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I'm trying so hard with this. I'm trying really hard to memorize this thing. And it's in lamentations. And it's so good. Let's see if I can get it here.

The writer is like, the world is following apart. We're in huge trouble. Everything's going to be destroyed.

And then transitions to the next word, which is, yet, I call this to mind. And therefore I have hope. And then he says, because of the Lord's great love for us, we are not consumed.

And then he says, his faithfulness never fails. His compassion's never failed. They're new every morning. So he's like, all heck is breaking loose.

Yeah, I call this to mind. So he's reminding himself again, which is so good. Like we can do this. You're anxious. Call this to back to mind.

That because of his love for us, I'm not going to be consumed. His mercies are new every morning. His compassion's never failed.

I have a hot take. Oh, great. It's a like a biblical hot take. Let me try it. Hot take gets better.

I think if golden retrievers were breed before the Bible was written instead of well after, they would have been all over the Bible.

Why? Just because they said such a great example for us. They do. I saw a picture of them. They were indented in Scotland or bread in Scotland originally.

And they had a big thing at the castle where there's hundreds of them just like last week. And there's a picture of all of this huge, huge scene of swishy swashytales and smiling faces. None of them are fighting. None of them are even barking.

They just enjoying themselves. Yeah, I just have a hunch that a Psalmist or somebody would have been like, hey, we should be like this.

And this wouldn't be because you have one. No, I didn't know how good they were until this one. It makes me cry if I start thinking about it. They're really good dogs, you guys. They should be in the Bible.

One of the best reasons ever to be generous. I heard a guy say, I thought this was just genius. When he said it, I had to think about it. I've been thinking about it for years since he said.

He said, we need to be generous because the people of God are God's plan A. And there is no plan B. When it comes to meeting needs, we're plan A. There is no plan B. Where are the plan?

And it matters. If you're in your own life, there are needs that maybe only you can meet for people. No one else is in your exact context.

Your plan A, there is no plan B. This is true. A lot of drummers that you see, they're in a really good shape. What? Yeah, drummers. I mean, you burn a lot of calories. Not all of them. I know you're thinking of people.

I mean, I play with some people. The list I have is not living up to that statistic. But that's what they said here, largely true. Because you burn like 600 calories in a performance.

Okay, yeah. But I want to recommend, I know again, it's a big joke to a lot of people, but the accordion thing up there. What?

We just keep getting back to the accordion playing. Well, yeah, if you benefits, go ahead.

The squeezing is underrated. It's a lot harder. You just watch somebody who's really good at it, like less than a big deal, but over time.

Exerts a lot of energy, burns a lot of calories. There's a lot of accordion players that are jacked.

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