Today’s Sky-Level Question:

What if the setbacks in your life aren’t roadblocks, but God pumping the brakes so you don’t drive off a cliff?

This one is raw. I woke up ready to sprint, ready to launch, ready to finally hit “go” on everything I’ve been building for the past year and a half. And then, within 24 hours:

• My Substack got accidentally deleted.
• My wife and I forgot it was our anniversary.
• My cabin filled up with six kids and a mountain of chaos (again).

And in that chaos, I broke. I said out loud: “I can’t do this anymore.”

But here’s the truth: I don’t think God is stopping me. I think He’s slowing me down. He’s pumping the brakes because He loves me enough to make sure I don’t build CRUMB on sand.

In the middle of the mess, God showed me something clear: my priorities have been out of order. For too long, I’ve been putting mission and work above house, above order, above the little things.

So here’s the Forever Priority Code I’m committing to live by — no exceptions:

1. Seek God
2. Love wife
3. Lead kids
4. Reset house
5. Steward body
6. Advance mission (one domino)
7. Check money
8. Steward calendar & communication
9. Sharpen with brothers
10. Give + serve
11. Learn truth
12. Scan heart
13. Enjoy joy
14. Review + reset

Emergency, mercy, or Spirit-redirect — those are the only reasons this order flexes. Otherwise, it’s fixed.

• Without this order, my ADHD gets worse.
• Without this order, my wife and kids pay the price for my ambition.
• Without this order, I scramble, burn out, and end up confessing, “I can’t do this anymore.”

With this order? Peace. Stability. Presence. And the foundation CRUMB actually needs.

So yes, I’m frustrated. Yes, it feels humiliating to pause again. But better to pump the brakes now than crash later.

This week, I’m practicing the Code. Locking it in. Resetting my house before my work. Putting my wife before my mission. Living the buckets before I try to multiply the mission.

And when CRUMB does launch — God willing — it will be from a place of order, not chaos.

🎧 Listen in as I talk through all of this in real-time: the setback, the breaking point, and the unexpected grace in God pumping the brakes.

📄 If you want to see the Forever Code laid out (and download it for yourself), you'll be able to grab the free starter pack I put together once I get the Substack rocking. September 1st is the new goal.