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The Season Of Graditude- Part1 · Have A Little Faith with Delilah

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  Speaker 1: Hello there, Welcome, Welcome, my friend. To have a little
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  Speaker 1: faith with Delilah. Here's the thing about faith. If you
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  Speaker 1: have a little faith, just enough to say, God, I believe,
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  Speaker 1: I believe you're there. But I need more faith, I
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  Speaker 1: need more wisdom, I need more understanding, I need more
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  Speaker 1: of you. If you have enough faith to pray that
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  Speaker 1: simple prayer, miracles can happen. Anyone who's ever listened to
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  Speaker 1: this show, my radio show, or these podcasts knows how
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  Speaker 1: much I shout about the power of gratitude. When you
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  Speaker 1: have an attitude of gratitude, and when you add to
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  Speaker 1: that kindness, everything changes. And I will shout that truth
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  Speaker 1: from the rooftop. When you can start look looking at
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  Speaker 1: life through gratitude glasses, everything will change. No matter where
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  Speaker 1: I find myself in life, I know that if I
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  Speaker 1: can accept and love where I am, not where I
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  Speaker 1: think I should be, certainly not where other people think
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  Speaker 1: I should be, then gratitude flows. We are full into
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  Speaker 1: the season of Thanksgiving. For many, that just means turkey stuffing,
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  Speaker 1: sweet potato pie, pumpkin pie, berry pie, apple pie, pie
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  Speaker 1: with ice cream, pie with whipped cream. But gratitude is
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  Speaker 1: more than a beautiful dinner or a big old slice
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  Speaker 1: a pie. It's more than just saying thank you. Real
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  Speaker 1: gratitude is a way of seeing the world and a
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  Speaker 1: mindset that turns whatever we have into enough. And if
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  Speaker 1: you're going through tough times, remembering that these are lessons,
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  Speaker 1: think of it as an advanced college course when you're
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  Speaker 1: going through struggles and ask yourself, what is God trying
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  Speaker 1: to teach me right now? And how can I be
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  Speaker 1: grateful for this lesson? When I focus on gratitude, even
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  Speaker 1: the simplest moments feel rich layered with goodness. Could be
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  Speaker 1: as random as the morning sunlight. I took a video
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  Speaker 1: of the sunrise through the fog this morning because it
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  Speaker 1: was so stink and beautiful. A cup of tea, which
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  Speaker 1: I'm enjoying right now in the studio, a kind word
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  Speaker 1: from a friend. It's not the big events of the
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  Speaker 1: big vacation. It's recognizing what we already have. It's cherishing
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  Speaker 1: every single moment of the day. It's a practice. The
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  Speaker 1: more you practice gratitude, the happier you will become. In
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  Speaker 1: today's show, I have several conversations with wonderful people, But boy,
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  Speaker 1: this next call, this first call, just grew my heart
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  Speaker 1: like my heart felt like it was growing in my chest.
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  Speaker 1: Remember the Grinch how his heart grew. This is a
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  Speaker 1: little guy named Max. I'm not sure if I've ever
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  Speaker 1: been more touched by such a gentle and sincere soul.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to talk to Max's mom or dad and say, man,
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  Speaker 1: did he did he come this amazing into the universe?
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  Speaker 1: Or did you help foster this, encourage this? Here's Max
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  Speaker 1: to share a lesson in gratitude right now. Hi, good evening.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Delilah Shit. Who oh who is this?
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  Speaker 2: I am Max and I am eleven years old.
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  Speaker 1: Hi Max, I'm Delilah and I'm sixty five years old.
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  Speaker 1: I got a few years on y yeap? What can
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  Speaker 1: I do for you? Max? Who's eleven?
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to say something to you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm listening. What do you want to tell me?
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  Speaker 3: You know when you say you're here to warm people's hearts.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I try to do every night. I try
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  Speaker 1: to share love and grace and positive comments to let
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  Speaker 1: people know they're not alone.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, you really do warm way heart.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, You're welcome. Are you in fifth grade or
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  Speaker 1: sixth grade?
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  Speaker 2: I am in sixth grade.
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  Speaker 1: And are you like one of those really good students
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  Speaker 1: who excels at math or science.
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  Speaker 2: I am a homeschooler, so you are.
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  Speaker 1: One of those really good students that excels because most
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  Speaker 1: kids who are homeschooled are like decades ahead of other kids.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And does mom do the homeschooling or do you
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  Speaker 1: have a tutor that helps.
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  Speaker 3: My mom is the main teacher, and I go to
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  Speaker 3: kat Kalmazoo Area tutoring and I take you a couple
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  Speaker 3: of classes there.
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  Speaker 1: I think homeschooling is awesome, and I wish I were
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  Speaker 1: better at it, yeah, because I have five kids right
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  Speaker 1: now that are in school, and I wish that I
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  Speaker 1: had the capacity to do that, but I don't. I've
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  Speaker 1: done it in the past and I just wasn't good
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  Speaker 1: at it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but that's fine.
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  Speaker 1: That's fine. They're doing great and they love going to
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  Speaker 1: their school and it's a very small school so they
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  Speaker 1: get lots of one on one And I'm doing great
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  Speaker 1: because I get to do my job and then spend
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  Speaker 1: my days loving on my kids. So life is good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's very special that I get to call you.
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  Speaker 1: It's very special I get to talk to you. You
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  Speaker 1: sound like an amazing young man. You sound like the
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  Speaker 1: kind of person that I would love to come and
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  Speaker 1: have be friends with my kids.
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  Speaker 2: And I love animals.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, you had love my farm. Do you know how
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  Speaker 1: many animals I have on my farm? Acts?
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  Speaker 2: How many animals?
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  Speaker 1: I have no idea, I would have to count them,
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  Speaker 1: but probably one hundred and twenty one hundred and fifty.
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  Speaker 2: You have a lot of animals. And I have a horse.
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  Speaker 1: I rode my horse today. What kind of horse do
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  Speaker 1: you have?
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  Speaker 2: I have a half Arab, half paint so.
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  Speaker 1: It's beautiful, but also likes to go fast.
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  Speaker 5: He is.
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  Speaker 1: Calm Arab. Never heard of.
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  Speaker 2: This half Arab going half paint.
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  Speaker 1: So the paint got the calmness? Did the paint get
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  Speaker 1: the beauty? Is it?
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  Speaker 4: Is?
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  Speaker 1: It very colorful?
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  Speaker 2: He's beautiful?
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  Speaker 1: And do you ride? Do you ride Western or English?
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  Speaker 2: I ride with a Western saddle.
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  Speaker 1: And do you compete or do you just ride for fun?
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  Speaker 2: I guess you ride for fun at homes.
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  Speaker 1: Well, see, we're perfect to be friends cause I love
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  Speaker 1: riding horses. There's very few things in life I enjoy
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  Speaker 1: doing as much as riding my horse.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I really like riding more horsecuse then it like
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  Speaker 3: really calms me a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Me too.
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  Speaker 4: Well.
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  Speaker 1: You have a good night, my friend. Thank you for calling.
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  Speaker 1: Happy holidays, you too have a great Christmas. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: you too, Honey.
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  Speaker 2: You're welcome.
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  Speaker 1: I'll be still my heart that sweet young man Max.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone who's listening to this podcast that believes in pray
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  Speaker 1: for this gentle soul that he will be protected as
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  Speaker 1: he grows up. A lot of times, when boys are
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  Speaker 1: that sweet, that kind, they're bullied. They're bullied and they
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  Speaker 1: learn to hide their tender heart. I'm praying that Max
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  Speaker 1: always knows how loved and beautiful his heart is. Speaking
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  Speaker 1: of sweet souls, I have a story from Cody, who's
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  Speaker 1: very grateful for his wife and for the beautiful family
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  Speaker 1: they are building. I'm going to have Cody share his
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  Speaker 1: story with you. Now, Cody, what can I do for you?
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  Speaker 5: I'm just calling to give a shout out to my
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  Speaker 5: wife and to my family.
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  Speaker 1: Are you as cute as your little drawl? Is there? Cody?
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  Speaker 1: I have a nephew named Cody, Cody Matthew, and he is.
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  Speaker 1: He melts my heart. He's such a good kid. I
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't say kid. He's a grown man with several children.
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  Speaker 1: But he'll always be a kid to me.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, well I'm a kid at heart. I'm thirty six.
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  Speaker 1: So, Cody with the cute voice, what can I do
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  Speaker 1: for your bride?
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  Speaker 5: I got married last December. My wife was a single
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  Speaker 5: mom for five years and I met her online and
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  Speaker 5: absolutely fell in love with her. And he's got two
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  Speaker 5: beautiful boys better now mine, eight and ten year old.
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  Speaker 5: And yeah, I just want to tell my wife that.
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  Speaker 2: I love her. And we are pregnant and we have.
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  Speaker 5: A baby on the way and we're super stoked at
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  Speaker 5: a little baby to our family d date next June,
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  Speaker 5: and we're so stoked. I just wanted to call because
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  Speaker 5: we're on the road. We came up to the mountains
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  Speaker 5: this weekend and we turned on your show and it
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  Speaker 5: brought back memories. I used to listen to your show
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  Speaker 5: as a kid with my mom.
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  Speaker 1: And you never thought you'd be all grown up with
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  Speaker 1: two kids and one on the way.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, so stoked, Cody.
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  Speaker 1: What's your wife's name, Julie? And how's Julie doing? Any
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  Speaker 1: morning sickness, any discomfort? Does she need more backrubs? Foot rubs.
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  Speaker 1: Foot rubs are really good, by the way, Just FYI.
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  Speaker 2: Rubs backus. Yeah, she loves it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, maybe like some chill grapes and watermelon and a
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  Speaker 1: glass served to her.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, I'll give them all to her.
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  Speaker 1: I craved watermelon with my second pregnancy, like I could
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  Speaker 1: eat an entire watermelon a day. I craved it so much.
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  Speaker 2: Well, my wife's vegan.
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  Speaker 5: In the first first week we found out, she was
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  Speaker 5: craving beef.
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  Speaker 1: Her body was saying, you need protein, child, you're building
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  Speaker 1: a person.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, and she had so much jerky and now she
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  Speaker 5: I think she despises it now and she's moved on
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  Speaker 5: to gosh, I don't even know what it is right now.
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  Speaker 5: It changes almost every two days. But she's so lovely.
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  Speaker 5: And just wanted to shout out to her because she's
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  Speaker 5: the glue to our family and she's done a take
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  Speaker 5: of a job raising these two boys that I now get,
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  Speaker 5: you know, the privilege of raising with her. And now
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  Speaker 5: we have one on one more on the way, and
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  Speaker 5: we can't wait to welcome our baby into this world
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  Speaker 5: in June. And God's been really really good to us,
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  Speaker 5: so we're grateful. We're really really grateful.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so blessed. Just listening to the smile in your voice.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, I smiling, really figure right now.
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  Speaker 5: I heard your voice as a kid going to school
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  Speaker 5: on my mom's radio every single day and can't believe
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  Speaker 5: I'm talking to you now and giving a shout out
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  Speaker 5: to my family. They deserve it big time.
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  Speaker 1: Cody, I am going to play the sweetest song. What
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  Speaker 1: are your boys' names?
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  Speaker 2: Denham and Finch?
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  Speaker 1: Somebody loves horces.
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  Speaker 2: We do love horses.
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  Speaker 5: We all love sources.
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  Speaker 1: I had to cinch mine up today. I got to ride.
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  Speaker 1: It felt so good. Usually I hate to admit this, Cody,
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  Speaker 1: but when guys call, when dudes call, usually it's like, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I want a song from my woman. She's my rock.
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  Speaker 1: That's it. That's all the story I get. But you
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  Speaker 1: were sharing about your sons that she brought with her
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  Speaker 1: into this marriage and the little miracles. So tell me
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  Speaker 1: what you are most grateful for as we celebrate this
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  Speaker 1: wonderful season of gratitude.
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  Speaker 5: We're both so grateful for the Lord and for God
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  Speaker 5: bringing my wife and I together. We met online, which
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  Speaker 5: is wild. I never thought i'd meet my wife online
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  Speaker 5: via Instagram?
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  Speaker 1: And okay, who flirted with who first? Hey?
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  Speaker 5: Well I dropped into her DM for sure, for sure
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  Speaker 5: and My wife's an author and a writer, and I
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  Speaker 5: just loved all that she was doing and just the
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  Speaker 5: beautiful light that she is to this world, and I
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  Speaker 5: wanted to connect with her, and by the grace of God,
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  Speaker 5: she responded to my message.
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  Speaker 1: That's because she knew that I'm guessing you're as cute
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  Speaker 1: as your voice is and your accent is, and she's like,
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  Speaker 1: let me just let me just see if there's any
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  Speaker 1: substance behind this smile, because when you say her name,
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  Speaker 1: when you talk about Julie Cody, you smile ear to ear.
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  Speaker 4: I do. I'm smiling right now.
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  Speaker 2: She lights me up. He lights my world up.
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  Speaker 5: And I'm super grateful for my wife and for my
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  Speaker 5: two boys. Like I shared, she was a single mom
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  Speaker 5: for quite some time and did an incredible job raising
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  Speaker 5: these two boys, and two boys that I get to
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  Speaker 5: now call mine and we have a baby on the
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  Speaker 5: way and we can't wait to bring another your ful
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  Speaker 5: soul into this world and raising them alongside the two
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  Speaker 5: boys and our dog, Mochi is a puppy and it's
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  Speaker 5: we got a beautiful family. And I'm really really grateful
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  Speaker 5: this season for the Lord bringing my wife and I
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  Speaker 5: together and for going our family and we get a
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  Speaker 5: at an edition in June next year.
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  Speaker 1: So when do you find out or are you going
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  Speaker 1: to find out if it's a boy or a girl?
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  Speaker 5: Probably around January. Actually, probably just run Christmas. It will
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  Speaker 5: be the best Christmas gift ever. Yeah, it's a boy
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  Speaker 5: or girl.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just thinking. You know, the name Delilah does have
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  Speaker 1: a ring to it, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 5: I mean it's fresh, I'll tell you that.
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  Speaker 1: Well. I'm going to say a quick prayer for you, Cody,
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  Speaker 1: because I love you. I love your energy, I love
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  Speaker 1: your your love for your wife and your boys and
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  Speaker 1: the baby on the way. Father God, I lift this
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  Speaker 1: young man up to you, and I pray God that's
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  Speaker 1: your hand would be upon him, that you would give
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  Speaker 1: him wisdom, supernaturally, so tied, so committed, Lord God, to
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  Speaker 1: his wife and his family, Lord God, that nothing, nothing
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  Speaker 1: will ever come between them. Father, I pray that you
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  Speaker 1: would bless this unborn child, blessed in the womb. Let
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  Speaker 1: it grow healthy and strong and be born healthy. Father God,
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  Speaker 1: bless the boys as they acclimate to full time Dad
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  Speaker 1: in their lives and this new family that you are
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  Speaker 1: weaving together. Father, I pray you would guide them that
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  Speaker 1: you would guide them every day of their life, and
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  Speaker 1: the dark days ahead and the uncertain times, remind them,
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  Speaker 1: Lord God, that you are still on the throne, that
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  Speaker 1: you are the King of kings, that you are the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of lords, and that every bit of your word
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  Speaker 1: is true, Lord God. And if they come to you
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  Speaker 1: and prayer, Lord God, you are able to do above
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  Speaker 1: and beyond their wildest dreams. Father God, I pray an
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  Speaker 1: extra special blessing upon this family tonight in your precious
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  Speaker 1: name Christ Jesus, Amen, Amen.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you so much, Delilah.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you and your family.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 5: We all love you, Delilah.
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  Speaker 1: As we continue today's podcast, have a little faith talking
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  Speaker 1: about gratitude. I have Alex who's struggling with a loss
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  Speaker 1: but also recognizes what he had and is so grateful.
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  Speaker 1: I'll let Alex share his story. Hi, Alex, what can
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  Speaker 1: I do for you tonight?
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  Speaker 3: Well?
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  Speaker 2: I need some Mama, Delilah, you.
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  Speaker 1: Got me, You got my full attention. What's going on?
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  Speaker 4: Well, we're coming up on the holiday seasons, as you know,
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  Speaker 4: and it's a very very hard time for me. My
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  Speaker 4: partner passed away going on five years ago. We were
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  Speaker 4: together for or thirteen years. We never hosted any of
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  Speaker 4: the holidays, but we were the ones who prepared the meals.
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  Speaker 1: So you guys were like taken bake meals on wheels.
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  Speaker 1: You'd bake the turkey and then take it to Mom's
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  Speaker 1: house or take it to Auntie's house.
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  Speaker 4: Dad, or we would just go to their you know,
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  Speaker 4: wherever did dinner was going to be hosted that and
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  Speaker 4: just prepare the meals there.
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  Speaker 1: Dang, I need you in my life, Alex. I so
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  Speaker 1: need you in my life. Do you know how many
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  Speaker 1: people I end up cooking for every year, And by
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  Speaker 1: the time dinner is served, all I want to do
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  Speaker 1: is go lay down and sleep.
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  Speaker 3: I get it.
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  Speaker 1: So, since your partner died, it's hard. It's hard to
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  Speaker 1: get back into the joy when you feel like half
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  Speaker 1: of you is gone.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, mahar just doesn't be right without him. And I
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  Speaker 4: feel that.
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  Speaker 1: The depth of your pain, Alex, is equal to the
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  Speaker 1: height of your love. It's a direct proportion. And the
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  Speaker 1: depth of your pain right now is the same distance
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  Speaker 1: as the height of your love. And so as much
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  Speaker 1: as you might hate being stuck with your heart just
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  Speaker 1: not being right, it's because you love so purely and
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  Speaker 1: so deeply, and that, my friend is a good thing.
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  Speaker 4: You always have such a great way of putting things.
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  Speaker 1: We don't honor grief, but I honor it, and I
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  Speaker 1: honor you, and I honor the depth of that love.
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  Speaker 2: And I ask that you find.
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  Speaker 4: Something fitting to play.
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  Speaker 1: I will and then come and cook my tour dinner.
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  Speaker 1: You are a love. Thank you for calling.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Mama, Da, good night.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Alex. I'm quite frankly blown away by love
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  Speaker 1: through gratitude. Having a grateful heart is simply a way
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  Speaker 1: to see things differently. Doesn't make hardships go away. It doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't change your future so you'll never have storms again.
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  Speaker 1: But it does give you a path. And if you
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  Speaker 1: trust in the Almighty, if you say, Okay, I don't
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  Speaker 1: see how this is going to work out, but God,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just going to put my hand in yours and
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to let you lead me down this path
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  Speaker 1: with gratitude in my heart that I can lean on you,
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  Speaker 1: that I don't have to figure it out, that I
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  Speaker 1: don't have to have all the answers, that you, Lord
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  Speaker 1: can take care of the future and you can heal
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  Speaker 1: the past. Gratitude, dude, changes everything. And in this season
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  Speaker 1: of gratitude, I would love for you to start cultivating
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  Speaker 1: that you can subscribe and share this podcast with anyone
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  Speaker 1: on iHeart or wherever you find your podcast. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for spending time with me today. I never take that
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  Speaker 1: for granted. I will be back next week with more
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  Speaker 1: gratitude to share with you. God bless you
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  Speaker 5: Del