So glad you're here. And I have a question for you. Are you offended if I call you ladies?
! That is a southern thing for sure. Ladies? Okay. I always wonder about that. The other thing I want to say, we have some lovely Collins in this room.
So if you cannot see me, do me a favor. Pull your chairs out. Go ahead and move them. Actually, for just a minute, stay at your table and then you can relocate. You can turn around. You're going to be doing some things at your table for a few minutes.
But after that, when I call us back together, feel free to relocate to where you can see. Because the worst thing is trying to see a speaker when there's a column in your face.
So I am thrilled that you're here. Thank you for coming and being a part of this event. I was telling my table, I said, this is my jam. This is my jam here.
First of all, I love events and I love working with teams. But probably the thing that, if it is not at the top of my list, it is at the top two of my list, is teaching women.
And so I'm super, super excited to be able to teach you today and to share with you.
So we're going to be looking at Martha and Jesus and the story of discipleship.
And to get us started, I'm going to have you do something around your tables.
The first thing I want you to do is I want you to, as a group, I want you to talk about what is discipleship to you.
And then the second thing that you're going to do is you're going to read Luke 10, 38 through 42 together.
This is the story that Martha is most famous for.
So you're going to read that together. And based on that passage, I'm going to ask you to paint her portrait.
What do you see in her story? Who is she? Draw a picture of who she is.
And then we'll share some of those things.
So go ahead and take a few minutes around your table and do that.
So what is discipleship to you? And then paint a portrait of Martha.
Well, I would absolutely love for a few of you just to share your portrait of Martha.
Let's hear what you came up with.
Whoever wants to be brave.
She loves Jesus and she wants to serve.
Can I get an amen?
Amen.
What else?
What's your portrait of her?
Say it one more time.
She had the gift of hospitality.
So she's just trying to do what she's gifted to do, right?
Sometimes she gets overwhelmed.
Yeah, sometimes she gets overwhelmed.
Now, I'm sure that never happens to any of us in this room.
Amen.
She is bold and she is honest.
Yeah.
She is hurting.
I think she has a deep sense of responsibility because it's her house.
Yes.
She has a deep sense of responsibility because it's her house.
She was willing to be corrected.
Yeah.
She was willing to be corrected.
At least we think so because we don't really know the rest of the story.
The whole story.
Yeah.
Well, one of the reasons I wanted to do that, I wanted to see if anybody, maybe at your table,
somebody said this.
Did anybody put down that she was a disciple of Jesus?
No.
Guess what?
That is not uncommon because often we don't think about Martha as a disciple.
We think of her as a servant.
And, you know, if we do that with Martha, guess what?
We're going to do that with ourselves as well.
So we could go home after that right there.
So instead, let me pray for us and then we'll jump into this passage.
Father God, I praise you and I worship you this day.
And I thank you that you brought us together.
It is an honor and it's a privilege to be able to study your word.
We ask, Lord, that you would speak to our hearts and that you would give us a bigger picture of who Martha is
and what it means to actually be a disciple.
We ask that you would pour out your spirit upon this place and that you would be glorified and honored above all else
and we would walk away from here changed, that we would walk away from here different
because we have been with you.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Amen.
So, like I said, her story is about discipleship, but we often miss the bigger story because we're so focused on that one part of her story.
And in Luke 10, Martha receives this unexpected visit from Jesus and his entourage.
Now, if it were only Jesus who were showing up at Martha's door, this would not have been that big of a deal.
But we know from the scriptures that any time Jesus traveled, he had a group of people with him.
I mean, just think about it.
He had 12 disciples.
There were women who traveled with him.
And we also know from the Gospels that other disciples traveled with him who were not called the 12.
So, can you imagine opening your door and seeing this crowd of people there?
Well, what's interesting, if you notice in the scripture, is that Jesus didn't knock on her door and say,
Martha, can I come stay with you?
Martha said, would you come stay with us?
Come stay with us.
And so, Jesus is going to do exactly what Martha tells us.
So, when he arrives in Bethany, Martha opens her home to him.
And this likely means, because it's her house, that she's the older sibling.
So, she's the older sibling of Lazarus and Mary.
And she strikes us as this take-charge person, right?
I mean, how many of us can identify with her?
Probably a lot, right?
So, she strikes us as this take-charge person, which is typical behavior of a firstborn, right?
That's usually how they think.
So, she kicks into hostess mode, and she begins to prepare this meal for Jesus and his disciples.
And Luke's description of the incident strikes every chord within us as women.
Here she is.
There is a lot of work to do, and she finds herself alone.
How many times do we find ourselves in that situation?
So, her sister Mary is nowhere to be found.
I'm the youngest of four sisters.
Trust me, I understand this story on a deep level.
I really do.
I would probably have been the Mary.
But her sister is nowhere to be found until she realizes that Mary is actually with Jesus.
And she is hanging out with him, or as Luke tells us, that she is sitting at the Lord's feet, listening to his teaching.
So, Martha, I think, tolerates this until she can't.
I imagine her in the kitchen thinking, well, I'll just bang some pots and pans, and maybe that'll get Mary's attention.
And then she'll come in and help.
And no matter what she was doing in that kitchen, nothing was working.
And so, like I said, she tolerated until she couldn't.
And then she goes out to confront.
Now, I don't know if it struck anybody else, but it struck me as interesting that she doesn't confront Mary.
Who does she confront?
Jesus, absolutely.
So, in a moment of frustration, she says to him, and I picture this.
I don't know that this is what happened, but I picture her walking into that room.
Not walking, marching.
Marching into that room, hands on hips, and saying to Jesus,
Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to serve alone?
Tell her, then, to help me.
In a moment of frustration, what she's doing is she is spewing accusation and critical words that are directed at Jesus.
There we go.
The room comes to a screeching halt is the way I see this happening.
Now, we don't know this.
Luke doesn't say that.
But I'm pretty sure if somebody walked into a room where there are a lot of people,
and that one person is getting in the face of Jesus,
that everything stops.
Everything comes to a halt.
And I also imagine that every eye that was before fixed on Jesus,
now gets fixed on her.
So, there she stands,
as every eye in the room is looking at her.
Can you imagine how she felt?
Sure, you can.
You have been Martha.
I mean, which one of us hasn't done what Martha did,
allowed our frustration to get the better of us?
And say something that we wish we could take back immediately?
And felt ourselves go beet red from shame and embarrassment.
If you haven't had that experience, praise God for you.
I've had it more than once.
But there she stands.
And she probably, as she's looking at these people who are with Jesus,
she sees this shock and disbelief on their face.
And here's why, that I make this conclusion.
Who speaks to Jesus like this?
Well, I'll tell you who speaks to Jesus this way.
Someone who has a deep personal relationship with him.
Someone who believes that he can take it and he will not leave her.
That's who she is.
We think that Jesus is mad at her.
I don't think so, and I'm going to show you why.
So after she talks to Jesus this way,
we know that Jesus says to her something.
And he uses two words to compel her to look at him.
Because I would almost guess that she's looking at everybody looking at her.
And then all of a sudden he says,
Martha, Martha.
Now, I don't know how you hear him say to her,
Martha, Martha.
But it's probably a reflection of how you think he would speak to you.
If you think he's disappointed in you,
you're going to hear disappointment in his voice.
If you think he loves you,
you're going to hear love in his voice.
So whatever it is,
whatever tone he used with her,
I believe at that point she looks straight at him.
And the question that we have to ask is,
what did she see?
What did she see in his eyes?
Did she see condemnation?
Did she see disapproval?
Did she see judgment?
Did she see shame?
Well, we know from Scripture that the answer to that is no.
That is not what she saw.
But how many times do we as Christ followers think that that's how Jesus is looking at us?
You're falling short, therefore.
But the reason that we know that Jesus did not look at her that way
is he knew that he was going to the cross.
And he knew that he would die and take her judgment and her condemnation.
He didn't have to judge and condemn her in that moment
because he was going to take it for her.
So he wasn't going to look at her that way.
So I think when she looks at his,
into his eyes,
what she sees is the love of a master
who's willing to teach
a rebellious and frustrated disciple.
So give her a break, right?
Because Jesus did.
So Jesus,
and here's the point,
Jesus now has Martha
right where he wants her.
Because where has she been up to this point?
In the kitchen or whatever it would have been at that time.
She's in there serving him
and now she is at the place that he's always wanted her to be.
She is right there with him.
And he doesn't treat her as she should have been treated.
Instead, he treats her like a disciple who needs to be taught.
We may use the word correction,
but if we put it in the context of discipleship,
discipleship does involve correction.
But at the same time,
discipleship is that God recognizes
we need to be taught
because we don't fully understand
what it means to walk with Jesus.
And so we are always learning.
And he says to her,
Martha, Martha,
you're anxious and troubled about many things,
but only one thing is needed.
So anytime you see God using repetition in the Bible,
we know to pay attention to that, right?
And so when he uses somebody's name twice,
it's as if God is saying,
I need you to pay attention
because what I'm getting ready to say to you
is very important.
And so Jesus says,
Martha, Martha.
And just as Martha's rant at Jesus
revealed a close relationship
between her and Jesus,
the fact that he repeats her name twice like that
reveals that he has an intimate knowledge
of who she is.
He knows her.
He sees her.
He understands her.
And what she needed in that moment
was she needed to be pulled out of that world
that she was living in.
And we know that world, right?
Anxious, busy, distracted.
So he teaches her that there is a better way
by explaining to her what is happening.
And that's how Jesus works with us.
He doesn't say,
okay, I want you to go read this Bible verse
and fix yourself.
No, he says,
let me explain to you what's going on here
in your own heart,
in your own mind,
in your own life.
Let me help you.
So he says,
you're anxious and troubled about many things.
Now, troubled means disquieted.
In other words,
she has lost her sense of peace.
So she's disquieted.
And I'm pretty sure we all understand
what that feeling looks like.
Trust me,
planning a women's event,
there are lots of opportunities
to be disquieted.
The other thing that he says to her
is you are anxious.
And when you're anxious,
you're distracted.
And when we're distracted,
we're being drawn away from Jesus.
All right?
So the next time you feel distracted,
recognize,
wait a minute,
this is all designed to draw me away from him.
And what I actually need to do
is to go to him.
Isn't it a good thing
that she walked out of that kitchen
and marched into that room?
Because she put herself right where
she could actually hear from him.
Now, this is where Scripture gets interesting.
I love God's Word.
So at the beginning of Luke 10,
Jesus sends out 72 disciples
into the towns
that he would soon visit.
And interestingly,
he gives them a set of guidelines
of what to do once he gets there.
So in Luke 10, 5 through 7,
and this is right before our story of Martha
here at the end of Luke 10,
this is what Jesus says.
When you enter a house,
first say,
peace to this house.
If a man of peace is there,
your peace will rest on him.
If not,
it will return to you.
Stay in the house,
eating and drinking,
whatever they give you.
And right after this,
Jesus shows up
at Martha's house.
He extends peace to Martha,
but she can't receive it.
And
Jesus actually had a lesser demand
of Martha
than she had of herself.
Because I see it this way
all the time.
He could take
how many loaves of bread
and how many fish
and feed 15,000?
Martha,
this is not a big deal
for Jesus.
All right.
I mean,
I think based on this
Luke 10,
5 through 7 passage,
I think this is what
Jesus is saying.
I'm happy with whatever
you put before me.
PB and J
works for me.
So,
sadly,
instead of enjoying
being with Jesus,
she is easily drawn away.
And we have to ask
the question,
why?
I mean,
we always attribute it
to the fact that
she has so many people
at her house.
But that's not
what's going on here.
The reason that
she's drawn away
from Jesus
is because of
expectations.
Cultural expectations,
gender expectations,
and misguided
or perceived
expectations.
Culturally,
hospitality was a
high value
in her culture.
So,
if you were opening
your home
and sharing a
communal meal
with someone,
it had great
significance.
It was an invitation
to share life
and do fellowship
together.
So,
there's a cultural
expectation of her.
There's a gender
expectation.
She defined herself,
if not primarily,
almost always.
As a woman,
I have got to be
a good hostess.
In her culture,
that was what
they valued.
And so,
she has this
gender expectation.
And then,
she has this
misguided
or this perceived
expectation of
herself.
And her perception
of this,
is what she believed
about Jesus
is what he expected
from her.
what she perceived
about Jesus
is what he expected
from her.
So,
Martha's complaint
about Mary
was that she
wasn't fulfilling
this cultural,
this gender,
and this perceived
expectation.
Tell her
to help me.
Tell her to get
in that kitchen
and do women's work.
How'd you like
that southern
slang there?
But Jesus
says to Martha,
only one thing
is needed
or one thing
is necessary.
In the Greek,
it actually says,
one thing
is of necessity.
So,
we need to hear
this message
that Jesus
is saying to us
as women,
there is one thing
that is needed.
And when we get
the order straight,
the other things
will fall in place.
The one thing
that is needed
is to be with him
and to learn to him
and not be defined
by the expectations.
Boy,
if we can do that,
hallelujah.
Right?
You see,
Martha's lesser mistake
was rebuking Jesus.
Her bigger mistake
was being drawn
away from him.
And I think
we can all
understand that.
How many times
have we been so busy
that we don't get
to spend time
with Jesus
and then later
we're like,
I wish I hadn't
left this rod
be in my time
with you.
So,
Jesus goes on
and he says,
Mary has chosen
a good portion
which will not
be taken from her.
Now,
he is not saying
to Martha,
you need to be
like Mary.
God didn't create
Martha to be Mary
and he didn't create
Mary to be Martha.
What he is saying
to her is,
you need to be
with me.
That's the one thing.
Not be like your sister.
Be with me.
And so,
Luke ends this story
without telling us
anything about
Martha's response.
I mean,
it's just done.
And we have to realize
that that's intentional
because the Spirit of God
is inspiring him
to write.
It's intentional.
It's not an accident.
It's intentional
because this is
only a small part
of Martha's story.
She has a much
bigger story.
And we have to ask
the question,
well,
what does he want us
to understand from this?
And this is at the heart
of what I believe
women's discipleship
is to be about.
We are to disciple
women as disciples
first and roles
second.
We are to disciple
women as disciples
first and roles
second.
Jesus is teaching
Martha to prioritize
discipleship over
everything else.
Even the traditional
role that she has
in her culture
and the way that
she proves her value
and her worth
to other people,
to God,
and especially
to herself.
discipleship.
Right?
These things
may be important.
I'm not saying
they aren't important.
But they must
bow the knee
to discipleship
because being with
Jesus and learning
from him
is what we are
called to do.
Martha is a disciple.
You,
if you know Jesus,
you are a disciple.
So Mary is sitting
at the feet of Jesus
and listening to
what he's teaching.
And Jesus says
that she's chosen
a good portion.
Well,
isn't that an
interesting phrase,
a good portion?
Because he understands
if you choose
the good portion
first,
the other portions
will fall into place.
But it's when
we choose
the other portions
and we neglect
the good portion
that we end up
like Martha
in the kitchen
frustrated.
But Jesus says
this is not going
to be taken from her
because any amount
of time that we
spend with him
is an investment
in who we are.
And he has promised
it won't be taken
from you.
In fact,
it's going to bear
fruit in your life.
And so Jesus
is teaching Martha
to shift her priorities
and to sit with him
and to listen.
He is inviting her
to be a disciple.
Now the next time
that we see Martha
and Jesus together
is in John 11.
And in John 11,
it's the story
of Lazarus dying.
If you remember
that story,
John tells us,
and he's the one
who finishes the story
of Martha,
it's not Luke,
but John tells us
in John 11.5
that Jesus loved Martha
and her sister
and Lazarus.
But isn't it interesting
that he is specifically
telling us
Jesus loved Martha
because what he is seeing
is telling about
their relationship.
So when Lazarus
becomes ill,
Mary and Martha
send to Jesus
and say,
the one you love
is sick.
Come heal him.
And of course,
if you've read the story,
then you know
that Jesus delayed
two days,
which meant
by the time
he actually got
to Bethany,
Lazarus had died.
And when Martha
hears that Jesus
has actually made
it to Bethany,
she takes off
and she goes out
to meet him.
And the first thing
that she says to him,
and again,
you see the intimacy
of the relationship
in this comment.
Lord,
if you had been here,
my brother
would not have died.
But then she says this,
but I know
that even now
God will give you
whatever you ask.
Now the rest
of the story
tells us
that she was not
expecting Jesus
to raise Lazarus
from the dead.
That's not what
she's thinking
at this point.
So don't misunderstand
her words.
The point that John
is making
you that is this,
that in the midst
of crisis,
Martha's impressing
him with her faith.
But even,
but I know
that even now,
God will give you
whatever you want.
In other words,
she's saying,
Jesus,
I believe in you
even though this
bad thing has happened.
Well,
that sounds like
a disciple,
right?
And the other thing
that this tells us
is we don't see
any shame.
We don't see
any condemnation here.
Martha and Jesus
are okay,
right?
And what happened
in Luke 10
does not define her.
It was forgotten.
And in a moment
of crisis,
we see her true character.
And is it not true
that in a moment
of crisis,
we see ours?
And so,
we see that she's
a woman of great faith.
And Jesus treats her
as that.
Because what happens
from here on out,
this is,
again,
I'm always saying
this is so interesting.
But this is where
it gets interesting.
In the midst of grief,
one of the saddest
experiences of her life,
he teaches her.
And he says to her,
your brother will
rise again.
And Martha answered,
I know he will rise again
in the resurrection
of the last day.
Faith statement
right there.
I know
there's this plan.
He will rise again.
And Jesus said to her,
the thing that he had
not said to anyone else,
at least recorded
in scripture,
I am the resurrection
and the life.
He who believes in me
will live even though
he dies.
And whoever lives
and believes in me
will never die.
Do you believe this?
And then,
she makes a statement
that very few people
make before the cross.
She says to him,
I believe that you
are the Christ,
the Son of God
who is coming
to the world.
Martha
is not just a servant.
She is a disciple
of Christ.
So after talking
with Martha,
Jesus spends time
with Mary.
And Mary says
the same thing,
if you had been here,
my brother would not
have died.
But this reaction
to Mary is different.
His reaction to Mary
is different.
He doesn't talk to her
about the resurrection.
Why?
Because she didn't
need that.
What Mary needed
in that moment
was comfort.
His presence.
And so,
he asks,
where is Lazarus buried?
And then he weeps.
He weeps with Mary
because that's what
Mary needs.
He knows us so well.
We think he can't
understand what
we're going through
or what we feel.
He's like,
I understand you
better than you
understand yourself.
So he weeps
with Martha.
You know,
the same question,
two different responses.
Weeps with Martha.
Teaches Martha
as a disciple,
here's what you need
to understand.
Do you believe this?
And once again,
we see him inviting
Martha to come
and spend time with him
and to listen
and to learn
because that is
what a disciple does.
And so he uses
discipleship,
believe it or not,
to reframe
the loss
of her beloved brother
in the way
that she thinks
about death.
And at that moment,
Martha needed that.
She didn't need
what Mary needed.
But what did she need?
What was he actually
offering her?
And for all the thinkers
in the room,
this is where you might
want to say hallelujah
because you'll get it.
She needed theology
to encourage her faith.
She needed something
that she could hold on to.
And Jesus gave her that.
She needed a new way
to think about death.
And I don't know
if you've lost anyone.
I've lost two sisters
and both of my parents
at this point.
And when you walk
through that type of loss,
you begin to think
about death
and you begin
to think about
what does this mean,
Jesus?
How are you involved
in this?
And so that's
what's happening here.
And he was reminding her,
Martha,
because you're a disciple,
right now,
you feel incredibly insecure.
But I am here
to tell you
that your identity
is safe
and your security
is safe
because you're mine.
You don't have
to be with Lazarus
for you to be safe.
So as the story continues,
Jesus, we know,
goes and he stands
in front of the tomb
where Lazarus is buried
and he tells the people
to remove the stone
because he's getting ready
to raise Lazarus.
And Martha says
that he has been
in there for days
and there's going
to be a bad odor.
Now, I'm not,
I don't know a whole lot
of the King James
version of the Bible,
but this is my favorite
verse in the King James.
He's stinking.
I mean, there you go.
The next time
you're having a bad day,
you can say to Jesus,
he stinketh.
But Jesus says
back to her,
Martha,
did I not tell you
that if you believed
you would see
the glory of God?
He isn't discounting
her grief.
He isn't rebuking her
for lack of faith.
He's discipling her
in the midst of it.
Here's what you need
to understand.
Do you believe this?
And once again,
there is no response
for Martha.
John doesn't tell us
what she says
at that point.
Instead, he tells us
that Jesus raised
Lazarus.
But what we know
because of the conversation
is where is she?
Right there with Jesus,
right by his side,
where he's wanted her
all along.
We have one more story
of Martha in John 12.
And it's at a dinner
that was being given
in honor of Jesus.
And John finishes
Martha's story
with two words.
Just two.
Six days before
the Passover,
Jesus arrived at Bethany
where Lazarus lived,
whom Jesus had raised
from the dead.
Here, a dinner was given
in Jesus' honor.
Martha served.
So her story
has come full circle,
right?
We're back where we started.
But everything
has changed.
You don't see her anxious.
You don't see her distracted.
You see a sense
of peace in her.
And the reason for that
is because she prioritized
discipleship
even over her grief.
And so again,
the question for us is
how is this connected to us?
And why is this important
for us personally?
Does it have any bearing
on our lives today?
Well,
I think the point
is this.
Jesus,
the same does,
comes at his feet,
learn from him
and recognize
that our identity
is first and foremost
as a disciple of Christ.
And as we think
about women's discipleship
here at Trinity,
honestly,
I don't have a grand vision
to give you today.
I wish I did.
I don't.
But here's what I know.
What I know is this.
We are called
to disciple women
as disciples of Christ first
and based on their roles second.
There's an order to this.
We are called
to encourage one another
to come and sit
at the feet of Jesus
and to listen
and to learn from him.
We're called
in this ministry
to encourage
one another
to define yourself
based on who you are
not what you do.
Here's the thing.
Identity is never based
on how others see us
but it's always based
on how we see ourselves
through the eyes of Jesus
and the gospel.
And we may think
everybody else
is telling us
who we are.
No.
We're telling us
who we are.
So,
in this ministry
I hope and pray
that we will be able
to encourage one another
and say
don't allow your life
and your responsibilities
distract you from Jesus.
Trust that he will
make a way for all.
Trust that if you
prioritize the good portion
he gives you enough
in that good portion
to do all the other things.
there will be enough
for your family
your career
your education
and your blank
whatever that blank is.
Right?
If you come
and you learn from me
Jesus says
it will not be taken
from you.
It will grow
and it will transform you
into the person
that I created you
to be all along.
You know what?
Jesus never told
Martha to stop serving.
He just put it
in a perspective
that if you want
to be the best servant
you can be
I have to be your priority.
Well,
we know
based on Romans 8 29
that God has a plan
for every one
of our lives
and that plan is
for those God foreknew
he also predestined
to be conformed
to the image
of his son
that he might be
the firstborn
among many
brothers and sisters.
So God's goal
for each one of us
in this room
is to make us
like Jesus
and the only way
that we can be made
like Jesus
is to spend time
with Jesus.
It's not complicated
and yet it is.
Again,
when I think about
women's discipleship
here's where
I'm going to encourage us.
Together,
as sisters in Christ
as disciples of Jesus
we want to help
each other
recognize that
our first and foremost
identity
is as his disciple.
We want to be women
who live and work
and serve
from that identity
rather than
all these expectations
that other people
have for us
or that we have
for ourselves
whether it's cultural
gender or misguided.
We want to be women
who are free
from this idea
of perfection.
It is a lie.
None of us in here
will ever be perfect.
We don't need to be perfect.
We have a perfect savior
who is perfecting us.
So we need to be women
who are free
of ideas of perfection
released to be
redemptive works
in progress
because that is
who we are.
And we need to be women
who know and believe
that just like Martha
it can be said of us
Jesus loved
Debbie.
Jesus loved Selena.
Jesus loved Erica.
Jesus loved Jamie.
Jesus loved Shirley.
Jesus loved Mona.
I could go around
this room
and say these things
to you
because I know
they're true.
Jesus loves you.
Now here's the thing
about women's discipleship
at Trinity.
We will never
do it perfectly.
It may look
one way one day
and it may look
a different way
the next day
and I hope so
because I hope
that's because God
is leading not me.
Leading me
as I lead you.
but the direction
that we're going
is there.
We want to encourage
each other
first and foremost
as disciples of Jesus
and I promise you
there will be room
to equip you
to be better leaders,
better moms,
better wives.
Those things
are important.
Just as Jesus
does not invalidate
serving,
he does not
invalidate those things.
He just says
okay let's make sure
that we have
our order correct.
So my question
for you today
is will you
come along?
Will you come along
with what,
not what Pamela Hall
says,
but will you come along
with what scripture
says?
And would you help
me build
a women's discipleship
ministry
where someday
people will say
they love Jesus
because they knew
he loved them?
Would that not
be the greatest?
I think so too.
Okay.
So shifting gears
a little bit,
I'm going to give you
some time at your table
to do some discussion
and then I'll bring us
back together
in a little bit.
Thank you.