I had someone reach out to me recently. He’s trying. He goes to church. He prays. But he said something that stuck with me… “I just want to feel the peace of Jesus… but I don’t.” Maybe you’ve felt that too. I have. There have been moments where I’ve sat there and thought… “God… are you still there?” And here’s what I’ve come to realize. It’s not that God isn’t speaking. It’s that we’re surrounded by so much noise… we don’t recognize His voice. Our minds are full. Worries. Decisions. Pressure. And we expect God to cut through all of that loudly. But most of the time… He speaks quietly. The other day, I walked my son through something simple. No big words. No “perfect” prayer. I just told him… “Let’s get quiet.” Not just physically. Mentally. Let go of everything for a moment. Stop trying to figure things out. Just be still. After a bit, I asked him: “Do you feel present now?” He said yes. Then I said: “Now invite Jesus into that space.” Not as an idea. As someone real. There was a pause… Then he said, “He’s here.” And I told him: “Give Him everything you’re carrying.” Not perfectly. Just honestly. Like handing something over. After a while, I asked him: “Did you give it to Him?” He said yes. Then I said: “Now ask Him to give you back what He wants you to carry.” What happened next surprised me. What he sensed… What he wrote down… Matched what I was sensing too. And it built his faith. Because he realized something simple, but powerful: God wasn’t silent. He just didn’t recognize His voice yet. I think that’s where a lot of us are. We’ve made this more complicated than it needs to be. Sometimes we hear something… and immediately dismiss it. “That’s just my thoughts.” But what if it’s not? If you feel disconnected right now, try this: Just get quiet. Even for a few minutes. Let go of everything you’re holding. Then ask God for one thing: One word. One direction. One thought. Don’t force it. Don’t overthink it. Just listen. And when something comes… don’t dismiss it too quickly.

Let me ask something honestly. A lot of people here joined because of the Debt-Free Investing course. But I’m curious… How far have you actually gotten with it? Be real with me for a second: A. Haven’t started yet B. Started but didn’t finish C. Going through it consistently D. Finished it E. Don't know how to access it. Drop A, B, C, or D below. No pressure, just want to see where everyone’s at.

Most parents avoid “those” conversations. You know the ones. The uncomfortable topics. The ones that feel too early or too awkward. So they wait. But here’s the problem… kids don’t wait. They hear things from friends, school, the internet. And half the time, it’s twisted, incomplete, or just plain wrong. We made a decision early on with our kids. We weren’t going to outsource their understanding of right and wrong. We had the hard conversations. Early. Honestly. Repeatedly. So now, when they hear something off… it doesn’t confuse them. They actually pause and think, “That doesn’t sound right.” Not because they’re perfect, But because they were grounded first at home. It’s uncomfortable, yes. But silence doesn’t protect your kids… it just hands the job to someone else. So the real question is: Are you having those conversations… or avoiding them?