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What Makes a Best Friend a Best Friend? — A Birthday Tribute · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin. This is Ariel Santana.
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  Can you believe I'm seven years old already? I'm old enough now to introduce my dad.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, your host, my dad, Angel Santana.
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  Two thousand came and the spark was lit. A testimony raw, it wouldn't quit.
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  It's mother's voice, a guiding thread.
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  Hello, everyone, and don't adjust your TV sets. Don't adjust your volume.
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  Don't adjust anything because this is not prerecorded.
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  This is not something from the past. This is a brand new episode off the heels
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  of Mother's Day weekend.
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  First and foremost, happy Mother's Day to every single mother out there.
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  And I know that my guest, co-host, and best friend in the whole world,
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  Dr. E, will also add to that.
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  And Dr. E, I'll let you get started with a hello, hello, and then I'll surprise
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  you what today's episode's all about. Dr. E, I missed you, buddy.
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  Oh, I missed you too. And I missed all my friends here at Have Faith.
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  Sorry I've been out of the loop.
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  God bless you all. Happy Mother's Day. And what a wonderful,
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  wonderful, wonderful holiday it is to honor our mothers,
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  you know, everything down from the Madonna, Jesus's mom, all the way down to
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  our moms and to our wives, our children's moms, and to moms everywhere,
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  right? This is a, it's a great holiday.
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  And it doesn't, you don't have to have, you know, a two-legged child to be celebrated.
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  You could have four-legged children.
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  You would be a great, you know, dog or cat or,
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  parakeet mom or whatever you happen to be, we wish you a happy Mother's Day as well.
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  Angel, you have one of the nicest moms I ever met, Lucy, and you are married
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  to one of the greatest women I ever met, Rachel.
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  So you got your hands full tomorrow there, buddy.
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  Oh, tell me about it. And I, and I, you know, my echo, the same sentiments to
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  you, the greatest podcast host of, on the record of Crock Podcast,
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  Denise, we will have to air that episode one day, inside joke.
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  But no, listen, I agree with you. It's a very, very promising day and a promising.
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  I celebrate Mother's Day every day. I'm sure you do too, in our hearts,
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  in our souls. But listen.
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  Oh, Angel Lee, I do have a very practical question. Sure.
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  How does a man celebrate his wife on Mother's Day when his wife owns a jewelry store?
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  So that's kind of a tough one because you can't really, you know,
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  what are you going to do? You can't buy her jewelry, brother.
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  I got it solved. I can tell you what is after 20 years, it's called yes, dear.
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  I love you, dear. And would you like a back massage, dear? That is how I went.
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  There you go. That's it. So listen, we can talk about mother's day,
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  but you know what? Let's be honest.
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  Mother's Day, Mother's Day, but I wanted to not worry too much about mothers today.
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  And I'll tell you why, because tomorrow I will be airing the service that I
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  did yesterday called Your Special and it's dedicated to all mothers.
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  So we're going to pause Mother's Day because I want to celebrate another celebration
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  that I couldn't do because I haven't had this person on the air.
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  And it's titled, What Makes a Best Friend a Best Friend?
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  And this is dedicated to Dr. E because he didn't even know I've been waiting to do this.
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  So he has to sit back and listen, and then I'll let him have his final word.
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  Today's episode on Have Faith, Let It Begin is something that I wanted to do
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  very special and personal. because today and this month of April,
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  which was when I wanted to do it, is Dr. E's birthday.
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  And I wanted to dedicate this episode to him because not just because he happens
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  to be my best friend, but because friendships like this are very rare.
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  And gifts, they're very, very rare and from gifts that we call from God.
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  What makes a best friend a best friend? I think a best friend is someone you can trust.
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  Someone you can call when life feels out of the norm or devastating or heavy
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  or just dealing with issues.
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  Someone who celebrates your victories like they were their own.
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  A best friend is someone that God places in your path for a reason.
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  Sometimes they begin as strangers and somehow over the time,
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  through conversations,
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  through laughter, through difficult moments, They share journeys and life experiences
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  They become family God has always found a way God has a way of bringing people
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  together Exactly when we need them most,
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  A best friend reminds you that you're not walking through life alone.
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  They challenge you. They encourage you. They pray for you.
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  They laugh with you. And sometimes they even help carry you when your faith feels tired.
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  Dr. E, thank you for being that kind of friend to me.
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  Thank you for your laughs, the conversations, the support, and the memories
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  that you continue to create with me.
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  I personally thank God for our friendships. And I pray that this next year of
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  your life is filled with peace, with joy, with strength, and countless blessings.
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  And to everyone listening today.
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  Cherish the people that you have God has placed in your life.
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  Real friendship is a blessing that should never be taken for granted.
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  Happy birthday, Dr. E. And remember that no matter what you're going through
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  in life, never lose hope because Angel will always be by your side.
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  That was dedicated to you.
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  The show now begins. What is the best friend of you, my friend?
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  Angel, there are no words I can say right now. If I had a mic,
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  I would drop it right now. That was one of the nicest things anyone's ever done for me.
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  And I feel exactly the same way about you. You're my family. You're my brother.
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  And, you know, I hope you know that I would do the same for you.
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  I feel the same way that you would be there for me.
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  So we're going to just, whatever he said, I say.
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  He's stumped. Listen, real quick, let's do this. Because I did catch him off guard.
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  Yesterday's episode that you aired was phenomenal. And it's about birthdays.
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  This is how it all got stemmed.
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  And you talk about how a cancer patient, you know, deals with a birthday.
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  And I think everyone really should go back and listen to it.
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  I think everyone needs to.
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  We're going to put the link in the description because if you want,
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  why don't you give them a 30 second little intro as to what they're going to
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  or they have missed, but they have a chance to go listen to it because that show was phenomenal.
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  Yeah. And I think this actually applies not just to survivors of cancer,
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  but, you know, survivors of life, right? Right.
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  Survivors of, you know, there are many of our people who listen to Have Faith,
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  Let It Begin because they need this podcast of hope. They might feel hopeless.
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  They might feel that life is just, you know.
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  Has, has, has them by the throat and they're just getting tossed around and
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  they're depressed and the they're demoralized and they need our Lord to uplift them.
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  And they, and our Lord gave them you angel to help with that process.
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  So it's about not feeling bad.
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  If you don't feel like celebrating, you know, I think everyone around you wants
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  you to celebrate your birthday and they want you to be happy and joyful.
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  And sometimes it's just not the way you feel. Sometimes you have a cross that
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  you're bearing, that you're carrying about a specific work problem or a family
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  problem, or you're in crisis.
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  And that's okay not to feel like celebrating.
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  But at the same time, what Angel and I did want to share with everyone,
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  and this applies to everyone, not just cancer survivors, is you do need to find
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  a way to express that gratitude of your life, that God gave you a life and that
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  you're grateful for your life.
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  So it doesn't have to be balloons. It doesn't have to be cakes and candles.
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  It doesn't have to be presence.
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  It just has to be you being present in your life and observing your life and
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  then being able to glorify your life in some way. It could be a quiet moment.
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  It could be a deep breath. It could be a walk in nature. It could be dinner with a loved one.
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  It could be writing down a phrase of gratitude in your journal. It doesn't matter.
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  So celebrate you the way you want to celebrate.
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  Yeah, well said. And I totally agree with that. Let's close out with a prayer.
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  We hope that everyone enjoys.
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  And real quick programming note, dad is doing well. He is home.
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  He was home on the weekend.
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  And thank you for your thoughts and prayers to everyone. You know,
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  he was a good successful surgery and no updates yet on the woodchuck.
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  I'm sure that we will continue on. As everyone knows, last week was a complete
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  saga, four episodes of the woodchuck.
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  So we still have part five and chapter nine still coming through. All right, let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, today we come before you with grateful hearts.
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  Lord, thank you for the gift of friendship.
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  Thank you for the people you placed in our lives just the right moment.
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  People who encourage us, strengthen us, laugh with us, pray with us,
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  and remind us that we're never alone.
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  Today, Lord, I specifically and especially lift up my good friend, Dr.
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  E, on his birthday. Father, thank you for his life, his heart,
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  his kindness, and the impact he has on the people around him.
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  Continue to bless him with good health, peace of mind, wisdom,
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  strength, and joy, and open doors for him that no one can close and remind him
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  daily how loved and appreciated he truly is.
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  Lord, bless every listener today as well. Help us to value the friendship that you've given us.
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  Tell us to be loyal, compassionate, trustworthy, and present for one another.
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  In a world where so many people feel alone, help us become the kind of friend
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  that reflects your love.
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  And Father, for everyone listening who may feel isolated or forgotten,
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  remind them tonight that you are near and send the right people into their lives.
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  Surround them with the encouragement, the hope, and genuine connection.
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  So we thank you for the laughter, the memories.
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  And thank you for the shared journeys. We thank you for this beautiful reminder
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  that friendship itself is one of our greatest blessings.
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  In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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  May God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and every
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  one of you a peace on earth.
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  And on behalf of Dr. E and myself, never forget.
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  Faith, let it begin, baby. Take care.