What I've been really challenged by and what the Holy Spirit has convicted me by is so many Christians are, you know, chasing after comfort instead of the cross.

Sometimes the cross is going to have suffering and loss and a heaviness to it.

And sometimes the cross is going to have seasons of change and transition.

And sometimes the cross is going to have joy that we could not have even

expected. And so it's just seasons are continuously changing. And I think in the midst of change,

we want something to be stable. And that's why I have to continue to cling to,

okay, Lord, I am thankful that in the midst of all this change, you never change.

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Maddie, welcome to she. I'm so excited. I'm so excited to finally meet you. I know. I felt the same.

We were just saying that it's kind of crazy. I feel like there's a lot of just mutual connections,

but we've never been like, hello. So we get to share our first conversation with the entire world.

I know. I can't wait. I'm so excited. Well, I love everything that you're doing. We were just talking about

the fact that you have recently moved. You are expecting a baby. Lots of new big life changes. A lot of my listeners can probably relate to that. A lot of us are newlyweds or new moms and just walking through a season of transition. And I would love, before we even dive into everything and hearing more about you and

your book and everything, I'd love to just chat about how you're feeling as you go through some

big life changes. You've recently gotten married in the last year or two years. How long has it been?

Yeah. So we're coming up on two years. I don't know when this podcast is coming up, but we're coming

up or will have been already hit two years by the time this podcast is coming up, but we're coming up or we'll have been

already hit two years by the time this comes out. So yeah, we're sitting right there at two years,

baby almost here, all the things. Like you said, lots of new. In the last two years of your life,

you've gone through getting married, moving, and becoming a mom. They say like some of the most,

the biggest,

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