is probably gives you a better understanding of what this is referring to.
And it typically just means where people are gathered together for a purpose.
So common today, we associate churches with denominations, which I don't think that's what this is referring to, although denominations are churches, and this is very likely applicable to those.
When we think of churches today, we think of, like, denominations that teach a specific doctrine. Right. Unfortunately, there's 45,000 of those Christian denominations. So I think what we're going to see Here is those 45,000 denominations who teach Jesus as their Lord fall into these categories. So I believe that what we're going to see here is that that Jesus reduces all of those into seven categories. That's what I. That's what I think the point is. I could be wrong, but as we get into this, I hope you'll see why it is that I believe that.
Yeah. Anyway, so write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia. So this is specifically to those churches which are in Asia. That's clear. Ephesus to Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. Again, Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatiris, artist, Philadelphia and Laodicea. Right.
All right. And part of the reasons why I think it's applicable to not only them, but also to us today is because he is told to write what is.
Write what you see in a book. So he says, right here I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. And what you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia. Oh, wait, no, here it comes later. Let's just keep reading. Then I turned to See the voice that spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.
You know what a lampstand is, right? It's a pole with a, with a flame burning on it. Usually put a candle on it. Candle has a flame or got a wick that you can light, so it provides light. And in the midst of the seven lamps, lamp stands one like the Son of Man, which just means human.
Clothed with a garment down to his feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
His head and his and hair were like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes like a flame of fire. His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace. And his voice is the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars. And out of his mouth went a sharp two edge sword. And his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
All right, so he's painting a picture with words here, right? Pretty, pretty interesting picture. I'm going to show you kind of a rendition of what that could have looked like. And then I saw him and fell at his feet, dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, do not be afraid. I am the first and the last. I am he who lives and was dead. And behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Hades and of death.
Write the things which you have seen. So this is where to me, this is an indication that it's applicable to more than just those physical churches that he was told to address. These to write. The things which you have seen and the things which are. So that would be the things which are during his day. So those seven churches that existed during his day and the things which will take place after this. So considering Christ hasn't returned, this is indicative of the things which will take place after this. So here he's going to tell us what the image represents. The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. Again, angels just means messengers. So if you click on this little footnote, it's just the Greek word angelos, which could be translated as angels, or it could also be translated as messengers. So like a translator could have chosen to use the word messengers here, but for whatever reason chose to use the word angels. So it doesn't necessarily mean a spiritual being, if that makes sense.
The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. And the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches. So according to this visual imagery, which let me give you an idea of what that could have looked at like.
So this is the imagery that I generated for the song.
And so you imagine that you have someone who was like the son of man. So someone who looked human, right?
So this is someone who looks human, who has white hair like wool or snow, wearing a robe that is girded about with a golden band.
His feet are like brass. So, you know, it could have been shoes, could have been, you know, something shiny. I don't know if it was full of fire around like this. I just thought this looked really cool. And he would have been surrounded by these. These are pillars. It would have been candlesticks with fire on top. But I can only do some. I'm not that much of an artist. I can only do so much with generating images.
But right here in his right hand, here he's holding. I just put seven flaming balls. But these are representative of stars. So you have seven stars in his right hand, and his countenance was like that of the sun. So I doubt this is the exact image that he saw. But you can imagine very likely could have been something like this, if that makes sense. So. And then he explains what. What things. What the things mean. The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, so messengers. What I find interesting here is if they're stars, this is one of the reasons why I associate these with the planets, because when you look at the stars, the only stars that convey a message that changes are the planets. So we know from Psalm 19 that the heavens declare the glory of God. The firmament shows his handiwork day and a day, utter speech, night. And tonight shows knowledge. So all the stars have names. And those names have remained relatively unchanged throughout the years, and it's a miracle. They're also very common across different languages and cultures, which is very interesting. So the star names actually convey information, but as far as, like, signs and seasons, the seasons and days are controlled by the sun and the moon, right? And hours and months and years, that's all determined by the sun and the moon, just because of the divisions and, you know, where they are and how they affect the planet. But what we don't really consider is that the planets also move. So they. They move in the same path as the sun and the moon. Did you know that the sun and the moon have a path that they travel?
And, you know, the sun and the moon will be in a particular section of the sky depending on the time of year, or we actually determine the time of year based on where the sun is in the moon is in the sky. So it conveys information. So my point in telling you all of that is the fact that these seven stars, he calls them the seven messengers. So if I go back over here, the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches.
That's why I associate it with the stars. It's just kind of, what if this were meant to look at the movement of the sun, moon, and stars for information?
So much of my work in the book of Revelation is based on that. Even the Revelation 12:1 and 2 signs, where a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, crown of 12 stars, you know, all of that is based on where the sun, the moon, and the planets are in the skies. So. And they convey messages to the assemblies. And this is what's interesting here is the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches. So going back here, you know, these are terrible lampstands. These are pillars. But imagine if these were lampstands. Notice that they surround him, which tells me that he's in the middle of these assemblies. So these assemblies call him by name.
And very likely this is an indication, at least to me, this is what it seems like it's communicating, is that the assemblies surrounds Jesus, right? So they teach Jesus. They spread the gospel about Jesus.
They call him Lord. They teach him as Lord.
And again, like I said, There's 45,000 denominations which called Jesus their Lord.
I don't think that it would have been prudent for him to address letters to 45,000 denominations. It makes sense that they could be condensed into seven categories.
Does that make sense? Do you guys understand where I'm kind of coming from with this?
So these churches, they were physical locations. They were physical assemblies. But the fact that this is addressed to, you know, his particular day, but also to what comes after, it seems like they became examples for us to learn from. And with that, let's go read Revelation 2 and actually read about the church of Ephesus, because that's pretty much what I wanted to talk about today is the church of Ephesus. So to the angel of the church of Ephesus, right? So again, this is the word messenger. And it's interesting to the messenger of the church of Ephesus, right? This is kind of where it falls apart on my association with the planets.
So while the planets could potentially be messengers because they convey information, how do you write a letter To a planet, to a star. That's kind of where the association breaks down. However, if you think of it in light of what we're doing today, given the information in the book of Revelation, we know that we are in the end times. There's been enough prophecy, fulfilled the timeline. I mean, look at the Revelation 12:1 and 2 sign, without question, that happened in 2017. So could it be that these books are addressed to those who would be giving messages to the Assemblies on what to do before Christ returns? So from that perspective, to the messenger of the Church of Ephesus. Right. So this is information for us today. Seems like it. This is information for us today to know what we should do in order to prepare the Assemblies for Christ's return. And ourselves, we probably, we could very likely fall into these, into these categories. So let's read about this, these things. Says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. So we're talking about Jesus here.
I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not and have found them liars. And you have persevered and have patience and have labored for my name's sake, and have not become weary.
Nevertheless, I have this against you that you have left your first love.
Remember therefore, from where you have fallen. Repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place unless you repent. But this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. So there's a lot here. So this is the message to this particular group of people.
You know, granted it was initially to a physical assembly who were located in Turkey, but given that Christ hasn't returned yet, you know, do you fit within this pattern? Is this something that could apply to you?
Let's talk a little bit about the physical location here. So this is from. These slides are from a three hour long video that I did on my other channel. I am watchful where I go through in exhaustive detail talking about the geographic location, talking about, you know, the greetings and the things behind it. I'm not going to go into that detail today. We're just going to probably finish up here after I go through a couple of these slides about the show and then we'll probably listen to the song so that you can kind of have an understanding of the context behind the song.
But if you want to learn more about the seven churches, I'll put a link to that video. It's about three or more hours long. That goes into a pretty exhaustive detail. I did it, I think, two years ago.
So here's something that's interesting that is applicable to all seven of these geographic locations.
All seven of them were under Roman rule. So they were all under a government that controlled them.
All seven of them had Jews living in the towns where they were Jews being those who followed the Torah.
All seven had a synagogue, at least one synagogue.
And it's interesting is the best we can tell that is those synagogues were actually shared with those who were preaching Jesus. They allowed them into the synagogues who, because they shared the same God of Israel, because remember, Jesus was a Jew. He was Jewish.
All seven of the locations, all seven of the towns had temples dedicated to other gods. So they dealt with, you know, religion, most notably religion that didn't teach the God of Israel.
All seven were immersed in idolatry and paganism.
All seven were immersed in perversion and immorality. They had bath houses and events with orgies and stuff like that. That was a common practice during this day and age. So very much like we deal with today.
All seven were required to declare Caesar as their God. So once a year, everybody in all these areas had to go and declare that Caesar was their God. Now, there were exceptions. They had a book for the Jews because the Jews had a different God.
And they, anybody written in those books were allowed, were exempt from declaring Caesar as their God. But if your name was not in one of those books, you were required under the pain of death to declare Caesar as your God. So this was common to all seven areas.
And when you're reading these letters, all greetings were personal for the town. So when we were reading about. When you're reading through these different letters, the opening greeting has relevance to the physical towns, which is interesting. I go into way more detail on that in the three hour show.
And all of the closings were also personal to the towns.
So skip that. Okay.
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hands, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. So Ephesus here was the start of all the other churches. That's what they did. And this is important. This is where they got their Start. It was started by those who actually knew Jesus, the assembly and Ephesus.
If you want to learn about the church of Ephesus, the book of Acts details pretty much how the rise and expansion of the Christian church in the first century. That's what the whole book of Acts is all about.
So that was their first love. Their first love was to spread the gospel.
They were responsible for moving the gospel all over Asia. This. So the opening greeting here in.
Oh, I'm not sharing this tab with you guys.
Actually, you don't need to see that tab. It's really pertinent. It's just this. These things. Says he. Yeah, okay, we're fine.
So the greeting was a loving opening greeting direct from the source of the gospel that they were preaching.
Okay, so he acknowledges them. So I know your works, your labor, your patience, and thou has tried them, which they are apostles and are not, and has found them liars, and has borne and has patience, and for my name's sake has labored and not fainted. I know your works, your patience, that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars. And you have persevered and have patience and have labored for my name's sake and have not become weary. See, I don't understand why people would say that these, that the seven churches are the seven spirits. It's just the dumbest thing I've ever heard. It doesn't make sense. This is literally talking about people, because I know your works, your labor. It's literally talking about people who spread the gospel, who labored, who had patience, who cannot bear people who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not and have found them liars. In other words, these guys aren't easily deceived, which I imagine is the case considering they spent time. A lot of the people who started this assembly spent time with Jesus, spent time with the one who set apostles, who gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. So they would have been especially adept at identifying false ones. Right. And you have persevered and have patience and have labored for my name's sake, and have not become weary. Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you have less left. Your first love. Well, what was their first love? It was that they spread the gospel. They stopped spreading the gospel. And I've seen this happen in churches. You get bogged down with trouble, pressure, conflicts, and you just. You turn inward.
Remember, therefore, from where you have fallen repent and do the first works or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand. Man, that is a heck of an accomplishment.
You know, I don't know what it means to remove your lampstand.
Maybe they became legalistic.
Maybe. Maybe they took marking and avoiding to the extreme. That's something that's talked about in, you know, how you deal with people who are contrary to you. You mark those who are contrary and avoid them.
Maybe they focused on punishing more than forgiving.
Maybe they stopped moving the word so often. Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do. You know, when, when asked how often do we forgive? Jesus said, not seven times, 70 times seven. So it's a continual thing because you, you, you know, if you're going to love God and love your neighbor, that's not easy in practice, especially when you're finding liars and holding them accountable.
Okay, so where, let's see, where are we persevered for my name's sake? Nevertheless, I have this against you that you left your first love.
Remember therefore from where you have fallen. Repent and do the first works. Or else I will come quickly to you and remove your lampstand from its place unless you repent. But this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
So the followers of Nicholas. So the Nicolaitans were probably the followers of Nicholas. So we do have some records in regards to this particular group.
The best we can tell is they were a sect of, basically like a religion of people whose deeds were strongly condemned during this day and age. They may have been identical with those who held the doctrine of Balaam. So given, remember I said all these areas had temples to other gods and paganism.
It's very likely that there were other religions in this area. And the Nicolaitans were very likely some of the worst.
They seem to have held that it was lawful to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication in opposition to the decree of the church.
Again, this is a positive point that Jesus is acknowledging here that they are not entirely wrong in the things that they hate, which there's lessons in that.
But this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans. Now some of that information could is a little bit lost, so there's some guesswork here. But you see where I'm coming from here with that, that you know. But this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. So you know, if you're in an area where there's a lot of paganism, a lot of religion that teaches things which are not biblical. Right.
You may fall into this category.
And then he who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes. Again, he hasn't returned yet. So this. You still have time to do this.
To him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
So let's see.
To him that overcomes. So the tree here seems to be in opposition to what they dealt with in Ephesus. So something that was. So one of the paganistic gods that was really dominant in Ephesus was Artemis, also known as Diana.
And there's some interesting history behind Artemis and Diana. It likely started as worshiping a tree stump.
I know that sounds weird, but from what we can tell is that's very likely where the mythology behind Diana and Artemis came from is a tree that was eventually made into a temple and dedicated to her because she was the goddess of fertility, of trees and of the hunt.
So, yeah, he who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. So to all the churches, to him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. All right, so that is the letter to the Church of Ephesus pretty much covers what it is that I wanted to cover for that. Now let's listen to the song if you want.
Let's see. Where am I?
Now let's talk about the song. So here we go.
Walking through the flames.
[00:35:11] Speaker B: Seven lights they call my name.
[00:35:14] Speaker A: The seven candlesticks call his name.
[00:35:17] Speaker B: I've seen your hands, your endless fight, your steady heart through the longest night.
[00:35:25] Speaker A: Again, that's a message to the Church of Ephesus. How hard they worked and still work.
[00:35:30] Speaker B: You've turned away what wasn't true.
[00:35:34] Speaker A: That's the apostles. There are liars in the Nicolaitans.
[00:35:38] Speaker B: The lies they tried to use so often.
[00:35:42] Speaker A: Paganism and godlessness lie.
[00:35:44] Speaker B: With quiet strength you bore the way for something higher, something great.
But don't you remember how it felt back then?
[00:35:58] Speaker A: This is the call. Go back to return to what they left.
[00:36:06] Speaker B: Left behind what you once swore.
Go back. Go back to where you began.
[00:36:13] Speaker A: Return to your first love that made you stand.
[00:36:24] Speaker B: Your labor's been a steady grind that.
[00:36:27] Speaker A: Was true two years and three months. They spread the word over Asia Minor.
[00:36:31] Speaker B: Endless patience, iron mind.
But somewhere in the endless race you lost the fire, forgot the chase.
[00:36:44] Speaker A: How hard is it to maintain that kind of momentum.
[00:36:47] Speaker B: The path you walk, it still remains.
[00:36:50] Speaker A: It ain't too late.
[00:36:52] Speaker B: But the spark is gone.
[00:36:55] Speaker A: It's not the so this is for those who have lost that spark.
And here's the message. Go back.
[00:37:05] Speaker B: Don't you remember how it felt back then? When fire burned beneath your skin? You've turned away, you closed the door, left behind what you once wore. Go back, go back to where you began Find the love that made you stand from the height you've fallen low the light is dim but it still glows. Take the step, retrace your way back to love that never fades.
O don't you remember how it felt back then? When fire burned beneath your skin? You've turned away, you closed the door, left behind what you were for.
Go back, go back to where you began.
[00:38:03] Speaker A: Return to your first love that made you stand.
[00:38:13] Speaker B: The one who walks among the flames calls you softly, knows your name.
[00:38:24] Speaker A: I love this.
[00:38:25] Speaker B: Go back, go back. It's not too late.
[00:38:29] Speaker A: That's the message.
Isn't that awesome? So that's the message. That's the song. This is a song for the Church of Ephesus, for those who labored, those who initially had that spark, who had that love. You know, maybe you did great things initially, but you've got. But, you know, maybe the race got tiring, maybe you got exhausted. Go back, return to your first love. That's the message. That is the message to the Church of Ephesus.
So that's what I wanted to share with you guys tonight.
I love this song. I hope you guys listen to it and enjoy it. Now you can understand a little bit more about what is behind it. In the same way that Jesus instructed John to write the letters to the seven churches, to the messengers of the seven churches, whoever they may be.
I'd like to think that's us today, that we're responsible for taking this message and sharing it and finding those specifically who had that spark, who had that drive initially, that maybe they've left that for whatever the reason, the message to them is, go back, return to your first love. Return to that thing that gave you that initial spark.
Anyway, with that, I want to say God bless you guys. I hope you have a wonderful week. We're not going to do a show tomorrow, so the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up.
This is a big time for family, for a lot of people. A lot of people are preparing tomorrow, us included, doing a lot of traveling, a lot of cooking, stuff like that. So wanted to leave you with this message.
So hopefully if you fall into this category, if this is you that you once had a spark and you've lost that spark, go back, don't pick fights, but love people and especially spending time with your family. This is a great time to love people and reconnect. So with that, God bless you guys and shalom. Shalom.
