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Monday August 3, 2026 · Beliefs, Ballots, And BullDawgs

• Greg: Hey, good morning and welcome everybody. It is Monday, August the third. I'm your host, Greg Miller. And this is the latest episode of Beliefs, Ballots, and Bulldogs. Last week we ⁓ we we talked about the standard, we talked about offense, we talked about Bobo. ⁓ we talked about whether the defense is ready to become that elite level, intimidating, nasty Georgia defense again. And then we talked about a few breakout players, guys that It may not be household names yet, but names that you might know by the end of the year and some names that we think maybe ⁓ we'll get you guys on before everybody else catches up. But today we want to kind of take a step back and and zoom out a little bit. We just want to kind of glance through and take a quick look and and kind of run through the schedule. ⁓ it's a it's a pretty fair schedule. I think it it's a it's a test. And I think the question is really simple, is Does the the way this schedule sets up will will either forge us or or expose us. ⁓ and that's really what any SEC schedule is going to do. It's either going to harden you into the team that you're supposed to be, or it's going to find the crack that nobody knew about and expose it. And and when you look at Georgia this season and and the road we have to have to travel down, there's there's not a lot of places to hide. you open with Tennessee and western Kentucky, and obviously those games are just tune-ups. Those are games where You're just hoping to get your operation clean, get warmed up, get your quarterback comfortable, build a little confidence with some of the young guys. And and frankly, just find out who's ready to play real snaps, who's ready to who's ready to compete when the lights are on. But then after that, the the SEC starts asking questions. You it starts in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Arkansas may not sound like one of the the biggest games on the schedule, but that's a that's a kind of early season game where if you get sloppy and you're not locked in. Hey, that's an SEC road environment. That ain't no joke. ⁓ everybody at that point in the season still trying to figure out who they are. So, you know, that's where you hope the the maturity shows up, the leadership shows up, and and you just go on the road, you handle business, and hopefully we don't make it overly dramatic. You know, you you gotta avoid the dumb turnover, the busted, the busted assignment, the stupid penalties, the special me the special teams mistake that that will give a team like Arkansas life. You know, the The Arkansas game likely won't define the season. ⁓ but I do think it's a good early test that will will tell us a little bit about the seriousness of this team. And and then after Arkansas, we come home for Oklahoma. And man, if Oklahoma coming to Athens doesn't get your attention, then then you don't like college football the way I do. That's that's not just another home game. That's a that's a helmet game. That's a legacy, a brand name game. That's the kind of matchup where Sanford Stadium ought to be absolutely rocking for that one. And You know, I think that's an early season chance for for us as a team to make a statement. And not not just come out with a win. I fully expect us to do that, but to make a statement because if we are who we think we are, then then when a team like Oklahoma walks into Sanford Stadium and and they walk into our building, ⁓ then we need to remind them and the rest of the country exactly what happens like that when teams like that roll between the hedges. And and that's that's that's what we're gonna look to do. And and hopefully that that will be one of the big early season national televised matchups that that really hopefully gives us a chance to to make a statement. And then we got Vanderbilt coming to Athens. And other than you know, some recruiting headlines with with the Jared Curtis drama, if you know, you know. You know, I know what a lot of people say. Hey, it's it's just Vanderbilt, and and a lot of people won't even won't even give them credit for the the seasons they've stacked together. Vanderbilt's been pretty good the last couple of years. But look beyond that, this is the modern this is the twenty twenty six version of the SEC. There are no cakewalk games. You can't just sleepwalk. You can't show up and play entitled. You you can't assume that your logo wins the game for you. And frankly, with a team like Vanderbilt and several others, you you just can't let ⁓ hang around just because you think you're better and can win when you want to. It you championship teams handle business and that matters. And You know, after the after the Vanderbilt game comes the real test, the probably the the measuring stick game of the season. And again, the i the with the modern format, with the with the playoffs the way they are, Georgia and Tuscaloosa will not define the season. ⁓ and it likely won't even be the last big game we play. And probably when all is said done, won't even be the most important game we play. But i emotionally with with the way these teams have battled over the last years, I mean, co come on, this this game means something. When Georgia walks into Tuscaloosa, we're not just walking in there this time as some underdog hoping to prove that we belong. Hey, we're Georgia. And the and the question is, can we go in an environment like that? Can we go against a team that's kind of been in our head and had some had some moments with us in the last few years? Can can we go in there and can we handle the noise? Can we protect the quarterback? Can we can we line up and run the ball when it matters? Can we get off the field on third down? Can we avoid giving Alabama short fields and letting them take momentum in a raucous environment like that? Can we take a punch and and then answer back? That that's what this game will be about. It this one's not just about talent. This one's about poise. It's about execution. It's about toughness. It's about whether this team has that true championship composure. And this will be a place where we'll find out because it's likely to get tested. And and after after hopefully we handle our business in Tuscaloosa, then Then the old Auburn Tigers roll into Athens and look, I don't care how bad Auburn is, I don't care what the record is, I don't care who Auburn is this year or who they were last year. This this matchup ain't nothing about how it looks on paper. Auburn is Auburn. This game for the last 30 years just has weirdness in its DNA. And if we've learned anything watching SEC football, that's that rivalry games don't always follow logic. Georgia We absolutely are the better team. We should expect to win that game. We should expect to control that game. But we need to be very respectful of that game and make sure it gets our full attention because ⁓ part of being the team we want to be and being elite is not just getting up for the Alabama game in Tuscaloosa. It's about being able to get up again that next week when Auburn rolls into your home stadium. And then then we get weird after after all kind of hot to say we get weird after Auburn. Auburn's usually weird. We we have Florida. In Atlanta. And that's that just takes some getting used to. ⁓ Florida in Atlanta, not not Jacksonville, but but Atlanta. It's ⁓ look, let's be real. It's it's a different setting, it's a different stadium, but it is still the same amount of just utter hatred. ⁓ this game always matters. This game is the one one of the ones circled on the schedule every year. But depending as a Georgia fan, I tell people your biggest rivals depend on kind of where you live and the time of the era of a Georgia fan you grew up in. But for me personally, It it's Florida and Georgia Tech as the two biggest rivals. The way I explain my fandom as a dog, nothing feels better than beating Florida, and nothing feels worse than losing to Tech. So but Florida can be up, Florida can be down. I don't care who Florida is, it's still Florida. And as a Georgia fan, I want that game treated like it is one of the biggest games of the season because it always is. We don't want to let Florida breathe. Don't give them even an ounce of hope. Don't let that game be closed. Don't let it be cute. Just go to Atlanta, take care of business and and just remind them where Florida, remind them where they are in the SEC pecking order now. And then the next week's gonna be best road trip of the year. To me, I think we get we get Ole Miss in Oxford and you know, O Ole Miss even after last year, I think might still be kind of sneaking up on some people this year. But this game on the road is exactly the kind of game that that can really expose you or or show the nation that hey you are a serious, legit contender. And it's just whether or not this team can can have the composure and and whether we can handle things when it gets a little weird. You know, this is by this time of the season, this is not a game where we want to be searching for our identity. We don't want to be trying to figure out who we are in Oxford, Mississippi. By then we need to know. ⁓ but I think we we've got to match up you know Provided that Trinidad Chambliss doesn't turn into Superman again like he did in the playoffs last year. I think we can roll into Oxford and and take care of business. And and then we get to go back home and Missouri rolls into town. And Missouri, Missouri coming home is coming to your home stadium is never an exciting game, but but look, Missouri is team you got to respect. They they have given people problems in the past. They're always a physical team. They're gonna make you work. It is not gonna be easy. And Missouri is just one of those teams. You can't just casually dismiss them if if you're really serious about being a championship contender. And and so it just comes back to it comes back to maturity. Can we can we stack weeks? Can we respond after big emotional games? Can we avoid the the November letdown? Can we keep improving towards the end of the year when everybody's tired and beat up and and looking ahead? And, you know, I think around the Missouri time is where we'll really kind of have an idea who this team is. And then after Missouri, we we go to South Carolina. And but Columbia, South Carolina is never a fun place to play. That's just another one of those places where you just got to go in there. You got to set the momentum. You got to bring your own tone and your own edge. And you just you go in there, it's an SEC road environment and You you go in there just trying to make a statement, get out clean, and not play sloppy football. This is this is where by this time of the season, this is a road game where depth matters and leadership matters and the offensive and defensive lines matter, the veteran quarterback, special teams. Everybody just has to travel and be in unison and and we'll handle South Carolina and Columbia bar in some some unforeseen incident. And and then we close out with with Georgia Tech and I don't I don't care how much we have dominated that rivalry. I don't care how much we have owned them. It is still clean old-fashioned hate. It is still a game that we should absolutely want to dominate. It's still a game where the standard is not just to to show up against Georgia Tech and win. The the standard is to consistently remind them where they stand. So when when I look look, you know, when I look at this schedule. I don't see a lot to complain about. I don't see a lot to be worried about or something to fear. We've we've got our spots, but but I see this as a schedule that that sets up pretty well and can really sharpen us because if if we are who we want to be, then then this schedule can't scare us. It should prepare us. But here's the other side of this. If if there's a flaw, if this team has a weakness, this schedule will find it. If the if the quarterback play is going to be shaky, look, trying to keep up with old miss in Alabama, we'll expose that. If the offensive line isn't settled. Some of those road tests will identify that. If if the receivers can't separate and make plays, those those big games are gonna identify that. And if the defense is talented but but not connected, not communicating, look, Oklahoma and Ole Miss will will expose that and run up the score on us. If if this team lacks any kind of leadership, then then that will show in the middle of the schedule when it's just hard to keep people motivated. And if we're living off the Georgia logo in instead of the Georgia standard. I promise you the SEC schedule will find it and expose us for it. And hey, look, that's what makes this season and every season so interesting because we are going to know. There there won't be much guessing by the time November and December rolls around. This schedule's gonna tell us exactly who we are. And, you know, frankly, that's that's how it should be. Look at Georgia, we don't need a soft path. We don't need somebody else to clear the way for us. We don't need to be protected or or given an easy way in. If if we're a championship team like I think we are, let's let's go out there and prove it. Let's start early with with a couple of cleanup wins. Let's go on the road and win in Fayetteville. Let's defend Sanford Stadium against Oklahoma. Let's walk into Tuscaloosa and and look like we own the place. And let's look, let's just beat Auburn. Let's beat Florida. Let's let's survive Oxford, hopefully. And then come home and we'll we'll take care of business. And look, then we'll close the year and remind Tech that the they're still the little brother and football in this state will always run through Athens. That's the path. And if we come through that path looking like the team I think we can be, nobody's gonna ask whether or not Georgia belongs in the championship conversation. We'll already know. So the the the question for today i is this it is simply, you know, will this question forge us or or expose us? Because I think it might do a little bit of both. I think it might expose some things early. It'll expose some of the the inconsistencies and and inexperience in certain areas. It might show us a little early where we're not. quite ready for the big stage. But if if the leadership is right and if the coaching is right and and if if these guys are who I think they are, then then those those flaws that get exposed early will be cleaned up and those will get fixed. And and then that's where this team becomes very, very dangerous. But it ain't about being perfect early. It's about being hardened and ready by the time November and December rolls around. And I think that's where we got. I think we've got a favorable schedule. I I I want it to sharpen us. I want it to force us to find the answers. I I wanted to make this team grow up and grow up fast because the team that can survive on the road i is not just gonna be a talented team. That's going to be a tested team that's ready for the big games at the end of the season. And hey, frankly, a a a tested and ready Georgia is a team that nobody is gonna wanna see. All right, as we ⁓ switch gears a little bit and we'll we'll talk about some a little more serious stuff. One one of the things I've been thinking a lot about and and paying attention to is is just trying to figure out how to how to get engaged and and discuss things that I see as potential issues in our society. And today I want to talk a little bit about families and and just the family dynamic and how how difficult raising a family and being a family is these days. And I'm not talking about not families like ⁓ as a political slogan, not something that you know, politicians use to generate applause and speeches. I I mean real life, real family stuff. Moms and dads trying to raise kids, pay bills, work jobs, get to all the practices and events, make dinner, teach some sort of values, discipline with love, pray with your children, and and then somehow just keep everything together. And you know, I think frankly right now the the question is is pretty simple is are we making it hard for families to be families? Because W we all say we we value families. Churches say it, politicians say it, conservatives say it, we preach family values all the time. And even culture says family's great when it's convenient. But in real life, a a lot of normal families are just feeling crushed and oppressed by by everything around them. Childcare is crazy expensing expensive. Housing is expensive. Groceries are outrageous. Insurance is nuts. Kids' activities are crazy. crazy expensive. And and then on top of that, we're w you have to deal with the the social media stuff, the screen access, all the cultural issues, school pressures. And you know, as parents, you got work demands and and a a world that just seems to to be determined to disciple your kids before you ever get a chance to get into them. And so look, yes, we we we all say that that children are a blessing and they 100% are. Psalms one 1273 says, Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of a womb, a reward. That's how God talks about children, a heritage, a reward, a blessing. But we also need to be honest. A lot of families believe that having children are a blessing, and they are, but we're living in a culture where raising kids feels financially, emotionally, and spiritually overwhelming. And both of those things can't absolutely be true. Children are a blessing, but raising children is hard. Children are a gift from God, but you still have to pay for child care. Children are a reward, but groceries still cost a lot of money and kids like to eat. Children are a heritage, but families still need help. And I think that's where we need we need to be having better conversations about how we're going to move forward. The left often acts like government programs are the answer to everything, and the government can solve every family issue and every family problem. And then the right loves to talk about family values, but we're not always real good about being honest with how hard family life has become for some people. I don't want the government raising our kids. Let's be clear about that. Parents are and always should be the primary shepherds of their children. Mothers and fathers, moms and dads matter. The the home. matters, that connection matters. But I also don't want politicians giving speeches about family values while while normal families are drowning and and nobody wants to talk about the actual cost of of raising children. If if we say we value families, then then our policies and our churches and our workplaces and our communities should should all reflect that and make raising a family and make family life more possible and easier. And that's that's really at the heart of of what I want to talk about. A a healthy nation, a a healthy, sustainable country should make it easier for parents to raise their own children, not make it harder. And that's that's not just about policy. This is this is about culture across the board. It's about church, it's about work, it's about the community you live in. It's about whether we actually really believe children are a blessing, or we just say that because it sounds good. Churches need to be paying attention. Churches need to hear this. A church can preach family values every Sunday and still fail the young families in their congregation in practice. Are we mentoring our young parents? Are we helping marriages before they they arrive in that crisis state? Are older couples investing in the younger couples? Are we helping support the single moms? Are we encouraging dads to be spiritual leaders in the household? Are we making church a place where kids are welcomed and and and brought to light and not just a place where they're they're tolerated during a service? Are we creating real communities or are we just holding services to hope people show up on Sunday morning? If the only thing the church says to to a struggling family is that that you should value it, then we haven't said enough. We're not being helpful. We already value the family. That's why we're exhausted. We're because we try so hard, because we value it so much. What people need is is wisdom. They need encouragement. They need help. They need community. They need people to remind them of, hey, you're not alone in this. Workplaces need to think about this. Businesses have to operate. Standards have to matter. Yes, I look as a small business owner as an entrepreneur, work has to get done. But we should always be willing to ask ourselves whether our workplaces are built for actual human beings with families, or it's just productivity and that's all that matters. And we just want to treat them like machines who happen to go home somewhere at night. You know, can can a dad make it to his kids' events and his kids' game? Can a mom be there for a sick child when the child, you know, isn't able to go to school without feeling punished by her boss for wanting to stay home with her sick kid? Can parents take time to show up for important moments? Can workers still be present and get the job done, but still be involved in their home life and the other aspects of life? That that balance matters and and communities matter. Not every family problem requires or can be solved by a federal program. Some family problems just require a conversation with your grandmother. Some family problems require a a church member to be involved. Some just require a neighbor's help. Some may require a an employer to have some common sense and to to allow somebody to do what they need to do for their family. Sometimes it's just a requirement that the father steps up and and becomes the kind of leader he needs to be. Some requires a mother to to need that encouragement to keep going when things get tough. Some may require a family, you know, ⁓ some may require people around a family to stop, say, Hey, that's not my problem. We've all become too isolated and and too many families are are trying to and feeling like they have to survive as their own little islands that they don't have any help from anywhere. I I don't believe the family unit was ever meant to carry everything alone. I mean, ultimately as parents, yes, everything boils down and and it is your responsibility as a parent. ⁓ so you you can't blame culture for everything. First Timothy five eight says, if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith. So that's I mean, that's pretty serious. That's cut and dry, that's black and white. Provision matters, responsibility matters. Fathers need to step up, mothers need to be supportive and encouraging, parents need to lead their household. Provision is not only money. Provision is presence. Provision is protection and discipline. Provision is prayer. Provision is an emotionally steady household. Provision is teaching your children what is true, what is good, what is right, what is beautiful. A father can't just provide a paycheck and be silent. You know, a a father can't be absent. They have to be he has to have a presence. A family can have all the money in the world and pay their bills and and still lack peace and still lack connection. A child can have everything they need materially but still not be formed properly. So when we talk about, you know, helping families, we're not just talking about the the economic situation as as stressful as that is. We're talking about the whole life within the home. Are are parents supported enough to be present, not just be bill payers? Are our fathers encouraged and supported to be leaders in the household? Are mothers honored for the work that they do? Are children treated as as souls who need to be formed, not just schedules to manage? And that's part of a deeper issue. The family is not just private lifestyle choices. Family, family is the foundation. Family is where faith is passed down from generation to generation. Family is where character is built, which leads to to culture. It this is where children learn love and truth and forgiveness, responsibility, sacrifice, and grace. If if our families continue to collapse, then everything downstream from the family gets weaker. Schools get weaker, churches get weaker, communities get weaker, the country as a whole gets weaker. So if we're gonna say families matter, then let's let's mean it. Let's value families when when kids are loud and obnoxious. Let's value families when parents clearly need help. Let's value families when when young couples are are counting the cost and struggling financially. Let's value families when single parents are exhausted and crying out for help. Let's value families when dads need some encouragement, need to be uplifted. Let's value families when mom feels invisible and needs to be noticed. Let's value families when it's not just easy to say and when it actually costs something. Because if family values are going to become a thing again, it has to be more than just a slogan. A healthy country and a healthy nation should make it easier for parents to raise their children, not harder. And a lot of what we see around us is additional challenges that are unnecessary. A faithful church should do more than say family matters. It should prove it, should be involved. So the question today isn't just do we believe in family values? The question is Are we building homes and churches and workplaces and communities and policies that actually help the families not just pay bills but survive and grow as a family? Children are a heritage from the Lord, and parents have a sacred responsibility. The family is still one of the primary places that God forms the next generation. So if we strengthen families, everything downstream has a chance to get better. But if we let families collapse, We can't be surprised when the culture collapses with them. All right, before we wrap up the episode, I wanna wanna plant one more seed and and give you something else to think about. And that's when's the last time you completely changed your opinion on somebody because you actually got to know them. Not because they changed, but because you did. I don't know if we've noticed it. I I know I have, but it seems like we have become a a culture that always likes to reduce people down to just one single label, one vote, one mistake, one one political post, one one party headline, one failure, one opinion. And and once you've been labeled with something, conversation is over. That's that's who you are. It has been decided. ⁓ we stop listening, we stop learning, and sometimes we just stop caring. And it happens in politics, it happens in sports, it happens in churches, and unfortunately, it happens even within our families. We become so incredibly quick to identify people based on one or two things, but we've become remarkably poor at remembering that they're there still people, there's a hole there, there's a lot more to them than just what we've identified. And think about how quickly we do this. Like you know, people we barely know will will label go, he's conservative, she's a liberal. He's woke, she's MAGA, he's an immigrant, she's privileged, he's rich, she's poor, he's a criminal, she's a victim. And look, now hear me carefully. Some of those labels, some of those descriptions are absolutely true, or at least contain an element of truth. The problem isn't recognizing them as reality. The problem is believing that that one label can tell the entire story of who a human being is. It doesn't. No one wants to be known by just one decision or one aspect of their life or one choice they made. But that's exactly what we do to a lot of people. Let's let's see what God has to say about it. Let's open up the Bibles to Luke chapter 19. It's one of the more familiar stories in in the gospel. ⁓ but I think we've missed something ⁓ important in this in this passage. The Bible says in in Luke, he entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector. And was rich. Now there's a few words in there that that tell us everything we need to know, especially if you if you think about culturally at at that time. Zacchaeus wasn't just a tax collector, he was a chief tax collector. And in first century Israel, tax collectors worked directly for the Roman government. ⁓ and to many Jewish people, that that made them basically nothing more than traitors. ⁓ they were notorious for collecting more than than the Roman government required, and and they kept the difference, making them making them rich and Essentially, they were stealing and and becoming wealthy through dishonesty. So when people saw Zacchaeus, they didn't see him as a father, they didn't see him as a son, they didn't see him as a man created in the in the image of God. They they saw a thief, they saw a collaborator, a sellout, a sinner. And and to be fair, much of that reputation was well earned by Zacchaeus. He was he was not a quality human being. But Luke tells us. That Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus, ⁓ but he was short physically in stature and diminutive. ⁓ so therefore the crowds blocked his view, and he wasn't able to he wasn't able to see Jesus. So he climbed a sycamore tree. And so now picture this. This is this is a wealthy government official climbing a tree like a little boy, just to catch a glimpse of Jesus. And then Jesus walked by and and the crowd expected him to ignore Zacchaeus or or maybe even condemn him as a as a sinner and a tax collector. But instead, as usual, Jesus, Jesus has a surprise for all around him. And Jesus stopped and he looked up and he called him by name and he said, Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today. Can imagine the scene here. Imagine the silence. The the religious leaders who had surrounded him couldn't believe what he was doing. Of all the homes that Jesus could have chosen for dinner, he chose the home of a man that everyone else in the crowd despised. And Luke even tells us that they they all grumbled, he says, not some, all. Why? Well, because Jesus was was refusing to let a label tell the whole story. And I think that's a very important distinction here. Jesus never pretended like Zacchaeus hadn't done anything wrong. He never said that. That dishonesty and and stealing didn't matter. He never lowered God's standard. We talk about that on here all the time. But he also refused to believe that Zacchaeus was beyond redemption. And that's the big difference. We sometimes refuse to believe it, but Jesus and God never do. Our culture often often swings between two different extremes. And you know, one side says that love means you ignore sin, and the other side says that justice means you write people off forever. Well Jesus did neither. Jesus told the truth and he extended grace. Those two things are not and cannot be enemies. And in fact, you know, real grace only has meaning because the truth matters. So here's my here's my favorite part of the story. Jesus didn't threaten Zacchaeus. He didn't shame him. He didn't humiliate him in front of everybody. He simply entered his home and and somewhere during that encounter everything changed. Zacchaeus the it goes on to tell us, Zacchaeus stood up and said, Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold. Nobody forced him to do it. Nobody passed a law. Nobody taxed him. Nobody canceled him. This was just having dinner with Jesus instituted grace, and grace changed what condemned condemnation never could have. His encounter with Jesus transformed his heart. And a transformed heart will almost always lead to transformed actions. That's that's exactly how the gospel works. So here here's where the story becomes a little bit uncomfortable. Is it we have to start applying this to ourselves. You know, ask yourself, who have who have I stopped seeing? Who have I reduced to a label? Who have I decided isn't worth listening to? Maybe it's somebody from a different political party, maybe it's a coworker, maybe it's your family member, or maybe it's even a spouse that you have just You have formed your opinion on your spouse and nothing they can say or do right now changes that opinion. Maybe it's someone who's whose lifestyle you just disagree with. Maybe it's someone who who deeply wounded you in the past. I'm not asking you to pretend like it didn't happen, or I'm not asking you to pretend like something bad or something evil is good. Jesus never did that. I I'm asking you to do something even harder. I I'm asking you to still see the image of God in someone who Who may have made some choices that you would reject. That's that's what Jesus did. The truth is, every one of us has been or will be Zacchaeus. We all have labels, we're all sinners, we're all broken, we're all rebellious and selfish, and we're all guilty. If God had chosen to define us only by those labels in our worst moments, then none of us would have any hope at all. But instead of standing at a distance, Jesus comes to us. He's just like he stopped beneath the sycamore tree for Zacchaeus, he stops for us. He calls us by names. He enters our broken homes. He went to the cross. Not because our sins didn't matter, but because we mattered to him. The cross declares two truths at the same time. Your sin is more serious than you ever imagined, and your value to God is greater than you could ever dare to believe. Never let those truths get separated. So here's the question we want to roll into this week with. Who have you stopped seeing? Not who do you disagree with, not who can frustrate you, who have you forgotten is still a person made in the image of God? Before you react to a headline, before you fire off at that one comment, before you dismiss someone just because of something you already know about them, remember Zacchaeus, remember the sycamore tree, and remember that Jesus saw a man. Where everyone else only saw a stereotype. And maybe, just maybe, maybe he's asking us to do the same for somebody in our life. Have a great Monday and have a great week, guys. And remember, as always, get in your Bible, say your prayers, love one another, and tell the truth. God bless.