maybe a certain way a song should go or a song list , we could be very , very vocal about how we feel . There are really no filters with that . And so I think we ’ ve learned how to navigate that and how to always come back to the truth that we ’ re on the same team , we ’ re going after the same goal .
And sometimes the enemy can try to bring those little disagreements and those little , not even disagreements … a lot of times it ’ s misunderstandings and that goes for anybody working with each other in any kind of ministry capacity .
But especially with a spouse , the enemy can often try to bring those misunderstandings of thinking that this person said this or they meant that , or all that . And so , we ’ ve had to learn just to really pause in those moments when frustration is creeping in and really come back to the fact that we ’ re on the same team . “ Hey , let ’ s work this out ”. “ Let ’ s talk this through ”. And often what we find is that we were just misunderstanding each other , and the enemy was trying to just bring in some little dissension just to try to get us out of unity as we ’ re trying to do this .
I think it is really just understanding when those things are happening , pausing , taking a breath , not running to jump into conclusions . But really trying to expose the enemy and trying to come back to the side of same team .
What is the Lord saying ? What are we meant to do here ? Let ’ s hear the Lord together . Really wanting to move forward in unity and not wanting to move forward if we ’ re not in unity on decisions and things like that . Really just wanting to be in unity before we make a decision .
[ WM ] Right on . Well , that rolls into my next question with your songwriting , because you ’ ve been doing a lot of co-writes with people . So that ’ s a different thing as you walk into a room and you ’ ve got to catch the vision with someone else and come alongside of them and work with them to write a song . Tell us about your co-writing ? Do you like that more than solo writing or it ’ s just a different aspect ?
[ Cody ] Co-writing is so beneficial to invite other people into a creative process . I think a couple minds coming together , a couple perspectives of Jesus that are different is always going to enhance something . So oftentimes , going back to “ Firm Foundation ” for example … that morning I was writing that by myself . I wrote the whole first stanza , so from ‘ Christ my firm foundation ’ to ‘ He won ’ t ’. That ’ s what I wrote by myself .
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