Welcome to the 413 podcast where practical encouragement and biblical wisdom sets you up to live the I can life because you can't do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Now your host Jennifer Rothschild. Jennifer Rothchild Child. Hey, hey, I am so glad you're here.

My name's Jennifer, and I am just here to help you be and do more than you feel capable of by living the 413 life.

So why 413? Well, 413 are two really important numbers to me. So when my boys were young, if they

were feeling ready to quit or frustrated about something like homework I would tell them

for 13 and as they got out of the car for school every morning I would call out

sometimes even to their embarrassment for 13. And for me personally, when I've been

running low on hope or confidence, those two numbers would constantly reverberate through my mind.

In fact, they still do.

Because 413 represents a Bible verse.

You probably already guessed that.

It's a Bible verse in the Book of Philippians

that says, I can do all things through Christ

who strengthens me.

Well, those two numbers, that verse, became so real to me when I was a 15 year old girl,

because that's when I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa.

It's a disease in both of my eyes that would eventually steal my sight and when the disease first hit I was legally blind

But now over 30 years later, I've lost the remainder of my site and now I've lived

in physical darkness so much longer than I ever lived in physical light.

So you can imagine that I spend most days confronted with that uncomfortable reality,

that there are just tons of things that I absolutely cannot do. I can't drive.

I can't see to read. I can't see my face or the faces of the people who I love the most. I can't see color or art or

the intricacy of a flower pedal or a sunset. I can't be independent like I want to, but I'm also confronted with those challenges, the same kinds

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