Thank you for 500

0:05 OK, OK, I need you to just stop whatever it is that you're doing. Maybe you're in traffic, maybe you're washing pleats, maybe you're lying down in your bed, and maybe you're even about to sleep. I need to just stop. I need your full attention for this. 1500 streams. The Rooted Podcast has hits 500 streams and downloads on Spotify This little show that started a few months ago with me a microphone and a lots of faith in God. Hello get down.

0:42 I'm just very happy. But you know what's turning me ahead of myself. Hi, welcome back or welcome. This is your first time to rotate with me. For me here, faith is talked about in a way that is clear, that's heartfelt, that's relatable. And hopefully it leaves you loving Jesus more than when you came. Yeah. And today's episode is different. It's different. If it's your first time, welcome again. If you've been here regularly, it's different. I'm not doing a deep dive or just not. I'm not talking much about anything.

1:16 Of course, we'll be back to that soon. But this episode is really just about me talking to you genuinely from me to you, because 505 hundred is a moment and I refuse to let's just pass by without marking it properly to myself. I didn't say that I want to like document, you know, celebrate the little, not little now, but like the steps of improvements. I'm not going to wait till it's so, so big and everything like right from now. Just celebrate those milestones. And 500 is definitely, most assuredly one of those moments.

1:48 So I want to start by saying thank God. Thank God because I mean, he's one who prompted me to start this, use different people to prompt me to start this. And then I'm scared or shy. Every now and then I still think about it. Maybe I'm about to say something that's a bit vulnerable. I think I'm better now. Point is, thank God for making me start this or for leading me to start this. And second of all, thank you. And I mean, it's from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for clicking, please. Thank you for giving your ears to listen to me.

2:19 Sometimes I think about it, I recorded an audio and I was just speaking and someone tried to play that audio and listen. I know that so many things are fighting for your ears and I know The Apprentice Podcast exist in the world and choose to listen to this one. You choose to spend your time, time that you will not get back because really like you can't steal your back. You choose to spend that time sitting with me and whatever God maybe laid on my heart. And it's not small. It's it's such a big sacrifice on your part and it means so, so much to me.

2:49 Like I'm so, so grateful. I'm so, so grateful. Like if I cook beans, well, I like to cook beans, beans. I believe beans is awesome and I cook it well. So I'm like, if, if I could see you now, maybe I could send you beans. I'm kidding, maybe. But really, if I say, I wish, I wish I could hug you with your permission or, you know, give you a handshake, just let you know that I'm really grateful that you listen to this. Thank you. Maybe times when you would, people would check in. I remember when I went to camp and I wasn't posting for a while, maybe checked, Oh, how are you doing?

3:24 There hasn't been a podcast or present. And I'm like, oh, this happened, that happened. Some people would, you know, maybe come tell me stuff I said that was relatable. I'm really grateful to you all. Like I'm very, very grateful. And in all seriousness, I mean this and it's a lot to consume content. I wonder if the person on that side actually cares about you. Like, oh, maybe the person is just talking and it's not really concerned about me that's listening, but I'm saying that you you, I'm I'm I'm intentional about you.

3:51 Like I'm, I'm giving to making sure that every single person that listens to me, that listens to the episodes I put up here is blessed by them. So it's not a thing of all if majority of people agree with this. And if I, I want to do things such a way that everyone of you who listens to me is left better. Yeah. So. And I want you to know that you are not in number to me. You know, in number to me. I started this podcast because I believe that the words that I speak as moved or based on the bodies or things that God leaves on my heart.

4:25 I believe that those words have weight. I believe that they can cause a change. I believe that the right thing said at the right time can genuinely change the direction of someone's day, someone's week. Sometimes someone could compliment me. It's just a compliment. This is not even a word. It could compliment me and I can run in the energy of that compliment for like 3 days, maybe three days. A bit long, might have forgotten, but you get the idea. So, yeah. And so whenever I sit down to record an episode, what I'd say theological question or something deeply personal, I'm thinking about you.

4:56 I'm thinking about how this would actually help you. I'm thinking, oh, if my being vulnerable would help this person understand the case better, would help them release better, would help them feel more seen, then maybe I should just be vulnerable. I don't want to just be nice sounding or the audience client, things like that. I genuinely want you to enjoy listening to this. I want you to feel like, OK, I didn't waste my time listening to this and promise you I'm going to keep on putting efforts into doing that.

5:22 You have my word. I will keep on showing up with intention. I will do everything that I can to be someone who is worth listening to. Alright, so yeah, that's a promise I'm making out loud. Pull me to it. Yeah, so 500 streams means 500 moments where someone heard something, where words from my mouth went into your ears. And I want to believe, I hope that they had an effect. And I don't think that's something I don't take it lightly anyway, because words are powerful, genuinely powerful in a way we sometimes underestimate.

5:55 I don't think we're underestimated, but in the moment when those words are maybe having such a powerful effect, we might not even be aware. I think about the time when someone said something kind to you. It was a compliment. I think about a time when someone said something that you didn't like, maybe was a careless coming, a dismissive word. I've been on both ends. I've been the one who has made the careless statements. Nothing I'm ever proud of. Like when I found out I'm like, words can just basically have an effect.

6:21 I know of someone who I I told, I told the person something. It wasn't a bad thing. I told the person, right? It was something I felt like to tell them. And I just found a person felt bad. Of course the person they said told me and everything I would talk about. And I was like, oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know. And this was not even something that was exactly hurtful or unkind to see. So imagine a scenario where someone didn't say something that is actually unkind. How devastating it can be. There's this thing that happened with me at work random, but I don't know this corporate workspace.

6:50 I didn't know we had so many meetings, like nobody. He talked about some meetings, but the number of meetings that I held, I'm like wow, wow. Anyway I digress. So I was at work, I started a new role so I was just getting to know the schedule and things like that. So I was on my way home. I wasn't looking at my phone. Later on, I checked my phone maybe like 5 minutes that I saw that there was a meeting I was supposed to join. This was by like 430. I was on my way home like it had already passed closing time.

7:20 So later on I tried to join the meeting in like 5 or 6 minutes after I saw it. Like after they had sent the notification that, oh, let's quickly jump on the call for a brief meeting, but by then someone else takes them that, Oh, we don't bother. It has been scheduled since you could not jump on. And the next day when we didn't have any meeting, which was also impromptu, I had to scramble, you know, just to get into the meeting because when I supposed to have a meeting, by that time, it was well passed closing time and things like that.

7:44 But I was like, you know, I want to show up, especially because it's a new role. I, I need you to know that I'm really eager about the work that we're doing here. And all of a sudden the boss is like, Are you sure you're really a serious person who tried to get you on a call yesterday? And I just felt too bad. I mean, he didn't, he didn't have the full context of my situation. He didn't know that, oh, on my own end, I had already closed. Like it was actual closing time when I was in transit. So I, I felt really bad.

8:09 I felt really bad. This was someone that was not trying to hurt me intentionally. This was not someone who'd use any abusive words. But I won't even like it got to me. Like I won't point. I didn't cry, I didn't cry, but I genuinely felt like crying. And I think if my mum had not met me and just asked me what was wrong, I probably would have just gone upstairs and just sat down and cried for a bit, you know, wash my eyes and feel better. So, And I just got me thinking about how words are so powerful.

8:36 That's a scenario. Like that's a scenario that is not the most extreme and yet it had such an effect on me. I'm thinking, OK, what then happens if someone says something so negative? It could be disastrous. But on the flip side, what happens when someone can say something so encouraging? Like in Romans 12, Paul talked about the gift of exhortation. Like when he's talking about different gifts, he also mentions exhortation. That's how some people are so gifted that they can speak to people and you're, you're filled with life literally.

9:02 Like they literally use their words to bring you up. If you're someone who has like it's please cherish it and it's a gift to give it free. Like we have whatever opportunity you have, wherever you find yourself used as a means to exhort people, let them be filled a life and maybe maybe consider that you don't have the gifts you can desire. It's I believe that you can desire. It's right. God is working into it and to desire. So if you're desiring it, don't think it's not a work of God. Don't think it's not a work of God.

9:29 Other times, God's working in you might seem normal, might seem ordinary, but it's still God's work nonetheless. Desire. It's like desire to be a person who leaves people better, leaves people energized after conversations. Desire to be that kind of person and also be around people like that. I think that goes without saying. Have some friends that I just talked to and even if I've had such a terrible, I can just go and talk to them and I leave their better. Yeah, but let your words have such a powerful effect on people, a positive effect on people.

10:04 And that's why I think about this podcast a lot. Every word I put out goes somewhere into someone's morning, maybe your commutes, maybe your quiet time. And I want the words that I see to be things that leave you in a good place that sits with you and point you to somewhere better. I know sometimes maybe if it's correcting, you're calling out or something that you're not doing right. I know it might not be the best thing, but I hope that ultimately it's helps you better. And I want you to know that I genuinely have your best interests at heart.

10:34 So here's where I land. We are at 500. I'm saying because it's not just me, it's me and you. Exciting things are coming. Of course, you guys will be the first to know. I will definitely keep you up to date, like let's be on the lookouts. Interesting stuff, but I want to ask you something. I want to ask that you keep on showing up, that you keep on listening, that you keep on giving me feedback, that you keep on sharing the episodes, that you keep on being a listener who encourages me to do this.

11:04 I'm going to be real with you. As much as I'm happy, I also have to be real and tell you that there are sometimes when I'm scared, sometimes when I'm like, do I know whether this will actually do well? Do I know whether this will actually resonate with people? But of course, seeing 500, I was, I was in the kitchen today when I saw it. I was cooking, you know, running around the kitchen. My sister was baking. So it was like everyone was topsy turvy. But all of a sudden I started and I just shouldn't.

11:26 It just brightened our moods. Like it really did a lot of work. So this really helped me. So please help me to do this more, offer me the encouragement that I need to keep on going. And in turn, of course, I'm going to do my best to not just have you listen to this ball for you to actually enjoy listening to this, for you to actually benefit from this. Like I want to live your life better after you've listened to this, right? And if you know someone, one person, two people, three people, I don't know who you think would benefit from this, who you think might probably just be able to do or might need a rooted with any podcast in their life.

12:04 I'd love you to share this with them. I really would love that you do that. I definitely want more people to listen to what is being said here also because as time goes on and like bringing some of my friends to say some things, some people I know I will verse in some certain topics as well. And I think those people are pregnant with such wisdom and such knowledge and I want as many people to benefit from it. And sometimes I just want to, like, give you an insights joke into my life or my friends, like the different things that have happened to us and how God has been able to walk through those challenges.

12:40 But yeah, so please, every time you share this show, you're actually helping with this. So yeah, thank you, genuinely, from the bottom of my heart. Here's to 500. Here's to 1000 more. Here's to wherever God takes this thing. And just know that we're just getting warmed up. And that's it for today's episode. If you haven't already, please leave. A rating takes 30 seconds. Top. Until next time, stay rooted. Bye.