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God Is A Match Maker · Have A Little Faith with Delilah

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Speaker 1: Hello, my friend. Welcome to have a Little Faith with Delilah.
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Speaker 1: This is our new podcast, we just started it a
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Speaker 1: few months ago, where I get to be very bold,
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Speaker 1: very very bold, and honest and transparent about my faith
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Speaker 1: and what role that plays in my life. My faith
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Speaker 1: in my life plays a similar role to my spinal column,
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Speaker 1: my spinal cord, my spinal bones in my body. Yep,
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Speaker 1: that's how important it is. My faith is my backbone.
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Speaker 1: It is the thing that keeps me going, is the
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Speaker 1: center of everything that I do. It brings me back
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Speaker 1: to everything I should do when I know that I'm
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Speaker 1: making bad choices. It guides me. I was twenty six
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Speaker 1: before I found my way to God. Not that I
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Speaker 1: didn't have plenty of opportunities before that, but I'm pretty stubborn,
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Speaker 1: pretty hardheaded, and because when you come to God, you
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Speaker 1: got to surrender it. You got to just lay it
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Speaker 1: down and lay down. I just fell on my face
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Speaker 1: before him and said, Okay, I give up. I cannot
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Speaker 1: do this thing called life by myself. I guess I
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Speaker 1: do need you, after all. I was twenty six and
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Speaker 1: I made a lot of different choices, choices that I
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Speaker 1: thought were good at the time. Looking back. We're probably
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Speaker 1: trauma bonds, not love. But when I was in my forties,
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Speaker 1: I was working out at a gym that was maybe
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Speaker 1: half a mile from my house, and it is there
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Speaker 1: that I met the man that is my husband. I
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Speaker 1: wasn't looking to date, I wasn't looking for love. I was,
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Speaker 1: in fact, in a relationship that I thought I had
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Speaker 1: convinced myself was going to lead to marriage and a
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Speaker 1: happy ever after. It wasn't meant to be. And I
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Speaker 1: knew that. I knew that day one. I am so
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Speaker 1: good at lying to myself. And even though I knew
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Speaker 1: the relationship that I was in was not God's will
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Speaker 1: and had evidence of that, I convinced myself that I
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Speaker 1: could convince God to see things my way. Just this
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Speaker 1: one's God, Please, And God kept saying, please don't do this,
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Speaker 1: Please don't do this, Please do not do this. Stop
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Speaker 1: doing this. And I couldn't stop doing that, because when
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Speaker 1: I am obsessed, when I am addicted, when I am
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Speaker 1: locked in, you can't get me off course, when I
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Speaker 1: am bound and determined to run into that brick wall,
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Speaker 1: you can't stop me. God said, no, it's not going
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Speaker 1: to work, not because I don't want you to be
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Speaker 1: blessed and happy. But because this is not right. What
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Speaker 1: you are doing, the relationship you are trying to create,
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Speaker 1: trying to force, it's not right. And I knew that.
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Speaker 1: I was talking with my friend Sarah Dorman. And if
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Speaker 1: you know Sarah, she does not mince words. She is
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Speaker 1: a woman after God's own heart, and she does not
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Speaker 1: mince words. And she said, Dee, you got to knock
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Speaker 1: this off. This is ridiculous. Knock it off. And I said, Sarah,
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Speaker 1: I would if I could, but I can't. I can't.
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Speaker 1: The heart wants what the heart wants. And she said,
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Speaker 1: what's it going to take you recognize this is wrong
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Speaker 1: and you're still going down that path. Well I went
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Speaker 1: down that path until there was a cliff and I
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Speaker 1: could go no further. And I was so broken hearted.
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Speaker 1: I was not the least bit interested in dating. And
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Speaker 1: I was going to the gym trying to keep my
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Speaker 1: bearings because when I work out, I feel so much better.
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Speaker 1: And when you see me go to the if you
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Speaker 1: see me go to the gym, you know, I am
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Speaker 1: not like those influencers that you see on social media
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Speaker 1: and they're cute little outfits, and they're cute little workout
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Speaker 1: garb and you know their hair pulled back looking cute. No,
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Speaker 1: I am a hot mess. I am a hot mess
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Speaker 1: when I go to the gym. And I had a
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Speaker 1: white dog, a yellow lab actually, and as you know,
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Speaker 1: lab shed, so my black workout outfit was further looking
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Speaker 1: a hot mess because I had dog hair all over it.
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Speaker 1: And I didn't fix my hair or put makeup on.
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Speaker 1: I just went to the gym and I worked out,
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Speaker 1: and I'd get all hot and sweaty, and I'd come
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Speaker 1: home and shower and get dressed. But I was not
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Speaker 1: looking to impress anybody, or flirt with anybody, or look good.
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Speaker 1: And it was in that situation with a broken heart,
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Speaker 1: a realization that I should have listened to God in
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Speaker 1: the first place, but I didn't, a realization that the
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Speaker 1: man that I loved deeply completely could not be with me.
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Speaker 1: He couldn't. He had a life that he had to
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Speaker 1: live out that did not include me and my children
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Speaker 1: in the way that I wanted, not in the way
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Speaker 1: that I had imagined. And while wrestling with that truth,
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Speaker 1: I met the man that is my husband, also working
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Speaker 1: out at the gym, also going through heartbreak as his
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Speaker 1: marriage of almost thirty years was crumbling and the last
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Speaker 1: thing either one of us had in our mind was
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Speaker 1: dating or flirting or anything of that nature. But it
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Speaker 1: was there, covered in dog hair, looking like a hot mess,
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Speaker 1: that I met the man that I would later six
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Speaker 1: years later Mary. And the sweet thing is we were friends.
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Speaker 1: We became friends. We both had teenagers, both that had
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Speaker 1: learning disabilities, both were struggling in school, and we talked
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Speaker 1: about it. We didn't talk about our love life, we
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Speaker 1: didn't talk about our past, we didn't talk about anything
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Speaker 1: but our faith because he also is a Christian and
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Speaker 1: our kids. That's it. Oh and my dog because he
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Speaker 1: noticed the dog hair and he had a black lab
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Speaker 1: and so we talked about that, and from that friendship
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Speaker 1: grew the foundation of what has now been almost a
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Speaker 1: twenty year relationship. He is certainly not what I imagined
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Speaker 1: I would marry, but he is everything I needed. And
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Speaker 1: in today's podcast, we are going to talk about how
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Speaker 1: God is the best matchmaker, is the best one to
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Speaker 1: arrange your forever love up. First, we have Tellia, who
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Speaker 1: met her guy at Bible study. She is so young,
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Speaker 1: but she is fully aware of what she wants and
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Speaker 1: perhaps this gentleman feels the same. Let's listen to Talia's
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Speaker 1: love story right now. Talia, what a pretty name. How
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Speaker 1: can I help to make your night a little sweeter?
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Speaker 2: I wanted to dedicate a song to my amazing boyfriend.
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Speaker 1: What is your amazing boyfriend's name?
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Speaker 2: His name is Kevin.
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Speaker 1: How long has Kevin been by your side?
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Speaker 2: We've been together almost two years.
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Speaker 1: Now, Talia. How old are you?
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Speaker 2: I'm twenty.
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Speaker 1: You sound like you're about eighteen. You sound very sweet,
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Speaker 1: you sound like a good kid. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we met when I was eighteen at a Bible study.
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Speaker 2: And I don't know. This one's different. I think maybe
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Speaker 2: it could be the one.
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Speaker 1: And does he feel that way?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely? He brought up marriage three months into us eating.
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Speaker 1: Tell me what you love most about Kevin?
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Speaker 2: I honestly think it's just his open mind and his
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Speaker 2: heart and the fact that he has so much passion
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Speaker 2: and dedication to put into our future, in the fact
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Speaker 2: that he's willing to put aside his own wants and
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Speaker 2: needs sometimes to invest in our future.
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Speaker 1: And what do you think your future looks like?
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Speaker 2: Hopefully married and living in a beautiful house with two
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Speaker 2: little kiddos. And maybe I don't I'd love to live
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Speaker 2: on a ranch, but who knows.
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Speaker 1: So when I was twenty, I had a vision of marriage,
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Speaker 1: a house, a picket fence, a yard, one husband for
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Speaker 1: the rest of my life. Didn't quite turn out that way.
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Speaker 1: Oh No, did not turn out that way at all.
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Speaker 1: At my thirtieth birthday, I was crying because I only
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Speaker 1: had one child and I was divorced and I was
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Speaker 1: in a crazy destructive relationship. And I was just sobbing
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Speaker 1: in my pizza. At my thirtieth birthday.
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Speaker 3: Party, Oh that's so horrible it was.
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Speaker 1: And ten years later, at my fortieth party, I was
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Speaker 1: crying again because I was in a marriage but it
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Speaker 1: was not a healthy or happy marriage, and I was
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Speaker 1: nursing a baby, and I had adopted kids, and I
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Speaker 1: knew I was going to be a single parent. Was
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Speaker 1: six and I was like, God, this is not the
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Speaker 1: picture of my life I had pictured.
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Speaker 2: Oh man, I firmly believe that. You know, sometimes life
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Speaker 2: doesn't make sense to us, But I think God puts
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Speaker 2: us and whoever ends up in our life wherever we're
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Speaker 2: meant to be.
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Speaker 1: Well, let me tell you my fiftieth birthday party. I
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Speaker 1: was rejoicing my sixtieth birthday party. I was really rejoicing,
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Speaker 1: and I am so looking forward to my seventieth when
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Speaker 1: that happens, because the more I let go of my
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Speaker 1: images and my life plan and embrace what God has
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Speaker 1: in store for me, every day, it just gets better
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Speaker 1: and better and better and better.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I agree. It was crazy when we met. I
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Speaker 2: wasn't going to go to this Bible study and I
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Speaker 2: had just left the gym and got home, and I
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Speaker 2: was looking a mess with no makeup, and I had
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Speaker 2: nobody to go with. And I used to really depend
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Speaker 2: on having friends and other people. And I was like, no,
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Speaker 2: I'm not going to go, and something told me to go,
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Speaker 2: and I went and the only spot left in the
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Speaker 2: room was next to him, and we clicked that day.
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Speaker 2: We met on a Wednesday, he met my parents that Friday,
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Speaker 2: he met my grandparents that Sunday, and then a month
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Speaker 2: later he asked me to be his girlfriend under the
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Speaker 2: same gazebo that my parents got married under at sunset.
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Speaker 1: Well, let me play a sweet song for you too.
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Speaker 1: I hope if this is the one, if this is
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Speaker 1: God's plan, that all your dreams times a thousand come
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Speaker 1: to pass.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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Speaker 1: You have a good night. Let me ask you a question.
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Speaker 1: How did you meet person you love? Your partner, your spouse,
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Speaker 1: your significant other. Probably if you've met in the last
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Speaker 1: five ten years, it was on the internet. It was
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Speaker 1: on a dating app back in the day before that.
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Speaker 1: We had to meet the old fashioned way, you know,
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Speaker 1: going places and talking to somebody and exchanging phone numbers
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Speaker 1: or whatever. And just a moment, I'm going to share
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Speaker 1: one of the sweetest love stories I have ever heard
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Speaker 1: in my life. How this young girl met her husband
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Speaker 1: in the meat section. She didn't want steak, she wanted him.
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Speaker 1: We're going to find out how that turned out all
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Speaker 1: these years later. Hi, good evening, Welcome to the Delilah Show.
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Speaker 1: Who is this?
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Speaker 4: My name is Betty.
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Speaker 1: Hi Betty, thank you for calling. You have a very
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Speaker 1: sweet voice. What can I do for you? Oh?
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Speaker 4: I'm just so thrilled big I got through. I've been
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Speaker 4: wait trying to try it.
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Speaker 1: Anyway.
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Speaker 4: I just wanted to call and tell you about my husband.
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Speaker 1: All right, Betty, tell me about your hobby.
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Speaker 4: He's a gift from God. I met him. He and
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Speaker 4: his family had a small grocery store, and one day
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Speaker 4: I happened. I had never been there, and I went
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Speaker 4: in there, and I went back by a meat coner
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Speaker 4: and he was standing behind the meat conor and I
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Speaker 4: looked at him, and I knew then I was going
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Speaker 4: to marry him.
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Speaker 1: So you weren't interested in the ground beef or the
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Speaker 1: pork chops. You were interested in the grinning young man
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Speaker 1: behind the counter.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly.
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Speaker 1: And he said, can I can I give you, you know,
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Speaker 1: package up a pound or two of ground round And
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Speaker 1: you said, no, no, I'll take some of some of
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Speaker 1: that right there.
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Speaker 4: I picked up a few things and he put him
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Speaker 4: in a bag and he said, can I carry it
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Speaker 4: out for you? It was just a small bag, and
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Speaker 4: I said no, and he is just done carrying it out.
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Speaker 4: So anyway, we got married sixteen months later, and we've
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Speaker 4: been married for forty six years.
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Speaker 1: So you had a small bag of groceries that he
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Speaker 1: insisted on carrying out. So obviously the attraction was mutual.
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Speaker 4: Yes, it was really mutual, as quick.
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Speaker 1: For him as as it was for you, in the
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Speaker 1: knowing that this was more than just a chance meeting. Yes.
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Speaker 4: Yes, I didn't even know his name. And the first
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Speaker 4: time he asked me out, I was in the store
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Speaker 4: and I said, yes, I would go out with him
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Speaker 4: and I left, and then I thought he has three brothers,
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Speaker 4: and I didn't know which brother he was, you know,
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Speaker 4: because he's got Tim, Tom, Tony, and Ted, and I
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Speaker 4: didn't know which one, which one he was, and.
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Speaker 1: Which one was he He was Tim good. I like
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Speaker 1: that name. That's a good, strong name. Timothy.
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Speaker 4: He's a pastor.
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Speaker 1: Oh God bless you.
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Speaker 4: He went to school, he left the store, and he
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Speaker 4: had to go to college first. We had a we
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Speaker 4: had a hard time, you know, he had to go
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Speaker 4: to college before he goes seminary. But it all worked out.
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Speaker 4: And now, like I said, we've been there for forty
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Speaker 4: six years, and he does all the grocery shopping. He
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Speaker 4: brings a gro she's home and puts them all away.
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Speaker 4: He does all the cooking and all the cleanup. He's
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Speaker 4: just he's just I don't know. I just feel like
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Speaker 4: God brought me to that store that day.
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Speaker 1: Oh, he clearly brought you to that store that day.
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Speaker 1: I would not be surprised when you get to heaven
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Speaker 1: if you ask for an instant replay, if the Lord
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Speaker 1: shows you how many angels were following you down the
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Speaker 1: sidewalk going no, no turn here, go in here, go
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Speaker 1: right here, right here, this go through this door. Okay,
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Speaker 1: back to the back, back to the meat section. Go
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Speaker 1: walking walking, We're walking.
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Speaker 4: It was it was amazing. I'm just so thrilled that
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Speaker 4: I got to talk to you. I listen to you
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Speaker 4: every night. I go to bed early so I can
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Speaker 4: lay in bed and listen to the radio.
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Speaker 1: How is it that he does all the shopping and
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Speaker 1: all the cooking, Like, are you are you disabled? Did
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Speaker 1: you choose not to do that? Or is he just
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Speaker 1: a great guy?
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Speaker 4: I had an episode this past April. I had a
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Speaker 4: fib and a slight stroke, and I was in the
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Speaker 4: hospital for seven days and acute care, and then I
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Speaker 4: had to go to a rehab place for eighteen days.
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Speaker 4: So I was gone from home for almost a month.
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Speaker 4: So I'm on the road to recovery. You know, I
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Speaker 4: can get around now, I can. I can do the
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Speaker 4: laundry and things like that, but I don't. I don't
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Speaker 4: go out really really too much. I go to church
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Speaker 4: and stuff like that. You know, if he goes to
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Speaker 4: the store sometimes I write in the store, wait in
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Speaker 4: the car for him.
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Speaker 1: Well you sound wonderful for somebody that was knocking on
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Speaker 1: death's door.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's exactly right. He didn't even think I was
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Speaker 4: gonna make it.
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Speaker 1: God said, Nope, not ready for you yet, Betty. A
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Speaker 1: little more work to do down there. Yeah.
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Speaker 4: You know what, I don't remember anything about when I
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Speaker 4: went to the hospital. I was in the emergency where
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Speaker 4: I went to because I had a store on my foot,
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Speaker 4: and this doctor noticed at my feet and ankles were
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Speaker 4: swall and I was breathing funny, and they wheeled me
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Speaker 4: into the hospital. But I don't remember anything that happened
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Speaker 4: that whole week. I don't know what kind of tests
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Speaker 4: they druined me, or how they were throwing me around,
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Speaker 4: you know, doing this and doing that. I don't remember
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Speaker 4: any of it.
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Speaker 1: But you're here today, Praise God.
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Speaker 4: I know that God was there. I mean, you know
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Speaker 4: he had to be there because I'm here, so I
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Speaker 4: know he was with me all.
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Speaker 1: Right, forty eight years, loving the same man, probably the
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Speaker 1: only man I'm guessing you ever really truly loved. Best
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Speaker 1: wisdom you could share with a newlywed. I have a
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Speaker 1: granddaughter that just eloped. She and her sweetheart, they have
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Speaker 1: a family. God bless them with a daughter when she
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Speaker 1: was only seventeen. But he's a beautiful young man. And
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Speaker 1: he loves my granddaughter so much and they just got married.
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Speaker 1: Best advice wisdom you could share with a young couple
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Speaker 1: just starting their journey.
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Speaker 4: I guide my daughters. You know, we've got four, four children.
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Speaker 4: They're all grown up, but you know, I just try
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Speaker 4: to teach them that you got to learn to be
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Speaker 4: accepting and you know, loving your spouse, you know. And
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Speaker 4: just I don't know, we just really we are so
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Speaker 4: much in love yet that you know, I just I
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Speaker 4: don't know. Well now, you know, since I've been out
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Speaker 4: a little bit and stuff, people tell me how much
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Speaker 4: he missed me and how sad he was that I
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Speaker 4: was gone. But he came to visit me every single day.
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Speaker 4: He told me that I asked him to stay overnight
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Speaker 4: at the hospital, but I don't remember that either.
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Speaker 1: I am glad God sent you such a gentle gentle man.
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Speaker 4: I wish you could meet him. He is the kindest
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Speaker 4: and he's so handsome. He's the kind of man, you know,
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Speaker 4: he does everything for me. He waits emmy. He was
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Speaker 4: so kind, so tender, and.
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Speaker 1: I'm so glad Betty, you made it through that health scare. Oh.
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Speaker 4: I know, he's very, very protective of me now. But
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Speaker 4: he actually, you know, he's a full time pastor, but
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Speaker 4: he also is a chaplain at a hospital three mornings
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Speaker 4: a week, so he goes around and visits the patients
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Speaker 4: in the hospital only or if they want a prayer,
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Speaker 4: then he prays with them and stuff.
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Speaker 1: Can I say a quick prayer for you, Yes, Father, God.
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Speaker 1: I thank you Lord for letting Betty get through on
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Speaker 1: the phone lines tonight. I thank you God for the
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Speaker 1: gift of love that you've given her and Tim all
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Speaker 1: these years, almost five decades. Lord, what a gift. I
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Speaker 1: thank you God for the family that you've built, the children,
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Speaker 1: the grandchildren now the great grand babies, and all the
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Speaker 1: memories and all the love and all the joy that
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Speaker 1: you have brought through these two. Father, I thank you
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Speaker 1: for Betty, for her life, for saving her life. And Father,
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Speaker 1: she said she's on the road to recovery. I pray
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Speaker 1: that you would grant her good health all the days
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Speaker 1: of her life. Father, All of our days are numbered
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Speaker 1: before a single one comes to pass. We know that
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Speaker 1: full well. But God, while she's here, while she and
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Speaker 1: her husband have these days together, these years together, I
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Speaker 1: pray she would be fully restored, fully healthy, able to
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Speaker 1: go and do and see and experience and live life fully.
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Speaker 1: I pray God you would give her health and strength
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Speaker 1: and joy and laughter and love. Bless her husband, Bless
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Speaker 1: his ministry, Bless the people he prays for. Give him
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Speaker 1: the gift of healing. Lord. So when he's at the
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Speaker 1: hospital and he prays for someone, Lord, miracles will happen.
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Speaker 1: Miracles will happen like happen when you were here on earth,
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Speaker 1: that the blind would see, that the death would hear,
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Speaker 1: that the lame would walk again and leap again. Father,
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Speaker 1: I prayed that you would give him that anointing. And
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Speaker 1: I asked this in your precious and your holy name. Amen.
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Speaker 4: Well, thank you, Amen. I love you, Tlila, I really do.
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Speaker 1: Thank you, sweetheart, God bless you. That call from Betty
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Speaker 1: was amazing, especially to get that call on the same
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Speaker 1: night as Talia. A beginning love and a mature, seasoned love,
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Speaker 1: both matches made by God. Bill reunited with his first
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Speaker 1: love and a surprise surprise, a surprise package he never
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Speaker 1: knew about. We are going to talk to him next. Hi, Bill,
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Speaker 1: this is Delilah. What can I do for you?
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Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am, I've been listening to you for Oh, I
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Speaker 3: was twelve when I started listening to you. I think
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Speaker 3: my wife now met her back when I was seventeen,
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Speaker 3: and he got pregnant and got scared and ran off.
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Speaker 1: Wait a second, stop right there, Bill, Did you know
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Speaker 1: she was pregnant? Did you know you had a child
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Speaker 1: out there for eighteen years?
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Speaker 3: No, ma'am? What No, ma'am. I had no clue.
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Speaker 1: So she just she saw the little plus mark, she
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Speaker 1: ran and she she left the area. She left the
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Speaker 1: state where.
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Speaker 3: She go that's the state way back when before this
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Speaker 3: all happened, and she got married down here. I got
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Speaker 3: married up there, didn't work out, did not work out whatsoever.
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Speaker 3: When my daughter was eighteen, she wanted to meet me,
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Speaker 3: so they came up to Massachusetts BOMBI, and all of
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Speaker 3: a sudden things worked out again. And now we are
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Speaker 3: fifty five years old, thirteen kids, eleven girls, two boys,
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Speaker 3: and twenty two grandkids and.
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Speaker 1: Back together we are now married. How did the first
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Speaker 1: meeting go? And what in the world did you think
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Speaker 1: when you saw a grown daughter?
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Speaker 3: I couldn't even describe it. I'm like, I have a daughter.
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Speaker 1: Did she call you? Did she contact you on like Facebook?
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Speaker 1: Or did she show up? At your front door.
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Speaker 3: No, she just showed up the front door.
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Speaker 1: Was your daughter with her at the time or did
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Speaker 1: that come later?
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Speaker 3: Nope, daughter was with her at that time.
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Speaker 1: And when you looked at her daughter, did you see
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Speaker 1: a mini you? Or does she look more like mom?
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Speaker 3: Say my same nose, same yes?
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Speaker 1: And did you look at her and go wait a minute,
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Speaker 1: wait a minute, that's a female me? Where did this
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Speaker 1: come from?
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Speaker 4: He?
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Speaker 3: Exactly. It was a very shocking experience.
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Speaker 1: So was your other wife out of the picture this
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Speaker 1: time or was she on her way out?
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Speaker 3: So she was out of the picture at that time.
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Speaker 1: So you were single, ready to mingle. And now there
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Speaker 1: is your ex girlfriend and your daughter standing on your
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Speaker 1: front porch. Yes, wow, yes, How many children do you have?
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Speaker 3: Now? We have eleven kids?
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Speaker 1: No, I got that. But how many were yours with
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Speaker 1: another woman?
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Speaker 3: I have one and we've adopted all the rest?
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Speaker 1: God bless you. So you had one child besides your
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Speaker 1: daughter that you just found out about, or is that
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Speaker 1: the one?
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Speaker 3: So I have two?
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Speaker 1: So you have two bio children, one with her, one
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Speaker 1: with someone else. She had four bio children with somebody else. Yes,
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Speaker 1: so you had six biological children, and then together you
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Speaker 1: have adopted.
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Speaker 3: How many more We've adopted seven more.
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Speaker 1: And twenty two grandkids. How many still live at home?
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Speaker 1: How many children are under your roof?
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Speaker 3: You have nobody living under our roof.
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Speaker 1: They're all grown and gone and bringing home grand babies
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Speaker 1: every other day.
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Speaker 3: Yep. Wow, they all have good lives. I've told them
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Speaker 3: hard lessons and they all have good lives.
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Speaker 1: Well, what you're gonna have to send me? You can
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Speaker 1: go to my Facebook page and or just send it
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Speaker 1: to d at Delilah dot com. You're going to have
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Speaker 1: to send me a family picture.
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Speaker 3: Oh, yes, we can do that, because this.
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Speaker 1: Is too sweet. All right, I'm going to play a
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Speaker 1: sweet song for you and your whole family. Bill, thank
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Speaker 1: you for calling.
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Speaker 3: You're welcome, man. I appreciate that.
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Speaker 1: I appreciate you, and I appreciate the fact that you
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Speaker 1: and your wife, when you got back together, decided to
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Speaker 1: share the love and adopt children.
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Speaker 3: I appreciate what you do.
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Speaker 1: You have a great night, honey. Thank you, Thank you.
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Speaker 1: So it's fun. It's wonderful when God literally puts the
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Speaker 1: love of your life in front of you when you
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Speaker 1: are young. Often we can miss that and go a
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Speaker 1: different path. Bill and his girls found their way back
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Speaker 1: to one another. I know the way we meet people
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Speaker 1: has become modern technology apps, text, Facebook, dating apps mostly,
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Speaker 1: but never underestimate God. He might put the love of
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Speaker 1: your life right in front of you at the supermarket,
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Speaker 1: maybe in a Bible study, maybe in art class, maybe
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Speaker 1: when you're covered in dog hair at the gym. You
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Speaker 1: never know. Just trust, pray and believe. Thank you for
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Speaker 1: spending this time with me, and have a little faith.
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Speaker 1: Find me on the radio, find me every single night
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Speaker 1: and join me once again and for my next episode
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