Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter. Thanks for joining. Do you ever find yourself subconsciously categorizing biblical characters as superheroes or just unrelatable people? Maybe the apostles, for example, was something different about them?

I want you to think about your favorite celebrity. Maybe it's a professional athlete, sports player, comedian, TikToker, influencer, or musician.

From the outside looking in, parts of their lives can look amazing. I mean, they're super gifted individuals who have a lot

of money, get to go on cool trips, they get to share their gifts with others and have lots of fans.

Sure, there are downsides like haters or potential stalkers, the inconvenience of a unique vocation,

but that's just part of the job, right?

At the end of the day, though, those celebrities, they're normal people.

They do a lot of the same average things we do.

They have families they spend the holidays with.

They brush their teeth.

They get tired.

They have parents.

And what's interesting is that a lot of them talk about how their fun and exciting life takes a huge toll on them. At the end of the day,

they're normal people. In an interview, Justin Bieber said, I'm struggling just to get through the

day. You get lonely, you know, when you're on the road.

People see the glam and the amazing stuff, but they don't know the other side. This life can

rip you apart. Megan Fox said in an interview, people say celebrities should stop complaining

because you live in a big house or you drive a Bentley. So your life must be great.

What you don't realize is that fame, whatever your worst experience in high school, when you were

being bullied by those 10 kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, when you're

being bullied by millions of people constantly. George Clooney is known for saying the big house on a hill is isolating, and Kevin Hart has

expressed that he can't even talk about the downsides of his occupation without fearing

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