What happens when our minds rush ahead into a future that hasn't arrived yet, quietly leaving God out of the picture?

In this episode, I reflect on a powerful scene from The Shack that has stayed with me for over a decade. It's a moment that captures something many of us do without realizing it: we imagine a future filled with fear, loss, or overwhelm and then ask our bodies and souls to carry that weight as if it were already real.

This conversation explores what I call future-tripping and how it affects our faith, our nervous systems, and our ability to receive the grace God is offering us right now.

In this episode, we explore:

What future-tripping is and why so many of us are unintentionally good at it
How imagined futures can activate real fear in our bodies
Why our nervous systems react the same way to imagined threats as real ones
Simple ways to return to the here and now when your mind runs ahead

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💡Today's Big Idea: Faith doesn't deny big problems. It trusts a bigger God.

⚡️Today's Small Step: When you notice yourself future-tripping this week, pause and gently return to the present moment:

Name one thing you can see
One thing you can feel
One thing you can hear

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