Katherine Wolf - Treasures In The Dark

February 4, 2025 | S25:E34

Hosted by James and Betty Robison, this program features guests who have emerged victorious from difficulties in their lives.

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Life Today with James Robison | Katherine Wolf - Treasures In The Dark | February 4, 2025
  • >> so for me, i learned to kind of live
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  • In a cycle of grief, lament, hurt, sadness --
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  • And also, hope and joy and trust and faith.
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  • Hope is not a fixed point you reach.
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  • That is not a thing.
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  • Hope is the living force that propels us forward.
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  • Katherine wolf shares how she found
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  • The most valuable treasures
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  • In the darkest of times.
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  • Randy: welcome to life today .
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  • Randy: welcome to life today . i'm randy robison.
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  • Randy: welcome to life today . i'm randy robison. tammy trent is with me.
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  • I'm randy robison. tammy trent is with me. tammy, it is great
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  • Tammy trent is with me. tammy, it is great that you get to see
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  • Tammy, it is great that you get to see our guest today
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  • That you get to see our guest today because katherine wolf
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  • Our guest today because katherine wolf has been with us many times
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  • On life today .
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  • On life today . and just to give you
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  • On life today . and just to give you a little background,
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  • And just to give you a little background, when she was 26 back in 2008,
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  • A little background, when she was 26 back in 2008, she suffered
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  • When she was 26 back in 2008, she suffered a brainstem stroke
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  • She suffered a brainstem stroke that changed her life forever.
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  • A brainstem stroke that changed her life forever. since then, she has faced
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  • That changed her life forever. since then, she has faced a lot of difficulties.
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  • Since then, she has faced a lot of difficulties. in 2013, she had
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  • A lot of difficulties. in 2013, she had an unrelated aneurysm
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  • In 2013, she had an unrelated aneurysm and surgery for that.
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  • An unrelated aneurysm and surgery for that. in 2017, she was diagnosed
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  • And surgery for that. in 2017, she was diagnosed with multiple life-threatening
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  • In 2017, she was diagnosed with multiple life-threatening vertebral artery dissections.
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  • With multiple life-threatening vertebral artery dissections. i don't even know
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  • Vertebral artery dissections. i don't even know what that means.
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  • I don't even know what that means. it doesn't sound good.
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  • What that means. it doesn't sound good. in 2019, she was diagnosed
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  • It doesn't sound good. in 2019, she was diagnosed with an ultra-rare
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  • In 2019, she was diagnosed with an ultra-rare neurovascular disorder.
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  • With an ultra-rare neurovascular disorder. i say all that
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  • Neurovascular disorder. i say all that just to set up a little bit
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  • I say all that just to set up a little bit of the things
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  • Just to set up a little bit of the things that she has walked through.
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  • Of the things that she has walked through. because she has a new book
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  • That she has walked through. because she has a new book and it is called
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  • Because she has a new book and it is called treasures in the dark .
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  • And it is called treasures in the dark . this is someone
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  • Treasures in the dark . this is someone who has faced some darkness
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  • This is someone who has faced some darkness but she is such a light,
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  • Who has faced some darkness but she is such a light, tammy!
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  • But she is such a light, tammy! tammy: oh, my goodness, randy.
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  • Tammy! tammy: oh, my goodness, randy. i'm so happy to be here today,
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  • Tammy: oh, my goodness, randy. i'm so happy to be here today, just as you said.
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  • I'm so happy to be here today, just as you said. i've not had the chance
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  • Just as you said. i've not had the chance to meet her personally
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  • I've not had the chance to meet her personally but i'm aware of her story.
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  • To meet her personally but i'm aware of her story. it is one of those stories
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  • But i'm aware of her story. it is one of those stories where you think,
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  • It is one of those stories where you think, how could one person
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  • Where you think, how could one person take one more thing
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  • How could one person take one more thing and turn it into good?
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  • Take one more thing and turn it into good? how can you find hope
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  • And turn it into good? how can you find hope in your suffering?
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  • How can you find hope in your suffering? how can you find light
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  • In your suffering? how can you find light in the darkness of your life?
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  • How can you find light in the darkness of your life? and it is just constant,
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  • In the darkness of your life? and it is just constant, constant, constant.
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  • And it is just constant, constant, constant. but she is such a light.
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  • Constant, constant. but she is such a light. randy: i'm excited
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  • But she is such a light. randy: i'm excited for you to meet her.
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  • Randy: i'm excited for you to meet her. would you welcome katherine?
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  • For you to meet her. would you welcome katherine? great to see you!
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  • Would you welcome katherine? great to see you! katherine: it is so good
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  • Great to see you! katherine: it is so good to be here, guys!
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  • Katherine: it is so good to be here, guys! thank you for having me.
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  • To be here, guys! thank you for having me. randy: you roll out here
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  • Thank you for having me. randy: you roll out here in your wheelchair
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  • Randy: you roll out here in your wheelchair and you're like beaming.
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  • In your wheelchair and you're like beaming. when you look at --
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  • And you're like beaming. when you look at -- you've been through more
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  • When you look at -- you've been through more than most people, fortunately,
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  • You've been through more than most people, fortunately, ever have to go through.
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  • Than most people, fortunately, ever have to go through. where does this hope
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  • Ever have to go through. where does this hope and all of your hurting
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  • Katherine: my hope
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  • Katherine: my hope is in the lord.
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  • Is in the lord. my joy is in the lord.
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  • My joy is in the lord. but i'm so grateful
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  • But i never want
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  • But i never want a joyous personality,
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  • But i never want a joyous personality, and just my natural mo to
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  • A joyous personality, and just my natural mo to make other people feel like,
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  • And just my natural mo to make other people feel like, wait, i don't feel joy
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  • Make other people feel like, wait, i don't feel joy and i don't feel that way.
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  • Wait, i don't feel joy and i don't feel that way. when the reality is
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  • And i don't feel that way. when the reality is i do have sorrow and joy
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  • When the reality is i do have sorrow and joy existing in the same story.
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  • I do have sorrow and joy existing in the same story. but i've just seen too much
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  • Existing in the same story. but i've just seen too much of the goodness of god
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  • But i've just seen too much of the goodness of god in the land of the living
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  • Of the goodness of god in the land of the living to not be forever overwhelmed
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  • In the land of the living to not be forever overwhelmed by just the greatness
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  • To not be forever overwhelmed by just the greatness of all that is my life
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  • By just the greatness of all that is my life and the life to come.
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  • Of all that is my life and the life to come. tammy: katherine,
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  • And the life to come. tammy: katherine, many of us that write books,
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  • Tammy: katherine, many of us that write books, i think we sit down
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  • Many of us that write books, i think we sit down because something is going on
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  • I think we sit down because something is going on in our life usually,
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  • Because something is going on in our life usually, there is something that
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  • In our life usually, there is something that god is doing in our lives
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  • There is something that god is doing in our lives that we are walking through,
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  • God is doing in our lives that we are walking through, that we want to write about
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  • That we are walking through, that we want to write about so that we can help
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  • That we want to write about so that we can help other people.
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  • So that we can help other people. so i pick up your book
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  • Other people. so i pick up your book and it says
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  • So i pick up your book and it says treasures in the dark .
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  • And it says treasures in the dark . i think, what is going on
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  • Treasures in the dark . i think, what is going on and what was going on
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  • I think, what is going on and what was going on in your life
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  • And what was going on in your life that made you write this book
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  • In your life that made you write this book at this moment
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  • That made you write this book at this moment finding treasures basically
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  • At this moment finding treasures basically in the dark of your life?
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  • Finding treasures basically in the dark of your life? katherine: since
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  • In the dark of your life? katherine: since the very earliest of days
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  • Katherine: since the very earliest of days after the stroke,
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  • The very earliest of days after the stroke, i have so clearly seen
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  • The passage from which
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  • The passage from which the title is based,
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  • The title is based, the lord said, "i will
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  • The lord said, "i will give you hidden treasure
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  • Give you hidden treasure in the darkness,
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  • So that you may know
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  • So that you may know that i am god,
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  • So that you may know that i am god, the god of israel,
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  • That i am god, the god of israel, the god who summons us
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  • The god of israel, the god who summons us by name."
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  • The god who summons us by name." so i've seen in my life
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  • By name." so i've seen in my life in all the darkness
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  • So i've seen in my life in all the darkness that if you have to go
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  • In all the darkness that if you have to go into the deep darkness
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  • That if you have to go into the deep darkness in your struggling story
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  • Into the deep darkness in your struggling story and we all do, we all go in
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  • In your struggling story and we all do, we all go in and out of darkness,
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  • And we all do, we all go in and out of darkness, you might as well
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  • And out of darkness, you might as well get the treasure.
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  • You might as well get the treasure. you might as well
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  • Get the treasure. you might as well get the riches
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  • You might as well get the riches that god has for you to get.
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  • Get the riches that god has for you to get. i like to say
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  • That god has for you to get. i like to say if you're going through hell,
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  • I like to say if you're going through hell, keep going
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  • If you're going through hell, keep going but go slow enough
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  • Keep going but go slow enough to get the treasure.
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  • But go slow enough to get the treasure. put it in your backpack,
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  • To get the treasure. put it in your backpack, and keep it for
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  • Put it in your backpack, and keep it for the rest of your life.
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  • And keep it for the rest of your life. let it inform how you live.
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  • The rest of your life. let it inform how you live. like, don't waste the pain.
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  • If you can't get the treasure?
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  • If you can't get the treasure? randy: i suspect it is
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  • Randy: i suspect it is a little easier to say that
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  • A little easier to say that on a day like today.
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  • Katherine: you're sweet.
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  • Katherine: you're sweet. i'm doing great.
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  • Katherine: you're sweet. i'm doing great. randy: what about on the days
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  • I'm doing great. randy: what about on the days when you're not doing
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  • Randy: what about on the days when you're not doing so great?
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  • When you're not doing so great? katherine: exactly.
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  • So great? katherine: exactly. can i say the same things?
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  • Katherine: exactly. can i say the same things? you need to marinate
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  • Can i say the same things? you need to marinate in the darkness
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  • You need to marinate in the darkness and take a minute
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  • In the darkness and take a minute to process what is happening
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  • And take a minute to process what is happening in your life.
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  • To process what is happening in your life. the bible calls us to lament,
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  • In your life. the bible calls us to lament, to recognize the process
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  • The bible calls us to lament, to recognize the process of taking our broken lives
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  • To recognize the process of taking our broken lives and beginning to put
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  • Of taking our broken lives and beginning to put the pieces back together
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  • And beginning to put the pieces back together and finding god in the midst
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  • The pieces back together and finding god in the midst of the darkness.
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  • And finding god in the midst of the darkness. so i'm a big fan of lament
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  • Of the darkness. so i'm a big fan of lament and letting that
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  • So i'm a big fan of lament and letting that do its work in you,
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  • And letting that do its work in you, and then
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  • Do its work in you, and then carrying that with you.
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  • And then carrying that with you. they say, you never move on
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  • Carrying that with you. they say, you never move on from what you've been through.
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  • They say, you never move on from what you've been through. that is not a thing.
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  • From what you've been through. that is not a thing. that you can, in time,
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  • That is not a thing. that you can, in time, move forward,
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  • That you can, in time, move forward, that's a thing.
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  • Move forward, that's a thing. but you carry it with you,
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  • That's a thing. but you carry it with you, you don't move on.
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  • But you carry it with you, you don't move on. so for me, i've learned
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  • You don't move on. so for me, i've learned to kind of live in a cycle
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  • So for me, i've learned to kind of live in a cycle of grief, lament,
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  • To kind of live in a cycle of grief, lament, hurt, sadness --
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  • Of grief, lament, hurt, sadness -- and also, hope and joy
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  • Hurt, sadness -- and also, hope and joy and trust and faith.
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  • And also, hope and joy and trust and faith. hope is not a fixed point
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  • And trust and faith. hope is not a fixed point you reach.
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  • Hope is not a fixed point you reach. that is not a thing.
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  • You reach. that is not a thing. hope is the living force
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  • That is not a thing. hope is the living force that propels us forward
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  • Hope is the living force that propels us forward into the ongoing hope
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  • That propels us forward into the ongoing hope with ongoing hurt happening
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  • Into the ongoing hope with ongoing hurt happening and ongoing hope happening,
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  • With ongoing hurt happening and ongoing hope happening, and ongoing healing.
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  • And ongoing hope happening, and ongoing healing. it is this cycle
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  • And ongoing healing. it is this cycle where we can find
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  • It is this cycle where we can find a place of hope
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  • Where we can find a place of hope even within the hurt
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  • A place of hope even within the hurt and begin to heal.
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  • Even within the hurt and begin to heal. this book is --
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  • And begin to heal. this book is -- the subtitle is
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  • This book is -- the subtitle is "90 reflections
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  • The subtitle is "90 reflections on finding bright hope
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  • The notion is
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  • The notion is i know too much to write
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  • I know too much to write a linear devotional book
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  • We're doing great here.
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  • We're doing great here. let's write a devotional
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  • We're doing great here. let's write a devotional about it.
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  • Let's write a devotional about it. this reflection guide,
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  • About it. this reflection guide, i call it, not a devotional,
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  • This reflection guide, i call it, not a devotional, has 30 entries
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  • I call it, not a devotional, has 30 entries for the hurting,
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  • Has 30 entries for the hurting, 30 for the healing,
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  • For the hurting, 30 for the healing, 30 for the hoping
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  • 30 for the healing, 30 for the hoping and it can kind of be
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  • 30 for the hoping and it can kind of be a choose-your-own-adventure
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  • And it can kind of be a choose-your-own-adventure thing.
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  • A choose-your-own-adventure thing. you're like maybe one day
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  • Thing. you're like maybe one day i'll be full of hurting.
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  • You're like maybe one day i'll be full of hurting. but maybe one day
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  • I'll be full of hurting. but maybe one day i'm healing.
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  • But maybe one day i'm healing. and i can sort of take things.
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  • I'm healing. and i can sort of take things. i'll stop talking now.
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  • And i can sort of take things. i'll stop talking now. sorry, guys!
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  • I'll stop talking now. sorry, guys! randy: no, i want you
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  • Sorry, guys! randy: no, i want you to talk more because
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  • Randy: no, i want you to talk more because i think a lot of people may
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  • To talk more because i think a lot of people may be in a situation like this
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  • I think a lot of people may be in a situation like this and they need to hear this.
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  • Be in a situation like this and they need to hear this. because when we have a loss,
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  • And they need to hear this. because when we have a loss, when we have pain,
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  • Because when we have a loss, when we have pain, tragedy, betrayal,
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  • When we have pain, tragedy, betrayal, all those negative things,
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  • Tragedy, betrayal, all those negative things, we have a tendency,
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  • All those negative things, we have a tendency, i think sometimes
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  • We have a tendency, i think sometimes especially in the church,
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  • I think sometimes especially in the church, to deny that
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  • Especially in the church, to deny that we're going through it.
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  • To deny that we're going through it. or we can kind of go
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  • We're going through it. or we can kind of go in the other direction
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  • Or we can kind of go in the other direction and resent
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  • In the other direction and resent that we're going through it
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  • And resent that we're going through it and blame others, blame god.
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  • That we're going through it and blame others, blame god. you're suggesting
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  • And blame others, blame god. you're suggesting that we face it, we admit it,
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  • You're suggesting that we face it, we admit it, and sort of openly.
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  • That we face it, we admit it, and sort of openly. like, let god in
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  • And sort of openly. like, let god in on the secret, right?
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  • Like, let god in on the secret, right? katherine: absolutely! yes!
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  • On the secret, right? katherine: absolutely! yes! randy: how does that
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  • Katherine: absolutely! yes! randy: how does that set the stage for healing?
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  • Randy: how does that set the stage for healing? katherine: oh, my goodness!
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  • Set the stage for healing? katherine: oh, my goodness! i'm overcome
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  • Katherine: oh, my goodness! i'm overcome that you asked me this
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  • I'm overcome that you asked me this because i read something
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  • That you asked me this because i read something the other day that said
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  • Because i read something the other day that said it isn't about letting go.
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  • The other day that said it isn't about letting go. that's not a thing.
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  • It isn't about letting go. that's not a thing. it is about letting in.
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  • That's not a thing. it is about letting in. letting in the sorrow,
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  • It is about letting in. letting in the sorrow, letting in all of the hardship
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  • Letting in the sorrow, letting in all of the hardship so you can process it
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  • Letting in all of the hardship so you can process it and appropriately grieve
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  • So you can process it and appropriately grieve the losses.
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  • And appropriately grieve the losses. where was that?
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  • The losses. where was that? it was so good.
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  • Where was that? it was so good. it was by katherine wolf.
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  • It was so good. it was by katherine wolf. just kidding!
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  • It was by katherine wolf. just kidding! but i would love
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  • Just kidding! but i would love to take credit for it
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  • But i would love to take credit for it but letting go
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  • To take credit for it but letting go isn't real either
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  • But letting go isn't real either any more than moving on is.
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  • Isn't real either any more than moving on is. those aren't real.
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  • Any more than moving on is. those aren't real. it is about processing
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  • Those aren't real. it is about processing and then you can move forward.
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  • It is about processing and then you can move forward. in order to not stay there,
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  • And then you can move forward. in order to not stay there, you must start there.
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  • In order to not stay there, you must start there. and that's, i think,
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  • You must start there. and that's, i think, the key, to begin to feel.
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  • And that's, i think, the key, to begin to feel. and wrestle god,
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  • The key, to begin to feel. and wrestle god, did you make a mistake
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  • And wrestle god, did you make a mistake with my life
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  • Did you make a mistake with my life where you turned around
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  • With my life where you turned around and missed that
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  • Where you turned around and missed that my life has blown up,
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  • And missed that my life has blown up, and all the specifics
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  • My life has blown up, and all the specifics are in this story that
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  • And all the specifics are in this story that i never wanted, including
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  • Are in this story that i never wanted, including never driving a car again,
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  • I never wanted, including never driving a car again, never walking on my own,
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  • Never driving a car again, never walking on my own, living with a paralyzed face,
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  • Never walking on my own, living with a paralyzed face, and 10,000 other things?
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  • Living with a paralyzed face, and 10,000 other things? and yet, lord,
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  • And 10,000 other things? and yet, lord, could i begin to identify that
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  • And yet, lord, could i begin to identify that maybe you've given me this?
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  • Could i begin to identify that maybe you've given me this? maybe somehow you've chosen me
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  • Maybe you've given me this? maybe somehow you've chosen me for this life?
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  • Maybe somehow you've chosen me for this life? can i redefine
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  • For this life? can i redefine and reframe everything to
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  • Can i redefine and reframe everything to an upside-down kingdom lens?
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  • And reframe everything to an upside-down kingdom lens? that is our opportunity.
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  • How did you --
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  • And your life speaks
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  • And your life speaks for itself.
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  • And your life speaks for itself. you are an inspiration
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  • For itself. you are an inspiration to so many people.
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  • You are an inspiration to so many people. can i just say that i hate
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  • To so many people. can i just say that i hate that you've had to suffer
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  • Can i just say that i hate that you've had to suffer so much?
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  • That you've had to suffer so much? i wish life were different
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  • So much? i wish life were different for you.
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  • I wish life were different for you. i wish life were different
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  • For you. i wish life were different for me.
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  • I wish life were different for me. i wish life were different
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  • For me. i wish life were different for the person watching today
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  • I wish life were different for the person watching today that is just overwhelmed
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  • For the person watching today that is just overwhelmed and struggling
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  • That is just overwhelmed and struggling and trying to find treasures
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  • And struggling and trying to find treasures in your own dark season.
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  • And trying to find treasures in your own dark season. but katherine,
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  • In your own dark season. but katherine, i wonder like --
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  • But katherine, i wonder like -- the questions that we ask
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  • I wonder like -- the questions that we ask like, the what-ifs.
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  • The questions that we ask like, the what-ifs. you talk about that
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  • Like, the what-ifs. you talk about that and it means a lot to me
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  • You talk about that and it means a lot to me because i believe you.
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  • And it means a lot to me because i believe you. in order for us
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  • Because i believe you. in order for us to find healing,
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  • In order for us to find healing, we've got to start first --
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  • To find healing, we've got to start first -- i had to set healing aside
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  • We've got to start first -- i had to set healing aside for a second.
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  • I had to set healing aside for a second. that will come.
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  • For a second. that will come. i know that it is there.
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  • That will come. i know that it is there. i believe that it is there
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  • I know that it is there. i believe that it is there but i've got to process
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  • I believe that it is there but i've got to process what i've lost.
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  • But i've got to process what i've lost. i've got to process the grief.
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  • What i've lost. i've got to process the grief. i've got to process
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  • I've got to process the grief. i've got to process all the unknowns.
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  • I've got to process all the unknowns. i've got to go through that.
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  • All the unknowns. i've got to go through that. and as randy said,
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  • I've got to go through that. and as randy said, allow me to go through this
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  • And as randy said, allow me to go through this with my community,
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  • Allow me to go through this with my community, with my family,
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  • With my community, with my family, with counseling,
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  • With my family, with counseling, through pastors,
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  • With counseling, through pastors, whatever i need,
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  • Through pastors, whatever i need, i've got to find a way
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  • Whatever i need, i've got to find a way to navigate through this.
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  • I've got to find a way to navigate through this. healing is waiting for me
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  • To navigate through this. healing is waiting for me on the other side.
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  • Healing is waiting for me on the other side. but even through that journey
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  • On the other side. but even through that journey as we go through that,
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  • But even through that journey as we go through that, trying to process
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  • As we go through that, trying to process through that,
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  • Trying to process through that, i think all of us have stopped
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  • Through that, i think all of us have stopped and have said before,
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  • I think all of us have stopped and have said before, what if?
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  • And have said before, what if? what if this
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  • What if? what if this could have been different?
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  • What if this could have been different? why did god allow this
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  • Could have been different? why did god allow this to happen in my life?
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  • Katherine: oh gosh!
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  • Katherine: oh gosh! you have no idea
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  • You have no idea how much that has haunted me.
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  • How much that has haunted me. i have a pinnacle
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  • Started sharing recently.
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  • Started sharing recently. it's in this new book.
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  • Started sharing recently. it's in this new book. i haven't talked
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  • It's in this new book. i haven't talked about it before
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  • I haven't talked about it before because i never wanted
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  • About it before because i never wanted to shame the doctors
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  • Because i never wanted to shame the doctors who might read this book
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  • To shame the doctors who might read this book and know this story.
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  • Who might read this book and know this story. but for some reason,
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  • And know this story. but for some reason, i'm like,
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  • But for some reason, i'm like, nobody knows what hospital,
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  • I'm like, nobody knows what hospital, nobody knows the specifics
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  • Nobody knows what hospital, nobody knows the specifics but when i was 19 years old
  • 00:11:49.765 --> 00:11:51.801
  • Nobody knows the specifics but when i was 19 years old i went to the doctor because
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  • But when i was 19 years old i went to the doctor because i started getting dizzy
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  • I went to the doctor because i started getting dizzy and they diagnosed me
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  • I started getting dizzy and they diagnosed me incorrectly.
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  • And they diagnosed me incorrectly. without making eye contact
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  • Incorrectly. without making eye contact and sliding a prescription
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  • Without making eye contact and sliding a prescription across the table to me
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  • And sliding a prescription across the table to me with vertigo medication.
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  • Across the table to me with vertigo medication. seven years later
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  • With vertigo medication. seven years later when my brain exploded,
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  • Seven years later when my brain exploded, they knew it wasn't that.
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  • When my brain exploded, they knew it wasn't that. they knew that
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  • They knew it wasn't that. they knew that had i been given an mri
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  • They knew that had i been given an mri as a 19-year-old,
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  • Had i been given an mri as a 19-year-old, they would have seen the mass
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  • As a 19-year-old, they would have seen the mass on my brain, and that
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  • They would have seen the mass on my brain, and that it would need to be removed.
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  • On my brain, and that it would need to be removed. and then a whole other set
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  • It would need to be removed. and then a whole other set of what-ifs comes into play.
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  • And then a whole other set of what-ifs comes into play. would i have operated?
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  • Of what-ifs comes into play. would i have operated? what if
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  • Would i have operated? what if i hadn't had it removed
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  • What if i hadn't had it removed and moved forward in life
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  • I hadn't had it removed and moved forward in life with this avm?
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  • And moved forward in life with this avm? would i have married?
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  • With this avm? would i have married? would i have had a baby?
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  • Would i have married? would i have had a baby? what if? what if? what if?
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  • Would i have had a baby? what if? what if? what if? we all play this terrible game
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  • What if? what if? what if? we all play this terrible game of the what-ifs in life.
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  • We all play this terrible game of the what-ifs in life. i think all of our questions
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  • Of the what-ifs in life. i think all of our questions must be in our tragedy.
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  • I think all of our questions must be in our tragedy. it is what if god spared me
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  • Must be in our tragedy. it is what if god spared me from a perfect life?
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  • It is what if god spared me from a perfect life? what if god spared me
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  • From a perfect life? what if god spared me from having no knowledge
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  • What if god spared me from having no knowledge of what it means to suffer
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  • From having no knowledge of what it means to suffer this way while on earth?
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  • Of what it means to suffer this way while on earth? that's a pretty crazy
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  • This way while on earth? that's a pretty crazy provocative what-if question.
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  • That's a pretty crazy provocative what-if question. but i think it bears asking.
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  • Provocative what-if question. but i think it bears asking. what if all of this
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  • But i think it bears asking. what if all of this and none of this
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  • What if all of this and none of this would have happened?
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  • And none of this would have happened? it is crazy.
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  • After especially
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  • After especially the first stroke,
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  • The first stroke, at in point of the things
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  • At in point of the things you've gone through,
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  • You've gone through, do you ever ask
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  • Katherine,
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  • Katherine, to have a good life?
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  • Katherine, to have a good life? katherine: oh, gosh, yes!
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  • To have a good life? katherine: oh, gosh, yes! you know what's so crazy?
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  • Katherine: oh, gosh, yes! you know what's so crazy? i've kind of done a deep dive
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  • You know what's so crazy? i've kind of done a deep dive into the whole notion
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  • I've kind of done a deep dive into the whole notion of the good life.
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  • Into the whole notion of the good life. first of all, the good life .
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  • Of the good life. first of all, the good life . for instance, the word good
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  • First of all, the good life . for instance, the word good and the notion of psalm 84:11,
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  • For instance, the word good and the notion of psalm 84:11, like "no good thing
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  • And the notion of psalm 84:11, like "no good thing does he withhold from those
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  • Like "no good thing does he withhold from those walking uprightly with him."
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  • Does he withhold from those walking uprightly with him." how can that be true
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  • Walking uprightly with him." how can that be true when our lives
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  • How can that be true when our lives have been ravaged?
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  • When our lives have been ravaged? how can good things
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  • Have been ravaged? how can good things only be here?
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  • How can good things only be here? god withholds no good thing.
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  • Only be here? god withholds no good thing. well, perhaps it is because,
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  • God withholds no good thing. well, perhaps it is because, as a theologian
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  • Well, perhaps it is because, as a theologian from the 1600s,
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  • As a theologian from the 1600s, sir richard baker says,
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  • From the 1600s, sir richard baker says, it is because the good things
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  • Sir richard baker says, it is because the good things are not things at all.
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  • Are peace of conscience,
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  • Are peace of conscience, joy in the holy spirit,
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  • Joy in the holy spirit, the fruition of his presence
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  • The fruition of his presence in this life,
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  • In this life, and the assurance of his face
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  • These things are the truly
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  • These things are the truly good things of god
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  • These things are the truly good things of god that can never be taken,
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  • Good things of god that can never be taken, and they are nothing
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  • That can never be taken, and they are nothing the physical world
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  • And they are nothing the physical world could ever touch.
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  • The physical world could ever touch. and that is a word for your
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  • Could ever touch. and that is a word for your listeners going
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  • And that is a word for your listeners going through the ringer.
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  • Listeners going through the ringer. like good things are not
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  • Through the ringer. like good things are not absent from you, friends.
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  • Like good things are not absent from you, friends. they are in your story
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  • Absent from you, friends. they are in your story because they can never
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  • They are in your story because they can never be taken from you.
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  • Because they can never be taken from you. they are inside of you
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  • Be taken from you. they are inside of you when you know jesus.
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  • They are inside of you when you know jesus. but the other answer
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  • When you know jesus. but the other answer to your question
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  • But the other answer to your question that is so important to say
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  • To your question that is so important to say is that pre-stroke
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  • That is so important to say is that pre-stroke i thought i had the good life .
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  • Is that pre-stroke i thought i had the good life . even if i never thought that
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  • I thought i had the good life . even if i never thought that that way or articulated it
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  • Even if i never thought that that way or articulated it that way,
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  • That way or articulated it that way, i was living the hashtag
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  • That way, i was living the hashtag blessed life, pre-stroke.
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  • I was living the hashtag blessed life, pre-stroke. wasn't i?
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  • Blessed life, pre-stroke. wasn't i? and yet, so clearly we see
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  • Wasn't i? and yet, so clearly we see in the beatitudes
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  • And yet, so clearly we see in the beatitudes and throughout the bible,
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  • In the beatitudes and throughout the bible, the blessed life is the life
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  • And throughout the bible, the blessed life is the life poor in spirit.
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  • Blessed are the meek.
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  • Blessed are the meek. how do we make sense of that
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  • How do we make sense of that in the context of the charmed
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  • In the context of the charmed before the stroke life?
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  • With the gospel?
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  • With the gospel? so what is the good life ?
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  • With the gospel? so what is the good life ? well, pretty clearly
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  • So what is the good life ? well, pretty clearly our faith tells us
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  • Well, pretty clearly our faith tells us it is not what we think it is
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  • Our faith tells us it is not what we think it is in 2024 in our modern world.
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  • It is not what we think it is in 2024 in our modern world. tammy: are you living
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  • In 2024 in our modern world. tammy: are you living the good life?
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  • Tammy: are you living the good life? katherine: absolutely!
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  • The good life? katherine: absolutely! the short answer
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  • Katherine: absolutely! the short answer is absolutely!
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  • The short answer is absolutely! i'm living the dream.
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  • Is absolutely! i'm living the dream. and guess what?
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  • I'm living the dream. and guess what? i get to decide
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  • And guess what? i get to decide how i feel about my story
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  • I get to decide how i feel about my story and nobody else does.
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  • How i feel about my story and nobody else does. it is so powerful.
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  • And nobody else does. it is so powerful. we can not control
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  • It is so powerful. we can not control what happens to us in life.
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  • We can not control what happens to us in life. control is an illusion.
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  • What happens to us in life. control is an illusion. but what we can control
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  • Control is an illusion. but what we can control completely and totally is
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  • But what we can control completely and totally is how we respond
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  • Completely and totally is how we respond to what has happened.
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  • How we respond to what has happened. how we move forward,
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  • To what has happened. how we move forward, how we narrate it
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  • How we move forward, how we narrate it to our children,
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  • How we narrate it to our children, how we process it,
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  • To our children, how we process it, and see the goodness of god
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  • How we process it, and see the goodness of god in the story.
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  • And see the goodness of god in the story. randy: one thing
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  • In the story. randy: one thing that your life demonstrates
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  • Randy: one thing that your life demonstrates is the choice
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  • That your life demonstrates is the choice that we all have,
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  • Is the choice that we all have, but we see clearly with you,
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  • That we all have, but we see clearly with you, we can focus
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  • But we see clearly with you, we can focus on what we can't do
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  • We can focus on what we can't do or we can focus
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  • On what we can't do or we can focus on what we can do.
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  • Or we can focus on what we can do. what difference
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  • On what we can do. what difference has it made for you
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  • What difference has it made for you to focus more
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  • Has it made for you to focus more on what you can do
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  • To focus more on what you can do than on the things you can't?
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  • On what you can do than on the things you can't? katherine: one hundred
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  • Than on the things you can't? katherine: one hundred percent.
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  • Katherine: one hundred percent. i'm not crying
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  • Percent. i'm not crying about what i can't do.
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  • I'm not crying about what i can't do. i can't do a whole lot.
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  • About what i can't do. i can't do a whole lot. i have a hand
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  • I can't do a whole lot. i have a hand that doesn't work.
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  • I have a hand that doesn't work. i mean i can't drive a car.
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  • That doesn't work. i mean i can't drive a car. i'm deaf in one ear.
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  • I mean i can't drive a car. i'm deaf in one ear. i have a lot i can't do.
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  • I'm deaf in one ear. i have a lot i can't do. but the list is way too long
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  • I have a lot i can't do. but the list is way too long of all the amazing things
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  • But the list is way too long of all the amazing things that i can do.
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  • Of all the amazing things that i can do. and thank you, lord,
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  • That i can do. and thank you, lord, i'm in touch with the fact
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  • And thank you, lord, i'm in touch with the fact that it is not about
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  • I'm in touch with the fact that it is not about my capabilities.
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  • That it is not about my capabilities. it is not about what i can do
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  • My capabilities. it is not about what i can do that ultimately matters,
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  • It is not about what i can do that ultimately matters, it is who i am.
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  • That ultimately matters, it is who i am. actually,
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  • It is who i am. actually, to my precious children,
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  • Actually, to my precious children, that is what matters.
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  • To my precious children, that is what matters. mothering is not
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  • That is what matters. mothering is not with the hands
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  • Mothering is not with the hands but with the heart.
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  • With the hands but with the heart. the things that my kids
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  • But with the heart. the things that my kids and my people,
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  • The things that my kids and my people, my family friends are getting
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  • And my people, my family friends are getting from who i am
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  • My family friends are getting from who i am is the glorious
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  • From who i am is the glorious breathtaking inheritance
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  • Is the glorious breathtaking inheritance i'm giving to my kids
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  • Breathtaking inheritance i'm giving to my kids that has nothing to do
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  • I'm giving to my kids that has nothing to do with my abilities at all.
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  • That has nothing to do with my abilities at all. tammy: i think, also,
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  • With my abilities at all. tammy: i think, also, a follow-up question to that
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  • That i've had to ask myself
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  • That i've had to ask myself as well, and i'm sure,
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  • That i've had to ask myself as well, and i'm sure, katherine, you have as well,
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  • As well, and i'm sure, katherine, you have as well, and maybe any of us
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  • Katherine, you have as well, and maybe any of us that can be in those places
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  • And maybe any of us that can be in those places of just like suffering,
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  • And just
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  • And just what do i do with this?
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  • And just what do i do with this? i think i've had to ask
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  • What do i do with this? i think i've had to ask myself many times also,
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  • I think i've had to ask myself many times also, what do i have rather than
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  • Myself many times also, what do i have rather than what don't i have?
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  • What do i have rather than what don't i have? and even like your life,
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  • What don't i have? and even like your life, katherine, you could probably
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  • And even like your life, katherine, you could probably list all the things
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  • Katherine, you could probably list all the things that you don't have
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  • List all the things that you don't have but if you focus on that,
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  • That you don't have but if you focus on that, we will miss right now
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  • But if you focus on that, we will miss right now in this moment
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  • We will miss right now in this moment what you do have in your life.
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  • In this moment what you do have in your life. and to focus on that.
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  • What you do have in your life. and to focus on that. god has given you this life.
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  • And to focus on that. god has given you this life. you have your children,
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  • God has given you this life. you have your children, you get to mother them
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  • You have your children, you get to mother them and love them.
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  • You get to mother them and love them. they get to have their mama.
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  • And love them. they get to have their mama. you're married,
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  • They get to have their mama. you're married, you get to have your husband.
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  • You're married, you get to have your husband. he gets to have you.
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  • You get to have your husband. he gets to have you. there is so much
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  • He gets to have you. there is so much that you've lost
  • 00:18:14.283 --> 00:18:15.450
  • There is so much that you've lost but there is so much
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  • That you've lost but there is so much that you still have.
  • 00:18:16.752 --> 00:18:18.020
  • But there is so much that you still have. so our focus
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  • That you still have. so our focus should be on that, otherwise,
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  • So our focus should be on that, otherwise, we would be so distracted
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  • Should be on that, otherwise, we would be so distracted with the disappointments
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  • We would be so distracted with the disappointments and the expectations
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  • With the disappointments and the expectations that are not met in our life
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  • And the expectations that are not met in our life that we will miss out
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  • That are not met in our life that we will miss out on all the great things
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  • That we will miss out on all the great things that god has for us
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  • On all the great things that god has for us right now.
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  • That god has for us right now. katherine: absolutely!
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  • Right now. katherine: absolutely! i like to say
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  • Katherine: absolutely! i like to say that what we must do
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  • I like to say that what we must do is expect more of god
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  • That what we must do is expect more of god and less of this world.
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  • Is expect more of god and less of this world. that's really
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  • And less of this world. that's really where the joy is.
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  • That's really where the joy is. i'm not living
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  • Where the joy is. i'm not living for this world anyway
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  • I'm not living for this world anyway so i'm going to expect
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  • For this world anyway so i'm going to expect more of god
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  • So i'm going to expect more of god and let him overwhelm me.
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  • More of god and let him overwhelm me. and that's how --
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  • And let him overwhelm me. and that's how -- when we do the opposite
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  • And that's how -- when we do the opposite and we expect more
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  • When we do the opposite and we expect more of this world
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  • And we expect more of this world and less of god
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  • Of this world and less of god we are crushed.
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  • And less of god we are crushed. the space between
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  • But when i do this,
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  • But when i do this, it is going awesome.
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  • It is going awesome. psalm 16:6 is true,
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  • Psalm 16:6 is true, "the boundaries have fallen
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  • "the boundaries have fallen in pleasant places."
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  • In pleasant places." this right here
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  • Randy: katherine
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  • Randy: katherine truly is a treasure
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  • Listen, i don't know
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  • Listen, i don't know what you're going through,
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  • What you're going through, but if you want someone
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  • But if you want someone to pray with you,
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  • To pray with you, if you'll pick up that phone,
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  • If you'll pick up that phone, we've got someone available
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  • We've got someone available all the time
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  • All the time that will encourage you,
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  • That will encourage you, that will pray with you,
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  • That will pray with you, that will help you find
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  • That will help you find that treasure
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  • That treasure in your darkness.
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  • In your darkness. so call that number right now.
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  • So call that number right now. we do --
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  • We do -- we do what we do to bless you
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  • We do what we do to bless you and we also ask you
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  • And we also ask you to bless others.
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  • To bless others. we can do both today.
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  • We can do both today. there are some people
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  • There are some people in great need.
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  • In great need. some people are
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  • Some people are in some serious darkness
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  • In some serious darkness and we can reach out
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  • And we can reach out and be that treasure to them.
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  • In this opportunity,
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  • In this opportunity, if you request
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  • In this opportunity, if you request katherine's book,
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  • If you request katherine's book, treasure in the dark ,
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  • Katherine's book, treasure in the dark , we would love
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  • Treasure in the dark , we would love to send it to you
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  • We would love to send it to you to encourage you.
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  • To send it to you to encourage you. most importantly,
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  • To encourage you. most importantly, we want you to be a part
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  • Of god's work in the lives
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  • Of god's work in the lives of some desperate people.
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  • It is hard
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  • To comprehend sometimes
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  • The way many people
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  • In this world have to live.
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  • Children are literally
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  • Dying from a lack of
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  • Clean drinking water.
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  • Well, the answer is
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  • Water for life.
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  • It's drinking water
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  • That is not contaminated
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  • By going down
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  • Into god's earth
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  • And pulling up
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  • What he has given
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  • And blessing people with it.
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  • Here's the breakdown,
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  • An average well costs $4800.
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  • That's based on the 350 wells
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  • We drill across 20 nations.
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  • If you can provide one
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  • You can prevent others
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  • From dying,
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  • Many others in fact.
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  • On average, a well will serve
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  • About a thousand people
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  • Which is phenomenal.
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  • That is a thousand stories
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  • That we won't have
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  • To tell of loss.
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  • Many of you can give $144
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  • That will provide
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  • Clean drinking water
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  • For 30 people
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  • For basically a lifetime,
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  • On average, 70 years.
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  • Maybe you can give $48.
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  • It may not sound like a lot
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  • But it is huge because $48
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  • Will give clean drinking water
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  • To ten people.
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  • Will you go online,
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  • Go to the phone,
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  • Make the best gift you can?
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  • Let's tell a story of life --
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  • No more stories of death.
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  • Every day, thousands of lives are lost
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  • To waterborne disease,
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  • And nearly half of those are children
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  • Under the age of five.
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  • Through mission: water for life
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  • You can give mothers hope and children a future
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  • As we provide clean, life-giving water
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  • For thousands of children and their families
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  • Before it's too late.
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  • With your gift today, you can help drill
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  • And establish 350 water wells this year.
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  • Your gift of $24
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  • Will help provide clean water for five children.
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  • A gift of $48 will help provide for ten.
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  • And $144 will help provide
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  • Life-giving water for 30 people
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  • For a lifetime.
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  • With a gift of any amount,
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  • We'll send you dr. don colbert's new book
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  • Spiritual health zone.
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  • Discover the key to living in divine health
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  • As you find a roadmap
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  • To adding joy, peace, and years to your life.
  • 00:22:17.793 --> 00:22:21.096
  • With your gift of $100 or more,
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  • You may request the
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  • "he restores my soul" candle set.
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  • This decorative candle and match set
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  • Will inspire you to remember
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  • The restoring presence of jesus,
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  • The true light of the world.
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  • Finally, please consider a gift of $1200
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  • To help provide water for 250 people
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  • Or a gift of $4800
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  • To help sponsor a complete well,
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  • And request our new bronze sculpture,
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  • "lion of judah"
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  • Inspired by revelation 5:5.
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  • Please call, write, or make your gift online today!
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  • Randy: you really
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  • Randy: you really can make a difference.
  • 00:23:00.435 --> 00:23:01.636
  • Randy: you really can make a difference. you can make such an impact
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  • Can make a difference. you can make such an impact in someone's life.
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  • You can make such an impact in someone's life. you can be the treasure
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  • In someone's life. you can be the treasure in their dark, to borrow
  • 00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.174
  • You can be the treasure in their dark, to borrow the title of katherine's book.
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  • In their dark, to borrow the title of katherine's book. if you request this today
  • 00:23:07.609 --> 00:23:08.643
  • The title of katherine's book. if you request this today when you go online,
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  • If you request this today when you go online, go to the phone, and make
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  • When you go online, go to the phone, and make the best gift you can,
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  • Go to the phone, and make the best gift you can, we would love
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  • The best gift you can, we would love to send it to you.
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  • We would love to send it to you. what a blessing, tammy.
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  • To send it to you. what a blessing, tammy. tammy: it is a total blessing.
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  • What a blessing, tammy. tammy: it is a total blessing. i believe this book will help
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  • Tammy: it is a total blessing. i believe this book will help a lot of people, randy.
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  • I believe this book will help a lot of people, randy. not just through katherine
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  • A lot of people, randy. not just through katherine but the lord will help you
  • 00:23:20.155 --> 00:23:21.356
  • Not just through katherine but the lord will help you uncover some great treasures
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  • But the lord will help you uncover some great treasures in your life where you feel
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  • Uncover some great treasures in your life where you feel so dark and you don't know
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  • In your life where you feel so dark and you don't know how to get out.
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  • So dark and you don't know how to get out. let us help you.
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  • How to get out. let us help you. let the lord help you
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  • Let us help you. let the lord help you with that.
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  • Let the lord help you with that. katherine, i love you.
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  • With that. katherine, i love you. i adore you.
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  • Katherine, i love you. i adore you. i'm standing with you,
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  • I adore you. i'm standing with you, my sister in christ.
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  • I'm standing with you, my sister in christ. thank you so much
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  • My sister in christ. thank you so much for being here today
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  • Thank you so much for being here today and for pouring your life out
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  • For being here today and for pouring your life out into so many people.
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  • And for pouring your life out into so many people. just so love you.
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  • Into so many people. just so love you. katherine: what a blessing.
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  • Just so love you. katherine: what a blessing. i'm so honored to be here.
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  • Katherine: what a blessing. i'm so honored to be here. thank you for having me.
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  • I'm so honored to be here. thank you for having me. tammy: we're so glad.
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  • Thank you for having me. tammy: we're so glad. thank you for being with us.
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  • Tammy: we're so glad. thank you for being with us. we'll see you next time
  • 00:23:48.250 --> 00:23:49.351
  • Thank you for being with us. we'll see you next time on life today .
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  • 00:23:54.456 --> 00:24:05.267
  • ♪ who am i that the highest king ♪
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  • ♪ would welcome me ♪
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  • ♪ i was lost but you brought me in ♪
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  • ♪ oh, his love for me ♪
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  • ♪ oh, his love for me ♪
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  • ♪ who the son sets free ♪
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  • ♪ oh, is free indeed ♪
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  • ♪ i'm a child of god yes, i am ♪
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  • ♪ free at last he has welcomed me ♪
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  • ♪ his grace runs deep ♪
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  • ♪ while i was a slave to sin ♪
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  • ♪ jesus died for me ♪
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  • ♪ yes, he died for me ♪
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  • ♪ who the son sets free ♪
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  • ♪ oh, is free indeed ♪
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  • ♪ i'm a child of god yes, i am ♪
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  • ♪ in my father's house there's a place for me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm a child of god yes, i am ♪
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  • ♪ i am chosen not forsaken ♪
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  • ♪ i am who you say i am ♪
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  • ♪ you are for me not against me ♪
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  • ♪ i am who you say i am ♪
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  • ♪ i am chosen not forsaken ♪
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  • ♪ i am who you say i am ♪
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  • ♪ you are for me not against me ♪
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  • ♪ i am who you say i am ♪
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  • ♪ i am who you say i am ♪
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  • ♪ who the son sets free ♪
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  • ♪ oh, is free indeed ♪
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  • ♪ i'm a child of god yes, i am ♪
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  • ♪ in my father's house there's a place for me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm a child of god yes, i am ♪
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