Andrew: HIS PARENTS

Andrew: HIS PARENTS

DROP A BOMBSHELL.

THEY BOTH CAME OUT OF

THE CLOSET.

Andrew: AND THE

HATERS STARTED HATING.

THESE SIGNS SAID THINGS

LIKE, JESUS HAS NO ROOM

FOR YOU.

I KNEW I NEVER WANTED THE

NAME CHRISTIAN TO BE

ASSOCIATED WITH ME.

Andrew: IT WOULD

CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT

CHRISTIANITY.

I ENDED UP FOLLOWING

JESUS.

Andrew: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME

TO THE SHOW.

THE LGBT HAS REMAINED A

HOT BUTTON WHEN IT COMES

TO THE CHURCH.

SOME SIT BACK IN SILENCE,

NOT KNOWING WHAT TO SAY.

Terry: DR. CALEB HAS

SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE

TOPIC.

AFTER HE PARENTS DIVORCED,

BOTH CAME OUT AS GAY.

WHEN I WAS TWO, MY

PARENTS DIVORCED.

AND THEN THEY BOTH CAME

OUT OF THE CLOSET.

I SPENT MOST WEEKS WITH MY

DAD, AND HE WAS VERY QUIET

ABOUT HIS SEXUALITY.

I SPENT WEEKENDS AND

BREAKS WITH MY MOM, AND

SHE WAS NOT QUIET ABOUT

HER SEXUALITY.

AS A KID, I EVEN MARCHED

IN GAY PRIDE PARADES.

I REMEMBER AT THE END OF

ONE OF THESE PARADES,

THERE WERE SOME CHRISTIANS

THAT WERE HOLDING UP SIGNS

ON STREET CORNERS.

AND THESE SIGNS SAID

THINGS LIKE, JESUS HAS NO

ROOM FOR YOU.

AND THEY WERE SPRAYING

WATER AND URINE ON

EVERYONE.

I REMEMBER LOOKING AT MY

MOM AND BEING CONFUSED AS

A YOUNG KID.

I ASKED HER, MOM, WHY ARE

THEY ACTING LIKE THIS?

AND SHE SAID, CALEB,

THEY'RE CHRISTIANS, AND

CHRISTIANS HATE GAY

PEOPLE.

GROWING UP, I SAW HOW SOME

CHRISTIANS TREATED PEOPLE

IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY.

I WATCHED HAS PEOPLE WHO

HAD AIDS WERE SHUNNED BY

THEIR FAMILIES.

I KNEW I NEVER WANTED THE

NAME "CHRISTIAN," TO BE

ASSOCIATED WITH ME.

Andrew: CALEB HAS A

VERY UNIQUE STORY.

HE IS WITH US NOW.

WELCOME.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

Andrew: GOOD TO HAVE

YOU HERE.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU

TO BE RAISED IN THE LGBT

COMMUNITY?

IT WAS DEFINITELY A

VERY INTERESTING

EXPERIENCE.

IT WAS A VERY FUN

COMMUNITY.

AT LEAST THE PEOPLE THAT

MY MOM SPENT TIME WITH.

AND IT WAS ALSO A VERY

PASSIONATE COMMUNITY.

MY MOM JOINED THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS FOR GLADD, SHE

AND HER PARTNER.

AS A YOUNG ELEMENTARY-AGED

STUDENT, THEY TOOK ME TO

GAY BARS WITH THEM AND GAY

PARTIES AND PARADES, AND

CAMPOUTS.

I MARCHED IN THESE

PARADES.

AND I REMEMBER PEOPLE

SPRAYING URINE ON PEOPLE

AND HOLDING UP SIGNS.

I REMEMBER WALKING INTO A

HOSPITAL ROOM ONE TIME,

AND WATCHING ONE OF MY

FRIENDS DIE FROM AIDS, WHO

WAS AN OLDER MAN, ONE OF

MY MOM'S FRIENDS, AND

SEEING HIS CHRISTIAN

FAMILY SHUN HIM AND NOT

TALK TO US OR THEM.

AND MY MOTHER DRILLED IN

MY HEAD, HEY, IF YOU'RE A

CHRISTIAN, YOU DON'T LIKE

PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT

FROM YOU.

AND SO FOR ME, I GREW

UP -- I COULDN'T STAND

CHRISTIANS.

Andrew: SO HOW DID

YOU, THIS KID WHO DIDN'T

LIKE CHRISTIANS, BECAUSE

YOU FELT THEY DIDN'T LIKE

THE GAY COMMUNITY -- HOW

DID YOU FIND CHRIST IN

YOUR LIFE?

I GOT INVITED, WHEN I

WAS ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD IN

HIGH SCHOOL, TO THIS BIBE

STUDY.

I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A

NINJA CHRISTIAN.

THAT I WOULD PRETEND TO BE

A CHRISTIAN AND LEARN

ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND

DISMANTEL THEIR FAITH.

SO I WENT, AND I GRABBED A

BIBLE OFF OF THE SHELF,

AND I WALKED INTO THE

HOUSE, AND I HAD NEVER

BEEN IN A CHRISTIAN HOUSE

BEFORE.

AND I THOUGHT, WHY DO

THESE PEOPLE HAVE PICTURES

OF SHEEP AND LIONS AND

BIBLE VERSES ALL OVER

THEIR HALLWAYS.

I SAID, WHEN I TURN

CHRISTIAN, DO I HAVE TO

GET A SHEEP PICTURE.

I WENT DOWN TO THIS BIBLE

STUDY, AND THEY WERE

READING OUT OF 1

CORINTHIANS, AND I LEARNED

REAL QUICK THERE WAS AN

OLD AND A NEW TESTAMENT.

BUT I LEARNED THAT THE

JESUS OF THE BIBLE WAS NOT

LIKE THE PEOPLE ON THE

STREET CORNERS, ALIENATING

THEIR KIDS.

HE WAS DIFFERENT.

JESUS HAD VERY DEEP

THEOLOGICAL CONVICTIONS,

BUT HE ALSO HAD VERY DEEP

RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE

WHO WERE NOT LIKE HIM,

PEOPLE WHO WERE FAR FROM

GOD.

Andrew: SO YOU BECOME

A CHRIST-FOLLOWERS, AND

THEN YOU NEED TO TELL YOUR

PARENTS.

HOW DID THAT GO?

OVER LIKE A LED

BALLOON.

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW A

SAME-SEX ATTRACTED OR GAY

TEENAGER FEELS WHEN THEY

COME OUT TO THEIR

CHRISTIAN PARENTS, I WAS A

16-YEAR-OLD CHRISTIAN

TEENAGER COMING OUT TO MY

THREE GAY PARENTS.

AND THEY DID OWNED ME.

THE SAME TREATMENT THAT

SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY GET

FROM THEIR CHRISTIAN

PARENTS, I GOT FROM MY

LGBT PARENTS BECAUSE THEY

FEARED THIS EXTREMISM, AND

THEY CAST THAT FEAR RIGHT

BACK ON TO ME.

THAT'S HOW THEY REACTED.

Andrew: YOU BREAK

DOWN A LOT OF THE REASONS

WHY THE GAY COMMUNITY AND

THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

SEEM TO BUTT HEADS.

FOR SOMEONE WHO IS A

CHRISTIAN AND SOMEONE

COMES OUT TO THEM AND

EXPRESSES, HEY, I'M

HOMOSEXUAL.

HOW SHOULD THAT CHRISTIAN

RESPOND?

NUMBER ONE, DON'T LOOK

DISGUSTED.

EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T AGREE

TO BE IN A SAME-SEX

RELATIONSHIP, THEY STILL

CARE ENOUGH TO TELL US TO

LET US INTO THEIR LIFE.

DON'T LOOK DISAPPOINTED.

DON'T TRY TO GET THEM

COUNSELLING.

THAT IS NOT THE TIME.

AND THAT IS NOT THE TIME

TO THROW OUT BIBLE VERSES.

AND THE LAST THING I WOULD

SAY IS, DON'T COMPARE

SINS.

DON'T COMPARE THEM TO A

MURDERER OR A THIEF.

DON'T SAY THAT'S LIKE ANY

OTHER THIN, BECAUSE IN

YOUR MIND, YOU'RE

COMPARING THEM TO HANABEL

LECTOR.

Andrew: WHEN THEY SAY

YOU NEED TO STOP BEING

GAY, WHAT IS THE

HOMOSEXUAL HEARING IN THAT

STATEMENT.

THE PERSON SEES IT AS

AN IDENTITY.

SO WHAT THEY HEAR THE

CHRISTIANS SAY IS GIVE UP

WHO YOU ARE.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES

IN CHRISTIANITY, WE THINK

THAT SOMEBODY IDENTIFIES

AS LGBT BECAUSE OF WHO

THEY WANT TO BE SEXUALLY

INTIMATE WITH.

I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TELL

ME SHE AND HER PARTNER

DIDN'T HAVE SEXUAL

INTIMACY DURING THE LAST

FEW YEARS OF THEIR

RELATIONSHIP.

AND I SAID, THEN YOU

WEREN'T A LESBIAN ANYMORE?

AND SHE SAID, SURE, I AM,

THAT'S WHO I AM.

IT DAWNED ON ME FOR HER IT

WASN'T THE SEXUAL

IDENTITY.

IT WAS ABOUT

RELATIONSHIPS.

SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND

WE NEED TO HAVE

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEXUAL

INTIMACY, BUT THAT'S NOT

WHERE WE START BECAUSE WE

DON'T WANT TO REDUCE

SOMEBODY DOWN TO THEIR

SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

Andrew: SO FOR

CHRISTIANS WHO WANT TO BE

SUPPORTIVE, PERHAPS, OR

LOVING, HOW DO THEY

NAVIGATE THE FACT THAT AT

THE SAME TIME THEY MAY NOT

WANT TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR

THIS LIFESTYLE.

THERE IS A BIG

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL.

WE SHOULD ACCEPT

EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHAT.

THAT MEANS YOU LOVE THEM

WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR

LIFE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE APPROVE

OF EVERY LIFE CHOICES.

EVERY WEEKEND I SHAKE

HANDS WITH PEOPLE IN MY

CHURCH, AND I'M SURE I

DON'T APPROVE OF THEIR

EVERY LIFE CHOICE, BUT I

LOVE THEM WHERE THEY'RE

AT.

Andrew: TELL US ABOUT

THE INTERESTING THINGS

THAT OCCURRED IN YOUR

PARENTS' LIFE.

MY MOTHER'S PARTNER

DIED AFTER 23 YEARS, AND

SHE DIED WITHOUT CHRIST.

THEY HAD BEEN TOGETHER 22

YEARS, SO MY MOM WENT

THROUGH A DEEP DEPRESSION.

MY FAMILY AND I MOVE TO

DALLAS, TEXAS, AFTER

PASTORING IN CALIFORNIA.

WHEN WE WERE IN DALLAS,

BOTH OF MY PARENTS,

SEPARATED FROM ONE

ANOTHER, MOVED THERE TO BE

CLOSER TO OUR FAMILY.

THEN THEY STARTED

ATTENDING MY CHURCH.

THEY'RE THE CARD CARRYING

MEMBERS OF THE ACLU, AND

MY MOM WAS ON THE BOARD OF

GLADD, AND THEY STARTED

ATTENDING MY CHURCH.

AND TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE

LEFT TO GO TO CALIFORNIA,

BOTH OF THEM SUBMITTED

THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST.

IT IS INCREDIBLE.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW ALL OF

THAT GOES TOGETHER.

IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE

THING TO SEE.

Andrew: AND CALEB,

WHY IS YOUR BOOK CALLED

"MESSY GRACE"?

IT IS NOT BECAUSE GOD'S

GRACE IS MESSY.

IT IS BECAUSE OUR LIVES

ARE MESSY.

THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF

MESSY ARE "ME."

I THINK GOD LOOKS FOR

OPPORTUNITIES TO BE

GRACIOUS.

Andrew: IT IS A GREAT

BOOK.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO

GET IT.

BECAUSE CALEB DOESN'T

INSTRUCT OR TELL US HOW TO

RESPOND TO VARIOUS

COMMUNITIES, BUT HE GIVES

US WONDERFUL PERSPECTIVES.

IT IS CALLED "MESSY

GRACE," AND IT IS

AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS

ARE SOLD.

CALEB, THANKS FOR BEING

WITH US.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

Terry: STILL AHEAD,

TRUE CONFESSIONS ABOUT MEN

FROM A LIFE-LONG FEMINIST.

YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH

THEM, AND YOU CAN'T LIVE

WITHOUT THEM.

BUT I COULDN'T SAY THAT.

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT WHEN

YOU'RE A FEMINIST.

Terry: FIND OUT WHAT

SHE WAS ABLE TO SAY AND

WHY IT CHANGED HER MIND

FOR GOOD.

THAT'S COMING UP NEXT.

Terry: IF YOU SEE

BRIDGET NOW, YOU WOULD

NEVER BELIEVE SHE HAD A

PAST, AND A RADICAL ONE AT

THAT.

FROM MEN TO WOMEN TO

DRUGS, BRIDGET TRIED THEM

ALL, SEARCHING FOR

SOMETHING, ANYTHING.

FOR YEARS SHE WANTED

ANSWERS, AND SHE FOUND

THEM IN THE LAST PLACE SHE

EXPECTED.

Reporter: THERE

SEEMED TO BE NO ANS FOR

BRIDGET BEDARD.

EVEN AFTER 10 YEARS OF

COUNSELLING, WRITING DOWN

HER THOUGHTS, SHE WAS NO

CLOSER TO FILLING THE

EMPTINESS SHE HAD FELT

SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD.

THE EMPTINESS, LIKE I

DON'T FEEL ANYTHING --

IT'S LIKE WHEN I WAS A

LITTLE CHILD, I DON'T FEEL

NOTHING.

Reporter: SHE GREW UP

IN MONTREAL, CANADA, AND A

HOME WHERE EMOTIONS AND

DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION WERE

KEPT IN CHECK.

AT CHURCH, SHE SAW GOD AS

UNCARING, AND JESUS, A

FAIRY TALE.

EVEN AT THAT TIME, I

KNEW THE LIFE OF JESUS.

I READ BOOKS ABOUT HIS

LIFE.

I LIKED HIM VERY MUCH, BUT

THAT'S IT.

Reporter: AT 11 YEARS

OLD, SHE FOLLOWED THE LEAD

OF HER FRIENDS, DRINKING

AND USING DRUGS.

SHE ESPECIALLY LIKED THAT

IT OPENED UP HER

INHIBITIONS.

I DISCOVERED INTENSITY.

THAT'S WHERE I

EXPERIENCED, FOR THE FIRST

TIME IN MY LIFE, SOMETHING

THAT WAS, LIKE, SO STRONG.

I WAS FEELING ALIVE.

Reporter: BRIDGET

LOOKED FOR A WAY TO DEFINE

HERSELF APART FROM HER

PARENTS AND GOD.

AT COLLEGE, SHE INCREASED

HER DRUG USE AND BEGAN

STUDYING FEMINISM.

IT TOLD HER WHO SHE WAS:

POWERFUL, COMPLETE,

WITHOUT MEN AND THE

CHURCH.

SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD FOUND

HER IDENTITY.

I WAS THE VICTIM.

I WAS A WOMAN.

AND THE MAN, THE HISTORY,

THE CHURCH, THE GOD, WERE

WRONG; I WAS RIGHT.

Reporter: EVENTUALLY

SHE STARTED HAVING LESBIAN

RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT IN ORDER TO BEAR THE

CAUSE OF FEMINISM, SHE HAD

TO SUPPRESS HER NATURAL

NEEDS AND DESIRES TO HAVE

A MAN IN HER LIFE.

THAT'S THE BIG PARADOX:

YOU HATE THEM, BUT YOU

WANT TO BE WITH THEM.

YOU CANNOT LIVE WITH THEM,

AND YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

THEM.

I WANTED TO MARRY, HAVE

CHILDREN, A HOUSE --

SECRETLY.

SECRETLY, DEEP DOWN,

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.

BUT I COULDN'T SAY THAT.

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT WHEN

YOU'RE A FEMINIST.

AFTER EIGHT YEARS, THAT

LIFESTYLE, I WAS VERY

CONFUSED.

Reporter: BRIDGET WAS

IN AND OUT OF THERAPY FOR

YEARS, TRYING TO MAKE

SENSE OF THE CONFUSION IN

HER HEART AND MIND.

SHE GOT OFF DRUGS BUT

JOINED A DRUG SUPPORT

GROUP, HOPING TO FIND

ANSWERS.

AT ONE OF THE SESSIONS, A

MAN IN THE GROUP HANDED

HER A NOTE WITH THE NAME

OF A MONASTERY.

SHE SUGGESTED SHE MIGHT

FIND THE ANSWERS THERE.

ARE YOU CRAZY?

YOU THINK I'M GOING TO GO

TO SEE THE PRIESTS?

I HATE THEM, YOU KNOW.

AND HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU

HAVE TO LOSE?

Reporter: BRIDGET

DECIDED HE WAS RIGHT.

I'M DESPERATE.

THERE IS NOTHING.

THERE IS NO SENSE OF THIS

LIFE.

THERE IS NOTHING.

Reporter: SO SHE MADE

THE TWO-HOUR DRIVE TO THE

MONASTERY, AND THEY GAVE

HER A PLACE NEARBY TO

STAY.

THE NEXT DAY SHE MET WITH

A QUIET, VERY PATIENT

YOUNG PRIEST.

I SCREAMED MY 30 YEARS

OF RESENTMENT, OF

LONELINESS, OF

DESPERATION, ALL OF MY

QUESTIONS.

MY RESENTMENT AGAINST MEN

AND GOD.

Reporter: THE PRIEST

SAID NOTHING.

HE WAS REALLY

COMPASSIONATE WITH ME.

Reporter: THEIR

SECOND MEETING WAS MORE OF

THE SAME, HER RAILING

AGAINST THE CHURCH AND

GOD, AND HIM QUIETLY

LISTENING.

THEN ON THE THIRD DAY,

BRIDGET CAME TO THE

MEETING EMOTIONALLY

DRAINED, WITH NOTHING LEFT

TO SAY.

IT WAS THEN THAT THE

PRIEST SPOKE AND TOLD HER

THE TRUE STORY OF JESUS

AND HIS SACRIFICE FOR HER.

I LOOKED AT HIM AND I

SAID, WHAT?

IT'S TRUE?

I MEAN -- OKAY, LISTEN --

IT'S TRUE?

JESUS IS GOD?

IT'S TRUE?

IT'S NOT A STORY?

MY GOD, HE IS ALIVE AND

GOD IS JESUS.

IT WAS A REVELATION.

I REALIZED THAT I WASN'T

LESBIAN OR AN INTELLECTUAL

OR A FEMINIST OR ANYTHING.

I WASN'T ANYTHING.

ALL I WAS WAS THE DAUGHTER

OF GOD, AND HE LOVES ME.

HE LOVES ME SO MUCH HE

DIED FOR ME.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY

LIFE I FELT LOVED.

Reporter: THAT DAY

BRIDGET FOUND HER LIFE IN

JESUS CHRIST.

SHE NOW KNEW WHO SHE WAS.

FOUR YEARS LATER, SHE

MARRIED HUGH, AND TOGETHER

THEY'RE RAISING A FAMILY.

EACH DAY I THANK HIM.

I THANK HIM.

HE SAVED ME.

BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO

DIE.

THERE WASN'T ANY ANSWERS

FOR ME.

SO, YEAH, EVERY DAY IS,

LIKE, WOW, WHAT A LIFE.

Terry: I THINK THAT'S

THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO

LIVE IT, SAYING, WOW, GOD,

WHAT A LIFE.

AND UNTIL WE COME TO THE

PLACE WHERE WE UNDERSTAND

WHAT BRIDGET CAME TO

UNDERSTAND, HE LOVED US

ENOUGH TO DIE FOR US

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO

BE WITHOUT US.

GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU IS SO

UNCONDITIONAL.

YOU KNOW THE WORLD TRIES

TO LAB US AND EVENTUALLY

WE LABEL OURSELVES.

BUT I LOVE WHAT SHE SAID

WHEN SHE SAID, I'M NOT A

FEMINIST.

I'M NOT AN INTELLECTUAL.

I'M NOT ANY OF THESE

THINGS THAT I CHOSE TO

LABEL MYSELF BY.

I AM A DAUGHTER OF GOD.

THAT'S WHAT THE WORD SAYS.

YOU AND I ARE INVITED TO

BE CHILDREN OF GOD.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET AN

INVITATION TO SOMETHING,

PART OF THAT PROCESS IS

SAYING YES.

I ACCEPT THE INVITATION.

I WANT WHAT YOU'RE

INVITING ME TO.

GOD SEES US IN OUR

LONELINESS, IN OUR SEARCH

FOR MEANING, OR SEARCH FOR

SIGNIFICANCE, OUR SEARCH

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS

ALL ABOUT.

THE WORLD'S VOICE IS SO

LOUD, SO LOUD, WANTING TO

DROWN OUT THE WAY GOD

SPEAKS TO US.

THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS: HE'S

A STILL, SMALL VOICE AND

THE QUIET OF OUR HEARTS,

SPEAKING TRUTH.

AND IF YOU'LL COME AWAY

FROM THE LOUDNESS OF THE

WORLD, IF YOU'LL COME AWAY

FROM THE OPINIONATION OF

YOURSELF, AND JUST STRIP

DOWN TO, GOD, I'M HERE IN

FRONT OF YOU.

WHO ARE YOU?

WHO AM I?

AND WHAT AM I TO BE TO

YOU, AND WHAT ARE YOU TO

BE TO ME?

YOU SEE, IT'S NOT

COMPLICATED.

WE MAKE IT COMPLICATED.

BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED

IN THE INTERVIEW A FEW

MINUTES AGO, OUR LIVES ARE

MESSY.

THEY'RE JUST REALLY MESSY.

BUT GOD, IN HIS AMAZING

LOVE AND GRACE AND

PATIENCE, WAITS.

HE WAITS FOR US TO COME TO

THE END OF OURSELVES SO

THAT WE CAN HEAR THAT

STILL, SMALL VOICE THAT

SAYS, COME UNTO ME, ALL

YOU WHO ARE WEARY AND

HEAVY LADEN; I WILL GIVE

YOU REST.

JESUS SAID, I CAME TO SET

THE CAPTIVE FREE.

TRUTH CANNOT BE RELATIVE.

TRUTH IS TRUTH.

HE SAID, "I AM THE WAY AND

THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE."

I DIDN'T COME TO TALK TO

YOU ABOUT IT.

I'M IT.

WILL YOU RECEIVE ME?

AND THAT'S THE QUESTION TO

YOU TODAY: IN THE MIDST OF

YOUR MESSINESS, IN THE

MIDST OF ALL OF THE THINGS

THAT THE WORLD HAS TOLD

YOU YOU ARE, OR MAYBE YOU

HAVE LABELLED YOURSELF AS,

WILL YOU COME TO HIM?

LIKE A BABY, WITHOUT ANY

OF THE BAGGAGE, UNCLOTHED

BY ALL THAT HAS BEEN LAID

UPON YOU, AND JUST SAY, I

AM A SINNER AND I NEED A

SAVIOR.

AND, JESUS, THANK YOU FOR

LOVING ME ENOUGH TO DIE

FOR ME.

YOU SEE, THE AMAZING PART

ABOUT THAT TRUTH IS THAT

HE DID THAT FOR YOU AND

FOR ME.

WHILE WE WERE STILL MESSED

UP.

WHILE WE WERE STILL MESSY.

AND HE SAYS, COME, LET ME

CLEAN YOU UP.

LET ME PUT A RING ON YOUR

FINGER AND CLEAN GARMENTS

ON YOU, AND A CROWN UPON

YOUR HEAD BECAUSE YOU ARE

A CHILD OF THE KING OF

KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

LET ME TELL YOU WHO YOU

ARE BECAUSE I SAW YOU

BEFORE YOU WERE EVER

FORMED IN YOUR MOTHER'S

WOMB AND I HAD PURPOSE FOR

YOU.

DON'T MISS OUT ON FINDING

WHAT THAT PURPOSE IS.

DON'T LET THE

CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR LIFE

DEFINE YOU.

GET AHOLD OF TRUTH.

AND THE TRUTH IS JESUS

CHRIST.

IF YOU'D LIKE SOMEONE TO

PRAY WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR

SPIRITUAL NEED TODAY, GO

TO YOUR PHONE.

THERE IS OUR NUMBER.

IT IS TOLL-FREE.

THE PERSON WHO IS

ANSWERING THE PHONE ON THE

OTHER END IS SOMEONE WHO

HAS ALREADY PRAYED THAT

PRAYER WE JUST PRAYED

TOGETHER.

JUST SAY, I PRAYED THAT

PRAY AND I WANT TO KNOW

HOW DO I GROW IN MY FAITH?

IT IS A JOURNEY STARTED

TODAY.

GOD LOVES YOU.

AND NOTHING, NOTHING,

NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU

FROM HIS LOVE, UNLESS YOU

CHOOSE NOT TO RECEIVE IT.

ANDREW?

Andrew: THANK YOU,

TERRY.

COMING UP, A YOUNG BOY

CARES FOR AN ELDERLY WOMAN

AFTER SHE INJURED HERSELF

GETTING WATER.

YOU'LL SEE WHY THIS DUO

DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT

Andrew: WHEN YOU

BECOME A CBN PARTNER,

YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE ALL

OVER THE WORLD.

LIKE THIS LONELY BOY AND

ELDERLY WIDOW IN CHINA.

THE TWO OF THEM HAVE A

STRONG FAMILY BOND, EVEN

THOUGH THEY'RE NOT RELATED

AT ALL.

Terry: WHEN MAMA

JIKES HUSBAND DIED, SHE

FELT LIKE GIVING UP.

INSTEAD, SHE REACHED OUT

TO OTHERS, LIKE YOUNG AMU.

MOST OF THE TIME HIS

PARENTS WORK OUT OF TIME.

MOST OF THE TIME I WAS

ALONE.

BUT MAMA TOOK CARE OF ME.

MAMA HAS SUCH A GOOD

HEART.

HAVING AMU HAS GIVEN ME

MEANING AND PURPOSE IN MY

OLDER YEARS.

Terry: EVERY DAY,

MAMA JIKES WALKED THREE

MILES ALONG A DANGEROUS

ROAD, WHERE SHE FETCHED TO

BUCKETS OF WATER TO LIVE

ON.

IT WASN'T EVEN CLEAN.

BUT IT WAS THE ONLY AND

BEST WATER SOURCE WE HAD.

Terry: ONE DAY MAMA

JIKES TRIED TO FETCH MORE

WATER THAN NORMAL.

THE GROUND WAS SLICK FROM

SUMMER RAINS, AND SHE

SLIPPED.

I COULD BARELY BREATHE,

AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING

TO DIE.

Terry: AMU FOUND HER

ON THE GROUND.

I TRIED TO GET HER TO

STAND UP, BUT SHE COULD

NOT MOVE.

SO I RAN BACK TO THE

VILLAGE FOR HELP.

I STARTED CRYING, AND A

HORRIBLE THOUGHT CROSSED

MY MIND: I MIGHT LOSE HER

FOREVER.

Terry: MAMA JIKES

SPRAINED HER BACK AND WAS

IN BED FOR TWO MONTHS.

DURING THAT TIME, AMU TOOK

CARE OF HER AND FETCHED

WATER.

SOMETIMES I WAS SO

TIRED I WANTED TO QUIT,

BUT THEN I REMEMBERED HOW

MUCH MAMA HAD HELPED ME.

IT WAS MY CHANCE TO REPAY

HER LOVE WITH MY LOVE AND

BE SELFLESS, LIKE SHE WAS.

Terry: BUT THE WATER

HE BROUGHT BACK WAS STILL

FILTHY.

WHEN CBN HEARD ABOUT THIS

SITUATION, WE QUICKLY SET

UP A CLEAN WATER SYSTEM

FOR MAMA JIKES' VILLAGE.

WE BUILT A CISTERN THAT

LAID PIPES STRAIGHT TO

EVERYONE'S HOMES.

TODAY THERE IS FRESH WATER

RIGHT AT MAMA JIKES'

FINGERTIPS.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS

TURN THE TAP AND WE CAN

DRINK THE WATER RIGHT

AWAY.

IT IS SO CLEAN AND THERE

IS SO MUCH OF IT.

NOW MAMA WILL NEVER

FALL DOWN GETTING WATER

AGAIN.

WE CAN SPEND MORE TIME

TOGETHER, AND IT IS CBN

WHO MADE THIS ALL HAPPEN.

YOU CARED FOR ME AND

GAVE ME HOPE.

I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WERE

PEOPLE AS KIND AS YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SELFLESS LOVE.

Andrew: DO YOU EVER

THINK HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE

THAT WHEN WE'RE THIRSTY,

WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE

THIRSTY, WE CAN JUST WALK

OVER TO THE TAP AND GET A

DRINK.

AND HERE IS THIS PRECIOUS

WIDOW AND LONELY BOY WHO

ARE TAKING CARE OF EACH

OTHER, NO HELP IN THE

WORLD, UNTIL PEOPLE LIKE

YOU STEPPED IN AND MADE A

DIFFERENCE.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO

SHOW THE COMPASSION AND

LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST.

IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO

CARRY OUT HUMANITARIAN

RELIEF WORK LIKE THAT.

IF YOU'VE PARTNERED WITH

CBN IN THE PAST, OR YOU DO

IT NOW, WE WANT TO SAY

THANK YOU.

TERRY AND I ARE SO

PRIVILEGED TO SEE THOSE

STORIES, HOW CBN PARTNERS

ARE MAKING SUCH A

TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE

AROUND THE WORLD.

AND THANKS TO YOU, THAT

PRECIOUS LADY AND YOUNG

BOY HAVE WATER TO DRINK.

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