John last week you brought up this category of transitions and how in the middle of

last summer God kind of revealed to you

how necessary it is for soul to make these transitions, not just jump into the next thing.

It's a way of kind of arresting the world and living soulfully.

When you shared that, honestly, I went,

first of all, that's radical.

Like, people just don't do it.

The world's demands to jump into the next thing. The atmosphere is so strong

that it's rarely done. And you gave a few examples, but what I am curious about is that was last summer and we're now into the next year and you're talking about it and how God spoke and it was something he matured you in and you engaged in it enough that it's shaped who you are now but you jumped into your world. You were back in the throes of it.

I'd love to hear from you regarding like what's the practical how do you

do that? How do you take a treasure that's God's bringing that's frontier for you and

actually live into it in a way that it really does have

staying power. Yeah that's huge. So friends welcome back to the second part of a conversation.

If you didn't hear, the first installment, you might want to go back and pick that up.

But we're talking about hanging on to lessons

that God has given us from the past and just how incredibly contrary that is to the next

thing, the next thing, the next thing, culture that we live in.

So it's really interesting.

The things that God does, the fruit of it is so enjoyable that you want that path.

I mean, Peter, to Jesus, where are we going to go? You have the words of life.

Like, the fruit of transition is so wonderful that I want it. I'm like, yes, God, show me more, teach me more.

Now, perfect application, no, stumbling through the fall, absolutely. The

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