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How to pace:
Don't start out full force - reserve your energy for longevity
Make a priority list - to set up for success - cut off outliers
Include rest - or else burnout
Be patient - allows for disruption
Don't compare - it steals joy
Check expectation - avoid disappointment
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- Hi, and welcome to the "Marriage After God" podcast.
- We're your hosts, Aaron and Jennifer Smith.
- We have been married 15 years and have five sweet children, who are growing up way too fast.
- We love God and we love marriage.
- And we love to be honest about it all.
- Marriage is not always a walk in the park, but we do believe it has a powerful purpose.
- So our goal here is to open up the conversation to talk about our faith and our marriage.
- Especially in light of the gospel.
- We certainly don't have all the answers, But if you stick around, we may just make you laugh.
- But our hope is to encourage you to chase boldly after God's purpose for your life together.
- This is "Marriage After God".
- Hey, welcome back to another episode of the "Marriage After God" podcast. We're glad you're here, Jennifer's laughing. 'Cause she gets nervous when we're starting these things. Every time. She's like, "This isn't in my notes. What do I do? What do I do?" You just talk to them. Play "Little Diddy".
- I was hiding that from you for a long time.
- Or you were waiting to pull that out of me? Well,
- You're welcome.
- Yeah. All right. So today we're gonna be chatting about this little idea of the importance of pacing ourselves.
- For the purpose of peace. Peace in our lives.
- Pace and peace, is that intentional? You think God was like, "I want those words to be real close together"? So that's what we're gonna be talking about today is peace and pace, or pace to get peace. That's really what it is.
- It's not a funny episode, but I feel like I got the giggles.
- You got the giggles?
- Yeah.
- You've been looking at a computer screen for quite a while, so you're like-
- I'm delirious.
- A little bit delirious, I think that's okay. So you take it from here.
- Well, before we get started, I just wanted to let you guys know that one of the,
- You got this. All you gotta do is read it.
- I don't know why this is so hard for me right now.
- Okay.
- Sorry, guys.
- But you just do it, you got this.
- Okay, redo.
- Take a breath.
- Can we cut that?
- Pace yourself? This is gonna work. You guys, she's laughing hard right now.
- What's in those gummy bears?
- They're all natural, so, all right. I'll do it, it's okay. So we just wanna let you all know that one of the ways that we support this podcast, is by you all picking up copies of our books. We've written quite a few books and we wrote them to bless and benefit marriages around the world. And so we wanna invite you, two of the books that we have that actually helps with pace, is our devotionals, "Wife After God" and "Husband After God." They are 30-day marriage devotionals with daily topics to focus on based off specific scriptures. And there's also an included