S4 Ep. 1: One Body, Many Parts - Unity in Diversity

Unity doesn’t erase differences—it celebrates them. In this episode, Allen & Stacy Jo explore how God designed the Body of Christ to function with unique gifts moving in harmony. Whether you’re navigating marriage dynamics, church roles, or leadership teams, learn how to trade comparison and criticism for collaboration and honor.

We cover:

• 1 Corinthians 12 and the power of diverse gifts
• Turning tension into productive teamwork
• Why hidden roles are often indispensable
• Practical rhythms: celebrate > compare, honor out loud, work in harmony
• Real-life stories (yes, even a paint-roller saga 😀)

Scriptures:
 1 Corinthians 12:4–7 • Romans 12:6 • Colossians 3:12–14 • Matthew 11:29–30 • Romans 8:6

Reflection Questions:

1. Which differences in your home/team have you labeled as irritations that might actually be strengths?
2. Who can you honor out loud this week?
3. What gift has God given you to serve the common good?

Weekly Challenge:
 Identify one person (spouse, friend, teammate) and tell them the specific gift you see in them. Speak life.

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Keywords: Body of Christ, unity in diversity, spiritual gifts, 1 Corinthians 12, Christian marriage, Christian leadership, church teamwork, biblical unity, honoring others, collaboration, Colossians 3, Romans 12, Christian podcast

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Transcript

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Are you ready to build a life, business and legacy that truly lasts? Welcome to Faithfully Invested with Allen and Stacy Jo Thorne, where Faith meets real talk. Biblical wisdom meets everyday life and leadership meets laughter. Together we will uncover God's blueprint for leadership, marriage, and mission, helping faith-driven leaders invest in what matters most. Each episode, we explore biblical wisdom, have real conversations, and of course, have some fun along the way because let's be real. Walking in faith is an adventure. It sure is. So pull up a seat, grab your coffee or your sweet tea, and join us as we steward our callings with intention, because when we invest in his kingdom, he brings the increase. Hey friends. Welcome back to Faithfully Invested, where we uncover God's blueprint for LA leadership, marriage, and mission. I'm Allen, and this is my stunning wife. I'm Stacy Jo, and we, we are so glad you're here with us today. You know, Allen, I, I, I was thinking about the last time. That we tried to do a DIY project. Do. Do you remember that? Yeah. Yeah. Here we go. Remember that Love keeps no record of wrongs. My love. Yes, but you know, friends, not to boast on me, but I have been gifted in many areas. I've been very, I'm very grateful to the Lord to be gifted. However, interior painting with my dear babycakes here is not one that I ever care to revisit ever justifiably, you know, I mean, I've painted many rooms, I've painted many living rooms, bedrooms, what have you, and I do have some substantial artistic ability, you know, those bulbs, those Christmas bulbs that I do, you know? Very cool. Right? Very cool. So now I'm, that's not a talent that I've been given, right? But just let me. Let me say this kindly. As a man who's, who's painted much, there's a certain order that must be followed. And admittedly, uh, this is one area that I can be substantially picky. Uh, one might say obsessive. Yeah. Uh, yeah. Yeah. Might be a little obsess. One obsessive, yeah. Might say obsessive honey bunny might say obsessive. I might get a little obsessive about the order in which painting interior or exterior painting must be done. Uh, we're, we're proof that, uh. That when two parts of the body of Christ come together, uh, the walls might look different or, uh. It's also proved that sometimes just let Allen do the painting. Uh, that statement alone designates that. Um, I need some, I have room for improvement, let's say. Definitely need room for improvement progress, not perfection, but I'll say that the paint job looks fabulous. It does, babe. Any Anyway. Yeah. We're, uh, we're getting into, uh, strengths and weaknesses, right babe? You know, um, yeah, yeah. My love. Um, you know, our, our strengths and our weaknesses should never cancel each other out. They actually, you know, they should compliment one another, but I'm happy to actually step back and let you, uh, take care of all the painting in the house. And you're probably good right now for, I don't know, another year or so. Another year. I just found out I have a year with these. We love these colors. These colors are wonderful. I love the living room. I'm getting a little tired of the turquoise blue though, I'm just saying. Anyway. Uh. Anyway, today's help me anyway. Uh, that's the talk, that's the heart of today's conversation is one body, many parts, unity and diversity. Yeah. And you know, here's the challenge in marriages and churches and in leadership teams, you know, we're always. Going to be confronted with differences. Yeah. I mean, that's part of life. But instead of celebrating those differences as God's intentional design, too often we fall into the trap of comparing or competing or less ized, criticizing, you know, and we start to see people who are different from us as obstacles instead of allies. Yeah. Comparison's, a danger, a slippery slope, I'd say. True. Very much is, and oftentimes we blame that on our, our fallible human condition, right? Mm-hmm. But um, before we go too much further for clarity, we are not advocating the whole DEI nonsense, right? We're not doing that. We believe, uh, that the best person for the job is the one who, uh, has the highest merit to get the job done right the first time. Mm-hmm. But we also believe in the power of mentoring leadership. Oh, yeah. Yes. Mentoring leaders. Definitely something to be said, said for mentoring leadership. Mm-hmm. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that our culture is substantially different, but it's vital for all of us to understand that, uh, our, in our Christ following journey to, to know that God did not design us, uh, to be drones or clones. I'm so glad I'm not a drone. I am very glad that not everyone's like me. That, how boring would that be, right? Yeah. But the Apostle Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 12 verses 4-7. Mm-hmm. Uh, now there are a variety of gifts, but the same spirit, uh, there are a variety of ministries, but the same Lord, uh, there are a variety of effects, but the same God who works all things in all people. But each one is given the manifestation of the spirit for the common good of the team. Yeah. Amen. You know, that fires me up because I actually lived that out. I if, if we actually lived that out, we'd see churches, families, and businesses flourish like never before. You know, each of us using our God-given gifts for the benefit of the whole team. And yes, I know you roll your eyes anytime I say this, but teamwork really does make the dream work. Even if it sounds cliche, it's still true. Yeah. And it's not, I don't roll. I don't disagree with that. Yeah. That statement as a whole, the, the context of the statement that teamwork, when we, when we bring it, it, it takes a team to move the dream forward. But I just, in the industry I've been in and the company I've been, that's a big saying with, with uh, and. Team teamwork makes the dream. And I've just heard it so much. And anyway, uh, there's, um, moving on. Uh, anyway. Anyway, uh, something that, that we've learned along the way is that no one person is an island and solutions are found. Within the team, truly, right? No one person is an island, and solutions are found within the team unless you are driving, write that down, right? Um, sometimes we gotta move past conflict into compliment. Uh, we're all different, but how can we use our differences to benefit the team? I like what Paul said when he said, our focus should not be on our differences, but how those differences work for the common good of the team. Well, exactly. I mean, the beauty of God's design is that our differences were never meant to divide us. They were meant to complete us. Yes. And the challenges come. I see the challenges in two parts. First, we need to recognize that our talents, whatever they may be, they are gifts from God. They're not something that we manufactured on our own, right. And second, we need to learn how to honor those differences. And choose collaboration over conflict. Yeah. Because when we do that, you know, the body of Christ functions the way it was meant to many parts, but one body moving in unity towards the same purpose. Absolutely. Right? Yeah. On that's what I'm talking about. Yeah. So we know that this is, this isn't always easy. No. Most often it's not easy. Most often it's not easy. Uh, and in leadership, uh. Leadership isn't easy. We'll just, just throw that out there. There. Leadership isn't easy. Leadership done the right way isn't easy. But I like what you said about learning to honor each other's differences. Mm-hmm. Learning to honor each other's differences. We have to. Right. We, we absolutely have to. We. Truth and love, you know, we have to, uh, and we, and we move forward. And, uh, we, I think we talked about this this morning as how, uh, in networking, I'm not the networking kind of guy. Mm-hmm. I'm, but, but I'm to the, we're, we're to the point and, and our, our different in our ministry where, where I have to be. Mm-hmm. I gotta get out there where, where the people are to, to get the word out for Right. For, um. For our recovery ministry. And, uh, and I and I, Honey Bunny, she knows all about networking. I've said to people, I was like, oh, that's my wife. She's the networking queen. She knows everybody. And if she doesn't and if there's someone she doesn't know, someone she does know, knows that somebody that you need to know and, uh, oh yeah, that's six degrees of separation, you know? Right, right. So, but uh, so. So solutions are foul within the team. Yeah. I was like, babe, I don't know how to do that. I've never had to do that. Mm-hmm. And it, it's, it's getting out of my, and it's bringing me outta my comfort zone. And every time I, I've been pried out of my comfort zone, great things happen. So. I guess I should be looking forward to networking events. You should. Most definitely. Uh, but, uh, all this reminds me your, your comment on learning to, to honor each other's differences. Reminds me of the never elusive Matthew 17 quote, where Jesus said, take my yoke upon you and learn from me. Mm-hmm. The enemy of our souls, you know. We all have an enemy of our souls. We all have an enemy that wants to bind us and, and hold us back. And, and, and he does that based on our beliefs. And he would have us believe and see our differences as burdensome blockades. And that's an absolute lie. From the depths of hell, but that's, that's what he wants us to believe. So he wants us in conflict. He wants us in chaos, but we serve a God of order. Jesus and the Holy Spirit encourage us to release that burdensome lie to him and yoke up with him and learn from him, him being Jesus. And, and that's what I'm talking about. Yeah. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. From my yoke is easy. He says, and my burden is light. And when we decide to go his way and we get the life and the peace that we're searching for'cause aren't, aren't. Aren't we searching for life and peace? Yes. Well, I would hope that we are. Yeah. So I know that I looked for life and I look for peace in all the wrong places, and I looked for love in all the wrong places. And that's a country song by somebody that was very popular in the seventies and early eighties. But anyway, I think what Looking for love and all the, I don't remember who's saying it. I think it might be Eddie Rabbit. I could be wrong on that. Oh, I think, I think you might be right. But anyway, thanks. K 1 0 5. From my mom's clock radio at 14157 Western Reserve Road. Anyway, uh, but uh, my point is that we were, if you're looking for life in peace, his name is Jesus. Yeah. And, uh, Paul writes on this in Romans and he says, to, to live by the flesh is death, but to live by the spirit capital S Holy Spirit is life and peace, and we're searching for life and peace. So as, as we can, and we can attest that our differences show up daily. Absolutely. So, you know, so we get it, but uh, I am more of a get it done sort of guy's. I like to, no, I like to get things done's. So I have, I have serious planning tendencies, but, uh, I'm, I'm a get it done kind of guy. And sta Stacy Joe, she's more of a prioritizing planner. Who, uh, yeah, who finds, who finds benefit through processing. Like, I like to make a list and then I might make a second list, right? To check the first one. Um, and that's just how God wired me, right? And I process things better when I, when I slow down, when I write it out and when I really think about it, right? I might book a room and then I might not. And then, and then, because I find a better deal, she says, well, that's it. I might, I might book a room. Yeah. And, and then I'll, and that used to aggravate the crap out of me. And then I will look, you know, 10 other places she will. And then I will eventually book a room. By the end of the week, the room's booked and she's found a heck of a deal. But in the beginning, uh, back in, uh. When we got together, it used to aggravate me bad and I'm like, you didn't book it yet? Come on, man. Yeah. But at the end of the day or, or the week, you know? Yeah. It's done. It's done well. Yeah. And I used to feel guilty about that. Yeah. Like, you know, as if I wasn't fast enough or decisive enough, but. You know, over time I've realized that that's not really a weakness, it's a strength and it's saved us some money. In the long run, it's, it's probably saved us a gang of money, but God has, God's created me to really think deeply and to weigh things, to organize and to that really balances and that balances our marriage out and even our ministry. But it's so easy to label differences as irritations, but. Like you just said, but when you stop and you recognize that those differences are actually God-given strengths. It changes everything and instead of butting heads, we can actually lock arms. Yeah. And we do, and we do, we lock arms and we've gotten a lot better. I've, I, we've both grown in that area for sure. Uh, and I, I can say that, uh, it, it's better when we appreciate, uh, when I appreciate your entrepreneurial prowess. You definitely got it. You were, you mentioned a couple podcasts, a couple episodes ago that, uh, uh, you were, you were born. It was a, you were born with that gift of, of entrepreneurial, entrepreneurial spirit. Yeah. Um, and I used to get impatient about that, but, you know, not so much anymore. I just like, just let her go. Just let her do what she's gonna do. It's gonna be good at the end of the week. But yeah. So enter the challenge, seeing each other's God-given strengths as gifts, not as annoyances. Right. That's a lesson for the day. Right. So I recall and, uh, there's different ways to do things. And I recall my dear mother back in the day when I was a child, she always used to say, uh, there's more than one way to skin a Cat. Allen Layne. Yeah. And I, and while I, while that was quite a gruesome statement, I'm like, more than one way is. Skin a cat? Are we skinning cats? Where are, where are we? skinning cats. I don't want to go there. Why? I don't want to. I, yeah. Anyway, my, my family used to say that too. Yeah. I don't know if that's an Ohio thing or what, but I don't know. But my family used to say it too, and I always thought, what in the world with, like you, there's who's skinning cats and what does that have to do with anything? Right. But it just popped as we were. Putting this together just popped in my head. There's more than one way to skin a cat, a la Yeah. You know, and she must, and I remember her saying it like that and using my middle name. She, uh, she must have been a little upset at the time, but, uh, but even as gruesome of a statement as it is, uh, it seems applicable here because there's more than one way to get from start to finish, you know? Yeah. And it's, and there's, uh, just because, um. Your way's different doesn't mean that it's wrong. Right? Just because your teammate, uh, that, that guy at work, just because his way's different doesn't mean it's, it's wrong. Right. You know, there's more than one way to get from A to B. Just'cause I lit the dishwasher different than you doesn't mean it's wrong. I got over that. That's good. I'm just happy someone else loaded the dishwasher, you know? But as long as it aligns and, and you know. As long as it aligns with God's higher and greater ways. Yeah, I'm all about it. Let's roll, baby. Okay, well let's go. Well, let's move on, but. You know, seriously the same truth applies in church. Maybe you're a behind the scenes kind of person and, and you've convinced yourself, well, I don't sing and I don't preach, so I must not matter. And that is a straight lie from the enemy. Yeah. You know, the kingdom of God doesn't work that way. You know, every role is essential. Every role is essential. The person greeting at the door with a smile is the first impression to Jesus that someone sees when they walk in. That's it. And the one quietly interceding in prayer is literally fighting spiritual battles. Yeah. That others may never see. Right. And even the faithful hands that are setting that set up the chairs or make sure that those, uh, tithing envelopes are in the backs of the chairs. You know, they're preparing the spaces where God's present will. Presence will be experienced. Absolutely. And you know, Paul, when Paul talks about the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12, he makes it very clear that no part is less valuable or important than the other. The hidden parts. The hidden parts are often indispensable. Yeah. You can't see, you can't see the wheels of a clock, you can't see them. Right. But if they didn't. Operate properly. The clock's not gonna tell you the time. Right. I mean, granted, we're in a digital age now, but I'm going back to the old days, you know? Right. And I'm, and on, on that same line. And I'm not saying the spirit dropped, the WWE on my, on my mind right now. Maybe not on my heart, but, uh, on my mind, you, they have a, a massive show. It's, it's real, but. I, I had a, uh, a great friend back in Ohio. Mm-hmm. Shout out to Bob Hacker. Yep. Um, if you're listening, thanks. But he was a stage manager for WWE for a while. Yeah. And his, his sons, uh, Kyle and Bobby were, were with him. And, and I had the opportunity to meet up with Bob and, and, uh, a couple of times while he was down here in Florida setting up stage. And, you know. And the work that goes on to set up that show so that those, those amazing athletes can go out and do their, do their, their dance and do their, their, uh. Do their shows. It's real. Do their to go out and do what they do and they, and they're the best at it. Yeah. Uh, but there's a lot of behind the scenes workers and the, the guys, the talent as they're known, they, they can't do it without the guys behind the scenes setting it up. Mm-hmm. Making it happen. Yeah. You know, so, and if it wasn't for the talent, then the guys behind the scenes wouldn't have a job, you know? Yeah. So it's, uh, so it take, it takes a, it takes a village to make things happen. And when we step into our God-given assignments, no matter how visible or how invisible they may seem, the, the church,'cause we were talking about the church. Mm-hmm. Before we started talking about wwe. Sorry, but the, but the church flourishes or wwe, no comparison. No comparison there. But it's not about being seen, it's about being faithful. So if you've ever felt overlooked or insignificant, so hear me on this, you are vital. You are called, and you are necessary for the body of Christ to function in the way that God designed it. Absolutely. And there's no two ways about it. You are essential. You are absolutely. And every, every part of the team matters. Mm-hmm. You matter. Uh, and in leadership teams, it's the same story. If everyone was a visionary, but nobody liked the details, nothing would ever get finished. Mm-hmm. And vice versa. If everyone loved details but had no vision, we'd ha we'd be really organized. We'd be a greatly organized team going. Nowhere. Right. We gotta have vision details and it all comes together. Every puzzle has a specific place for each piece. Mm-hmm. Just the same. We're all part of one body, the body of Christ. Um, we all have a role to play. In his plan. And I, I like what our pastor says. Big shout out to, to Pastor Todd Mazingo, and, and Jan Mazingo. Uh, but pastor of Revive Church of Revive Church right here in Stuart, Florida. Florida. Um. But I love what our pastor says. He relates, uh, to how, uh, if, if we, we always, we underestimate our pinky toe. Yeah. Until we find the coffee table. Right? Likewise, how off balances would you be if you were missing one big toe? Uh, you don't really know what you got until it's gone. Oh, there's another song. That's a great song, man. Don't know what you got. Damn. It's cow. Anyhow, she's the singer. See, I rely on her for singing and, and I'll, I'll write and speak. Oh, well, let's move on because, you know, we do have some solutions, some practical steps. Yeah, we have more than banter today, right? But, but what do we do? You know, how do we flip collaboration over conflict to actually embrace unity? Well, this week we got three practical steps, and the first one is we want to celebrate. Instead of compare. Yeah, celebrate. And that's a, uh, the company that I, that I work with, uh, that's a big, that's one of our operating principles. Celebrate your team often. So instead of wishing that you had someone else's gift, thank God for the gift that he's given you sure. Celebrate the differences of your spouse, of, of your church, of your team, and, and just. How, how does, maybe you have a, a weakness there and, but who has a strength that could compliment that weakness? And what is your strength that compliments someone else's weakness? It's about working together as a team. You know, that's good. Leadership is, is all about collaboration, a culture of collaboration. Great teams collaborate. And, uh, yeah, great teams collaborate and I, I love what Paul writes in, in Romans 12:6 when he reminds us that we have gifts according to the grace given us. Mm-hmm According to the grace given us. God has given us specific gifts, uh, and we need to exercise the gifts that he's given us accordingly. For sure. And then, you know, honor out loud. Did, did you just say For sure? I said for sure. For sure, like totally, totally our valley girl days. But, but no, seriously, but then, you know, honor, honor out loud honor people. Don't just appreciate someone silently. Yeah, but actually say it, you know, tell your spouse, babe. I love the way that you see the details I miss, and that is so true because I do love how you see the details. I miss. Sometimes, sometimes, and it's gotten better because I bring up, I bring up those details in a much more productive and positive manner these days. Mm-hmm. Right. But, or, or tell your team, you know, I'm so glad that, that you catch the things that I may overlook. Or tell your kids, Hey, you know, you're really doing a great job in school, right? Or you did a great job on cleaning your room. Right? You know, or, thank you for loading the, thank you for loading the dishwasher, right? I don't know why I'm on the dishwasher today, but for some reason no, you, you are a hyperfocused on the dishwasher. I don't know why, but, but, um. Um, but yeah, honor out loud, you know, don't, don't just appreciate them. Actually tell them that, how much you appreciate them, right. And what you appreciate about them. Yeah. Be vocal about that. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So number three is work together in harmony. Unity doesn't mean conformity and it doesn't mean uniformity. Unity means. Harmony, like an orchestra. A trumpet doesn't sound like violin, obviously. Right? But when they, but when they each play their role, blammo... beautiful music flows through the team. Mm. And we could bring it all down to this. Regardless of our differences in Christ, we are one. Yeah. Under and in his authority, we are one. We are the body of Christ. And Paul accentuates this in Colossians 3:12-14, where he, where he writes, so those who have been chosen by God, holy and beloved. Let's just pause there. Did you know friends? Did you know that you as your chosen by your creator, that you are who? And beloved. So holy and beloved chosen, put on the heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience bearing with one another and forgiving each other. Wow. I'm big on forgiveness. We are big on forgiveness. Yeah.'cause forgiveness so important keeps the team moving in harmony. Yeah. We're there, there will be conflict, but how do we navigate through that conflict? Mm-hmm. Forgiveness is a great way to, a great place to start. Paul goes on to say whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you. So also should you, beyond all things. Put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Yeah. And sometimes in marriage, the very gifts that we admired and fell in love with during the dating season, um, can start to rub us the wrong way once we're living in that day to day married life. No comment. But here's the thing. When we, when we actually let go of a selfless perspective, a selfish perspective, I should say selfish perspective. Selfish perspective. Wanna hold on to that selfless perspective, correct. The selfish perspective, tight. And we ask God to help us see through his eyes. We actually start to recognize those differences. Were never meant to divide us. Right? Um, they were actually designed to compliment one another right? And work together for our greater good, all according to his will and his beautiful grace filled plan. That's right. So, you know what, once attracted us, can still complete us. If we see it through God's grace, not that we would complete each other, but that his will and his way, how he's created us. Mm-hmm. How he works through us, completes us. Correct. Uh, not that we're, we want to, we want to not go back to Jerry McGuire and the whole you, you complete me thing.'cause the only one who completes any one of us. Is Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and, and Father God. Thank you for clarifying that. Let's be very clear about that. Yes, thank you for clarifying that. Right on. I'm just saying so, so what do you think might happen? If we shifted our perspective from our abilities and we reset our zeroes and we wholeheartedly sought to approve, uh, to improve our living environments through selfless collaboration, not selfish collaboration, selfless collaboration. Well, I, you know, we would be living in a totally different society if that were the case. Yeah. Um, we would be pulling together instead of pushing apart and. The wait. That sounds like something that Jesus might do. That sounds like something that he did and that he encourages us to do. Pulling together, right. In unity. Right, right. Yeah. So embrace our differences. It's about embracing our differences and uh, and letting our creator use positively productive tension to stretch and strengthen us together. The adage goes united, we stand. Divided we fall. Mm-hmm. And the enemy wants nothing more to divide us. That's right. And in North America, throughout, really throughout the world. He's doing a pretty good job of that. Mm-hmm. But I don't, I've read the end of the book and I, I know we win. That's right. It looks a little bleak right now, but revival's coming. Yeah. In fact, I would say revival is here and the spirit capital S is rising. That's right. That's right. Let's rise with them. Yeah. So we wanna leave you, as we close up this, this episode, we want to leave you with these bold takeaways. You know, unity doesn't erase differences. It celebrates them. Yeah. Your unique gifts matter and belong in your family and your community, and in the body of Christ, you're essential. Remember that You matter. Right. And. Then third, when we honor each other's strengths and weaknesses, the whole team grows stronger together. So embrace and honor each other's strengths and weaknesses so that you can grow. Absolutely. Yeah. It's all about growing together. Mm-hmm. Um, this week we got a challenge for you. Shocker. If you've been here for surprise, if you've been here for any time at all. You know, we always, uh, we, we put out an action item and, and the challenge for, for this week is find one person, your spouse, a friend, uh, a team member at work, and call out the gift that you see in them. Speak life over their uniqueness. I just wanna say, I'm gonna, I'm gonna speak life over your uniqueness right now. I, I see in you so such leadership ability and not with a staunch personality, but with comedy, with, you know, you have a comedic side to you that people are starting to see, right? And that's a gift. I mean, it is, that's really truly a gift. It's for you to be able to lead well and still have, be able to add humor. Well, it's so, it's a new gift. So thank you for that, babe. And, uh, you're, and since we're, since we're thrown out, you know, speaking life declarations, you, you're. I knew you were capable of, of many things, but you have blown me away in your entrepreneurial, uh, prowess. And I don't just say that. I don't just say that here. And, uh, and we've, we've talked on this before, but, but what you've done, uh, in growing the team with Freedom support Solutions and what you've done through, uh. The Association of Christian Businesswomen and the, the arms that you've linked up with, not just here in Florida, but nationwide is just impressive. And that's, and, and, and, uh, take it all back to your, your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and the Father and the Spirit, and, and I live with her. And this, this isn't just, this isn't banter, this is truth. Your, your faith and your walk with the Lord is inspiring. Mm. And, uh, and, and thank you for that. And it's, uh, it's just inspiring. So, Aw. And that's, and that's, and, but that's how we grow together. That's how we, uh. And, and this is, and this is how, if you're having challenges with your spouse, and, and we face challenges all the time, folks, and, but this is how we, we call out each other's, uh, we compliment each other. We don't complete each other. We compliment each other and, and we stay close with the Lord. And that's how we keep growing. It's, uh, it's all about. Growing. Yeah. And as a married couple, it's all about growing together with Jesus as the third chord. Yeah. Yeah. But we do, because we have gotten to a point where we embrace unity, not just, it doesn't just build a strong marriage, but it reflects the heart of Christ. Yes. And. We, we've gotten a whole lot better at doing that. We have, if we're work some progress like everybody else. If, if we're, if we're, if what we're, if our efforts, one, if they're not aligned with the Lord's will and way, and if they're not accentuating the heart and the character of Christ, then quite honestly we're just spinning wheels, right? Yeah. You know, well, I think up, that's about it for this week. Think wraps it up. That's about it for this week. So, um. That's, this is what faithfully invested is all about. Mm-hmm. Uh, and we're, we're here to share, we're not here to ever portray perfection. Uh,'cause there's no perfection here except for Christ at the center of us. Uh. But that's what Faithfully Invest is all about. Mm-hmm. Is sharing our experience and, and we hope that you, you grab a piece of that. We hope that this speaks, our only hope is that this speaks to you and that you might grab tidbits and, and, um, and that might help you and, and. Your relations and Yeah. And finding unity with your team. Right? And uh, and it, it all comes back to Jesus. Amen. Amen. So remember, when we invest in his kingdom, he brings the increase. He does. Amen to that. We love you all and we'll see you all next time on faithfully invested. God bless, take care. God bless. Thanks for joining us on Faithfully Invested with Allen and Stacey. Joe, if today's conversation encouraged you, challenged you, or helped you see your calling more clearly, don't keep it to yourself. That's right. Share it with a friend. Leave a five star review and keep leaning into God's blueprint for your life, your leadership, and your legacy. 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