And so we're looking at 2 Corinthians chapter 5. I'll begin reading here in 2 Corinthians 5 at verse 1. I'll read to verse 8 and we'll get into our study. A study that I chose to entitle being swallowed up by life. And so beginning at verse 1, reading to verse 8, Paul writes, we know that if our earthly house, this tent is destroyed. We have a building from God, a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation, which is from heaven. If indeed having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent grown being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight, we are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. And so as we are looking at this passage, let me remind you of its context. Let me remind you that Paul had just written concerning some of the struggles that he had been enduring for the sake of the Lord and for the sake of the gospel. And he spoke concerning those things and then spoke of how they were affecting him in verse 16 of chapter 4. He said, we do not lose heart, even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. Our outward bodies are perishing, our outward, our material bodies, that's what he was saying, are changing for the worse. He was saying, my body is wasting away under my trials because I am often threatened by death. But in spite of this, the inward man has been renewed and is being renewed day by day. This inward man, this unseen person, can actually grow stronger and is renewed daily by the work of the Holy Spirit. And so Paul is saying, though my body is perishing, I'm gaining spiritual strength, my spirit is being purified and God is bringing comfort to me every day. You see, part of the way that his inward man was being renewed was through the afflictions that he was suffering. These afflictions that he went through sharpened his mind. His faith became even more bold and truth became deeper and clearer. And he's saying that his spiritual depth is being developed through the afflictions that he's enduring. And so as he spoke about that, he was speaking of the the effect and in verse 17, he spoke of it in this way. He said, our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. And so he's contrasting the momentary with the eternal. Notice how he contrasts the light weight with that which is true weight. And so one of the things that he would be reminding us of something we need to consider, it's worth remembering, is that Christians suffering, no matter how intense or how long it lasts, still occurs only in this life. You see, he said in verse 18, we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary. But the things which are not seen are eternal. So our vision as believers is not to be locked onto the present conditions, which a lot of people are finding themselves to be doing right now. They're locking on to present conditions right now. They're seeing things and are being stressed by things because they're thinking how hopeless it is and how hard this is. And with so many different kinds of reports we get from various news agencies. And the one hand it's always referred to as a pandemic, but sometimes it's spoken of in such a way that it causes great fear. I mean for people to go to the various supermarkets and to buy up all the products and for standing in line, they're standing in line for quite some time to get toilet paper and Lysol and various other things. I mean we're showing where our faith is and sometimes it's important. Of course they have items, but sometimes we're really revealing what we really trust in by the way we respond. And Paul was saying, listen, he's saying we're not looking at the things that are seen. We're not locked onto present conditions. Our life is really moved by the things that are eternal. Our goal goes beyond what we see at this time because my eyes are fixed on heaven. My heart is set on eternity. And so if this is true, then the question I would ask of all of us is where is your hope? Is your hope set firmly upon heaven? What is it, in other words, that we're looking for? And Paul begins to speak concerning what he's looking for in verse 1 of chapter 5 because he says in verse 1 of chapter 5, we know that if our earthly house, this tent is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands eternal in the heaven. So Paul is explaining what has fueled his faith and his hope for the future. And he identifies what it is that has made him bold and courageous in the face of all of his struggles and his trials. What is it that has fueled his life? What has produced in him such a firm devotion to Jesus Christ? What has given him the calmness to endure so much and the strength that he needs to go through so much pain? Well, he gives to us that insight right now when he says to us, if our earthly house, this tent is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens. Notice how he says in verse 1, we know. When he says we know, that speaks of confidence. We're confident about our future. We're confident about our future because of the work that God has done for us. Notice how he says we know if our earthly house, this tent is destroyed, we have a building from God. So he makes it clear that though his body is perishing, he has something waiting for him. He has this life awaiting him in a sense of this resurrection body that has been made suitable for heaven. His body may be perishing, but God has prepared something much better for him. He's going to receive a resurrection body, one that will never suffer death and never feel pain. Again, the young people wouldn't understand this, but those of us who are growing in age and admitted know that we can't do what we used to do. I have to command my body to get up in the morning in a way that I never had to before. I have to command each limb individually, leg get out. Okay, one, two, three, sit up. My body, my body is rebelling. It rebels against my mind. In my mind, I'm thinking I'm still young and my body is constantly saying that I'm deceived. I'm not young anymore. So I do look forward to that new body that the Lord is already preparing for me. I do look forward to the resurrection body where there's no sickness, there is no pain, there is no death, there is no fear, there's no anxiety. There's nothing that is awaiting us in heaven other than that which is most beautiful that we can't even imagine. And I look forward to that. And Paul said this is what provokes him. This is what motivated him. This is what got him going. This is what helped him to endure the different afflictions, sufferings, and the pains that he went through. Because one of these days I'll be with the Lord and one of these days I'll never have to suffer death and I won't have any pain any longer. It's interesting though how he says, again looking verse 1, how he says if our earthly house is destroyed. That's an interesting thing adding the word if there. If our earthly house is destroyed. So Paul is once again making it clear that he expects to be with the Lord Jesus Christ in his lifetime. It's possible that he will die but not necessarily inevitable. This expectation of being with the Lord and what we refer to as an expectation of the rapture moved him to live daily in expectation of being with Jesus, the rapture. This upcoming Wednesday night that's going to be my subject. I'm going to be teaching on the rapture Wednesday night and give you a lot of details related to that. But Paul was expecting to be with the Lord in his lifetime. You see various scriptures that make that very clear. To Titus in Titus chapter 2 verses 11 through 14, Paul wrote, the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly less, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself his own special people, zealous for good works. So he was anticipating the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. In 1 Corinthians 729, he spoke to them and said, but this I say brethren, the time is short. In 1 Thessalonians in chapter 4 verses 16 and 17, when he was writing to the Thessalonians, he clearly spoke of a rapture, this event that would take place with the Lord Jesus Christ would take us to be with him. And he said in 1 Thessalonians 4, 16 and 17, the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout. With the voice of an archangel, with the trumpet of God, the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. And so at any moment, at any given moment, this shout could take place and we'll come up and be with him. It could happen at any time. It's the next event on the prophetic calendar to take place. There's nothing that needs to take place prior to this, but there's a rapture for us, no matter where we are, what we're doing to be taken and immediately to be translated into the presence of the Lord. Remember how he was writing to the Corinthians in his first letter, and he had said to them in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, listen to this, verses 50 through 54, he said, Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit corruption in corruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption. This mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, death is swallowed up in victory. We shall not all sleep, but we all shall be changed. That's the, that's what the scripture we put in the nursery for the children, right? We shall not all sleep, but we all are going to be changed. Anyway, I had to say that nobody's laughing, but I am ha ha in my heart. So Paul, Paul wasn't concerned for his future, though his body was wasting away. Why? Because one day he'd have a perfect transformed body. In the Old Testament book of Job, which is the oldest recorded book in scripture, the book of Job, it reads in chapter 19, verses 25 through 27. I know that my Redeemer lives, and he shall stand at last on the earth. And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself. And my eyes shall behold and not another. And then he went on to say how my heart yearns within me. That's what ought to drive us, don't you think? My heart drives is driven by being with the Lord. That's really what God intends for us. And that's what Job said. And it wasn't, wasn't just because Job was going through so much pain, he was, but it was to see God. And Paul had the same kind of drive, Paul had the same kind of heart that he would be with him. So he'd say in verse one, we know that if our earthly house, this tent is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. I know that. Now he uses the word tent, notice that as a picture of the human body as the dwelling place of the soul. That was a common image during his day. In, in second Peter, the apostle Peter used a similar image when he said in second Peter one 13 and 14, yes, I think it is right as long as I am in this tent to stir you up by reminding you, knowing that shortly I must put off my tent. Just as our Lord Jesus Christ had showed me. So he knew that in a short time I was going to put off my tent. I know that in a short time I'm going to go to be with the Lord.  But we have a permanent structure to look forward to. And that's what Paul is speaking about. Again, Paul was expecting this to take place in his lifetime. He believed that he would be with the Lord, that Jesus would take him, that the rapture would occur and that it was an imminent event. He says that throughout his writings, Philippians four, verse five, where he says, let your moderation be known unto all men, the Lord is at hand. Or to the Romans in chapter 13, verse 12, the night is far spent, the day is at hand. Or when James wrote in chapter five, verse eight, he said, you also be patient, establish your hearts for the coming of the Lord is at hand. In Revelation 22, verse 20, he who testifies to these things says, surely I am coming quickly. Amen. And then John closes by saying, even so come Lord Jesus. That was the anticipation of the church. And Paul expected the rapture to occur at any moment, including during his own lifetime. And he lived like that. Listen, if we really believe that Christ is returning, how then should we live? What kind of life should we ought to be living? If we really believe that he's coming, what kinds of things should we be doing? And what are the things that we ought not to be doing? If we really believe that Jesus Christ is coming, that changes your life. It actually gives you a vision of the future, a hope of eternity. That's what it does. But when you don't think he's coming, when you expect that he's not returning, maybe don't believe that at all. Your life will show it. I want a life that is lived out, anticipating being with him, because the Lord is even at the door.  Well, Paul did. And he said, I'm not concerned about these things. Even if this tent, my body is destroyed. I have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. I have a resurrection body. I have something awaiting me. God is going to do a work in me and make me suitable to live in His presence. And that excites me. He says in verse 2, for in this we grown earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation, which is from heaven. If indeed having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. In this body, we have infirmities. In this body, we have sickness. We have trials, but can live in a state of afflictions. It results in a longing, a longing to be removed from here in order to be with Him. A longing to be glorified. It's what it says in Philippians 3, verse 20, when He said, our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. It's not just to get us out of here, but it's to get us to be with Him. He says in verse 4, He says, for we are in this tent, we who are in this tent grown, being burdened. Not because we want to be clothed, but further clothed. That mortality may be swallowed up by life.  We desire to be in glory with Him. We desire to be with Him and receive of His abundance. We can get to the point where we want to give up. We want to throw in the towel. At one point Job himself simply desired to die. Let's just get this over with. Let's be done with it. In Job 6, verses 8 and 9, he said, oh, that I might have my request that God would grant me the one thing that I longed for, that it would please God to crush me, that He would lose His hand and cut me off. And there's that place of despair. I just want to get it over with. I just want this to end. I can't take this anymore. But Paul didn't want to just die. Paul longed to be with the Lord. In Psalm 16, verse 11, you will show me the path of life in your presence is fullness of joy. Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. I don't want to just get out of here. I want to go out victoriously. And I want to remember that the prize is being with you and that I'll see you face to face and that I long for. So no, I'm not giving up and I'm not losing heart and I'm not complaining because this building is just, it's falling apart. But one day I'm going to be clothed with that which doesn't. And he speaks concerning the one who's doing this for him. Verse 5, he who has prepared us for this very thing is God who also has given us a spirit. His Holy Spirit is a guarantee. We have been prepared to be clothed not in weakness and death but in victorious life. Everything that led up to this, Jesus' death, our redemption, our being born again, His grace, His gifts, everything is working to one end and that is to be with Jesus eternally. And so that's not something that Paul is simply wishing for. It's something God promised him. It's a guarantee. Notice how he said in verse 5, he has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. A guarantee. It's a down payment. It's money given as a down payment that the full amount will later be paid. And so the Spirit, the Holy Spirit is the pledge of the heavenly inheritance that is completely received when we're glorified in heaven. The Holy Spirit is God's seal. It's God's guarantee that we are redeemed, that we have a future in him. In 2 Corinthians 1, 22, we saw how he had written that God also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. When he was writing to the Ephesians in chapter 1 verses 13 and 14, he told that church, in him you also trusted. After you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also having believed you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession to the praise of his glory. You see, it's the work of the Holy Spirit who guarantees a hope of a heavenly body that's suitable for heaven. And because he's faithful, we will not fail to be clothed with a new body. So we have future glory. We're going to be with him. And that promise ultimately removes the fear of death. Are you afraid to die is a good question. I think there are believers who are. I'll be honest with you.  I'm just not looking forward to the moment.  I just wonder how it's going to take place. I've asked the Lord, may it be in my sleep? But then again, that's not good because Marie would wake up and find me there. So that's not a good thing.  The Bible makes it very clear that death is an enemy. Death is not a friend. Death is an enemy. The final enemy is referred to as death. But Jesus Christ, praise be to God, who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ. So I've been born again to a living hope. I don't have a fear of death in and of itself because I see that as a transitioning point for me to be in the presence of the Lord. And so I have something awaiting me that's greater than anything I have right now. It's hard to believe that because what I have right now in my life gives me great joy, great pleasure. I have the things that God has promised to me that I could have. I have peace with him. I have joy from him. I have his love. I have things that God has given it. And we all do as believers. If you open your heart to that, we all have that. Sometimes it's hard to believe there's something even better. And all this is is a down payment. The Holy Spirit working in my life is simply guaranteed that one day I'm going to see him face to face. It's a guarantee that keeps me strong. I don't run around wondering whether I'm saved. I don't run around wondering whether I'll go to heaven. A lot of you do. Maybe you who are watching right now, you wonder, am I going to go to heaven? It depends on whether or not you're right with God. Not everybody goes to heaven. Everybody does stand before God. But that doesn't mean that everybody is going to go to heaven because for some, we stand before the Lord to receive reward. We'll see that in a moment. For others, you stand before the Lord to receive judgment. So I don't have a fear of death in and of itself because I worship the one who conquered it. I worship the one who gives me by the Holy Spirit a sense of guarantee that I'm going to be with him. So I don't run around wondering whether I'm saved or not because God's word said it. He gave his son Jesus Christ who died on a cross for me. He died on behalf of me. He atoned for my sins. God's word said he's the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. And Jesus said, if I believe in him, I will not perish but have everlasting life. And I do believe in him. I do trust him. And as a result of that, I have life. I wonder if you do. If you've been raised in a church, if you've been raised in a Christian family, that doesn't mean you're saved. Have you ever opened your heart and said, Christ, come into my life, forgive me my sins, wash me and cleanse me, fill me with your spirit? Maybe you haven't because I can't assure myself of salvation because somebody I know is saved and I can't assure myself of salvation because my mom was saved or my dad was saved. You see, God doesn't have any grandchildren. He only has sons or daughters. And the only way for me to know that for sure is to open my heart to Christ and say, God be merciful to me, a sinner. Then the Holy Spirit comes and dwells within me and then he guarantees a hope to me. And the one day I'll be with him. And I'll have future glory. And he removes that fear from me. That's what the work of the Spirit is. Now notice verse six. We are always confident knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. So notice the words always confident, knowing. The Spirit gives us an internal confidence. We're assured in Christ constantly. This is one good reason to seek the Lord and to walk in his spirit. When we live in fear, we are quenching the work of God's spirit. And that's because living in uncertainty produces an anxiety filled life. Fear motivates anxiety and that produces internal torment. So the remedy for this is walking in the Spirit and holding fast to the promises of God. One of my favorite scriptures is found in 1 John 4.18. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear because fear involves torment. He who fears has not been made perfect in love. So we have confidence because God promised it. God has guaranteed it. And because this is true, we don't need to live in fear of judgment any longer because fear and love cannot coexist. We've been saved. We can have confidence in the day of judgment. We have the Holy Spirit. He's given to us a revelation of the love of God in salvation. And it's a perfect love. And this perfect love drives out fear of judgment. We need to remember that Satan uses fear, but God draws with mercy and grace. We need to remember again that fear and love do not coexist. When there's a concern for final judgment, love is absent. Someone said a Christian who fears final judgment reveals a concern for personal judgment, which reveals an imperfect understanding of salvation. You see, perfect love, God's love drives out fear, literally, so that fear does not exist in real love. It produces perfect or mature confidence in God. Not a self-righteousness, but a confidence that God has made the promise, and I can trust Him, a promise of salvation. And it's a result of a genuine conversion and founded and grounded on the work of the Spirit. In Romans 8-11, it says, if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you. He went on to say in verse 16 of the same chapter, the Spirit Himself bears witness with our Spirit. We are children of God. And so, Paul in verse 6 had said, we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. When he says, knowing that while we are at home, the word home simply means to occupy, to occupy the body, to dwell here at this time we're home in the body. It speaks of a temporary condition, but he's saying to be here even temporarily is to be absent from the physical presence of the Lord. It doesn't mean that he's not in fellowship with the Lord. It simply means he's away from home. You see the word absent. It speaks of him being on earth, but he's away from his own home, his own country. It's giving to us an insight into a longing to be with the Lord and to leave this temporary place to go home. When Marie and I go places and we do often, we have often, we go places sometimes that we love going to. How many times have we gone to Israel? I forget now, 26 times, 27 times. We love it. We love going to Israel. There have been opportunities the Lord has given to us to travel in many places. I've seen many countries of the world. I've seen beautiful countries, Austria and Switzerland. I've seen Spain and Italy and Germany and Japan and you name it. We've been to so many different places throughout the world and they're beautiful. You can walk through the town and you can enjoy yourself meeting new people and you can be seated at a coffee bar somewhere and have a wonderful coffee and enjoy yourself. I remember one time we were in Italy and we were seated in a foyer in a hotel. We were on a ministry trip and Marie and I were having coffee and we were in this particular hotel for two or three days and every morning we'd get up and have a cappuccino. I don't know if you remember or not. I'm sure you will in a moment. Finally, the waiter approaches and we were going to be leaving to come home and the waiter approaches and I said, I got to tell you something. He spoke English. I have to tell you something. I love your coffee. This is the best coffee I've ever had. I said, what kind is it? Now I'm expecting him to go and come back telling me it's Lavaza or some kind of Italian thing, right? And I said, this is the best coffee I've ever had. What is it? He says, let me go and find out for you.  It's called Maxwell House. Maxwell House. Are you kidding me? Anyway, why did I tell you that? I just thought of it. Now we've been around a lot of places. We've seen a lot of places. We've slept in rooms in different places, you know, but I always long to go home. I always long to go home. I always long to be in the place that is my home. And that's something that I'll be honest with you guys. I think has happened in the church today as we've become too comfortable in this place. That's why we want always to have health. That's why we want always to have wealth. That's why we never want to go through suffering, have any affliction, go through any need, have any problems because we've become comfortable here. And we don't realize that Earth isn't my home, that I'm a sojourner and I'm a pilgrim and I'm just passing through. We don't realize that. And so what happens is we get addicted to the world in this age and we fall in love with this world in this age. The accumulation of things, what I can eat, what I can drink, what I can put on. The desire for fame to be well known, even in churches sometimes, it drives you crazy, but it's true. We have people who are as clingy as so much to this earth right now, to this world that they're concerned about losing it all. And yet Jesus taught me I can't lose a single thing that He can't give back to me in a different way perhaps. That's even greater. Anyway, we're supposed to hold on to things loosely, aren't we? We hold on to things with a hand that's open. We don't grab hold of it. We hold loosely. It's ours for a moment. And the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. But we don't realize that, do we? We want more. We want to accumulate more. We hold on to things more. But that's not true. Listen, we're just passing through. The earth is not my home. I'm going to be with the Lord one day. And I look forward to that. I do. More and more. And Paul did. He said, look at, he said, this is what God is doing. In Philippians 1, 21 through 23, he said it like this. He said, friend of me, to live in Christ is Christ and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor. Yet what I shall choose, I cannot tell for I'm hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. And that's what we ought to have. This desire. Maybe we're torn. We have things to do and thank God for. We have family and love here. Thank God for it. But to be with Christ, he said, well, that's far better. And in verse seven, he says, we walk by faith, not by sight. We walk by faith, not by what we see, by sight, what we see. We walk in faith. We trust in God's promises. And we're informed internally by his Holy Spirit as we walk. And this internal work of the Spirit, this drive of faith, produces a great confidence that God is with us. The Spirit gives us an internal sense that God has redeemed us. And the Holy Spirit awakens us to the fact that heaven is our home. And in matters of faith, seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing. Remember the story in John chapter 11 of the resurrection of Jesus' dear friend Lazarus. And as Jesus was there and Lazarus has died, Jesus had said, Lazarus will rise again. Now he had raised others from the dead. Lazarus would also rise again. But when he comes to Lazarus's tomb, Jesus commands that the stone be removed. Remember how Martha immediately told Jesus, she thought she should inform God of something he might not know. He immediately told Jesus, he's been in there four days. The stench will be terrible. The stench will be terrible. And then Jesus in John 1140 said to her, did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God. Seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing. That's what Jesus taught us. Things are yet to be seen, but we can live like those who have already seen them. In Hebrews 11 verse one, we read what is faith. It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. For the Christian, it's the confidence that is rooted in the relationship with God. It's built on the certainty that God tells the truth and God doesn't lie. And we are confident that the moment we close our eyes here, we are with him. There's no waiting place. You're not going to go to a purgatory.  And not only are we confident, but we are well pleased. It strengthens us to endure whatever it is that we go through. Remember, we had just gone through in chapter four, the things that he had suffered. But these things made heaven more glorious, more appealing. Nothing on earth could take his eyes off of what awaited him in heaven. He said in Philippians 3.8, indeed, I also count all things lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ. That I may gain Christ. We are confident, well pleased, rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. And he goes on to say in verse nine, therefore we make it our aim whether present or absent to be well pleasing to him. You might want to underscore that we make it our aim to be well pleasing to him. That's our life goal. Sometimes we want to be well pleasing to so many different people who could care less, who could care less. Oh, I want that person to like me. I want to be well pleasing to that person. I want to be well known by that. No, listen, you underscore this. This is a very powerful scripture, guys. We make it our aim whether present or absent to be well pleasing to him to live a life that he's pleased with. It's one day he'll say, well done, my good, my faithful servant. That's what matters. Not what other people say, but what he says. We make it our aim. The word aim speaks of an earnest ambition, something we strive for, something we zealously pursue. The thought of seeing Jesus face to face, bird, Paul to live a life well pleasing to him. That was his ambition. That was his purpose. That's what he expended his energy on. Psalm 27 verse four, one thing I have desired of the Lord and that I will seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord that I may behold the beauty of the Lord. That's what he wanted. And that's what ought to drive a Christian. He longed to be with the Lord because he loved him, not because he wanted to escape. He lived in great anticipation of this and it provoked him to live for the Lord every day. Paul looked forward to being with Jesus. So he fixed his eyes on the things that mattered. He knew that this life wasn't all there is. He was passing through as a pilgrim. Like I mentioned a moment ago in 1 Peter 211, Peter had said, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, that's what he was. But what does a sojourner, what does a pilgrim, temporary resident, somebody who doesn't have legal status, someone who's passing through, what are they to do? Well, he says, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against your soul. Why? Well, and we'll close with this verse, verse 10. Well, because we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, whether according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Oh really, we're all going to stand before him. He was motivated by the desire to receive a full reward for his service. In 2 John verse 8, John said, look to yourselves that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. You see, we stand before the judgment seat of Christ.  No, that's not what this refers to. This refers to the judgment of believers not for salvation, but for rewards. It speaks of rewards that are received or lost depending on our service to Jesus. We need to remember that Christians live under the grace of God. We don't come into judgment in that fashion. In John 5, 24, Jesus said it like this. He said, I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins. They have already passed from death into life. We need to remember that salvation is a gift, but there are rewards for faithfulness in the Christian life. And receiving rewards from the Lord should be a great motivator to serve him. We serve out of thankfulness by his grace. And for that we actually receive reward. And in Revelation again, chapter 22 verse 12, remember Jesus said, I am coming quickly. My reward is with me to render to every man according to what he's done. So we stand as believers before the judgment seat. The word judgment seat is referred to as the Bema Seat of Christ. The Bema Seat was actually a place of reward, not of eternal judgment. The word Bema is taken from what were called the Ismian games, which were also like the Olympics. And the contestants who were competing in the Ismian games would compete for prizes under the close watch of officials. And if they competed properly, if they followed the rules, they'd win a prize. And Paul speaks of that. He had already done this in 1 Corinthians 9, 25 through 27, where it said all athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away. But we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I'm not just shadow boxing. I discipline my body like an athlete training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others, I myself might be disqualified. The discipline of the athlete, the pursuit of the goal, and the value of the goal. And so we stand before the Bema Seat to receive reward, not judgment. You see, this is the place where work comes into judgment for reward.  And then he will reward each person according to what he's done. Ephesians chapter 6 verse 8 says, you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does. And so the rewards are mentioned in Scripture. It's interesting. They're not given great detail. We know that there are crowns because you can see them listed. You have, for example, in 1 Corinthians 9, 25, what is called the incorruptible crown. You have the crown of rejoicing in Philippians 4 verse 1. In James chapter 1 verse 12, you have the crown of life. You have the crown of righteousness in 2 Timothy 4 verse 8. You have the crown of glory in 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 4. And so we can also receive the commendation from the Lord. Well done, my good and faithful servant in Matthew 25, 21. And we also have responsibilities that one day we're going to have in Matthew 24 verses 45 through 47. But we'll stand before this seat. Notice he says it again and I'll close with this. We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things done in the body according to what he's done, whether good or bad. You're going to receive profit or loss. There's going to be reward. And there are other things that didn't really amount to anything. Ultimately, what happens is we stand before him. Now, this Bama seat judgment occurs after the rapture. You see, in the rapture we have our bodies glorified, we're with the Lord, and then we come before the Bama seat. According to Revelation 19 verse 8, when Jesus returns with his bride, she's already wearing her fine linen. So we stand before him and we receive rewards. And that's something that automotivates every believer, by the way. What is it that motivates you? I just want to be with Jesus. Absolutely. But I also want to hear well done. It's not enough just to stand before him for me. It's to hear his commendation. Well done. Well done. There are some who are going to pass through and be there, but they're not going to bring much to lay at his feet because they really didn't do much for him. They didn't. Being a Christian was their life insurance, if you will. It was fire insurance.  I've never been one and I'll close with this thought, guys. I've never been one whenever I used to compete. And I did for many years in sports and various things. I was never one who enjoyed being on a team with teammates who didn't take it seriously. I couldn't do that. I'd get frustrated. I didn't like it. We used to play games when I was in Little League all the way back, way back when when there was a game we used to play. I don't even know if it's still played by this name. It was called Over the Line when I was a kid. We'd have a couple of people. We'd have a short stop and maybe an outfield or sometimes we had two outfielders. You'd maybe three kids at the most and you'd stand up to bat and you'd hit the ball. And if it was on the ground, you'd get certain somebody you'd say, okay, someone's on first. If you hit it over the head, it's a double, you hit home run. And that's how we played the game. And I played a lot of baseball. And sometimes we'd hit the ball and the outfielder would just kind of walk to go get it. It would go past the shortstop order and he'd just walk and go get it and walk back. I hated that guy. I hated it. Run, hustle, get the ball, keep the game going. What are you doing? I hated the laziness. I just couldn't put up with that. If you're going to do something, do it well. If you're going to do something, do it with all your strength. If you're going to play, play hard. Play hard.  I played baseball for years. You know, I didn't want to sit on the bench. I didn't want to be the guy who was like a cheerleader for the rest of the team. I was on the team. I want the team to win, but I don't want to sit on the bench. I want my glove to be used. I want my uniform to be dirty. I want to play. That's why I came. That's why I signed up. I've always been that way.  I was very competitive. I was very competitive. We got a win. There's nothing else.  And the Lord had to take me and he had to change me and he did tremendously. And I'm still though in my heart, I'm still driven. People don't understand that. Not everybody does. Oh, you're obsessed. You're this, you're that. I'm driven. Excellence matters to me. Doing something well matters to me. Ministry matters to me. That matters to me. So we do it the best that we can as unto the Lord and not unto men. Why? Because from the Lord, you hear the well done. From the Lord, you receive the reward. That matters to me. Why? Because either I believe it or I don't. But half-hearted devotion to God is never commanded in Scripture. He never says, love me with half of your heart. Serve me with half of your energy. He says, love me with everything. Because after all, that's the only love that matters, isn't it? If my wife only loved me with half of her heart, I don't have a good wedding, a good marriage. If I love her with only half devotion, I'm not loving her like she should be loved. I love her with all of my heart. That's what God called me to do in my wife. That's what I do with my children. That's what I do with my grandchildren. I love them completely. And I love my church. And I really believe that we should love God with everything and the reward that we get. Can you imagine, guys, one day? But to hear him say, enter into the joy of your Lord one of these days. Well done, my good, my faithful servant. Can you imagine that? That's what life's all about in the end. And that's what Paul said. I have a confidence, a spirit guarantees that I'll be with him. And we'll close by saying this. There are some viewers right now who don't have that confidence. You're not right with God. You need to get right with them today. What you're seeing take place right now in the United States. It's only a foretaste of what's going to actually take place when Christians are removed from this planet.  And I'm not trying to scare you what I am warning you. And if you don't have a relationship with the Lord, you have no hope. You have no confidence. You have no peace. You have no joy. And you really don't know what love is.  Your sin has separated you from God. And you need to say to God, be merciful to me, Lord, because I truly am sorry for this and I repent of it. And Lord, I ask for your forgiveness. For John told us if we confess our sin, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sin to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That's a promise from God to you. And if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall be saved. It's another promise. Open your heart up today and receive the Lord. Ask God to forgive you. And when you do that, please write us and let us know. Contact us at Calvary Chapel, Gino Valley, CalvaryCCV.org. Let us know. This happened recently. It's happening now online. It can happen for you. Give your heart to Jesus Christ today. And we're going to pray together. Let's close our eyes for a moment. We're going to close. And I'm going to pray first and a prayer that you can pray with me to receive the Lord as your Lord and Savior. And then I'll close our study. But pray with me. Father, I'm a sinner. I know that Jesus Christ died on the cross to save sinners. Jesus Christ died to save me. Forgive me of my sins. Cleanse me. Give me a new life. I will follow you every day from this day forward in Jesus' name. And if you can pray that and did pray that, please let us know that you did so we can contact you and stay connected. And now I'll close in general by saying, Father, we bless you and we thank you for the work that you're doing in our midst. And I pray, Father, once again that you would use these times online to reach many, many. And Lord, I look forward to celebrating when we can as the church body come back together and worship and be in the Word. Until that moment, have your way, Lord. Bring a healing for this virus. But Lord, bring a healing for this nation because we're in sin, this nation. And we need you. We repent. Lord, I repent. And I pray that we will see many people coming to faith in you in the midst of all of this. And we give you praise, Lord, in Jesus' name. Amen.


Hello, buddies. I have been on a jewelry kick. And in this video, I'm going to show you how I get this crisp white background and it really, you know, shows the detail of the items. Sometimes when you use a light box, you lose some of that detail. So I'm going to show you exactly what I do. It's not an app. It's just a simple filter that is going to enhance and make your listing look so much better. As you can see, it's just a crisp white background. All right, you guys, stay tuned. Hey, hello, buddies. Thanks for watching. I'm reseller. All right, let's get started. Okay, so I start with a light box. But as you can see, it's not crisp. It's not white. You can't see the detail of the bracelet. So I am on eBay and I am using the filter to get that crisp look. As you can see here, look how much better that looks. I picked that bracelet up at a garage sale. I believe it was a dollar. Super good find. Super cute. And I think this came from a garage sale also. I picked it up in a bulk lot of items. So I'm really, really enjoying selling jewelry. It's super easy to list. And I love enhancing the pictures with this filter. It just really makes the details pop as you can see. And it's super, super simple, you guys. You don't have to take your photos over to an app. Try to make the background different or use your finger to try to color around the object. It's just a simple filter. But you do have to start with the white background. So please feel free to put any questions you have in the comments. I've had some people asking me about this, so I thought I would just go ahead and make a video since I was listing jewelry anyway.  I bought it on eBay to sell on eBay. My 344 pounds of jewelry. So if you want to check out some of those videos, you can definitely go to my channel and see where I pick it up and where I weigh it. I have somewhat sold videos, but I have tons and tons of jewelry to list. And I just was kind of in the mood. And I've been listing jewelry for about three days. And I think I'm going to list for the next couple days. I've got it all set up on my kitchen counter and I'm just kind of hanging out listing jewelry. So it's pretty fun. Now on this one, I think there's two stones that were replaced. You can see that dark pink one and this white one here. The surface area is larger than the other stones. But this is a really old piece, a super cool piece. And we'll see. We'll see. I've got it up for auction. I'm not sure really what it's going to go for, but I'm going to start it at $29.99 and just see what happens. If it doesn't sell, I will change it to a buy it now with best offer. And I do that a lot with things that I'm unsure of. And jewelry, you know, I'm pretty new to jewelry. So a lot of times I will throw them up for auction and just hope for the best. I just listed a brooch and the brand was MAZ. I think it's Moz and I'm not sure if it's a dog or a cat. But I started it at $12.99 and I got a bid within like an hour or so. So I'm like, did I list that too cheap? But anyway, it's got some watchers. So I'm curious to see what it goes for. But I'm really not sure if it's a dog or a cat. And I think it's coming up. So you guys can let me know what you think. I think I did a screenshot of it. So we'll see if it comes up here in a minute. So let me know if you have any questions. This is super simple, super easy. Again, I was just editing pictures anyway. So I just recorded each one. So I'm basically just showing you guys how I do it, what my process is. And again, it's super easy. You don't have to go to another location. You don't have to take your pictures and download them somewhere else. And that's why I start, another reason, why I start on eBay. And then I cross post my items to the other platforms because I want my main photo, my first photo to be crisp and white and detailed. So I start on eBay and then I go and I bulk cross post using list perfectly. And if you guys have not tried list perfectly, you should definitely, definitely check it out. I have a video on that. And if you'd like to try it, you can get 30% off your first month with referral coupon code BOLOBUDDY's all one word.  And it's great. So I was actually supposed to cross post some stuff tonight and I decided to work on this video instead. So, you know, everything takes time. So I will probably end up cross posting this jewelry to Poshmark and Mercari probably tomorrow. So this works on earrings. It works on bracelets. It works on necklaces. And it's just a great easy tool. And I'm just showing you guys what I'm doing. Now this one, this is kind of a funny story. I think I show you the clasp. I had another necklace and I sent a picture to Moonstone Mama's asking her about it.  And I was like, Oh, really? Why? And she's like, because that will spread. And I'm like, Oh, I might have cropped it out of the video. Actually, no, here it comes. This is a different necklace. This is not the one I showed her. But apparently, if this stuff gets on your jewelry and you put it with other jewelry, I guess it'll spread.  But I may end up taking that necklace down because I didn't know that until after I listed the item. Maybe I'll just, I don't know, I'll probably just take it down. But it's such a cute set. Maybe I can crop out the necklace and just sell the earrings or something because the earrings were fine. And I didn't see that stuff on anything else. But she said it will spread. I'm like, that is very strange. So if you guys haven't checked out Moonstone Mama's definitely go check her out. She has been a great support to me. She has helped me identify a lot of items. I'm really new to jewelry and she's just has a great channel. You'll definitely learn a lot if you go check her out. So check out Moonstone Mama's. All right. I'm pretty sure I did this cat or dog thing. It should be coming up. I don't know what this is made of, but it is very, very cool. It may just be plastic, but it's super, super cute. I could not find any comps. And that is another thing that's super hard about jewelry is finding comps. Now this next one, I believe is Tiger's Eye. And then I believe that the flower is a shell. So it's really neat piece. Okay. Here it is, you guys. Comment below, is this a cat or a dog? Let me know what you think. Like at first I thought it was a cat and then I was like, it doesn't have whiskers. It kind of has like those poofy lips, like a dogwood. So I don't know. I'm completely confused. So I just put cat, dog, question mark, but I started it at $12.99 and it already has a bid. So in the auction, we'll probably be over by the time I share this listing. Now this item, I believe came from the bulk buy. There's a mix between a garage sale and the bulk buy. And I've probably listed between 60 and 75 items. So definitely go down to the description of the video and go into my eBay store. And I have categories. I have two separate categories. I have jewelry and then I have jewelry BB. And if you want to see the items that I have listed from my bulk buy, you want to click on the one with BB. So this little fly is super cute. I was kind of in the mood to do brooches. I did a few necklaces, but I'm getting a lot of stuff up. Now this next one is, I always say this, oh nope, that's not it. This one is gold filled over silver. And the sell-through rate is horrible on eBay. Like they're just sitting and there's no sold. So Moonstone Mama's recommended I put it on Etsy. So I may try that. I'll just cross post it with the list perfectly right over to Etsy. Super easy. And then I should probably do that with all of these vintage items because I feel like Etsy's a really good platform for items like this. And I'm probably missing out because I'm a little bit of a slacker on Etsy. I got to tell you. Now this one is Savorsky, as I say it, crystal. It's got the little swan on the back and comps looked really good on this. So I was pretty excited about this one. All right, you guys. eBay filter, super easy. Check it out. Be sure to check out the description of the video. Like, comment, share and subscribe. Thanks for watching.


I saw I did see a twitch, but I was hoping the camera wasn't on you. All right, so Um, third third third times of time. So we're in this forest, you know, we got Bro, you're really be thinking about is too hard Hey guys, we're gonna go into that forest over there and we're gonna look at some stuff We got Jennifer why are you looking like that I don't want to be here why not I told you guys Then we got Peyton over here, he's uh, he's kind of creepy Then we got yo, hey, why are you so mad? Oh, yeah guys guys. This is my cousin I don't got that No, he just said I got Bosch goers No guard That is what Like the woods, but it's not the woods. Let's go see what I Back to right behind this this is a haunted woods a bunch of murders happen here.  We'll be fine I Don't know probably like a squirrel or something No Squirrels are all I don't want you to read. Oh, I could have swore if you're for real just not my Before before we enter You look there's a there's a demon here. I summoned it Yeah, there's a demon. His name is Kevin. Just don't don't call out Yo Do my homie Kevin Oh No, you can't eat all at once Making me feel kind No, no, no, this never works in horror films. No, no, I mean it.  Don't leave me with this creepy-ass guy. Are you kidding me? Yo, don't you leave? What it's comfy dog, you're joking now, what's what's wrong with you, bro? What's wrong with nothing? No, there's something wrong with you. It's all fine. You just you just sat on him. Yeah. Oh my god What is that now? What you doing that? I asked you earlier if that was Kevin. You said that wasn't Kevin Well, no, I didn't get a clear look up. No, hold up.  No Hold up. No Not no, hold up. I'll give you some hay. I'll give you an apple


This is Shepherd Humphries with the Jackson Hole shooting experience and I think my favorite discipline in shooting has to be long range rifle. I love shooting at the shot, hearing the bang right off the bat, and then waiting. And seconds later, hearing that ding once it's hit the rock or the steel target, whatever it was we were shooting at. I love that audible response that comes back. I love the smile that comes onto my face, onto my client's face. I just love the long range shooting. I think of long range shooting as kind of the intellectual part of shooting guns. Pistols, carbines, you kind of run around. It's a rough tough thing. It's great for young folks with lots of energy and adrenaline. It's a great thing to build up defensive skills for oneself if that's an area of interest. But what I really love is the gulf of shooting sports, which is long range shooting, precision shooting. I love shooting at 500 yards, 1000 yards, 1500 yards, 2000 yards. If we're shooting at 2000 yards, we're not going out and shooting one shot and hitting and then going home. We're taking time. We're seeing why did we miss that shot by 20 feet? Did we miss that 20 mile an hour wind that just gusted up when the constant had been 11 miles an hour? What happened to make that bullet land there? It's a great sport for analytical people, people that run businesses, pilots enjoy this, CFOs really enjoy this, attorneys, people that are detail oriented and really care about the science behind why something is happening. I also find that people that don't care so much about the science also enjoy it because it's just fun. The person who has no interest in the why's or the how's will take a few shots and get a hit on at a mile. What can be more fun? I think very few things can be more fun than long range shooting.


I actually have BM Trinket this game so region is gonna be a bit worse. Is this seed or what? Just wait, just don't have got to read. Yeah. Gotta have those tough games, dude. Yeah. I'm just gonna fear him. Try, find a rogue. Let's go rogue hard, okay? Yeah, cleaning rogue. Yeah, you might, you can't separate. Yeah, just this one is shield now. I won't do damage into it. Got it, nice. Kick please. He juked me. Just run. Kept rogue. Gage me. Yeah, ship please, we can't fear, okay? Yeah, I have my fist and dancing up here, so yeah. I'll get around three in a sec. I'm maybe gonna fear, please. Yeah, Fero, go please. Yeah, ready, ready, ready. Kick him, kill him. Can he? Big down. Yeah. Keeping rogue, stuff. Oh, nice. Yeah, you shouldn't get it. I'm serious, okay? Yeah, aligning. Gage me, no dance.  I'll make him banish stuff. Fear on me? That's fine. Parthing's not great. We're so ahead, by the way. Yeah. Just don't die here, rogue. I might stay in front of him. I don't have. But he's not dancing. Okay, I'm just gonna stay in front of him. Yeah, sure. We can, uh, catch feet. Two piece now, can we burn rogue? Yeah. Wardling, one side each. I'll fear, mate. Yeah. It's really scary, but either way, just keep chasing, please. It's on me. MC, rogue? Yeah, sure. He's just panicking right now. I stopped the drink. Yeah. Like anything can die right now. It's gonna take a while. Let's go, please, now. Okay, please, goodbye. Nice. He just dies here. Find him. Hold on. As well. It's over. Get some mirror. We beat these guys earlier. That was a close game. Maybe I should have rushed to him.  Just cross, man.  Bro, let him open on you. That's why it's not that bad even. Yeah, okay. I'm gonna put a shitload of trash buffs so he has to waste my moment. Yeah, okay. Give me a shot of this one. Just go in.  Even if they sap you, I really don't mind it. Sap soon. It's fine. Watching the ward. I'm just gonna fear, please. Yeah, yeah. Good. Press rogue, now. Kill him. Yep. He wasted Trinket. I'm not nuking. He pees. Yeah, I shift them both, okay? I'll keep rogue. Yeah, sure. I'll dodge under here. He's dead, kiddie. Oh, he pees here. He's done something. Yeah, he's a good pees. You're agent. You can stun rogue in a sec. He wants to fear. I'm trying to line it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can blind priest, okay? Yeah, priest, priest, priest.  Trust me. Yeah. Just one more priest.  Got the shield. Big dump. Yeah. Yeah, stuns me. We can still kill him. Just build the shield. I'm pumping stuff.  Burn him, burn him. Good burns. The priest will die about it. He's gonna fear me. I dodge here, I dodge here. Nice, sick, sick. This priest will die.  It's sad to me, man. I can't even see him.  I'm fearing priest. I'm the orange gouge, actually. Chase the priest now. Burning. Yes. Stuns me. Missed kick. Burning again. Yeah, just keep burning. It's fine. Cash rogue. All in priest now, okay? Yeah. I got him. You can double fear. Maybe. Got it. Nice. Good. Kill a priest now. I can try and keep rogue as well. Priest is down, by the way. Yes. Gage man. Okay, that's perfect. He didn't gage me down. He's dancing with me. He has no kidney at all. Yeah, he should be fine. Yeah, he should be fine. Listen, I can... I broke his vanish. I can set priest maybe. I'll take it out. Okay. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna set priest maybe. I'll take it out. Rogue clicked. I got him instantly. Pissed on him. Maybe I can burn priest if he pokes on it. I'll keep rogue. We go priest, okay? At blind rogue, we go priest. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Just chase him. After I blind rogue, we kill priest. Like all in. Fear priest then. Yeah. Dying him up. Fine. Go. Trink is going. He might try to stop him here. Mm-hmm. Is that me now? I don't mind. I'll let him open this time. It's fine. Gosh. Trink priest? Yeah. Hard on rogue now on spell. Nice. Send it early. Click down. Might as well. Chill. Nice. Pissed. Pissed good. Pissed good. He wants to gauge me maybe. He's going here. He's burning here. Kicked it. Let's get land on site. Guage me now. Yeah. I'm running from here. Pissed first though. Yeah, yeah. Kidney. Pissed. Right there. Yes. Rogue. That's Rogue. Maybe I'm still in form. Let's see. Just trying to line. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm holding still. Yeah, yeah. You're chilling. Going to priest maybe? Yeah. Going for it. Going for it. I'm just trading. Just trading. Sure, sure. But you have more mana so it's okay. I can't reach you. Nice. You got an issue? Kept myself. Last few. But he's going to get it. He's going to get it. I didn't get it. Staying combat. Guage it. He got no mana, by the way. We just fined the rogue next go, okay? Yeah. It's going to take a while. Just keeping combat, yeah? Yeah, I'll trade. I got rocket. I got rocket. Yeah, yeah. I can't keep that. I think I'm just going to drink. Yeah, just drink. Just drink. We still have a fiend and they don't. You rock with me. Zap on me? Zap. I'll wait a bit. See my time, do you? I still have everything except PS. Yeah, yeah. It'll be fine. It's all right. Zap's fine. I can't wait to see him, bro. I'll trade a kidney of this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll trade. Nice. Failed you? Yeah. Yeah. There's no more vanishes, okay? It's not as great. I'm in fear here. I'll trade. Nice. I'll dance rogue. I hate to start my dance.   He's cutting away. I have two vanishes, by the way. Yeah.  Let's do this. Get in the field. He has Cloak. Yeah. He's going to dance. I rock it and fiend him in the cloak. He dies, he dies. I think so, at least. Get him. It's all you. Get the gauge. Nice. I don't know if I can kill him. No, he won't. It's on the other side. I can't get him. Maybe.  Actually, this is really bad. He might be dead now. I got PS. I'll do that a little bit. Yeah, I'll do it first, though. If I can get there. I can keep rogue, maybe. No. Got the fuel. Get away. Yeah. I can get there. I can get it. Yeah. He will PS this, okay? Yeah, I'm going to go away, I think, and get mana. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We need to run. He's going to MD me, though. Drinking. Dodged it. Actually got it. He's going to go for eye. It's not good. Getting his field off. He has eye, though. Kept him. Kept him again. Yeah, I'll take the other eye. He might dance me. He's still keeping him. They have eye. Okay, we're going back. Going to drink. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's not playing for 50. I have to drink it back now. Yeah. So does Priesta. If I get sad, I'm going to be so annoyed, by the way. Sad for me? It's already gone. Priesta's drinking a lot. We're about the same. Yeah. This should be fine. We can open on them now, okay? Just filling Priesta. He's going to support this. This is really good for us. If you're rogue, you can get the club. He's sad. Dude, I see VA, man. He's so lucky.  It works. Always. Dead, by the way. Like really far away. I don't know Priesta, but I'm going to get fed. I'm going to drink it. Yeah. Should you? I'll drink it later, by the way. Priesta's burning. Can you stop on there? Yeah. Okay, I'll burn him. Burn him. Yeah. Got the shield? You can, you can. Okay, okay. I'm going to burn more, okay? That's true. He's got a Cloaker though. He's got me. He's got me. Yes, he binds me. He's dead. He's somehow there. It's on me. I got there as well. I can move. Maybe I can keep Rogue there. Kill the Priests. Kill the Priests. I've got nothing. Okay. Shield him one second for you. Yeah. It's on Rogue. He jumps down. He has Rogue. We can send him without killing, okay? Yeah. Let's go. Take that. It's no damage. It's on me. Shield resisted. I need to get mana now. Sure. Drink, drink, drink, drink. Ice spawning, ice spawning. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You took it. Yeah, the other one is spawning. Give him a spawning. Yeah. He's just at the end. Yeah, you see me. Yeah, I see. He will distract it. Yeah, I'm going to move. Yeah. I guess I have Rogue now. I'll get him. Nice. I'm coming. Yes. Priests low mana. I've got fiend in one minute. Yeah. I'll get a reed. Okay, I'll keep Rogue. Or you want to? Yeah. You keep reed. Okay, okay. I'm going to put a fiend up there. I find a stance. I tried. Yes. Yeah, no. Nice. I'll get first. Nice. I've got some mana still. Yes. He's trying it. Heming? Step two.  I'm not sure. He's drinking. I'll distract him. I'll keep him, okay? I can't. I can't. I'm so dogged. He's just gaming some time. I'm playing really well this game. I need certain DM. Yeah. Otherwise he's going to be full moan. If I lose, it's honest to my father's game.  Yeah. Okay, I'm going to shield you. Yep. I might have to shrink a bit. I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't have a lot of mana to heal you, right? Yeah. Joke. Yeah, I'm going to heal now. Yeah. I'll keep priestess. I'll dance-rock far away. I'm sorry. I didn't get the shield. EPS just runs. I'll keep myself, okay? He's playing with song as well. Yeah, okay. I'm drinking then drinking. Yeah. If you get it, it's huge. Yeah, I can try. I can't. Jumping? Nope. Cheers. Missed my blind. He's playing with height and senses. I'm dead, bro. I've got nothing left to. I can maybe live and blind it. Anything? No. Blindage anything? I can live. I've got a shield on you. Yeah. I'm gauged there. I live. I live, I live. I've got you, I've got you. Yes. Big down, big down. Got the shield, Insta. Yes. We'll be fine though. I kept a rug. Yep. I'm going to keep, keep keeping. Yes, Arun. I can keep him one more. I don't know. Can you get him? Yeah, I'll clock for it so he doesn't get me out. Got it. Cheers. Got you. Okay, we cut the rug upstairs. There's no P.S. Nothing, okay? Yep. Spelling in. Yeah. I'll get the fresh shield as well. Yeah, yeah, hey guys. Where did you get it? Let's get him. I wouldn't deserve this game. I played so bad. I'm sorry. This game is awful by me. Okay, let's go. I'm rushing too. Let's go, my boy. Straight into the action. I'm going for him. Yeah, sure. Burn him. Got a shield. Burning Eye. Got a shield. Burning Eye. Yep. Sheep shot me. Yeah, it's fine. He got my word. I have to clock. Watch the double fear. Get him before. I'm lining, lining. I can feel him. Yeah. Watch the soft though, yeah? Yeah. Get a double fear. It's insane. I've got to go. Get him. I'll try and get him. Hold on. There's three rug when I save, okay? Yeah, ready? I'm engaged. Wait, wait, wait. See my clock. Don't care. Gouch. I'm holding, holding, holding. Okay. Burning. He blinded me. I'll shrink this, okay? Yeah, I can feel it. Feel it now, feel it now. Nice. It's insane. I'm on his vanish. I'm on his vanish. Got it, got it. Broke it. Sick. Okay, maybe set priest DR. Okay, lining. Yeah, set priest DR. Stun rug. I'm slowed, okay? Yeah, I'll gauge your rug, okay? Yeah, I need to care. He has to. Yeah, yes, yes. Eight seconds for mine. Yeah, I'm dancing here. How did he get that? That's really bad, bro. He's gonna dance on me. He will dance on me. He will dance on me. He will dance on me. You need to come and save me. Yeah, I'm coming. I need a PSA zap. Okay. We cannot go. Trust me. We cannot go and priest down. Double fin everything. Go. Yeah, okay. One here. Can you in a sec? I full burn for rug, okay? Yeah. Student invasion. Fucking. Spun me. Got you. Yeah. We just have rug. Got it. No fear from him. Yeah. It's burning. Burning. Burning. Yeah. Trick me. Burning. Everything. Everything. Got the feed. Yeah. Good, good, good. Keep burning. I'll stun rug, okay? Keep burning. Yeah, okay, okay. I don't know if I can, but I'll try. Yeah. Nice. I need to kick hair now. Here's fear. Yeah. He's on rug. Kicked him late. I filled him. Got him first. Let's watch for the fear, bro, okay? Yeah, yeah. I got filled on you. There's no mana. He does my gauge on his dance. Also one fear for us. We win, by the way. You want on rug? On the priest, on the priest. Okay, okay, sure. Yeah. He vanished. I'll get eye, I'll get eye. Yeah. I have a bead on me, so he can't serve me. Run in. I can't get in combat. Yeah, he's on me. Oh, you got served full, actually? I'm going to go back. Yeah. Get the shield. Trying. You won't get this, I think. He doesn't have a step, okay? Can't reach me. Whisk flog. Going to drink. Okay, yeah. I'm back. I can't, I can't. Nice bug. Nice. I think it's because he did it from step. From stealth. Should priest, before I get to you? Don't fear, don't fear. Nice. Nice, sick. Who do you want? Rogue. Rogue, rogue, rogue, rogue. Okay, MC in priest. Sick. Rogue is trinket. Yeah, it's fine. He dances on me. Coming now. Yeah. Don't die, bro. I'm looking, I'm looking. Rocket rogue. He's going to get the renown, though. He will take eye. He's waiting as well. Can you go get him? No chance. He's going to step me, if I go there. He's coming to me, okay? Yeah. I'm staying in combat. Yeah. He's going to come to me now. Got a ring. I'm just hoping priest wants to get some mana. Yeah. He's going to go and step me, though.  There's no way he's not here. I'm not going to go there. Let's see who I get inside. Yeah, step me. I'll wait. It's fine. Rogue has no trinket. Trying to drink again. Yeah. Let's just spam drink. We need to reset completely. I'm getting mana. I got some. Yeah. I got a good amount. I think I've got enough to do something. I'll stop priest now. You can drink, okay? Yeah. Let's drink. Distract me. Let's drink. Yeah, it's fine. We'll get decent mana now. Third step. It's okay. He has to open now if he wants to stop me. Yeah. It's on the way. If we do something in 20 sec, with Rogue has no trinket, otherwise he's going to get a bank. Yeah. It's really hard to do anything though. Yeah. He could come now. You'll get subbed yourself on a CMD maybe. You're going to have to pierce me, okay? Yeah. I buff to get in. It's going to burn you down the way. It's the problem. Piercing you. Kill him. He didn't dance though. Yeah. But it's fine. I'm scared to get further. Nah. It's okay. You just need to play strong. Kill Rogue somehow. If the priest comes here, I can kill him. Kill Rogue. Yeah. Go Rogue now. He's single. Three trinket, by the way. Nice. Watch out. Watch out. Yeah. Yeah. It's going to purge you down. He really wants to get it. I'm running him really good. Better be as well. I trinket with it. Sure. Keep it rolling, Rogue. Yeah. I'll do you a sub, please. He has no cloak. Yeah. It's too far to get in combat. I can't get it. The game is bugged. Yeah. It's insane. Okay. Trouble now. Nah. You'll be fine. I'll kick burns. He stabs me. Son of a... He's so annoying. Kick him. I can maybe get away here. I need to watch the foot. Okay. I didn't get foot. Nice. It's like a dog. I'll fear him. Trinket. Trinket it off. Yes. I'll keep Rogue. Yeah, do it. Kept him, but I'm third. Nice. Rocket, Rogue. He burns me. Careful now. You don't have PS, man.  You're dead. You're dead. You're dead. You're dead. You're dead. So I can save you though. Save you. Dash, please. Go for peace. Go for peace. Yeah. Got it. What's up, bro? Kill him now. Got him in the PS.  I'll shoot. I can't. My fucking... My throw is bugging, man. Hit him. Finish. Okay. Nice. I need to change keyboard, bro. My game is like unplayable. I don't know. My keyboard is bugged. Dude, I saw at least games.  Yeah, they are a bit messy.


As far as the properties are concerned, if you think about lemons, lemons contain an acidic solution, or acid in solution, and they have a sour taste. Some of these acids, particularly some of the very strong acids, are corrosive to the skin, and acids change colour in indicators, and you've probably most commonly dealt with things like litmus, which is red, universal indicator, which is often a reddish orange colour in acid solutions and so on, but we'll look at a few more indicators and some different sorts of colours as we go through this unit. They ionise to form this donateable proton, and this is a really important point that we're going to come back to later on, and acids neutralise bases.


Well, thank you so much. Thank you to Dr. Anurag Batra. Thanks, Karan, for doing this for us. I think getting the entire fraternity of MAACOM, journalists, communication professionals alike in a forum like this and commemorating all of us, you know, for the world 40 under 40 deserves a huge applause. And like Dr. Batra says, I don't think as an industry, we celebrate ourselves enough. Thank you for that.


So, what we have done is, we have developed a methodology which is now being used all over the world by many people to design aerostats which looks at these important parameters which either the user will give you based on the operating scenario or you have to assume based on your experience or based on what you think will be needed. Let us look one by one. Deployment altitude above mean sea level, this is the altitude at the ground of the location at which you will deploy. Are you deploying it in Leh or in Mumbai or Manali? That decides the altitude at the ground because the temperature, the pressures will depend on that and the delta H. The next one is called as the floating altitude or the altitude at which you want the aerostat to float. This is above the ground level. Then the next important thing is called as the diurnal temperature variation. The word diurnal means day and night. At any location you know that there is some maximum daytime temperature and some minimum night time temperature. This difference plus 15 in the day and minus 5 in the night that means 20 degrees is the temperature difference which this envelope will encounter. And it should not lose buoyancy so much with this much temperature change or it should not gain so much super pressure because of this heating that it starts creating a tension. So this delta T also decides the size of the ballonet so it is important to know that. Obviously in places where we have very high delta T you will need a larger ballonet system and hence a bigger envelope for the same payload and places where temperature remains almost constant. Let us say night temperature is maximum plus 5 sorry minimum plus 5 daytime is maximum plus 10 then you have only 5 degree delta T. So the ballonet will be small. The ballonet required will be small at that location okay. Maximum deployment duration helps you to determine how much extra volume to keep to take care of leakages. Ambient wind speed will decide the two things that tether profile will be affected very badly with that very heavily with that and also the load coming on the aerostat because under heavy wind conditions you will have heavy loads and your tether should be able to withstand that load. So while selecting the tether, while selecting the tether you will be able to estimate the tension coming and hence you might say I cannot use this I have to use that that will be heavier than this one so this will play a role there. To load weight obviously this is what you have to carry permissible blow by so what is meant by blow by blow by is a technical term in aerostat technology which is basically the horizontal displacement of the aerostat because of winds. So for example if I can just sketch a small aerostat and show you let us say this is our aerostat system. So let us say this is our aerostat system during some wind condition let us say V is equal to X meters per second ambient wind. So from the vertical take any reference point let us say we take the CG for example then this distance is called as the blow by okay. Now as the wind speed increases and suppose the tether length is kept fixed what will happen the same balloon will actually come maybe like this correct. The balloon because the length is kept being kept fixed so therefore there will be a loss in the altitude so the blow by will increase. Now suppose I do not want to allow any loss in the altitude what could be the reason I do not want to allow any loss in altitude because if I lose altitude my camera will not point at the place where I want it to point or my payload may not work let us say I want to collect air sample at height of 1 kilometer near a chimney for measuring the pollution level you cannot say no no there is blow by you can take sample at 500 meters no I want at 1 kilometer so what will you do so you will release tether when you fly a kite you do that right deal that right what do you do you give it because you want it to go to a longer distance or stay at a high altitude but the wind is pulling it so you release tether same thing will happen here the difference is in a kite if you release more rope or thread it is you who is flying it so you are facing the tension in your hand is it true that when the wind is very heavy you have to hold it more tightly sometimes it just pulls you also sometimes your hands get cut because it is so harsh it is pulling you so in the case of tether what will happen is that the weight of the tether is going to be carried by the aerostat envelope and it is the weight of the tether will be subtracted from the payload carrying capacity isn't it because the balloon has some net buoyant lift so if I want to carry 300 kilograms of payload and if the tether itself is 100 grams I am actually going to carry 400 grams of payload if I release another 50 meters of tether actually I will not be able to reach that altitude so in a scenario when the tether length is fixed and that is blow by or wind increase blow by causes lower altitude if the altitude needs to be maintained you have to release more tether this results in reduction in tow carrying capacity because the weight of the additional tether is also going to eat away the lifting force so somebody might say that look I am operating this aerostat for aerial photography of the IPL match therefore the blow by air allow is only 20 meters because after that it will start looking at the hockey match not at the cricket match there is point somewhere else so the user might say permissible blow by is only so many meters so then you have to do the calculations to find out how do I ensure then the next one is permissible loss in altitude that means as I said you want to deploy the aerostat at some place for some work how much loss in altitude because of temperature variation or because of any other reason because of loss of gas are you permitting so in 14 days it should not lose height more than 10 meters this is what somebody might say and in these 14 days the maximum delta T between daytime and iron temperature can be 30 degrees so with that much delta T it should not come down below some distance or some altitude that could be a requirement type of the LTA gas somebody might say hydrogen somebody might say no we cannot use hydrogen it is unsafe we will use helium somebody might say no I want to make a low-cost aerostat so can we use steam or some other LTA gas that will affect the size of the envelope and everything else and type of payload here what I mean is this payload is it self-contained from all considerations that means does it have onboard battery which will power it or you want to send the electrical current for it from the ground you could send it by an additional cable along with the tether or you could send it inside the tether if you have a special conducting tether so conducting tether are available in which you have central high strength membrane which is interround over the optical signal carrying fibers or LAN cables or electrical cables if you use a conducting tether then you can do all communication etc from ground but this is heavy and this is costly if you on the lens and no I am going to use a small camera with onboard battery then I can use a simple nylon rope or any other high strength or strong enough rope that will be cheaper it will be lighter so type of payload will determine what kind of tether is permitted okay then there are some design options these are options which are chosen by the designer based on availability of material these are not normally given by the user user does not know these things for example are you going to use a single envelope or a double envelope that means are you going to have envelope inside the envelope or are you going to have a single envelope and gas inside so what could be the positives and negatives of both of these choices so why would you use double chamber envelope lesser leakage rate why so you are saying instead of one you use two membranes so the leakage will be through one and then through the other one okay that is not the reason but there is a there is a related reason yeah you are right what you say will happen but we do not put double chamber because of that yes the atmospheric conditions like so how will double chamber help so it is a okay you are talking about outer covering as a protective envelope over the aerostat okay this could be one reason basically I will tell you the basic reason the issue is this the requirements from the envelope material are very very stringent and very very contradictory it has to be lightweight as well as strong as well as less permeable to gas as well as able to withstand infrared radiation as well as able to withstand scrubbing and rubbing etc. we are handling because you will put hooks and other things on that so people will pull it so some people said can we not have two envelopes one envelope will take care of only a lightweight gas barrier bag a bladder like football bladder the other one will be like a parachute cloth which can take scrubbing you can put hooks on that it will be it can be coated to have infrared property etc so some people have gone this path saying building the requirement into two one for gas retention and shape generation like a football can come with without tires are there tubeless tires and tube tires similarly you can have a tubeless aerostat and tube aerostat if you have the envelope technology such that one material can take care of all the requirements then a single chamber is always lighter may not be cheaper it will be lighter and easy to handle one less headache but if you do not have it it is better to go for two chambers so that you can de-link the requirements of the two so the conflicting requirements can be handled by putting two so many students when they build their first aerostat they may go for a single chamber because only one envelope to build less work but their envelope should be able to take care so both of them are possible this decision is taken by the designer so in some applications we can say okay let us go for double chamber for example the people with whom I work in Brazil they have gone for a double chamber aerostat in fact they have not they have not made it they are buying it so they use a double chamber aerostat but all the stuff that we have built so far are all single chamber because we were able to get a single material meeting most of our requirements okay envelope shape what should be the envelope shape now if you look purely at the requirements of buoyancy and weight then the best shape is spherical because for a given volume a spherical shape has the least surface area therefore least self-weight but spherical shape has got very high drag it has a very high drag coefficient plus if you look at the vortex structure behind a spherical shape it is very disturbing as compared to slender long shapes so depending on the application now when you go on the highway and you see these small balloons which are used to popularize some trade show or some they have a spherical balloon which just keeps shaking so they are not doing a great scientific work they are just cheap low cost system they make it spherical but when you use but you will be surprised even very serious scientific work is done sometimes by spherical balloons depending on the application so in outer space for example you would say let us use spherical there is no drag because there is no there is no ambient wind so depending on the application you can choose other than that many shapes have been suggested by people there is one shape called as GNVR about which we will see today very briefly given by professor GNV Rao of IISC Bangalore this shape is used by all aerostats designed by ADRD in Agra have I spoken to you about the shape so you have some idea this is one standard shape it is a good shape then we have a shape called Lynx this has come to us from a company in Russia called as Ross Aero systems they they have an aerostat called Lynx so I call this as a Lynx shape they have not given any name to it I just call it as a Lynx shape then there is a teardrop shape which is the name given the shapes made by a company called T comp in USA interestingly as a SAC is a shape given by space application center in Ahmedabad they also made one small aerostat and whatever shape they used is called as a SAC shape so interestingly many companies which make aerostats they do not share their shape data with you that is a proprietary item just like aircraft manufacturers do not give you the airfoil data they will say use NACA 0012 or NACA 24013 but if you ask them what is your airfoil many of them do not reveal they will say modified so and so airfoil similarly whenever I meet aerostat manufacturers and I talk to them and I say look we work in aerostats what is your shape they smile and they say oh this is proprietary we have acquired this over so many years etc so getting data about standard shapes is easy getting data about actual shapes is not easy so what is the layout let us say you have an aerostat from T comp so the only idea is take pictures and read and read the coordinates that is what we do there is no other option the balloon type could be a various types one could have an integral balloon or one could have an elastic cordage this is what we have used in all small aerostats so on the bottom of the aerostat you put elastic like a shoelace and tighten it little bit so when there is super pressure the envelope wants to expand the elastic takes the load and allows expansion when temperature falls and the aerostat wants to contract elastic allows it to contract so without disturbing the shape too much it actually allows it to control the buoyancy to some extent one very interesting chordage I saw in the aerostat developed by TIFR the sac shape they put elastic cordage from the nose to the tail inside so their idea is that as the aerostat wants to shrink let us shrink the tail by pulling the tail from the back and as it wants to expand the elastic expands and the aerostat becomes fuller along the length I have already mentioned you about type of tether conducting one conducting winch could be manual or electrical a manual winch is used for low altitude aerostats 50 feet 100 feet why should you put electrical but you might say no I want to bring it down quickly within half a minute so then you cannot and then sometimes the load required you know we are designing one small aerostat for a college and we came to know that the tension in the tether is 250 kilogram under 25 meter per second wind so it will require Herculean power to pull that by hand and wind it so obviously we have to use some kind of a pneumatic or electrical winch but in aerostats which we have made for some small small aerostats for colleges able-bodied human beings are enough to winch it down okay.


Let's talk about authentic content and authentic social media. What does that really mean? One of the concerns that a reader has told me, one of my viewers, is that she doesn't want to, she's concerned about being on social media because she's not sure she can keep up the image of who she is continually. Or if she creates content, she's afraid that she'll run out of things to say. So I think of it as, I think of authentic social media kind of like having an authentic friendship. Let's talk about this. Think about this. What does an authentic friendship mean to you? When you have a friend that you feel you can be authentic with, do you feel like you have to always show up in a certain way so that the friend will keep liking you, that you can't really be yourself and you have to keep up this image of you being, you know, whatever perfect, good, smart, funny, whatever it is, so that the friend will keep liking you. If so, that's probably not the most authentic friendship, right?  Sometimes you have bad days, sometimes you have good days, sometimes you're funny, sometimes you're boring, sometimes you are smart, sometimes you're, you know, she can't believe you didn't know that or didn't think that through or whatever, whatever may be. That's an authentic friend that she still keeps loving you and appreciating you and enjoying you.  That's the same thing with social media. If you feel like you always have to show up in a certain way, then it's not authentic and it's not sustainable. You can't really sustain pretending to be somebody you're not for much longer because, you know, eventually you get the exhaust, you break down, you have burnout, etc., which is why a lot of social media influencers burn out because they have to keep up this image of themselves. That's something that I hope I can be a different model for, is I don't have to try to keep up and to be some kind of image of myself. Marketing is, there's a lot of things that marketing is and one, some of the things that marketing is, is something I don't have energy for.  They always have to have a different shirt color, different shirt, you know, different backgrounds that's always looks interesting. Sure, that's part of marketing too, but that's not the part of marketing that I want to engage with. I don't have the energy for that. I do other kinds of marketing. I focus on the substance of the content more than the style. Nothing wrong with the style. Some people might enjoy doing that. They might feel it's sustainable to do that. For me, it's not sustainable to try to keep a really interesting style all the time.  You don't need them. So if you don't like that, I always wear the same thing. You don't like my background always saying, no worries. There are plenty of people you can go watch on Instagram. You don't have to watch me. But if you're here for something different, if you're here for something maybe a little deeper, you know, the actual content, the actual thoughts, a different kind of presence, then maybe that's maybe it's a good fit. Right? I don't know. So the same thing with you on social media, you can show up just as you are without having to be anybody else. And you will find people who love you for just who you are. You don't have to be smart all the time. What you need to do though, is to be honest with what you really believe. What you need to do is to try to be helpful to the people that you're trying to serve. Be honest about what you really believe and what's really alive for you right now. And try to be helpful also in your content. Sometimes be helpful. Sometimes to be honest. Sometimes to be both. Right? One of the influencers on Instagram, as you probably know, is Gary Vaynerchuk, Gary Vee. Right? And he has a phrase that I really like. He says document, don't create. I think it's brilliant because some of you are so nervous about showing up on social media because you're like, oh, I can't create the perfect video. I can't write the perfect article. I can't, I'm not sure I can curate the perfect Instagram profile. Gary says document, don't create. What does that mean? Document your journey. Document your truth. Document what is, what is alive for you now rather than trying to create anything. Just show up and share today. This is alive for me today. This is important for me today. Or this I feel recently, as I've been helping people with my expertise or whatever, this has been alive for them. This has been really important for them. I wanted to share that with you in this video. Document. Document what's going on with you now rather than trying to create perfection. So another way of saying it is presence over perfection. Focus on presence. Just showing up and being real rather than trying to be perfect in any way because trying to be perfect is exhausting and it's a recipe for burnout. But working on showing up as you are with your most truly in-depth powerful presence, okay, that is not only sustainable. It makes you more powerful over time. It makes you more creative over time. So don't worry about keeping up an image.  And that's the other thing that some people are concerned by is, oh, it's so scary to journal publicly. Here's a simple way of doing it. Create a secret Facebook group, okay, and see if there are a few friends or a few colleagues who want to do this experiment with you. They can share their content too if they're just getting used to doing it. And in that secret Facebook group, you just, you show up just like I'm saying, honest, real, try to be helpful, right? And get used to the platform. Get used to the technology of sharing stuff online. Get used to seeing yourself online and notice the praise and the admiration and the support that you get from the others in this secret Facebook group that you put together. And then over time, you might feel bolder about growing that group and then eventually you'll feel bold about sharing publicly. But you'll realize something. I've been sharing publicly for 10 years. And I've realized something. None of us have to worry about the first impression. I know it sounds strange, but it's true. In some ways, the internet has a long memory, but in the terms of content creation and audience building, the internet has a very short memory. You're watching me right now. You don't know how bad I was years and years ago when I first started. You can't even find it. I dare you to find it. You can't find it. Okay. Maybe on YouTube, you can sort by oldest videos, but even when I, but by the time I got into YouTube was already, I was already practicing a lot, right? So, you know, the internet has a very short memory. You just have no and very, almost nobody goes and sorts by oldest video on YouTube. Like the most number one super fans might do that. And that's, they're already a super fan. So whatever your oldest stuff that was not as pretty or not as interesting is not going to, not going to turn them off. They'll just find that amusing and like, oh, they might even encourage them to get into their own documentation and public journaling. So I hope this is helpful. Document don't create like Gary Vaynerchuk says or think about this one, presence, not perfection. Just show up. Your life is important to share. Whatever thoughts you have can change.  You've got to show up. I hope this is helpful.