Hey, hey, welcome to the church home podcast with Judah Smith. My amazing husband. My name is Chelsea,

and he is about to give you an incredible message. And I know we are going to hear about Jesus and his love for you.

And if there's anything we can do as a church home community, we would love to serve you.

You can come to churchhome.org slash pastor chat, and we would love to have a conversation with you and just meet

you exactly where you are. Enjoy the message. Hey, welcome back. I'm so glad you're here. I'm Judah,

and going to take a few minutes to share with you the story of Jesus, my superhero. And we're doing

a collection of talks entitled, entitled Back to Innocence.

This idea of, could we restore innocence in our lives, the word innocent, if you look it up

in the Webster's Dictionary here in this country, in the English language, literally means

the state of being not guilty. Can you imagine a life

without guilt? How amazing would that be? I didn't say without conviction or a sense of a need

to change, but without shame, without feeling like you're doomed, you're guilty, and there's

nothing you can do about it. Imagine if those sensations and feelings were gone.

I must admit, I am ready for grandparenting. I am. I said it right there. Our kids are

2018 and 15. And I am definitely at that stage of my life where I'm looking at old photos

of when my kids were chubby little babies. And I remember when they started talking. There

are friends of mine in the studio who've had kids and kids are growing up and I know they feel

the same way. You're like, how fast did that go?

And I now know how grandparents feel. They feel like their kids weren't kids long enough.

And so they're like, it's like a return to like that infant, baby, chubby, innocent era.

I have friends who will FaceTime me with their kids. Uncle Judah wants to say hi.

And I just, it's hard to describe the buoyancy, the joy, the sunshine that I feel. I have a few of

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