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Listen To That Quiet Voice · Have A Little Faith with Delilah

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Speaker 1: Greetings, hellove, my friend, Welcome aboard, Welcome to another episode
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Speaker 1: of Have a Little Faith. I'd love to tell you
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Speaker 1: which episode this is, you know, like episode thirty eight
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Speaker 1: or episode fifty.
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Speaker 2: But I have.
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Speaker 1: No idea because I don't keep track of those things.
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Speaker 1: I just love love sharing my faith with you, sharing
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Speaker 1: my Lord with you, sharing my walk with you, and
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Speaker 1: sharing all these great calls I get every stinking night.
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Speaker 1: Every night, people call me with amazing stories and I
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Speaker 1: can only air three or four minutes maximum of their story,
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Speaker 1: so we have to edit down, and a lot of
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Speaker 1: times in that editing process, the power of the story
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Speaker 1: is lost. And so that's why I love doing this podcast,
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Speaker 1: because I get to share the whole call, the whole
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Speaker 1: story with you. And today we are going to be
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Speaker 1: talking about how we need to listen to that still
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Speaker 1: quiet voice within. Not the critic voice that shows up
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Speaker 1: every morning about six o'clock and starts telling me I'm
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Speaker 1: not good enough, I'm not doing enough, blah blah blah
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Speaker 1: blah blah. Not that voice. I'm talking about that still
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Speaker 1: quiet voice that can lead us, direct us, encourage us.
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Speaker 1: Some people call it their gut instinct. I call it
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Speaker 1: God and Today, we're going to talk with some people
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Speaker 1: who listen to that voice, that guiding, that leading in
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Speaker 1: their spirit and found themselves in a much better place.
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Speaker 1: So welcome to the show. I'm glad you're here today.
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Speaker 1: We are talking about something we all experience but we
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Speaker 1: don't always listen to, and that is our instinct. That
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Speaker 1: is the voice inside that nudges us towards a decision,
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Speaker 1: that warns us when something feels off. You ever notice
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Speaker 1: how dogs, instinctively, intuitively do not like some people. When
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Speaker 1: a dog cannot stand someone, if you love that dog,
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Speaker 1: you should listen to that dog because you probably have
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Speaker 1: the same voice telling you not to trust that person.
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Speaker 1: But you silence that voice you don't listen to it.
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Speaker 1: In a world full of opinions, advice, and constant noise,
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Speaker 1: it can be easy to ignore when we feel that
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Speaker 1: voice in our heart. But what of one of the
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Speaker 1: most powerful tools we have is our ability to trust
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Speaker 1: and follow God's voice. In this episode of Have a
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Speaker 1: Little Faith, we'll explore what it really means to trust
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Speaker 1: your instincts, how to tell the difference between intuition and fear,
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Speaker 1: and why learning to listen to that quiet voice can
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Speaker 1: lead to greater confidence, stronger decisions, a more authentic life,
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Speaker 1: if you will, whether you're facing a major life choice
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Speaker 1: or simply trying to reconnect with that voice, that inner voice,
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Speaker 1: which I believe is the Holy Spirit leading me. I
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Speaker 1: hope today's conversation encourages you to trust what you already
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Speaker 1: know deep down. So grab something cold to drink, settle in,
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Speaker 1: and let's dive into the power of listening, listening to
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Speaker 1: that quiet, still voice within your spirit. Up first today
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Speaker 1: in this podcast is a single mom named Courtney. She's
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Speaker 1: caught in a conundrum of a relationship she wants, but
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Speaker 1: somehow already understands she can't have. Courtney welcome to have
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Speaker 1: a little faith with Delilah. How's your summer going.
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Speaker 3: It's going busy, busy.
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Speaker 1: Busy, busy. What is the most fun thing you have
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Speaker 1: done this summer thus far?
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Speaker 3: Spending time with my kids going to hockey tournaments.
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Speaker 1: Hockey tournaments. How I spent my summer vacation slapping around,
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Speaker 1: schlepping around duffel bags filled with hockey sticks and stinky
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Speaker 1: boy socks.
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Speaker 3: Yes, we're from Minnesota, so that's pretty typical here. I
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Speaker 3: was thinking of an individual tonight that I was in
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Speaker 3: a relationship with I'm a divorce mom, and it was
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Speaker 3: a hockey dad and that I was with and he
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Speaker 3: just doesn't seem to know what he wants. And I
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Speaker 3: don't know what's going to happen with us, but I'm
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Speaker 3: really hoping things work out. So I was just thinking
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Speaker 3: of him.
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Speaker 1: Okay, stop right there, Pretend I just put the stick
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Speaker 1: down and stop the puck before it went in the
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Speaker 1: nat courtney? Why are you waiting for someone else to
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Speaker 1: choose you.
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Speaker 3: I've noticed him five years ago when he first moved
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Speaker 3: to our community, and at the time, I just found
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Speaker 3: him very attractive and fun and he was married at
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Speaker 3: the time, and I filed it away in the back
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Speaker 3: of my mind and didn't think anything of it. And
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Speaker 3: then this past year we've ended up on the same
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Speaker 3: team and he pursued me, and he just doesn't seem
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Speaker 3: to know what he wants.
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Speaker 1: None of that answered my question. Did you not hear
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Speaker 1: my question?
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Speaker 3: Why am I waiting for him to choose me? Because
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Speaker 3: when I'm with him, it's what I want when I'm
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Speaker 3: with him, but I just I don't.
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Speaker 1: Know, it's what you want when you're with him, but
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Speaker 1: when you're not with him. Does he make you feel precious, special, chosen, scene, valued, validated, honored, cherished,
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Speaker 1: any of those things? Or does he make you feel anxious, worried,
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Speaker 1: questioning your own self worth, checking your phone, checking your phone,
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Speaker 1: checking your phone, checking your phone.
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Speaker 3: All of what you just said, he makes me feel,
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Speaker 3: And I know that he's looking for validation and attention,
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Speaker 3: and that's part of what I think he wants from me.
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Speaker 3: So it's just kind of a cycle that we're in.
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Speaker 1: You deserve, honey, especially if you're divorced with kids. You
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Speaker 1: deserve to be with somebody who chooses you every time,
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Speaker 1: who doesn't have to question that. You know when you
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Speaker 1: wake up, you know when you go to sleep, you
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Speaker 1: know when you go throughout the day that you are
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Speaker 1: their first choice. Well, God should be first, their faith
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Speaker 1: or their children. But right after that, sure, how long
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Speaker 1: have we been playing the waiting game?
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Speaker 3: Since January?
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Speaker 1: Okay, that's way too long in Mom and Delilah's opinion.
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Speaker 3: I know, I know, and I'm forty five and he's
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Speaker 3: sixty and I know, and we live a mile away
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Speaker 3: from each other, and you know, we just we have
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Speaker 3: a lot of mutual friends and our lives are intertwined
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Speaker 3: and it's just complicated.
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Speaker 1: Have you ever heard the term dismissive avoidant? Yes? Does
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Speaker 1: he maybe check off one or two of those boxes?
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Speaker 3: He checked off several and more recently, I think that
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Speaker 3: he's probably a narcissist with dismissive avoidant tendencies.
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Speaker 1: You want this around your children?
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Speaker 3: Why it's it's it's hard like I know his our
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Speaker 3: children the same age. We all spend a lot of
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Speaker 3: time together and that type of thing. I'm going to
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Speaker 3: counseling for.
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Speaker 1: This right now, Courtney, listen to Mama Delilah. You deserve
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Speaker 1: to be cherished and if you are aware that he
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Speaker 1: might possibly be the things that we just mentioned, then
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Speaker 1: you need to run the other direction, slam that door
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Speaker 1: and nail it shut before you spend another year, I know,
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Speaker 1: in uncertainty, because you deserve peace, joy, tranquility, happiness. If
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Speaker 1: you're going to invest your time into somebody and be
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Speaker 1: in a relationship, because it's a lot of work, it's
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Speaker 1: a lot of energy. If you're gonna be in a
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Speaker 1: relationship and invest the energy, let it be invested in
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Speaker 1: somebody who wants to invest in you. And a dismissive
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Speaker 1: avoidant a narcissistic dismissive avoidant or an egotistical dismissive avoidance
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Speaker 1: will never ever invest in you.
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Speaker 3: I know he was married twice for a total of
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Speaker 3: thirty years, and he's twice divorced, and I've been divorced
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Speaker 3: for nine years, and I wasn't looking for anybody, and
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Speaker 3: just kind of all all happened. And I don't know
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Speaker 3: why he just didn't leave me alone. It would have
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Speaker 3: been so much easier.
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Speaker 1: Because you're fun and you're funny, and you're sweet, and
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Speaker 1: you're great, and you pour into him. Why would he
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Speaker 1: leave that alone. You're adorable, you're athletic, you're outgoing, you
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Speaker 1: you're the whole meal deal.
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Speaker 3: I don't know. It's just hard when we're that close,
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Speaker 3: but I know I need to move on.
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Speaker 1: You need to cherish yourself and honor yourself, and if
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Speaker 1: you will do that, everything will fall into place. I promise.
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Speaker 3: Thank you, Delilah. I'm like I said, I'm forty five.
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Speaker 3: I've been listening to you since I was in high
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Speaker 3: school and I'm just absolutely thrilled that you answered. And
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Speaker 3: I can't thank you enough for all the nights just
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Speaker 3: throughout my life that I've listened to you and help
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Speaker 3: me through different things.
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Speaker 1: Isn't it nice to know you're talking to another person
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Speaker 1: that chases dismissive of woodens. Yes, isn't it nice to
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Speaker 1: know that my love life has been far more messed
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Speaker 1: up than yours ever possibly could?
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Speaker 3: But yeah, you have the most amazing advice.
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Speaker 1: I do for other people. Do you think I can
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Speaker 1: and take it for myself?
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Speaker 3: No?
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Speaker 4: Right?
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Speaker 3: And if I had a friend that was in the
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Speaker 3: same situation as me, like I would be saying all
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Speaker 3: the same things as you.
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Speaker 1: Of course you would, and you know what you need
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Speaker 1: to do. But like me, once the pleasure center is tripped,
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Speaker 1: once the dopamine is there, yeah, you're like, No, No,
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Speaker 1: I will not put the white flag up. I will
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Speaker 1: not surrender. I will not admit to feed that you
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Speaker 1: will love me. Dang it.
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Speaker 3: Yes that's me.
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Speaker 1: And I know I'm certainly not judging because, like I said,
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Speaker 1: you could never mess up your love life as much
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Speaker 1: as I messed up mine. But I'm going to play
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Speaker 1: a song for you because I really like you. You
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Speaker 1: and I could hang out together. I could never play hockey,
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Speaker 1: but we could be friends. Yes, Courtney, I want to
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Speaker 1: make sure you know that your choice to go to
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Speaker 1: counseling and working through your feelings is telling me that
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Speaker 1: you are listening to that still quiet voice that is
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Speaker 1: God listening to it. Courtney, keep working hard. You already
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Speaker 1: know what you need to do, and you are taking
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Speaker 1: the right steps in that direction, and I will pray
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Speaker 1: for the strength for you to keep going.
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Speaker 3: Absolutely. Thank you so much, Joliah, I'll never forget this.
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Speaker 1: God bless you, God bless you.
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Speaker 3: Bye.
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Speaker 1: Up next, we have Johnny. He is newly in recovery
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Speaker 1: and doing great. He, however, is trying to rush things
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Speaker 1: and might just have some stinking thinking going on. Welcome
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Speaker 1: to have a little faith, Johnny. How can I help
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Speaker 1: you tonight?
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Speaker 5: Well, on and off, over the years, I've listened to
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Speaker 5: your show and heard a lot of wonderful, beautiful interactions
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Speaker 5: that people have been able to.
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Speaker 6: Get back or obtain.
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Speaker 4: Right now, in my life, I'm at a really difficult point.
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Speaker 4: I've been divorced now for over ten years. Actually it
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Speaker 4: almost ten years.
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Speaker 6: And then I had this great job.
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Speaker 5: Due to substance abuse, I lost it for a while,
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Speaker 5: but then.
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Speaker 4: I got everything back after I went through treatment, and
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Speaker 4: I've been really working on me this time.
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Speaker 6: In my recovery, and now I'm kind of.
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Speaker 4: Broken hearted because I don't think that I'm ever going
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Speaker 4: to be able to find somebody that I can love again.
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Speaker 1: Why.
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Speaker 6: I just I don't know. I have certain particulars that
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Speaker 6: I like. Obviously I have to be attracted to somebody.
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Speaker 1: Johnny, how long have you been working on your.
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Speaker 6: Recovery a little very year now.
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Speaker 1: So in the meetings that you go to or your
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Speaker 1: sponsors that you talk to, have you ever heard the
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Speaker 1: term stinking thinking?
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Speaker 3: Oh?
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Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely, okay, that.
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Speaker 1: Would just came out of your mouth about I'll never
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Speaker 1: find real love again. That is right up there at
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Speaker 1: the top of the list of dumb things to say
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Speaker 1: when you got stinking thinking.
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Speaker 4: Well, you're definitely more than just an ordinary radio jock.
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Speaker 6: I can tell you that maybe it's loneliness. I don't know,
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Speaker 6: and you're right, and there's some stinking thinking. I don't know.
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Speaker 6: I would just really love to have love in my
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Speaker 6: life again.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but that's not in God's plan right now. Probably
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Speaker 1: that's like saying I would really like to pick an
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Speaker 1: ear of corn off my corn plants, but the corn
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Speaker 1: isn't ready yet. It's not going to be ready for
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Speaker 1: another three or four weeks, five weeks, so picking an
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Speaker 1: ear of corn right now would not do anybody any
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Speaker 1: good except my chickens that I would have to throw
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Speaker 1: it to.
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Speaker 7: Well, you definitely are in the spot and job of
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Speaker 7: your life, because that's everything.
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Speaker 4: Those two statements that you made is actually everything that
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Speaker 4: I needed to hear.
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Speaker 1: Right now, do you believe in a higher power, Johnny?
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Speaker 6: Absolutely?
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Speaker 1: Have you done the first and second steps? Have you
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Speaker 1: surrendered your will to that higher power?
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Speaker 7: I am partially the way through my first step, So
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Speaker 7: to answer that question, no.
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Speaker 1: Okay yet, Well, as you work that step and you
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Speaker 1: decide that it should probably be his will, not your will,
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Speaker 1: since he knows everything the beginning, the middle, and the end,
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Speaker 1: and he knows how to get you from point A
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Speaker 1: to point B, which you have proven no doubt time
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Speaker 1: and time again that you cannot do or you wouldn't
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Speaker 1: have become addicted. When you do that step, apply it
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Speaker 1: to everything, not just your sobriety or your recovery. Especially,
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Speaker 1: apply it to relationships because he knows best.
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Speaker 6: Absolutely, I understand.
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Speaker 1: God knows best what is best for Johnny, and he
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Speaker 1: knows exactly who you should be partnered with in life.
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Speaker 1: And exactly when to begin that relationship for you if
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Speaker 1: he hasn't already, So so let it go, Let it go,
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Speaker 1: and just put it in God's hand and say, God,
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Speaker 1: in your time, in your perfect time. Let me know.
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Speaker 8: I'm so glad that I made the decision to call
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Speaker 8: you tonight. Those are some of the things that I've
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Speaker 8: been working with in with some of my church leaders,
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Speaker 8: also with my sponsor. And to talk to a perfect
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Speaker 8: stranger over the phone and to get the inspiration from
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Speaker 8: God that you just said is.
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Speaker 6: Immensely important to me. And thank you for telling me
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Speaker 6: that I appreciate it.
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Speaker 1: Well. I found my ways to the halls that you
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Speaker 1: are now going to forty years ago, and I can
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Speaker 1: tell you it's a whole lot of turning things over
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Speaker 1: and releasing them and trusting in the Almighty. Thank you, Johnny.
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Speaker 1: I have learned over the decades that there is a
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Speaker 1: reason the program has twelve steps. The first one is
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Speaker 1: the most important. Keep working on that until you can
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Speaker 1: understand that when you turn your life over to God,
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Speaker 1: he will show you the way. All you have to
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Speaker 1: do is trust and listen God. Bless you, honey, Thank you.
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Speaker 1: The next story I want to share with you is
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Speaker 1: from a woman named Joyce. Joyce has been through quite
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Speaker 1: a journey. Joyce set her ego down and chose to
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Speaker 1: let God come up with a plan. She listened and
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Speaker 1: acknowledged her shortcomings. Let's hear from Joyce in her own words.
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Speaker 1: Good evening. Who's on the phone line with me?
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Speaker 8: Uh?
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Speaker 2: This is joy I spoke to you about two years
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Speaker 2: ago on when I was on my way home from work.
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Speaker 9: And two years ago, as in February had two years
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Speaker 9: ago my husband asked me for a divorce.
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Speaker 1: And you're giggling, so you must be better off without him.
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Speaker 3: Well, here's the thing.
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Speaker 2: I live in the basement of our house and he
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Speaker 2: lives upstairs, and we get out to find I mean,
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Speaker 2: if you saw us out on the street, you wouldn't
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Speaker 2: even know any was wrong.
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Speaker 1: So you're now divorced and living in the same house.
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Speaker 3: That's the funny part. No, we're not divorced.
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Speaker 1: You're still married, but living in separate parts of the house.
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Speaker 9: Correct.
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Speaker 2: And So he is an amazing man and I really
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Speaker 2: don't have anything bad to say about him. He has
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Speaker 2: basically paid all my medical bills and stuff, and he
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Speaker 2: is just an amazing man. There's just really nothing negative
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Speaker 2: to say about him. You know, I've heard you on
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Speaker 2: the radio talking about how it takes too sometime.
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Speaker 3: Well, that's kind.
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Speaker 2: Of what happened. I was not a very nice person,
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Speaker 2: and I've had a lot of mental issues which are
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Speaker 2: now being taken care of, and I've learned a lot
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Speaker 2: about myself, and so I was hoping you could pick
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Speaker 2: out a song for him from me to show him
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Speaker 2: how much I do appreciate him.
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Speaker 1: And what song can I play for this amazing man
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Speaker 1: who has stood by your side through everything it sounds like.
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Speaker 2: He has, And I would be honored if you could
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Speaker 2: find something that Jeff puts everything kind of in perspective,
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Speaker 2: and as a thank you.
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Speaker 1: I will do my best to find a song that
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Speaker 1: says thank you for loving me when I couldn't love myself.
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Speaker 3: Thank you.
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Speaker 2: I'd appreciate it, Delilah.
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Speaker 1: And I hope the next chapter brings you so much
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Speaker 1: joy and healing and peace.
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Speaker 3: You know it's already begun.
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Speaker 2: I have been in therapy and counseling sessions and I'm
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Speaker 2: doing way better than I had been.
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Speaker 1: Joyce, you did something so wise. You chose to be
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Speaker 1: open to a solution that may not have been what
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Speaker 1: you envision. How it is the one that's working for you.
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Speaker 1: I pray right now that God will continue to perform
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Speaker 1: miracles in your life. Keep praying, mostly, keep listening, keep following,
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Speaker 1: keep trusting God. Bless you, my friend.
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Speaker 3: Thank you, sweetie.
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Speaker 1: Up last today is Elizabeth, who called me twenty four
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Speaker 1: years ago during nine to eleven. Elizabeth clearly understands that
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Speaker 1: caring and loving each other is not a suggestion, but
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Speaker 1: is a commandment. She is very much listening to that quiet,
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Speaker 1: still voice from within. Let's hear from Elizabeth right now. Elizabeth,
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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Delilah Show. How can I help you tonight?
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Speaker 10: Hi, Delilah, I wanted to thank you, first of all
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Speaker 10: for everything that you do. Last time I called in,
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Speaker 10: it was right after eleven in two thousand and one,
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Speaker 10: and on my way home, I was thinking that I
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Speaker 10: wanted you to play a song for God and for
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Speaker 10: people to give back to that place, and ironically, you
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Speaker 10: played the song that you did at nine to eleven tonight.
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Speaker 10: So I think I got my personal answer, but I
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Speaker 10: think we need a global answer.
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Speaker 1: How cool is the Almighty that he just stepped in
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Speaker 1: and said, let me be your DJ tonight, let me
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Speaker 1: take over and spin the record for you. Yeah it.
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Speaker 10: Things have been crazy, not only in my life, but
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Speaker 10: so many other people.
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Speaker 3: We need to come back.
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Speaker 1: I was talking with my oldest son today, who was
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Speaker 1: a sergeant in the police department, and we were talking
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Speaker 1: about how crazy the world has gotten in some personal situations,
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Speaker 1: and he jokingly said, yeah, maybe, you know, maybe I
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Speaker 1: should just find the strength within myself to make this happen.
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Speaker 1: And we both laughed out loud, and I said, let
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Speaker 1: me know how that works for you, because we both know.
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Speaker 1: He and I both know that without God on our side,
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Speaker 1: we can do nothing. But with God working through us
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Speaker 1: and with this we can, we can do amazing things.
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Speaker 1: He was being very sarcastic.
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Speaker 3: I love it. I love it.
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Speaker 10: And it doesn't matter your gender, your race, your aide.
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Speaker 3: We're all God's children. That's the bottom line.
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Speaker 1: Amen.
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Speaker 3: Amen.
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Speaker 1: He still loves.
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Speaker 10: Yep, and that's why the bleeding love came right on
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Speaker 10: at nine eleven, and I kept having to keep calling
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Speaker 10: me back, and then I finally connected it's a God link.
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Speaker 1: It is a God thing, and the fact that you
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Speaker 1: have a God that loves you so much that he
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Speaker 1: just took over and decided to be your personal DJ
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Speaker 1: tonight like a wedding DJ is pretty sweet. But let
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Speaker 1: me play something like you said for the whole world.
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Speaker 1: Something to encourage the whole world to look up, to
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Speaker 1: not lose faith, to hang on, to pray harder, to
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Speaker 1: love deeper, to share more.
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Speaker 10: And it's for all of us.
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Speaker 1: Amens, sister, thank you for calling. Don't wait so long.
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Speaker 1: Twenty four years is way too long. Don't wait that
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Speaker 1: long again. Okay, thank you, good night. Elizabeth has the
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Speaker 1: key to what it means to be faithful. It does
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Speaker 1: not mean being right or wrong, and it definitely does
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Speaker 1: not mean politics or social media or any of the
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Speaker 1: things that rob us of peace and joy. It means
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Speaker 1: caring for one another, despite the negative stuff that we
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Speaker 1: are fed every day. As we wrap up this episode,
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Speaker 1: all week long, I've been encouraging everyone to go outside
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Speaker 1: and play. Go outside and play. I tell it to
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Speaker 1: my kids, I tell it to my grandkids, I tell
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Speaker 1: it to my friends. Get off the devices, connect with nature,
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Speaker 1: be present. God paints a beautiful backdrop each season, and
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Speaker 1: often people get so distracted by the news by scrolling
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Speaker 1: they miss it. It steals your joy when you are
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Speaker 1: not present, it steals your joy. If you can quiet
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Speaker 1: those things, those crazy things that distract us, I promise
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Speaker 1: you will find clarity and hopefully you will be able
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Speaker 1: to connect with God and hear that inner voice. There's
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Speaker 1: a song I'd like you to look up. It's called
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Speaker 1: Learn to Be Still by the Eagles. Look it up,
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Speaker 1: give it a listen. There's nothing like a perfect song
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Speaker 1: to explain a message. I wish I could play it
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Speaker 1: for you here, but they have rules that won't let
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Speaker 1: me do that. But go find Learn to Be Still
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Speaker 1: by the Eagles, and then go be still. Thank you,
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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for sharing your time here with me.
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Speaker 1: I appreciate it more than you know. Until next time,
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Speaker 1: hold strong to your faith and slow down and love
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Speaker 1: someone del