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BILL: I want to welcome you to
the It Is Written Canada
television program.
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My name is Bill Santos.
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Thank you so
much for joining us.
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Well, if you were with us last
week, you already know who our
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guest is this week.
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But if you weren't with us,
let me introduce Jaime Jorge.
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Jaime, welcome JAIME: Thank you.
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It's great to be back.
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BILL: It's good
to have you back.
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For the benefit of those that
don't know Jaime, who is not an
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unknown commodity in Canada,
'cause you have been on Canadian
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television quite a bit, Jaime
is a world-renowned concert
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violinist. That's quite
the introduction, isn't it?
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JAIME: Phew, man.
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I should pay you for this.
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BILL: But more importantly than
his, I think, talent at playing
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the violin is his heart for
mission and to see people.
winning people to Jesus Christ.
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JAIME: Yeah.
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BILL: Last week, we got a sense,
a little background of your
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life. And I thought it'd be
important this week to sort of,
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with your permission, you know,
to delve into one aspect of your
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life that you identified as one
of the most trying moments in
your life, which was the
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breakdown of your marriage.
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JAIME: Mmhmm.
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BILL: Because I
believe, Jaime, you know what?
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It's not to air, you know,
dirty laundry or anything, but I
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believe that, you know, your
testimony and your experience
can benefit someone that's
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watching us here today.
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JAIME: Amen.
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BILL: Maybe just a very quick,
for the benefit of those that
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maybe are tuning in for the
first time, very quick bio on
who you are and where
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you're from.
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JAIME: Okay.
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Well, I'm born in Cuba.
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I started playing the
violin at the age of five.
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When I was ten years old, my
family was fortunate to be able
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to leave Cuba and go to the
United States where I received a
Christian education and
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continued taking violin lessons.
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And over the last 25 years,
I've had the privilege to travel
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around the world, because music
is the international language.
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BILL: Yes.
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JAIME: The violin
doesn't need translation.
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BILL: Yes,
you're absolutely right.
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JAIME: Everybody understands it.
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The only continent I
haven't been to is Antarctica.
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And I don't think I'm going
to be doing a concert for the
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penguins anytime soon.
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BILL: You never know, right?
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JAIME: Maybe.
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So I get to travel around and
share the Gospel through music
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and testimony.
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BILL: So last week, I asked
you, you know, any regrets?
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We talked about
some of the highlights.
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You mentioned playing
in a hut church in Mexico.
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JAIME: Yes.
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BILL: And watching some folks
as you played ve their life to
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Jesus Christ.
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And you said that was one of
the highlights of your ministry.
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JAIME: Yes, indeed.
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BILL: And I sort of follow that
up, and sort of unintentionally.
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I hope I didn't put
you on the spot, you know.
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Well, were there any regrets?
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And you made reference to
the breakdown of your marriage.
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JAIME: Yes.
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BILL: And that's sort of what
prompted this discussion today.
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What happened, man?
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JAIME: Well, I can tell you,
it wasn't anything bombastic.
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It wasn't any one thing.
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It was a gradual
breakdown of the relationship.
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And for those that have been
married or that are married,
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marriage is work. BILL: Yes.
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JAIME: Now, it is a good work.
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But it's not something you can
sit back and kick your feet up,
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and just because things were
good last week or the year
before, you can rest on those
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laurels. You have to continue
to feed the relationship.
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You have to continue to
devote time to nurture that
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relationship. And what began to
happen is, as the Lord blessed,
and I was travelling more
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and doing more concerts, and
at first, my wife travelled with
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me. She was also a musician.
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And so she sang.
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BILL: Okay.
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JAIME: We had a great team
as we went from place to place.
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But this travelling, gruelling
schedule can break people down
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physically.
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And I've spent
25 years doing it.
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And sometimes I get sick.
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Sometimes I get worn out.
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And she certainly
sort of got tired.
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She got worn out as well,
and so she started cutting back.
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And then she had other
opportunities to sing locally.
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We live in the Chattanooga area.
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Well, the country and gospel
meccas are in Nashville, just a
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couple hours away.
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And she had great opportunities
in singing in Nashville.
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And so she went there.
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And so I began to
travel more and be home less.
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And she was spending more
and more time in Nashville.
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And over the course of time,
what happened was, we didn't
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spend enough time together.
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We didn't work out, you know,
the little things that became
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big things. And we just gave up,
is probably the best, you know,
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answer I can give. We gave up.
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And you know, the reason why
the Bible says that God hates
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divorce is because of
the pain that it causes.
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BILL: Right.. JAIME: And divorce
is also a symbol of the breaking
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down of our relationship with
God, because our union with Him
is like a marriage as
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well.
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And so the pain, you know,
the devastation that we both
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suffered. Only, I think, if
people have gone through it can
you relate, because it is
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so deep.
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It is so despondent.
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I remember one period of time I
went eight days without eating.
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BILL: My goodness.
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JAIME: .not
realizing it, you know.
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It was such a difficult time.
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I didn't even get out my front
door, I was hurting so bad.
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I cried out to God.
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But you know, if I had had
my relationship with the Lord in
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the right place, I would've
listened to Him saying, "Take
time to devote to your marriage.
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" Because doing God's work never
takes the place of taking care
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of your family.
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Sometimes we can be so busy
doing God's work that we can
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forget to do the things that
he has called us to do first and
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foremost. And
that's what happened.
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And the years went by.
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And the pain didn't go away.
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The nights alone, you know,
crying and crying out to God and
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blaming God.
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'Cause what happens is you
say, "Well, why did you let this
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happen to me, God?
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" BILL: Right.
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Here I'm doing a good work.
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JAIME: I'm doing your work.
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BILL: Yeah.
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JAIME: And all of a sudden,
my life falls apart, you know.
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And it took a long
time for my heart to heal.
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And yet, God is in
the business of healing.
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And God is in the
business of miracles.
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And God worked a miracle in
my heart and in my life the same
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way he can work a miracle in
anybody's life that comes to Him
and says, "Lord, take over my
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life.
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" BILL: Yes.
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JAIME: There's a song that I
want to share coming up and it's
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called "I Surrender All.
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" And I have learned that the
best place we can be is
surrendered to Jesus
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Christ.
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I used to love the saying
that goes like this: If you want
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something done
right, do it yourself.
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'Cause I used to think that if
I could just get my hands on the
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situation or the
problem. BILL: You could fix it.
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JAIME: .I could fix it.
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But you know, when I look in the
rear-view mirrors of my life,
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when I'm in control is when
things have been disastrous.
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But when God has been
in control, it's a totally
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different thing. It's
amazing how wonderful.
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Doesn't mean that there
aren't going to be challenges.
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But we have this peace knowing
that God is really the one
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carrying us. And that's how I
want to live my life every day,
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you know. BILL: Jaime,
you're a well-known musician.
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I mean, like you said, you've
travelled around the world doing
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a magnificent work for God.
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And you were under
attack from the devil.
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The enemy wanted to do whatever
he could to destroy. JAIME:
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Certainly. BILL: .your ministry,
your wife's ministry, your
ex-wife's ministry.
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And you mentioned last week that
you actually, as you were going
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through this painful separation
process, you actually considered
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abandoning your ministry.
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JAIME: Yes.
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And I think it's
sort of natural, you know.
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BILL: Yes.
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JAIME: People sometimes look at
those who are up front and think
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and expect and project that
everything. BILL: Everything is
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perfect.
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JAIME: .is perfect.
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BILL: Yeah.
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JAIME: Things are not.
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And I didn't want to project
something that I was not or
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somebody that I was not.
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But you know, I think it was the
devil saying to me, "You're a
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loser. You're a fake.
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You don't have any business
getting up there in front of
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people and telling them.
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" But you know what?
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It's those people that have
experienced God's grace that can
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share that with others, because
there are others that are
hurting silently out
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there.
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There are others who don't
know where to go, you know.
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I didn't know where to turn to.
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I was afraid.
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What if somebody finds
out I'm having problems?
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And so I didn't know who I could
talk to or where I could go.
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And eventually, we did go to
counselling, but you know, those
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things didn't
help, unfortunately.
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You need Christian
counsellors that can help.
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BILL: Yes.
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JAIME: We need. you know, there
are things that churches have
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set in place to help.
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I sort of recoiled, you know,
and hid in a cave, and that only
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made things worse.
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We need to be able to
help others and share.
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We need to be able
to talk about it openly.
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BILL: I want to pick up on that,
but I want to take a quick break
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now, because earlier, you had
the chance to tape some songs,
and I believe now we're
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going to listen
to "I Surrender All.
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" JAIME: Yes.
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[Violin Music]
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BILL: Well, that was beautiful.
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We're going to get a chance to
hear another number from you a
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little bit later.
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But a couple things. one
thing I want to say to you.
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I commend you on your
honesty, man, and your openness.
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And I think you're doing a
lot of good. JAIME: I hope so.
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BILL: .as you open up and
share some of this that you went
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through. JAIME: That's my
desire, is for people to be able
to be blessed, to be able
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to be encouraged.
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And again, to point to Jesus
Christ as our only answer, as
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our only
solution, as our only hope.
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BILL: I have to tell you that
sometimes, I'm afraid that our
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churches are not places where we
can come and be as honest as we
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would like to be. JAIME: Yeah.
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BILL: .for fear that someone
might think that, "I'm having
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problems. " But if we could
foster within our churches,
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within our church communities,
you know, an environment where I
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could come. You know, we're
afraid to sometimes tell that,
"I spent the whole night
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crying over an issue in my
life," because, "Should I share
that with my friends
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and my church, lest
they're going to think I'm weak?
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" JAIME: Exactly.
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BILL: And so you're
doing a lot of good, man.
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And so God bless you.
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JAIME: Praise the Lord.
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BILL: But you
know, it is a challenge.
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I mean, you are up front.
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You are there.
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And you're right:
people are looking up to you.
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And the devil is hammering on
you, saying, you know, "You're
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not worthy. You're not worthy.
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" JAIME: And he's right.
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BILL: And you know what?
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We're not worthy.
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JAIME: Jesus is.
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BILL: But Jesus is worthy.
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JAIME: Amen.
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BILL: And that's the
promise that we claim.
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And I'm happy to say that that
aspect of your life has had a
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happy resolution.
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JAIME: Yes.
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BILL: Why don't you share
a little bit with our viewers
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about that? JAIME: Okay.
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Well, for nearly nine
years, I basically gave up.
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I looked for other
things to take up my time.
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I worked hard.
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I travelled.
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I spent time with
family and friends.
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I did good things, you know.
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But it wasn't until I believe
that I came before the Lord and
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I said, "Lord, the only thing I
really need in my life is You,"
that he opened up a
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door that hadn't opened before.
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You know, I certainly tried.
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I pursued a relationship.
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I gave it a try, but you
know, nothing was working.
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And so I said, "You know what?
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I'm going to
focus on pursuing God.
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" BILL: Hmm.
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"Seek ye first
the kingdom of God.
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" JAIME: Precisely right.
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And when I did,
God healed my heart.
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Because I told my mother
eighteen months ago, "I am never
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getting married again, Mother.
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" I said, "I'm
going to marry my violin.
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" I spend, you know, so many
days on the road already with
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the violin. I said,
"She makes beautiful music.
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She only talks
back when I tell her to.
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You know, I'm going to focus on
that and I'm going to focus on
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family and friends and
you know, my life is full.
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" And she said, "That's great.
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Just don't close the door
to what God may have for you.
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" And I put it away
in the back of my mind.
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"That's just my
mother talking, you know.
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She means well.
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" But indeed, as the Lord worked
in the right ways in my heart,
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because everything He does
is right, He brought me to the
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place where I was ready.
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And I met a young lady three
years ago at a concert, just
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like many people that I meet.
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Nothing happened for months.
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And then we exchanged
some communication on Facebook.
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I saw her, I visited her,
because she was nearby where I
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lived. We spent a
little time together.
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But I didn't
think of anything else.
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She was a professional
women's football player.
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And I'm talking about American
football, not soccer football.
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BILL: Wow.
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JAIME: So when I saw her face
to face and we talked, she's a
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wonderful, sweet, young lady.
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But the prospect of having
somebody put on her uniform and
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run me over and tackle me if I
did something wrong, it's like,
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you know, maybe I
don't want to mess with this.
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And so a little time went by, a
year and a half, as a matter of
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fact. And it was in September
of 2012 that, out of the blue, I
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was doing some
concerts in Hawaii.
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And I went to her Facebook page.
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And she had a picture of the
beach in Puerto Rico where she
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was. And I thought, "Oh, hey,
I'm at the beach, she's at the
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beach. " I sent her a little
text message saying, "I hope
you're having a wonderful
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time," you know.
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And she texted back
and we began to talk.
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And in the next couple of
months, as we communicated more,
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we both realized that the Lord
was doing something in our
hearts and in our lives to bring
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us together.
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She had also gone
through a very sad divorce.
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She had given her heart
to the Lord years before.
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BILL: Wow.
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JAIME: So this was a
new phase for her as well.
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But we were both scared.
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When you've had your heart
broken, when you've suffered so
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much, you don't want
to jump into something.
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But we prayed and we said,
"Lord, if this is your will,
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open the doors. " And you
know, He did in an amazing way.
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Now at my age, I certainly don't
have to be, you know, calling or
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writing and waiting and seeing.
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When I knew that this is what
the Lord had for me, man, I went
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after her and I told her, "I'm
going to pursue you until you
tell me to go away.
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" And she said, "All right.
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" And I did.
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And the Lord
brought us together.
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And in July of 2013,
this year, we got married.
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BILL: Oh, to God's glory, man.
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Congratulations.
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JAIME: And he is
calling us. thank you.
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He has brought us together and
equipped us perfectly so that we
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can do ministry together with
her background as a professional
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athlete. She has a passion for
inviting people to live their
lives to the fullest
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to serve God to the fullest.
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And so we want to encourage
couples to stay together, to do
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the things we're doing, to keep
the marriage alive and happy and
burning for the Lord
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and with the right love that
he's placed in our hearts, and
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to also encourage people, eat
right, exercise right so that
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you can have more energy and
more capacity to serve the Lord
in everything that you do.
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BILL: I mean, isn't it
incredible how God. we have a
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saying in Portuguese.
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And I don't know if
you have it in Spanish.
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That says: God can write
straight even though the lines
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may be crooked, right?
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JAIME: Yes.
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BILL: And so you know, the
devil. and I believe with all my
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heart it was the devil that
brought this into your life,
that destroyed your marriage.
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Anything that involves
separation can't be from God.
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But how God healed and has
brought the two of you together.
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And now the two of you can speak
to this reality that is a plague
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in our society today,
marriages breaking down.
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It's a tragedy.
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And you can speak to that at
a level that I can't because, I
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mean, thankfully, and I hope
I never have to go through that.
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JAIME: Praise the
Lord, that's right.
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BILL: You know, through
what you've gone through, Jaime.
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You know, and I have my issue
and we each have our own issues.
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JAIME: Certainly.
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BILL: But it's incredible to me,
listening to you, how you just
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see God's hand saying, you know,
"When you put your life in my
hands, I'm going to
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take you," and he's going to do
a wonderful work through you and
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your wife to impact
many, many marriages.
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I believe that
with all my heart, man.
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For someone that's listening
that's going through that right
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now, saying, "Yeah, man, that's
for you, but that'll never
happen to me," what advice
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would you give to someone that's
sitting there in that pit of
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despair that you were, you know,
just a few short years ago?
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What would you say to them?
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JAIME: Get down on your knees
and ask God to be in control.
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You know, marriage is not
everybody giving 50/50; it's
everybody giving 100
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and 100.
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And it's the same thing
in our relationship with God.
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God gave it all.
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He gave Jesus and
he's still giving all.
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We have to give all.
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We can't just keep a
little something for ourselves.
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So in a relationship and a
marriage, you can't have that
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pride saying, "I'm going to do
it my way because I need to show
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her I'm boss. " No.
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It's all about giving.
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Because when we
give, we receive.
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You know, the more time I spend
with my wife, the more I romance
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her, the more she
gives me her love.
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And so the more we give, the
more we're going to get back.
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And so I invite people to invest
the time to spend in prayer and
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in laughter and singing and
holding hands and doing special
things to continue to make
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it special so that the
relationship will thrive and not
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shrink and die.
BILL: We're short on time.
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We have another song we
want to get to before we leave.
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What is this one
we're going to hear now?
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JAIME: "Holy, holy,
holy, Lord God Almighty.
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" BILL: Let's
listen to that, Jaime.
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[Violin Music]
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BILL: We'd like to offer
you a DVD of this program.
00:26:02.00\00:26:04.23
I think Jaime touched on such
important principles for those
00:26:04.23\00:26:08.66
that are married, those that are
thinking about marriage, those
that maybe are going
00:26:08.66\00:26:11.93
through some
struggles in their marriage.
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.46
And we'd like you to have
this on DVD in your homes.
00:26:13.46\00:26:17.06
You can share it with
your friends and family.
00:26:17.06\00:26:18.66
It is our gift to you.
00:26:18.66\00:26:20.63
Here's the information
you need to get your copy.
00:26:20.63\00:26:24.46
BILL: Well, Jaime, thank
you again for being here. JAIME:
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Thank you. BILL:
.this week also with us.
00:27:28.60\00:27:29.60
JAIME: It was a pleasure.
00:27:29.60\00:27:30.63
BILL: Please remind our
viewers of your website.
00:27:30.63\00:27:32.46
JAIME: JaimeJorge.com.
00:27:32.46\00:27:34.93
BILL: We'll make sure to put a
link on our website,
itiswrittencanada.ca.
00:27:34.93\00:27:38.36
JAIME: Thank you.
00:27:38.36\00:27:39.86
BILL: On the website, Jaime
has a beautiful 25th anniversary
00:27:39.86\00:27:44.03
concert DVD. He
has it on Blu-ray.
00:27:44.03\00:27:45.23
You're going to
want to get that.
00:27:45.23\00:27:46.70
You can get that
at JaimeJorge.com.
00:27:46.70\00:27:48.73
Tonight, I will be at the
Windsor Seventh-Day Adventist
00:27:48.73\00:27:53.20
Church for our
Countdown to Life Bible seminar.
00:27:53.20\00:27:56.53
Why don't you
come out and join us?
00:27:56.53\00:27:58.06
If you're not in the Windsor
area, you can still join us.
00:27:58.06\00:28:00.80
How?
00:28:00.80\00:28:01.53
On the internet.
00:28:01.53\00:28:02.96
Go to our website,
itiswrittencanada.ca.
00:28:02.96\00:28:05.50
Click on the "watch live" tab
and you will be able to watch
00:28:05.50\00:28:10.30
our Bible seminar from Windsor
on any mobile device, iPhone,
00:28:10.30\00:28:16.36
Android, iPad. You
name it, you can watch it.
00:28:16.36\00:28:19.00
I hope you will join us.
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We hope to be back next week.
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In fact, we'll be praying
that you will be here with us.
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Until then, remember, it is
written: Man shall not live by
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bread alone, but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of
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