This is the podcast of Jonathan David and Melissa Helser.

In this message, Melissa reflects on her past decade of friendship with the Trinity

and gives a powerful invitation to embrace both our humanity and the humanity of Jesus.

At my last two classes I said that worship you is like an endless

Thanksgiving dinner. For internationals you don't really know what that means, so it's just a lot of eating.

And then when you're like laying on the couch and you just can't take anymore, they bring out the pumpkin pie.

And they're like, dear God out the pumpkin pie.

And they're like, dear God, I can't take anymore.

But I definitely can have a piece of pumpkin pie.

So I'm just so honored to be able to share with you at the end of the first week.

I'm so moved by every single one of you sacrificing coming from all of the world and saying teach me.

And I really want to just start off this morning by affirming you that the father is so moved by your hunger.

He's so moved by your humility. He's so moved by your desire

to come and sit and say, teach me.

You know, so often. me.

You know, so often we, when we get out of schooling, we think the responsibility is actually to arrive and then just, you know, keep getting higher higher but the humility it takes to actually

humble ourselves as adults and say teach me again I want to learn again.

And the father is just so moved by your humility and your hunger.

So well done.

We're at the end of the first week and you're still hungry. Pat yourself on the back.

Seriously, pat yourself on the back.

Say, well done.

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