I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing.

You're listening to episode 146.

This is a podcast about making decisions, but it's also about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or even if you just need a few

minutes away from the constant stream of information and the sometimes delightful, but also

distracting hum of entertainment, well you're in the right place.

Go get a thoughtful story, a little prayer, and a simple next right step.

This is the final episode in a short series here on the podcast all about starting with

your senses.

And let me just tell you, this topic has been right on time for me.

I have so enjoyed this simple practice of getting out of my head and into my body by paying

attention to what I see, hear, taste, smell, and touch.

One place where we might not often think to consider our five senses is inner life with

God.

It's easy to get caught up in thoughts about God or to become granular about what we believe

exactly about every current event, about where we stand among the different camps, and

about how we want to accurately articulate our faith to people.

And in all of that, we might forget about Jesus who walked in dust, ate sweet fruit,

touched blind eyes and deaf ears, and stood near the sea of Galilee with the wind on his

face.

After talking the last few weeks about feeling stuck and feeling scared, it felt right to come

back to our faith.

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