Well, good morning, everyone. And welcome back to the Messy Masterpiece Podcast, which had

in Tori. Happy Monday. Happy start to the week. Yes. Yes. What a great start it is.

As Tori always says, today's the day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be glad in it. Yes, we don't

need to dread the Mondays. It's not the Monday Blues. It's the Monday Blues. All right, that's all we

got for you. No, so we're going to jump into the devotional, but we do just want to give a quick

little few highlights. We had our first movie night with our patrons, and it was incredible.

It was so much fun. And we also posted a long form podcast on all things wisdom, the Q&A.

It was really good. And that was on Saturday's episode. Yeah. So other than that, go check those out

and we're going to jump into today's episode. Yes, you guys. Let's start the week off right.

We're going to be reading out of Isaiah 40 verse 11 and the devotional is titled Close to God's Heart.

It says, he will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them

close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young. The love letter from God

says, beloved child, I will neither fail you nor abandon you. You may experience deep feelings

of loneliness in this world. Even my son, Jesus, had moments of loneliness while he walked the earth.

But in those moments, you will discover me. Your heart will be at peace, knowing that I hold you

close to me every moment of every day. You will never be so far away that I can't find you and

bring you back. When you call to me, I will come catch your tears and tenderly comfort you.

I will bring you back to my presence where you can feel safe and secure. Love your Heavenly Father.

The reflection says, we all have times when we feel alone. God does use people to be an extension

of his love, but ultimately he wants to be connected to us. The next time you think you're alone,

remember the one who created the world and holds you in his loving arms. The treasure of truth says,

you are never far away from God. I loved one of the lines in the devotional where it kind of

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