The River Morning Show Weekly Podcast | EP 145 | NOV 8 2025

In this episode, we joke about car mishaps, have a friendly Thanksgiving debate about the proper way to eat stuffing, and laugh through the time Hannah accidently licked dog pee!

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Transcript

Cold Weather And Cozy Grumbling

SPEAKER_07 0:00

Here's what to expect on this week's episode of the River Morning Show Weekly Podcast. And I went up to Chris, my husband, and I just lift his arm. I was just trying to gross him out a little bit, right?

SPEAKER_03 0:09

Well, you succeeded grossing me out. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 0:13

I did, yes. He looked at me kind of stunned for a second and says, um, the dog just beat on my arm. Thanks for pressing play on the River Morning Show weekly podcasts. You can find other River Podcasts when you go to riveradio.com. At the time of this recording, Ohio is looking at its first snow of the season, and I'm dying inside. I am totally fine with the Christmas tree going up, listening to Christmas music. I want all of that. But where I draw the line is snow. Snow is for Christmas Day, and that's it. The rest of the year should be a nice 75 degrees and sunny. And yet, here come the flurries. Stay safe, stay warm, get some hot cocoa, and pray for warmer weather.

SPEAKER_03 1:09

Imagine a world, if you will, uh, where you are approaching the back seat of the car to put your laptop in. You know, and this is happening to me real time. I've got my kind of my over-the-shoulder bag. I'm getting ready to reach for the handle. I realized I'm gonna have to move the move the coat so I can put this on the seat, and then I stopped. Because I didn't have a coat that wasn't my car. I came out the same. I didn't. I stopped and did one of those. Is anyone watching? I didn't, I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. It was the exact same color, model, make everything of the car. Mine was like five spaces down.

SPEAKER_07 1:54

Was anybody there?

SPEAKER_03 1:55

Nobody was in it. I did not get tased. There were none of those things. But the question has popped in my mind what made you realize I'm in the wrong car? Uh-huh. I think we've all done it or almost done it. And that coat in the back seat is what triggered me and saved me some massive embarrassment. Yeah. Call or text. What reminded or showed you, how did you realize you almost got in or you did get in the wrong car? 800-609-1049. Hannah, have you done this?

SPEAKER_07 2:26

I have, and that's what's crazy. You would think this would just be like a rare story. It's not. We've all done it. Yeah, we have. I was at Kroger and I had all my groceries, and I was opening the front door to set a few things down. Right.

SPEAKER_03 2:40

And then so what made you realize this is the wrong car? It was um, it was too clean. Inside the not your car? It was way too clean.

SPEAKER_06 2:50

I was like, there's no way this is mine.

SPEAKER_03 2:53

I backed away so fast. Did you do it? Do the head on the swivel, look around. Yeah, okay. Did anybody see that? Anybody see that?

SPEAKER_07 2:59

Luckily, I was by my own son. But also, lock your car, friend. Yeah, there's why am I getting in someone's car?

SPEAKER_03 3:05

How did you realize it wasn't your car? 800-609-1049. For everybody, they've got a story, and you're welcome to share yours anytime about anything. But for me in particular, it was when I realized I didn't have a coat, and it was when Hannah realized she's a slob.

SPEAKER_07 3:23

I've known that, but it was confirmed.

SPEAKER_03 3:26

I was reaching for the back door of what I thought was my car to put my laptop bag in it and realized that's not my coat. I don't I didn't bring a coat. This is not my car. So I didn't get in. You made it as far as opening the door.

SPEAKER_07 3:38

Yeah, oh, I was putting groceries into the front and realized this car is too clean. This could not be mine.

Listeners’ Wrong-Car Confessions

SPEAKER_03 3:48

Okay, no judgment. Lots of judgment. Um you can call or text how you realized you were getting in the wrong car. 800-609-1049. Barbara, how did that uh light bulb go off for you?

SPEAKER_04 4:02

Trying to get into reach for the door handle, and there was somebody already seated by me. It's like a jump scare from a movie. What was their reaction? They just looked at me like, what are you doing?

SPEAKER_07 4:17

Crazy lady, go away.

SPEAKER_03 4:18

Excuse me. Like they roll up the window slowly.

SPEAKER_07 4:21

Oh, but there's so many, like all the cars are the same these days. Everything's so hard to know.

SPEAKER_04 4:26

I told my husband I need to turn it to like Big Bird Yellow or something. Yes. I don't know what one's mine.

SPEAKER_07 4:32

Now I understand why people put like Pikachu on their antenna. Because there's no there's no denying it's yours. But we don't have antennas anymore.

SPEAKER_03 4:41

That's a good point. You just got that little shark fin on the back. No, I just aged myself a little. How do you know when someone is mad?

SPEAKER_07 4:53

Uh, usually the the anger on their face.

SPEAKER_03 4:57

Yeah, if you look and listen, you'll notice it. Speaking of face, it might be the vein on your dad's forehead. That'll do it. About ready to pop. It might be Margie in Finance's voice getting a little bit higher. Yeah. We're gonna do what now? Sorry, Margie. Yeah, sorry. Or like when my wife stops talking to one of the kids, we know she's upset.

SPEAKER_01 5:19

Oh no.

SPEAKER_03 5:19

And I don't mean cold shoulder. Or silent treatment. Not the silent treatment. This is what I mean. And I quote, you just don't under Mmm.

SPEAKER_01 5:29

Oh, the grumble.

SPEAKER_03 5:30

She will stop a word and end it with mmm.

SPEAKER_07 5:35

So, like, I'm not gonna try to convince Well, it's also your emotions are running hotter than your words can catch up with.

SPEAKER_03 5:41

Like, have this conversation again and again. Mmm. And I just feel bad.

SPEAKER_07 5:47

I feel bad so much.

SPEAKER_03 5:48

Yeah, I just feel bad for the kids because there's nothing they can do because they've done all the wrong things leading up to that point. She literally has no more words. I found myself doing this exact same thing because I kind of like it. And it's just subconsciously stuck in my head when I am really upset.

SPEAKER_07 6:04

I'm just, I have had about enough of So it shows the whole um I am mad and I'm disappointed.

SPEAKER_03 6:11

Yes, yes, it's both. So in your family or in your workplace, and we can change your name if we need to. Um how do you know someone's mad? You can call or text 800-609-1049. We're Josh and mmm. So that's how you know if someone's angry. They don't finish their words.

SPEAKER_07 6:30

You did just scare me. I was like, are we okay?

SPEAKER_03 6:33

Did something break? You knew that I was upset even though I was just playing for the radio. Uh-huh. All right. So this is how my wife does it with um our kids. She didn't yell and scream and none of those things. She'll just be frustrated and she will stop herself from talking. She'll, I am tired of trying to explain the crumble.

SPEAKER_07 6:52

Yeah, and we just know.

SPEAKER_03 6:52

It's like, well, we've gotten to that place. I love it. And uh, and I say it this way because my wife is a wonderful mother who loves her children, but sometimes, mmm. And every parent understands why.

SPEAKER_07 7:05

I mean, and I think that gets the point across.

SPEAKER_03 7:08

It sure it sure does. I'd go running. So you can call or text how you know when someone's mad in your life. 800-609-1049. Producer Mike is here with some text from the crew.

SPEAKER_02 7:19

Delilah from Worthington said, if I can't tell by looks, I'll just straight up ask someone if something is wrong and sour the moment. Then it feels like I did something wrong for just wondering if something was wrong. Terrible cycle. Thoughts of an of an overthinker brought to you by Delilah. Alex from Newark said, uh, when they try to warn you they're upset without directly saying they're upset.

SPEAKER_07 7:43

Why we gotta play word games? No, I think I've said that in a meeting before. I've said, guys, I'm feisty. Oh guys, I'm feeling feisty. I think I was in that meeting. I think I said it to you. Okay, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_02 7:56

Alright, good to know. Good to know, good to know. Bethany from Bell Fountain said, crazy eyes.

Signs Someone Is Mad

SPEAKER_01 8:03

That's one way to know. If some reasons crazy eyes.

unknown 8:07

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 8:08

And we just heard from Amanda from Mansfield who said, So if I get upset in the car, I will turn the radio up just to end the conversation.

SPEAKER_03 8:16

Amanda!

SPEAKER_02 8:16

And since we listen to the river all the time, I just throw myself into the river.

SPEAKER_07 8:20

Aww. Okay. Well, if you're gonna be mad lean into some Jesus.

SPEAKER_03 8:59

And every friend group has that one individual that's the pot stirrer extraordinaire. Would you rather? For us, it's producer Mike.

SPEAKER_02 9:08

I, that's me.

SPEAKER_03 9:10

Why are you doing this? Never mind. What it what?

SPEAKER_02 9:13

Why? So for today, we're gonna go with a Thanksgiving theme. So it's November. I like Thanksgiving. Yes, I would rather Thanksgiving. Yes. Thank you. So here's the big question. Would you rather have the stuffing cooked inside the turkey or baked separately outside of it? In the turkey is nasty.

SPEAKER_03 9:35

What?

SPEAKER_07 9:36

It's not nasty.

SPEAKER_03 9:37

A, it's moosh.

SPEAKER_01 9:40

B, it's inside the turkey. Okay.

SPEAKER_07 9:44

Well, it's just don't you you marinate almost every protein you eat, I'm sure. It's just like it's marinating in there.

SPEAKER_03 9:52

It's bread. It doesn't belong inside the turkey.

SPEAKER_01 9:59

Tell me it's soaking up everything inside bird carcass.

SPEAKER_07 10:06

You cannot get mad at that when you're eating the bird itself.

SPEAKER_03 10:10

I much rather would have it cooked in a pan because then you do have some crispy edges on the bread. I like that in my stuffing. I don't like the visual, I'm sorry, of somebody jamming a spoon in there and then having this.

SPEAKER_07 10:26

I okay, you're just being dramatic now. That is, yes. Yes, you are. Stop it, sir. Stop.

SPEAKER_03 10:34

So gross.

SPEAKER_07 10:36

Look, I don't mind the pan version, but I think the flavor is much more powerful when it's cooked inside the bird. I don't like it when it tastes like it doesn't, though, Josh. Stop with the noises. We get it. We get it. That's what happens. It's about the flavor, and it's so much more rich, and there's layers of flavor when it's cooked in the turkey.

SPEAKER_03 10:57

It's like it's pre-chewed for you.

SPEAKER_06 10:59

Stop ruining the chicken. Stop it.

SPEAKER_03 11:02

I think I win. I think you lose. You can chime in too. Would you rather the stuffing in the turkey or in a pan? 800-609-1049. So producer Mike posed this one to us, and the prize that Hannah would like to win is mushy bread. Oh, stop.

SPEAKER_07 11:20

It's flavor-filled bread.

SPEAKER_03 11:23

Do you put the stuffing in the turkey? You nasty. Or do you cook it on the stove like it says on the box? Stovetop.

SPEAKER_07 11:31

No, okay. Well, you're cooking it out of the box. That's part of the problem. You can make it homemade too.

SPEAKER_03 11:36

It's so good when it's on the stove. When it's in the bird, it's like the bird ate it first.

SPEAKER_07 11:42

No, it's not.

SPEAKER_03 11:43

You don't need to mama bird me the stuffing.

SPEAKER_07 11:45

You are being ridiculous and over the top.

SPEAKER_03 11:49

Alright, so you can call or text 800-609-1049 on the text machine. It is working here this morning.

SPEAKER_07 11:56

Yes. Carrie in Delaware said the stuffing must be cooked outside of the turkey. So she's with you, John.

Listener Texts On Anger Signals

SPEAKER_03 12:04

You and me, girl, that's it.

SPEAKER_07 12:05

But then Samantha said that she loves the stuffing in the turkey. So Samantha's on my side.

SPEAKER_03 12:10

Not everyone can be correct.

SPEAKER_07 12:12

And then there's Amanda in Groveport. She said we couldn't decide because we had people on both sides of the argument. So every year they just make both. Oh. So that the only thing they can argue about on Thanksgiving are parade floats and sports.

SPEAKER_03 12:27

I would be arguing who's sitting next to me because if your stuffing is making this stop it.

SPEAKER_07 12:33

First of all, nobody should be chewing like that. Second of all, let someone eat what they want to eat. Third of all, you're still getting your dressing, your other stuffing.

SPEAKER_03 12:42

I don't want to be close to it. Alright? It was inside the turkey. The only thing the turkey needs to be inside is me. Alright?

SPEAKER_06 12:50

Oh. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 12:51

Eric, hi. Um, are you correct or do you think Hannah's correct? No, we gotta have it inside the turkey.

SPEAKER_07 12:58

Yay! Okay, so are you um, do you help make it every year?

SPEAKER_03 13:03

Uh we usually do two families. So, do you do the stuffing this way at both places?

SPEAKER_06 13:10

Well, at my mom's, we don't even do a turkey. We usually do like chicken or ham or something. Oh, so chew it up.

SPEAKER_03 13:17

So you'd have to do the stuffing on the stove. I like this one. I like this one.

SPEAKER_07 13:21

I forget. Isn't there a rule that one is called dressing, one is called stuffing? Dressing dressing is the one on the side. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 13:28

Yeah, I mean, it's the same, but it's not because, yeah, you're you're correct. You jammed it inside the bird for cooking and mooshing if that's the stuffing. For the dressing, that's on the stove. All right, you're so dramatic. Properly cooked. This is the River Morning Show. And it's time to play a little fill in the blank. How old are you? I'm not telling. This is how old I am. You can fill in the blank. How old are you? Now you know you're getting old when. Call or text 800-609-1049. For me, I'm becoming the waves at every car that goes past while I'm walking my dog guy. That's that's a sign that you're old? The reason I say that is because our neighborhood used to have a guy that did that, and he would wave every time. But he would wave with the hand holding the poop bag.

SPEAKER_06 14:16

I love it so much.

SPEAKER_03 14:17

He was like flinging this.

SPEAKER_07 14:20

No!

SPEAKER_03 14:20

And he couldn't turn his neck, so he'd like turn, you know, he'd shuffle, turn his whole body, and wave at you.

SPEAKER_07 14:26

Well, how kind is it that even with his hands full, he's still willing to wave?

SPEAKER_03 14:30

I'm just trying to be nice too. Like we've lived in this neighborhood for like five, six years. Six years now. Okay.

SPEAKER_07 14:38

And you're just now starting to wave?

SPEAKER_03 14:40

It's about time I should smile and say, hello.

SPEAKER_07 14:42

You've been ignoring humans?

SPEAKER_03 14:44

I'm I'm walking in. Okay. I've got my blinders on. I'm making sure he doesn't leave a deposit in any quote. Bank. He's not supposed to be depositing. So anyway, maybe too, since I'm trying to be nice as I'm getting older, maybe this means I won't be the crotchety guy. Maybe I'll be like the nice old man who gives kids Werther's original or something.

SPEAKER_07 15:06

You know what? Everyone needs that person in their life. So I appreciate you standing up and being willing.

SPEAKER_03 15:11

Maybe I'll be that guy.

SPEAKER_07 15:12

Maybe.

SPEAKER_03 15:13

You know you're getting old when. Call or text. 800 6.

SPEAKER_07 15:18

You can do it. 800. I forgot the number. 609-1049. That's the one.

SPEAKER_01 15:26

How old are you?

SPEAKER_03 15:27

I'm not telling. You know you're getting old when you start waving at every car that passes you by when you're walking your dog.

SPEAKER_07 15:33

I didn't know that was like a it came with age type thing.

Thanksgiving Stuffing Showdown

SPEAKER_03 15:37

I feel like it is, because again, there was there was an old patriarch of the neighborhood when we moved in, and that's what he did.

SPEAKER_07 15:43

So maybe it's a graduation from that Midwest, like no-teeth smile. You know, when you walk past somebody and you just do the it's the yeah, the head nod with the little no-teeth smile. Then as you get older, it's the wave. You get you get more excited?

SPEAKER_03 15:56

No, I'm trying to be a more decent human being.

SPEAKER_07 15:59

Okay, all right.

SPEAKER_03 16:00

Because that guy was super nice, even though he waved at us with poop. He always waved at us with the doggy bag hand.

SPEAKER_06 16:07

I'm glad you you elaborated.

SPEAKER_03 16:10

Excuse me, sir. Anyway, you can join in. Uh, how would you fill in that blank? Uh, you know you're getting old when. 800-609-1049. Call or text. Hi, the river. What's your name?

SPEAKER_00 16:22

I'd rather not say.

SPEAKER_03 16:24

I understand. How would you fill in the blank? You know you're getting old when.

SPEAKER_00 16:28

I'm at work and I pull a tissue out of my sleeve. Don't think anything of it, dab my nose, and my co-cow worker looks at me horrified and says, Oh my gosh, you just did what my grandma does.

unknown 16:43

I'm old.

SPEAKER_07 16:46

Age is just a number. It's all about the heart.

SPEAKER_03 16:48

Listen, it's fine. Embrace it because you'll forget about it in about five minutes anyway.

SPEAKER_07 16:55

It is the season of traditions. All your fun family activities are coming back around, like traveling to grandma's house on Thanksgiving. Over the river and through the woods, my friends. Watching the Macy's Day parade, Uncle Bert in the garage, risking it all for the deep fried turkey. It always scares me.

SPEAKER_03 17:16

If you do that wrong at the beginning, that's all she wrote. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 17:19

It is time for it all. But here's what I'm curious to know. Do you turkey trot?

SPEAKER_01 17:27

Absolutely not. Come on.

SPEAKER_07 17:29

Is that rhymed, actually?

SPEAKER_03 17:30

Do you turkey trot? Absolutely not. No.

SPEAKER_07 17:33

Is that your new life motto?

SPEAKER_03 17:34

It has always been. I just now figured out how to say it. Fair.

SPEAKER_07 17:40

You can call or text to share. Do you or do you not turkey trot? 800-609-1049.

SPEAKER_03 17:47

Why would you suggest such a thing?

SPEAKER_07 17:49

Because my family has been running a Thanksgiving turkey trot since I was in middle school or younger.

SPEAKER_03 17:54

Said another way, you need counseling and everyone.

SPEAKER_07 17:58

Yes. Every year, my family and our friends from church get together and we rank who we think will come in what order. We have some friendly, very competitive Discord. Uh-huh. And then around 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, we set off trucking on this turkey trot.

SPEAKER_03 18:19

The only reason you should be up that early on Thanksgiving Day is to put the turkey to trot it into the oven.

SPEAKER_07 18:24

Well, that happens too, but it kind of goes hand in hand. And some friends come and they they cheer us on with their hot cocoa from the sidelines, and the rest of us run till our legs fall off.

SPEAKER_03 18:34

I wouldn't even support you. Like I would not be out there. No.

SPEAKER_07 18:39

It is an annual tradition that Josh will never take part in. One little second.

SPEAKER_03 18:50

This is my favorite part of every November. I know. When Hannah starts, she's like, it's couch to turkey trot every single year.

SPEAKER_07 18:58

Within the same week. And then I remember how painful it is. I'm like, I'm just gonna wing it. So then I'm broken Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, and into December.

SPEAKER_01 19:11

Why do you do this to yourself, King? Tradition! Tradition. Listen, if I'm done.

SPEAKER_06 19:17

If I were a rich man.

unknown 19:19

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 19:22

You know how your dog or cat can get the zoomies and I love it. It's so adorable. It's fun and it's it's harmless. So, okay. I also tend to get the zoomies. I know.

SPEAKER_01 19:37

You do. You do what?

SPEAKER_07 19:39

Yeah, okay. So if you don't know, I'm an extrovert. So when I get around a lot of people, my tank is full and sometimes it just overflows a little bit. So I was at Bible study the other night, and when I got home, I had the zoomies. So I was playing with my pup and my cat, and I was all energized.

SPEAKER_03 19:58

I understand. I think I could see how this would work for an extroverted person. They just were plugged into the battery bank for hours.

SPEAKER_07 20:06

Absolutely. Okay. And so I was just being a goofball. And I went up to Chris, my husband, and I just grabbed his arm and zoomy energy, right? I I licked it.

SPEAKER_03 20:16

You licked his arm.

SPEAKER_07 20:17

I licked his arm. And I was just I was just trying to gross him out a little bit, right?

SPEAKER_03 20:21

Well, you succeeded grossing me out. Yeah, I was trying to be annoying.

Community Weighs In On Stuffing

SPEAKER_07 20:24

I did. Yes. It gets worse.

SPEAKER_03 20:27

What else did you do?

SPEAKER_07 20:28

Well, nothing. But he just he looked at me kind of stunned for a second and says, um, the dog just peed on my arm.

SPEAKER_03 20:48

He's like, your arm is excessively salty.

SPEAKER_06 20:51

So gross. I don't understand. I sprinted to the bathroom and brushed my teeth and gargled so much mouthwash. He was stunned. I was stunned, and the zoomies were dead.

SPEAKER_02 21:05

News that'll make you go.

SPEAKER_07 21:06

Will wee wee? What? Josh, what in this wacky world did you find today?

SPEAKER_03 21:11

The granddaddy of them all turns 30 this week. What? Now, if you could say the granddaddy of them all, that's the Rose Bowl. I'm not talking about football, though. Okay. It's the infamous McDonald's quarter pounder from 1995 that still hasn't decomposed.

SPEAKER_07 21:24

Wait! You're talking about one that they've left out? Yep. I just thought you meant the quarter pounder. Wow, that took a second to click. I thought you meant it was just the 30th anniversary of the quarter pounder.

SPEAKER_03 21:33

It is an actual sandwich from 1995.

unknown 21:36

Ew.

SPEAKER_03 21:37

Now there's another McDonald's burger in Texas who also claims to be the oldest, but I digress. This one I'm talking about here has no mold, no odor, no kidding. It's in Australia. And their McDonald's quarter pounder still somewhat resembles a hamburger.

SPEAKER_07 21:53

I mean, do they have it in a room with no airflow and no germs or what's it?

SPEAKER_03 21:59

McDonald's obviously has not claimed this as legit. They've said they have done something to doctor these sandwiches to make them last longer. The custodians, yes, they are called custodians of this artifact, say no. It was on my desk for a week, and my mom told me to throw it away, so I put it in a box in my closet.

SPEAKER_07 22:22

It's sitting in a closet?

SPEAKER_03 22:23

Not anymore. It's out on display now. But no, they didn't dehydrate it, they didn't do anything to make it last longer. It's just been there this whole time.

SPEAKER_07 22:33

Do you think it still tastes good? Because I love a quarter pounder.

SPEAKER_03 22:35

I don't think so. In other news, you're insane. And uh, one of the things producer Mike likes to do on the show is something you can't see or hear. He likes to make juggling motions. 6-7 mean that's exactly how I received it. No, stop it. Make it stop. Quit it. 6-7 is a thing that means nothing. Yes, that is 100% right. Is it a Gen Alpha or a Gen Z or both? Or is it is it you? Is it your generation who did it?

SPEAKER_02 23:08

It's kind of both, but I feel like it's kind of moved to Gen Alpha, but then like now everybody is saying it, whether like not everyone.

SPEAKER_07 23:18

Yeah, no. I'm not saying it. And I'm I'm with Josh there. And I I have heard that now that Gen Alpha and then Millennials and Older have caught on, that means it should be dead now. Yeah, well, it's not it should be gone. It's not.

You Know You’re Getting Old When

SPEAKER_03 23:29

And I want to say this though. We can Jesus juke the 6-7. All right, seven. No, stop it. Are you ready for this? Okay, so here we go. God came up with this concept. For example, Ephesians 6 7. 6 7. I'm going to hurt you. Uh that's not what the verse says. Ephesians 6 7. It says, work with enthusiasm as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Really good message. Romans 6 7. 6 7. Oh my goodness. For when we died with Christ, we were set free from the power of sin. Oh, really? Like, this is awesome. Galatians 6 7. 6 7. Ignore it. Don't be misled. It says you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. That's serious. That's a really good stuff. And then Deuteronomy 6 7. 6 7. Repeat. Repeat them again. This is talking about God's commands and his instructions to us. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you're at home and when you're on the road, when you're going to bed and when you're getting up. This is a God ordained kind of thing. And I'll bet you, more often than not, if you look up these chapter 6, verse 7. 67.

SPEAKER_07 24:46

You just gotta stop saying it.

SPEAKER_03 24:49

God gets credit for it. The good stuff. Not the producer Mike stuff. Have you ever felt guilty? And I mean like legitimately guilty. Like, you know, you messed up and you deserve everything you're getting. You know, and then you may think of it again, and that guilt washes over you again. It can do one of two things. Guilt can. It can drive us into hiding, or it can drive us to Jesus. There's really only two options. Are you going to hide? Am I going to hide? Or are we going to go to Jesus? And I want to encourage you, there is no need to hide because Jesus knows anyway. And there's nothing you could do or say that will make him look at you with anger or disappointment. You know how your dad might have said, I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed, which kind of is worse. But Jesus gets neither when you come to him or when you confess and tell him what you did. He saw it. He knows it. And he loves you anyway. So why not confess it to him? And then listen to this. You still might feel guilty. I know I have. I was born with a guilty conscience. Like my one of my first memories is something silly I did when I was like four. And then when it pops up in my head, I'm like, ugh, why did I do that?

SPEAKER_01 26:12

You weren't.

SPEAKER_03 26:14

Why do you feel guilty now about this? Stuff I've said, stuff I've done, stuff I've thought, it pops up in my head from days ago or years ago. And I feel guilty all over again. But the Bible says something really important. Really important. It says when we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. It's like sponsored by Serbro. Like it never even happened, man. Like Jesus takes that from us. But if you still struggle with guilt like I do, knowing all the true things, hear this loud and clear. From 1 John, it's a book in the Bible, chapter 3, verse 20. It speaks right to my heart on this. It says, even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings. And he knows everything. He knows it. And he forgives it. And I don't have to feel guilty anymore. That's a bill that's been paid. And I could just pass it on to Jesus every time the devil stops by and says, Hey, remember this? And say, I don't have to remember because God doesn't remember anymore either. That is paid in full.

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