Jay shares his recent experience of losing his beloved dog Ginger. In doing so he explains how much saying goodbye to the dog was more about letting go of a part of his life that he hasn't shared and a reminder that death of man or beast will always be a sad consequence of the fall of man until God restores his own order of life.

Resources & Links:

From dust to dust - Ecclesiastes 3:18-21

Pet loss grief; the pain explained - Sarah Hoggan

Quotable: "I realized I wasn't training my dog; I was training myself. I was learning that life can be messy, but you can still enjoy it, I was learning that you could fail many times at something, but it doesn't mean you are a failure" - Jay

The Pretender theme music is a beat composed by 2dayPresents and is titled "1000 Feet"

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Jay talks about healing from personal life events from both a physical, emotional and spiritual sense. During times of difficulty, tragedy, failure, illness or any valleys of life; it's often easy to get stuck into the weeds and thorns that life is. It's easier to give up than having to face the aftermath of an event, but ultimately , we must get there to heal. Jay also plays a guitar at the end of the episode!

Resources: Songs Jay talked about

Whatever you're doing - Sanctus Real

Broken vessels - Hillsong

Quotable: "Everyone has their own process; everyone has their own time but if we are to continue living in this life - healing must happen." -Jay

The Pretender theme music is a beat composed by 2dayPresents and is titled "1000 Feet"

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In this episode, Jay recounts a conversation he had with a late friend about suffering and draws perspective from it today.

Dedicated to M.N.M. - Still sadly missed.

Resources:

The story of the man born blind

Afflicted Saint, to Christ draw near

Quotable: "…we shouldn't always claim to know or even explain the reason we suffer because frankly we don't know why certain things happen, but we should instead look to God for strength during these trials and challenges." - Jay

The Pretender theme music is a beat composed by 2dayPresents and is titled "1000 Feet"

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