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What's up, guys? Welcome back to the Handelbar podcast.

We are here.

This is the final episode in our Beatitude series.

Yeah, it's been amazing.

It's been amazing.

And if you remember, if you've been with us since the start of the series, we started

and we were going to attempt to do all eight beatitudes in one episode.

And then that first episode, Blessed of the Poor and Spirit, we took 50 minutes.

And then at the end of the episode,

I was going, oh gosh, I think we just committed to an eight part series. And here we are on part eight. Thank God. Thank God. I'm so excited. It's been so good. It's been so rich. I would love to know in the comments. If you're watching, I'm not, I'm going to look at this camera. Hopefully this is the right one but if you're watching on YouTube I would love to know in the

comments how has this series helped you I know we've gotten messages and emails

but I would love to know in the comments, how has this series helped you? I know we've gotten messages and emails, but I would love to hear in the comments. How has it been for you? How has it helped you? How has it encouraged you? And so before we jump in today, we're going to introduce somebody that I am so excited that we have you on the podcast. In fact,

I'm a little giddy over it. I just, I can't believe you're with us today. This is Pastor Joshua

David from Upper Room India with us today in the house. I don't know how long we've known each

other. You and I, it's been several years around. Yeah, the upper room. And I wanted to say this as I introduced you this story. In 2017, Sarah Beth and I got married, and Sarah Beth could not play the piano. And you came to me one day and you said, I really have it in my heart to you wanted to play the piano. But we didn't have a piano, which Rafi has now seen our piano we didn't have a piano so i get on facebook marketplace i'm trying to be a good husband and and i find this piano and i'm like all right i'm going to get this piano i'm going to surprise sarah beth and it was way out of our price range at the time in our marriage but i was just going to go for it and i was in the parking lot at the upper room. I was getting ready to go pick up the piano

with my truck. And you had just gotten in town. And you were walking through the parking lot.

I don't know if you remember this. And I saw you and it gave you a big hug and I told you where I was going. I'm going to go by Sarah Beth, the piano. I'm so happy. And right in that moment you pulled out your wallet and you said i want the first fruits of that and you handed me

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