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If you don't learn to lean into the presence of God in the mountains and the valleys,

I think sometimes we come away thinking that wasn't what I expected.

That's right.

He was actually in a high place at his lowest point. Humility is not

woes me. I'm a wretched woman. That's insecurity. That's shame. Humility is being able to stand

up with our shoulders back in our head up because he loves me. Momentum and faith to me

are congruent. Even if I'm just crawling, as long as I'm moving toward Jesus, the presence of God

and the climb to me is almost more visceral.

Hey, hey, back porches. My name is Allison Allen. I am the 5'12 spiritual wingwoman to Lisa Harper

for Backport theology. And before we dive in today, we just want to say, we're so glad you're here.

But also, we want to ask you a favor. Would you bop on over to wherever you watch or listen? Did she just

say bop? Pop. Pop, that sounds like you're going to dance on over. But you are. You're going to do the

hand jive on over. I think you should do some hand jive. How exciting is that? That is very, very exciting.

So bop on over. Bop on over to wherever you get your podcast and just subscribe. Hit like. We want to follow you. We want to know what's going on and we just, we have a community here. And so we want you to be a part of it. Well, that way they don't miss any episodes. It'll remind you in the business of life. Extras that we do. So we really want you to be a part of this porch. So bop on over there.

And we got some extras coming up, baby.

But you can't give them away yet.

Don't give them away. to be a part of this porch. So bop on over there. And we got some extras coming up, baby. But you can't

give them away yet. Don't give them away yet. I'll settle my hands. Okay, I'm very, can you tell I'm caffeinated today? You're very caffeinated. And your hair is on point. Is it on point? Is it on point? It's totally in point. Yeah, very slick. Okay. Well, I've got this one little piece that falls into my eye. Will you tell me during the podcast if that happens? Well, it's talking now, but it has a real,

like, vibey look. No, it looks good. It looks like the 1990s.

No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. No, it's very hipster. All right. Well, I'm going to tell them what we're actually doing today. Okay, that would be great.

Well, y'all, I'm so excited today because we are doing a six-part series, and I love me a series.

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