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.

Happy June, is it? Summer, is spring over? Do we even know what day or month it is anymore?

Guys, I don't know where or in what condition this podcast finds you, but I trust and pray you are

healthy and staying near to the Lord in your personal situation. It's been a tough and crazy year

for all of us so far. If you're just joining in, maybe brand new to the podcast. First, welcome.

You are hopping in right in the midst of a series we are in called six weeks to a permanent

priority shift, as a lot of us have been reevaluating that in our lives. Week three is where we are

in the process. We've covered detox, discovery, and now this week,

cravings. Because as most of us know in the midst of a change process, we often have to get over

the hump of pining for an old way during the process to move to the good new way that is to come.

Thank you. to move to the good new way that is to come. One of the interesting things that emerged from the pandemic, and by the way, full disclosure,

I'm recording this while still in the stay-at-home orders and not sure where we in North

Carolina will be by the time this show airs. But as I'm here in about week six of this thing, quarantine still, I'm noticing this.

I think a lot of us as Christians have always felt a sort of kinship and understanding with the

Israelites in the Bible. Not necessarily that we've wanted that connection because the

Israelites didn't really behave well

much of the time they complained they were unfaithful to God they often forgot his goodness to

them they were in a cycle of forgetting him then needing him then asking for his forgiveness

then having contrition God being good and them, and then them forgetting him again when

life sort of smoothed over. So we don't love the connection, and yet we know ourselves too,

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