Hello, Mighty Men of God. Joe Martin here, man-builder, award-winning speaker, author, and Tanya's

husband and Kendall and Faith's dad. Welcome to the Real Men Connect podcast where we help good men become

great men God's way. Every Wednesday, we interview some of the nation's most respected and

accomplished men of faith to find out what it really takes to become the kind of husband, father,

and spiritual leader God called and created us to be. Today is the real men check-in. The real men check-in is just

a quick way to help you start your week on the right foot in the right way. Every Monday, I share

personal insights, encouragement, and support that will move you beyond church to real change.

I keep it short, I make it fun, and then I'm done. So let's get

started. Real men are time users, not time abusers. I want to say that one again. Real men are

time users, not time abusers. I'm just going to be honest with you. There's a lot of things

about my life that I don't think is fair. And before you judge me or elects me on God's sovereignty and how everything happens of a reason, I understand all of that, but allow me just to vent for just a minute or two, because I can't be the only man who's ever thought some of these things. Now, I look back on my life and I have a lot of questions about the cards I've been dealt. Some serious, some not so serious. Like, how come I never grew taller than 5'4'6? How come I wasn't born a lefty, a South Paul? Why wasn't I born with the privilege of being Caucasian instead of African American? Why did I have to grow up poor and in the ghetto? How come all the schools I attended were the worst in the city? How come I didn't grow up in a two-parent household? How come my only male role model had to die when I was only 10 years old? Why was I sexually abused as a child? How come I had to go to bed hungry every other night? How come I wasn't given an athletic scholarship to go to college? And of course, I can go on and on. Now, I'm sure if I polled every man I know, they could come up with a similar list, maybe not the exact same situations, but similar struggles. See, the truth of the matter is, we all have a story, and we've all had to struggle in our own ways. So why do I bring up such a depressing topic on the real men check in this week?

Because as I reflect back on what I consider the unfairness of life, I also stop to pause

and think about what I consider the great equalizer.

And hear me on this.

The great equalizer is time.

Think about it.

Regardless of where you came from, where you were born, what you have or don't have, what happens to you or what doesn't happen for you,

every person on the planet has the same amount of hours, minutes, and seconds in a day. Think about it, 24 hours in a day.

1,440 minutes in a day. 86,400 seconds in a day. Now, I'm not talking about the same amount of

years on earth. I'm talking about the same amount of time in a given day. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett,

Donald Trump, or even LeBron James can't buy an extra hour or add more minutes to their day.

Each one of us can sit back and complain about all the bad things

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