Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Raven White
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR00080C
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00:13 Welcome back! We have talked about a lot.
00:16 We have talked about a lot in your testimony, even the 00:19 questions, what Angela was saying about not 00:22 even in the right place yet to deal with that 00:25 emotionally, so I would like you to talk for Angela's 00:28 question of not being in the place, but somebody that 00:31 is going to take that journey. 00:33 What is it about the journey that is worth it? 00:38 What do they need to know? Is it worth the fight? 00:42 It is, it is, it is worth the fight. 00:45 And I want to encourage you, if you're going to take the 00:48 opportunity to believe in God, stay there, stay there. 00:52 Bite into it, fight with it. 00:56 If you have to holler, fuss, slam things, don't stop 01:02 talking to Him because that is what I did. 01:05 I believe He brought me through this journey because 01:07 I didn't stop talking to Him. 01:09 A lot of time we're in pain, when we have hurt 01:11 feelings, we walk away from God. 01:13 Someone hurts you in the church, and our family, we walk 01:16 away from God, but He was the reason you started to 01:19 believe in Him, He was the reason that led you to Him 01:23 stay there, fight with Him, go to the Scriptures and 01:26 start saying, You said this. 01:28 You said this, why am I begging for bread? 01:30 Your family, people don't beg for bread, I'm begging 01:33 for bread, fight with it. 01:35 Why did you let me get molested? I want to know! 01:36 Tell me now, open up my mind, you said come 01:39 let us reason together. 01:40 God wants to know your heart, He wants to hear it from 01:45 you, so you can create a bond, but if you leave, it won't 01:48 work, and so I have learned to just keep talking to Him 01:52 and there is a scripture that says 2 Corinthians 1:9, 01:55 do not trust yourself. - I love that one! 01:57 I believe it's a verbatim Scripture, 02:00 do not trust yourself. 02:02 I've learned that, so when you are in the stage of your life 02:05 that you're feeling I'm not there yet, I'm not there yet. 02:09 Say Lord, You get me there. 02:11 You told me and John, I can do nothing without You, 02:14 so You get me there. 02:15 I can't get to heaven without You, You get me there. 02:18 However it may be, this is what I'm going to do, 02:20 I'm going to believe in You and because of that you're 02:23 going to save me. 02:24 Keep working on me because I'm going to stay with You. 02:27 That is the thing I teach people, don't trust yourself. 02:29 - Amen, I want to thank you for coming on the program. 02:32 I want to say to anybody that is at any stage of 02:36 recovery, is that it is not only stopping the drugs, 02:40 stopping addiction, is not only walking away from that 02:44 stuff, it is not only reevaluating all your family 02:47 junk, what you have been taught, what you have seen, 02:50 it is not only looking at the behavior acting out. 02:53 Like some of us have acted out in crazy ways. 02:56 It is not only that, it is stepping in to take care of 02:58 ourselves, to learn not to disassociate, like Raven was 03:02 saying, stay present to figure out from God who I am. 03:06 When He starts to do all that, with getting me healthy, 03:10 healing my family dynamics stuff, bringing friends into 03:13 my life, helping me to connect with someone, helping me to 03:16 get physically healthy, is that I realized, 03:20 God, this is pretty cool! 03:23 I woke up one day feeling like that I am having a great 03:26 day, and God said this is health. 03:28 I'm like shut up, how fun is that. 03:30 How fun is that, so I want you to know that staying with 03:33 it, like Raven was saying, stay with God. 03:35 Let Him walk with you on every one of those steps and 03:38 there will be a day you are going to stand up and say, 03:41 this was all worth it. 03:42 Especially on the other side. 03:44 I want to say thank you for joining us on the program. 03:47 Thank you for hanging in there with us. 03:48 Thank you for hanging in with your own recovery. 03:51 See you next time and until then remember that God is 03:54 crazy about you and me too. 03:56 God bless! |
Revised 2014-12-17