Ep 87: Sorrow to Joy (w/ Whitney Dalp)

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What can childbirth teach us
about our Savior?

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We'll find out together in just
a SEC.

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Welcome to the show.
I'm Daniel Daub and this is for

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your Sunday morning drive.
The short podcast with the goal

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of providing some motivation,
Dr. and encouragement on your

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way to worship and helping you
recenter your mind on spiritual

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things on those hectic Sunday
mornings.

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I'm really excited to share
today's episode with you because

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we have a very special guest, my
wife, Whitney.

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Whitney is an avid reader.
That's an understatement if

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there ever was one.
I assure you she's dedicated to

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homeschooling our children and
she's the love of my life.

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Shameless plug, She also sells
her own loose leaf tea blends at

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Novelty brews.com.
I'll put a link in the show

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notes.
I'm partial, but they're pretty

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great.
Anyway, I'm so thankful that

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Whitney allowed me to twist her
arm into being on the show

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because the thoughts that she
shares come right from the

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heart, and they're fantastic.
Well, let's go ahead and get the

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show on the road.
This is episode 87.

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Sorrow into joy.
Let's go to church.

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Are we there yet?
Originally, when Daniel asked me

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to be on his podcast, I was very
hesitant because I was worried I

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wouldn't have the right words to
say.

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As his first female guest, it
feels like there is a kind of

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pressure behind that.
There are some experiences in

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this life that are purely and
uniquely female, one of the most

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important ones being the bearing
of children.

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Having a baby is such a crazy
experience.

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It is the strangest combination
of joy, anxiety, anticipation,

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and pure terror, especially for
the first time.

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Mom, for the entire pregnancy,
these emotions roll through you

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and wave after wave and really
all you can do is wait.

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Those nine months feel like a
lifetime and at the end you are

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forced to face the dreaded
labor.

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With our first, I remember being
terrified as that day crept

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closer and closer.
I remember thinking, I'm not

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sure I can do this.
How will I endure it?

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I'm not strong enough.
I'll come back to this in a

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minute.
This year, Daniel and I have

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been doing a chronological
reading of the Bible.

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For those of you who have never
done this, I highly recommend

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it.
Reading the Bible in the order

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that it happened has completely
altered how my brain thinks

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about Jesus.
He was there from the very first

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page of Genesis, all throughout
the Old Testament, and to the

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very last verse of Revelation.
A few weeks ago, we read all the

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accounts of Jesus's crucifixion.
In John 14 through 17.

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Jesus is saying his last parting
words to his disciples and

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praying to the Father before he
is arrested.

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In John 1621 and 22, Jesus
compares his death to

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childbirth.
He tells his disciples when a

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woman gives birth, she has
distress because her time has

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come.
But when her child is born, she

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no longer remembers the
suffering because of her joy

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that a human being has been born
into the world.

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So also you have sorrow now, but
I will see you again, and your

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hearts will rejoice, and no one
will take your joy away from

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you.
So in John 16, Jesus comforts

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his disciples by telling them
their sorrow will turn to joy.

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Then in the very next chapter he
prays to the Father for his

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disciples.
He is literally about to be

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arrested, beaten and killed and
he thought only for his

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disciples in 1712 He says I kept
them safe and watched over them.

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Then in verse 15 he asked the
Father to keep them safe from

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the evil one since he will no
longer be there to do it

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himself.
It astounds me that despite the

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fact Jesus knew what was going
to happen to him, He prayed to

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the Father for all his
disciples, including the ones

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who had yet to be born.
Like those listening to this

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podcast episode in the year
2025.

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The day I read these chapters, I
sat at my dining room table

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wiping away tears, barely
holding it together like the

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crowds in Acts 237, I felt cut
to the heart.

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It dawned on me if I felt that
much distress for a few months

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before having a baby.
Imagine how Jesus felt when He

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spoke the world into existence,
knowing that thousands of years

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from that moment, his time would
come as well.

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He knew He would willingly go to
the cross to die for the humans

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He created.
Also, we could choose to have a

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joy that no one can take from
us.

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People often say that children
are little miracles, and in many

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ways, parenthood does feel that
way.

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As a new mother, you have just
endured what is likely the worst

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pain and suffering of your life.
But as you look into the face of

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your newborn, none of that means
anything anymore.

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Every day, every hour and minute
and second was worth it.

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It's incredible to know that is
how Jesus thinks of Christians

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as he cradles us in his arms.
Whitney shared some great

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thoughts for our Sunday morning
drive.

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Now it's time to hear yours.
Our discussion questions for

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this week are how does Jesus
comparison of his suffering to

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childbirth reshape the way you
view both pain and purpose in

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your own spiritual life?
In what ways does knowing that

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Jesus prayed specifically for
future believers, including you,

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affect your sense of security,
identity, or gratitude?

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And where in your life have you
experienced sorrow that later

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transformed into joy, and how
might that reflect the pattern

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that Jesus describes in John 16?
Hey, thanks for listening.

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I hope you have an excellent
week and a great day of worship.

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I'll see you Sunday.