All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never

too late to start, and we're in this together. This is the Join the Journey podcast.

Thanks for joining this morning. Happy Fourth of July. My name is Parker Primrose. I'm subbing in

for Emma Daughter while she's at jury duty. And today we are reading

Psalm 45. And I am joined in the studio by Faithful Watermark member, Tip, Houseright. Tip,

thanks for joining today. Hi, Parker. Glad to be here. Glad to have you. Now, Tip, I'd love to hear,

and I'd love our audience to hear a little bit about your story. What has the Lord done in your life,

and what are you up to today? Okay. Well, I grew up in church. We went into church every Sunday.

I talk about it like having a bunch of pieces of a jigsaw puzzle in a box, and I think I was,

I had a lot of great foundation, but I didn't really know the Lord or encounter

the Lord until young life in high school and super grateful for that ministry and for the

clarity and the way they just sort of took all those pieces out of the box and laid them out on

the table and there was just a real aha moment for it and it's just kind of odd you know to have been

in church all your life and have one of those aha moments.

But anyway, change the course of my life.

You know, fortunate to meet a wonderful Christian gal down at UT Austin.

And we've been married and up here in Dallas for 43 years and raised four great kids and been in Watermarked

for 24 years, I think.

So interesting stage of life,

trying to wind down my architectural career

and move on to other things.

And that's a little easier said than done,

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