Hey, hey, welcome to the church home podcast with Judah Smith. My amazing husband, my name is Chelsea,

and he is about to give you an incredible message, and I know we are going to hear about Jesus and

his love for you. And if there's anything we can do as a church home community, we would love to

serve you. You can come to churchhome.org slash pastor chat, and we would love to have a

conversation with you and just meet you

exactly where you are. Enjoy the message. Hey, welcome back to another weekly service. If you're just

joining us for the first time, I'm Judah, married Chelsea, have three kids. I love Jesus and I love

golf. Not always in that order, but no, seriously.

We are so glad you joined us for, well, the beginning of July. This is my wife's birthday month.

Maybe it's your birthday month. The month of July. I love July. for those that live in this part of the world july

is usually warm and sunny and uh i like july this month i want to talk to you from the subject

the place beyond okay and here's what's been preoccupying my mind lately,

and I'm going to say it plainly, is, am I okay? Am I okay? It's been an unprecedented season

in my life, in our marriage, in our family. I am staring what they call empty nest season in the face.

2018, 16.

As we turn the cameras on right now to record today,

my second son, my 18-year-old, has exactly five. Now, if you don't count today, he's got four

days left of high school, and he's going to play college basketball next year on a college

scholarship because he got his athletic DNA from his father, and I'm pleased to announce that.

But life is changing so fast. A couple of nights ago,

I had a friend come over for dinner, and he said, the world's change in the last two years,

more than we can even comprehend. And some people are feeling left behind. It's changing.

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