Hello and welcome to Bible stories. We are your hosts, Matt Mullen.

Hello. My name is Todd Heymans, and we're two ministers slash buds who love telling the stories of the Bible.

Matt, how are things? Everything's so good. Right now, I'm in the men's roving room on, it's a Friday.

It's our day off.

I'm here at my church in the roving room.

And right next door is the choir rehearsal hall where as we speak, the most precious 100 children are singing cowboy theme songs, including Cotton Eye Joe, with a dance performance

attached to it.

So, Mom, if you hear a little bit of folksy music in the background, just consider that

ambiance.

That's just little kids singing their hearts out.

Where'd you come from?

Where'd you go, you know?

Hey, that's a good question for all of us, particularly the confused amongst us, which I am one. Yeah. Now, the cotton in Joe's eye, which eye do we know? I have no idea. No idea. Actually, I don't know those lyrics. Is this a story song? Is this about a, like, is there a bigger story?

I only know that, that one phrase. Uh, where'd you come from? Where'd you go? Where'd you come

from Cotton I Joe or something like that? Uh, but I will have it memorized by the next time

you and I speak. I don't know, I don't know that you need to make this adjustment because

having that one little phrase,

it's gotten you this far.

Successful family, thriving in your vocation.

Like, you're doing great.

That song has carried you.

Those four words have carried you, whatever it is.

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