Participants: Cheri Peters & C. A. Murray (Host)
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000097B
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00:01 The following program discusses sensitive issues
00:03 related to addictive behavior. 00:05 Parents are cautioned that some material 00:06 may be too candid for younger children. 00:15 I had such a blast with this season. 00:18 And I think I had a blast because I knew that, 00:20 you know, we are talking 00:22 about some serious stuff, core issues, 00:24 but one of the overriding themes was that you really need 00:29 to start to open up your life to the people around you. 00:32 And you had talked about the sermon on Sabbath, 00:35 and what God gave me for that sermon 00:37 is I'm not my brother's keeper. 00:39 And, you know, and that's what Kane 00:41 said to God when he had killed Abel. 00:44 But, you know what? 00:45 When God took me to that, He said, you know, 00:47 "In a sense, we are each other's keepers 00:51 that psychologically I could speak 00:53 life or death into you just by how I respond to your journey." 00:58 Yeah. And I could walk away and say to God, 01:01 "You know, I'm not my brother's keeper, 01:02 and that's his problem." Right. 01:04 When in this journey of recovery, 01:08 I'm just begging people, don't do that, don't think that. 01:11 Yeah, you know, I love that. 01:13 The term used to respond to someone eles's journey. 01:16 Don't be put off by what you may see 01:18 as initial rejection because sometimes it takes a little time 01:22 to pull that patina, that facade, to strip that down, 01:26 but under that hard-shell is usually a soft heart 01:30 that has been wounded and made tough 01:32 so that they can deal with life. 01:34 Just to survive. Just to survive. 01:35 You know, I had people in recovery that beat up my pastor. 01:38 Because, you know, they just didn't like 01:40 what he said during a Bible study, 01:42 but you know, you have to get past a storm. 01:44 You know, but you know, in part of even this season, 01:48 I had a couple of my good friends here, 01:50 one from Australia, one from California 01:52 and even encouraging people is fine at least 3 people 01:56 that you could actually be real with. 01:58 And I'm not talking about a sponsor. 01:59 I'm just talking about friendships. 02:01 Somebody that you could call, somebody that knows you, 02:03 somebody that you can hang out with, 02:05 somebody you can have lunch with, those kind of things. 02:07 And so for this season, we're covering a lot of things, 02:10 core issues, who our friends are, 02:13 making friends, being real with God 02:16 and with each other. 02:17 And I just got to say that it was a blast to realize 02:20 that because of you we've been here for 100 episodes. 02:24 How cool is that? 02:26 I am hoping that we have 100 more. 02:28 And I'm hoping that it's all because you're in recovery 02:31 and you're enjoying your life and the joy 02:34 and that that sense of being in my own skin 02:38 and feeling good about that. 02:39 That sense is what you get to have. 02:41 And so, until next time always remember that God is crazy 02:45 about you and know that we're going into season 8, 02:48 enjoy every episode and we enjoyed 02:50 putting it together especially for you. |
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