Hi, and welcome to Jesus Over Everything, a short practical podcast that mixes encouragement,

the Bible, how-toes, and fantastic interviews for the listener on the go. I'm Lisa Whittle,

and I welcome you to just a few minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be time well spent.

You might have come here to listen today because I've intrigued you by the title. Maybe you've

already figured it out.

It's a word a lot of us use and don't even think another thing about it. I've used it so many

times myself, probably even today if I could recall all my conversations, but someone wise told me

once that it creates the biggest distance between us and other people, so it's probably time to

consider swapping it out for another word.

You intrigued yet? Okay, well, let's dive in right now.

I won't leave you hanging any longer. The word is busy. Yeah, you got it. It's such a part of our normal conversations. I bet you're like

me. And don't even notice you're saying it half the time when someone asks you how you're doing

and you respond with a very honest, I'm just so busy right now. Or this is such a busy season of

life. All true, by the way, because we are all so busy, right? And let me just say this,

which may wind up sounding a little bit like a soapbox, but I'm not of the camp. We should

abolish every single word anymore, right? The world has gotten a little nuts with this,

a little carried away, pretty much every day anymore. I hear words we're not supposed to say

because they're not politically correct. And look, some of the words are dated and they carry

mindsets that need to go, absolutely. But sometimes it's just being flat out ridiculous and nitpicky,

in my opinion. To me, though, the word busy is one that we should take a good look at, take some note as to

what it does to us in our relationships, and at least work on a different way to communicate,

maybe how we feel about our lives with other people. The reason I'm even talking about this,

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