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Wrong Turn, Right God · Get The Hell Out of Your Life with Ron Meyers

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Announcer: It's time now to get the hell out of your life.
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Announcer: A weekly broadcast with real people, sharing real struggles, and offering real hope.
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Announcer: Today's show will encourage, inspire, and empower you to face life's challenges with a bold confidence and renewed hope.
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Announcer: Now let's join our host, Ron Myers, the promoter.
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Ron Meyers: Hello, my friends, and welcome to Get the Hell Out of Your Life.
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Ron Meyers: Real stories, real struggles with real hope.
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Ron Meyers: I'm Ron Myers, I'm your host, and well, if life has knocked the crap out of you, if things don't make sense, if you're confused, if nobody understands you, well, you're in the right place.
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Ron Meyers: Because this is the show for the people that are still trying to find their path in life.
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Ron Meyers: What is it, God, that you want from us?
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Ron Meyers: And I share stories from individuals who gave up on trying to figure out life and started trusting God and their life changed forever.
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Ron Meyers: The moral of the story that with God, restoration is possible.
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Ron Meyers: Because sometimes the first step towards freedom in our lives isn't fixing your life, it's hearing stories of faith that demonstrate that restoration is possible.
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Ron Meyers: Today you're going to hear a beautiful story of restoration.
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Ron Meyers: Jamie Tidwell.
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Ron Meyers: Her story is encouraging.
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Ron Meyers: She was homeless, addicted, grieving the loss of her husband, facing legal trouble, and she reached the end of herself.
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Ron Meyers: But isn't that exactly where God begins with each of us when we come to the end of our rope?
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Ron Meyers: Well, today you're going to hear how a children's Bible, a few faithful people, and a God who never stopped pursuing her changed everything.
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Ron Meyers: Let's take a listen to Jamie's story.
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Jamie Tidwell: I went through a really bad part of my life to where I was homeless, my husband died, and then was on the streets.
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Jamie Tidwell: And on top of that, I also had been in trouble with the law, so I was not going to my probation.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I was just doing a lot of things that I shouldn't do.
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Ron Meyers: Life is it just happened.
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Ron Meyers: So what happened to get you on that road to hell?
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Jamie Tidwell: You know, I thought about it a million times, and the only answer that I have for that, and this is not a good answer, is that that's how I found Jesus.
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Jamie Tidwell: So I know it sounds so funny, but I have thank God every day for my felony that I got.
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Jamie Tidwell: Because had it not been for a felony and having to go to a program, court ordered, of course, and I was happy to do that because I was really tired.
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Jamie Tidwell: But that's when I found out about, you know, they asked me, is Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior?
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Jamie Tidwell: I had gone to another one called Crossroads Ministry back in 2021.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I really didn't take it seriously.
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Jamie Tidwell: But they had asked me, you know, is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior?
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Jamie Tidwell: And I said, I don't know what you're talking about.
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Jamie Tidwell: And they just they kind of laughed.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I said, Seriously, I don't know what you're talking about.
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Jamie Tidwell: And we had a volunteer there, and his name was Mr.
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Jamie Tidwell: Wiley.
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Jamie Tidwell: And he sat me down and he told me what to do, and he said, I wouldn't let the sun go down on you.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I still had no idea what they were talking about.
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Jamie Tidwell: I I I really didn't.
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Jamie Tidwell: That's where I first kind of started knowing who Jesus was.
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Jamie Tidwell: My my mentor started me out with a children's Bible.
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Jamie Tidwell: Okay, so I didn't know that Moses parted the Red Sea.
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Jamie Tidwell: I didn't know any of that.
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Jamie Tidwell: And and I don't know how I didn't, but I wasn't raised in church.
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Jamie Tidwell: I didn't go to church.
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Jamie Tidwell: If we went to church, it was on like Easter, and you know, I went to a little Lutheran church camp when I was younger.
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Jamie Tidwell: My grandma sent me, but I didn't have a relationship with God.
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Jamie Tidwell: So that's where I kind of first started to learn about God.
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Jamie Tidwell: But then I went back off the beaten path, went homeless for three years, went back to where I'm from.
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Jamie Tidwell: And when I got on that road, that's when everything just got really, really bad because I was just, you know, smoking weed, drinking alcohol.
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Jamie Tidwell: What really got me was the meth.
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Jamie Tidwell: And you know, I'd always put down people that did it, and I said I would never do that.
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Jamie Tidwell: Once I started, I could not stop.
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Jamie Tidwell: And there were many times that I wanted to make that first, you know, step and go somewhere.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I even went somewhere, but they were closed for the day, you know.
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Ron Meyers: But did you try to make a deal with God?
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Ron Meyers: If I can get off of this math, I'll go to church every day.
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Jamie Tidwell: No, I didn't make a deal with God, but I was at the end of my ropes and I've been back out on the streets for like three years, and I wanted my family back.
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Jamie Tidwell: I have, you know, a great family, three kids, you know, they're a little older now, but they all miss me, and I was very selfish.
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Jamie Tidwell: So I was walking one day and I was talking to God, and I would tell this whole story because I think I put it in my what I wrote about, but at this time I really didn't know you're not supposed to ask for signs and you're not supposed to test God, or I don't know if it's even testing God, but anyway, I asked him to show me something.
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Jamie Tidwell: And literally, and this is what I did, and I said it out loud.
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Jamie Tidwell: So then I thought, maybe that was, you know, the devil could hear me.
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Jamie Tidwell: I'm not really sure.
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Jamie Tidwell: I did it for six more times, and I said it in my head.
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Jamie Tidwell: And every time that I asked God to show me something or show me a sign or anything like that, and I got really, really specific, okay?
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Jamie Tidwell: And he did it seven times in a row.
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Jamie Tidwell: Seven times.
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Jamie Tidwell: And the last one was a real opener to where it sounds crazy when I tell people, and I just don't ever speak about it because I don't know.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, I know God does miracles, and I just think it was God's way of opening my eyes and saying, Hey, I'm still here, and I've always been here for you.
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Ron Meyers: I was going to ask you, what do you think God wanted from you that he was giving you signs to recognize him?
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Jamie Tidwell: I think he's calling me.
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Jamie Tidwell: That's exactly what I think.
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Jamie Tidwell: I think God was calling my name, and for some reason or another, I listened, and it just happened to be at the perfect time, and just I had friends, you know, my street friends, but I was always usually by myself.
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Jamie Tidwell: So I had a lot of time to myself.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I I had learned a little bit at Crossroads Ministry about, you know, Jesus.
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Jamie Tidwell: And so I would always, if I was down on my luck or not feeling good, that's when I kind of cried out to him.
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Jamie Tidwell: But then it got to where I was just kind of doing on a regular basis.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I was getting sick of being on the street and I was becoming a person that I didn't want to be.
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Jamie Tidwell: You know, I have worked as a registered nurse.
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Jamie Tidwell: My graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton.
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Jamie Tidwell: It's a private Christian college.
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Jamie Tidwell: How I did not know about Jesus and God through that, I don't know, but you just had to take the old and new testament and you just read it, took tests.
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Jamie Tidwell: I wanted to get back to my life, you know.
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Jamie Tidwell: I wanted to get back to enjoying life.
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Jamie Tidwell: I wanted my family back because I, you know, I was a big family person.
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Jamie Tidwell: And then all of a sudden, you know, people would look at me on the street that didn't know me and think the worst of me.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I just didn't like it.
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Jamie Tidwell: It made me see both sides of the fence, I will tell you that.
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Jamie Tidwell: It's made my outlook on life way different, and it's just made it's just made my life better.
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Ron Meyers: So I do thank God that I went through some bad patches in my life because now Well, you know, Jamie, I have interviewed hundreds of people, and not one of them ever came to know Jesus when life was all hunky dory.
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Ron Meyers: They all met Jesus when they got to the end of themselves, just like you.
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Ron Meyers: Not only did God want you to come to meet him, now he wants you to share your story with people all over the world because you have something that other people need to hear.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, the main part is it doesn't matter what what you're doing in your life, it doesn't matter if you're not doing right or you're doing right that he's still there.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I just know that for a fact.
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Jamie Tidwell: You know, my heart goes out to the homeless family, really, because I was that person and I see that the way some people will treat you when they don't know anything about you.
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Jamie Tidwell: The homeless people are my people.
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Ron Meyers: Amen.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, they really are.
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Jamie Tidwell: It's made me look at every single body.
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Jamie Tidwell: I you know, they say don't judge, and I don't, but I look, it doesn't matter what you look like, it doesn't matter where you came from, it doesn't matter how much money you got.
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Jamie Tidwell: It I treat everybody I try to, everybody the same because I don't know anybody's story in life.
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Jamie Tidwell: And there was a time in my life when I didn't, I wouldn't say I didn't do that.
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Jamie Tidwell: I was always being kind and nice because I was raised that way.
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Jamie Tidwell: However, anyway, it's just made me a better person.
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Jamie Tidwell: I don't know any other way to say that.
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Ron Meyers: So, how is life for Jamie Tidwell today?
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Jamie Tidwell: Let's see.
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Jamie Tidwell: Well, I've got almost it doesn't matter about the years clean, but I have almost two years clean in like three weeks, which is a milestone for me because that's whether it's been just drinking in my life.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, that's been going on since I was 17 years old, and I'm I just turned 50.
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Jamie Tidwell: So that's different.
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Jamie Tidwell: I have a relationship with God, that's different.
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Jamie Tidwell: My relationship with my my mother is different.
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Jamie Tidwell: We always had a good relationship, but now relationship with my father is different.
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Jamie Tidwell: My kids, they're just glad to have me have them back in my life.
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Jamie Tidwell: I believe so.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, they act like they do and they don't hold any grudges.
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Jamie Tidwell: Praise God about that.
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Jamie Tidwell: I did call the Mississippi Board of Nursing to get my restoration and nursing license packet back because that's the only way that I'm gonna be able to provide for myself and my kids, you know, eventually in life, you know, because that's all I know.
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Jamie Tidwell: But I have voluntarily surrendered that due to DUIs.
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Jamie Tidwell: And what else?
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Jamie Tidwell: Oh, I have a job coming up.
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Jamie Tidwell: I've been at this ministry almost two years.
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Jamie Tidwell: I have a job at the end of July.
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Jamie Tidwell: Then maybe I'll be able to buy a car.
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Jamie Tidwell: What I really want to do is eventually I want to I want to help people that have been in the same position that I've been.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I know a lot of people say that and they want to do peer groups or they want to do this and that.
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Jamie Tidwell: But what I would really like to do is missionary work, and I'd like to go out in the streets and just be a street preacher and try to get people to God or try to see what their needs are.
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Jamie Tidwell: Because I think that the best way to help somebody is to be in their shoes.
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Jamie Tidwell: I've been in their shoes and to just go right back out on the streets with a different frame of mind, not out there trying to drink and drug and scheme and all that.
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Ron Meyers: If you came up on a homeless person today, what would you say to them when they say, hey ma'am, will you give me a dollar or two?
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Jamie Tidwell: Oh, I always do, and I tell them God loves them.
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Ron Meyers: Amen.
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Jamie Tidwell: Every yeah, every uh that's the main thing I say.
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Jamie Tidwell: Hey, God loves you, you are valued, you know, and I'll pray for them and say, God, I hope that all their needs are met.
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Jamie Tidwell: I hope they find shelter.
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Jamie Tidwell: I hope they have warm clothing or cool clothing.
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Jamie Tidwell: They get out of sun or they get out of snow.
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Ron Meyers: Do you tell them that you used to be where they are right now?
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Ron Meyers: Yes, and that there is a better life.
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Jamie Tidwell: Every single time.
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Jamie Tidwell: Every single time.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, it's even random too.
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Jamie Tidwell: When we go fundraising and we go into different cities and I see homeless people, I'm almost drawn to them.
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Jamie Tidwell: In fact, I almost catch myself looking for them.
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Jamie Tidwell: You know, I'll go say, Hey, you need a pack of cigarettes?
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Jamie Tidwell: Do you need a cold beer?
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, I'm not trying to encourage that, but I was one at one time.
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Jamie Tidwell: You know, do you need something to eat?
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Ron Meyers: That's what a missionary would do.
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Ron Meyers: And you wanted to be a missionary, so you are a missionary when you go out there.
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Ron Meyers: And sometimes I know people, I give people money and they say, Well, you don't know what they're going to spend it on.
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Ron Meyers: And I say, Well, I don't go that far.
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Ron Meyers: I just want them to know somebody cares, and then I can lead them to my story about how I met Jesus.
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Ron Meyers: And you know, they don't do anything.
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Ron Meyers: I've never had one on the spot do something, but I plant the seed, and then when I walk away, I just say, Lord, I planted the seed, just be with that person.
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Ron Meyers: And and I pray that one day that they found help like you did, and so many of the other people that I interviewed.
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Jamie Tidwell: Exactly, exactly.
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Jamie Tidwell: Because I know that you know there's good people out there all around, and sometimes they just need an opportunity to do better, and sometimes they just don't have any family.
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Jamie Tidwell: Sometimes they don't even know where to go for help because I've been homeless in other cities too, and you go to social services and they might contemporarily help you.
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Ron Meyers: Was there one thing that Jesus did that really surprised you?
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Jamie Tidwell: I have more peace.
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Jamie Tidwell: I have more, I don't worry.
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Jamie Tidwell: Okay, so if something goes wrong in my life, I just give it to God.
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Jamie Tidwell: So I always go back to it's don't be anxious for nothing, but in everything with prayer and supplication, give thanksgiving to God.
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Jamie Tidwell: I guess my big thing with that is don't pray.
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Jamie Tidwell: It says be anxious for nothing.
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Jamie Tidwell: So you're not supposed to pray when you're worried, because that the way the scripture says, it's just not gonna work.
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Jamie Tidwell: And a lot of times if I was worried about something, you know, I would pray and hope that it would get better.
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Jamie Tidwell: And now I just don't worry.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, literally, I just cast all my cares on God.
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Jamie Tidwell: And if something didn't go right, I know that God, I trust in God, I trust in Jesus, and I know that everything's gonna work out for the good.
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Jamie Tidwell: And have found that out that even here lately, when I have worried, I look back on it two weeks later and I'm like, why did you do that?
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Jamie Tidwell: Because you done told yourself many, many times, do not do that because it's gonna do no good, and everything's just gonna work out the way it's supposed to, anyway.
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Jamie Tidwell: As long as I'm doing the right thing and staying in the will of God, and I get peace from reading my Bible.
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Ron Meyers: Amen.
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Jamie Tidwell: I have to read my Bible and I have to have time to myself.
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Ron Meyers: I call it coffee with Jesus.
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Ron Meyers: I have to have my coffee with Jesus every day, our Coca-Cola with Jesus, whatever it is.
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Ron Meyers: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Ron Meyers: I need that, I need that private time, kind of charges, charges us up for the day and gets us prepared.
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Ron Meyers: And and congratulations on going on two years of being sober, clean.
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Ron Meyers: But like all of us, temptations never go away.
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Ron Meyers: For that person out there listening, they are wondering, well, how does she do that for two years?
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Ron Meyers: How do you overcome temptations in your life?
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Jamie Tidwell: The way that I overcome temptation is basically when I first started this whole journey, and it's been almost two years, and it's been a long journey, let me tell you.
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Jamie Tidwell: So we got a lot of soul searching going on.
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Jamie Tidwell: You know, in the beginning, temptation was still there.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I'm not gonna lie, when I would get stressed out, that's when it would really come.
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Jamie Tidwell: And that's what I used to do.
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Jamie Tidwell: I would run away from everything, you know, or if somebody made me mad, you know, I would just say, Man, forget that.
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Jamie Tidwell: I'm going out, you know, and so now I back away from people and I pray and it passes.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I think that I think as long as my my mind is better, you know, because my mind was still kind of a little crazy, you know, it was all it was still, I wouldn't say the wires were cut short because I thank God every day that I didn't lose my mind.
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Jamie Tidwell: But I think the longer that I've been sober, it's just easier.
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Jamie Tidwell: I guess it's because I'm also getting the gifts of God.
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Jamie Tidwell: I'm getting blessings after blessings after blessings.
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Jamie Tidwell: I mean, it's just blessings on blessings.
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Jamie Tidwell: So why would I stop now?
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Jamie Tidwell: Because I'm looking forward to see what God's gonna do in the future.
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Jamie Tidwell: It's exciting to me.
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Ron Meyers: Amen.
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Jamie Tidwell: You know, I'm like, look at God, look at God showing up, you know, and and that's that that's really, you know, our director here tells us that, you know, God's got all these presents underneath the tree.
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Jamie Tidwell: It's just up to you to go and get the presents and receive the presents.
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Jamie Tidwell: Yeah, so it just keeps getting better.
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Ron Meyers: Amen.
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Ron Meyers: And you sound so good, Jamie.
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Ron Meyers: And I'm so glad that you stopped by this office.
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Ron Meyers: People ask me all the time, where do you find your guests?
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Ron Meyers: I said, I don't find them.
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Ron Meyers: They just seem to just find me.
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Ron Meyers: And uh, right.
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Ron Meyers: Amen.
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Ron Meyers: And I love it.
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Ron Meyers: So before we go, you have the microphone.
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Ron Meyers: Mr.
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Jamie Tidwell: Lane was so nice, she was so sweet.
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Ron Meyers: Yeah, she is, she's a sweet office manager.
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Ron Meyers: But right now, you've got the microphone and you can speak to somebody out there that's just hurting in life.
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Ron Meyers: They're close to calling it quits, they don't know what to do, but some reason they're listening to our conversation.
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Ron Meyers: What would Jamie Tidwell tell that person?
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Jamie Tidwell: I would tell them don't give up on God because He's never given up on you.
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Jamie Tidwell: That's what I would say in a nutshell.
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Jamie Tidwell: Yes, sir.
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Ron Meyers: Well, before we go, the title of the show is Get the Hell Out of Your Life.
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Ron Meyers: What is the one thing that people need to do to get the hell out of their life?
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Jamie Tidwell: I guess get into God's life.
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Jamie Tidwell: That'll get you out of self and get you into God.
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Jamie Tidwell: We're supposed to imitate God.
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Jamie Tidwell: God is love.
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Jamie Tidwell: So you need to love everybody, you need to treat everybody with kindness, because being kind and nice is free.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Jamie Tidwell: So it isn't it doesn't take anything.
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Jamie Tidwell: You wake up with a joyful attitude, become grateful for what you have and what not for what you don't have.
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Jamie Tidwell: Because that, you know, I did struggle with that, and I still do like I need a car, I need this, I need this.
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Jamie Tidwell: That'll all come in time because I don't need that right now.
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Jamie Tidwell: Because there's a good chance maybe something is not right and not, you know, something bad will happen.
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Jamie Tidwell: So, you know, even if, you know, say I'm in a vehicle and I make the wrong turn, and then I have this little chick talking to me and goes, reroute.
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Jamie Tidwell: I said, Look, she is rerouting my life, because probably God, you know, I don't need to go down that path.
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Jamie Tidwell: So I'm always rerouting, trying to stay in the will of God.
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Jamie Tidwell: I am.
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Ron Meyers: I like that.
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Ron Meyers: Rerouting.
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Ron Meyers: That's right.
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Ron Meyers: A lot of us need to reroute.
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Ron Meyers: We want to get the hell out of our lives, we need to reroute.
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Jamie Tidwell: Yes.
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Ron Meyers: Amen.
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Jamie Tidwell: You stay on God's path, you know.
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Ron Meyers: Stay on God's path.
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Jamie Tidwell: That's what I was stay on his path.
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Jamie Tidwell: Yes.
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Jamie Tidwell: I love me.
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Jamie Tidwell: That that that's yeah, that's it.
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Ron Meyers: Well, I know you have a little one behind you.
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Ron Meyers: He he gets to hear you talk about God, even if he doesn't understand it.
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Ron Meyers: He's a plant and a seed.
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Jamie Tidwell: Oh, he was like he was born.
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Jamie Tidwell: Yeah, he was born here.
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Jamie Tidwell: His mother came here when she was pregnant.
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Jamie Tidwell: She's been here four years.
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Jamie Tidwell: Where are you?
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Jamie Tidwell: Satarsha, Mississippi.
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Jamie Tidwell: It's in between Vicksburg and Yazoo City on Highway Three.
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Ron Meyers: Okay.
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Jamie Tidwell: And it's Foundation on the Rock, is it?
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Jamie Tidwell: Or Foundation on the Rock Ministry.
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Jamie Tidwell: FoundationOnther Rock.com.
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Jamie Tidwell: And it's free to come here.
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Jamie Tidwell: And if you have a child and you're a woman, it's not men, it's just women, but you're you can bring your child too, and it's free.
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Ron Meyers: Oh, wow, that's awesome.
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Ron Meyers: Before we go, will you close us out with prayer for the listeners or people listening?
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Jamie Tidwell: Good and gracious Father.
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Jamie Tidwell: I just pray that everybody listens today can be blessed.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I pray that somehow, if they're not with God, that somehow God will speak to them and get him on the right path.
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Jamie Tidwell: And I just pray that everybody will be safe today, even our troops that are overseas.
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Jamie Tidwell: In Jesus' name I pray.
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Jamie Tidwell: Amen.
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Ron Meyers: After talking with Jamie, I could not help but notice all the changes that happened when she rerouted her life towards Jesus.
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Ron Meyers: Think about this, my friend.
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Ron Meyers: Just a few years ago, she was homeless, addicted, estranged from family, and wondering if life would ever get better.
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Ron Meyers: Well, today she is approaching two years of sobriety.
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Ron Meyers: Her relationship with God is growing.
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Ron Meyers: Her relationships with her parents and children have been restored.
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Ron Meyers: She has peace where anxiety once lived.
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Ron Meyers: She has hope for the future instead of fear of tomorrow.
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Ron Meyers: She's working toward restoring her nursing license.
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Ron Meyers: Most importantly, she's no longer just surviving.
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Ron Meyers: She's living with purpose.
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Ron Meyers: She rerouted her life and God never disappointed.
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Ron Meyers: And here's what we are reminded that none of the blessings happened while she was running from God.
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Ron Meyers: They began showing up when she rerouted her life and started walking with him.
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Ron Meyers: So now let me flip the script and ask you a question.
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Ron Meyers: What about you?
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Ron Meyers: Are there areas of your life that need a reroute?
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Ron Meyers: Maybe you're stuck in fear.
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Ron Meyers: Maybe you are carrying anger.
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Ron Meyers: Maybe you're battling an addiction.
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Ron Meyers: Or maybe you're just exhausted from trying to control everything.
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Ron Meyers: And maybe you have drifted away from God, but you don't know what to do.
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Ron Meyers: What would happen if you rerouted?
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Ron Meyers: Can you see the good things that happened to Jamie happening to you?
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Ron Meyers: What blessings might be on the other side of your next step of faith?
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Ron Meyers: The GPS in your car says rerouting when you've taken a wrong turn.
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Ron Meyers: It doesn't condemn you.
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Ron Meyers: It doesn't shame you.
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Ron Meyers: It simply finds a new path forward.
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Ron Meyers: That's what God does, my friend.
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Ron Meyers: And if you're ready to begin to reroute toward purpose, passion, and peace, I have a few simple steps.
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Ron Meyers: Number one, stop and get honest.
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Ron Meyers: You can't reroute if you refuse to admit you're lost.
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Ron Meyers: Talk honestly with God about where you are.
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Ron Meyers: Number two, spend time with Jesus every day.
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Ron Meyers: I call it coffee with Jesus.
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Ron Meyers: Whether it's five minutes or fifty, make space for God to speak into your life.
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Ron Meyers: Number three, read God's word.
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Ron Meyers: You don't have to know everything.
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Ron Meyers: Jamie started with a children's Bible, which I think was outstanding.
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Ron Meyers: Start where you are and keep moving forward.
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Ron Meyers: Number four, find people who will encourage your faith.
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Ron Meyers: Nobody reroutes alone.
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Ron Meyers: That's why you need to continue.
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Ron Meyers: To listen to this show because I'm on your side.
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Ron Meyers: Let's encourage each other together.
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Ron Meyers: Connect with people who will point you towards hope.
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Ron Meyers: Number five, take the right step.
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Ron Meyers: Don't worry about the next five years.
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Ron Meyers: Just take the next step God is putting in front of you today.
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Ron Meyers: And number six, share your story.
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Ron Meyers: Someone needs to hear what God is doing in your life.
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Ron Meyers: Just like I needed to hear today, Jamie's story.
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Ron Meyers: It helps fortify my faith.
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Ron Meyers: Your testimony, friend, may become the seed of hope for another person.
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Ron Meyers: The truth is, God isn't waiting for you to become perfect.
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Ron Meyers: He's waiting for you to turn towards him.
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Ron Meyers: Jamie's story proves that no life is too broken, no mistake is too big, and no road is too far gone for God to reroute.
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Ron Meyers: The question isn't whether God can change your life.
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Ron Meyers: The question is, are you ready to let him in?
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Ron Meyers: How do you get the hell out of your life?
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Announcer: Well, yeah, replace it with Jesus.
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Announcer: We got to be born again, born of the Spirit, and that's by trusting Jesus Christ, turning from our sins and trusting Jesus.
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Announcer: How do you get the hell out of your life?
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Ron Meyers: Jesus.
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Ron Meyers: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
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Ron Meyers: So are you ready to start rerouting your life?
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Ron Meyers: Can you see yourself actually enjoying life again?
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Ron Meyers: Waking up with hope instead of dread, living with peace instead of anxiety, walking in freedom instead of being trapped in shame, guilt, and condemnation.
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Ron Meyers: That's exactly what happened to Jamie, and it can happen to you.
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Ron Meyers: She didn't clean herself up and then come to God.
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Ron Meyers: She came to God broken, tired, addicted, homeless, and out of answers.
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Ron Meyers: And that's where everything began to change.
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Ron Meyers: So maybe that's where you are today.
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Ron Meyers: Maybe you've taken a few wrong turns, made some mistakes, maybe you have even convinced yourself that you've gone too far or stayed away too long.
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Ron Meyers: The truth is you haven't.
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Ron Meyers: The beautiful truth is that God is not running from you, He's running towards you.
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Ron Meyers: In fact, He's been chasing you your entire life.
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Ron Meyers: Every nudge you felt, every moment you wondered if there had to be more.
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Ron Meyers: Every time you heard someone share their testimony, every time you felt that gentle pull on your heart, that's God saying, I'm still here.
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Ron Meyers: And he's ready to reroute your life.
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Ron Meyers: Not because you're good enough, not because you've earned it, not because you've got it all figured out.
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Ron Meyers: He's ready because he loves you.
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Ron Meyers: Jesus said, Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Ron Meyers: So if you're tired of carrying the weight of your past, if you're tired of trying to fix yourself, if you're tired of living without purpose, passion, and peace, today can be your day.
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Ron Meyers: Simply tell Jesus, I need you.
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Ron Meyers: I believe you died for me and rose again.
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Ron Meyers: I give you my life today.
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Ron Meyers: Lead me, teach me, show me your way.
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Ron Meyers: Friend, that's where the reroute begins.
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Ron Meyers: And I promise the road ahead may not always be easy, but it will be worth it because you won't be walking it alone.
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