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Appreciate you being here and
then you.

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That weren't here this morning.

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Well, if you don't know what's
happening at night, too bad for you.

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So we're.

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I'm going to do it anyway.

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So anyway, before we get
going, we can start off.

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You go ahead and put a ribbon
right now in John, in Hebrews, Hebrews

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chapter 12.

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Put a marker there.

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Then you can turn to the
gospel of John 15 and I'm going to

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read a passage out of John and
then we'll read a passage out of

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Hebrews.

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Anyway, I enjoy this morning.

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I enjoy preaching.

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I enjoy preaching to people
who want to hear it and I love it.

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And I told brother Weatherby,
I said, I said I had fun.

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I felt like everybody was with
me and their people weren't.

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There's a word I don't know if
any of you Texans know that people

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bow up.

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And I didn't feel like anybody
was bowing up.

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And I was glad that Nancy was here.

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There might have been one
person to bo up but she wasn't here.

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She's not here tonight.

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I can tease her and make fun
of her and do all kinds of stuff

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when she's not here.

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Anyway, I thought for sure
she'd come, but hopefully she'll

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feel better tomorrow and get
some rest tonight.

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It's funny that in the bed
that we sleep at at home she thinks

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we have a crummy bed.

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But when we're gone for a
while we come home.

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She goes, I love our bed.

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So I don't know what to do
with her.

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But anyway, sometimes bed
where you are, it just makes you.

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You feel more of the bones
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connections to them.

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I don't know.

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Anyway, hopefully she will be
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Everything is good.

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The song that was just sung.

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Brother Donaldson sang the all
of me.

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It reminded me I was thinking about.

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I'm giving you my.

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Our what we call our testimony
here in a moment at Nancy and I our

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wedding.

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The major wedding song.

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Her brother's a good singer.

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But anyway the song that we
wanted everybody to.

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To be our testimony to them
that came to the wedding was whatever

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it takes so to be more like
you Jesus.

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And when a 21 year old boy and
a 19 year old girl got married, they

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had no idea all the things
that might happen in their future

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for whatever it takes to be
more like Jesus.

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And that reminded me of that.

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And I thought I'd tell you I'm
only going to what I'm writing.

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I'm going to read you some
excerpts from the book that I'm writing.

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And it's only about what we
would call the.

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The big wreck.

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The first accident.

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After this accident, she was
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Her face went into the
windshield, cut her left eyelid off,

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and her left eye ruptured.

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Two years after that, she had
breast cancer and had mastectomy

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and took chemotherapy for six months.

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That's enough.

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Well, last year, in 2025, in
January, she fell in our hotel room.

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I wasn't in there, and when I
got back, she told me I fell while

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you were gone.

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I said, well.

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She said, my neck hurts.

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And I said, well, can you
raise your arms up?

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Can you look this way?

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Can you look that way?

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I said, well, evidently you
sprained it.

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So we didn't go anywhere.

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Three weeks later, it wasn't better.

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We went to the hospital and
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The doctor said, if it was my
wife, I cannot tell you I would go

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in and do the surgery.

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But since you've already
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and it does make it more dangerous.

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He said, if you don't have the
surgery and you're going to know

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in a couple of weeks that you
need the surgery.

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And so we said, well, we'll
just trust God and we'll be home

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in two weeks and we'll go to.

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He said, when you get home, go
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at him.

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So we got home, and he said
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grateful.

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So then we went to Brazil, and
she wore the brace while we were

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there.

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She wore it an extra two weeks
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And while she was there, she
had a bleeding ulcer in her esophagus,

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which we did not know until we
got home.

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But the two doctors that
treated her said that most people,

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or many people die from a
bleeding esophagus.

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They don't know what's wrong
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They don't know what's going
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Nancy's father died of a
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It wasn't in his esophagus, we
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I think it was in his stomach.

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But anyway, while we were in
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she went to the hospital the
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And then the next day, they
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stopped and so on that we
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But if you've ever.

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If you've never been in a
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It's scary, Larry.

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And she laid in what they
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And I could only talk to them
through the phone, through the interpreting

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apps.

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And so anyway, I was just
really, really believing while I

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stood by her.

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I've been with four of my
personal loved ones when they passed

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away.

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And when Nancy lay there, I
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in that hospital.

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And I'm glad she didn't.

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She's better.

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She's.

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She's an amazing, amazing woman.

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And I'm going to read you what
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But first, let's do John,
chapter 15.

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If you're able, I'd ask you to
stand with me, please.

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In the book I'm writing, what
I just told you about the cancer,

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the second car wreck and the
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going to be like an epilogue
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It's not what the major part
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And the goal is of what I'm
doing with you tonight.

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The goal is that, hey, when
stuff happens to us, there is a purpose.

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It's not like random God is
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He's still in charge.

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And when we believe that, that
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go through whatever it is that
God's brought in our life.

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So, anyway, let me just say
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I say the term the sermon used
to be called God's loving hand.

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God brings his hand down in
our life for four particular four.

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There's four things.

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One of those things is
happening when he brings it into

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our life.

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And then there's three responses.

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So I use the term when God
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It's the same term as when God
puts us on his wheel.

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He's the potter where the clay.

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When he puts us on there, he
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Amen.

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All right.

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John 15 and verse one and red letters.

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Jesus says, I am the true vine
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Look at verse five.

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I am the vine, ye are the branches.

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Now look up here.

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If Jesus is the vine and he
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to his disciples.

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He's talking to us that follow him.

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He's talking to us believers.

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He's the vine where the branches.

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Now look at verse 2.

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Every branch in me that
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Every branch that beareth
fruit, he purgeth it, that it may

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bring forth more fruit.

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Verse three is a neat verse.

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Now ye are clean through the
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Why would he say he purgeth it?

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That it may bring forth more fruit.

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The word purging here, the
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is it's cleaning.

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You purge the vine, you're
cleaning off the bad stuff, the crummy

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stuff, the stuff that's not
supposed to be there, you're cleaning

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that off it.

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Although also includes
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But then Jesus says, well, I'm
divine, you're the branches.

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But he says, my Father, he
purchased every branch.

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Then he goes, ye are clean
through the Word.

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So the one way that he
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Amen.

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Okay, now let's go to Hebrews
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Hebrews, chapter 12.

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All of it's good.

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I'm just going to concentrate
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Let's look at it.

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Verse number five.

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And you have forgotten the
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as unto children.

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Hey, my son, despise not thou
the chastening of the Lord, nor faint

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when thou art rebuked of him.

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Verse 6.

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For whom the Lord loveth, He
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whom he receiveth.

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I don't know about your little
brain, but in my brain when it says

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chasten, that sounds like it
probably is uncomfortable.

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Well, then he goes and scourgeth.

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That sounds more uncomfortable.

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Sounds worseth every son.

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Look at verse 7.

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If ye endure chastening, God
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And he asks the question, for
what son is he whom the Father chasteneth

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not?

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If ye be without chastisement,
whereof all are partakers, then are

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ye bastards and not sons?

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Furthermore, we had fathers of
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We gave them reverence.

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Shall we not much rather be in
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and live?

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For they our fathers, verily,
for a few days chastened us after

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their own pleasure.

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That just means after their
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But he God, for our profit,
that we might be partakers of his

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holiness.

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Now, no chastening, for the
present seemeth to be chasing joyous,

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but grievous nevertheless,
afterward it yieldeth the peaceable

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fruit of righteousness unto
them which are exercised thereby.

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I'm not going to preach this.

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I'm just going to point it out.

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I just wrote it a couple days
ago in the Book.

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But anyway, which are
exercised thereby.

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If you're not exercised by his
chastening hand, you don't get the

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peaceable fruit.

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And some crybabies go, I don't
know what's wrong.

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How can maybe you're not
accepting being exercised, believing

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that he's involved in it and
acknowledge that.

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All right, let me pray with you.

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Our great God, I sure love you.

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Thank you.

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That you love me, that you
love us.

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Thank you for Heritage Baptist
Church and all the marvelous, wonderful

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things you've done in her
history and God.

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Truly, this congregation here
tonight believe that you have many,

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many marvelous things you want
to continue to do.

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And so, God, I pray that all
of us willingly open up our hearts

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and minds to your work and our lives.

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Everything that happens to us
is your work in our lives.

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So what these folks are going
through and this church is going

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through, it's your work.

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You know how to handle it.

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You know what to do with it.

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You knew it was coming.

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So I pray that we would
acknowledge and accept your work

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in our lives and by faith that
we would be exercised thereby.

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And God, it would be evident
the peaceable fruit that comes out

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of our lives trusting and
depending on you.

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So, God, thank you again for
everything you've done for us.

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I can't wait to see you, Jesus.

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And it's in your mighty and
holy name we pray.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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You may be seated.

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I'm going to read for 22
minutes or so.

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I hope you're not bored.

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I'm going to try to read it
where you won't be bored, and then

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I'll make the application.

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Here we go.

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I'm going to say I'm reading excerpts.

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I'm picking stuff out.

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It's not all in sequence.

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The morning started off beautiful.

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It didn't seem like August
12th in Glen Pool, a bedroom community

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of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Often the mornings are hot,
humid, suffocating at 7am the temperature

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today is in the mid-70s and
would not reach 90.

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That would help make the day
much more pleasant.

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For what was planned, today
was going to be a busy one.

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First thing was to get the
girls ready to go on an adventure

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with Aunt Evelyn.

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Evelyn is David's mother's
older sister.

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Angie has recently turned 11.

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Her sister, Becky, would be 10
in October.

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Neither of them have ever seen
a peach orchard, let alone picked

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peaches.

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Bixby's, a small town just
south of Tulsa and is known for its

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sweet and beautiful peaches.

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The girls are excited and
looking forward to picking peaches

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and then watching and maybe
even helping in the canning process.

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The next part of the big day
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home.

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Finished packing, then driving
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meeting David at his parents house.

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A youth rally is on the
schedule that evening.

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The reason Nancy is meeting
David is because he was speaking

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at a youth camp just southeast
of Wichita, Kansas.

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So we decided it would be best
if we all met and more in time for

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the youth rally.

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Nancy would be driving the
newly painted 1971 Ford half ton

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pickup truck.

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She had learned to drive a
standard shift as a child on her

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parents small farm just east
of Dallas.

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It wasn't really a working
farm, more of a hobby with a few

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cows.

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The four speed was not a
problem for Nancy.

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In fact she kind of liked
driving it to show others she had

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no issues with operating a
clutch and shifting the four speed

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on the floor.

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Our plan was on Saturday
morning we were to head off for Georgetown,

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Texas.

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Dave had not pastored for
eight months.

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He had been invited to
Georgetown for the opportunity to

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candidate for for a pastoral position.

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Possibly this would be God's
plan for the McCracken's ministry.

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Only God knew the plan did not
include Texas.

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Did not include a youth rally
in Moore, Oklahoma.

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These never happened.

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It's amazing how in just a few
seconds everything can change.

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Yes, the peaches have been picked.

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But that would be the end of
the plans for the day.

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The McCracken family is not
the only family whose plans have

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been catastrophically changed
in a few moments or a few seconds.

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It happens every day to
thousands of people.

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It can be a diagnosis or a
doctor's report, or a horrific crime.

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Mother Nature bringing up a
deadly wind or literally shaking

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the earth.

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Or an overwhelming flood, or
an explosion because of faulty equipment.

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Or an enemy with malice and hate.

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Or a seemingly small accident
that turns into a life changing injury.

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Or a big accident that changes everything.

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Regardless of how or why,
tragedy someday will come into everybody's

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life.

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No family is exempt.

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No family will escape.

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Everyone will suffer loss,
heartbreak, tragedy.

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One way or another.

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Life will occur to all that
are living if enough time passes.

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I'm saying this to let you
know that our family story is not

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special.

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We are not unique.

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Thousands and probably
millions have a story like ours.

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I've told our story many times
over the years.

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At the first it was a sermon
style to let others know they are

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not the only ones who who go
through crummy heartbreaking tragedy.

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Also to give some comfort and
peace and some answers to why God

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allows so many people to
suffer and experience devastation.

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Why?

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Why does he allow it?

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If he is God, can't he prevent
these horrible things from happening?

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Isn't he supposed to be better
and stronger than His Arch enemy?

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Is God so weak or non caring
or disinterested that the millions

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of tragedies that occur every
day don't warrant his attention?

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Or is he just too powerless to
do anything about it?

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These questions are fair and
should be answered.

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If you will stay with me, I
will answer them.

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This is not a theological dissertation.

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This is not a Bible study.

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It's not a sermon.

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This is our story of God's
goodness and his work in our lives.

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Nancy was driving the red 1971
Ford pickup.

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Becky was next to Nancy.

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Then it was Angie.

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And Aunt Evelyn was next to
the passenger's door.

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There were no usable seat
belts in the truck.

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The peaches were in the bed of
the truck.

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The girls were always singing
songs that they had learned while

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listening to their tape player.

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Several days after our lives
changed forever.

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The girls were talking about
what was going on just before the

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accident.

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They were singing one of Mr.
Hamilton's aka Pat's the Pirates

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songs.

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How can I fear just moments
before the wreck.

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The words are just as precious
and powerful today as they were 36

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years ago.

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When shadows fall and night
covers all There are things that

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my eyes cannot see I'll never
fear for the Savior is near My Lord

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abides with me When I'm alone
and face the unknown and fear what

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the future may be I can depend
on the strength of my friend he walks

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along with me how can I fear
Jesus is near he ever watches me

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Worries all cease he gives me
peace how can I fear with Jesus?

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Jesus is king he controls
everything he is with me each night

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and each day I trust my soul
to the Savior's control He drives

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all fears away how can I fear
Jesus is near he ever watches me

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Worries all cease he gives me
peace how can I fear with Jesus?

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Two weeks after the accident,
one of our neighbors took me to the

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place where the accident happened.

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I had Learned that around
10:30 in the morning on the way home

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from picking peaches, the four
peach pickers were traveling south

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on a gravel farm road that was
lined with tall elm trees that gave

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the feeling of a tunnel.

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This was a new road for Nancy,
and Evelyn was giving the directions.

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The tunnel of trees, the
slight uphill grade and the overgrown

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weeds at the intersection and
the missing stop sign made it impossible

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to see the old paved highway
going east and west until you were

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right on top of it.

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After visiting the site of the
accident, we went to the salvage

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yard and I saw the peach truck.

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The front left fender was
smashed and the back corner panel

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was smashed.

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The overwhelming Power of the
crashing of the front fenders caused

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the trucks to spin away from
each other and smash each other's

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back quarter panels.

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The force was so great.

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Nancy's door was torn from its
latchings, its latching mechanisms.

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And her body was quickly
between the two trucks.

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The left side of her skull,
just in front of the top of her ear,

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was crushed about the size of
a 50 cent piece.

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The reason we know that this
is the reason we know this is that

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the color of the paint that
was cleaned from her brain was blue.

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The color of the work truck.

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Nancy's body was shot out
between the trucks like a slingshot.

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Her body slid down the old
pavement and peeled skin and hair

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from the back of her head.

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Her forehead had a gash from
side to side like a Frankenstein

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scar.

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She had some road rash, but
nothing that stood out.

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It's remarkable.

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The only thing that she broke
was her collarbone and her head.

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The girls tell the story that
when the truck stopped jerking and

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bouncing and shaking, they
looked at each other, then at Aunt

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Evelyn.

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They described what happened next.

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Aunt Evelyn looked an ashen
color and she slid out of the seat

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onto the floor.

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They knew they had just
watched her die.

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They wanted to get out of that truck.

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They weren't about to get out
on Aunt Evelyn's side and they couldn't

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if they wanted to.

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Her door was pinned against
the ditch.

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Aunt Evelyn wasn't dead, but
she was critical.

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When the crash happened, they
were all whiplashed to the left.

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Becky's right leg was wrapped
around the gear shifter, resulting

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in torn thigh muscles.

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The top of her head hit
something and she needed several

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stitches.

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The right side of Angie's face
hit something that resulted in a

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black eye that lasted for more
than six months.

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Five years later, the day she
was to get her driver's license,

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she began to have seizures.

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We all believe this was a
direct result from her six months

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black eye.

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She was on seizure medicine
for just a few years.

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We are grateful that she
doesn't need medication any longer.

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Angie also banged her shoulder
into something and she broke her

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collarbone.

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Just moments after the crash,
a lady driving a brown van was coming

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the same direction as a blue
work truck.

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She stopped short of the
accident and saw two young girls

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getting out of the red Ford.

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The girls were getting away
from Aunt Evelyn and they wanted

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to find their mama.

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The girls testimony is that
when they saw their mother across

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the road, she was covered with
so much blood, she was unrecognizable.

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The only way they knew for
sure it was her is because of her

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clothing.

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Just then, the nice lady from
the van got their attention and said,

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Girls, girls, don't go across
the road.

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Please don't go across the road.

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She helped these two
frightened, bloodied and bruised

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little girls to her van and
waited with them until help arrived.

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The van was one of those that
the door would slide back and you

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could step inside.

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The girl sat in the doorway of
the van with her feet touching the

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ground.

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In those short moments, Becky
looks at Angie and says, how can

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I fear when Jesus is near?

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And they began to softly sing
this song again.

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My parents and I arrived in
the hospital in the afternoon around

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4 o'.

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Clock.

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I was thankful for the
outpouring of love and said thank

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you to several as we made our
way through the crowd.

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We were relieved and thankful
when we were informed that Angie

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and Becky were going to be okay.

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And they were at our
neighbor's house.

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We also learned that Aunt
Evelyn was alive and in the same

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hospital in ICU and expected
to make a full recovery.

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When I made it through the
information desk, they told me that

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Nancy was out of surgery and
in icu.

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I was instructed to go through
the double doors down the hall and

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I would be shown to Nancy's room.

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As I was walking down the
hall, a man dressed as a doctor in

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scrubs asked If I was McCracken.

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I said yes, and he said he was
a doctor that operated on her.

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He.

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He began to explain what he
had done and he described her condition.

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Her head had a fracture on the
left near the ear.

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And the bone was pressing down
on the brain.

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The good news was that it had
not penetrated the dura, the protective

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membrane around the brain.

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He was able to clean all the
paint and debris from inside her

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head.

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He removed the broken skull
fragments and smoothed the edges,

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but did not put a plate over
the hole, believing the muscles on

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that part of the skull would
be enough protection.

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00:25:56,479 --> 00:26:00,279
He showed me when you chew,
you can see and you can feel the

483
00:26:00,279 --> 00:26:00,799
muscle.

484
00:26:01,199 --> 00:26:04,079
He said that her brain had
been bruised on all sides.

485
00:26:04,479 --> 00:26:05,999
Nancy was in a coma.

486
00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:10,239
What the doctor was most
concerned for was the brain stem.

487
00:26:11,519 --> 00:26:13,679
It was either bruised or severed.

488
00:26:13,999 --> 00:26:17,239
If she lived for three days,
he would perform a test to see if

489
00:26:17,239 --> 00:26:20,259
the signal made the loop or
the circuit in her brain.

490
00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:24,579
He explained that all
involuntary body functions such as

491
00:26:24,659 --> 00:26:29,379
heart rate, breathing rate and
temperature are controlled through

492
00:26:29,379 --> 00:26:30,419
the brain stem.

493
00:26:30,739 --> 00:26:33,299
These were all off the charts
for Nancy.

494
00:26:33,539 --> 00:26:35,859
She had a laceration across
her forehead.

495
00:26:35,939 --> 00:26:39,459
He had put staples there and
felt like it should heal nicely.

496
00:26:40,019 --> 00:26:42,699
He explained the back of her
head at several places where the

497
00:26:42,699 --> 00:26:44,819
skin and hair had been pulled away.

498
00:26:45,399 --> 00:26:47,719
He cleaned and medicated and
bandaged it.

499
00:26:48,919 --> 00:26:50,599
The doctor showed me to her room.

500
00:26:50,839 --> 00:26:53,439
I thanked him for his
explanations and all that he had

501
00:26:53,439 --> 00:26:53,719
done.

502
00:26:53,879 --> 00:26:54,759
Then he left.

503
00:26:55,959 --> 00:26:59,719
Nancy was lying on her back
with tubes and wires connected to

504
00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:00,359
monitors.

505
00:27:00,599 --> 00:27:03,399
She was bandaged with gauze
wrapped around her head.

506
00:27:03,799 --> 00:27:06,679
The only thing that was
visible was a portion of the staples.

507
00:27:06,999 --> 00:27:08,839
The rest was covered in bandages.

508
00:27:09,319 --> 00:27:12,559
They had not shaved her head
entirely because I could see short

509
00:27:12,559 --> 00:27:15,909
pieces of hair sticking
underneath some of the gauze.

510
00:27:16,309 --> 00:27:18,309
She was in a deep coma.

511
00:27:18,869 --> 00:27:22,309
I kissed her face and talked
to her as if she were awake.

512
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:26,469
The only thing I knew about
comas was what I'd seen on tv.

513
00:27:26,949 --> 00:27:29,749
I told her that I loved her
and that the girls were at the neighbor's

514
00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:31,269
house and they were okay.

515
00:27:31,749 --> 00:27:37,149
I prayed with her and put her
in God's hands, believing and trusting

516
00:27:37,149 --> 00:27:39,509
he was in control of the uncontrollable.

517
00:27:40,239 --> 00:27:44,319
I kissed her again, went to
the waiting room, told her friends

518
00:27:44,319 --> 00:27:46,239
and family what the doctor
told me.

519
00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:49,359
I let them know that I was
going home.

520
00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:52,399
There were two little girls
that needed me.

521
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:56,239
For 55 days she had not opened
her eyes.

522
00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:01,999
It had been 60 days since I
had seen those smiling, playful,

523
00:28:01,999 --> 00:28:03,679
captivating, bright blue eyes.

524
00:28:03,919 --> 00:28:07,439
I had just kissed her goodbye
and was in the car backing out of

525
00:28:07,439 --> 00:28:09,539
the driveway and I had my
window down.

526
00:28:09,539 --> 00:28:12,779
She had the front door open,
leaning out, waving, blowing kisses

527
00:28:12,779 --> 00:28:14,219
and mouthing, I love you.

528
00:28:14,939 --> 00:28:17,659
I was waving and saying, I
love you.

529
00:28:18,059 --> 00:28:20,379
The memory is so precious and
it constantly.

530
00:28:20,539 --> 00:28:24,059
The memory is precious and it
constantly reminds me when one of

531
00:28:24,059 --> 00:28:24,859
us is leaving.

532
00:28:24,859 --> 00:28:29,659
We never know that this will
be the last time to look into each

533
00:28:29,659 --> 00:28:30,379
other's eyes.

534
00:28:30,939 --> 00:28:34,379
I've made it a personal rule
that I will not leave the house upset.

535
00:28:35,019 --> 00:28:38,339
If this was to be our last
memory, I want it to be like it was

536
00:28:38,339 --> 00:28:40,859
on Monday 8th August.

537
00:28:41,659 --> 00:28:43,499
Now it was October 6th.

538
00:28:43,819 --> 00:28:45,419
I was on my lunchtime visit.

539
00:28:45,819 --> 00:28:47,179
I walked into her room.

540
00:28:47,339 --> 00:28:50,019
The head of her bed is on the
left, so I could see that her right

541
00:28:50,019 --> 00:28:50,858
eye was shut.

542
00:28:51,259 --> 00:28:54,499
As I walked around the foot of
the bed, I saw that her left eye

543
00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:55,139
was opened.

544
00:28:55,139 --> 00:28:56,059
Oh, hallelujah.

545
00:28:56,059 --> 00:28:56,939
I blurted out.

546
00:28:56,939 --> 00:28:57,979
Hello, Nancy.

547
00:28:57,979 --> 00:28:59,539
I was grinning from ear to ear.

548
00:28:59,539 --> 00:29:03,039
I bent over and kissed her and
I was so excited to see her beautiful

549
00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:03,679
blue eye.

550
00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:06,999
As I write these words, I
began to cry, reliving the joy and

551
00:29:06,999 --> 00:29:08,079
the thrill of that moment.

552
00:29:08,319 --> 00:29:10,759
I just kept talking, saying, I
love you.

553
00:29:10,759 --> 00:29:11,839
I'm glad to see you.

554
00:29:11,839 --> 00:29:13,359
I'm so glad you're awake.

555
00:29:13,439 --> 00:29:14,639
It's been so long.

556
00:29:15,519 --> 00:29:18,159
Then I noticed she wasn't
looking at anything.

557
00:29:18,639 --> 00:29:21,999
It was just a stare straight
at the ceiling.

558
00:29:22,399 --> 00:29:25,519
Her eye was opened, but she
wasn't awake.

559
00:29:26,159 --> 00:29:28,239
She's still considered comatose.

560
00:29:29,309 --> 00:29:32,189
I'd never heard of that before
and I was not expecting it.

561
00:29:33,149 --> 00:29:36,269
The next day, both eyes were
open, but it was still as if nobody

562
00:29:36,269 --> 00:29:36,909
was home.

563
00:29:37,629 --> 00:29:38,989
They didn't look at anything.

564
00:29:39,389 --> 00:29:40,909
Talking to her as if she.

565
00:29:41,069 --> 00:29:41,629
As if.

566
00:29:41,629 --> 00:29:43,149
It was as if she didn't hear you.

567
00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:46,349
If you thought you had her
attention, you would soon notice

568
00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:49,189
that she was not following you
with her eyes.

569
00:29:49,189 --> 00:29:51,949
She was just staring with no recognition.

570
00:29:53,629 --> 00:29:57,469
I remember one day I entered
into the room and I was excited because

571
00:29:57,469 --> 00:30:00,229
the nurses had given Nancy
some relief from the bed and she

572
00:30:00,229 --> 00:30:01,709
was sitting in a wheelchair.

573
00:30:02,429 --> 00:30:05,389
I asked if I could roll her
outside to the garden area.

574
00:30:05,709 --> 00:30:08,589
It was beautiful outside and
they said yes.

575
00:30:08,989 --> 00:30:10,909
As we traveled down the halls
and the.

576
00:30:11,069 --> 00:30:13,509
And the elevator, she did not
hold her head up.

577
00:30:13,509 --> 00:30:16,869
It was slightly tilted
forward, leaning a little bit to

578
00:30:16,869 --> 00:30:17,309
the left.

579
00:30:17,629 --> 00:30:20,909
I was hoping that being
outside in the sunshine and the beautiful

580
00:30:20,909 --> 00:30:24,689
surroundings, it would spark
something in her and she would show

581
00:30:24,929 --> 00:30:28,049
she had recognition of
everything, or at least something.

582
00:30:28,609 --> 00:30:30,929
I wanted her to let me know
she was awake.

583
00:30:31,649 --> 00:30:34,929
Her eyes were open, as if she
were taking in everything.

584
00:30:35,649 --> 00:30:37,569
But in just a minute, it was obvious.

585
00:30:37,649 --> 00:30:42,369
With her eyes wide open, she
was still zombie like, with no awareness

586
00:30:42,609 --> 00:30:44,289
or recognition whatsoever.

587
00:30:44,769 --> 00:30:46,449
For me, it was heartbreaking.

588
00:30:46,769 --> 00:30:50,369
I just knew being outside
would stir something in her.

589
00:30:52,109 --> 00:30:55,869
After eight weeks at St.
Francis Hospital, Nancy was moved

590
00:30:55,869 --> 00:31:00,109
by ambulance to a rehab
facility at the Broken Arrow Medical

591
00:31:00,109 --> 00:31:03,789
center in Broken arrow,
Oklahoma, on October 15th.

592
00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:06,589
The IVs have been disconnected.

593
00:31:06,829 --> 00:31:08,429
There was no longer a trach.

594
00:31:08,909 --> 00:31:12,189
The hole in the neck just
closes up and begins to grow together

595
00:31:12,269 --> 00:31:14,909
as if it was stitched without stitches.

596
00:31:15,229 --> 00:31:17,509
If you know what you're
looking for, you could see a small

597
00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:17,949
scar.

598
00:31:17,949 --> 00:31:18,269
Today.

599
00:31:18,829 --> 00:31:24,109
You may not notice it if you
were not looking for it.

600
00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:27,149
The staples had been removed
from her forehead.

601
00:31:27,229 --> 00:31:30,069
The stitches on the back of
her head and the ones near her temple

602
00:31:30,069 --> 00:31:30,909
had dissolved.

603
00:31:31,549 --> 00:31:34,828
She was able to swallow soft
things like Jello.

604
00:31:35,229 --> 00:31:37,869
She was very good at sucking
on a straw.

605
00:31:38,349 --> 00:31:39,709
She had not yet stood.

606
00:31:40,109 --> 00:31:41,789
Her bathroom was a catheter.

607
00:31:42,029 --> 00:31:43,149
She wasn't talking.

608
00:31:43,629 --> 00:31:46,269
There was no way to tell if
she knew us or not.

609
00:31:46,969 --> 00:31:51,249
There was no expression in her
eyes or her face that gave any indication

610
00:31:51,249 --> 00:31:53,209
that we were familiar to her.

611
00:31:53,769 --> 00:31:57,849
We have visited her every day
for eight weeks, hoping, praying,

612
00:31:58,009 --> 00:32:01,049
believing she could hear our
voices and wouldn't know who we were.

613
00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:04,409
She is still considered comatose.

614
00:32:05,369 --> 00:32:08,889
When Nancy first began to
talk, her voice was soft and raspy.

615
00:32:09,289 --> 00:32:10,649
She spoke slowly.

616
00:32:10,969 --> 00:32:14,089
She had the cadence and
inflection of an innocent toddler.

617
00:32:14,669 --> 00:32:18,029
I've always been playful with
Nancy and going about teasing her,

618
00:32:18,189 --> 00:32:21,709
trying to get a rise out of
her, make her smile or laugh with

619
00:32:21,709 --> 00:32:23,309
her quick wit and sly smile.

620
00:32:23,309 --> 00:32:26,869
She always had been a good
sport and a sidekick in receiving

621
00:32:26,869 --> 00:32:29,869
and responding to my
playfulness and my sense of humor.

622
00:32:30,509 --> 00:32:35,629
It is true there have been
times when the humor was not received

623
00:32:35,709 --> 00:32:36,749
like I had hoped.

624
00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:42,839
After all, I am a man Standing
at her right side with her head with

625
00:32:42,839 --> 00:32:46,919
her I'm sorry, standing on her
right side with her head to my left

626
00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:49,079
because this is the side that works.

627
00:32:49,399 --> 00:32:52,879
The left arm continued to be
folded against her chest and her

628
00:32:52,879 --> 00:32:54,279
hand was still in a fist.

629
00:32:54,519 --> 00:32:57,239
I had just asked her if she
was married.

630
00:32:58,439 --> 00:33:01,799
She wrinkled her brow some and
looked as if she was thinking.

631
00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:06,209
Finally, in her child voice,
she said no.

632
00:33:07,809 --> 00:33:12,009
I looked at her with love and
sincerity and asked her, would you

633
00:33:12,009 --> 00:33:12,689
marry me?

634
00:33:13,729 --> 00:33:16,689
She did the wrinkled brow
thing again and thought for a moment.

635
00:33:16,689 --> 00:33:21,249
With no expression, just a
matter of fact statement, she said

636
00:33:22,209 --> 00:33:22,609
no.

637
00:33:23,889 --> 00:33:25,249
I honestly wasn't phased.

638
00:33:25,249 --> 00:33:27,409
I quickly said, too bad you're
already married to me.

639
00:33:27,409 --> 00:33:28,209
You're my wife.

640
00:33:28,209 --> 00:33:29,369
You can't get away from me.

641
00:33:29,369 --> 00:33:30,689
You have to go home with me.

642
00:33:31,289 --> 00:33:33,289
Those that were around the bed
all snickered.

643
00:33:33,289 --> 00:33:34,249
Not Nancy.

644
00:33:34,409 --> 00:33:38,729
Her response was if she had no
idea what I was talking about.

645
00:33:40,089 --> 00:33:43,449
As the days went along, Nancy
did begin to realize that we were

646
00:33:43,449 --> 00:33:46,969
the same people that came
every day and she was accepting,

647
00:33:47,769 --> 00:33:55,249
maybe even remembering or
better even knowing that we were

648
00:33:55,249 --> 00:33:55,769
her family.

649
00:33:56,499 --> 00:33:59,219
I was her husband, Angie and
Becky were her daughters.

650
00:33:59,459 --> 00:34:02,299
It wasn't like a light came on
and she says, oh yeah, I know who

651
00:34:02,299 --> 00:34:02,819
you are.

652
00:34:03,139 --> 00:34:06,179
It was more like an acceptance
that we were her family.

653
00:34:06,579 --> 00:34:10,499
There was no expression of
thrill or joy or excitement that

654
00:34:10,499 --> 00:34:13,619
she understood or finally knew
who we were.

655
00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:18,779
We weren't sure if she was
aware if she had a relationship with

656
00:34:18,779 --> 00:34:19,219
God.

657
00:34:20,019 --> 00:34:23,339
After every visit, no matter
how deep the coma or during the getting

658
00:34:23,339 --> 00:34:27,489
lighter phase, I would bend
over her face, put my right hand

659
00:34:27,489 --> 00:34:31,809
on top of her head, my left
hand on her left arm, and I would

660
00:34:31,809 --> 00:34:32,489
pray with her.

661
00:34:33,609 --> 00:34:35,289
It was sometime in November.

662
00:34:35,769 --> 00:34:39,729
I had just finished praying
and was starting to raise up away

663
00:34:39,729 --> 00:34:40,329
from her.

664
00:34:40,649 --> 00:34:43,769
She grabbed my shirt just
below the neck and with her good

665
00:34:43,769 --> 00:34:48,729
hand pulled me down close to
her face and said in her raspy childish

666
00:34:48,809 --> 00:34:55,299
voice, day that I thank the
Lord for you.

667
00:34:55,859 --> 00:34:56,459
Mercy.

668
00:34:56,459 --> 00:34:59,739
I cried and kissed her and
rejoiced with confidence that she

669
00:34:59,739 --> 00:35:00,699
knew who God was.

670
00:35:00,699 --> 00:35:02,899
And then we have relationship
with him.

671
00:35:04,579 --> 00:35:07,699
The second week of December
there began to be a new complication.

672
00:35:08,339 --> 00:35:11,619
The descriptions that
therapists and doctors used was tremors.

673
00:35:12,179 --> 00:35:16,299
The explanation was that as
the swelling decreases and abnormal

674
00:35:16,299 --> 00:35:20,889
circuits become active or or
the brain rewires incorrectly or

675
00:35:20,889 --> 00:35:25,209
scar tissue affects the brain
signaling the systems that normally

676
00:35:25,209 --> 00:35:28,369
keep movement smooth and
controlled become unbalanced.

677
00:35:28,769 --> 00:35:32,929
The brain signals without
proper regulation resulting in muscles

678
00:35:33,169 --> 00:35:38,769
firing rhythmically and
involuntarily, which we see as tremors.

679
00:35:39,409 --> 00:35:43,689
Nancy's tremors were so
violent, all physical therapy had

680
00:35:43,689 --> 00:35:44,209
to stop.

681
00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:47,599
She was not able to walk or
stand on her own.

682
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:53,359
Her entire body shook so much
she had to be tied into a wheelchair.

683
00:35:53,679 --> 00:35:56,959
It was involuntary and
completely uncontrollable.

684
00:35:57,519 --> 00:36:00,239
We call the tremors the shakes.

685
00:36:01,279 --> 00:36:04,719
The doctor did say the tremors
would slowly fade and someday in

686
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:06,639
the future you might not even
notice them.

687
00:36:07,439 --> 00:36:09,439
The tremors did slowly diminish.

688
00:36:09,759 --> 00:36:13,609
We we used cloth belts for at
least three months in the wheelchair.

689
00:36:14,089 --> 00:36:17,409
Her head and hands and arms
would continue to shake for more

690
00:36:17,409 --> 00:36:18,009
than a year.

691
00:36:18,649 --> 00:36:21,689
If she was agitated or
exciting, the shaking would be more

692
00:36:21,689 --> 00:36:22,249
pronounced.

693
00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:25,129
This would continue for more
than five years.

694
00:36:25,928 --> 00:36:28,409
The tremors in her right hand
are still part of her life.

695
00:36:29,289 --> 00:36:33,049
All fine motor skills are
performed with her right hand.

696
00:36:33,529 --> 00:36:39,419
When she attempted to eat the
food on the fork or the spoon would

697
00:36:39,419 --> 00:36:43,379
shake off and you never knew
where it might land in its surprising

698
00:36:43,459 --> 00:36:46,979
flight, it was scary to see
the fork move toward her mouth.

699
00:36:46,979 --> 00:36:49,059
You could see she was about to
get stabbed.

700
00:36:49,619 --> 00:36:50,739
It never happened.

701
00:36:51,458 --> 00:36:54,819
Two years into the recovery,
she began to eat left handed.

702
00:36:55,139 --> 00:36:59,459
No matter what the task that
she was attempting, she didn't complain.

703
00:37:00,179 --> 00:37:04,739
She never said I hate these
shakes or I wish I didn't have these

704
00:37:04,739 --> 00:37:07,139
shakes or I wish the wreck
never happened.

705
00:37:08,499 --> 00:37:11,859
While in college, she played
the piano for choir and traveling

706
00:37:11,859 --> 00:37:12,739
singing groups.

707
00:37:12,979 --> 00:37:14,659
She could play any piece written.

708
00:37:14,659 --> 00:37:16,259
If you gave her time to practice.

709
00:37:17,538 --> 00:37:21,539
Today she's able to read the
score and she knows the keys.

710
00:37:21,779 --> 00:37:23,539
But her hands don't cooperate.

711
00:37:24,019 --> 00:37:27,699
Nancy became an excellent
seamstress for our daughters.

712
00:37:28,289 --> 00:37:29,569
Mostly out of necessity.

713
00:37:29,969 --> 00:37:32,609
From infants to fourth and
fifth grade, the girls were always

714
00:37:33,329 --> 00:37:35,809
had beautiful fancy frilly dresses.

715
00:37:36,289 --> 00:37:38,529
Nancy also had become an
excellent cook.

716
00:37:39,009 --> 00:37:42,209
Her fried chicken would give
the colonel a stiff competition.

717
00:37:43,409 --> 00:37:45,129
On the first dinner she had
tipped it.

718
00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:47,009
After she came home was rabbit.

719
00:37:47,729 --> 00:37:49,169
Some friends had given it to us.

720
00:37:49,169 --> 00:37:50,289
It was in the freezer.

721
00:37:50,529 --> 00:37:54,049
She would normally prepare
rabbit the same way she did her world

722
00:37:54,049 --> 00:37:54,849
class chicken.

723
00:37:55,579 --> 00:37:56,539
Well, she did not.

724
00:37:57,099 --> 00:37:59,019
She prepared it as if it was fish.

725
00:37:59,579 --> 00:38:02,779
Battered in cornmeal and fried
in hot grease on top of the stove.

726
00:38:03,499 --> 00:38:05,499
Fish doesn't take long to fry.

727
00:38:06,779 --> 00:38:10,059
It takes much less time than
chicken or rabbit.

728
00:38:10,778 --> 00:38:12,139
It was not close to edible.

729
00:38:12,619 --> 00:38:14,459
We did not laugh or tease her.

730
00:38:15,499 --> 00:38:17,339
We knew she was doing the best
she could.

731
00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:19,899
Nancy was frustrated.

732
00:38:20,219 --> 00:38:22,139
However, she did not get her
feelings hurt.

733
00:38:22,889 --> 00:38:28,409
She did understand it was not
properly cooked and that was it.

734
00:38:29,129 --> 00:38:30,249
We bought pizza.

735
00:38:31,049 --> 00:38:34,289
Her cooking skills and her
craft with a sewing machine are the

736
00:38:34,289 --> 00:38:35,609
same as the piano.

737
00:38:36,169 --> 00:38:42,089
The food nor the dresses nor
the music look or sounded like expected.

738
00:38:43,289 --> 00:38:46,569
I thought about Nancy's
accepting behavior many times.

739
00:38:47,939 --> 00:38:51,619
Many brain injured folks
become violent or angry or frustrated.

740
00:38:52,019 --> 00:38:54,739
That could be caused by that
part of the brain that was injured.

741
00:38:55,699 --> 00:38:59,619
Although Nancy's recovery
included childish selfishness, she

742
00:38:59,619 --> 00:39:01,459
never complained about the disability.

743
00:39:02,259 --> 00:39:06,659
I feel for those that have the
battle with sadness or complaint

744
00:39:07,139 --> 00:39:10,899
or depression or
disappointment or disgust.

745
00:39:11,779 --> 00:39:14,579
I suppose no one will ever
know exactly why there are so many

746
00:39:14,579 --> 00:39:18,189
different behaviors and and
attitudes of the brain injured.

747
00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:19,629
I do know this.

748
00:39:20,349 --> 00:39:23,709
I'm very grateful for Nancy's
behavior and attitude.

749
00:39:24,509 --> 00:39:28,709
I've already told about the
crummy months she has matured and

750
00:39:28,709 --> 00:39:31,229
moved past that selfish and
childish behavior.

751
00:39:32,028 --> 00:39:36,269
She has had many occasions to
complain about me and my failures.

752
00:39:36,589 --> 00:39:41,389
But there's not been one time
that there was a complaint about

753
00:39:41,389 --> 00:39:45,369
the Shakespeare or the
inability to do normal activity.

754
00:39:46,169 --> 00:39:50,769
It was as she did not consider
her condition was a fault of someone

755
00:39:50,769 --> 00:39:55,049
else or that she was the
recipient of an unlucky time and

756
00:39:55,049 --> 00:39:56,169
place accident.

757
00:39:56,809 --> 00:40:01,209
I've asked her, do you miss
playing the piano or would you like

758
00:40:01,209 --> 00:40:01,929
to sew again?

759
00:40:03,289 --> 00:40:05,929
Her answer is never in
complaint or frustration.

760
00:40:06,809 --> 00:40:11,559
She simply says yes, but my
hands shake too much.

761
00:40:13,639 --> 00:40:15,639
There is never regret or sorrow.

762
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,319
We have been blessed.

763
00:40:20,599 --> 00:40:22,399
So that's all I'll read to you.

764
00:40:22,399 --> 00:40:24,039
Thank you for letting me do that.

765
00:40:29,879 --> 00:40:30,919
What is God doing?

766
00:40:33,399 --> 00:40:33,659
What?

767
00:40:33,729 --> 00:40:34,529
What is happening.

768
00:40:39,569 --> 00:40:40,209
In the book?

769
00:40:40,209 --> 00:40:45,049
I tell the readers I'm trying
to write the book as if non believers

770
00:40:45,049 --> 00:40:46,049
would read it too.

771
00:40:47,249 --> 00:40:52,369
But I do tell them that I
happen to believe the Bible is God's

772
00:40:52,369 --> 00:40:54,169
word and that I can trust it.

773
00:40:54,169 --> 00:40:55,009
And I believe it.

774
00:40:55,249 --> 00:40:58,929
And that's how I view things
that happen in my life.

775
00:40:59,739 --> 00:41:02,299
And so that's the only way I
know how to view it.

776
00:41:03,019 --> 00:41:13,219
And so In Hebrews chapter 12
we know that he says that we have

777
00:41:13,219 --> 00:41:17,739
this exhortation which
speaketh as unto children, verse

778
00:41:17,739 --> 00:41:18,139
5.

779
00:41:18,459 --> 00:41:21,539
Despise not thou the
chastening of the Lord, nor faint

780
00:41:21,539 --> 00:41:22,779
when thou rebuked of him.

781
00:41:22,859 --> 00:41:27,569
For whom the Lord loveth, he
chasteneth and Scourgeth every son

782
00:41:27,569 --> 00:41:28,609
whom he receiveth.

783
00:41:29,969 --> 00:41:33,809
If ye endure chastening, God
dealeth with you as with sons.

784
00:41:33,889 --> 00:41:36,289
What son is he whom the father
chasteneth not?

785
00:41:36,529 --> 00:41:40,049
But if he be without
chastisement, whereof all are partakers,

786
00:41:40,449 --> 00:41:42,529
then are you bastards and not sons.

787
00:41:44,449 --> 00:41:45,809
What is chastening?

788
00:41:46,289 --> 00:41:49,329
Well, I looked up in the
Strong's concordance and some of

789
00:41:49,329 --> 00:41:50,609
the definitions like this.

790
00:41:52,219 --> 00:41:53,539
I thought this was fascinating.

791
00:41:53,539 --> 00:41:57,099
The first word that comes out
is tutorage.

792
00:41:59,259 --> 00:42:01,259
Chastening is to tutor us.

793
00:42:02,619 --> 00:42:03,579
To tutor us.

794
00:42:03,579 --> 00:42:05,419
I think it means to teach us.

795
00:42:07,178 --> 00:42:11,579
It's tutorage, education, training.

796
00:42:12,859 --> 00:42:17,939
The implication of chastening
is a disciplinary correction.

797
00:42:19,619 --> 00:42:25,819
Instruction, nurture, Strong's
continues with these words the whole

798
00:42:25,819 --> 00:42:27,939
training and education of children.

799
00:42:28,819 --> 00:42:32,739
So by the time the baby comes
home, until the baby leaves the house,

800
00:42:33,299 --> 00:42:35,619
there are times of training
and education.

801
00:42:35,859 --> 00:42:36,419
Amen.

802
00:42:37,779 --> 00:42:41,459
It relates to the cultivation
of the mind and their morals.

803
00:42:44,909 --> 00:42:52,109
It uses this term it employs
for this training, for this tutorage,

804
00:42:52,589 --> 00:42:57,149
commands and admonitions and
reproof and punishment.

805
00:42:58,349 --> 00:43:04,189
It's instruction which aims at
increasing virtue, good behavior.

806
00:43:04,909 --> 00:43:12,129
Noah Webster's dictionary
says, correction, punishment, pain

807
00:43:12,129 --> 00:43:14,689
inflicted for punishment and Correction.

808
00:43:15,809 --> 00:43:20,769
In Isaiah 53, the chastisement
of our peace was upon him.

809
00:43:21,729 --> 00:43:25,569
The pain that Christ suffered
was the stripes that he received

810
00:43:26,529 --> 00:43:28,289
to purchase our peace.

811
00:43:29,729 --> 00:43:30,529
Amazing.

812
00:43:32,289 --> 00:43:34,249
Hebrews 12 does say verse 11.

813
00:43:34,249 --> 00:43:37,009
Now no chastening for the
present seemeth to be joyous.

814
00:43:38,819 --> 00:43:44,779
It's grievous, it's heavy,
it's painful, it's sorrowful, it

815
00:43:44,779 --> 00:43:45,699
causes grief.

816
00:43:47,539 --> 00:43:50,739
It's obvious to me and you,
isn't it obvious that if chastening

817
00:43:50,739 --> 00:43:53,379
is going to happen, it's going
to be uncomfortable.

818
00:43:55,059 --> 00:43:55,779
It's not.

819
00:43:56,579 --> 00:43:57,379
It's grievous.

820
00:43:57,379 --> 00:43:58,419
It's not joyous.

821
00:44:00,099 --> 00:44:03,759
I already know the society,
the day that we live in, that corporal

822
00:44:03,759 --> 00:44:06,479
punishment is inappropriate,
and so on.

823
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:10,079
Well, like I said, I happen to
believe the Bible.

824
00:44:11,439 --> 00:44:12,879
I go by what the book says.

825
00:44:12,879 --> 00:44:17,559
I believe God knows much more
of how to deal with children and

826
00:44:17,559 --> 00:44:22,799
deal with discipline than
Oprah, Dr. Phil.

827
00:44:25,839 --> 00:44:27,039
I believe the Bible.

828
00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:33,559
Evidently God believes that
sometime discipline needs to occur.

829
00:44:37,479 --> 00:44:38,439
What is it for?

830
00:44:39,559 --> 00:44:40,439
What is he doing?

831
00:44:42,279 --> 00:44:45,679
Well, I say the first reason
that he brings his hand down in our

832
00:44:45,679 --> 00:44:47,639
life is for retribution.

833
00:44:49,079 --> 00:44:50,519
What is retribution?

834
00:44:51,559 --> 00:44:54,439
Retribution is when a wrong is committed.

835
00:44:55,639 --> 00:44:59,699
In our legal system, it would
be when a crime is committed that

836
00:44:59,699 --> 00:45:05,339
whatever the court punishment
they give is supposed to match the

837
00:45:05,339 --> 00:45:06,259
weight of the crime.

838
00:45:06,339 --> 00:45:06,979
Amen.

839
00:45:08,179 --> 00:45:13,259
If you steal someone's truck,
it's not the same as going in their

840
00:45:13,259 --> 00:45:14,339
house and murdering them.

841
00:45:15,219 --> 00:45:16,939
There's different Ways.

842
00:45:16,939 --> 00:45:18,659
Everybody with me, same, same.

843
00:45:19,459 --> 00:45:23,539
So retribution is when you and
I are disobedient.

844
00:45:24,829 --> 00:45:25,309
Ignore.

845
00:45:25,629 --> 00:45:27,109
Now, this is fascinating to me.

846
00:45:27,109 --> 00:45:30,229
In writing the book, it became
very pronounced to me whether you're

847
00:45:30,229 --> 00:45:31,709
saved or unsaved.

848
00:45:32,189 --> 00:45:36,469
If you neglect and ignore God,
there are still consequences for

849
00:45:36,469 --> 00:45:37,549
the unsaved also.

850
00:45:39,869 --> 00:45:46,429
So retribution is whatever
we've done, we've been disobedient.

851
00:45:46,429 --> 00:45:52,629
We know good and well that
we've done some wicked or evil or

852
00:45:52,789 --> 00:45:53,749
sinful things.

853
00:45:55,109 --> 00:45:56,389
God knows what we've done.

854
00:45:56,949 --> 00:46:01,269
And here's what's fascinating
about when God brings his hand down

855
00:46:01,269 --> 00:46:05,029
in our life for retribution,
you will never, ever do this.

856
00:46:05,109 --> 00:46:06,548
You'll never go, what?

857
00:46:06,789 --> 00:46:07,909
What is this for?

858
00:46:07,909 --> 00:46:09,109
Why are you doing that?

859
00:46:09,269 --> 00:46:11,749
If it's retribution, you will
never have to ask why.

860
00:46:12,469 --> 00:46:16,309
You will know exactly why he
brought his hand down in your life.

861
00:46:16,949 --> 00:46:18,229
I personally have been in the hospital.

862
00:46:18,229 --> 00:46:19,269
I've been in the front room.

863
00:46:19,269 --> 00:46:20,069
I've been in the.

864
00:46:20,069 --> 00:46:20,629
In the.

865
00:46:22,149 --> 00:46:25,589
Of a home where a family were
with the family.

866
00:46:25,749 --> 00:46:27,749
And I've had families speak up.

867
00:46:27,749 --> 00:46:33,029
They tell me, I know exactly
why this is going on.

868
00:46:34,389 --> 00:46:34,789
Why?

869
00:46:34,789 --> 00:46:37,349
Because God's getting their
attention and he's letting them know

870
00:46:37,429 --> 00:46:38,549
this is what's happening.

871
00:46:38,869 --> 00:46:41,709
Now, a husband can look at his
wife and lie and say, I don't know

872
00:46:41,709 --> 00:46:42,709
why this is going on.

873
00:46:43,979 --> 00:46:45,259
But you and God really know that.

874
00:46:45,259 --> 00:46:45,979
You do know why.

875
00:46:46,059 --> 00:46:47,419
You just don't want to tell her.

876
00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:50,219
That can happen in any combination.

877
00:46:51,179 --> 00:46:54,779
But if you don't know why,
it's not retribution.

878
00:46:56,219 --> 00:46:58,579
Some people would say, well,
Brother Dave, when Nancy had this

879
00:46:58,579 --> 00:47:01,899
horrible car crash, or these
other things happen, is it retribution?

880
00:47:03,739 --> 00:47:04,099
Not.

881
00:47:04,099 --> 00:47:07,979
I tell you, Nancy is one of
the most virtuous people I know.

882
00:47:07,979 --> 00:47:09,499
It wasn't sin in her life.

883
00:47:09,949 --> 00:47:13,589
And for me, it wasn't some
sinful thing that I had been doing

884
00:47:13,589 --> 00:47:15,869
or involved in that God is
saying, we're cracking.

885
00:47:16,669 --> 00:47:17,189
We're not.

886
00:47:17,189 --> 00:47:18,269
I'm not putting up with that.

887
00:47:18,989 --> 00:47:24,069
And so I did not look to
heaven and say, I don't know why

888
00:47:24,069 --> 00:47:26,469
you're doing this, but I knew
it wasn't retribution.

889
00:47:26,469 --> 00:47:27,389
Everybody with me.

890
00:47:28,349 --> 00:47:30,349
So what's the second reason he
does it?

891
00:47:31,069 --> 00:47:33,309
It's called correction.

892
00:47:35,479 --> 00:47:37,919
You haven't actually committed
the crime.

893
00:47:37,919 --> 00:47:42,119
You haven't actually stepped
over the edge yet, but you're about

894
00:47:42,119 --> 00:47:42,439
to.

895
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:44,519
You're leaning that way.

896
00:47:46,839 --> 00:47:48,119
You're on the wrong path.

897
00:47:48,279 --> 00:47:51,239
I use this term some people
don't like, but it's like God just

898
00:47:52,839 --> 00:47:55,679
smacks you upside the head a
little bit, smack on the shoulder,

899
00:47:55,679 --> 00:47:56,799
hey, get back where you belong.

900
00:47:56,799 --> 00:47:58,919
You know better than that
don't be doing that.

901
00:47:58,999 --> 00:48:03,159
And correction is not as
easily discernible as retribution.

902
00:48:03,789 --> 00:48:07,949
But I will tell you, for Dave
McCracken, I need correction all

903
00:48:07,949 --> 00:48:08,349
the time.

904
00:48:09,149 --> 00:48:11,669
My carnal man always wants his way.

905
00:48:11,669 --> 00:48:14,789
And I need to tell Mr.
Concarney, he's in charge of my life

906
00:48:14,789 --> 00:48:15,069
a lot.

907
00:48:15,069 --> 00:48:16,029
Is everybody hearing me?

908
00:48:16,349 --> 00:48:20,029
And God corrects me and say,
mccracken, we're not going.

909
00:48:20,029 --> 00:48:21,069
You're not going there.

910
00:48:21,069 --> 00:48:26,109
And he and his kindness will
protect me or correct me to get me

911
00:48:26,109 --> 00:48:27,549
back where I'm supposed to be.

912
00:48:29,879 --> 00:48:32,919
The third reason is protection.

913
00:48:35,319 --> 00:48:36,119
What do you mean?

914
00:48:37,399 --> 00:48:41,199
Well, any loving father will
protect their children from harm's

915
00:48:41,199 --> 00:48:41,479
way.

916
00:48:43,639 --> 00:48:45,079
It's a horrific.

917
00:48:45,879 --> 00:48:51,159
It's a horrific parent that
has her child next to a hot stove

918
00:48:51,159 --> 00:48:52,599
and doesn't warn their child.

919
00:48:53,639 --> 00:48:54,679
That's horrific.

920
00:48:57,739 --> 00:48:58,459
That's evil.

921
00:48:59,259 --> 00:49:01,219
And our God will protect us.

922
00:49:01,219 --> 00:49:02,219
We're his kids.

923
00:49:02,939 --> 00:49:05,819
And there are times that he
brings his hand down in our life

924
00:49:05,819 --> 00:49:06,699
to protect us.

925
00:49:06,859 --> 00:49:09,979
I tell the story about my
oldest daughter, Angie.

926
00:49:09,979 --> 00:49:11,899
She was somewhere around 3
years old.

927
00:49:11,979 --> 00:49:16,179
And I've told her, I told her
and told her, don't ever get in the

928
00:49:16,179 --> 00:49:16,459
street.

929
00:49:16,459 --> 00:49:20,099
Our front yard did not have a
fence, just a little small yard and

930
00:49:20,099 --> 00:49:21,529
there's a street out there.

931
00:49:21,529 --> 00:49:22,769
I said, don't ever get in the street.

932
00:49:22,769 --> 00:49:24,049
Don't ever get in the street.

933
00:49:24,049 --> 00:49:26,249
If you get in the street, a
truck will run over you.

934
00:49:26,249 --> 00:49:27,409
Don't get in the street.

935
00:49:28,049 --> 00:49:32,129
And I just was serious about it.

936
00:49:33,169 --> 00:49:35,969
One day I'm standing there and
there she is standing in the street.

937
00:49:35,969 --> 00:49:40,289
I go out the glass door and
grab her up and start spanking her

938
00:49:40,289 --> 00:49:43,449
bottom and all the way into
her bedroom and spanked her some

939
00:49:43,449 --> 00:49:44,529
more when we got in there.

940
00:49:45,089 --> 00:49:47,689
And the three year old, if she
could, she'd look at me and say,

941
00:49:47,689 --> 00:49:49,169
you'll kill me before a truck does.

942
00:49:52,259 --> 00:49:56,579
Sometimes the protection is
just as uncomfortable as the retribution.

943
00:50:01,219 --> 00:50:02,859
So I'll give you a couple of.

944
00:50:02,859 --> 00:50:05,059
For instance, retribution.

945
00:50:06,019 --> 00:50:09,299
Remember that God told Adam,
the day thou eatest thereof, thou

946
00:50:09,299 --> 00:50:10,259
shalt surely die.

947
00:50:11,779 --> 00:50:15,739
If Adam didn't know what die
means, and I don't know, he was very

948
00:50:15,739 --> 00:50:19,449
intelligent man, but he was
not going to have relationship with

949
00:50:19,449 --> 00:50:20,449
God anymore.

950
00:50:22,049 --> 00:50:25,409
There's no more fellowship
because he's a sinner.

951
00:50:25,409 --> 00:50:25,889
Amen.

952
00:50:26,769 --> 00:50:28,329
And you know, that's retribution.

953
00:50:28,329 --> 00:50:34,209
And that retribution still has
consequences today because of his

954
00:50:34,209 --> 00:50:35,089
disobedience.

955
00:50:37,729 --> 00:50:41,249
Another retribution that's
familiar to many of us, I suppose,

956
00:50:41,249 --> 00:50:46,389
is our hero, King David,
committed adultery and murder.

957
00:50:51,109 --> 00:50:52,389
The baby got sick.

958
00:50:54,069 --> 00:50:58,429
David moaned and prayed and
begged God and begged God and cried

959
00:50:58,429 --> 00:50:59,909
and Mourned and mourned.

960
00:50:59,909 --> 00:51:02,149
And then he saw him talking.

961
00:51:02,149 --> 00:51:03,509
He goes, is the baby dead?

962
00:51:03,509 --> 00:51:06,149
And they said, yep, he got up
and cleaned up and they go, what's

963
00:51:06,149 --> 00:51:06,629
that about?

964
00:51:07,269 --> 00:51:09,589
He said, well as long as the
baby was alive, who knows?

965
00:51:09,929 --> 00:51:10,929
God is full of compassion.

966
00:51:10,929 --> 00:51:15,129
He might have let him live,
but he knew why that baby died.

967
00:51:16,249 --> 00:51:16,889
Amen.

968
00:51:17,369 --> 00:51:18,729
He knew exactly why.

969
00:51:24,009 --> 00:51:25,209
What about correction?

970
00:51:29,049 --> 00:51:30,009
James and John?

971
00:51:30,009 --> 00:51:34,209
Do any remember them sons of
thunder, they wanted to call fire

972
00:51:34,209 --> 00:51:35,049
down from heaven.

973
00:51:35,379 --> 00:51:37,699
Hey Jesus, you want us to call
fire down and you want us to.

974
00:51:37,859 --> 00:51:41,219
Jesus said, boys, you do not
know what spirit year above.

975
00:51:41,219 --> 00:51:44,099
It's almost like you bamboo
hearing it.

976
00:51:44,179 --> 00:51:46,099
Just, we're not doing that guys.

977
00:51:46,099 --> 00:51:48,739
That's not us, it's correction.

978
00:51:49,939 --> 00:51:53,979
Here's another correction in
my opinion is Jesus was washing the

979
00:51:53,979 --> 00:51:54,979
disciples feet.

980
00:51:58,979 --> 00:52:00,419
They didn't prepare for this.

981
00:52:02,269 --> 00:52:03,469
They had dirty feet.

982
00:52:04,029 --> 00:52:04,829
It's gross.

983
00:52:06,349 --> 00:52:08,989
I've always, I've wanted to do this.

984
00:52:08,989 --> 00:52:11,709
I'd probably never get the
opportunity, but I've wanted to call

985
00:52:11,709 --> 00:52:15,069
the church together for a
surprise meeting on Friday night.

986
00:52:16,029 --> 00:52:17,949
Come straight from work, come
straight from the ball field.

987
00:52:17,949 --> 00:52:18,509
It doesn't matter.

988
00:52:18,509 --> 00:52:21,109
We're having a surprise
meeting and it's most important meeting

989
00:52:21,109 --> 00:52:21,629
of the year.

990
00:52:21,629 --> 00:52:26,189
You need to be here 7:30,
everybody get in, lock the door,

991
00:52:26,189 --> 00:52:27,789
say, everybody take off your
shoes and socks.

992
00:52:29,049 --> 00:52:32,009
You know how many people say I
ain't staying here because we're

993
00:52:32,009 --> 00:52:33,609
all better than the disciples,
aren't we?

994
00:52:36,249 --> 00:52:40,169
Yeah, we don't have the
humility that Jesus did.

995
00:52:42,009 --> 00:52:44,569
He gets to Peter, Peter says
you ain't washing my feet.

996
00:52:45,209 --> 00:52:47,929
And Jesus looked at him and
smacked him upside the head with

997
00:52:47,929 --> 00:52:51,529
these words, if I don't wash
your feet, you have no part of me.

998
00:52:52,569 --> 00:52:53,609
That's correction.

999
00:52:55,419 --> 00:52:56,939
Peter says, watch me all over Jesus.

1000
00:52:56,939 --> 00:52:57,579
I'm ready.

1001
00:52:59,819 --> 00:53:00,859
What about protection?

1002
00:53:02,859 --> 00:53:04,059
Our hero, Paul.

1003
00:53:06,459 --> 00:53:13,819
Man, it's hard to believe God
gave him a thorn in the flesh and

1004
00:53:13,819 --> 00:53:15,259
it was uncomfortable.

1005
00:53:16,219 --> 00:53:17,739
Was it because Paul was wicked?

1006
00:53:17,899 --> 00:53:18,299
No.

1007
00:53:18,379 --> 00:53:19,419
Wasn't retribution.

1008
00:53:20,459 --> 00:53:22,939
Was it for correction that
Paul's going the wrong way?

1009
00:53:23,019 --> 00:53:24,619
Well, it hadn't happened yet.

1010
00:53:25,259 --> 00:53:26,059
Well what was for?

1011
00:53:26,059 --> 00:53:27,499
It's for protection.

1012
00:53:28,939 --> 00:53:34,099
You know why Paul said he gave
me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger

1013
00:53:34,099 --> 00:53:34,859
of Satan.

1014
00:53:36,459 --> 00:53:41,579
And it was because of all the
revelations that had been given to

1015
00:53:41,579 --> 00:53:41,899
him.

1016
00:53:43,099 --> 00:53:47,429
Because he was likely to
become proud and every arrogant because

1017
00:53:47,429 --> 00:53:48,869
God had used him so much.

1018
00:53:49,669 --> 00:53:52,629
You know how easy it is for me
and you to get proud and arrogant?

1019
00:53:53,749 --> 00:53:56,069
What about God giving us a
thorn in the flesh?

1020
00:53:56,069 --> 00:53:57,669
And we beg him please.

1021
00:53:57,669 --> 00:54:00,709
He begged him three times,
take it away, take it away.

1022
00:54:00,949 --> 00:54:02,149
I don't like this.

1023
00:54:02,149 --> 00:54:02,469
Please.

1024
00:54:02,469 --> 00:54:04,309
And he knew God gave it to him.

1025
00:54:05,829 --> 00:54:09,509
God said, my grace is
sufficient for thee.

1026
00:54:10,869 --> 00:54:13,789
And in the study of what I've
been doing, I'll just say this to

1027
00:54:13,789 --> 00:54:14,389
your face.

1028
00:54:15,069 --> 00:54:16,469
His grace is sufficient.

1029
00:54:16,469 --> 00:54:22,109
Whether you accept it or not,
his grace is always sufficient.

1030
00:54:22,589 --> 00:54:26,189
I'll always cry babies whining
and wallowing in our self pity and

1031
00:54:26,189 --> 00:54:28,269
our tragedy and our disaster.

1032
00:54:28,909 --> 00:54:31,389
His grace is always sufficient.

1033
00:54:31,629 --> 00:54:34,509
The fourth reason he brings
his hand in our life is that we might

1034
00:54:34,509 --> 00:54:35,629
produce more fruit.

1035
00:54:36,349 --> 00:54:37,469
He purges us.

1036
00:54:37,869 --> 00:54:41,339
He prunes us so we can produce
more fruit.

1037
00:54:45,089 --> 00:54:47,329
I told you just a moment ago
that for correction.

1038
00:54:47,329 --> 00:54:51,169
I know that all of this in my
life, I just tell you, I don't have

1039
00:54:51,169 --> 00:54:52,329
time to tell you right now.

1040
00:54:52,329 --> 00:54:59,769
But God changed me completely
when Nancy was in a coma for 65 days

1041
00:54:59,769 --> 00:55:02,889
or he changed me completely
when she was in a wheelchair for

1042
00:55:02,889 --> 00:55:03,169
a year.

1043
00:55:03,169 --> 00:55:04,769
It changed my life.

1044
00:55:06,939 --> 00:55:08,539
I needed that kind of correction.

1045
00:55:19,179 --> 00:55:20,379
To bear more fruit.

1046
00:55:20,939 --> 00:55:23,739
I know that God protected us
through Nancy's accident.

1047
00:55:24,539 --> 00:55:26,579
I don't know if you were
listening how well you heard it,

1048
00:55:26,579 --> 00:55:30,379
but we were supposed to go to
Texas on Saturday morning and God

1049
00:55:30,379 --> 00:55:32,059
protected that church in Austin.

1050
00:55:32,629 --> 00:55:33,749
We never went down there.

1051
00:55:35,189 --> 00:55:38,069
He might have protected us
too, but hallelujah.

1052
00:55:39,909 --> 00:55:43,229
But I know beyond the shadow
of a doubt, me standing in front

1053
00:55:43,229 --> 00:55:47,669
of you tonight is part of the
we would bear more fruit.

1054
00:55:49,189 --> 00:55:52,149
God has used our testimony.

1055
00:55:53,349 --> 00:55:55,189
Nancy's remarkable life.

1056
00:55:56,869 --> 00:56:01,039
Hundreds and thousands,
thousands of people have been touched

1057
00:56:02,319 --> 00:56:04,639
by God's kindness and goodness
in our life.

1058
00:56:05,439 --> 00:56:09,319
If Nancy were here tonight, I
probably would not ask her to do

1059
00:56:09,319 --> 00:56:09,599
this.

1060
00:56:10,079 --> 00:56:15,199
But I asked her to do it many
times at youth camps and other services

1061
00:56:15,279 --> 00:56:16,079
around the country.

1062
00:56:16,959 --> 00:56:18,639
I would ask Nancy to come forward.

1063
00:56:22,399 --> 00:56:26,989
She doesn't have princess like gait.

1064
00:56:26,989 --> 00:56:30,669
She doesn't walk with her head
chin up like this anymore.

1065
00:56:31,709 --> 00:56:32,509
She can't.

1066
00:56:34,109 --> 00:56:39,829
She would walk shaking some
and she'd come up and take the microphone

1067
00:56:39,829 --> 00:56:46,389
and she would say to you,
well, it's like the song I taught

1068
00:56:46,389 --> 00:56:47,709
my girls when they were little.

1069
00:56:49,389 --> 00:56:53,599
He's still working on me to
make me what I ought to be.

1070
00:57:00,239 --> 00:57:01,279
It's precious.

1071
00:57:01,999 --> 00:57:10,399
And I'm so grateful for my
wife's sweet spirit and accepting

1072
00:57:11,039 --> 00:57:12,799
this is what God had in my life.

1073
00:57:15,839 --> 00:57:19,809
Putting on earrings, I put
them on her yesterday.

1074
00:57:19,809 --> 00:57:21,169
She can't often.

1075
00:57:21,169 --> 00:57:23,009
Sometimes she can, but she's
doing this.

1076
00:57:24,849 --> 00:57:26,129
Put it on a necklace.

1077
00:57:26,609 --> 00:57:28,329
Sometimes she breaks out in a sweat.

1078
00:57:28,329 --> 00:57:29,489
She can't get it hooked.

1079
00:57:30,929 --> 00:57:32,129
Putting on her makeup.

1080
00:57:32,129 --> 00:57:33,569
She's never asked me to do that.

1081
00:57:36,209 --> 00:57:39,409
But it's remarkable to me that
she puts her arms together like this.

1082
00:57:39,409 --> 00:57:43,329
And she's gone, putting on mascara.

1083
00:57:43,329 --> 00:57:45,409
And I'm going, I don't know
how you don't poke your eye.

1084
00:57:45,989 --> 00:57:47,189
But you look good, baby.

1085
00:57:47,189 --> 00:57:47,989
You look good.

1086
00:57:51,269 --> 00:57:51,989
I don't know.

1087
00:57:52,149 --> 00:57:53,269
I do know this.

1088
00:57:53,989 --> 00:57:58,469
Every one of us have crummy
things that happen.

1089
00:58:02,949 --> 00:58:03,989
God has a reason.

1090
00:58:04,229 --> 00:58:05,349
He has a purpose.

1091
00:58:07,429 --> 00:58:12,309
And it's either something's
going on, retribution takes place.

1092
00:58:13,149 --> 00:58:14,429
Now, you better be very careful.

1093
00:58:14,429 --> 00:58:17,509
When you start knowing why
it's going on in their life.

1094
00:58:17,509 --> 00:58:20,509
I can tell you why you're
making a big boo boo.

1095
00:58:21,229 --> 00:58:22,629
When you start knowing.

1096
00:58:22,629 --> 00:58:24,509
I know why you're going
through this.

1097
00:58:25,549 --> 00:58:26,109
Yeah.

1098
00:58:27,389 --> 00:58:29,629
You're foolish to say that
about other people.

1099
00:58:32,749 --> 00:58:34,509
God is so good to me and you.

1100
00:58:36,109 --> 00:58:37,869
He's still interested in us.

1101
00:58:37,869 --> 00:58:39,549
All the times we failed Him.

1102
00:58:40,569 --> 00:58:43,369
All the times we didn't do
what we should have done.

1103
00:58:43,929 --> 00:58:45,609
He still loves us.

1104
00:58:45,929 --> 00:58:47,289
We're still his kids.

1105
00:58:48,009 --> 00:58:49,449
He doesn't disown us.

1106
00:58:50,409 --> 00:58:52,009
He doesn't throw the key away.

1107
00:58:52,089 --> 00:58:54,889
He's got the door open,
waiting for us to come back home.

1108
00:58:56,009 --> 00:58:57,209
He loves us.

1109
00:58:58,649 --> 00:59:00,889
He gives us so much more peace.

1110
00:59:01,289 --> 00:59:03,849
If we'll acknowledge that God
loves me.

1111
00:59:04,569 --> 00:59:07,209
If it's not retribution, well,
it could be correction.

1112
00:59:07,209 --> 00:59:08,409
And most of us need it.

1113
00:59:09,599 --> 00:59:10,079
Protection.

1114
00:59:10,399 --> 00:59:11,679
Bless his holy name.

1115
00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:15,319
He protects us from stuff all
the time we don't even know about.

1116
00:59:15,319 --> 00:59:15,839
Amen.

1117
00:59:16,799 --> 00:59:19,919
And then to help us or allow
us to bear more fruit.

1118
00:59:20,319 --> 00:59:23,279
He should have said, you're
such a lousy fruit producer.

1119
00:59:24,799 --> 00:59:27,239
He says, mccracken, I'm going
to keep working on you.

1120
00:59:27,239 --> 00:59:29,279
I want you to produce more fruit.

1121
00:59:29,839 --> 00:59:31,039
I'm going to ask you to stand.

1122
00:59:31,039 --> 00:59:32,079
Thank you for listening.

1123
00:59:32,079 --> 00:59:33,039
Thank you very much.

1124
00:59:34,809 --> 00:59:35,849
Let me pray with you.

1125
00:59:36,809 --> 00:59:38,569
Our great God, I come to you again.

1126
00:59:38,649 --> 00:59:39,289
Thank you.

1127
00:59:40,409 --> 00:59:41,529
Thank you so much.

1128
00:59:43,049 --> 00:59:47,169
I'm grateful for a
congregation that would sit and listen

1129
00:59:47,169 --> 00:59:49,529
and be attentive.

1130
00:59:50,569 --> 00:59:56,289
But God, just to hear the
story, hear all this stuff is not

1131
00:59:56,289 --> 00:59:56,569
enough.

1132
00:59:56,569 --> 00:59:59,369
If we don't acknowledge that
you're at work in our lives.

1133
01:00:00,659 --> 01:00:05,539
And I pray that we would
accept you're at work and we won't

1134
01:00:06,419 --> 01:00:07,139
fight it.

1135
01:00:07,539 --> 01:00:10,339
That we will be exercised thereby.

1136
01:00:12,179 --> 01:00:14,739
That God, it brings the
peaceable fruit.

1137
01:00:14,979 --> 01:00:18,579
When we don't have peace, it's
obvious that we're not accepting

1138
01:00:20,179 --> 01:00:21,059
what you're doing.

1139
01:00:21,059 --> 01:00:23,299
When we're on your potter's wheel.

1140
01:00:24,419 --> 01:00:31,319
I pray that we'd be people
that accept your kindness in our

1141
01:00:31,319 --> 01:00:31,599
life.

1142
01:00:32,479 --> 01:00:34,559
And every time it's out of love.

1143
01:00:36,319 --> 01:00:37,039
Thank you.

1144
01:00:37,919 --> 01:00:41,039
If someone's not saved, I'm so
glad you're giving them a chance

1145
01:00:41,039 --> 01:00:42,159
to get saved tonight.

1146
01:00:43,759 --> 01:00:47,039
I pray they'd want to get
saved and stop putting it off tonight.

1147
01:00:48,239 --> 01:00:49,999
So have your way with us, Jesus.

1148
01:00:50,479 --> 01:00:53,189
Our heads are bowed and
music's going to begin.

1149
01:00:54,069 --> 01:00:55,309
He's going to begin to sing.

1150
01:00:55,309 --> 01:00:56,069
Invitation.

1151
01:00:56,229 --> 01:00:58,149
If you want to sing with him,
you're welcome to.

1152
01:00:58,149 --> 01:01:02,229
But if you want to just spend
some time with Jesus, tell him thanks.