Hey, 413ers. Glad you stayed around for this bonus episode. And if you're just tuning

in, make sure you listen to episode 175 with Jennifer Duke's Lee so that this last bit

of the conversation makes a lot of sense to you because she is about to give us three

practical tips for unhurring your life. And you need to hear this just as much as I did.

So here she is. You talk about the importance of putting down roots, deep roots, you know,

as you grow crops on the farm. So tell us why deep-rooted growth matters. Why does it have

to be that way? And, you know, not only in the field, but in our lives.

That's a great question. On the farm, our crops wouldn't last without deep-rooted growth.

Corn plant before it even appears above has started to grow down. We're always talking about

grow up, grow big. And really, let's all grow down. And down, down into the heart of things.

And often in Iowa, we'll have big windstorms. And you can wake up one morning after a wind storm.

And the corn appears to be bent considerably. And you'll think there is no way that that is

going to yield any kind of a crop, come harvest. But surprise, come November, we will get some yield

off of much of that field because the root system held that corn in place. And by the same token,

during times of drought, it can seem like there will be no good crop to come because it hasn't

rained enough. But that corn plant fights to live. And it throws down even deeper roots

to go in search of water. And the same is true of us. If we're planted in shallow soil,

when the storms of life come, we will be knocked over. And we won't be able to bear the fruit that

got intended as to bear. And also in those times of drought, which all of us have faced. And if

we haven't, we may be someday will, those times of drought are when we put down deep roots in

search of living water that sustains us and helps us to grow and to produce some of the best

crops of our lives that have come out of those drought seasons when we reach down and found

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