Riding the performance roller coaster

In a world that constantly measures our worth by performance and achievement, we find ourselves on an exhausting roller coaster of self-validation. Through the lens of baseball and the example of Paul Goldschmidt, we're challenged to examine where we truly root our identity. Titus 3:5 reminds us of a profound truth: God saved us not because of our righteous deeds, but because of His mercy. This isn't just theological theory; it's a life-changing reality that frees us from the tyranny of performance-based worth. When we anchor our identity in Christ rather than our accomplishments, we discover a stability that transcends our best days and our worst failures. The real test isn't when we're struggling and want to distance ourselves from our shortcomings, but when we're succeeding and tempted to let those achievements define us. Whether we're hitting home runs or striking out, our value remains constant in God's eyes. This message invites us to step off the performance treadmill and rest in the unchanging love of Christ, finding peace that no scoreboard can measure.

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:21

Welcome back to another episode of Baseball and the Bible. I am Riker Dodson here with my father and co-host, Ryan Dodson.

SPEAKER_00 0:30

Co-host, huh?

SPEAKER_01 0:31

Yeah, well, you said it at the beginning.

SPEAKER_00 0:33

This is No, you're the star. I just I just appreciate you listening to me as your co-host.

SPEAKER_01 0:38

Yeah, I'm sure you do.

SPEAKER_00 0:39

Yeah.

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So we're back with another one. We're excited to be here.

SPEAKER_00 0:45

We are. We're here. And we are excited to be here.

SPEAKER_01 0:49

Got a couple topics to discuss. A new series that we're starting up.

SPEAKER_00 0:55

A new series? Oh uh yeah, a new discussion thing.

SPEAKER_01 0:58

Yeah, a new discussion.

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We're gonna go through right off the bat here. So um yes.

SPEAKER_01 1:03

Kick the podcast off with it.

SPEAKER_00 1:05

Uh you want to describe what it is?

SPEAKER_01 1:07

Essentially, yes. So uh for Christmas, I my parents bought me this is it.

SPEAKER_00 1:14

I'm gonna hold it up for the camera.

SPEAKER_01 1:15

Wonderful book. Uh ballparks, uh baseball stadiums, home to America's national pastime. Couldn't describe better myself.

SPEAKER_00 1:27

Yeah, so it's uh it's a cool little book uh that Riker did get for Christmas, and we're going through it, and we thought it would be fun to do it here on the pod and um just work our way through each ballpark, yeah. And and really in no particular order, uh, but we're just gonna work our way through uh each each ballpark each week and read a little bit about it. But this is a cool book. Um you can find it on Amazon. Uh I think we got it at Kohl's, but uh uh it's just uh a cool book that describes each each stadium, uh gives a little history, a little facts. Um and so can I see the cover again? It's Comerica Park is on the cover. Tigers. Yeah, yeah. And we we thought about opening with uh well, we thought about opening with Bush Stadium, which would make sense for us.

SPEAKER_01 2:27

Yeah, stuff.

SPEAKER_00 2:29

But we didn't do we're not gonna do that. And we thought about Globe Life, but you know, most people watching right now are Tekens. Yeah, so they've been there. So we're gonna start our little journey through the through the all the ballparks with PNC Park. Yeah, PNC Park, which is most kind of across the board considered. Um if not the one the nicest one or the one with the best view for sure. For sure. Um it's it's always in the it's in that top five list. Any list you go to of best ballparks to visit, it's there in a lot of lists, it's number one. So we're gonna start with with PNC.

SPEAKER_01 3:09

Yes, and I I do want to say uh two things before we start. I think the main reason we started with PNC is because, yes, it's beautiful, but also because uh sometime in September, I think.

SPEAKER_00 3:20

Yeah, we're gonna go. Uh so you know one thing we've been trying to do is is to get to each ballpark. Uh we did a lot more before you were born.

SPEAKER_01 3:30

I'm an expensive child.

SPEAKER_00 3:31

Yeah, and but uh me and your mom had been to quite a few, and we've been to some since you've been born and able to go, but we're gonna try to hit a couple this year. Um, and PNC Park is one. So we anytime we're gonna go to a way stadium, we try to catch the cards there, right? So it's just dependent upon that. And the Cardinals are actually playing this week, they're playing um as as we speak, as we record, they're playing right now in Pittsburgh.

SPEAKER_01 3:58

This is on a Wednesday, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:00

This is on a Wednesday. Uh so they're playing there. We we talked about trying to get to this series because they're only playing in Pittsburgh this week and then in September. And so we talked about trying to get this week, but it was a little too soon, and we could get some better flight deals in September. So we're gonna go there, and then we're probably gonna catch uh a card's brace game in Atlanta in late June.

SPEAKER_01 4:21

Yeah, so those that was a live reaction because I had no clue.

SPEAKER_00 4:24

Yeah, so those are the two parks we're gonna try to catch uh a couple games this year, but we're gonna start with with uh PNC tonight and just uh read a little bit here of what's in the book, a little facts, show some pictures. Again, it's a beautiful ballpark, beautiful views. Absolutely. Uh and so we'll talk talk about it a little bit, and feel free to hop in if you have any questions as I read.

SPEAKER_01 4:48

Yes, this this is a man who has been to many uh ballparks, so you are getting an uh experienced opinion.

SPEAKER_00 4:56

Yes, but I haven't been to this one yet. But in September, hopefully we will.

SPEAKER_01 5:01

So knock that off the list.

SPEAKER_00 5:02

Yeah, so PNC Park, it uh actually has been around for 25 years. I was surprised, I'd forgotten that it's been around that long, is you know, still widely um, you know, held as one of the nicer ones, uh, because usually that's kind of reserved for either the newer parks, brand new parks, or the you know, the more historic parks like Finway or Wrigley. Um, but it was 2001, which again is crazy that that's 25 years already. Uh the first Pirates home run was John Vanderwall. Uh its capacity is 38,747. Uh and its grass surface, open roof. All right. Uh PNC Park, the pirate with PNC Park, the Pirates raised the bar, setting a new standard against which other stadiums would be measured. Thanks to its location on the Allegheny River, its reference, reverence to history, its attention to detail, and the comfort delivered to its fans, Pittsburgh's Park is a jewel. Uh HOK designers did more than just copy the styles of classic venues and their retro descendants when planning PNC Park. The stadium, which was built for 262 million, including the land acquisition, is a picturesque vision on the riverfront. Fans can approach on foot from the Roberto Clemente Bridge, which is pedestrian only on game days. At the bridge's edge, they are met by shops, restaurants, and a sports pavilion with attractions for young and old alike. The designers of PNC paid homage to Pittsburgh's first baseball field, Forbes Field, which, when planning the facility, archways at the entrance level greet fans, while decorative terracotta tile pilasters and blue steel light post stimulate memories of the former ballpark. PNC Park features a striking limestone facade topped by a green steel roof that partially covers a two-deck grandstand. This stadium sight lines are unsurpassed, and with the most distant seat a mere 88 feet from the field, its confines are stunningly intimate. Let me see here. Inside PNC Park, natural grass spans and uh asymmetrical outfield, a 21-foot fence and right field accommodates a scoreboard while a set of bleachers rises above the fence. Around the infield, limestone walls front the lower grandstand, providing a classic backtrap on TV. A striking view of Pittsburgh skyline and the Clemente Bridge is revealed beyond the outfield fence. And I think when you anytime when you watch a game, that's what you're trying to that's the view that you want. So that's the view I'm excited to see when we go in September. Just the with the Clemente Bridge, you know, when you're looking out into the outfield, you can see that bridge. Just a beautiful, beautiful shot. Um, and again with the Allegheny River out there outside of right field. Uh we were watching the game last night. Victor Scott hit one into the river.

SPEAKER_01 8:18

Well, it's under debate, but no, that was Gorman's.

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That was under debate. Victor Scott's was oh, it's splashtown. It was a splashdown. So that at that moment was the 85th uh ball in the history of the park that's uh gone into the river. They keep track of that there.

SPEAKER_01 8:34

Um I don't know if you're gonna talk about it, but the shrubs in the battery.

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Shrubs in center field, yeah, in Batter's Eye.

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It says Pirates.

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Yep.

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It's cool.

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Beautiful, cool thing. Um great players from Pirates History are acknowledged by statues, some of which have moved from Forbesfield to Three River Stadium and finally to PC Park. Honest Wagner meets fans at home plate entrance. Clemente stands at the bridge named in his honor, and Willie Stargil's likeness is at the entrance in left field. Added in 2010, a statue depicting Bill Masarowski, helmet in hand and arms outstretched as he rounds the bases following his game-winning blast is located at the end of Mazarowski Way near the right field entrance of PNC Park. After spending some 30 seasons at the concrete donut that was Three River Stadium, Pirates fans found PNC Park to be a breath of fresh air. On April 9th, 2001, as fans mourned the death of Starjil, which occurred that morning, there weren't many dry eyes in the house when the new ballpark was unveiled. Unfortunately for Pittsburgh fans, they watched the Pirates set a record for the longest streak of losing seasons in the history of North America's four major professional sports from 93 to 2012. Wow. Following that long slump, the Pirates did put together three straight playoff seasons from 13 to 15, but haven't returned since until this year because I picked him as the wild card out of the National League Central.

SPEAKER_01 10:05

You did.

SPEAKER_00 10:06

Even though they're going to get swept by the cards this week. But um yeah, so that's PNC Park. Beautiful stadium. Again, every every every list you look up, it's one of the top to go visit. So excited to check it out this September. We'll give a report of what we experience when we go there. But that's our first stadium on our tour of the the 30 MLB ballparks. And um we'll work our way through these. If you're watching or listening, and you have a suggestion or one you want us to read, please send it in. Otherwise, uh, we'll get to the next one next week and work our way through these. All right. Any questions about PC?

SPEAKER_01 10:47

No.

SPEAKER_00 10:47

That I really don't know that I can answer, but any questions? That's cool. I mean, some beautiful, beautiful pictures, beautiful shots. So there you go.

SPEAKER_01 10:59

Uh I do have a question. What stadiums have you been to?

SPEAKER_00 11:02

I think you might have listened to them on the pod, but uh obviously Bush, Globe, uh Yankee Stadium, uh Fenway Wrigley, uh Comiskey, or what the White Sox Stadium now used to be uh Kamiski. Um Astros, I say that already. Um maybe one or two more that I'm not thinking of.

SPEAKER_01 11:34

I I don't I don't like know how convenient it is, but sometime I want to go to Fenway. Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 11:41

Well that's one worth seeing again for sure.

SPEAKER_01 11:45

The oldest, and it has the green monster, so it's just yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:50

I mean, that and Wrigley, I mean they're both uh iconic uh stadiums to visit, so we'll definitely have to get you there. So all right. Well, let's let's get into a little more current events and the week, the week that was in baseball. Um it's been a good good week. I feel like because we are recording these on Wednesdays, and I feel like by the time we get home on Wednesday evening from recording this, all of the standings. Well, like all these great things happen have been happening on Wednesdays, and I feel like, man, we're like we're we're missing out on talking about some of these things. But uh that's why we covered them on next week's. Yeah, that's why we're a little behind. But yeah, it's been a been a good week. Let's let's look at the standings here. Did have a couple firings. Oh, yes, we did in major leagues this week. Um Philly and current events. Allie Burleson just hit a two-run home run, so it's now three-nothing cards against the pirates in real time. Just got my alert come through here. Yes, be it's amazing. Let's see. Let's go to the standards. So in the national in the central, uh, currently, again, the Reds are still playing good ball, 19 and 10 at this point, first place. Uh Cubs right there, 19 and 12, Cards 16 and 13 as we speak. Uh Brewers 15 and 13, uh, Pirates 16 and 14. Still the only division of baseball where every team is above 500. So crazy. Yeah. Uh, you know.

SPEAKER_01 13:25

No one saw that coming.

SPEAKER_00 13:27

No. And again, uh we'll see if it stays that way, but pretty cool so far. Uh in the East, the Braves are, I mean, they may be the best team in the league right now, just kind of running away with the East at this point, uh, 21-9, playing great ball. Um, the only team in that division above 500, everybody else is below. And then at the bottom of that division, you had the Phillies. My pick to go to the World Series. Uh, just went through a managerial change. Uh, at 10 and 19, uh Rob Thompson, who's been a great manager and you know, done great things for the Phillies, but it's understandable when things are not going well, you know, the lead guy is gonna be the one to take the blame sometimes. And so Rob Thompson is out. Um, the cool thing, Don Maddingly, who has just um has you know been with the Blue Jays the last few years as a bench coach, and was came to Philly uh this year as a bench coach, is now gonna take over as an interim manager. Um it'd be really cool to see the Phillies get on a run now for Don Maddley, who's uh one of the all-time great players. And as sad as you know, that was one of the heartbreaking things for the Blue Jays losing that World Series last year, is it would have been the chance for because Madaline, as great as he is, never has never won a World Series ring. Uh he was great for the Yankees in you know in their kind of lean years in the late 80s, early 90s, and then had to retire uh right before the Jeter years, and they got good. And so he never got he never got to win a World Series ring. So I'd love to see him uh pull the fillies or turn the fillies around and then get hot and maybe get a ring for Don Madley.

SPEAKER_01 15:09

I'm sure you also want it for your own picks as well.

SPEAKER_00 15:12

Yeah, also for that. And again, assuming the fighting Cardinals do not you know keep surprising the world and make the playoffs. So um and then the West, the Dodgers 20 and 11, uh Padres 19-11. Those guys keep rolling on, Diamondbacks 15 and 13. Uh, American League, Yankees are 20 and 11, Tampa Bay 18 and 12, Baltimore, Toronto, and then there's Boston at 12 and 19, who also just fired their manager, Alex Korra. Uh that one was both of them were kind of surprising. Alex Korra to me was a little more surprising. Um, but you know, and there's been a little bit of backlash, I think, inside the clubhouse over that that firing. So we'll see how that plays out. I did not even look to see who the interim guy is for the Red Sox, but um anyway, that's uh kind of two. I mean, those are pretty early in the season firings, but you can understand those are two teams with high payrolls and high expectations. So uh and then in the central um Guardians at 16 and 16 are winning the division. Uh it's a lot of mediocrity there. Uh Royals still at the bottom, 12 and 17, so I need them to pick it up.

SPEAKER_01 16:27

Pick it up.

SPEAKER_00 16:28

Uh in the West, A's are 15-14 leading the division. Uh Mariners 16 and 16, playing a little better. They just swept the cards at home uh last last week in. So uh that was that was kind of rough. Uh Rangers uh just uh had a few uh again as I think they're playing the Yankees again tonight, struggling in that series, lost the first two games of that series. Um and then you got the Angels and the Astros wrapping that up. So that's kind of a look around the league. Again, two firings, and a couple teams hot and a couple teams really not. Um a couple stat leaders throughout this this point. Um home runs. Let's see who's leading the league right now, and home runs. I think it's Judge. Sorry, my phone is moving really slow.

SPEAKER_01 17:32

Dad's looking at his phone in the middle. It's odd, Jar is watching the Cardinals game.

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I'm not, I'm trying to pull up some stats here. Um yeah, Aaron Judge is leading the league in in home runs. Um Murakami is a guy what was going to mention that I he's got to be player of the week maybe coming up, but he's he's been on a pretty good tear for the White Sox uh out of Japan. He's got 12 home runs. Uh Alvarez uh from the Astros has 11. Ellie Dela Cruz 10, Ben Rice, the Yankees 10, Mike Trout, who's uh on a comeback tear, has 10. Uh James Wood 10.

SPEAKER_01 18:12

Um Jordan Walker anywhere?

SPEAKER_00 18:15

Well, Jordan's still at 8, so he's got to get some more going there. He's down to 13 uh right now. But uh those are the league leaders' average leaders. Uh Vlad is leading the league, uh 358 average. Jordan is at 355, so he's man, he's putting together quite a season uh as usual. Um uh fifth right now uh is one of those great rookies we've been talking about with Connor Griffin and Weatherholt, but Kevin uh Connigal uh for the Tigers is at 330, uh which is awesome. Uh RBI leaders at this point, Sal Stewart, who's been tearing it up for the Reds, uh 29 RBIs leading the league. Uh again, Jordan right there, 26. Nico Horner, 26, Matt Olson 26. Um let's see who's leading the league in pitching. We know Soriano is um strikeouts, Gavin Williams is leading the league in strikeouts 53. Mizarowski with the Brewers 51. Jose Soriano is tied for third with 49. Um he's also let's see what his ERA is. Because I know it's crazy. Yeah, his is up to 0.84. Uh Cam Schlitter for the Yankees is 1.51. Nick Martinez 1.70. Um trying to look for our boy, uh our boy Skeens to see where he's at.

SPEAKER_01 19:49

Because I know he's also part of the reason Dad was a little hesitant to wait on the games till September because Skeens is pitching this Thursday.

SPEAKER_00 20:02

Yeah, you never know how the things are gonna line up if you're gonna catch the catch, you know, catch him, but we would if we had gone, because we talked about going uh leaving tonight and catching Thursday's game, and that's when Schemes is pitching. So um all right, so there's that. Now we go to the the player of the week's player of the week. Um and we'll just again stick with MLB.

SPEAKER_01 20:27

Can I tell them the original story?

SPEAKER_02 20:30

Sure.

SPEAKER_01 20:31

So my dad, he came up to me what one or two days ago.

SPEAKER_02 20:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:37

Uh he saw a video of uh you wanna give the stats? It was a Pittsburgh player.

SPEAKER_00 20:46

This was if you're gonna try to burn me, then you need to get the information correct.

SPEAKER_01 20:50

Well, I'm not trying to burn you, but uh I thought it was a funny story. He had something 13,000?

SPEAKER_00 20:58

No, 1300. It was it was a player, it was a player for the pirates that had been in the played like 1100 um 1100 minor league games and finally got his first um first at bat in the first game and got a hit and just it was cool. It was gonna be our player of the week, and then I realized that was old footage and it was from three years ago.

SPEAKER_01 21:20

He was like, Man, this is incredible, Riker. Yeah, you have to see this.

SPEAKER_00 21:23

It was it was incredible, but it was three years ago. Yeah. So anyway. Um let's see, players of the week for this week for MLB. Man, my phone is moving super slow tonight. Um for this week in the American League, it is Carlos Cortez from the Athletics. Hit 542 this week. Not bad. With three home runs and seven RBIs for the fighting A's. And uh big deal for an A's player to get a player of the week. And then for the National League, another kind of surprising one. Now these are two not you know regular names there, but you Darm Darmo DeMaro Vargas. DeMaro Vargas for the D-Backs uh hit 364 with four home runs and 12 RBIs. Uh and so those are the two players of the week this week uh for the American League and the National League. All right.

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All right.

SPEAKER_00 22:50

Want to do want to do a little old school player?

SPEAKER_01 22:57

Yep. Alright. You got one of dad's old card boxes here. Gonna do another little card roulette and see what happens.

SPEAKER_02 23:14

Alright.

SPEAKER_01 23:17

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 23:22

Quick and efficient here.

SPEAKER_01 23:23

Got it. Uh we'll do this player. Darl Boston.

SPEAKER_00 23:30

Daryl Boston?

SPEAKER_01 23:32

Yep, he was a match center field.

SPEAKER_00 23:35

Okay. Let's see. Let me see. Can I see the card?

SPEAKER_01 23:39

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 23:48

All right. Let's learn a little bit about Daryl Boston here, real quickly. Played for or made his Major League debut in May 13th, 1984, for the Chicago White Sox. His last MLB appearance was August 11th, 1994 for the New York Yankees. So he played for the White Sox from 84 to 90 and then played for the Mets from 90 to 92. The Colorado Rockies in 93 and the Yankees in 94. He was then a coach for the White Sox from 2013 to 2023. He was the number seven overall pick in the 1990, the 1981 draft. And he batted 265 with 36 home runs and 164 runs batted in over three seasons in the White Sox farm system when he was called up to the majors in early 1984. Batting leadoff, Boston went three for five with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBIs and two runs scored in his Major League debut on May 13th. So that's a pretty great start. Batted left through left. He had a career batting average of 249, 83 career home runs, and 278 runs batted in. And there you go. So that's a little bit about Daryl Boss. Let me read off the back of his baseball card here, too. It says, proved to be one of the best pickups of the 90s season. Taking over as Mets as Mets left-handed platoon center fiddle had one of best home run per bat ratios in American League in 1988. Split 86 between the White Sox and the Buffalo Farm System. Also split 85 White Sox and Buffalo. He hit 312 with 15 home runs and 82 RBIs in 127 games. So there you go. Darryl Lamont Boston for the White Sox, Mets, Rockies, and Yankees. That's our old school player of the week. All right. To wrap it up tonight, want to do a little devotion. We've been working on, we've been going through 1 and 2 Samuel tonight. We're going to get back into our uh devotions for young baseball players. And we're going to read uh devotion here about a player near and dear to our hearts. The man right here in the middle now plays for the Yankees. But number 46, Paul Goldshire. So, right here, you want to read the devotion?

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You know, I will. The verse is Titus three five. He saved us not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. Titus three five. When you're one of the best MLB players year after year, people can start to see uh to see that as your whole identity. But first baseman Paul Goldsmith doesn't buy into that. At 35 years old, Goldsmith was still giving pitchers nightmares. While most players his age were thinking about sore knees or retirement, he was out slugging the league. That year he earned the 2022 National League MVP Award. With success like that, it'd be easy to let uh baseball define him. But Goldsmith worked hard to keep that from happening. In an interview, he said there's a balancing point with everything you do. I enjoy baseball and I enjoy baseball and just try to get my best out of it. The thing I've tried to do is not have baseball be what defies what defines me as a person. Balancing the pressure of playing in an ML playing an MLB and following Jesus takes real discipline. Goldschmidt has to regularly check his heart and make sure he's chasing Christ, not just a success on the field. His commitment shows up in how he lives. After getting traded to the Cardinals in 2019, Goldschmidt quickly became one of the team's spiritual leaders. He led the team in Bible studies and meant toward younger teammates in their faith. All the while he helped lead the Cardinals to four straight playoff appearances. Even with success like Goldschmidt's, if you don't root your identity, if you root your identity in sport, you're in for a roller coaster ride. After a great game, you're on top of the world. Then a bad play or tough loss leaves you wondering if you still got it. That's what can happen when your worth is tied to performance. When your value as a person is found in Christ, you step off the roller coaster. God's love for you doesn't rise or fall with how you play. His love isn't something you earn, and it's not something you can lose. Because of that, you can compete with a piece that no performance can shake. And we don't usually read this when we do our uh devotion, but I'm gonna read the uh dugout reflection because I liked it this week. Ever feel stuck on a performance roller coaster? When your worth depends on stats like home runs and strikeouts, the pressure never ends. But when you value when your value comes from Jesus, you can stay ready through the highs and the lows of the game. So I liked that.

SPEAKER_00 30:18

What did you like about that?

SPEAKER_01 30:20

I don't know, it just kind of uh reminds you that no matter what's going on, Jesus has you in his hands. One strikeout, one game loss isn't going to necessarily shake your world. As long as you brute yourself in Christ, baseball should come second, and you should worry more about your relationship in Christ than you should baseball.

SPEAKER_00 30:48

I think that's kind of what I'm away from that. More than anything. And I think it can be on the the lows if you're struggling, you know, that obviously it doesn't define you, but I think even as it mentioned there with Goldie, the I think the bigger challenge is when things are going great, great. It's it's easy for us to say if if we're struggling at something, we're like, well, this doesn't define me because I don't want to be associated with that with it, because it's not going well. But when things are going well and you're successful, um, that could be sometimes even more challenging to remember that uh my identity is not found in that thing.

SPEAKER_01 31:31

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 31:31

So whether it's baseball, a job, whatever it may be, you know, relationship. Um yes, our identity should be found uh in Christ. Good or bad.

SPEAKER_01 31:47

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 31:49

Okay. Any other thoughts on that?

SPEAKER_01 31:52

No, I think that's all I got.

SPEAKER_00 31:55

Okay. I've struggled with this mic all night long.

SPEAKER_01 31:58

I've seen you fascinated.

SPEAKER_00 32:00

That's ridiculous. I started here, and by the end of my sentence, it's down on my chest. So we're gonna get out of here, and I'm gonna throw this mic up against the wall. No. Um, all right, if you'll pray for us and we'll call it a night.

SPEAKER_01 32:19

Lord, thank you for this day. Thank you just for another podcast, Lord. I just pray that you would um always remind us that our identity isn't found in worldly things. Uh, no matter what that may be for uh the viewer watching this, Lord, I just pray that you would remind them that you should always be their top priority and that they should beat their lives in you, not any worldly things. Lord, I just pray that everybody watching this would have a good day, and we no matter what they're doing, that they would just remember that you have them in your hands. Jesus' name, amen.

SPEAKER_00 32:57

Amen. See you guys on the next one.