How can we be gracious with people in our lives that we just don't click with?

The people I like to call are spiritual sandpaper.

Today we are looking at what the Bible really says about loving one another,

even the people who chew their food really loudly.

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Welcome to the Shepus Faithful Podcast, episode number 81, truth and encouragement to live

gospel-centered lives every day. I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hey, everyone, my name is Lauren, and I'm the host of this podcast. If this is your first time,

thanks for joining me. I'm very excited. We like to talk about the Bible here. We like to talk about

how it applies to our life practically. And if you're a return listener, thanks for coming back.

Today is a great show. I reached out to my Patreon supporters a few months ago and asked,

hey, are there any topics, any questions that you're interested in hearing about? And I got some

responses back. And so this is a question that had come from a Patreon supporter. And it's how

do we live graciously with those we don't click with? And it totally resonated with me.

And I thought, this is going to be a good episode. And I asked some hard questions that I basically

am looking in the mirror saying, these are for you, Lauren. So on that note, should be a good show.

Before we jump in, I wanted to share a couple resources with you ladies.

So my friend Adrian is a speech language pathologist and she loves the Lord. And I've been

incredibly encouraged not only by her faith and her friendship over the internet, but also

practically by her online courses. So a couple years ago, a couple years ago, last year, my toddler's son,

he was taking a lot, a long time to start talking. It was very frustrating for us both. And he would

especially want me to repeat things. He babbled out, but like back to him in English, like I had to

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