WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.734 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by Friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:08.175 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Scarlet Hiltibidal: And so I was just kind of reeling. 00:00:08.175 --> 00:00:09.543 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I'm a pastor's wife. 00:00:09.543 --> 00:00:12.179 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I'm a Christian author and speaker, and I'm like, I know 00:00:12.179 --> 00:00:13.513 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% what's true. 00:00:13.513 --> 00:00:16.750 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I know, I know about this hope I can cling to, but right now I'm 00:00:16.750 --> 00:00:19.853 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% really sad, and what do I do with that? 00:00:19.853 --> 00:00:22.823 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% announcer: Scarlet Hiltibidal shares her personal struggle 00:00:22.823 --> 00:00:25.525 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% with deep sadness, disappointment, doubts, 00:00:25.525 --> 00:00:26.894 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% and weariness. 00:00:26.894 --> 00:00:28.595 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Scarlet: You have to keep going to the Lord. 00:00:28.595 --> 00:00:30.831 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If you don't, it's not like he's gonna stop loving you, but 00:00:30.831 --> 00:00:33.533 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% you're gonna start believing the hopelessness lies. 00:00:33.533 --> 00:00:36.603 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% announcer: "Hopeful-ish" next. 00:00:36.603 --> 00:00:46.613 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.613 --> 00:00:53.787 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.787 --> 00:00:55.222 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today." 00:00:55.222 --> 00:00:57.324 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I'm Randy Robison, glad to have you with me. 00:00:57.324 --> 00:01:00.027 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I also have my co-host Blynda Lane. 00:01:00.027 --> 00:01:01.395 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% This is the first time we've gotten to sit down. 00:01:01.395 --> 00:01:02.763 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Blynda Lane: I know, this is really fun. 00:01:02.763 --> 00:01:04.464 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I've never gotten to sit here with you before. 00:01:04.464 --> 00:01:06.566 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy: You've seen her with Tammy many times, and on 00:01:06.566 --> 00:01:08.035 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% other programs. 00:01:08.035 --> 00:01:09.369 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% So we're excited that you're here. 00:01:09.369 --> 00:01:11.705 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% We also have a wonderful guest today. 00:01:11.705 --> 00:01:13.040 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% I'm excited. 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You just--is this your first time to meet Scarlet? 00:01:14.675 --> 00:01:16.777 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: Totally first time, but fast friends. 00:01:16.777 --> 00:01:18.178 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Randy: And she's-- ah, I can see it. 00:01:18.178 --> 00:01:21.181 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% She's been on "Life Today" before, Scarlett Hiltibidal is 00:01:21.181 --> 00:01:22.516 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% with us. 00:01:22.516 --> 00:01:26.420 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% She has a new book called "Hopeful-ish," and I think 00:01:26.420 --> 00:01:27.754 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% you'll understand that. 00:01:27.754 --> 00:01:29.556 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Scarlet, welcome back to "Life Today." 00:01:29.556 --> 00:01:30.891 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Great to have you. 00:01:30.891 --> 00:01:32.259 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Scarlet: Thank you for having me. 00:01:32.259 --> 00:01:33.593 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: We're really glad you're here. 00:01:33.593 --> 00:01:34.962 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Scarlet: Thank you. 00:01:34.962 --> 00:01:36.296 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Randy: We gotta start with the title. 00:01:36.296 --> 00:01:37.664 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Scarlet: Let's start with the title. 00:01:37.664 --> 00:01:38.999 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% What do you wanna know? 00:01:38.999 --> 00:01:40.467 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: I wanna be hopeful, not just, you know, hopeful-ish. 00:01:40.467 --> 00:01:41.835 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% What does that mean? 00:01:41.835 --> 00:01:43.170 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Scarlet: We want to be fully hopeful. 00:01:43.170 --> 00:01:45.339 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Well, I wrote this because I was in a season which, I think a lot 00:01:45.339 --> 00:01:46.673 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% of us can relate to this. 00:01:46.673 --> 00:01:48.241 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Post-COVID world, we all lost a lot. 00:01:48.241 --> 00:01:51.778 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We lost people we loved, our prestigious careers kind of 00:01:51.778 --> 00:01:54.614 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% turned into Zoom with pajama pants that are Christmas-themed, 00:01:54.614 --> 00:01:56.183 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know. 00:01:56.183 --> 00:01:58.685 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, just a lot of pain, a lot of sadness, and I was kind 00:01:58.685 --> 00:02:02.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% of struggling to, as a long-time Christian, hold on to the hope 00:02:02.823 --> 00:02:05.559 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% I know to be true. 00:02:05.559 --> 00:02:09.830 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Just struggling to hold on to joy and peace, knowing it here 00:02:09.830 --> 00:02:12.532 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% and just being like, okay, how do I do this? 00:02:12.532 --> 00:02:15.369 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And so honestly the original title was "Sad and Tired." 00:02:15.369 --> 00:02:17.704 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I told my husband and he was like, "Sweetie, no, do not write 00:02:17.704 --> 00:02:19.172 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% a book called 'Sad and Tired.' 00:02:19.172 --> 00:02:20.507 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Nobody wants that book." 00:02:20.507 --> 00:02:23.276 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% So I was like, "Okay, let's workshop this." 00:02:23.276 --> 00:02:26.980 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But yeah, it's just what I have found to be true is that, as I 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:30.717 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% wrote it, my husband prayed that I would write it from God's lap, 00:02:30.717 --> 00:02:32.419 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% because I was struggling with a lot of sadness. 00:02:32.419 --> 00:02:35.088 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I just held on to that image the whole time, like, you know 00:02:35.088 --> 00:02:38.225 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% what, we're all being held, it's not about how strong our holding 00:02:38.225 --> 00:02:40.827 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% is, it's about how strong God is, and he's holding us. 00:02:40.827 --> 00:02:44.631 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And so as I wrote about all these painful stories and 00:02:44.631 --> 00:02:47.000 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% walking with Jesus in the midst of them, that's what I 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:48.435 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% was thinking. 00:02:48.435 --> 00:02:52.739 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: You talk about how sad is natural and hope 00:02:52.739 --> 00:02:54.207 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% is supernatural. 00:02:54.207 --> 00:02:58.245 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And when you were in COVID, I believe that's when you had the 00:02:58.245 --> 00:03:01.648 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% death of a grandmother and a death of an uncle within a 00:03:01.648 --> 00:03:03.517 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% couple of weeks of each other. 00:03:03.517 --> 00:03:07.888 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% How did you hold that tension of, okay, this is really sad, 00:03:07.888 --> 00:03:12.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% but I'm going to tap into that supernatural hope? 00:03:12.426 --> 00:03:15.195 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Scarlet: Yeah, those--I mean, those were the events that kind 00:03:15.195 --> 00:03:19.332 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% of led to this whole thing, writing this book, because 00:03:19.332 --> 00:03:23.837 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% post-COVID, my uncle Jimmy, who was a father figure in my life, 00:03:23.837 --> 00:03:25.806 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% he helped raise me after my parents' divorce. 00:03:25.806 --> 00:03:28.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I had just moved out to California, he was my only local 00:03:28.675 --> 00:03:32.779 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% relative, and he died by suicide three months after I got there. 00:03:32.779 --> 00:03:35.382 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He had lost his job during COVID, broke an engagement, had 00:03:35.382 --> 00:03:37.584 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% a lot of hard things in his life, and was kind of living 00:03:37.584 --> 00:03:38.919 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% in isolation. 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:41.688 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So that happened, and then his mom, my grandma, who was kind of 00:03:41.688 --> 00:03:45.926 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% a mother figure who also was huge in helping raise me, she 00:03:45.926 --> 00:03:48.495 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% died by COVID pneumonia 16 days later. 00:03:48.495 --> 00:03:49.996 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% And so I was just kind of reeling. 00:03:49.996 --> 00:03:51.364 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I'm a pastor's wife. 00:03:51.364 --> 00:03:53.967 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I'm a Christian author and speaker, and I'm like, I know 00:03:53.967 --> 00:03:55.335 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% what's true. 00:03:55.335 --> 00:03:58.538 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I know, I know about this hope I can cling to, but right now I'm 00:03:58.538 --> 00:04:01.641 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% really sad, and what do I do with that? 00:04:01.641 --> 00:04:04.344 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so of course I talked, you know, the book publishing 00:04:04.344 --> 00:04:05.679 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% process, I talked to my publisher. 00:04:05.679 --> 00:04:08.682 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% By the time it actually was time to write the book, I learned my 00:04:08.682 --> 00:04:12.319 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% mom's cancer had returned, and I took a positive surprise 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.689 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% pregnancy test after ten years since my youngest child. 00:04:15.689 --> 00:04:18.558 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And so it was, you know, I'm really grateful for all 00:04:18.558 --> 00:04:19.926 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% these things. 00:04:19.926 --> 00:04:21.895 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I'm so grateful that I really had to depend on the Lord and 00:04:21.895 --> 00:04:24.598 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% his strength as I was writing about depending on the Lord and 00:04:24.598 --> 00:04:25.966 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% his strength. 00:04:25.966 --> 00:04:28.034 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I keep telling people, this is my least funny, but like, 00:04:28.034 --> 00:04:30.704 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% it's my heaviest and most serious book, because I was 00:04:30.704 --> 00:04:33.507 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% wrestling with heavy serious things, but the Lord 00:04:33.507 --> 00:04:34.875 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% proved faithful. 00:04:34.875 --> 00:04:36.309 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% How did I cling to these things? 00:04:36.309 --> 00:04:38.879 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Honestly, as a long-time believer, the Lord just held me 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:41.148 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% together through his people, through his word, through 00:04:41.148 --> 00:04:43.450 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% showing up when I didn't feel like showing up, and being 00:04:43.450 --> 00:04:47.521 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% reminded by his spirit and other people around me who have a 00:04:47.521 --> 00:04:51.424 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% spirit that he's real, and he's involved and we have this great 00:04:51.424 --> 00:04:52.792 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% hope to cling to. 00:04:52.792 --> 00:04:55.829 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: You mentioned the book not being that funny. 00:04:55.829 --> 00:04:59.533 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I have to ask you this because my coping mechanism for stress 00:04:59.533 --> 00:05:04.171 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and difficult uncomfortable situations is humor, and it does 00:05:04.171 --> 00:05:06.373 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% not always land. 00:05:06.373 --> 00:05:07.707 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Scarlet: You've already made me laugh, though, 00:05:07.707 --> 00:05:09.576 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% before the cameras went on, several times, so. 00:05:09.576 --> 00:05:11.278 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: And that's good, because I think we're kindred. 00:05:11.278 --> 00:05:13.480 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Do you--is humor something that helps you cope? 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.049 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Scarlet: It's so funny, because I have a lot of insecurity about 00:05:16.049 --> 00:05:19.052 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% this book because yes, my mom's a professional comedian. 00:05:19.052 --> 00:05:20.387 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% That's my upbringing. 00:05:20.387 --> 00:05:23.323 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I didn't even realize that I put out these vulnerable books 00:05:23.323 --> 00:05:25.759 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% over the years, but I always feel safe because I'm like, oh, 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.395 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% but there's jokes, so it's okay, because even though I'm sharing 00:05:28.395 --> 00:05:30.564 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% personal things, if you laugh it's okay. 00:05:30.564 --> 00:05:32.999 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And this one, it does have some humor, so I don't wanna scare 00:05:32.999 --> 00:05:34.367 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% you listener--watchers. 00:05:34.367 --> 00:05:35.702 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: I mean, you were chased by a donkey. 00:05:35.702 --> 00:05:38.705 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Scarlet: I was chased by--I do include the donkey story. 00:05:38.705 --> 00:05:43.176 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We can get to that if you want, but yes, it's very--I definitely 00:05:43.176 --> 00:05:44.511 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% rely on humor. 00:05:44.511 --> 00:05:46.680 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I don't know how healthy that is, but sometimes I think 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:48.014 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% it's healthy. 00:05:48.014 --> 00:05:49.382 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% I think it's healthy. 00:05:49.382 --> 00:05:51.551 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But yeah, but sometimes when you go through things that are so 00:05:51.551 --> 00:05:55.455 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% painful, it's hard to laugh and it's hard to find humor in it, 00:05:55.455 --> 00:05:57.157 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% but yes, the answer is yes. 00:05:57.157 --> 00:05:58.525 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Randy: Yeah, I get that. 00:05:58.525 --> 00:06:01.094 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And just for people who don't know, your mother is well-known, 00:06:01.094 --> 00:06:02.429 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Victoria Jackson. 00:06:02.429 --> 00:06:06.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You were raised on the set of "Saturday Night Live," so that's 00:06:06.166 --> 00:06:07.534 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% kind of baked in. 00:06:07.534 --> 00:06:10.337 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% But yet, I mean, how's she doing now? 00:06:10.337 --> 00:06:12.772 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Scarlet: So that's also her--she's the one, cancer 00:06:12.772 --> 00:06:14.641 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% came back. 00:06:14.641 --> 00:06:17.244 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, as I was writing this book I kept calling her and 00:06:17.244 --> 00:06:18.612 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% texting her. 00:06:18.612 --> 00:06:20.814 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I'm like, "Hey, can I just type out that text message you just 00:06:20.814 --> 00:06:23.883 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% sent me to serve other people who are walking through hard 00:06:23.883 --> 00:06:26.686 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% things," because it has been so hard and sad. 00:06:26.686 --> 00:06:28.021 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% She had cancer ten years ago. 00:06:28.021 --> 00:06:30.857 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% It returned about a year and a half ago. 00:06:30.857 --> 00:06:34.794 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And it's stage 4, and so she's just living with it. 00:06:34.794 --> 00:06:38.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And she's also a long-time follower of Jesus, and so it's 00:06:38.198 --> 00:06:39.733 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% been really striking. 00:06:39.733 --> 00:06:41.635 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I shouldn't be surprised, because I'm a Christian and I 00:06:41.635 --> 00:06:45.772 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% know that the Lord does this for his children, but she is just 00:06:45.772 --> 00:06:50.377 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% the most joyful, hilarious, giving person. 00:06:50.377 --> 00:06:53.013 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And I, you know, as I was writing about this, she was 00:06:53.013 --> 00:06:56.116 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like, serving me and loving me when she should be the one being 00:06:56.116 --> 00:06:57.484 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% loved and served. 00:06:57.484 --> 00:06:59.753 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Like, that doesn't--her maternal instinct was not going away. 00:06:59.753 --> 00:07:02.122 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% There's a couple chapters in there where I talk about a 00:07:02.122 --> 00:07:05.025 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% pillow nest thing that I did where I would, like, be in a 00:07:05.025 --> 00:07:08.161 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% cocoon of pillows and when I was pregnant with my surprise baby, 00:07:08.161 --> 00:07:11.931 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% she's coughing because cancer got into her windpipe and she's 00:07:11.931 --> 00:07:14.334 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like, going up the stairs to get this new pillow that she thought 00:07:14.334 --> 00:07:15.935 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% would make me more comfortable. 00:07:15.935 --> 00:07:17.504 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% You know, like she's-- 00:07:17.504 --> 00:07:18.872 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Always thinking of-- 00:07:18.872 --> 00:07:20.240 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Scarlet: Yes, she is comforting me when she is struggling 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:21.574 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% with that. 00:07:21.574 --> 00:07:25.045 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So it's like, yes, as a family we've been sad, but it's the 00:07:25.045 --> 00:07:28.415 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% gifts of the Holy Spirit and just the eternal perspective she 00:07:28.415 --> 00:07:31.217 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% has that has just trickled into our family has been 00:07:31.217 --> 00:07:32.585 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% really beautiful. 00:07:32.585 --> 00:07:34.354 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I remember you even wrote that you brought your kids 00:07:34.354 --> 00:07:38.124 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% over to spend time with her, and they said something like, "I 00:07:38.124 --> 00:07:40.794 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% entered thinking it was gonna be sad to be with Bam Bam," which 00:07:40.794 --> 00:07:44.331 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% is what they call her, but it ended up being so fun because 00:07:44.331 --> 00:07:47.367 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% she made a point to make sure that it was really light and 00:07:47.367 --> 00:07:50.337 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% fun, and I mean, that just sounds like she really has that 00:07:50.337 --> 00:07:53.340 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% balance of, that there's--you know there's pain there, but 00:07:53.340 --> 00:07:55.575 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% she's balancing it with so much joy and peace. 00:07:55.575 --> 00:07:57.143 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Scarlet: And she's not being dishonest about it either. 00:07:57.143 --> 00:07:58.945 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I think that's the other beautiful thing about suffering 00:07:58.945 --> 00:08:00.280 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% as a believer. 00:08:00.280 --> 00:08:01.748 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Like, she's not saying everything's fine. 00:08:01.748 --> 00:08:04.150 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Like, she's wearing a shirt that says not dead yet. 00:08:04.150 --> 00:08:05.985 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Like, she's making-- all the time. 00:08:05.985 --> 00:08:08.221 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% She's got all these shirts, I'm like, okay, hi, well, here we 00:08:08.221 --> 00:08:10.190 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% are at Bam Bam's house. 00:08:10.190 --> 00:08:13.493 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So she has a sense of humor about it, but she's honest about 00:08:13.493 --> 00:08:14.861 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% the pain. 00:08:14.861 --> 00:08:16.930 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% She's not hiding it from anybody, but she is really 00:08:16.930 --> 00:08:19.332 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% living like death is an event and then we're all gonna be 00:08:19.332 --> 00:08:20.700 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% together forever. 00:08:20.700 --> 00:08:22.035 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% That's what we believe. 00:08:22.035 --> 00:08:24.304 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so yeah, my oldest said that when the cancer had first come 00:08:24.304 --> 00:08:26.306 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% back and we were like, let's go visit her, and we were all 00:08:26.306 --> 00:08:29.843 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% nervous, like we were crying on the way over, and then my mom 00:08:29.843 --> 00:08:32.912 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% had a balloon tied to her chair that she had bought for herself, 00:08:32.912 --> 00:08:36.716 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% because she's awesome, and we just went in there and hung out 00:08:36.716 --> 00:08:40.653 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% with her and then when we left my daughter was like, oh, like, 00:08:40.653 --> 00:08:42.956 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% she made me feel better just by how she was acting. 00:08:42.956 --> 00:08:45.759 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And it wasn't ignoring the issue, it was just, hey, 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.093 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% we're here. 00:08:47.093 --> 00:08:49.028 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I think I put in there one of her text messages is like, "Of 00:08:49.028 --> 00:08:52.132 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% course I'm sad to miss out, but I'm gonna be with Jesus and I'm 00:08:52.132 --> 00:08:53.500 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% here now, so let's party." 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:56.002 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Like, that was the end of her text, like, "Let's have fun." 00:08:56.002 --> 00:08:57.570 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% So yeah, what a gift, right? 00:08:57.570 --> 00:08:58.938 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Blynda: What a gift. 00:08:58.938 --> 00:09:00.306 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: So ,you know, grief is one of those things. 00:09:00.306 --> 00:09:03.076 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% It is very real, denying it doesn't help. 00:09:03.076 --> 00:09:08.314 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And the Scripture says that we grieve, but not as those who 00:09:08.314 --> 00:09:09.682 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% have no hope. 00:09:09.682 --> 00:09:15.255 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And that's what I hear you saying and trying to live out. 00:09:15.255 --> 00:09:16.990 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% How are you doing with that grief? 00:09:16.990 --> 00:09:19.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Scarlet: It's, you know, it's really been so instructive to me 00:09:19.793 --> 00:09:23.096 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to watch my mom do this because it's like she's kind of going 00:09:23.096 --> 00:09:25.865 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% before us and showing us, this is how to live. 00:09:25.865 --> 00:09:28.635 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If you're suffering as one with hope, this is how to live. 00:09:28.635 --> 00:09:31.104 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it's not perfect and she's not, you know, she doesn't have 00:09:31.104 --> 00:09:34.240 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% a smile plastered to her face all the time. 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:37.877 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But yeah, it's different and it definitely informs how I live 00:09:37.877 --> 00:09:40.413 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% and how my kids view everything. 00:09:40.413 --> 00:09:43.583 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's like it kind of takes the sting of death away. 00:09:43.583 --> 00:09:46.052 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Everything that God's Word says that you hope is true when 00:09:46.052 --> 00:09:48.221 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you're actually living it out and you find it to be true, it's 00:09:48.221 --> 00:09:49.823 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% like, oh, this is real. 00:09:49.823 --> 00:09:53.493 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God is real and he's active and with us, so this actually works, 00:09:53.493 --> 00:09:54.828 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:09:54.828 --> 00:09:58.164 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So yeah, we're sad and we have bad days and big cries, but we 00:09:58.164 --> 00:10:01.701 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% love each other and we are reminded that this world's not 00:10:01.701 --> 00:10:04.671 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% our home, and that's a gift and a blessing, so. 00:10:04.671 --> 00:10:06.906 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Blynda: Okay, I wanna talk about, in the pillow nest 00:10:06.906 --> 00:10:10.043 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% chapter, one of those because I think it ties into this. 00:10:10.043 --> 00:10:13.346 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You talk about that you built this kind of fort pillow nest 00:10:13.346 --> 00:10:16.149 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% and you use it to be comfortable. 00:10:16.149 --> 00:10:18.651 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You have a neck pillow, you have your blanket, you even get your 00:10:18.651 --> 00:10:22.322 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% scrolling your TV--your, you know, phone or whatever to 00:10:22.322 --> 00:10:23.656 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% scroll on. 00:10:23.656 --> 00:10:27.527 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But there was a part of you that realized this was some sort of 00:10:27.527 --> 00:10:32.398 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% coping mechanism and it made me think about people who, to numb 00:10:32.398 --> 00:10:36.236 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the pain, to not have to feel it, to not have to do the 00:10:36.236 --> 00:10:39.038 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% grieving, to not all of those things, they have their own 00:10:39.038 --> 00:10:41.541 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% pillow nest that they build, whether it's actually with 00:10:41.541 --> 00:10:44.344 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% pillows like yours or if it's something else that they use to 00:10:44.344 --> 00:10:45.845 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% numb the pain. 00:10:45.845 --> 00:10:49.015 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And--because they're not feeling hopeful in those moments, 00:10:49.015 --> 00:10:52.051 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% whatever it is, and because we have the hope of Jesus we have 00:10:52.051 --> 00:10:53.686 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% that, but a lot of people don't. 00:10:53.686 --> 00:10:58.291 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And even some maybe watching are feeling so hopeless right now. 00:10:58.291 --> 00:11:02.695 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% How did the discovery in your own soul of, okay, this pillow 00:11:02.695 --> 00:11:07.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% nest is a little bit a counterfeit comfort than the 00:11:07.166 --> 00:11:10.203 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% comfort I really need, how did that help you? 00:11:10.203 --> 00:11:13.606 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Scarlet: Well, I'm grateful that I wrote this from a place of 00:11:13.606 --> 00:11:17.143 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% remembering and re-remembering, you know, because I think all of 00:11:17.143 --> 00:11:20.079 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% us, whether we are feeling hopeless or whether we are 00:11:20.079 --> 00:11:24.384 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% people who have discovered that we can live with hope, we are 00:11:24.384 --> 00:11:27.954 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% forgetful and we cling to our pillow nests naturally every day 00:11:27.954 --> 00:11:32.792 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% if we're not disciplining ourselves to go to the Lord. 00:11:32.792 --> 00:11:36.062 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like if we're not--sometimes in my pain I will kind of retreat 00:11:36.062 --> 00:11:37.931 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and I don't wanna pray and I don't wanna read the Bible and I 00:11:37.931 --> 00:11:39.265 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% don't wanna go anywhere, you know. 00:11:39.265 --> 00:11:40.633 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I just wanna hide in a pillow nest. 00:11:40.633 --> 00:11:41.968 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Blynda: That's real. 00:11:41.968 --> 00:11:44.737 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Scarlet: But you have to keep going to the Lord. 00:11:44.737 --> 00:11:46.973 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If you don't, it's not like he's gonna stop loving you, but 00:11:46.973 --> 00:11:50.043 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you're gonna start believing the hopelessness lies that the enemy 00:11:50.043 --> 00:11:52.946 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% throws at you, because if you just look out at the world and 00:11:52.946 --> 00:11:57.250 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% look at your phone, and your mom has cancer and everybody is sick 00:11:57.250 --> 00:11:59.953 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and sad and dying, like, this is a broken world, then of course 00:11:59.953 --> 00:12:02.155 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you're gonna be overwhelmed by hopelessness. 00:12:02.155 --> 00:12:04.724 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But if you have--if you force yourself, okay, I'm gonna go to 00:12:04.724 --> 00:12:07.727 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% church, I'm gonna be with other believers and I'm going to be 00:12:07.727 --> 00:12:09.295 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% reminded of what is true. 00:12:09.295 --> 00:12:12.265 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Okay, I'm gonna open my Bible because it is living and active, 00:12:12.265 --> 00:12:14.434 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and the Holy Spirit is going to remind me of what is true and 00:12:14.434 --> 00:12:15.969 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% I'm gonna experience him there. 00:12:15.969 --> 00:12:20.239 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so yeah, I mean, I was writing this from a place of, 00:12:20.239 --> 00:12:23.810 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like, feeling like I was just being held and like, clinging to 00:12:23.810 --> 00:12:26.546 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% what I knew was true when I didn't feel it. 00:12:26.546 --> 00:12:30.316 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so yeah, I think that that is--I don't have any good advice 00:12:30.316 --> 00:12:33.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% except what Jesus says, which is to read his Word and do what it 00:12:33.786 --> 00:12:37.357 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% says, not to earn anything, because he earned it for us on 00:12:37.357 --> 00:12:40.693 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the cross, but just so that we can remember what's true and 00:12:40.693 --> 00:12:42.161 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% live with joy and peace, you know. 00:12:42.161 --> 00:12:44.631 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, not to quiz you too much, you do use a lot of 00:12:44.631 --> 00:12:47.634 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Scripture, and you reference Psalm 119 in that particular 00:12:47.634 --> 00:12:51.204 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% chapter, but are there any scriptures that jumped out 00:12:51.204 --> 00:12:53.706 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% at you or that you continue to carry you 00:12:53.706 --> 00:12:55.541 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% in these difficult ones, or? 00:12:55.541 --> 00:12:57.010 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Scarlet: Yeah, let me see. 00:12:57.010 --> 00:12:58.911 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, we were oppressed but not crushed, persecuted but not 00:12:58.911 --> 00:13:00.713 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. 00:13:00.713 --> 00:13:03.750 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So something that I thought about a lot while writing this 00:13:03.750 --> 00:13:07.854 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% was how as a long-time Christian you can know that I'm not 00:13:07.854 --> 00:13:09.522 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% crushed, but you feel crushed. 00:13:09.522 --> 00:13:12.892 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I know that I'm not abandoned, but I feel abandoned. 00:13:12.892 --> 00:13:15.094 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so what do we do when our feelings don't match what we 00:13:15.094 --> 00:13:16.462 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% know to be true? 00:13:16.462 --> 00:13:18.431 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Well, we do the things I just said, which is the 00:13:18.431 --> 00:13:21.634 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% boring-sounding things, which is what Eugene Peterson, in "A Long 00:13:21.634 --> 00:13:24.070 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Obedience in the Same Direction," he was like, just 00:13:24.070 --> 00:13:27.440 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% keep walking with the Lord, just abide, just cling to the vine. 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:30.943 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: I like your reference to Psalm 118, which is very long, 00:13:30.943 --> 00:13:33.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% but this particular Scripture, I think it's 28. 00:13:33.413 --> 00:13:35.948 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% "I am weary from grief. 00:13:35.948 --> 00:13:39.419 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Strengthen me through your word." 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:41.487 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% And so, you know, you're right. 00:13:41.487 --> 00:13:45.658 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% When all else fails, you know, when the world is pressing in, 00:13:45.658 --> 00:13:51.064 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% when you can't deny the pain and the suffering around you, going 00:13:51.064 --> 00:13:54.434 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% back to the Scripture, there's that life there. 00:13:54.434 --> 00:13:56.869 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% You've also--you're a Texan now. 00:13:56.869 --> 00:13:58.304 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Scarlet: I'm a Texan now. 00:13:58.304 --> 00:13:59.706 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: You're a Texan now, so welcome. 00:13:59.706 --> 00:14:01.140 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Scarlet: I'm a brand-new Texan. Thank you. 00:14:01.140 --> 00:14:02.875 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Randy: Yes, it took you long enough, but. 00:14:02.875 --> 00:14:05.712 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You know, the other thing that we often overlook especially, 00:14:05.712 --> 00:14:07.947 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and the Texans are guilty of this, I am one of those, right, 00:14:07.947 --> 00:14:10.450 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% because we're independent, right? 00:14:10.450 --> 00:14:12.485 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% We were designed for community. 00:14:12.485 --> 00:14:16.856 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What are you learning when it comes to dealing with grief and 00:14:16.856 --> 00:14:20.359 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% finding hope about community? 00:14:20.359 --> 00:14:22.695 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Scarlet: Man, I must have always been a Texan in my heart, even 00:14:22.695 --> 00:14:25.331 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% though I just got here a few months ago to live here. 00:14:25.331 --> 00:14:28.101 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Yeah, because I definitely tend to be, I'm independent, I don't 00:14:28.101 --> 00:14:30.703 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% need any help, I got this. 00:14:30.703 --> 00:14:34.107 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% But just, you know, getting older, I've just learned the 00:14:34.107 --> 00:14:37.677 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% beauty of, you know, God tells us to be united with other 00:14:37.677 --> 00:14:40.646 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% believers and to be--don't neglect to meet together. 00:14:40.646 --> 00:14:43.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it doesn't matter how independent or self-sufficient 00:14:43.716 --> 00:14:46.853 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you think you are, when you're actually in the pain of life, 00:14:46.853 --> 00:14:48.187 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% you need each other. 00:14:48.187 --> 00:14:52.191 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I've just been the recipient of love enough times that I was 00:14:52.191 --> 00:14:55.895 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% like, oh, wow, not only am I missing out if I isolate myself 00:14:55.895 --> 00:15:00.566 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in pain, but it's just such a beautiful thing when we are real 00:15:00.566 --> 00:15:04.403 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% people who are really struggling with hard things but exalting 00:15:04.403 --> 00:15:06.773 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the name of God, not trying to exalt ourselves and look how 00:15:06.773 --> 00:15:10.409 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% well I'm walking through this trial, but like, just reminding 00:15:10.409 --> 00:15:12.578 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% each other where our hope comes from. 00:15:12.578 --> 00:15:14.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Like, that's what it's all about. 00:15:14.413 --> 00:15:17.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So I'm very grateful to be a Texan, and I've already 00:15:17.016 --> 00:15:21.587 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% experienced the warmest, beautiful community here, so 00:15:21.587 --> 00:15:22.922 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% yeah, it's like I've always been here. 00:15:22.922 --> 00:15:24.924 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: What's interesting, though, about the community 00:15:24.924 --> 00:15:29.629 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% aspect is if you wait to build community until you're in pain, 00:15:29.629 --> 00:15:32.231 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% it's almost, you don't have anything to draw from. 00:15:32.231 --> 00:15:35.902 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's like you--we need to be reminded that we have to build 00:15:35.902 --> 00:15:39.071 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% that, we have to make that a priority to be with God's 00:15:39.071 --> 00:15:43.276 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% people, to find a church, to get in community so that when pain 00:15:43.276 --> 00:15:46.979 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% comes, which we know it will, you have this group of people 00:15:46.979 --> 00:15:50.983 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% supporting you, not waiting for the pain to try to find 00:15:50.983 --> 00:15:52.318 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% those people. 00:15:52.318 --> 00:15:54.153 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% That's gonna be much harder and you will feel more isolated. 00:15:54.153 --> 00:15:55.521 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Scarlet: That is so true. 00:15:55.521 --> 00:15:57.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: And by the way, if you're watching right now and you're 00:15:57.557 --> 00:16:00.927 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like, "I don't really have that, but I'm going through some 00:16:00.927 --> 00:16:02.295 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% difficult things." 00:16:02.295 --> 00:16:05.164 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We have some people who will pray with you. 00:16:05.164 --> 00:16:06.732 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% They are believers. 00:16:06.732 --> 00:16:09.368 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% That phone number on the screen is a place for you to call if 00:16:09.368 --> 00:16:11.904 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you're just at a point where you just need to talk to somebody, 00:16:11.904 --> 00:16:15.408 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you need someone to encourage you, someone to lift up your 00:16:15.408 --> 00:16:17.476 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% needs, your grief to God. 00:16:17.476 --> 00:16:18.978 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Please take advantage of that. 00:16:18.978 --> 00:16:21.113 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Don't isolate. 00:16:21.113 --> 00:16:22.515 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% It's the worst thing you can do. 00:16:22.515 --> 00:16:25.985 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% God is with you, but so are other believers, even if you 00:16:25.985 --> 00:16:27.320 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% don't see them around you. 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:29.322 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% So that number's there for you. 00:16:29.322 --> 00:16:31.257 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% We've just got a few minutes. 00:16:31.257 --> 00:16:33.893 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I think we probably should hear the donkey story. 00:16:33.893 --> 00:16:35.895 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% You know, we teased them with that. 00:16:35.895 --> 00:16:37.530 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Blynda: We did say a donkey attacked you. 00:16:37.530 --> 00:16:39.165 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Scarlet: I can talk about donkeys. 00:16:39.165 --> 00:16:41.334 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% What you wanna know about the donkey? 00:16:41.334 --> 00:16:43.803 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: So you had just moved-- because you've lived a lot. 00:16:43.803 --> 00:16:47.406 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I've heard you say Miami, California, and Tennessee, 00:16:47.406 --> 00:16:49.809 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% and this was when you had moved to Tennessee, 00:16:49.809 --> 00:16:52.311 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% and now you're kind of becoming farm material, 00:16:52.311 --> 00:16:53.813 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% farm girl material. 00:16:53.813 --> 00:16:55.348 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Scarlet: I was, yes. 00:16:55.348 --> 00:16:56.682 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% We've tried two times to be farmers. 00:16:56.682 --> 00:16:58.184 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% It has not worked out. 00:16:58.184 --> 00:16:59.518 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% In fact, as we moved away from this last farm 00:16:59.518 --> 00:17:00.853 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% that I wrote about, my mom was like, 00:17:00.853 --> 00:17:02.388 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% "Scarlet, I don't think you guys are good farmers," 00:17:02.388 --> 00:17:04.056 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and I'm like, "I know, that's why we're giving up. 00:17:04.056 --> 00:17:05.725 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% We've tried twice." 00:17:05.725 --> 00:17:07.059 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% The donkey story. 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.661 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Well, the donkey story is, 00:17:08.661 --> 00:17:11.864 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% we had tried to be farmers with like, chickens. 00:17:11.864 --> 00:17:13.633 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% That's not real farming. That was our first-- 00:17:13.633 --> 00:17:15.134 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Blynda: It is for me. It passes, for sure. 00:17:15.134 --> 00:17:16.769 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Scarlet: It is? 00:17:16.769 --> 00:17:18.604 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Okay, well, listen, we tried that and then we moved away to 00:17:18.604 --> 00:17:20.006 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% California for a little while. 00:17:20.006 --> 00:17:21.507 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% It's a long story. 00:17:21.507 --> 00:17:23.242 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Then we came back to Tennessee and we were like, "Really, we're 00:17:23.242 --> 00:17:24.877 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% gonna be farmers this time." 00:17:24.877 --> 00:17:28.381 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% We got two donkeys, two pigs, legitimate. 00:17:28.381 --> 00:17:30.917 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Like, when the pigs and the donkeys came, we were like, 00:17:30.917 --> 00:17:32.618 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% okay, now we're real farmers. 00:17:32.618 --> 00:17:35.955 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So there was a time when the donkeys had arrived and we 00:17:35.955 --> 00:17:38.925 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% didn't have a gate to keep them by the water source. 00:17:38.925 --> 00:17:41.861 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So I was like, I'm a farmer, I'm MacGyver, I'm Old McDonald. 00:17:41.861 --> 00:17:45.564 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I'm gonna build a temporary fence, and I used elec-- 00:17:45.564 --> 00:17:46.899 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% what are they? 00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:48.534 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Extension cords and moving blankets, and I made a gate and 00:17:48.534 --> 00:17:49.902 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% I was so proud. 00:17:49.902 --> 00:17:52.538 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it worked for a second, yeah, and then it did not work. 00:17:52.538 --> 00:17:55.241 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And then they, one of them escaped, the mini, which was-- 00:17:55.241 --> 00:17:57.944 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% we got a big one as a livestock guardian and a mini for 00:17:57.944 --> 00:17:59.312 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% cuteness purposes. 00:17:59.312 --> 00:18:03.215 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The cuteness purpose one got away, so we went to go get her 00:18:03.215 --> 00:18:07.253 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and then she started charging at us, like, yee-hawing loud like a 00:18:07.253 --> 00:18:09.622 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% cartoon, charging at me and my youngest daughter. 00:18:09.622 --> 00:18:11.324 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% It was actually really scary. 00:18:11.324 --> 00:18:13.159 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% We like to laugh as we reflect on it. 00:18:13.159 --> 00:18:15.761 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But we, like, jumped the fake fence and everything was fine. 00:18:15.761 --> 00:18:19.365 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But anyway, that whole chapter is about "Fake Farming, Weary 00:18:19.365 --> 00:18:20.733 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Worship, I Want the Real Thing." 00:18:20.733 --> 00:18:22.134 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I think that's the title of that chapter. 00:18:22.134 --> 00:18:25.304 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I'm talking about being a fake farmer and being a real 00:18:25.304 --> 00:18:29.241 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% farmer, and how if I don't feed these animals that we have now, 00:18:29.241 --> 00:18:30.609 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% they're gonna die. 00:18:30.609 --> 00:18:33.512 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And similarly, it's not that we're gonna lose our salvation 00:18:33.512 --> 00:18:37.616 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% if we are not clinging to God's Word every day, but we are going 00:18:37.616 --> 00:18:40.720 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% to, you know, our souls are gonna believe lies and we're 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.690 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% gonna feel pressed or, you know, crushed and believe, 00:18:44.690 --> 00:18:46.025 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% "I am crushed. 00:18:46.025 --> 00:18:47.860 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% I am abandoned." 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:50.129 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So yeah, that's what I was talking about, but while also 00:18:50.129 --> 00:18:52.131 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% sharing failed farmer stories. 00:18:52.131 --> 00:18:53.466 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Blynda: Which I love what you do. 00:18:53.466 --> 00:18:57.203 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You are very good at taking real-life stories and turning 00:18:57.203 --> 00:19:00.006 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% them into spiritual, applicable things. 00:19:00.006 --> 00:19:03.209 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so that's why I think your book is so helpful, because it's 00:19:03.209 --> 00:19:06.645 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% enjoyable to read but it actually really is full of hope. 00:19:06.645 --> 00:19:07.980 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Randy: I love it, and we need hope. 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:10.549 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And if humor is the method by which the hope comes, 00:19:10.549 --> 00:19:11.917 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% that's great. 00:19:11.917 --> 00:19:14.286 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But I want you to see an opportunity where some people 00:19:14.286 --> 00:19:20.626 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% desperately need some hope and it is very real, and we can be 00:19:20.626 --> 00:19:22.495 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% the solution to that. 00:19:22.495 --> 00:19:24.497 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Watch this. 00:19:24.497 --> 00:19:29.502 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:19:29.502 --> 00:19:35.141 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:19:35.141 --> 00:19:40.780 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Isak Pretorius: So this mother would walk three to four hours a 00:19:40.780 --> 00:19:45.584 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% day to go and collect water, knowing that the water that she 00:19:45.651 --> 00:19:50.022 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% was collecting was dirty and contaminated. 00:19:50.022 --> 00:19:52.558 align:start line:79% position:48% size:48% But it was the only water available. 00:19:52.558 --> 00:19:55.594 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% But two of her children got really ill. 00:19:55.594 --> 00:19:57.830 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% She tried to take them to the closest clinic. 00:19:57.830 --> 00:20:01.867 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% The closest clinic is more than a 12-hour walk. 00:20:01.867 --> 00:20:05.204 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% She said if you leave before the sun rises, you'll get there just 00:20:05.204 --> 00:20:07.673 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% when it gets dark. 00:20:07.673 --> 00:20:12.378 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Unfortunately, though, by the time she got there, her two 00:20:12.378 --> 00:20:14.547 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% children had passed away. 00:20:14.547 --> 00:20:15.881 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% This story is so hard for me, 00:20:15.881 --> 00:20:17.349 align:start line:79% position:50% size:41% because actually we've come here, 00:20:17.349 --> 00:20:20.386 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% and we've put a water well in this village, not far from the 00:20:20.386 --> 00:20:22.621 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% very home we are sitting in. 00:20:22.621 --> 00:20:26.725 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% As much as that well is solving tomorrow's problem, it didn't 00:20:26.725 --> 00:20:28.527 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% solve yesterday's one. 00:20:28.527 --> 00:20:32.698 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% I asked her, "What would you say to those who made it possible to 00:20:32.698 --> 00:20:35.601 align:start line:79% position:47% size:53% bring the clean water to your village?" 00:20:35.601 --> 00:20:38.337 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% She would say thank you, and she's so grateful, but then she 00:20:38.337 --> 00:20:41.774 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% became very urgent in what she said as she said, "But there's 00:20:41.774 --> 00:20:46.278 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% many other villages around here, many others that don't have a 00:20:46.278 --> 00:20:49.381 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% water well, that don't have clean water yet. 00:20:49.381 --> 00:20:52.318 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% Please take water to those other villages." 00:20:52.318 --> 00:20:56.655 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% She said, "There are many children dying in those villages 00:20:56.655 --> 00:20:59.859 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% because of the contaminated water that they have 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:01.260 align:start line:85% position:50% size:31% to consume." 00:21:01.260 --> 00:21:06.298 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% And that's why from my heart, a broken heart today, I'm making a 00:21:06.298 --> 00:21:09.635 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% call directly to you, and I hope that it is directly to your 00:21:09.635 --> 00:21:14.940 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% heart, to say please, please support Mission Water for Life. 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:18.144 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Please make it possible for us to put wells in all of the 00:21:18.144 --> 00:21:19.712 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% villages in this area. 00:21:19.712 --> 00:21:23.482 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Please make it possible for us to do it now. 00:21:23.482 --> 00:21:24.817 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% Now, it's an urgency. 00:21:24.817 --> 00:21:28.354 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% You understand, when you listen to Catarina's story, the urgency 00:21:28.354 --> 00:21:30.923 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of getting that well there now. 00:21:30.923 --> 00:21:35.227 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% Not next week, not next month, not next year, but now, because 00:21:35.227 --> 00:21:44.270 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% maybe, if it's next year, maybe another woman loses children in 00:21:44.270 --> 00:21:46.605 align:start line:85% position:48% size:33% the meantime. 00:21:46.605 --> 00:21:50.543 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% That's a price no mother should pay, and it's a price that I 00:21:50.543 --> 00:21:52.545 align:start line:85% position:48% size:28% can't bear. 00:21:55.981 --> 00:21:59.185 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% Randy: I know those stories can be very difficult to watch. 00:21:59.185 --> 00:22:01.820 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Blynda, as a mother, what do you think when you see that kind 00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:03.155 align:start line:85% position:48% size:33% of situation? 00:22:03.155 --> 00:22:04.690 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% Blynda: I mean, your heart just breaks. 00:22:04.690 --> 00:22:07.693 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% You look at it and you think no mother should know that pain. 00:22:07.693 --> 00:22:09.995 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% No mother should have to go through that. 00:22:09.995 --> 00:22:14.233 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% And I sit here and I think, you know, somebody watching may be 00:22:14.233 --> 00:22:16.769 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% thinking, "I can't go there and actually help. 00:22:16.769 --> 00:22:18.204 align:start line:85% position:50% size:41% How can I help?" 00:22:18.204 --> 00:22:20.072 align:start line:85% position:50% size:65% And two ways come to mind. 00:22:20.072 --> 00:22:21.473 align:start line:85% position:48% size:33% You can pray. 00:22:21.473 --> 00:22:23.475 align:start line:85% position:50% size:56% You can pray for them. 00:22:23.475 --> 00:22:24.843 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% And you can give. 00:22:24.843 --> 00:22:27.413 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% And sometimes I think we get overwhelmed with the idea of, 00:22:27.413 --> 00:22:31.450 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% "Well, I can't give a lot, so is my little bit going to make 00:22:31.450 --> 00:22:32.785 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% a difference?" 00:22:32.785 --> 00:22:35.888 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% But it's like God is the great multiplier, and what he does is 00:22:35.888 --> 00:22:39.325 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% he takes my little bit and your little bit and your little bit 00:22:39.325 --> 00:22:44.463 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% and multiplies it together to actually make a huge difference. 00:22:44.463 --> 00:22:47.933 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Randy: Yeah, you know, the boy in the Bible that gave what? 00:22:47.933 --> 00:22:51.904 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% A fish and some loaves depending on the translation 00:22:51.904 --> 00:22:53.239 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% you're looking at. 00:22:53.239 --> 00:22:54.573 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% He didn't give a lot. 00:22:54.573 --> 00:22:57.543 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% He didn't give enough to feed all those people. 00:22:57.543 --> 00:23:00.779 align:start line:10% position:50% size:41% What he gave was what he had. 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.114 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Blynda: And God did the multiplying. 00:23:02.114 --> 00:23:03.482 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% Randy: And God does the multiplication. 00:23:03.482 --> 00:23:05.351 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% And you know, we talk about praying for them. 00:23:05.351 --> 00:23:06.919 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Don't underestimate the prayer. 00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:10.956 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% Please pray for all those people in need. 00:23:10.956 --> 00:23:12.858 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% But they're also praying. 00:23:12.858 --> 00:23:14.226 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% That's the beautiful thing. 00:23:14.226 --> 00:23:18.430 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% They are praying and yes, many times they are praying, "God, 00:23:18.430 --> 00:23:23.402 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% send us some clean water, send us something so that we don't 00:23:23.402 --> 00:23:26.839 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% have to face death on a daily basis," 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:28.907 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% or, "Heal my sick child." 00:23:28.907 --> 00:23:33.245 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Here's another aspect of prayer I want you to consider. 00:23:33.245 --> 00:23:35.648 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% You can answer that prayer. 00:23:35.648 --> 00:23:37.016 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% It really is that easy. 00:23:37.016 --> 00:23:41.153 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% When we look at our outreach, to drilling wells in some countries 00:23:41.153 --> 00:23:44.590 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% where you have to drill quite deep to get to clean water, and 00:23:44.590 --> 00:23:48.594 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% it can be very difficult to get to some of these remote areas. 00:23:48.594 --> 00:23:51.263 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% But the average well costs $4800. 00:23:51.263 --> 00:23:52.631 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Some of you can just do that. 00:23:52.631 --> 00:23:53.966 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% You can give a well. 00:23:53.966 --> 00:23:55.334 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% I pray that you would. 00:23:55.334 --> 00:23:56.669 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% You will change lives. 00:23:56.669 --> 00:23:58.170 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% You will save lives. 00:23:58.170 --> 00:24:01.173 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% I know, I've been there, I've seen it. 00:24:01.173 --> 00:24:03.642 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% I know what a difference it makes. 00:24:03.642 --> 00:24:08.213 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Others of you could give $144, which on average would give 00:24:08.213 --> 00:24:11.417 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% 30 people clean water for life. 00:24:11.417 --> 00:24:16.388 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% If you can give $48, that will give an average of 10 people 00:24:16.388 --> 00:24:19.792 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% water for life, 70 years. 00:24:19.792 --> 00:24:22.061 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% These are not just wells that reach down into water. 00:24:22.061 --> 00:24:25.998 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% These are wells that are built to last and to keep 00:24:25.998 --> 00:24:28.600 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% contaminants out. 00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:31.804 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% It truly is an outreach of life. 00:24:31.804 --> 00:24:34.173 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% We have some wonderful gifts that we'd like to share with 00:24:34.173 --> 00:24:37.576 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% you, one of which I want to point out because it's a book. 00:24:37.576 --> 00:24:40.245 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% It's called "A Life of Compassion." 00:24:40.245 --> 00:24:43.716 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% I love this because it has so many of these images that remind 00:24:43.716 --> 00:24:46.919 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% us of the situation where we've gone in and we've been that 00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.253 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% answer to prayer. 00:24:48.253 --> 00:24:53.559 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% But most of all, will you give generously, give as God directs, 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:58.063 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% and know that you are giving someone life today. 00:24:58.063 --> 00:24:59.865 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% Together we can do it. 00:24:59.865 --> 00:25:03.936 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% We can be that answer to prayer. 00:25:03.936 --> 00:25:07.373 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Every day thousands of lives are lost to waterborne 00:25:07.373 --> 00:25:09.508 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% disease, and nearly half of those are children 00:25:09.508 --> 00:25:11.243 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% under the age of five. 00:25:11.243 --> 00:25:14.646 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Mission Water for Life, you can give mothers hope 00:25:14.646 --> 00:25:18.484 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% and children a future as we provide clean, fresh drinking 00:25:18.484 --> 00:25:21.553 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% water, free from the fear of death. 00:25:21.553 --> 00:25:25.624 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With your gift today, you can help drill and establish 350 00:25:25.624 --> 00:25:27.393 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% water wells this year. 00:25:27.393 --> 00:25:30.829 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 00:25:30.829 --> 00:25:32.197 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% five children. 00:25:32.197 --> 00:25:34.800 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% A gift of $48 will help provide for 10. 00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:39.505 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% And $144 will help provide life-giving water for 30 people 00:25:39.505 --> 00:25:40.873 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% for a lifetime. 00:25:40.873 --> 00:25:44.877 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you "Discovering the Joy of 00:25:44.877 --> 00:25:46.245 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Reading God's Word." 00:25:46.245 --> 00:25:49.915 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Whether you've read the Bible for years or are just beginning, 00:25:49.915 --> 00:25:53.385 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% this book invites you to experience Scripture in a fresh, 00:25:53.385 --> 00:25:54.787 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% more intimate way. 00:25:54.787 --> 00:25:59.091 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request "A Life of 00:25:59.091 --> 00:26:02.528 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Compassion" coffee table book, capturing Life Outreach's heart 00:26:02.528 --> 00:26:03.862 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% for the world. 00:26:03.862 --> 00:26:07.766 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Each page pairs timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field 00:26:07.766 --> 00:26:12.371 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% photography, making God's word visible in action. 00:26:12.371 --> 00:26:16.775 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:26:16.775 --> 00:26:22.314 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% for 250 people, or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a complete 00:26:22.314 --> 00:26:27.453 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% well and request Life's beautiful 2026 bronze sculpture, 00:26:27.453 --> 00:26:28.987 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% The Good Shepherd. 00:26:28.987 --> 00:26:34.493 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:34.493 --> 00:26:36.462 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Randy: I do hope you're going online, going on the phone, make 00:26:36.462 --> 00:26:37.796 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% the best gift you can. 00:26:37.796 --> 00:26:40.199 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% We've got some wonderful thank-you gifts, so please avail 00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:41.533 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% yourselves to those. 00:26:41.533 --> 00:26:43.669 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% But most of all, let's be the hands and feet of Jesus. 00:26:43.669 --> 00:26:47.206 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% We can do this, but we need your help. 00:26:47.206 --> 00:26:49.408 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% What a wonderful, hopeful program. 00:26:49.408 --> 00:26:51.076 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Scarlet, it's been so much fun. 00:26:51.076 --> 00:26:52.411 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% Blynda: "Hopeful-ish," it's great. 00:26:52.411 --> 00:26:53.946 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% Scarlet: Thank you for having me. 00:26:53.946 --> 00:26:55.347 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Blynda: We're so thankful you were here. 00:26:55.347 --> 00:26:57.015 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% Randy: Where can people connect with you? 00:26:57.015 --> 00:27:00.452 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Scarlet: If you just go online, scarlethiltibidal.com. 00:27:00.452 --> 00:27:03.121 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Scarlet--I joked the other day with someone, if you just type 00:27:03.121 --> 00:27:05.624 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Scarlet, do your best with my last name and some negative 00:27:05.624 --> 00:27:07.226 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% emotion, you'll find me. 00:27:07.226 --> 00:27:09.495 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% I've got "Anxious: The Bible Study." 00:27:09.495 --> 00:27:11.597 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% I've got "Afraid of All the Things." 00:27:11.597 --> 00:27:12.931 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Scarlett Hiltibidal. 00:27:12.931 --> 00:27:15.234 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Randy: We appreciate you sharing hope with us today and with 00:27:15.234 --> 00:27:16.602 align:start line:10% position:48% size:33% our audience. 00:27:16.602 --> 00:27:17.936 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% We appreciate you guys being here. 00:27:17.936 --> 00:27:19.938 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% We'll see you again next time. 00:27:19.938 --> 00:27:29.948 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:29.948 --> 00:27:39.958 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:39.958 --> 00:27:49.968 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:49.968 --> 00:27:54.973 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:54.973 --> 00:28:02.281 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:28:02.281 --> 00:28:04.583 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Mark Modal: And the more information we have, 00:28:04.583 --> 00:28:06.418 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% the less wisdom we have. 00:28:06.418 --> 00:28:10.255 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% And with the advent of AI, it's about to get a whole lot worse. 00:28:10.255 --> 00:28:12.257 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% announcer: Tomorrow. 00:28:12.558 --> 00:28:14.893 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: "Life Today" is made possible by the supporters of 00:28:14.893 --> 00:28:16.228 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:28:16.228 --> 00:28:18.297 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt 00:28:18.297 --> 00:28:19.631 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% purposes of Life. 00:28:19.631 --> 00:28:22.100 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The ministry features specific outreaches as examples of the 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.602 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% programs it supports and conducts. 00:28:23.602 --> 00:28:25.737 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Gifts are considered to be without restriction as to use 00:28:25.737 --> 00:28:27.472 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% unless explicitly stipulated by the donor. 00:28:27.472 --> 00:28:29.474 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% The ministry is a member of the ECFA.