We're just so happy to
see each one of you tonight
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and Camp Meeting has
officially started. Amen!
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Praise the Lord! That's
good. And we are so excited.
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We've been waiting for
this, right? Oh absolutely!
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Plan it, plan
it... That's right.
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It's one of the
greatest times of the year.
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Thank you for all
the folk who have come.
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We know Wednesday night
it's tough to get people out -
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especially folks traveling -
because of work and all of that.
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But so many folks from a
number of different states
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and I heard even
Canada here while ago. Yes!
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I know we have people
here from Russia tonight.
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We do. I know we saw her
today. Julia Outkina, right?
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We did! We saw her! There are
some others here of course, too.
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And people from
Australia - right - here. Right.
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So it's going to be
a great Camp Meeting.
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Thank you all for
those of you here.
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For those of you
joining us at home:
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we've got some great speakers.
We've got Dwight Nelson,
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Stephen Bohr. And this
first hour in a little bit
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we'll introduce Aaron
Wilburn, an incredible person
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we've known for a
long time. Very funny guy.
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Loves the Lord, and he's the
same onstage as off the stage.
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Amen. But we're going
to have a good time tonight
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in the Lord. Y'all want to
have a good time in the Lord?
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Amen! We can be sad
somewhere else, right?
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But let's get together and
join like we're going to do
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in heaven. We're going to
have a good time in heaven.
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We're going to have a
lot of fun. So it's great.
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I'm glad to have all of
these folk here behind us
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that's going to be
helping us sing the theme song
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in a little bit. And Jim... Yes,
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3ABN... we had a board
meeting today. How'd that go?
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Oh, very good board meeting.
The Lord has been blessing
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this ministry and
our board was excited
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and we were all excited.
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We... we ran over a little bit
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because we were praising the
Lord about so many good things
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happening. The Lord is so good!
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He has led this
ministry from day 1.
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And you know, one of the things
that you've heard me talk about:
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losing sleep. I
have quit losing sleep.
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Praise the Lord! I
want you to know that.
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It's the truth.
Camille will tell you.
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I'm sleeping
all night because...
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Keep you awake did he, Camille?
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This... The last
year and a half or so
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I just turned
it over to the Lord
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and I said: "Lord, I've got
to do what Danny's been doing
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for thirty years and
that is: it's Your ministry
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and we're just
here to hold on. "
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And so that's
exactly what we've been doing
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is just holding on and
watching the Lord bless.
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Absolutely. We
have an incredible board
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and we have some incredible
supporters... all of you.
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Thank you for your
love and your prayers
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and those of you at
home financial support.
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We added three new
board members today.
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We did. One of
them's right behind us here.
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Yvonne, step up. We added...
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Dr. Yvonne Lewis is
now a board member of 3ABN.
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That's right. And we also added
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Jim Stevens who is the
president of Texico Conference.
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He hasn't been informed yet.
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But Jim, if you're watching
you're now officially a member
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of our board.
Whether you like it or not.
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And then Brian
Hamilton, our treasurer.
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Brian is very, very valuable.
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The Lord brought him. You
know, Danny, I'm just amazed
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at the team that the Lord has
brought together - absolutely -
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because we've got so
many people that are here.
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Just start and look at all...
Bruce Fjarli is a board member.
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That's right. C.A.
Murray is a board member.
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Right. Owen Troy and Carmelita,
I saw them out here while ago.
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Owen was... Stand up a
second, Owen, for the folks
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here, at least at home.
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And Owen was one of
our first board members.
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And we met him...
Stay standing, Owen.
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I want to see if they
can get a camera on you.
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OK. Stand up if you don't mind.
Carmelita, stand up with him.
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There you are. She's
a member of the board.
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There they
are... one of the first.
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Yeah, for many years
and still a great asset.
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But then his daughter Carmelita
said: "Well he can't come all
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the time but I'll come. "
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Bruce Fjarli. We had
of course his folks on:
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Bro. Fjarli and now we
have another Bro. Fjarli.
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So it's just the father to son.
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We don't have to
learn new names this way.
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Yeah, that's right.
Just call him Bro. Fjarli.
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Then Dr. Thompson. Dr. Walt's
here - yes - and his son Greg.
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I said: "Greg, you're
going to have to do like
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the other folks did when
the son... " That's right.
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Avon is here. OK.
Dr. Walt and Avon, Greg:
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raise your hand up over here.
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All right. OK. All right.
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Greg: when you're
ready we'll be ready.
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All right? All
right. Absolutely!
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Incredible guy for sure.
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And 3ABN: we're all
about people who love the Lord
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and who have a vision to get
the ministry into all the world.
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And I praise God for a
wonderful board that we have.
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And many of these folks
have been on for 20+ years
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and we just thank all of
them and we thank all of you.
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Now the time when Owen Troy
came on the board - early on,
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right? - um-hmm, so he came down
from the No. American Division -
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yes - to find out
what was going on here.
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Right? That's right.
Yeah, I met him in St. Louis.
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He and Bob Nixon I think was
General Conference Communication
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Director. Right, all
right. And so after the visit
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what happened?
Well, they came down...
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They had heard about this
brother starting a TV ministry.
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They said: "Well if it's
Adventist we need to know
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who they are and
what they're doing. "
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So we met them in St. Louis.
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Talked to them about them.
Owen immediately, you know,
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he said: "We don't
know how they'll respond. "
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You know the church... and
we're carpenters and don't know
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what we're doing. And Owen
immediately caught the vision.
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And he said: "Man, we
need this in the church.
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I'm going to do everything I
can do. " He and Shirley Burton
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up there at the GC
started telling people:
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"3ABN's a reality... we
need this programming. "
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And he did a tremendous
amount of work and support.
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Today Australia. That's right.
We have the ten year anniversary
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Australia. Owen Troy's
the one who initiated that
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with John and
Rosemary Malkiewycz that's here
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from Australia. They brought
it up today that Owen did.
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So he has a
vision to reach the world
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and so I praise... Thank
you, Owen, for so many years
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of dedication. Amen! We
just appreciate you so much.
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We want you to know
that. We love Ann, too.
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That's right. Oh yes, tell
Ann we're going back to Israel
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and I want her
to go back with us
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because she really...
She was with us 2 years ago.
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Let's bring out...
We're going to do something
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a little different. Bring
our Aaron Wilburn tonight.
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Y'all can make him welcome.
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Bring out Aaron...
come on out, Aaron.
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Before you go to the
guitar come over here first.
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How many of you have ever
heard or seen Aaron Wilburn?
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All right, a lot.
You're among friends here.
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And Jim and I were
talking to you back stage
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a little bit. Now is this the
first time you guys have met?
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Ah, yes... I believe it is. Yes.
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When they came in today I
told him "just come to my house
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to get ready" but
instead you went to?
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Well I went to
Pastor Jim's house
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because he lives
where you used to live.
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Right. And you didn't
tell me you had moved.
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That's the way my mom and
dad used to do when I was a kid.
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And so I just...
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Danny said: "Why
don't you come by the house
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come on in - and
change clothes? "
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Yeah. And so I just
had my clothes in my hand
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and my suitcase and I
just walked right on in
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to the carport. I just
grabbed the door handle
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and opened it. And your wife -
thankfully - met me at the door.
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What'd she say?
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She said: "I know who you are. "
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And I thought: Thank the
Lord she knows who I am. "
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And at that point I said:
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"So is this the
Shelton residence
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still? " She said: "No...
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Danny lives across the road. "
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And in spite of all that
you did I still found you!
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We were talking a little
bit in the beginning before
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back stage there, Jim,
and you were asking him about
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some of the
titles of songs. Yeah.
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I've heard a lot of
different titles. I heard one:
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I was inching along like a
4" worm when the Lord found me.
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Is that in your repertoire?
I don't know that one
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but I may learn it. OK!
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What are some of
the ones you've heard?
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Well, songwriters in
Nashville write songs like
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How can I miss you
when you won't go away?
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Yeah, right.
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If the phone doesn't
ring you'll know it's me.
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You'll know it's me, uh-huh.
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If you won't leave me alone
I'll find someone who will.
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I... There was one of
them about "If I'd of shot you
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when I wanted
to... I'd be out by now.
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I'd be out by now.
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That's a real song!
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I'm so miserable without
you it's like having you here.
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There's a lot of them.
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Now are these actual songs?
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These are actual songs.
In fact, I just wrote one
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called "Darling,
I'll never get over you
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so you'll have to roll
over and answer the phone. "
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It may grow on
you... it may not.
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When I first met Aaron it
was like 1979 or something.
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And he came up and I think
it was Church of God Campground
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or somewhere
over here in Benton.
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They had... And they
said: "You know Aaron Wilburn
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and so why don't you
come and introduce him? "
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So without playing or
anything... So I'm introducing
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Aaron to this big
crowd of people and I say:
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"I really like... " I said: "I
really enjoy introducing Aaron"
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And he looked at me and I
said: " 'Cause I feel so tall. "
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And he said - which I should
have known better than that,
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I opened a can of
worms - and he said:
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I said: "I really
enjoy standing beside you
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because I feel
so good looking! "
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You don't want to
have a word game with him
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'cause you'll probably lose.
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I know I've lost a few.
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I've been known to
hold my own at word games
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but him I just say: "Yes sir. "
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All right. Well we
appreciate you; we love you.
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Thank you for what you do.
Thank you for your friendship -
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you and Roberta
- over the years.
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Aaron has written
some great gospel songs
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and literally songs
that have impacted people
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around the world. I know
the Gaithers, you do quite a bit
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with them and I've heard the
Gaither Vocal Band doing a song
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I wish you'd do
tonight that you wrote:
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It Sounds Like Home to Me.
It's just an incredible song
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and when you get to thinking
about heaven you get homesick.
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And so we want you to do that.
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Right now we're going to
sing our theme song, right?
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It's hard to say. Easy for
you to say, but yeah, right.
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Jill's going to play
so y'all sing with us.
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We're just going
to do the first verse:
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There Shall Be
Showers of Blessing.
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All right. Pastor Gilley, would
you come up and have our prayer
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for us? Amen. Mercy
drops 'round us are falling,
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but for the showers we
plead. Heavenly Father,
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we just thank You
tonight that we can come to You
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in Jesus' name.
Father, we just thank you
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that You have
given to us a Savior:
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Christ the Lord.
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That He went to the cross
to die on the cross for us
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and that if we accept
that we can have the promise
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of life eternal.
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Father, cover us
tonight with the blood of Jesus.
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Fill us and anoint us
with Your Holy Spirit we pray
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and bless us
tonight. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Amen!
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All right. Bro. Aaron, if you
want to get your guitar together
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here, we're...
I've asked Aaron...
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I've gone out on a limb
'cause a lot of Christians think
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that we've got to be
sober and sad all the time.
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But there's a lot of sadness and
sickness all around the world
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and sometimes it's good just
to be able to laugh together
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and especially in a
Camp Meeting atmosphere.
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So I've asked Aaron. I
said: "Well, he travels around
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the world making people
laugh and he's very serious...
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Has a very serious side. Loves
the Lord... he and his wife
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and family. But I said:
"Aaron, maybe you could give us
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a couple little
funny songs to begin with
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and then we'll get serious and
sing: "Sounds Like Home to Me"
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or "It's Beginning
to Rain" or something.
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Buy you did a song
for Jim and I back there
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and I said: "I don't know how
some of the folk will take this
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but it's one
that's absolutely funny. "
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So we're just going to
ask you to do that tonight.
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It may be a little different
from what we've done up here
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but I said: "You know, let's
laugh and be happy tonight. "
00:14:00.21\00:14:02.34
Well you know, Danny, I
was telling you in the room
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back here and I wasn't
planning on doing this tonight
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and we just... and
it just led up to this.
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Because, you know, the world...
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it seems we have a lot
of things we don't need
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in the world today
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but one thing we do
need is some joy and laughter
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and I don't think
there's nearly enough of it.
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And I watch families
walk into restaurants
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and sit at a table
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and there's a dad and
a mom and 2 or 3 children
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and they all have their phones.
00:14:42.36\00:14:44.66
And they're playing games and
they're checking their Facebook
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and they don't talk.
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They don't smile...
they don't laugh together.
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And so we just
need some laughter.
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And every once in a
while I'll have somebody say:
00:15:01.88\00:15:06.16
"Well I just don't think that
00:15:06.26\00:15:09.63
the Lord wants that
kind of foolishness. "
00:15:10.03\00:15:14.37
And I think the Lord
intends for us to laugh,
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and the reason I think
that is every once in a while
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I'll get up in the morning
and I'll look in the mirror...
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and I'll think "I
don't feel that bad. "
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And I wonder who did my
hair while I was asleep.
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Do you realize that a 30-minute
nap will mess your hair up
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to the point that you've got
to get in the shower and wash it
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just to fix it!
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That has nothing to do with
this song except for the fact
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that my friend who sang with
the Cathedrals, George Younce,
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did this song...
He performed this song
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at the very last
Gaither Homecoming event
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that he did. George only
had a few more days to live
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and he realized that.
00:16:09.80\00:16:11.68
And so I thought it was
interesting that that night
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instead of an inspirational
song in this time slot
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or a song about heaven
00:16:18.97\00:16:22.37
he sang a song that
made the people laugh.
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And I wondered - and I
still wonder to this day -
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did he think
they needed to laugh
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or did George need
to laugh that night?
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Or maybe he realized
that they all needed to laugh.
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Maybe you don't need to,
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and maybe some of you are
watching and you're thinking
00:16:49.68\00:16:52.92
"Well, I don't
really need to laugh. "
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But in this gathering, there's
probably somebody sitting close
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to you that they may have
had one of the toughest weeks
00:17:02.19\00:17:06.06
they've had in a long time.
00:17:06.16\00:17:08.48
They may have been experiencing
some of the toughest months
00:17:09.38\00:17:13.05
they've ever had.
Maybe they're a caregiver.
00:17:13.25\00:17:16.20
Maybe the husband or a wife
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who has just said goodbye
to someone they love very much.
00:17:19.40\00:17:22.97
I don't know. I do
know that God created
00:17:23.17\00:17:27.17
something called laughter
that does wonderful things
00:17:27.57\00:17:33.48
physically in the
body when we use it.
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And here's a little song
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that I hope you will use
some of that laughter on.
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We got married last Friday.
00:17:50.54\00:17:55.19
My true love stood beside me.
00:17:55.59\00:18:00.23
Our friends were all gone
00:18:00.53\00:18:03.07
and left us alone,
00:18:03.37\00:18:06.12
side by side.
00:18:06.52\00:18:11.18
We got ready for bed, then
00:18:14.05\00:18:19.01
I almost dropped over dead when
00:18:19.32\00:18:24.10
her teeth and her hair
00:18:24.40\00:18:26.88
she placed in the chair...
00:18:27.08\00:18:29.84
side by side.
00:18:30.04\00:18:34.76
One glass eye so tiny,
00:18:38.16\00:18:41.99
one hearing aid so small,
00:18:43.52\00:18:47.72
then she took one leg off
00:18:49.32\00:18:52.84
and placed it in
the chair by the wall.
00:18:53.14\00:18:57.94
I sat there so brokenhearted.
00:18:59.62\00:19:04.65
Most of my girl had departed.
00:19:05.72\00:19:09.92
So I slept in the chair...
00:19:11.61\00:19:14.41
there was more of her there!
00:19:14.61\00:19:17.49
Side by side.
00:19:18.69\00:19:21.67
Thank you, Aaron.
00:19:24.98\00:19:26.35
Thank you.
00:19:30.34\00:19:32.00
Now don't hold that against me.
00:19:33.23\00:19:34.94
Danny and Bro. Jim asked me
to do it... blame it on them.
00:19:35.15\00:19:39.96
You know, we have two grandsons
00:19:42.81\00:19:46.59
and a third one on
the way in September.
00:19:46.79\00:19:51.37
Oh I love my grandsons.
00:19:51.77\00:19:54.45
Gabe is 10... he's quiet.
00:19:54.76\00:19:57.98
Tell him to sit
down... he'll sit down.
00:19:58.28\00:20:00.81
Ask him to be
quiet... he'll be quiet.
00:20:01.88\00:20:04.62
He could stay with you a
week and you wouldn't care
00:20:04.92\00:20:07.58
if he stayed another week.
00:20:07.78\00:20:09.28
Zachary is four.
00:20:10.57\00:20:12.46
He's a blender with no top.
00:20:16.64\00:20:18.83
Oh, I love him and he
follows me everywhere.
00:20:22.89\00:20:26.09
"Papa A, Papa A,
can I go with you? "
00:20:26.29\00:20:29.55
When I get home and
I talk to him tomorrow
00:20:29.85\00:20:33.66
he'll ask: "Where
were you at last night? "
00:20:33.86\00:20:36.66
And I'll tell him:
'I was in Illinois. "
00:20:36.96\00:20:39.37
And he'll ask: "Did
you do a "concerite"? "
00:20:39.67\00:20:43.07
And he'll be upset that he was
not in the "concerite" with me
00:20:45.95\00:20:50.70
'cause he loves to sing
00:20:51.20\00:20:53.35
and he loves to
be on stage with me.
00:20:53.65\00:20:56.09
Well, the reason
I'm telling you this
00:20:56.39\00:20:59.35
is to let you know Zack is busy.
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He's not bad... he's
just busy all the time.
00:21:03.16\00:21:07.26
And my son called us
about... this was two years ago.
00:21:07.76\00:21:11.93
Called and asked:
"Dad, what are you doing
00:21:12.23\00:21:14.68
this particular week? "
00:21:14.89\00:21:16.87
And I said: "I'm
going to be home. "
00:21:17.17\00:21:19.28
He said: "Well, Laura and
I are going on a cruise. "
00:21:19.48\00:21:22.43
And I thought: "They are
going to take us on a cruise! "
00:21:23.47\00:21:26.58
Never too told to
be stupid, are you?
00:21:29.27\00:21:32.22
And then he asked:
00:21:35.48\00:21:37.23
"Would you keep the
boys until Thursday night? "
00:21:37.43\00:21:40.58
And then the other grandparents
would come over, pick them up
00:21:40.78\00:21:44.26
and keep them until my
son and my daughter-in-law
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got back from their trip.
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.38
Well let me just
jump ahead and tell you
00:21:51.72\00:21:53.85
they were supposed to
pick those boys up at 5:30 pm
00:21:54.05\00:21:57.54
on Thursday night.
00:21:57.84\00:21:59.46
They didn't get
there till almost 5:36 pm.
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The next morning my wife and
I were standing in the kitchen.
00:22:09.05\00:22:13.85
Were just standing there
00:22:15.12\00:22:16.77
and then I looked at
her and I said: "Listen. "
00:22:17.07\00:22:19.73
She asked: "What do you hear? "
00:22:20.03\00:22:22.22
I said: "Thank the
Lord... not a thing. "
00:22:22.92\00:22:26.05
I went immediately
into the living room
00:22:28.76\00:22:32.07
and less than 10 minutes later
I walked back into the kitchen
00:22:35.00\00:22:38.45
and I said: "I have written The
Grandparent National Anthem. "
00:22:39.92\00:22:45.76
You may not agree...
00:22:49.04\00:22:51.40
but this is the
closest I've come to it.
00:22:52.75\00:22:55.71
And it goes like this:
00:22:56.01\00:22:57.71
Oh blessed headlights
00:23:02.49\00:23:05.00
that bring them to me.
00:23:06.60\00:23:08.95
I never realized
00:23:10.77\00:23:13.65
how sweet life could be.
00:23:14.76\00:23:17.38
But then hours later -
00:23:18.87\00:23:21.18
it's been a long day -
00:23:22.93\00:23:25.90
oh blessed tail lights
00:23:27.49\00:23:30.06
that take them away.
00:23:31.24\00:23:34.23
Feed 'em some junk food,
00:23:35.88\00:23:38.45
candy to eat.
00:23:40.13\00:23:42.29
Something with caffeine,
00:23:44.08\00:23:46.70
revenge is so sweet!
00:23:48.00\00:23:50.77
A few sips of Red Bull
00:23:52.38\00:23:55.04
when the Twinkies are gone.
00:23:56.30\00:23:59.17
"Here's your mama and daddy...
00:24:00.39\00:24:02.34
it's time to go home. "
00:24:04.39\00:24:07.53
Oh blessed headlights
00:24:09.06\00:24:11.46
that bring them to me.
00:24:12.87\00:24:15.36
I never realized
00:24:16.99\00:24:19.88
how sweet life could be.
00:24:21.12\00:24:23.83
But then hours later -
00:24:25.09\00:24:27.85
it's been a long day -
00:24:29.25\00:24:32.17
Oh blessed tail lights
00:24:33.81\00:24:36.39
that take them away.
00:24:37.30\00:24:40.02
The greatest joy I've ever known
00:24:42.94\00:24:46.56
is loving 'em, spoiling 'em...
00:24:46.86\00:24:49.73
I'm still gonna finish it...
00:24:54.94\00:24:56.57
and sending 'em home.
00:24:58.84\00:25:02.11
Oh blessed tail lights!
00:25:02.31\00:25:05.63
Thank you so much. It is
such an honor to be here.
00:25:13.54\00:25:18.53
And as Danny was
saying, we met many years ago...
00:25:18.93\00:25:24.07
about 34 years ago
the best I can figure.
00:25:24.28\00:25:28.28
I was about 4 years old.
00:25:28.38\00:25:30.48
And my grandfather and Danny
used to run around together
00:25:32.53\00:25:37.48
when they were
kids... No, I'm kidding.
00:25:37.58\00:25:39.20
Just remember one
thing: he would do this to me
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.35
if he were up here.
00:25:44.55\00:25:46.17
One of my best friends
over the years in the world
00:25:46.57\00:25:50.58
and I'm so thankful to
be here sharing this night
00:25:50.79\00:25:54.81
of ministry and
celebration and Camp Meeting.
00:25:55.01\00:25:59.60
And I was raised in Alabama
00:25:59.90\00:26:03.56
out in the country: a
little community called Bobo.
00:26:03.86\00:26:07.38
Bobo... makes you want to
go on a vacation, doesn't it?
00:26:07.69\00:26:13.08
And one thing I found
out that I didn't realize
00:26:14.96\00:26:20.04
when I was
young, as I grew older
00:26:20.24\00:26:21.99
I realized we have our
own culture in the South.
00:26:22.29\00:26:25.42
We don't mean to... we just do.
00:26:25.72\00:26:28.41
And it's not like we wake
up one morning and say: "Huh,
00:26:28.81\00:26:31.54
I think I'll
have some culture. "
00:26:31.74\00:26:33.43
We've just got it. It's in
the names of the places we live
00:26:35.18\00:26:38.33
like Bobo and Lickskillet.
00:26:38.63\00:26:41.82
Come on up to Kentucky.
There's Monkey's Eyebrow, KY.
00:26:43.49\00:26:47.12
Between Nashville and
Memphis there's Bucksnort, TN.
00:26:48.91\00:26:52.96
Not far from
Bucksnort there's Sweet Lips.
00:26:54.24\00:26:57.54
I'll leave that one alone.
00:27:01.48\00:27:03.47
But then we give
also unusual names
00:27:05.21\00:27:10.14
to our children, and there's
some in the Wilburn family...
00:27:10.34\00:27:14.64
but I have to live with
us so I don't talk about us.
00:27:14.84\00:27:18.19
I talk about other
people 'cause I'm Baptist.
00:27:19.51\00:27:23.77
You know, there's a lot
of Baptists that are mad
00:27:25.09\00:27:27.17
at Judge Judy
00:27:27.27\00:27:28.96
'cause she is a judge
and she gets paid for it.
00:27:30.07\00:27:34.12
There's a lot of Christians
that'll do that for free.
00:27:39.36\00:27:42.73
Oooh... just thought
I'd throw that in there.
00:27:45.69\00:27:49.02
But we have our own
culture in the names.
00:27:50.12\00:27:54.26
And... but I'm going to give you
just a few examples in the news
00:27:54.56\00:27:58.75
that you've heard.
Nothing wrong with these names,
00:27:58.85\00:28:00.98
they're just unusual.
00:28:01.18\00:28:02.56
In the Gingrich
family there's Newt.
00:28:02.86\00:28:04.85
That's an unusual name.
00:28:06.47\00:28:08.09
For years the governor
of Alabama was Fob James.
00:28:08.39\00:28:12.77
Wonderful family;
wonderful Christian man...
00:28:13.17\00:28:16.16
but an unusual kind of name.
00:28:18.36\00:28:20.25
But the most unusual
name I've ever heard:
00:28:22.36\00:28:25.12
a couple back home
named their son Odd.
00:28:25.52\00:28:28.82
Odd.
00:28:30.95\00:28:32.32
Kids at school laughed at
him. In high school and college
00:28:33.15\00:28:35.89
they made fun of him.
00:28:35.99\00:28:37.36
He graduated from college.
Fell in love; got married.
00:28:37.59\00:28:41.18
They had a family.
00:28:41.48\00:28:42.85
One day he told his wife:
"Honey, I've lived with a name
00:28:43.01\00:28:46.44
I hate. People have
made fun of me all my life
00:28:46.65\00:28:49.87
because of my name.
00:28:50.07\00:28:51.54
When I die, please
don't put it on my headstone.
00:28:51.74\00:28:54.59
Just put the date of my
birth, date of my death,
00:28:54.89\00:28:57.61
and leave the
rest of it blank. "
00:28:57.81\00:28:59.65
Well, the years
passed and he passed away.
00:29:00.05\00:29:02.74
And she called the
children in. She said:
00:29:03.05\00:29:05.27
"I promised your dad I wouldn't
put his name on his headstone. "
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.44
Sure enough! They put
the date of his birth,
00:29:08.74\00:29:11.19
date of his death,
00:29:11.50\00:29:12.88
and just left
the rest of it blank.
00:29:13.18\00:29:15.18
And to this day, people
walk through that cemetery...
00:29:17.03\00:29:19.79
I'm still going to finish it.
00:29:28.50\00:29:30.44
They look at that headstone
and ask: "Isn't that odd? "
00:29:34.21\00:29:37.20
You know, sometimes I feel like
00:29:42.03\00:29:46.03
that I now live in a
world that I don't understand
00:29:46.53\00:29:50.05
and it does not understand me.
00:29:50.45\00:29:53.41
And I'm just a conservative
kind of guy from Alabama
00:29:55.61\00:30:01.20
that loves the Lord, but I
don't understand everything
00:30:02.62\00:30:06.53
that I see.
00:30:06.73\00:30:08.13
But even in everyday life there
are things that make me wonder
00:30:09.09\00:30:12.27
why... to the point that
I did a DVD and titled it
00:30:12.48\00:30:18.02
Why?
00:30:18.32\00:30:19.69
Things like when
someone walks into a room
00:30:19.80\00:30:23.43
and there's a little dog
and they go through this:
00:30:23.63\00:30:26.29
"Hey. "
00:30:31.77\00:30:33.45
"What's your name? "
00:30:34.39\00:30:36.22
And I'm thinking: "She
just asked that dog its name.
00:30:39.09\00:30:42.32
I'm going to
stand here and watch.
00:30:44.58\00:30:46.66
I bet it won't tell her. "
00:30:48.72\00:30:50.36
And then other things
that make me wonder why.
00:30:53.40\00:30:56.08
I have two sons.
00:30:56.98\00:30:59.55
And I'll be honest with
you: I didn't agree with it...
00:30:59.85\00:31:01.96
Any of you know that you
don't agree with everything
00:31:06.62\00:31:09.16
your children do?
00:31:09.36\00:31:11.58
That may be a
surprise to some of you.
00:31:11.78\00:31:14.95
Nothing wrong. I'm not saying
they robbed a bank or anything.
00:31:16.78\00:31:20.67
But both of them came
home at different times
00:31:21.07\00:31:23.45
with a little tattoo.
00:31:23.65\00:31:25.50
I said: "Uh-uh... not me
00:31:27.18\00:31:29.18
'cause I'm scared of
needles in the first place. "
00:31:29.48\00:31:31.58
Not long ago I was at the
doctors. The nurse walked in
00:31:32.81\00:31:35.70
with a needle and I
said: "Oh, phooey...
00:31:35.90\00:31:37.78
another shot? " She
said: "I'm afraid so. "
00:31:38.09\00:31:40.40
I said: "Does it matter
which side you put it in? "
00:31:40.70\00:31:42.26
And she said: "Not really. "
00:31:42.36\00:31:43.73
I said: "Put it in yours. "
00:31:43.76\00:31:45.13
But I don't understand...
00:31:52.11\00:31:54.11
Saying to somebody:
"I've got a great idea:
00:31:55.55\00:31:57.43
take that needle
and put a motor on it. "
00:31:57.73\00:31:59.92
So I would not have a tattoo.
00:32:01.34\00:32:03.91
Another thing I wouldn't have:
I wouldn't have a nose ring.
00:32:04.31\00:32:07.10
And I ask people that
have them: "Did that hurt? "
00:32:07.40\00:32:09.26
They said: "No. "
00:32:09.56\00:32:10.93
How do you poke a hole in
your nose and it not hurt?
00:32:14.37\00:32:17.35
But that's their deal.
00:32:18.68\00:32:20.84
And then they put
rings in their eyebrows
00:32:21.14\00:32:23.52
and line them up in their ears.
00:32:23.82\00:32:26.92
In their... all over!
00:32:27.22\00:32:30.64
And I don't care and I'm
sure the Lord doesn't care.
00:32:32.32\00:32:35.33
But I'm just wondering:
"Why do you want to walk around
00:32:35.63\00:32:37.88
looking like you
fell in a tackle box? "
00:32:37.99\00:32:40.30
And you know, it
kind of hurts my feelings
00:32:46.82\00:32:48.59
but God loves them
just like He loves me.
00:32:48.69\00:32:50.84
Doesn't really hurt my feelings
00:32:53.42\00:32:55.58
because I'm so glad that
He loves you where you are!
00:32:55.99\00:33:01.18
And He'll take you where you
are and He'll touch your life
00:33:02.75\00:33:07.74
and He'll bless you.
00:33:07.94\00:33:09.55
So if you're sitting there
with a nose ring: God loves you.
00:33:09.85\00:33:13.79
If you're sitting there
with a tattoo: God loves you.
00:33:14.09\00:33:16.92
And... but there are other
things that make me wonder why.
00:33:17.74\00:33:22.08
Like I see it everywhere I go...
00:33:22.28\00:33:23.82
in malls, in shopping centers:
these young men walking around
00:33:23.92\00:33:27.03
with the seat of their
pants between their knees.
00:33:27.23\00:33:29.09
And they're
even... and I'm thinking:
00:33:32.09\00:33:34.60
I know what he's thinking.
He's thinking "I look cool. "
00:33:34.80\00:33:37.60
And I'm thinking: "I
hope you like them like that
00:33:37.81\00:33:40.00
'cause you're going to be
wearing them like that again
00:33:40.10\00:33:41.60
in about 65 years. "
00:33:41.70\00:33:43.53
'Cause after we men turn
50 and gain 30 or 40 pounds
00:33:48.98\00:33:51.93
we can still
wear the same clothes.
00:33:52.03\00:33:53.78
We just move the
waistline down to keep walking.
00:33:55.34\00:33:58.36
And I'm going to
tell one more story
00:34:04.45\00:34:07.80
and then I'm going to kind
of change what I'm doing here.
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.99
I was watching TV one afternoon.
00:34:12.43\00:34:15.57
I wasn't really watching TV.
00:34:15.87\00:34:17.30
A man does not want to
know what's on television.
00:34:17.40\00:34:19.45
We want to know what else is on.
00:34:19.75\00:34:21.63
And so I'm sitting
there in the afternoon
00:34:24.88\00:34:27.68
and I'm just thinking:
"What's on in the afternoon? "
00:34:27.88\00:34:30.08
I can tell you... nothing!
00:34:30.38\00:34:31.75
And so I'm watching TV
00:34:35.11\00:34:38.87
and it's one of these
talk shows that is nothing on.
00:34:39.07\00:34:44.74
And it says: Teen
girls in rebellion.
00:34:45.86\00:34:48.50
I thought: "Well
this will teach me
00:34:48.80\00:34:50.17
something about culture. "
00:34:50.20\00:34:51.57
I like to kind of keep
up with what's going on.
00:34:51.87\00:34:54.00
'Cause I can't keep
up. I've had an iPhone
00:34:55.05\00:34:59.57
for about 3... 4
months. The reason I got it
00:34:59.87\00:35:03.18
is because my 4-year-old
grandson said: "Papa A,
00:35:03.48\00:35:06.38
if you'll get an
iPhone we can Facetime. "
00:35:06.58\00:35:09.28
And we're going to...
as soon as I learn how.
00:35:10.69\00:35:12.93
He knows how.
00:35:15.52\00:35:16.89
And the thing about
it, though, with this thing
00:35:17.18\00:35:19.76
I have called old friends
that I have not talked to
00:35:19.96\00:35:22.78
in 3 and 4 years.
00:35:22.98\00:35:24.78
I didn't mean to.
00:35:25.18\00:35:26.92
You can turn this thing
on and then finish talking
00:35:31.98\00:35:35.45
and if you don't push
the right button, lay it down
00:35:35.65\00:35:37.93
it'll just call
whoever it wants to.
00:35:38.13\00:35:40.00
So I'm not used to
all the cultural changes
00:35:42.72\00:35:45.78
and technology and all of that.
00:35:45.88\00:35:47.38
I feel like a dinosaur left
in an Internet world sometimes.
00:35:47.68\00:35:52.27
But anyway, I was
watching that show and it said:
00:35:53.07\00:35:56.71
"Teen girls in rebellion. "
00:35:56.92\00:35:59.31
So I settled back to
watch for just a minute
00:35:59.72\00:36:02.42
and it was these moms
trying to talk some sense
00:36:02.72\00:36:07.94
into daughters who
were out of control.
00:36:09.37\00:36:11.49
One mom was
talking to her daughter
00:36:12.00\00:36:14.45
and the girl did this.
00:36:14.65\00:36:16.55
About that time my
daughter walked in the house.
00:36:18.47\00:36:21.44
And I asked: "Emily,
what does that mean? "
00:36:22.44\00:36:25.02
She said: "That
means talk to the hand
00:36:26.41\00:36:29.08
'cause the ears
aren't listening. "
00:36:29.38\00:36:30.89
When she told me
that I thought: "Oh,
00:36:32.25\00:36:35.34
I wish there was such
a thing as time travel
00:36:35.64\00:36:38.64
and I could invite
her to be my sister
00:36:40.12\00:36:42.94
and go back to Bobo, Alabama,
00:36:44.47\00:36:46.78
in the 1970's
00:36:49.54\00:36:51.85
and then have my
mom give her some advice
00:36:53.19\00:36:56.47
and then watch
as she did this. "
00:37:00.04\00:37:03.37
See, if you're over 50
you can't do this because
00:37:03.67\00:37:07.06
it not only takes the hand...
00:37:07.26\00:37:08.78
you've got to do something
with your head. It's like...
00:37:08.98\00:37:11.37
And we can't do
that if we're over 50.
00:37:13.83\00:37:15.89
We do that 3 or 4 times
00:37:15.99\00:37:17.36
and you'll wake up the
next morning walking like this.
00:37:17.60\00:37:20.46
So we can't have the attitude.
00:37:22.20\00:37:25.75
And I thought: "If that young
lady had been in our family. "
00:37:28.18\00:37:31.84
You've got to
understand: we just said goodbye
00:37:31.94\00:37:34.79
to our mom about a
month and a half ago.
00:37:34.99\00:37:37.32
A few minutes
before she passed away
00:37:37.72\00:37:40.29
I laid my head on her head
00:37:40.59\00:37:43.13
and I sang: "Oh
Come Angel Band. "
00:37:43.33\00:37:46.73
And mama is now
ready for the resurrection.
00:37:47.13\00:37:52.93
Amen!
00:37:53.23\00:37:54.60
"And the dead in Christ
shall rise, and we which are
00:37:56.11\00:37:59.77
alive and remain shall
be caught up together. "
00:37:59.88\00:38:02.14
And my mama's going to be
in that bunch, I can tell you.
00:38:02.44\00:38:05.64
So with that said,
I'm going to tell you also
00:38:06.95\00:38:10.84
that my mom did not abuse
us but she disciplined us.
00:38:11.04\00:38:14.80
Some people call that
child abuse now if you just
00:38:15.95\00:38:18.65
discipline. To me, child abuse
is when you don't tell a child
00:38:18.75\00:38:24.14
there is a place prepared
for you after this life is over.
00:38:25.57\00:38:29.00
There is a Lord that loves you
00:38:29.31\00:38:31.95
and a God who gave
His Son to save you.
00:38:32.25\00:38:35.70
And then that child
grows up with that knowledge
00:38:36.82\00:38:40.07
and they go out and
they end up in drugs
00:38:40.17\00:38:44.24
and drive-by
shootings. THAT is child abuse.
00:38:44.44\00:38:49.12
My mom did not
abuse us with that strap
00:38:50.05\00:38:53.52
but she got our attention.
00:38:53.83\00:38:56.64
And I found out early on
that my mom had a ministry
00:38:56.94\00:39:01.13
of... and she had an
anointing to open ears
00:39:01.53\00:39:06.78
that did not want to hear.
00:39:07.08\00:39:09.21
She had a leather strap
00:39:11.14\00:39:13.32
that hung on the wall
beside a little motto that said
00:39:13.62\00:39:16.19
"I need Thee every hour. "
00:39:16.29\00:39:17.67
And I thought: "If one
of my sisters had done this,
00:39:22.87\00:39:25.47
my mom would have
used that leather strap.
00:39:30.66\00:39:33.46
And by the time my mom
had walked in her anointing
00:39:34.40\00:39:38.47
that young lady's hand
would no longer be up here.
00:39:41.98\00:39:44.60
She would have
received her hearing
00:39:46.22\00:39:48.42
and her hand would be holding
what mama had ministered to.
00:39:49.55\00:39:53.44
Now speaking of my mom -
00:39:56.42\00:39:59.92
a lady who at times did not
remember any of her children
00:40:02.29\00:40:08.25
over the last few months,
00:40:08.45\00:40:10.40
didn't remember
the grandchildren -
00:40:13.77\00:40:15.59
did remember some things.
00:40:15.89\00:40:18.20
I could ask her: "Mom,
would you like to pray? "
00:40:19.75\00:40:25.50
and she would pray
the most beautiful prayer.
00:40:25.90\00:40:29.19
I'd take my guitar in
there and I'd sit beside her bed
00:40:31.65\00:40:34.65
and I'd sing Amazing
Grace and In The Garden
00:40:34.75\00:40:39.09
and she sang every word.
00:40:40.23\00:40:44.42
She lost her sense of tempo
00:40:44.72\00:40:47.78
and so she doubled the time...
00:40:47.98\00:40:49.91
but that was good because
then she gave me the words
00:40:50.21\00:40:54.99
that I couldn't remember.
00:40:55.19\00:40:56.57
A few weeks... about three
weeks before she passed away
00:40:59.29\00:41:03.71
she just lifted her
hands one day and said:
00:41:03.91\00:41:05.95
"I'm ready to go home. "
00:41:06.25\00:41:07.89
And I knew it wasn't Bobo
that she wanted to go back to.
00:41:09.54\00:41:12.91
And at that point I reached
back into my song catalog
00:41:24.43\00:41:30.36
of songs that I've
written through the years
00:41:30.39\00:41:32.18
and this song again
00:41:35.75\00:41:37.70
became very, very special to me.
00:41:38.93\00:41:42.39
In fact, more so
than it had ever been.
00:41:42.59\00:41:46.96
Somewhere just across
00:41:53.08\00:41:57.24
the Jordan river
00:41:57.54\00:41:59.88
there's a place
00:42:02.79\00:42:04.73
of everlasting joy
00:42:05.03\00:42:08.63
and peace.
00:42:09.03\00:42:10.70
Where the Stream of Life
00:42:13.14\00:42:15.23
is flowing there
00:42:15.53\00:42:17.70
forever
00:42:18.00\00:42:19.70
and a crown of life
00:42:22.63\00:42:25.35
is waiting there for me.
00:42:25.65\00:42:29.45
That sounds like home to me.
00:42:31.58\00:42:35.61
Like where I want to be.
00:42:37.21\00:42:40.49
There'll be no tears
00:42:41.92\00:42:44.40
to fill our eyes again.
00:42:45.26\00:42:49.00
The hills will echo
00:42:51.71\00:42:54.09
with the story
00:42:54.39\00:42:56.53
as we sing of
His grace and glory.
00:42:56.83\00:43:01.50
Where the saints of God will be:
00:43:02.00\00:43:06.78
that sounds like home to me.
00:43:07.67\00:43:12.11
I've read there
are mansions there
00:43:15.15\00:43:18.95
inside that city.
00:43:19.35\00:43:22.29
Crystal river flowing by
00:43:24.85\00:43:29.11
the Trees of Life.
00:43:29.31\00:43:32.16
No more pain,
00:43:34.92\00:43:37.05
no disappointment
00:43:37.35\00:43:39.43
there to hurt us.
00:43:39.83\00:43:42.09
Jesus Christ Himself
00:43:46.36\00:43:49.04
will be the light.
00:43:50.30\00:43:52.55
That sounds like home to me.
00:43:54.13\00:43:58.36
Like where I want to be.
00:43:59.91\00:44:03.31
There'll be no tears
00:44:04.74\00:44:06.97
to fill our eyes again.
00:44:07.37\00:44:12.51
The hills will echo
00:44:14.47\00:44:16.77
with the story
00:44:17.07\00:44:19.07
as we sing of
His grace and glory.
00:44:20.13\00:44:24.40
Where the saints of God will be:
00:44:24.80\00:44:28.93
that sounds like home to me.
00:44:30.40\00:44:35.28
Where the saints of God will be:
00:44:37.74\00:44:41.97
that sounds like home
00:44:42.37\00:44:45.63
to me.
00:44:46.81\00:44:48.90
That's home to me.
00:44:50.64\00:44:54.19
A few years ago
I wrote a song with
00:45:08.05\00:45:11.14
Bill and Gloria Gaither and
00:45:12.25\00:45:14.75
I sang this at the last Camp
Meeting that I attended here.
00:45:16.42\00:45:20.14
And we got so many calls
00:45:21.93\00:45:24.65
and e-mails from the viewers
00:45:24.85\00:45:28.53
of the network.
00:45:28.73\00:45:31.50
And so especially
because so many people said
00:45:32.96\00:45:38.49
"I love that song
and it ministered to me"
00:45:38.69\00:45:42.02
I'd like to sing at least a
verse and chorus of it tonight.
00:45:42.42\00:45:46.69
And who knows... I may sing
it all by the time it's over.
00:45:47.10\00:45:51.12
But I... My favorite tree
00:45:51.23\00:45:56.27
is the silver maple.
00:45:57.65\00:45:59.41
And a true silver maple
00:45:59.71\00:46:03.27
has leaves that
are formed like this.
00:46:03.57\00:46:06.37
One side is green;
00:46:06.87\00:46:09.66
one side is silver.
00:46:10.06\00:46:12.01
Right before the rain
00:46:12.32\00:46:14.95
the tree does a
beautiful, wonderful thing.
00:46:15.26\00:46:18.27
It turns and it changes
from a beautiful green tree
00:46:18.48\00:46:23.32
to a beautiful silver tree.
00:46:23.52\00:46:25.78
Walk under a silver
maple after the rain
00:46:26.08\00:46:29.25
and you can shake it
and absolutely be drenched
00:46:29.45\00:46:34.29
because those little
leaves are holding water.
00:46:34.49\00:46:38.43
And with that in mind, I
wanted to tell you that story
00:46:39.67\00:46:43.43
so you'll understand why
00:46:43.73\00:46:46.82
we wrote some of the words
that we wrote in this song.
00:46:47.13\00:46:50.70
The turtledove is singing
00:46:56.66\00:47:00.59
its sweet song of morning.
00:47:00.69\00:47:04.63
The leaves of the trees
00:47:07.60\00:47:10.31
turn their
silver cups to the sky.
00:47:10.61\00:47:15.39
The silent clouds above
00:47:18.76\00:47:21.95
are beginning to gather.
00:47:22.83\00:47:25.93
The barren land
00:47:29.60\00:47:32.08
is thirsty... and so am I.
00:47:32.38\00:47:37.07
But it's beginning to rain.
00:47:39.03\00:47:42.37
Hear the voice of our Father.
00:47:44.82\00:47:48.53
He's saying: "Whosoever will
00:47:50.62\00:47:54.74
come drink of this water.
00:47:55.76\00:47:58.78
I promised to pour My Spirit out
00:48:00.99\00:48:05.92
on your sons and
your daughters. "
00:48:06.42\00:48:10.07
If you're thirsty and dry,
00:48:12.09\00:48:14.68
look up to the sky...
00:48:14.78\00:48:17.67
it's beginning to rain.
00:48:17.97\00:48:21.46
At the first sound
of rain that you hear
00:48:25.39\00:48:28.48
throw open the window.
00:48:28.88\00:48:32.30
Go call all the
children together
00:48:35.49\00:48:39.62
and swing wide the door.
00:48:39.92\00:48:43.65
When the rain of
the Spirit is falling
00:48:46.64\00:48:50.61
we should fill every vessel.
00:48:51.75\00:48:54.46
For we who drink our fill
00:48:57.88\00:49:01.67
will thirst no more.
00:49:03.21\00:49:05.43
And it's beginning to rain.
00:49:07.37\00:49:10.62
Hear the voice of our Father.
00:49:13.06\00:49:17.34
He's saying: "Whosoever will
00:49:19.05\00:49:23.32
come drink of this water.
00:49:23.87\00:49:27.30
I promised to pour My Spirit out
00:49:29.34\00:49:34.63
on your sons and
your daughters. "
00:49:34.73\00:49:38.27
If you're thirsty and dry,
00:49:40.32\00:49:42.63
look up to the sky...
00:49:42.93\00:49:45.54
it's beginning to rain.
00:49:45.84\00:49:49.24
Would you join
me in that chorus?
00:49:50.24\00:49:52.62
Let's just sing it together.
00:49:52.92\00:49:54.88
It's beginning
to rain, rain, rain.
00:49:56.41\00:50:02.21
Hear the voice of our Father.
00:50:02.45\00:50:05.51
He's saying: "Whosoever will...
00:50:05.71\00:50:07.73
He's saying: "Whosoever will
00:50:08.03\00:50:13.28
come drink of this water.
00:50:13.48\00:50:17.49
I promised to pour...
00:50:17.79\00:50:19.27
I promised to pour My Spirit out
00:50:19.57\00:50:24.88
on your sons and
your daughters. "
00:50:25.08\00:50:28.66
If you're thirsty and dry,
00:50:30.50\00:50:33.33
look up to the sky...
00:50:33.53\00:50:36.03
it's beginning to rain.
00:50:36.23\00:50:39.43
One more time:
00:50:39.73\00:50:41.10
It's beginning
to rain, rain, rain.
00:50:41.33\00:50:46.33
Hear the voice of our Father.
00:50:46.53\00:50:49.85
He's saying: "Whosoever will
00:50:51.83\00:50:56.81
come drink of this water.
00:50:57.01\00:51:00.71
I promised to pour My Spirit out
00:51:01.79\00:51:07.01
on your sons and
your daughters. "
00:51:07.21\00:51:11.30
If you're thirsty and dry,
00:51:11.70\00:51:14.83
look up to the sky...
00:51:15.03\00:51:17.29
it's beginning to rain.
00:51:17.59\00:51:21.68
If you're thirsty and dry,
00:51:21.98\00:51:24.87
look up to the sky...
00:51:25.17\00:51:27.59
it's beginning to rain!
00:51:27.89\00:51:31.80
Amen!
00:51:41.88\00:51:43.47
Thank you very
much. God bless you!
00:51:43.77\00:51:45.80
I stopped just short of
my time that I told Danny
00:51:53.91\00:51:59.34
I would fill up.
00:51:59.54\00:52:01.15
And so I'm just
going to stand here
00:52:01.45\00:52:05.77
And it's not like this is being
televised or anything like that.
00:52:10.26\00:52:16.18
But it's going to be
cool when my wife sees this
00:52:18.48\00:52:20.99
because she'll say: "I've never
seen him speechless before. "
00:52:21.19\00:52:25.07
And speaking of that I
would just like to leave
00:52:26.11\00:52:31.41
this little... I know
that this has gotten serious
00:52:31.51\00:52:34.32
and worshipful, but I want
to just drop this little line
00:52:34.42\00:52:38.52
with you men. I have
learned this through the years:
00:52:38.72\00:52:42.36
that women are like phones.
00:52:42.56\00:52:45.50
They love to be talked to
00:52:45.90\00:52:49.28
and held
00:52:49.68\00:52:52.52
but if you push the wrong button
00:52:52.92\00:52:55.62
you will be disconnected.
00:52:56.02\00:52:59.28
God bless you; thank you.
00:52:59.58\00:53:01.25
Wow! That's all
I can say is Wow!
00:53:07.23\00:53:11.90
I was so busy... we
were sitting out here... that
00:53:12.20\00:53:14.91
I didn't know you
were going to cut it short
00:53:15.11\00:53:17.46
and I had to come out here real
quick. So when I heard you say
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"thank you" I started
running from the back.
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I was in the back room
there. But I knew that Aaron
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time is... he
could talk for hours
00:53:26.40\00:53:29.03
'cause he's got
some great stories.
00:53:29.23\00:53:30.81
And while we have a good time,
Aaron, everything's not been
00:53:31.11\00:53:33.76
a bed of roses for this
guy, and that's what I know.
00:53:33.96\00:53:36.04
He went through a kidney
transplant some time ago.
00:53:36.15\00:53:39.73
Tell us a little bit
about that and how you're doing.
00:53:39.86\00:53:41.54
That was three years
ago. I'm doing great.
00:53:41.64\00:53:44.72
But it's like God
has this thing in my life
00:53:44.82\00:53:48.21
where He says: "Hey, let's make
something funny out of this. "
00:53:48.41\00:53:52.17
And I'm thinking:
"How we gonna make
00:53:52.67\00:53:55.30
something funny out of this? "
00:53:55.51\00:53:56.98
My donor is my
wife's twin sister.
00:53:57.38\00:54:02.49
Wow! So now I get to
eat birthday cake with them.
00:54:02.79\00:54:06.77
And any time I'm
in a group of people
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and a few of the
ladies get up and walk out
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I hear a little voice
saying: "Let's go with them. "
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And I'm thinking: "I would...
but I can't find my purse! "
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But life is going to give
you some bumps in the road.
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You know what I found out
about the bumps in the road?
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God is - this is not
correct English probably -
00:54:38.50\00:54:42.79
but God is as there
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as He is when
the road is smooth.
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Amen.
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And in your worst
time God is at His best.
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Amen!
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And in your weakest
moment He can show His strength.
00:54:57.75\00:55:01.82
And I found out
one thing about God:
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regardless of
what I'm going through
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it doesn't take Him by
surprise and He is there.
00:55:09.09\00:55:13.58
And whatever you're facing,
whatever you're going through,
00:55:13.88\00:55:16.51
just know He
hasn't forgotten you.
00:55:16.81\00:55:19.33
And you know the
Bible talks about one time
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where one of the writers
said he felt like God was deaf.
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God is not deaf. Amen.
00:55:33.51\00:55:35.97
And I've heard
people over and over say
00:55:36.27\00:55:38.79
"Well, I'm just
waiting for when God's ready. "
00:55:38.99\00:55:42.91
Ha-ha-ha-ha.
00:55:43.21\00:55:44.58
Like God ain't ready?
00:55:44.87\00:55:47.21
Excuse my English.
00:55:47.51\00:55:49.21
God is ready - all right
- for anything at any time.
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Usually when we're
waiting for Him to get ready
00:55:53.83\00:55:56.74
He's waiting for us to get
ready for what He's going to do.
00:55:56.94\00:56:00.30
And I say more than I need
to every time probably, but
00:56:00.60\00:56:04.54
I just wanted
to say God is good.
00:56:04.74\00:56:07.24
My life is blessed
00:56:07.44\00:56:09.21
and I have a
wonderful, wonderful wife.
00:56:09.42\00:56:14.41
We've been married long enough
that we finish each other's
00:56:14.51\00:56:17.01
sentences now.
00:56:17.12\00:56:19.44
And in fact, I don't
even have to say anything.
00:56:19.84\00:56:22.97
I can just clear my throat
00:56:23.17\00:56:24.72
and she tells me
what I would have said
00:56:25.02\00:56:27.29
if I'd of said anything.
00:56:27.39\00:56:28.92
And then
sometimes I say something
00:56:29.32\00:56:31.90
and she'll say:
"That's not what you meant. "
00:56:32.10\00:56:33.87
And then I'll ask
her: "What did I mean? "
00:56:37.22\00:56:39.36
and she'll tell me!
00:56:39.57\00:56:41.14
And most of the time
00:56:41.54\00:56:42.91
I didn't even mean
what I thought I meant!
00:56:42.98\00:56:45.22
It's a miracle.
I'm getting confused.
00:56:45.52\00:56:48.02
I'm going to
have to turn around...
00:56:48.32\00:56:49.69
I'm getting
confused on that one.
00:56:49.72\00:56:51.46
He said something funny on the
way up - we've got 30 seconds.
00:56:51.76\00:56:54.05
What'd you say? You stopped
at a yard sale and they had a
00:56:54.26\00:56:56.26
CD that said what?
Something about Sabbath School?
00:56:56.46\00:56:58.85
Oh yeah, Sabbath School. Yeah.
00:56:59.15\00:57:01.18
It said Sabbath School
Songs or something? Yeah.
00:57:01.39\00:57:03.17
He said: "I may not be able
to sell any of my CDs up there.
00:57:03.57\00:57:06.04
I think I'll buy these.
If it says Sabbath School,
00:57:06.14\00:57:07.90
they'll buy 'em.
00:57:08.00\00:57:09.37
I'll pick these up at the yard
sale and come up and sell 'em. "
00:57:10.97\00:57:13.40
He was just joking, of course.
00:57:13.50\00:57:15.09
But we've appreciated
you, Aaron, so much and
00:57:15.39\00:57:17.45
thank you for
what you do. Thank you.
00:57:17.65\00:57:19.41
And it's been a
great blessing as always.
00:57:19.51\00:57:21.98
If I'm ever at all
discouraged or need a good time,
00:57:22.18\00:57:25.91
I can call Aaron and
in the Lord we just have
00:57:26.11\00:57:27.83
a great time
together. All right.
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