Welcome to the Crazy Love podcast.

In Exodus 33, Moses tells God that he doesn't want to go to the promised land without God's presence.

In today's episode, Francis challenges us to consider if we have that same heart. Are you so in love with the person of

Christ that you would rather be in the desert with him than in the promised land without?

I want to share a story about something that happened about two months ago. I have a stepmom.

So a lot, some of you guys know, my mom died when she gave birth to me. And then my dad remarried,

but then my stepmother died when I was seven. And then my dad remarried, and then he died when I was 12. and there was a woman that took care of me my third

mother and she took care of me till I was in uh till I was about 18 and she kicked me out and I

know where to go and this couple took me in, Mike and Vicky Otto.

And Mike was such a stud.

He showed me what it was to be a husband, to be a dad, his young guy.

And I respected him because he pitched in the college world series for Pepperdine way back then back in the

70s and anyways he just he just became like a father figure to me and the example of what a

husband and a dad were supposed to be but that that mom that third third mother, who took care of me till I was 18,

she just turned 90 two months ago. And so we flew in my sisters. You know, I rented out a Chinese

restaurant, obviously. And all are the greatest foods, everyone everyone all these relatives came in we

spent like thousands of dollars and so excited because I just want to bless her

but then she didn't show up. She refused to come.

And so I'm like, well, I guess this is still cool.

We get to have dinner with some of our old relatives or whatever.

But at the end of the night, I'm just like, that was so stupid.

We wasted thousands of dollars and all this effort my point in that story is you know when i came here and i think when a lot of us come here tonight we just assume this is going to be awesome we're going to

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