don't trust everything you feel

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of Christ with Coffee on Ice. I am your host, Allie Yost. It is a joy and honor to be here with you guys today. Happy Friday everybody! What day of the month is it right now? Hold on, let me check. I know we are in the month of October. What is it? October 17th? Is that what today is? We're in the middle of October and I'm wearing a flannel today and it's just right. Everything feels good in the world right now. I'm wearing a flannel. It's October. I'm having a pumpkin spice latte. We've been doing that these last few Fridays and we're owning it. We're not ashamed of it. We're owning it. We're excited about it and I feel like there are two kinds of people during this time of the year and I am, should I say unfortunately or should I actually say fortunately? Fortunately, I am the one that will embrace all things pumpkin. Pumpkin is my favorite. Pumpkin is my favorite. Pumpkin pie is one of the things that I actually wish I could have year round. Honestly, why can't I though? Free will exists. I don't know. Do pumpkins or can pumpkins be a year round thing? Anyway, I do wish that though. It's my favorite dessert ever and then obviously a pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin candles. Anything pumpkin is my jam. But then there's other people on the other side of the spectrum who cannot. They cannot stand anything pumpkin. They want nothing to do with it and I understand. I get it and I can understand how maybe we've overdone it a little bit during the season of the year but I can't get enough of it. It's my favorite part of the fall is like anything pumpkin slash vanilla. Oh my gosh, bury me in it. Just please. I need a car freshener that smells like it. Like I want it everywhere at all times. So anyway, I hope that you guys are having a great day. It's funny because even being out here, it's so different being out on the West Coast during the fall because I'm born and raised East Coast. I'm originally from upstate New York and so right now for my family, I know that they're actually genuinely experiencing fall to the fullest that you can experience it. It's funny because living out here, like you really have to cultivate it yourself. Otherwise, it's just going to feel like it's still summertime. Like the minute you step into my home, you'd swear but when you once, I mean the beach, it's amazing. I'm not even complaining. I'm actually so grateful. Thank you, Jesus. I'm obsessed with California. I'm obsessed with California, you guys. I am. I love it here. I've given no life updates of like honestly how I've been doing out here and like how I've been loving it but like I truly love it. I love it. My move went really well and yeah, everything is going so great with all of that and so yeah, it's been a transitional time for me but so exciting and fun. Moving is like fun. It's exciting. It's stressful and there's so much cardboard involved, so much cardboard but it's a lot of fun and so yeah, it's been a really transitional time but anyway, you really, you really have to set the tone of fall. Living in Southern California, like walking into my home, we have fake orange and red and yellow leaves but they don't really exist outside and that's okay. The cooler months come for us a little bit. It's just a bit of a delay. October is not the month for that. It's more like maybe November, December is when things really start to cool down out here. Anyway, it's the best. I do love California but I love the East Coast too and so if you're experiencing that, I love that for you. Please jump in a pile of leaves for me. Anyway, okay, I'm done ranting. Guys, we have our coffee on ice. We do and you know what, if you're having hot coffee now, I understand. Sometimes I try to navigate that where I'm like, what do we do God? Because I don't know if iced coffee is the vibe you're around, obviously, but yeah, if you're having your hot coffee, I get it but today I'm having my iced coffee in our Christ with coffee on ice plastic tumbler. We also have our glass ones too. I want to start dreaming with God about what our merch could look like because I really want to do more fun things. I know I say those things a lot but I mean it. I really do it with my whole heart but I do still love this merch a lot. I love the stars. I think this is still so my vibe and I love it and it's so cute. Still available, it's just aliyos.com. If you guys are interested in any of the merch and you want to rep some CWCOI, it blesses me and it's so fun to see you guys wearing it and enjoying it and using your little cuppy first and foremost, actually above all else. We have our Christ. We have our word of God here today and to be honest guys, I don't have a total vision on what we're going to do for this episode. Okay, I'm just going to stop saying that because honestly at this point you guys are like, yeah, we get that. That's how it goes, Ali. We know what you're about girl. We've been here long enough, right? So yeah, I don't really know what we're going to do. To be honest, you guys, to be honest, I feel like we've talked about a lot on this podcast you know and I think my biggest fear is like sounding so repetitive but I will ask you guys. I'll be like, listen, what is it that you guys want to hear about on the podcast and so we did a little bit of a poll and the top comment for this poll meaning like 500 people had also hearted it. It was the most liked one is Annalise had said how to have faith without feeling anything and she puts feeling in all capitals and so you know with these kinds of responses, you guys obviously have to be short about it and you can't like go into depth but the way that I'm interpreting that is how to have faith, how to be bold without letting maybe having faith in God without letting our feelings take over and like not trusting our feelings more than we do in God, you know, like not letting our feelings dictate the way that we have faith and follow the Lord and I feel like we've talked about that maybe a few times here on the podcast but I want to acknowledge it because I think that it's a real thing and I think it's easier said than done a lot of times is like not allowing our feelings to get in the way of continuing to believe in who God says he is and we actually even touched a lot on this in last week's episode so I don't know how much we'll talk about it right now and maybe we could just dabble in some scripture and read the word because that is always like my favorite thing to do and maybe the Lord can bring some clarity even just through reading his word today. I would say the way that I have really been able to overcome submitting to what I'm feeling in a moment and I think that God has given me the self-awareness too like when I don't know if I always had the self-awareness of when it was happening, you know, like when I would let my feelings kind of take over and I would let myself be overwhelmed by what I was feeling, I don't think that at that time I had a whole lot of self-awareness or conviction that that's what was happening. I think I would just like ride that wave of emotions and then I would be out of it and then I'd be like, ooh, that wasn't good. You know, I think he's given me more of an awareness that when I'm in it he's like, hey, by the way, I know that this is really heavy and I know that this feels really, really, really big but I need you to remember that this is just your flesh right now and I think what's allowed me to have that discipline is honestly reading his word. I think that that is like the biggest way to get out of our feels or to at least like anchor ourselves. I think what we need in moments of feeling so, you know, especially us women, like I just feel like we're such feelers. I'm not saying men can't feel, men can be feelers for sure but like especially us women, I just feel like we really feel like deeply and maybe sometimes too much but I think it's a gift and it's the way that the Lord has created us for a reason but I think a lot of times like I have allowed myself to get swept away in those feelings and so when you're in this like whirlwind of feeling things, you know, you're looking at circumstances or you're looking at where you're at and you're like, yeah, I don't like the way this looks and it's making me feel this way which is making me feel like my world is crumbling around me which is then also making me feel like God actually isn't here because if he was here it wouldn't feel like everything was crumbling around me. It feels like everything is failing like everything is just whatever right? You're getting swept away in all of those feelings. It's in those moments that we need an anchor like clearly we need something to anchor us because we are frantic, we are all over the place, there's no stability in relying on our feelings because honestly our feelings can come and go so quickly. I've noticed that in myself like I don't know if you guys have ever experienced being like so down bad and then like give yourself a few minutes and you're like, wait a minute, I'm literally fine. Wait a minute, I'm fine. So like if feelings like if our flesh can be that fleeting that does not sound like a good foundation to me. Like that sounds like something, it's just a roller coaster, there's no stability in it and so in those moments where we really want to have more faith than we do, you know, just relying on our feelings and being swept away in our emotions, we need an anchor. You need something firm and I believe just from experience and even what the word of God says is that our foundation has to be the word of God and so I'd say my number one piece of advice would be to anchor your faith in God's word rather than anchoring it in your emotions. Feelings change constantly. Like I just said, like our feelings can be like we're here, we're up and then we're down and then we're here and now we're here and that can all be in the matter of minutes and hour, days, whatever, right? But feelings change all the time, but God's word doesn't. God's word is the thing that is constant. I think when it comes to us asking the question of like what should our foundation be on, it should probably be on something sturdy, it should probably be on something constant, it should probably be on something that isn't constantly changing and so as Christians we go okay well what's that one thing, it's God and what would be the tangible thing, tangible aside from the spirit of God, aside from you know obviously hearing God's voice and having a connection with him that way, but like it's the word of God, the tangible evidence of like okay this has to be my foundation because I know that it's true and it's constant. God's word does not change, it stays the same and so yeah I think reminding ourselves of the truth and yeah there have been plenty of times where God has been like hey by the way you're having a moment. Okay you're being really emotional right now, it's not a bad thing honey, I gave you emotions, it's good, I'm not shaming you, but we cannot rely on this as a foundation in this moment because you will be unwell. And so it's never that God ever makes me feel like I can't have feelings or emotions, I don't think that we should wish away feelings. Annalisa in this is saying, how do I have faith without feeling anything, I don't know if that is possible. I don't think that's impossible, I don't think we can have faith without feeling anything, but we can have faith while feeling things but still choosing to put our faith in something anchored like the word of God. We're going to choose to have our faith anchored despite feeling things because I don't think we can avoid that, we're going to feel things, but despite feeling things it's kind of like what we were saying last week, we'll just, we need another reminder, hey it's a week later, sometimes we forget, we'll say it again. In despite of those feelings we need to make sure that our anchor, our faith is anchored in God's word. And so having faith and feelings, I think that those can live in the same reality of your life, we can have faith and still feel things, but it's what is our faith anchored in? Is our faith anchored in our feelings and emotions? Is that the thing that we trust or is our faith going to be anchored in what God says? Which is right here, which is right here. When your heart feels shaky, remind yourself, God's truth is more reliable than what feels right now. I think another thing that would be really healthy, which maybe this has come in moments where I've been like more self-aware when I am kind of spinning out and having a little moment, is acknowledging my feelings. So acknowledge your feelings and don't just suppress them. I love that Annalise is, is acknowledging that her feelings are annoying. It sounds like she's like, yeah, I'm just trying to have faith in God and not be annoyed and interrupted and inconvenienced by my feelings. I don't want to trust them. They're annoying. I don't want them around. I get that. But the truth of the matter is like this, this is all part of the human experience, you know? And so as much as it'd be nice if we could just wish them away and be like, okay, I don't want them anymore. I actually think it's best that we acknowledge it. We acknowledge our feelings and we don't suppress them. I practiced this in the car last night with God. This was fun. Okay, I'm gonna tell you guys about this. So I was on my drive home with God and it was pretty late at night. This is my favorite time to just talk out loud to God and like look like a crazy person because no one is around and I'm just like, okay, God, I'm gonna talk to you now. Like you're my therapist and I do. Like I will genuinely talk to the Lord out loud as if he is my therapist. He is actually in a lot of ways. He will bring me to revelation. He will bring me to and even just like using him as an outlet of honesty. Like I'm just like, hey, God, this is honestly how I'm feeling. But I'm gonna say I know probably a lot of the things that I'm about to acknowledge and admit are probably not even the truth. I don't know if any of you guys feel this way. Okay, maybe this is just a me thing. Sometimes there's a fear to admit to God, the things that I'm feeling, even when I know it's not the truth because I think I'm gonna like jinx myself. What? Jinxing isn't even a thing in the kingdom of God. Like that's like not even a thing. That's so worldly. But I think that if I like admit it out loud to God or if I say it out loud, like the very thing will actually end up happening. Which like what? That's like not even, that's not even how God operates. So I don't know, that could be some influence from the world. That's just still like, okay, get that out of me. That's not even real. And so to combat that and overcome it, I'll just be like, okay, God, I'm gonna say it out loud anyway, even though I'm afraid. And the thing is, is it's so silly, it's so silly that we think that if we don't say something out loud to God, then he doesn't know it. That is the silliest thing ever that we think that if we don't say it out loud to God, he'll never know about it. He's literally God. Okay, he's literally God. He knows every thought that's going through my mind right now, actually, and yours. And yours. He knows everything. It says in scripture that he is the only one who knows what's within a man's heart. Like, he knows what's in the deep depths of our hearts and our souls and our minds, even more than we realize, even more than we probably know. That's how I get to revelation with God often, actually, is because he'll reveal things that I didn't even know were inside of me. So it's like, he knows way more. So it's just silly that if I think, well, if I just don't say it out loud, I won't jinx myself and God won't like, he doesn't need to know that I'm actually worrying in this way and I'm believing this lie. He already knows. He knew before I knew. So that's the truth. Okay. Remembering who God is, period. But yeah, so I'm in the car and I'm like, all right, God, listen, there's this thing, there's these things that are going through my mind, my mind, there's some things that are going through my brain. And I don't like them. And I actually have a little theory that a lot of them aren't true. But I'm just going to acknowledge them. They were feelings. There were things that I was feeling. And I was reflecting and I was like, okay, God, these are the things that I'm feeling. And I'm just going to say them out loud. And I'm just going to vent to you about it. And the thing is, is I've done this a few times and I've seen the fruit of it, where God, I see the way God is like so pleased in hearing from me in that, you know, I think before anything else, God is like, I am so happy that you shared that with me. Like, I think it actually pleases him to say things that even could be a little offensive or like could technically and should be offensive to God, because it's coming from a place of fear and doubt and maybe not believing that he says he, like, anyone would be offended by that. If somebody was like, Hey, listen, this most likely is a lie, what I'm believing, but like, I don't believe you are who you say you are. And like, most people would be offended by that. But God, like whenever I've gone, I've gone to him with things that could definitely fall under the umbrella of like, yeah, I don't think I trust you that you say you are who you are. But I want to believe it. But like, I think right now I'm not having, I'm not believing it. And every time I've done that, he's not offended. He's actually like, so happy I said it out loud. I'm like, you really want me to say that? Because the thing is, is he already knew that it was what I was thinking and feeling. If he wasn't offended at that point, why would he be any more offended if I said it out loud? He actually every time has been like, I'm so excited and grateful that you shared that with me, Allie. And I'm like, you're not offended. He's like, no, I'm here for you. A lot of that is lies for sure. He's like, I'm not going to lie to you and say that it's true. It's not. But thank you for bringing it to me. Because I think step one is acknowledging, confessing, saying, God, this is what I'm believing. This is what I'm feeling. And it's relieving for me too. Because I'm like, Oh, okay, good. I could finally just be honest with God about it, you know, and without having to carry a weight of like any kind of anticipation that he's going to be upset with me or disappointed in me or offended by me, because of the things that I'm feeling. So there is a lot of relief where I'm like, Oh, I'm so glad I got that out. And a lot of times after I confess it to him, I will see how silly it is. And I'm like, what? Okay. Yeah, God, I think I just needed to vent to you about that because that was just like so silly. That happens sometimes. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you're like, Yeah, no, this is what I'm feeling. And I'm still feeling it. And so yeah, I think just acknowledging it, not only like within yourself, I think it's good to acknowledge things with ourselves, but like acknowledging it and saying it out loud to God, saying it out loud to God. And that could be so like you could have a frog in your throat right now, just thinking about doing that. There are times that I don't want to do it either because I'm afraid that he's going to like zap me with lightning or something. Like he's not going to do that. He's a loving God. But you know, there's that fear that he's going to be like, how could you ever think that? And you know what? Because of that, I'm going to make it happen now. Who said that? Truly who said that? Because I don't think that's how God operates, especially with the ones that like, I mean, he loves you. You're his child and you're just trying to be honest with him. Even if you're frustrated with him, even if you're angry with him, even if you're believing lies about yourself, like whatever that like could be about him or you or anything, but like what? He loves you. And above all else, he just wants connection. He wants intimacy and he wants honesty. I think one of the biggest things that God values, this is just Ali, I'm not saying like, I'm not saying I heard the Lord directly say this, but like, I don't know, just from observation of being his friend and knowing him for a couple of years, just a couple. Yeah, I think he really values honesty. I think he really, really, really values honesty and vulnerability and communication. That's what God wants. And those are like his favorite things. He values that so much. And I think about that even in relationships with human beings. And I'm like, yeah, that makes sense actually, because the only way that we can have healthy relationships with each other is if we have that is if we have honesty, vulnerability and communication. That's the only way we can have healthy relationships with one another. And so it makes sense because then we're, if we're made in the image of God, and we're made by God in his image, it makes sense that that's, that's a value that he has, even with his own children. He's like, you know, I want you to just be honest. I don't care how offensive or hurtful it is. And I would like to say, I would like to think or assume that a lot of us would also feel that way. Like if there was a way that somebody was feeling someone near and dear to your heart, like truly somebody that you love so deeply, because that's how God loves us. He loves us so much. Wouldn't you rather them just be honest with you about the thing that's been weighing on instead of them acting all weird and like you can sense that something's off, but they're not telling you. I mean, that's the difference between us humans and God is it would be a mystery to us. Like we wouldn't actually know what was going on. God does regardless, but still it's like that, that like standoffish, like it feels like they're not being honest with me about something and it burdens you, you know, like you're like, dang, I'm sad. Like I really wish I knew or maybe from God's perspective, it's like, I really wish that they felt comfortable. I wish they felt safe enough. I wish they knew that like I'm not going to condemn them for feeling that way or believing lies, you know, because I think there's a temptation also sometimes with shame that when we know it's not the truth, like especially as Christians, it's like, okay, yeah, we can have excuses for people who don't know the truth, but it's like when you know the truth and you're still struggling with believing, there's a bit of shame or guilt of like, yeah, but I should know better because I know the truth and I know who God says he is, but like I'm still struggling right now. And so because of that shame, maybe that is the very reason that keeps you from going to God and being honest about acknowledging your feelings with him is being like, yeah, God, but I know I'm supposed to know better right now. So like I feel like such a phony coming to you and admitting these things when you've had to remind me of this so many times and like, yeah, I should know better than this. But yeah, I just, I would like to think that a lot of us would probably rather have that person be honest about how they're feeling instead of never saying it at all, even if it is a little bit offensive. I don't know, that's how I feel in my relationships where I'm like, listen, if there's something that's bothering you, or if there's something that's weighing on your heart and you're just afraid that it's going to hurt my feelings, like I can get past that and it might not even hurt my feelings. Who knows? I actually, maybe after what you have to share, I could have like a lot of compassion for you and be like, actually, I understand why you'd feel that way. I'm not offended at all. I'm sorry you've been feeling that way. And I'd love to help you in that. Like what can I do? But like that doesn't offend me. I get it actually. I believe that's God's heart for us is like, I believe he meets us in a place every time of like, listen, I don't agree with what you're coming into agreement with, and it burdens my heart that you would ever believe that about yourself or about me or whatever it is. But I have compassion. Actually, I get it. I can see why you'd feel that way. That's how I felt, God, every time I've confessed like the ugliest things to God, I've been met with that, where I've felt him be like, thank you for sharing that with me, Allie. And you know what? I can understand how you'd get there. You're not crazy. I get it. That tracks, that makes sense. But can I remind you of a couple of things? I want to remind you of the truth. And then in that confession, I guess it's like repentance in a way too, you know, but you're like confessing and acknowledging your feelings, not suppressing them. As long as you invite him, that's a thing, right, we've said that a few times on the podcast too, where like God wants an invite, but I think a lot of times too, God is so happy just being an ear for you to vent to and to listen to you and be there for you. But also, I think he's so willing to give feedback and encouragement and remind you however many times it takes. He's never exhausted of doing it. That's not a thing. If there's like a fear that runs through your mind sometimes where you're like, Oh gosh, but I just like, you know, he's already had to remind me of this 800 times before he's probably sick of it. It's not possible. He wants to support you and remind you however many times you need to be reminded, you know, so he will gladly sit there and be an ear, but I think more importantly, like he would love to remind you of the truth, but we have to open our hearts to that. Like there's a difference between confessing and acknowledging and then still choosing to believe those things and operate in it. I think when I go to vent and confess to God, it is like, okay, I want to be honest with God. And also, I desperately need him to tell me the truth because I don't like the way that this is making me feel. I don't like the way my feelings are making me feel, but for real, it's like, I don't like how this is making me feel. And it doesn't feel kingdom-minded. It doesn't feel like it's from God. And so I'm going to confess these things to God. And I'm going to say, Hey, I'm feeling these things. I hate it. But this is the truth. And this is the ugly truth. And then being like, all right, God, and so now that I've shared that with you, I need help. Like what, what do you say about these things? And then just coming into agreement with his truth, which again, if we're not, if we're not consuming enough of the word, that will be hard for us. If you're not consuming enough and reading enough of the Bible and the word of God, if your faith is not truly anchored in God's word, which is everlasting and never changes, it's going to be really hard to hear what God has to say about the truth if we don't know it. And we're not constantly reminding ourselves of it by reading the word and letting it just embed into our soul. And I think inviting truth into that is, is asking God for the truth. And then also reading the truth, reading the truth. I think another thing that we can do, which we already kind of touched on a little bit, is just practicing obedience, even when it feels dry. So what that would look like is we're going to keep praying, we're going to keep reading scripture, we're going to keep worshiping, even when it feels dry, even when we're feeling whatever. Guys, there have been times where I have been feeling so grieved. I've been going through grief, I've been going through seasons of dryness or just like boredom, like you're just kind of like floating and living day by day. There are seasons like that that I've lived or could be currently, like, I don't know, there are times that I feel that way, that I feel that way. But still choosing to worship God in those moments is like, it does the opposite of what you think it would do. Like, you think that you're going to get into that and you're going to be like, this is so empty. I don't even really mean what I'm saying. But it's actually the act of obedience, like regardless of how you feel, whether you shed a tear during worship or not, it's the act of obedience. No matter how you feel that God is so pleased with, and you will see the fruit of that, you will, like even if you're not feeling it in the moment, like one day you're going to turn around and you're going to go, oh my gosh, God, you have been so pleased with my obedience regardless of the way that I feel. And he could show you that and tell you that and like, you'll see it in your life. You'll see the fruit of it in your life. God really values that kind of loyalty and obedience and discipline that we honestly can only get from the spirit of God, that kind of self-control. It goes back to that scripture that the Lord has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control or sound mind. And so yeah, that's something to practice with the spirit, but he loves that obedience, that kind of loyalty. He loves it. Just pushing through and doing the things that God tells us to do because he knows that it's what's best for us and we believe what he says, that he knows what's best for us. Even when we're feeling whatever it is that we're feeling. There's another thing that we can remember in this too is to remember that faith is about trust, not perfection. Like we're not going to be perfect at exercising faith every single day. It's not about never doubting or never feeling low because that is just real. Like we said, you know, it's a part of the human experience. And so like we said, with just acknowledging our feelings and not suppressing them, remembering that feelings are very normal and they will happen in our journeys with the Lord. It's just, we will go through seasons of doubting or feeling kind of low. And so it's about saying, despite what I feel, and this is like, takes so much, this is like discipline. This is like killing the flesh too. This is dying to ourselves and trusting what God tells us. But it's about saying, despite what I feel, I trust God's character more than my emotions. I trust God's character more than my emotions. I trust who God says he is more than what I'm feeling right now. Thank you, God, that you have given me the opportunity to have a relationship with you where I can just vent and you can be a source that I can get strength from. And you don't condemn me for my feelings. You actually encourage me to acknowledge them and to even like submit them to you and just be like, Hey, this is, this is what I'm feeling. But even in all of that, like remembering that you are who you say you are, and that doesn't change ever. It didn't change before you created all things that exist and it won't ever stop even after like it won't, it doesn't change. You don't change. Another little saying that I've heard that I think could be really good if we're ever in a time where we feel like our feelings are just like so loud and they're raging and we're forgetting all the truth. There is a simple truth that we could remind ourselves and tell ourselves, which is that my feelings are real. They are real, but they aren't final. God's word is final. Who God says he is his final, not our feelings. And I think that the more that we practice that and the more that we actually see that that is the truth, once we're out on the other side and we're like no longer at email and we see that our feelings were never actually final and God was, maybe that could even kind of build up our faith in God and be like, wait, yeah, that is actually how God moves. That is how he operates, you know. And so the next time that we get overwhelmed with a wave of feelings and emotions and we want to get swept away with it, after practicing that so many times, you could actually master that discipline. And so I think like even with God getting me to a place of self-awareness where like when I'm in it, I'm like, okay, yeah, this isn't real. I mean, it's real, but it's not the truth. What I'm feeling right now is real, but it's not the truth and it's not final. The circumstances of what I'm seeing right now and how it's making me feel isn't final. God is, his word is, his plans for my life to prosper me and give me hope in a future. Like those are the things that are final. Anyway, okay, I kind of loved that episode, that rocked. We did read a few pieces of scripture, but yeah, I liked that. Thank you, Holy Spirit. I hope that was helpful for a lot of us. I think that's just like real though. And maybe, sure, maybe we've talked about this on the podcast before. I don't know if we've ever actually gone in depth like this before though, so I really loved that. And I think this could be relatable to all of us, whatever level that's at, like whether you've just come to Christ or you've known Jesus, your whole life. I mean, the truth is, is that our feelings can be really overwhelming and we forget the truth sometimes. And so that's okay. That's what I'm here for. That's what we're here for for each other. That's what Jesus is here for. That's what the word of God is here for. Hello. Like we obviously will always need the reminders. That's why this is always accessible to us. And it's such a gift that our Heavenly Father has left us with. And so yeah, I'm excited for you guys. I'm excited for you guys to be just like practicing these new strategies and mastering, believing and having our faith anchored in God more so than our feelings. We're all going to practice that and we're going to get really, really good at it. Some of you guys might already actually be masters at that. And so I commend you. I do. Hey, I love you guys. Can we do something cool today? Can we show somebody how cool Jesus is? Because can we walk more like Him, talk more like Him, be more like Him? Let's be the light in this world. I'm proud of y'all. I love you. I hope you have the best Friday ever. And I will see you next Friday. Bye. Are some of y'all still listening? Okay, if you're still here, that means you're a real one, which is why I'm about to share this with you. If you've already caught up on all the episodes so far and you don't want to wait until next Friday for a new one, I have really good news for you. Subscribe to our Patreon to get early access to the episodes every week, early access to merch launches or any other exciting news, and receive personalized, encouraging messages or Bible verses from us. Subscribe to our Patreon at www.patreon.com backslash C, backslash C W C O I. 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