The word of God is real. When he says iron, sharpening iron, like, it's a thing and it's necessary. And if we want to grow in our faith and we also just want to stay sturdy in Christ, it is about being in community and, like, letting the way that other people live their lives convict you, you know? And maybe blind spots are ways that you didn't think you needed to grow it. Like, it's so important.

Okay, guys, this is a new friend. Allie Yost, a lot of you follow her, a lot of you listen to her podcast. I am just meeting her. And so if you don't know her, you're going

to get to know her with me. But I've heard the best things about you, Allie. Thank you so much for coming on. Oh, thanks for having me. I'm honored. I'm really excited. Well, the things that I heard about you is that you're real and you're vulnerable and you're not afraid to talk about whatever needs to be talked about, which is so me, which is probably why people were like, you need to have Allie on, you need to know Allie. So, yeah, it's just time we connect. But before we even get started, I want to just get to know the basics. Like, tell me how you ended up in L.A. Tell me about your family and kind of how you've come into this calling and where you find yourself today.

Sure.

Hi, Jenny's listeners.

I'm so excited to tell you guys more about me.

And yeah, thank you again for just having me on.

So I, yes, I live out in Los Angeles.

I've lived out here for a couple years, but the Lord kind of ping ponged me.

I am originally from upstate New York, and so that is where all my family is. That's where I was born and raised.

And I grew up in a Christian household, but I wouldn't say that it was all that religious.

You know, my parents definitely spoke the name of Jesus, and I knew that he died on the cross for our sins, but I, anything past that, I don't think it really like hit me any deeper than it just being those words. You know what I mean? So I believed in Jesus. I believed that that's definitely what he did, but I don't think I understood the magnitude and the depth of that and it was never like personal to me, you know? So I grew up with what I thought was

faith. Like I grew up and I would have definitely identified myself as a Christian. But if anyone

had asked me anything about the Bible, I'd be like, I don't know. I never really tried to read

it. And so, yeah, we would go to church for Christmas and for Easter and that was about it, you know. And so, yeah, we would go to church for Christmas and for Easter, and that was about it, you know.

And so I grew up in a way that I thought I should grow up, you know.

I think I followed a lot of the ways of the world thinking that it was right, you know.

And I lived with boyfriends and I played house and I,

you know, grew in my independence and I started to get money doing that. I, so I became an

influencer before I ever even knew Jesus. And so I got a full-time job being able to make content

on the internet, which was so fun, so much freedom

with that, such a blessing. And I had this series called Hey, Girlie Pop. And so I, this was during the

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