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>> Welcome to It Is Written
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Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Our special guest, Paulie
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Rogers, lives in the beautiful
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north central region of
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Saskatchewan, Canada.
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And when she started renovating
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and remodeling their old
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Victorian farmhouse, it inspired
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Paulie to write a book called
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My House Renovated
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One Room at a Time.
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>> It is a six week Bible study
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to discover what it means to be
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remodeled in Christ as we
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experience Him in every aspect
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of our lives.
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This is Paulie Roger's story of
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renovating and remodeling her
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family's old Victorian farmhouse
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and how that experience led her
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to opening her heart to Jesus
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remodeling every room
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of her life.
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>> Today, our special guest,
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Paulie, shows us the bedroom,
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a place to rest peacefully,
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knowing that Jesus stills the
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raging storms of trials and
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heartaches in our lives.
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Here we will learn what it truly
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means to trust our Creator and
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Redeemer with everyone and
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everything in our lives.
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>> Paulie, welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Come on into your dressing room.
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[PAULIE] Thank you. [laughs]
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>> So last time we were here and
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you were talking to us about
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what happens in the dressing
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room and also what happens in
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this old treasure trunk that you
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found in the attic and one of
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the things in there was a Bible
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and you spoke about the Bible,
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but you also opened a box that
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represented hate to you.
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[PAULIE] Yes.
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>> And that was a hard box
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to open.
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[PAULIE] A very hard box.
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>> And you said that that box
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and that hatred was-- had to do
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with the fact that you were
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raped when you were
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14 years old.
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[PAULIE] Yes.
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>> And that was very hard.
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I don't know how anyone can face
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anything like that.
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But what it really has to do
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with is, I think the question of
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forgiveness.
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We have these storms in our
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lives and you're gonna take us
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to look into what happens in the
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bedroom where we can find peace
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in the midst of those storms.
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>> Wonderful, wonderful peace.
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>> Yes.
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And so I was reading this this
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morning, actually in Luke
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chapter 17, and Jesus is praying
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in a certain place and His
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disciples come to Him and
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they're talking to Him and He
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says to them there's something
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that's inevitable, something
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that you cannot avoid.
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And here it is, "You cannot
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avoid," in John or sorry, Luke,
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chapter 17, verse 1, "that you
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are going to be offended."
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So He says there's something you
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can't get away from.
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You're gonna be offended.
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But then He goes down and He
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says to them, "Be on guard," in
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verse 3 of Luke 17...
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Verse 4...
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So what that really speaks to me
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about is this: here's the
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disciples, these apostles, they
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had been sent out, they had
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healed people who couldn't walk,
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they had healed people who
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couldn't see.
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So now they could see, now they
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could walk, now they could hear,
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those who couldn't hear.
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They had cast out demons, they
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had raised the dead.
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They had done everything.
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But never is it recorded that
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they say, "Lord, increase
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our faith."
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They must have had faith to do
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those things.
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But when Jesus says forgive...
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...then they say, "Oh, wait.
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That's a big thing.
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Especially if someone hurts me
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repeatedly."
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And so this thing of forgiveness
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is big, it's a big storm that
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comes into your life.
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[PAULIE] Yeah.
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>> How did you possibly deal
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with the storm of opening that
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box of hate and forgiving the
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person who had raped you?
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>> For starters, it had to be
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Christ.
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I couldn't have done it
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without Him.
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And, you know, when I gave Him
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that pain and that situation,
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it was really, really difficult
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because when we are hurt so bad,
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how do you let go of that pain?
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You know?
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Part of you wants to hang on to
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it because it's part of
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your life.
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But when I did, there was a
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power of chains being broken and
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I was set free.
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That's what forgiveness does
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for us.
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You know, when I handed it to
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Him...
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...I couldn't let go at first,
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you know, it's like I'm trying,
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I'm trying to give this to Him,
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but I couldn't quite completely
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let go of it.
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And in my mind, I could see Him
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reaching out and saying,
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"Paulie, just let me hold it
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for you.
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Let me hold it for you for
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a while."
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Then I was able to say, "Okay,
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okay, take it."
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You know, and He said, "Just let
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Me hold that pain for you
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for a while.
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I'll put it right here in
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My pocket.
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Okay?
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You can have it back whenever
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you want it.
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Just let me hold it."
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I've never asked Him
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for it back.
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The freedom is just too
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marvellous.
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>> So when you forgive, you're
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letting go of the pain.
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[PAULIE] Yeah.
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>> And some people, when they
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are told, "Oh, say sorry," and
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then you say you're sorry, and
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the other person says,
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"It's all right."
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So when you say "I forgive you,"
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are you saying it's all right?
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What you did to me was
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all right?
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>> You know, I think that that
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is why it was so hard to let it
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go, because it wasn't all right.
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And so, you know, you don't want
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that situation to be right.
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But-- and it's not.
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And that's okay because God is
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the judge and He's gonna take
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care of whoever and whatever
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in the end.
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And to let Him take that and be
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the judge over everything, I
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know that He's gonna be fair
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and right and He's gonna make
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me okay.
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>> Thank you very much for
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sharing that with us, Paulie.
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[PAULIE] You're welcome.
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>> And now you're going to also
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take our guests to show them
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a place of peace.
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>> My favourite room in the
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whole house.
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I love talking about the
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bedroom.
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I can't wait to share it.
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[peaceful piano music playing]
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[PAULIE] You are sleeping
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soundly when suddenly a loud
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crack of thunder startles you
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awake.
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Your heart is pounding in fear
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as you register what just
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happened.
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Lightning lights up the room for
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a split second as rain begins
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to plummet the window.
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Another loud boom shakes the
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whole house.
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[thunder clap]
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That is what my life felt like
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as one bad torrent of trials
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poured down on us, one right
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after another.
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Kenny and I were just settling
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into a new relationship together
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after a few trials and errors
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under the watchful care of the
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doctor to find the right
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medication for his clinical
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depression as our kids were
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turning into teenagers.
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We finally got through that
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parenting stress to be met with
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broken marriages in the family,
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grandchildren born out of
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wedlock, and alcoholism in the
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family that left our nephew in a
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coma after a horrific accident.
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And then my dad died
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unexpectedly.
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It was at the height of this
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raging storm that I got a phone
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call from our son, who was in
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great heartache after his
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fiancée left him, taking his
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daughter with her.
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I had been praying with him
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daily over his relationship
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problems, and now he was telling
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me to never pray for him again.
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His prayers were not answered
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and now he had nothing.
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He just wanted to die.
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Tyler was trucking in the oil
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fields at that time with a
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special tickets for hauling
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dangerous goods.
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It's a precarious job, and
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occasionally you would hear of
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some horrific accident taking
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the lives of a trucker.
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Just a few days prior to Tyler's
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phone call, one of these
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accidents had caused a great
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explosion.
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There were no survivors.
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And now this is what our son
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wished for himself as well,
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to just end it all.
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My heart pounded in fear.
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One of my jobs on our hay farm
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is to trap and poison pocket
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gophers, the ones that make
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those big dirt mounds.
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On that particular day, after
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that dreadful phone call
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conversation, I headed out on my
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trap run.
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The day was drizzly, heavy, and
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overcast, completely in sync
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with my mood as I walked from
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one miserable dirt mound
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to the next, crying and praying
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over our son.
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In anguished sobs, I dropped to
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my knees and begged God to
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save my son.
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The mist turned to a light rain
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as I dug into the dirt mound to
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open the gophers hole.
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I stopped and looked up at the
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sky, letting the rain mix with
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the flowing tears.
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The more I cried, the harder the
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rain came down.
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And I kid you not, with a
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mother's breaking heart, I asked
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God to take my life in the place
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of my son's.
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I was willing to lose my life in
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eternity if it meant it could
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save my son's.
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A small portion of the sky
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cleared just enough that I could
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see sunlight peeking through the
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grey clouds.
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And as clear as if He were
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speaking it aloud, I heard God
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say within me, "What makes you
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think you can do for your son
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what My son has already done
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for him?"
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Suddenly, in my mind's eye, I
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could picture Jesus hanging on
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the cross with His mother, Mary,
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weeping at His feet as He hung
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there dying in our place.
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"I love Tyler more than you
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possibly ever could," God
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continued, "I will never leave
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him nor forsake him.
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He is My son, too, whom I have
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already saved."
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Never again have I ever felt
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that kind of fear as I did that
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day over my son.
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God has given me total peace,
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resting in Jesus because now I
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know without an ounce of doubt
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He is taking care of my son much
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better than I ever could.
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We have nothing to fear when
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Jesus is near.
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We can rest peacefully, even
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while the storms of life rage
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all around us.
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Another clap of thunder and I
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thank God for this lesson in
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trust that He showed me that day
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in the hayfield, because it came
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just in time for the tsunami
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that came next in our life.
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It was 2:30 a.m.
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when the phone rang.
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It was our daughter, Earlene.
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She had crawled out of an
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upstairs window of her house and
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was sitting on the roof of their
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porch to escape him again.
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We received similar
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middle-of-the-night calls over
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the next four years.
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At this time in my life, I felt
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like the storms just kept
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coming.
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One wave after another, each one
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bigger than the last,
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hardly able to catch my breath.
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I remember praying, "Lord, pull
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me up out of this raging sea.
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I can't take another blow!
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I'm drowning!"
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And then another large wave
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would sweep over me.
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Have you ever felt that way?
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Do I trust God to deliver me out
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of my troubles?
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Do I know that He is capable and
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will see me and my loved ones
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through?
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Are my eyes on Jesus?
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Is my faith in Him?
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A life with Christ is a life of
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restfulness, trusting in our
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Saviour.
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I once heard this little
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sentence spoken in a testimony
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of a pastor's wife after they
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had gone through very similar
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trials in their life with their
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kids and it has stuck with me
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profoundly.
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God has to write His love story
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into the hearts of every
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individual.
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I cannot do it for them.
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It is a spiritual journey and
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growth that they must go on for
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themselves.
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And as a mother, I cannot walk
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it for them.
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As much as I so desperately want
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to, I cannot.
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But I can be there for them
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holding their hand if they will
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let me, having this incredible
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peace as I place them into the
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mighty care of my Lord and
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Saviour, Jesus Christ, who came
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to save every soul, every one.
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I can trust this process in His
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care implicitly.
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Tyler left the oil fields and
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trading in his W900L Kenworth
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for a swanky newer model, he hit
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the highways, gaining a large
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following from his truck shows
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and social media, over 7000 on
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his truckers Facebook page
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alone.
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Time and distance help ease the
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pain of break-ups so Ty wasn't
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quite so mad at God anymore and
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was beginning to accept the fact
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that maybe He had a different
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plan for his life.
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He was hauling across country
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with time to think and pray and
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began listening to some
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religious radio stations.
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And then he was met with an
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oncoming car that veered
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directly into the path of his
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big rig.
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With quick and steady reflexes,
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Tyler swerved his truck onto the
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shoulder, missing a head-on
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collision.
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But the little red car hit the
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back of his cab and ripped down
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the full length of his loaded
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trailer.
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The car flipped several times,
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finally coming to a stop in a
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farmer's field.
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Vehicles stopped, drivers and
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passengers all running to the
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little car to find with relief
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that the young man inside was
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miraculously alive.
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It was well below freezing temps
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with a cold wind and snowing.
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The injured man in the mangled
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car was pinned in and exposed to
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the elements.
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So Ty ran back to his truck and
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grabbed a warm blanket to wrap
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around him.
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Waiting for help to arrive, a
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woman on the scene explained she
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was a friend of the man
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in the car.
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She had followed him as he
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recklessly sped down the
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highway, frantic because he was
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in a state of suicide and she
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just knew he was going to try
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something desperate.
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Insurance wanted to write Ty's
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truck off as a total loss, but
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he couldn't afford that to
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happen.
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There was more money put into
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that truck than they would pay
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him out for.
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He was at a crossroads.
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If he let his truck go, it was
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the end of his trucking career.
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The loss was too great.
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He contemplated his options with
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the possibility of returning to
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the farm, but we knew he would
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not be happy there.
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Trucking was in his blood.
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He was born to be
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behind the wheel.
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So we prayed and Ty prayed
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for direction.
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The dispatch company he was
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hauling for offered him one of
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their trucks until his could be
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fixed with discounts on his
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expenses.
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But he was going in the hole
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fast.
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It was at this time a real
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personal turning point happened
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for my son.
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While Tyler was angry with the
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guy who had caused this to
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happen, he also realized that
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he, too, had been in the exact
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same state of mind once and had
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deep compassion and concern
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for the man's well-being.
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So he began praying for him.
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He also realized where his own
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heart was.
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It had been in worship of his
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truck, making it an all
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important God in his life
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instead of the God of Heaven.
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With a repenting heart, he threw
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up his hands to God and said,
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"Lord, here I am.
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I'm all yours.
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I'm tired of trying to live my
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life my way.
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Show me what You would have me
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do and I will do it."
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He was truly ready to walk away
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from his beloved truck, if that
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is what God was asking of him.
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Tyler came home for a few days
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to spend time with us and his
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daughter while he sorted
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things out.
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Lingering after church one
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weekend, we were visiting with
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his grandparents and uncle and
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cousins.
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The conversation turned to what
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it means to have a personal
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relationship with Jesus and how
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vitally important it is for us.
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Because without it, we have
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nothing.
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Religion is just religion, an
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act to play out, but with
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Christ, He fills us with purpose
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and a reason for living.
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His grandpa suggested reading
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Steps to Christ alongside the
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book of John in the Bible.
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And he began a journey to really
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get to know Jesus for himself.
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Not just about Him, but to know
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Him personally as his friend.
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And all that was added to his
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childhood memories of what was
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taught to him.
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Mmm.
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Answers to prayer often come in
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ways we never see coming.
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What appeared to be a write off,
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the insurance company suddenly
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reconsidered and agreed to pay
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for the truck to be repaired, up
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to what it was worth, of course.
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All chrome accessories
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not included.
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Fans from around the world heard
00:22:36.95\00:22:39.02
about Ty's accident and wanted
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to help.
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Owners of chrome shops offered
00:22:42.16\00:22:44.03
to fit his truck out for all the
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advertisements that his truck
00:22:46.13\00:22:48.03
gives them at the truck shows
00:22:48.03\00:22:50.17
across the U.S. and Canada,
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where he has been a supporter
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for raising money for several
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charities.
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And he was offered a showcase
00:22:58.87\00:23:00.91
spot in a special calendar where
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.88
he was able to share his faith.
00:23:02.88\00:23:06.01
We ordered a case of some
00:23:06.01\00:23:08.45
special edition Steps to Christ
00:23:08.45\00:23:11.99
that he has handed out to other
00:23:11.99\00:23:13.86
truckers he has met on the road,
00:23:13.86\00:23:16.59
the homeless, a family stranded
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at a truck stop with a
00:23:18.73\00:23:20.50
broken-down car.
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More than one burly trucker has
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sat with him for hours in truck
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stop restaurants during
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snowbound blizzards, talking
00:23:29.14\00:23:31.37
about Jesus, which led to
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starting a radio Bible study so
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that their conversations
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could continue.
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And I don't know if you know
00:23:39.61\00:23:41.98
what the CB radio language is
00:23:41.98\00:23:43.85
like among the truckers out
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there, but when Jesus is shared,
00:23:45.39\00:23:48.62
even a man with a heart full
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.76
of hate towards any kind of
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Christianity and was very vocal
00:23:52.96\00:23:55.56
about it, when he is introduced
00:23:55.56\00:23:59.30
to God's love and grace through
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the conversation he hears and
00:24:01.30\00:24:03.97
became a part of, he is changed,
00:24:03.97\00:24:07.11
accepting this friend, Jesus,
00:24:07.11\00:24:09.48
who is the Christ come for all,
00:24:09.48\00:24:12.35
makes me weep with joy for all
00:24:12.35\00:24:14.78
we have been through in the
00:24:14.78\00:24:16.79
storms we have faced.
00:24:16.79\00:24:18.55
If it brought this very moment
00:24:19.22\00:24:21.52
for Tyler to be able to speak of
00:24:21.52\00:24:23.56
Jesus in his life, it has been
00:24:23.56\00:24:25.93
all worth it.
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Do you believe in miracles?
00:24:27.96\00:24:31.40
Don't ever give up on those whom
00:24:31.40\00:24:33.54
you find yourself praying for.
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Take your worries, your
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anxieties and fears to the One
00:24:38.54\00:24:40.64
above who can do the impossible
00:24:40.64\00:24:44.61
and rest in the peace of the
00:24:44.61\00:24:46.85
bedroom of our spiritual house,
00:24:46.85\00:24:49.88
knowing that whatever storm
00:24:49.88\00:24:51.65
rages outside, Jesus is near and
00:24:51.65\00:24:55.82
will see us through.
00:24:55.82\00:24:57.33
Our daughter finally came home
00:24:58.16\00:25:00.60
through a miracle we did not
00:25:00.60\00:25:02.10
even see coming.
00:25:02.10\00:25:04.03
While home for the holidays, our
00:25:04.03\00:25:06.03
neighbour's grandson, who has
00:25:06.03\00:25:07.27
been a close friend to our kids
00:25:07.27\00:25:09.74
growing up, talked her into
00:25:09.74\00:25:12.17
coming home for good.
00:25:12.17\00:25:14.11
They were married a year later.
00:25:14.11\00:25:15.91
Tyler is also married to a
00:25:16.78\00:25:18.48
wonderful woman.
00:25:18.48\00:25:20.48
Both of our children are happy
00:25:20.48\00:25:22.85
and content in the Lord now.
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No matter how long or how fierce
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or the destruction it leaves in
00:25:28.82\00:25:30.56
its wake, God still has a plan
00:25:30.56\00:25:33.83
for you and your household and
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whatever the Devil drags us
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.83
through to bring us down, I know
00:25:37.83\00:25:41.67
who is standing between me and
00:25:41.67\00:25:43.94
that storm and He holds
00:25:43.94\00:25:46.54
tomorrow.
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Oh, dear Jesus, still the
00:25:50.15\00:25:53.18
raging storms of our hearts and
00:25:53.18\00:25:55.45
lives, calm our souls in
00:25:55.45\00:25:58.05
reassurance that You are still
00:25:58.05\00:26:00.62
in control as You build our
00:26:00.62\00:26:02.79
faith to trust You implicitly in
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everything.
00:26:05.86\00:26:07.13
And may we rest peacefully in
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Your arms as You write Your love
00:26:09.83\00:26:13.07
story into the hearts of those
00:26:13.07\00:26:15.84
we pray for.
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Amen.
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>> Friends, Jesus is your
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