Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast.

I'm Dalton from the Paul Trip Ministries team, and each week I'll read aloud Paul's popular Wednesday's word devotional,

short, powerful reflections that connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

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This week, Paul reflects on the fleeting nature of life and the hope we have in Christ who

carries us through every stage of life.

Here's this week's Wednesday's work.

It was Christmas Day in the trip household.

I wish I could say it was Christmas of last year, or even five years ago,

but it must have been 20 years in the past now.

We had just finished our wonderful Christmas Day feast,

consuming more food than any one family should eat in a single sitting,

though we tried.

Everyone at the table was engaged in a gaggle of random interweaving conversations when all of a sudden

I noticed strange men at our family meal. Who were these randomers? And where did they come from?

Did Luella invite new neighbors over and I completely missed their entrance? Did I have long-lost

cousins that I never knew about? Then I realized, these men weren't intruders or interlopers. They were my

grown adult sons. They weren't playing with the box in which their action figure toys came in.

They weren't discussing skateboarding flips and tricks. They weren't arguing over who had to wash

the dishes first. They were discussing careers and business. Grown men engaged in adult conversations.

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