1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,640 S1: Today at the radio backyard fence. Open your eyes. Open 2 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,880 S1: your heart to the beauty around you. To delight to life. 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,080 S1: That's what we're going to do in this hour. And 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,880 S1: you are our correspondent to beauty. I want to hear 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,920 S1: your report from the front lines of the world around you. 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,400 S1: What was the bright spot of today? Or maybe this week? 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,320 S1: What did you notice that sparked something inside? Maybe it's 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,640 S1: something from nature, something that has bloomed and you've seen. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,520 S1: It might be something relational with a child, with a spouse, 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,720 S1: a friend, a coworker. Your moment of beauty is our topic. 11 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:47,199 S1: And here's how you reach us. (877) 548-3675. It's just you 12 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,360 S1: and me today and your moment of beauty on the program. 13 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,400 S1: From the heart to the heart for the heart. And 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,320 S1: we thank our team. Ryan McConaughey is doing all things technical, 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,480 S1: but Lisa is doing the engineering today. Trisha is in 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,310 S1: the chair. Josh will be answering your calls. And since 17 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:06,069 S1: it's Friday. That's right. It's time for the fabulous favorite 18 00:01:06,069 --> 00:01:08,830 S1: Friday side. What does it do? Chris one we oxygenate 19 00:01:08,830 --> 00:01:12,229 S1: your blood. Two we get your endorphins going. Three we 20 00:01:12,230 --> 00:01:16,670 S1: raise your serotonin. Level four, we promote lymphatic drainage. And five, 21 00:01:16,709 --> 00:01:19,670 S1: we stimulate your parasympathetic system. That's why we call it 22 00:01:19,670 --> 00:01:23,149 S1: the five lung languages. We also stimulate your vagus nerve. 23 00:01:23,150 --> 00:01:25,949 S1: We help you release acetylcholine. And don't you dare forget 24 00:01:25,990 --> 00:01:29,310 S1: what it does to cortisol dissipation. Taking four seconds of 25 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:32,670 S1: air through your nose right now. Hold it four seconds. 26 00:01:32,670 --> 00:01:34,789 S1: And then as you release that air through your mouth, 27 00:01:34,830 --> 00:01:36,950 S1: push on the left side of your rib cage to 28 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:39,910 S1: get rid of all that bad carbon dioxide. Give a 29 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:42,789 S1: sigh today for the fury in the pheasant's wings. For 30 00:01:42,790 --> 00:01:45,709 S1: the beauty of the earth and the glory of the skies. 31 00:01:45,870 --> 00:01:48,470 S1: For the delight you feel when you hear that baby 32 00:01:48,470 --> 00:01:52,830 S1: giggle and laugh. Give a sunset sigh, a sunrise sigh, 33 00:01:52,870 --> 00:01:57,030 S1: a rainbow sigh and a deep thundercloud. Sigh. Pause for 34 00:01:57,030 --> 00:01:59,980 S1: a moment and notice the baby bird, the aroma of 35 00:01:59,980 --> 00:02:03,300 S1: freshly mowed green grass, and gave a sigh. For the 36 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:08,220 S1: first fireflies of the season. Today's fabulous fabric Friday sigh 37 00:02:08,220 --> 00:02:10,100 S1: is brought to you by all the good gifts we 38 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:12,619 S1: often take for granted, which are given by the hand 39 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:15,260 S1: of the master artist, the creator of the hippo and 40 00:02:15,260 --> 00:02:20,420 S1: the Flamingo, the creator of you and me. All rights reserved. 41 00:02:20,419 --> 00:02:24,500 S1: Not void where prohibited. I think we often miss beauty 42 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:27,900 S1: because we are just too busy to see it. Too 43 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:29,940 S1: busy for beauty. I'm going to write a book with 44 00:02:29,940 --> 00:02:32,820 S1: that title, too busy for beauty and a program like 45 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:36,980 S1: this can, if you let it, help us slow down, 46 00:02:37,419 --> 00:02:43,220 S1: help us notice, see, observe, or maybe even recall something 47 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:46,820 S1: that you've seen earlier in the week that you'd forgotten about. 48 00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:50,220 S1: You can't really see when you're going 100 miles an 49 00:02:50,220 --> 00:02:53,700 S1: hour in life. I mean, you can't see, but everything's blurry. 50 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:57,540 S1: So today we hit the pause button and we study 51 00:02:57,540 --> 00:03:01,460 S1: our lives for the beauty that's there. And we've had 52 00:03:01,460 --> 00:03:05,300 S1: some difficult topics this week, some really heavy duty conversations. 53 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:08,299 S1: And I'm glad for those. But I'm hoping this is 54 00:03:08,340 --> 00:03:11,500 S1: one is going to launch us both into the weekend 55 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:15,419 S1: with a smile and a desire to notice the beauty. 56 00:03:15,460 --> 00:03:18,940 S1: It's there in the busy downtown. It's there on the 57 00:03:18,940 --> 00:03:23,660 S1: country road and everywhere in between. And as I said, 58 00:03:23,660 --> 00:03:27,580 S1: you are our correspondent. Whatever that means to you. Correspondent 59 00:03:27,580 --> 00:03:38,300 S1: to beauty. My line is open right now at eight, 7754836758775483675. 60 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:40,020 S1: I want to get to as many callers as we 61 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:43,700 S1: can today. So call early call often. And if you 62 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:47,220 S1: get through hang on. Here's an example from my email. 63 00:03:47,220 --> 00:03:49,220 S1: I saw an email I'm going to use. You know, 64 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:55,180 S1: the digital world. Madeline from Crown Point wrote this. I 65 00:03:55,220 --> 00:03:59,050 S1: am not on Facebook. How do I participate in Rosie's 66 00:03:59,090 --> 00:04:04,690 S1: Book Club? I, I have a 1954 edition of Shane 67 00:04:04,890 --> 00:04:08,570 S1: from the library. So she had heard that were Rosie's 68 00:04:08,570 --> 00:04:11,210 S1: Book club is coming back again and that we're doing 69 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:14,050 S1: this and that the first book that we're going to 70 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:16,690 S1: do is the book that she did when she did 71 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:20,650 S1: the book club with Midday Connection, it was Shane. It's 72 00:04:20,650 --> 00:04:23,850 S1: an easy, easy book to read. Uh, it'll get us 73 00:04:23,850 --> 00:04:26,690 S1: into this, but I wonder if she has this from 74 00:04:26,690 --> 00:04:30,450 S1: the library from 1954, how much the the late fee 75 00:04:30,450 --> 00:04:33,050 S1: is going to be? No, it's probably I bet she 76 00:04:33,050 --> 00:04:35,330 S1: bought it, you know, on the on the rack there. 77 00:04:35,930 --> 00:04:40,330 S1: So that gives me an opportunity with delight to say 78 00:04:40,770 --> 00:04:44,059 S1: that the Rosie's Book Club is coming back on June 79 00:04:44,060 --> 00:04:46,850 S1: the 16th. All you need to do is get a 80 00:04:46,850 --> 00:04:49,490 S1: copy of Shane. You can get it from the library 81 00:04:49,490 --> 00:04:52,450 S1: if you want. It's still available. It's still in print. 82 00:04:52,450 --> 00:04:55,400 S1: I think it came out in 1949 was the first 83 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,240 S1: printing of that. So get a copy of Shane and 84 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,599 S1: read it and then join us on June 16th with 85 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:08,520 S1: your observations, questions, responses, and literary fervor. That gave me 86 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,480 S1: delight that she heard about the book club and she 87 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,520 S1: doesn't want to miss it. What about you? What is 88 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,560 S1: it that gives you delight today? All in. On Facebook, 89 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,760 S1: we could just take the Facebook pictures that you have sent. 90 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,279 S1: I put Facebook posts up yesterday and there are so 91 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:31,080 S1: many people who actually included pictures with what they were 92 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,000 S1: describing and the one that I wish I could see 93 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,840 S1: or hear and I can't see is the one about 94 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:43,800 S1: the the grandchild who's just learned how to giggle, just 95 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,839 S1: learned how to laugh. So if you get some audio 96 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:53,029 S1: from that, I'm going to put it on the air today. 36. 75. 97 00:05:53,070 --> 00:05:56,190 S1: We start with Diane in Ohio. Hi, Diane. 98 00:05:57,430 --> 00:05:58,750 S2: Hello, Chris. 99 00:05:59,670 --> 00:06:01,510 S1: I'm so glad to get to talk with you. Have 100 00:06:01,510 --> 00:06:03,070 S1: you ever called here before, Diane? 101 00:06:03,670 --> 00:06:05,430 S2: I have one other time. 102 00:06:05,430 --> 00:06:08,790 S1: One other time. And today I got you again. What happened? 103 00:06:09,750 --> 00:06:13,790 S2: All right, well, last week I was babysitting, and I 104 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:18,350 S2: did something stupid, and I fractured my left ankle. So 105 00:06:18,350 --> 00:06:21,750 S2: now I am six weeks in a non-weight bearing boot. 106 00:06:22,150 --> 00:06:25,270 S3: Ooh, ooh. And you didn't plan that? 107 00:06:25,390 --> 00:06:28,029 S1: You didn't plan that. I mean, you've got stuff going 108 00:06:28,029 --> 00:06:30,630 S1: on in your life and you don't need a boot, right? 109 00:06:30,950 --> 00:06:36,230 S2: Oh, no, I'm so bummed. But anyway, so, um. I 110 00:06:36,270 --> 00:06:40,510 S2: can't do anything. I just think non-weight bearing boot, so 111 00:06:40,950 --> 00:06:45,150 S2: I Ohio's had very cold, wet spring. It's been quite 112 00:06:45,190 --> 00:06:48,310 S2: gloomy today was beautiful. I was sitting out on my 113 00:06:48,310 --> 00:06:52,300 S2: deck hobbling out there with my walker and I have 114 00:06:52,300 --> 00:06:56,940 S2: a tri color beech tree. It is a beautiful tree. 115 00:06:56,940 --> 00:07:00,420 S2: It's large. The birds love it, I love it. And 116 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:03,419 S2: it just started to get warm today. And those leaves 117 00:07:03,420 --> 00:07:06,260 S2: I it just seems like you could almost watch them 118 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:09,940 S2: open up. The leaves are, you know, Burgundy and pink 119 00:07:09,980 --> 00:07:14,220 S2: and green tri color. And when they open up, it's 120 00:07:14,220 --> 00:07:17,300 S2: it's just a sight to behold. And I just sat 121 00:07:17,340 --> 00:07:20,460 S2: out there today and thank God for that tree because 122 00:07:20,460 --> 00:07:23,739 S2: I'm going to be looking at it a lot. But 123 00:07:23,780 --> 00:07:24,580 S2: it's beautiful. 124 00:07:24,620 --> 00:07:25,340 S3: It's just. 125 00:07:25,660 --> 00:07:26,740 S2: It's just stunning. 126 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:28,860 S3: And I and you didn't have to, you. 127 00:07:28,860 --> 00:07:31,940 S1: Didn't have to travel anywhere. It's right out the back 128 00:07:31,980 --> 00:07:33,620 S1: door on the deck. Right? 129 00:07:34,420 --> 00:07:35,620 S2: That is correct. 130 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:36,940 S3: Look at that. 131 00:07:37,140 --> 00:07:40,220 S1: The beauty that's there. And I wonder if and you've 132 00:07:40,220 --> 00:07:43,380 S1: seen that tree before and you've noticed that tree before. 133 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:46,340 S1: But it was when you slowed. Well, you were kind 134 00:07:46,380 --> 00:07:50,500 S1: of forced to slow down and sit down and look. 135 00:07:50,860 --> 00:07:54,380 S1: That's exactly. And you did such a beautiful job explaining 136 00:07:54,380 --> 00:07:58,180 S1: you painted with with words so that we could see 137 00:07:58,180 --> 00:08:03,140 S1: just a little bit of that in our mind's eye. So, uh, 138 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:05,380 S1: it's going to be six weeks. Did you say? Is 139 00:08:05,380 --> 00:08:05,980 S1: that right? 140 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:10,820 S2: That's correct. Ouch. Six weeks. 141 00:08:10,860 --> 00:08:11,220 S3: Ouch. 142 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:14,340 S1: By the time by the time you get out of 143 00:08:14,380 --> 00:08:16,860 S1: that boot, the Guardians will be calling for you to 144 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:20,580 S1: come and do clean up for them. Clean up hitter. Okay. 145 00:08:21,540 --> 00:08:23,500 S2: All right. Thanks, Chris. 146 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:26,260 S1: God bless you, Diane. All right, here's the number now. Now, 147 00:08:26,260 --> 00:08:28,420 S1: you know those are the rules. Just tell me something 148 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:32,340 S1: that you've seen. Something that sparks delight. Something that touches 149 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:35,460 S1: that nerve is that is deep inside that says, oh, 150 00:08:35,660 --> 00:08:38,980 S1: I got to tell somebody else about this. And maybe 151 00:08:38,980 --> 00:08:41,660 S1: you're driving down the road right now and you're looking 152 00:08:41,660 --> 00:08:46,220 S1: out the window, the windshield, whatever. And, and you're seeing 153 00:08:46,220 --> 00:08:52,010 S1: something and just this Conversation has made you think about that. 154 00:08:52,290 --> 00:08:56,290 S1: The the beauty of the earth, the glory of the skies, 155 00:08:56,330 --> 00:09:00,650 S1: the animal kingdom, or there's something in your relationships. I've 156 00:09:00,690 --> 00:09:04,330 S1: got some audio I want to play from something that 157 00:09:04,330 --> 00:09:07,450 S1: happened at a baseball game. We'll do that. And I 158 00:09:07,450 --> 00:09:13,490 S1: want to hear from you. Here's the number (877) 548-3675. Tell 159 00:09:13,490 --> 00:09:17,370 S1: me the beauty that you have seen. You are our 160 00:09:17,370 --> 00:09:25,730 S1: correspondent to beauty right now. (877) 548-3675. There's more beauty straight 161 00:09:25,730 --> 00:09:27,290 S1: ahead on Moody Radio. 162 00:09:38,929 --> 00:09:40,410 S4: The beauty you describe. 163 00:09:40,450 --> 00:09:41,050 S1: Today may. 164 00:09:41,090 --> 00:09:41,770 S4: Be just. 165 00:09:41,770 --> 00:09:45,809 S1: The thing somebody else needs to hear. Open your eyes. 166 00:09:46,250 --> 00:09:49,640 S1: Open your heart. This could be something that you've heard 167 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,200 S1: as well, something you've experienced. You are our correspondent to 168 00:09:53,240 --> 00:10:00,880 S1: Beauty the Beauty from Moody today on Chris Fabry Live. (877) 548-3675. 169 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,400 S1: I was going to do this on Mother's Day. Do 170 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,199 S1: a whole call in on this. But it because it 171 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,080 S1: it really encapsulates kind of what we're talking about here today. 172 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,480 S1: It's what, what two men saw as they were calling 173 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:21,520 S1: a baseball game. This was a Pittsburgh Pirates game. And 174 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,080 S1: it was something that happened in the outfield. I'm going 175 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,400 S1: to play you the sound of the the men who 176 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,320 S1: were calling this game. And then I'm going to describe 177 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,520 S1: what it was they had seen. Here we go. 178 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,920 S5: Jake Mangum Jersey on and wants to make sure he's. 179 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:40,640 S5: Look at that. 180 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:42,880 S6: Oh, I love it. 181 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,480 S5: Oh, that's why you bring your glove to. Oh look at. 182 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:45,840 S6: That. 183 00:10:47,150 --> 00:10:48,390 S5: That's heartwarming. 184 00:10:49,110 --> 00:10:52,270 S1: I can't see their reaction is exactly what I'm talking 185 00:10:52,270 --> 00:10:56,110 S1: about today. Did you see the way that they responded 186 00:10:56,110 --> 00:10:59,230 S1: to what they saw? And so I'll do the play 187 00:10:59,270 --> 00:11:03,310 S1: by play of actually what happened. Uh, Jake Mangum is 188 00:11:03,309 --> 00:11:07,189 S1: in center field. Right field, left field, whatever. He's in 189 00:11:07,190 --> 00:11:11,470 S1: the outfield and he is he's going to throw the 190 00:11:11,470 --> 00:11:15,870 S1: ball to someone in the stands, and everybody's waving their 191 00:11:15,870 --> 00:11:18,870 S1: hands and they throw it to me, throw it to me, 192 00:11:18,910 --> 00:11:22,310 S1: throw it to me. And he gestures up to the 193 00:11:22,309 --> 00:11:25,429 S1: next deck, and he throws the ball way up a 194 00:11:25,429 --> 00:11:28,230 S1: high arc, and it comes down, and a young boy 195 00:11:28,230 --> 00:11:31,470 S1: reaches over and takes it and gives it to his sister. 196 00:11:31,710 --> 00:11:36,990 S1: And then he hugs her and she hugs him so tightly. 197 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:43,150 S1: And it's just this moment of, well, what it said 198 00:11:43,190 --> 00:11:46,780 S1: on the, uh, what I was reading, it was my 199 00:11:46,820 --> 00:11:50,340 S1: my mama's heart is so full is what the person 200 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:54,820 S1: who is responding said to this for this young boy 201 00:11:54,820 --> 00:11:57,620 S1: to catch that and then immediately turn, give it to 202 00:11:57,660 --> 00:12:01,020 S1: his sister. And I hope he, I hope he didn't 203 00:12:01,260 --> 00:12:03,660 S1: like that other kid who caught the ball and who 204 00:12:03,660 --> 00:12:06,699 S1: gave the ball he brought with him to somebody else. Now, 205 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:09,180 S1: I don't think he did that. I think he reaches 206 00:12:09,179 --> 00:12:12,740 S1: in and you can just. She puts her head on 207 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:16,140 S1: his chest and just buries her head in his chest 208 00:12:16,140 --> 00:12:20,100 S1: and hugs him so tightly she grabs the, uh, he 209 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:23,020 S1: has like a hoodie on. She grabs the back of. 210 00:12:23,059 --> 00:12:26,660 S1: He's wearing a jersey to his hoodie and just, just 211 00:12:26,660 --> 00:12:29,900 S1: pulls down on it. There's something about that. Play that 212 00:12:29,900 --> 00:12:33,580 S1: one more time. Uh, I almost called you Lori again. 213 00:12:33,740 --> 00:12:36,100 S1: Play that one more time, Lisa. This is what the 214 00:12:36,340 --> 00:12:37,580 S1: play by play says. 215 00:12:37,860 --> 00:12:41,100 S5: Jake Mangum Jersey on and wants to make sure he's. 216 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:41,540 S6: Found her. 217 00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:42,900 S5: Look at that. 218 00:12:44,130 --> 00:12:45,130 S6: Oh, I love it. 219 00:12:45,170 --> 00:12:47,610 S5: Oh, that's why you bring your glove to. Oh, look 220 00:12:47,610 --> 00:12:50,610 S5: at that. That's heartwarming. 221 00:12:50,650 --> 00:12:53,050 S1: That was the hug. Oh, look at that was the 222 00:12:53,050 --> 00:12:56,490 S1: hug that they were responding to. That was a moment 223 00:12:56,490 --> 00:12:59,610 S1: of beauty. How about you? Have you seen something like that? 224 00:12:59,610 --> 00:13:05,330 S1: Experienced something like that lately? Here is Sandra in Georgia. Hi, Sandra. 225 00:13:05,370 --> 00:13:06,170 S1: Go right ahead. 226 00:13:06,929 --> 00:13:10,410 S7: Hey, Chris. I listened to your program and thank you 227 00:13:10,410 --> 00:13:13,689 S7: for it. I want to say that, but something that 228 00:13:13,690 --> 00:13:17,610 S7: I have noticed over the last five years, but it 229 00:13:17,610 --> 00:13:21,010 S7: just every day it changes is I look out the 230 00:13:21,010 --> 00:13:25,490 S7: window into my backyard and especially in the spring, summer 231 00:13:25,490 --> 00:13:30,170 S7: and fall. And there's trees and the sun coming up, 232 00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:34,330 S7: shining through those trees, making shadows on the ground. It's 233 00:13:34,330 --> 00:13:38,490 S7: just a beautiful picture to see. And this picture is 234 00:13:38,490 --> 00:13:44,089 S7: always changing. It's never the same. Those leaves change. They 235 00:13:44,130 --> 00:13:49,650 S7: grow bigger. They fall off. They wind blows some off. Uh, 236 00:13:50,050 --> 00:13:53,930 S7: it it's. And and I've, I've learned to say thank you, God, 237 00:13:53,929 --> 00:13:57,209 S7: for this picture. That will never be the same again. 238 00:13:57,210 --> 00:13:58,610 S7: But it's beautiful today. 239 00:13:58,970 --> 00:13:59,410 S3: Yes. 240 00:13:59,410 --> 00:14:02,970 S1: And you're seeing it and, and the shadows that those 241 00:14:02,970 --> 00:14:06,210 S1: trees and leaves and all that. The shadows change too, 242 00:14:06,250 --> 00:14:06,810 S1: don't they? 243 00:14:07,330 --> 00:14:11,530 S7: Yes. It that's the, that's the main thing is the 244 00:14:11,530 --> 00:14:15,770 S7: shadows that how they change on the green grass in 245 00:14:15,770 --> 00:14:20,570 S7: the yard from the trees and. But it's also the trees. 246 00:14:20,570 --> 00:14:25,970 S7: It's just uh, while my husband was sick in the bedroom, 247 00:14:25,970 --> 00:14:29,290 S7: we would look out that window and we would just 248 00:14:29,290 --> 00:14:32,690 S7: see God every day in that. And, and we knew 249 00:14:32,730 --> 00:14:36,170 S7: it was him and it was something only he could create. 250 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:38,490 S7: There's no painter that can do this. 251 00:14:38,810 --> 00:14:39,970 S3: Exactly. 252 00:14:39,970 --> 00:14:42,360 S1: Oh, and how good God is to to give us 253 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,080 S1: the ability to to experience that. So did your husband 254 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:47,760 S1: recover from his sickness? 255 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,000 S7: No, no, it was a terminal illness. 256 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:51,880 S3: Ah. 257 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,520 S1: How long? How long has it been? 258 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,480 S7: Um, four years in July. 259 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,360 S1: And it feels. And when you say that it feels 260 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:04,760 S1: like yesterday, doesn't it? 261 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,600 S7: Oh, yes. I relive it frequently. 262 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:09,600 S3: Yeah. 263 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,320 S1: I've heard that the the first year is really hard, 264 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,480 S1: but the second year is even harder because people have 265 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,600 S1: moved on and and you're still there. And now after 266 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,440 S1: four years, the same thing. Is that how you've experienced it? 267 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:30,560 S7: That's exactly how you experience the pain never goes away 268 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:37,280 S7: from the loss, but you. With God, you learn how 269 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:42,630 S7: to move through that pain better, and I'm able to 270 00:15:42,710 --> 00:15:47,390 S7: talk about it more and not get emotional. Now, like 271 00:15:47,390 --> 00:15:51,470 S7: the first and second year, it was hard to talk 272 00:15:51,470 --> 00:15:54,310 S7: about it, but I did talk about it because I 273 00:15:54,310 --> 00:15:57,310 S7: felt like I had to talk about it. I had 274 00:15:57,310 --> 00:16:02,110 S7: to get it out. And, uh, yeah, it's, it's, I'm 275 00:16:02,150 --> 00:16:05,830 S7: more able to deal with that pain, but the loss 276 00:16:05,870 --> 00:16:06,950 S7: is always there. 277 00:16:07,590 --> 00:16:11,510 S1: Well, you know what tipped me off to you're moving 278 00:16:11,510 --> 00:16:14,790 S1: forward is that you mentioned him. You brought you brought 279 00:16:14,790 --> 00:16:17,470 S1: him up. You said my husband's sickness. And we looked 280 00:16:17,470 --> 00:16:20,310 S1: out the window together. So you told us a little 281 00:16:20,350 --> 00:16:24,310 S1: bit of your story together, and I. I figured that 282 00:16:24,310 --> 00:16:27,030 S1: maybe he hadn't, you know, survived that. 283 00:16:27,070 --> 00:16:27,510 S3: Yeah. 284 00:16:27,590 --> 00:16:30,350 S1: Um. Tell tell me what's what's his first name? 285 00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:31,750 S7: Billy. 286 00:16:32,550 --> 00:16:33,910 S1: Billy. Okay. 287 00:16:34,550 --> 00:16:34,950 S3: All right. 288 00:16:35,430 --> 00:16:39,260 S1: And because you called here today, We're talking about Billy. 289 00:16:39,260 --> 00:16:42,620 S1: So look at that. That's that's an added extra thing. 290 00:16:42,620 --> 00:16:47,220 S1: And the shadows that you see outside, you know, I 291 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:50,220 S1: think these are the good old days that you're experiencing 292 00:16:50,220 --> 00:16:53,100 S1: right now. Four years ago were the good old days 293 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:56,580 S1: that were really hard. But they're there today as well. 294 00:16:56,620 --> 00:16:57,620 S1: Do you agree with that? 295 00:16:57,660 --> 00:17:03,420 S7: Yes, yes, yes. And, and, and I mean, I, I 296 00:17:03,540 --> 00:17:08,660 S7: am thankful that I was able to take care of 297 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:13,820 S7: him and keep him at home. And we saw all 298 00:17:13,859 --> 00:17:18,260 S7: of this together and that I experienced it all with him, 299 00:17:18,619 --> 00:17:21,460 S7: even though it was painful. I am thankful that God 300 00:17:21,460 --> 00:17:23,460 S7: gave me the ability to do that. 301 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:24,619 S3: Yes, and we. 302 00:17:24,619 --> 00:17:27,820 S1: Heard a little bit of that story today. God bless you, friend. Sandra. 303 00:17:27,820 --> 00:17:29,180 S1: Thank you for calling today. 304 00:17:29,980 --> 00:17:34,100 S7: Thank you. And and keep broadcasting. I definitely enjoy your 305 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:35,179 S7: program every day. 306 00:17:35,580 --> 00:17:37,930 S1: We will do it, my friend, and I hope we 307 00:17:37,930 --> 00:17:40,650 S1: get to do programs like this. I mean, hard programs 308 00:17:40,650 --> 00:17:43,650 S1: are good too, and we do some programs on grief. 309 00:17:44,170 --> 00:17:48,450 S1: But I think the just a lighter topic like we're 310 00:17:48,450 --> 00:17:51,290 S1: having today. What's the beauty that you've seen for Sandra? 311 00:17:51,290 --> 00:17:55,450 S1: It's in her backyard. It's the change of seasons for Amy. 312 00:17:55,490 --> 00:17:58,290 S1: It's one of her rose bushes blooming. You've got to 313 00:17:58,290 --> 00:18:01,409 S1: see this rose bush. If you go to our Facebook page, 314 00:18:01,530 --> 00:18:08,770 S1: you'll see that there. And Robin Robin included a video. Robin, 315 00:18:08,770 --> 00:18:11,210 S1: thank you for doing that. And she says, if you 316 00:18:11,210 --> 00:18:13,929 S1: go and you click the video on Facebook for the 317 00:18:13,970 --> 00:18:17,129 S1: Chris Fabry live page, she said, if you look toward 318 00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:22,050 S1: the center, you'll see a baby deer minutes old and 319 00:18:22,050 --> 00:18:26,450 S1: just learning to walk. We watched it and it's Mama 320 00:18:26,450 --> 00:18:29,490 S1: for a while, and you can see that if it 321 00:18:29,490 --> 00:18:31,930 S1: is just, it is. It's very easy to see. Very 322 00:18:31,930 --> 00:18:35,250 S1: good cinematography there. Robin, thank you for doing that and 323 00:18:35,250 --> 00:18:42,129 S1: for sending it. That's the beauty. She's seen. What about you? Eight. 7754. 836. 324 00:18:42,170 --> 00:18:46,130 S1: Seven five. Andrew is in Ohio. Hi, Andrew. Why did 325 00:18:46,130 --> 00:18:46,930 S1: you call today? 326 00:18:48,250 --> 00:18:51,889 S8: Hey, how are you doing, Chris? I called, uh, I'm 327 00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:56,370 S8: a crossing guard here in Brooklyn, Ohio. And, um, I, uh, 328 00:18:56,690 --> 00:18:59,810 S8: just before you came on air. I'm just praising God. 329 00:19:00,650 --> 00:19:04,490 S8: Go on. I'm just praising God. Uh, for the birds, 330 00:19:04,490 --> 00:19:07,850 S8: for the sun, for the smell of cut grass. And 331 00:19:07,850 --> 00:19:10,250 S8: then you come on and and say the same thing. 332 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:15,570 S8: And I'm, like, just glorifying God. I just, I just push, uh, uh, 333 00:19:15,609 --> 00:19:19,570 S8: w CRF, uh, moody radio to friends and Tom, turn 334 00:19:19,570 --> 00:19:22,810 S8: this on. It'll change your life. Like I said, I'm 335 00:19:22,810 --> 00:19:25,690 S8: at a crossing guard. I'm at an intersection here crossing 336 00:19:25,690 --> 00:19:31,010 S8: kids and, uh, the, the adults, the way they drive sometimes, 337 00:19:31,410 --> 00:19:35,320 S8: you know, they, uh, the stop signs are a suggestion 338 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,439 S8: and they just roll by, you know? Right. So I, 339 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,480 S8: I pray for these drivers. I pray for these kids 340 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,240 S8: that I crossed. And I just, I just love it though. 341 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,800 S8: It's a dangerous job, but I love it. My, my 342 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:54,240 S8: wife thinks I'm crazy because I'm retired. She thinks I'm 343 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:55,359 S8: crazy doing this. 344 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,040 S3: And you love it because you're keeping the. 345 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,120 S1: You're keeping the kids safe. And then and you're out in, 346 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,360 S1: in the world, you're out in nature, you're seeing you're 347 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,720 S1: hearing the birds. I just before the program, I heard 348 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:09,280 S1: the birds out my window and felt the same way. 349 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,119 S1: It's like, wow, listen to that sound. I, I would 350 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,320 S1: miss that if I hadn't just slowed down a little 351 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:15,280 S1: bit to hear it. 352 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,520 S8: Yeah, yeah, it's, it's just something else. And you mentioned 353 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,560 S8: the birds, uh, this tree in front of me this 354 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,639 S8: morning when I was crossing the, uh, I, I was 355 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,400 S8: watching toilet paper dropping out of this tree, little, little 356 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,710 S8: squares of toilet paper. I'm like, what's going on? There 357 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:37,469 S8: is one of the what? Did they have a fight? 358 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:39,870 S8: And there's a divorce going on and they're throwing out 359 00:20:39,910 --> 00:20:44,270 S8: the wife's throwing out the guy's luggage or what? Jokingly, right. 360 00:20:44,270 --> 00:20:48,469 S8: And here a blue jay pops out of the tree 361 00:20:48,470 --> 00:20:51,750 S8: and I'm like, oh my gosh, the blue jay was attacking. The, 362 00:20:51,910 --> 00:20:55,070 S8: um was attacking the a sparrow's nest. 363 00:20:56,109 --> 00:20:57,189 S1: They'll do that won't they? 364 00:20:57,230 --> 00:20:58,989 S8: So I get to see all that, you know, I 365 00:20:58,990 --> 00:21:01,310 S8: get to see all that and I just praise God. 366 00:21:01,310 --> 00:21:02,790 S8: I just, I just love it. 367 00:21:03,270 --> 00:21:03,750 S3: I love, you. 368 00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:04,630 S8: Know, I, uh. 369 00:21:05,510 --> 00:21:06,469 S1: Andrew I love, I. 370 00:21:06,510 --> 00:21:08,030 S3: Love how excited. 371 00:21:08,030 --> 00:21:10,750 S1: You are about that and excited about the job that 372 00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:15,070 S1: you're doing, keeping those kids safe and, and praying all 373 00:21:15,070 --> 00:21:18,190 S1: the time with, for the, because I've seen the same thing, 374 00:21:18,390 --> 00:21:20,790 S1: you know, I've seen videos of people, you know, going 375 00:21:20,790 --> 00:21:23,830 S1: around school buses that are stopped. It's like, what, what? 376 00:21:24,550 --> 00:21:24,950 S3: Yeah, what. 377 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:29,389 S1: In the world. Yeah. Uh, so keep doing what you're doing, friend. Okay. 378 00:21:29,430 --> 00:21:31,820 S8: Thank you, thank you. God bless you. 379 00:21:31,859 --> 00:21:34,540 S1: God bless you. And there's. Even as he ended, you 380 00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:38,619 S1: heard the heard the birds in the background. Peter says, I. 381 00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:42,300 S1: I had a six mile race that I ran in Savannah. 382 00:21:42,340 --> 00:21:45,780 S1: I assume this in Georgia. And I paused to take 383 00:21:45,780 --> 00:21:50,020 S1: this picture. Hey, if you're racing, you don't pause for anything. 384 00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:53,460 S1: You just keep on going, right? Well, he paused to 385 00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:56,220 S1: take this picture. Even though the race was timed and 386 00:21:56,220 --> 00:21:59,260 S1: I was trying to place for my age bracket. The 387 00:21:59,260 --> 00:22:02,900 S1: beauty made me pause. And it's a river. And you 388 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:07,540 S1: can see across the river, the trees through the haze, 389 00:22:07,540 --> 00:22:10,220 S1: and there's kind of a fog and almost the sun 390 00:22:10,220 --> 00:22:13,300 S1: is trying to peek through. It almost looks like a sundog. 391 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:19,619 S1: You know, it's just this, this orb, this yellow bright 392 00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:22,980 S1: orb that is trying to peek through. And I can 393 00:22:22,980 --> 00:22:26,220 S1: understand why he stopped to take that picture. That was 394 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:30,250 S1: the beauty he saw. What about Maddie in Illinois. Maddie, 395 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:31,810 S1: tell me the beauty you've seen. 396 00:22:32,810 --> 00:22:36,050 S7: Oh, Chris is just wonderful. And this is my first 397 00:22:36,050 --> 00:22:38,730 S7: time calling. I just had to call. I love what 398 00:22:38,730 --> 00:22:42,090 S7: you said about nature, because when I moved in my home, 399 00:22:42,450 --> 00:22:45,250 S7: it was all backyard. I got tired of boring and stuff. 400 00:22:45,250 --> 00:22:47,210 S7: So I cut it all down, took up all the 401 00:22:47,210 --> 00:22:50,689 S7: grass and I planted a beautiful flower garden and a 402 00:22:50,690 --> 00:22:55,850 S7: vegetable garden. So, um, what stands out? I noticed that 403 00:22:55,850 --> 00:23:00,250 S7: when flowers come and they fade away and die back, 404 00:23:00,290 --> 00:23:03,170 S7: you know? So over the time I had planted maybe 405 00:23:03,170 --> 00:23:06,370 S7: about six years ago, I planted some beautiful tulips and 406 00:23:06,369 --> 00:23:09,850 S7: it was beautifully pink with, uh, sort of like an 407 00:23:09,890 --> 00:23:14,410 S7: orange in the middle. And so I noticed over the years, 408 00:23:14,410 --> 00:23:17,450 S7: for the past two years, they still come back strong, 409 00:23:17,450 --> 00:23:20,530 S7: but the color is fading. And I had thought about 410 00:23:20,530 --> 00:23:24,050 S7: cutting it up. And then the spirit reminds me, as 411 00:23:24,050 --> 00:23:28,280 S7: we age our seniors, we are to stand strong and 412 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:32,200 S7: steadfast in our faith. Just keep standing on the promises 413 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,800 S7: of God. And I thought that was the most beautiful 414 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,240 S7: thing because I am a senior. Okay? I think that 415 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,480 S7: is so wonderful. 416 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,440 S1: Oh, you've said it so well too. And when you 417 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,159 S1: look at the yeah, the color is a little faded. 418 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,200 S1: The skin's a little more wrinkled than it was, you know, ten, 15, 419 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,920 S1: 20 years ago. But you're standing tall and you're standing 420 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,240 S1: strong and you, for the very first time, you called 421 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,400 S1: here and you told that story. And you know what, Maddie? 422 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,680 S1: I think there's somebody in your same age group or 423 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,560 S1: maybe even older, who needed to hear that today. 424 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,880 S7: Well, praise God, maybe I'm a witness. Yeah. 425 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:17,160 S1: You are. You're absolutely a witness. And you keep planting those, uh, 426 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,760 S1: those flowers in that garden. What are you growing in 427 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:20,400 S1: the garden? 428 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,240 S7: Oh, my goodness, I don't know the name of all 429 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:29,359 S7: these flowers. There are tulips and Marigolds and daffodils and 430 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,480 S7: some flowers. I don't even know the name of them, 431 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,639 S7: but that's good. Beautiful. They're just different colors. They come early. 432 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,920 S7: I have spring flowers when they die back. I have 433 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,280 S7: the early summer flowers. And when they die back, I 434 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,920 S7: have the late summer flowers. And then I have some 435 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,680 S7: for the fall. That's the way I bought them. So 436 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,719 S7: I can have beauty year round all summer into the 437 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:51,480 S7: early fall. 438 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,880 S1: I love it. You keep standing tall, Maddie. God bless you, friend. 439 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,000 S1: Thank you for calling. Okay, so there's there's another Maddie 440 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,760 S1: who's listening right now who's never called here. And you've 441 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,440 S1: seen something beautiful and you've said, no, I I'm not 442 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,760 S1: going to call. I don't I'd be too nervous. You 443 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,720 S1: know what? Today's your day. Today's your day. And I 444 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:17,880 S1: got open phone lines right now at (877) 548-3675. You're my correspondent. 445 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,720 S1: If you've seen something beautiful, I want to hear about it. 446 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,280 S1: And the only way I'm going to do that is 447 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:28,429 S1: if you give me a call. 5483675. Of course, you 448 00:25:28,430 --> 00:25:30,230 S1: can go over to Facebook and I encourage you to 449 00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:35,910 S1: do that because there's there's blooming lilacs. Uh, Elaine says, 450 00:25:35,950 --> 00:25:39,030 S1: I wish this was scratch and sniff. Me too. The 451 00:25:39,430 --> 00:25:44,230 S1: the purple just pops off the screen. Thank you, Elaine, for, 452 00:25:44,230 --> 00:25:51,350 S1: for sending that. What have you seen of beauty (877) 548-3675 453 00:25:51,510 --> 00:26:08,470 S1: more straight ahead. We have more we have more correspondence 454 00:26:08,470 --> 00:26:13,190 S1: to beauty today at the radio backyard fence. Uh, Lisa 455 00:26:13,190 --> 00:26:16,389 S1: Ann says this is one of our tall trees with 456 00:26:16,390 --> 00:26:20,710 S1: sunlight streaming through the branches in the morning sky. And 457 00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:24,460 S1: it's there's nothing really special about the, the actual tree 458 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:28,939 S1: is very tall, but she's saying that it's the view 459 00:26:28,940 --> 00:26:31,780 S1: from where she is. And she took this picture and 460 00:26:31,780 --> 00:26:35,220 S1: it is gorgeous. I have to read Debbie's. I just 461 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:40,820 S1: became a historical interpreter at Buckley Homestead in Lowell, Indiana. 462 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:44,300 S1: This is the gorgeous weather we had a few days 463 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:48,460 S1: ago at our 1850 cabin. So a cabin that was 464 00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:53,220 S1: built in 1850. And it looks gorgeous as well, with 465 00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:55,619 S1: all the trees and then the blue sky and the 466 00:26:55,619 --> 00:27:00,140 S1: green grass all around. And you gotta start me singing. Debbie. 467 00:27:00,140 --> 00:27:01,980 S1: Thank you. And if you ever get to the Buckley 468 00:27:01,980 --> 00:27:05,420 S1: Homestead in Lowell, Indiana, you look Debbie up and say, 469 00:27:05,420 --> 00:27:11,500 S1: hey from Chris and friends beauty correspondent in Minnesota. Here 470 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:13,780 S1: is Matt. Matt. Go right ahead. 471 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:19,740 S9: Oh, a wonderful show today. Um, it reminded me of, um, 472 00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:22,340 S9: a board meeting we have, I'm a pastor and we 473 00:27:22,340 --> 00:27:26,410 S9: had a board meeting last month and, you know, standard 474 00:27:26,410 --> 00:27:29,210 S9: stuff going on. And then we have three boys, young 475 00:27:29,210 --> 00:27:33,130 S9: men and our that were kind of in the area, uh, 476 00:27:33,290 --> 00:27:36,490 S9: ages 8 to 12. And you know, they're just playing boys, 477 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:38,690 S9: they're just having fun. And I said, hey boys, come here. 478 00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:41,850 S9: And then and they, uh, came and sat right next 479 00:27:41,850 --> 00:27:43,490 S9: to me. And we went through the whole board meeting 480 00:27:43,490 --> 00:27:45,650 S9: and did the women's ministry and men's ministry and all 481 00:27:45,650 --> 00:27:48,889 S9: that stuff. And, and at the end, one of the 482 00:27:48,890 --> 00:27:55,210 S9: boys says. He says, we love being at church. 483 00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:56,250 S10: Mhm. 484 00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:01,010 S9: Is there any way the men's ministry could meet more? 485 00:28:01,010 --> 00:28:02,290 S9: Because we love coming. 486 00:28:02,770 --> 00:28:03,210 S10: Wow. 487 00:28:04,730 --> 00:28:07,970 S1: And your voice. I could hear it in your voice. 488 00:28:08,410 --> 00:28:13,690 S1: Your voice caught when you remembered that moment of. Why 489 00:28:13,690 --> 00:28:15,010 S1: do you think that was? 490 00:28:16,570 --> 00:28:19,490 S9: Uh, it was the Holy Spirit. And, you know, there 491 00:28:19,490 --> 00:28:21,720 S9: was a few people talking when the boys said that, 492 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,160 S9: I said, you know, everybody just stop for a minute. 493 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:30,000 S9: Did you hear what this young man just said? He's 494 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:37,680 S9: 12 years old. He wants to be at church. And 495 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,680 S9: to me, it was the Holy Spirit working in him. 496 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,400 S9: And I just wanted to I wanted to make sure 497 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,880 S9: people understood that we cannot we cannot quench the spirit. 498 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,960 S9: When God speaks, we need to listen. 499 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:52,800 S10: Yeah. 500 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,400 S1: Here's the great thing about that too. Not only did 501 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,720 S1: he say it, but he said it in the with 502 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,480 S1: the noise that was in the room with everybody else, 503 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,400 S1: and you heard it, and then you called attention to it, 504 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,760 S1: and then you didn't just keep it to yourself. You 505 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:16,160 S1: called us today, you see. Right. That that is your, your, your, uh, 506 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:21,240 S1: exponentially sharing that thing. And I get it. They're the 507 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,920 S1: next generation. There are people who are struggling with their faith. 508 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:29,400 S1: And yeah, people are some people have, uh, what's the word? 509 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,680 S1: Can't think of the word but walked away. That kind 510 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,760 S1: of thing. Deconstructed. There it is. Yeah. Um, yeah. That's true. 511 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,520 S1: And there are some people who have been hurt by 512 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,600 S1: the church, and that's true. But there's also that 12 513 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,040 S1: year old boy who was sitting next to you, Matt, 514 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,640 S1: who said, this is something this is meeting a need 515 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,040 S1: in my heart and I want more of it. 516 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,760 S9: Right. Mhm. Yeah. 517 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,120 S1: Yeah. Keep doing what you're doing, friend. Be encouraged today. 518 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,520 S1: And thank you for encouraging us with that beauty that 519 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,160 S1: you've seen. Okay. 520 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:02,960 S9: Absolutely. 521 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,480 S1: God bless you. What are you what are you preaching 522 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,920 S1: on on Sunday? Are you are you speaking on Sunday? 523 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:09,760 S9: Ephesians four. 524 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:16,000 S1: He knew immediately. Ephesians four. Know anyway. Ephesians five is 525 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,270 S1: the armor. What is Ephesians four? For. 526 00:30:19,270 --> 00:30:20,630 S9: Uh, it's walking worthy. 527 00:30:21,150 --> 00:30:21,670 S1: Okay. 528 00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:23,550 S9: Walking worthy of our calling. 529 00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:29,870 S1: That'll preach. God bless you, Fred. Speak, speak, speak with 530 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:35,550 S1: power on Sunday. And, uh, stay true and keep your 531 00:30:35,550 --> 00:30:38,990 S1: eyes and ears open for those 12 year old boys. Uh, 532 00:30:38,990 --> 00:30:42,630 S1: Pauline is in Illinois. Pauline, why did you call today? 533 00:30:43,590 --> 00:30:48,390 S11: Yes. Hi. Um, it's my first time calling, so. But 534 00:30:48,390 --> 00:30:50,990 S11: I listen to you all the time. But I just 535 00:30:50,990 --> 00:30:56,390 S11: had to share this, um, story. So my daughter have 536 00:30:56,390 --> 00:30:59,270 S11: a puppy, her little Matisse, and she just gave birth, 537 00:30:59,550 --> 00:31:02,310 S11: and I'm disabled. And I asked my daughter, I said, 538 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:04,150 S11: can I please have one of those puppies to keep 539 00:31:04,150 --> 00:31:08,430 S11: my company? So she said, yes, but the thing is 540 00:31:08,430 --> 00:31:10,030 S11: that I have to wait for the puppy to be 541 00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:12,390 S11: eight weeks old before I can bring the puppy home. 542 00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:15,709 S11: But I go every like maybe three times a week 543 00:31:15,870 --> 00:31:18,820 S11: and just sit with the puppy. But yesterday I went 544 00:31:18,820 --> 00:31:22,140 S11: to visit the puppy and we were just talking to 545 00:31:22,140 --> 00:31:24,100 S11: the puppy and I was choking him. I gave him 546 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:27,180 S11: a name already and I picked him up and he 547 00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:29,340 S11: looked at me and he just had that look in 548 00:31:29,340 --> 00:31:34,980 S11: his eyes. And it just warms my heart. I was 549 00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:37,340 S11: in a lot of pain because I, I suffered with 550 00:31:37,340 --> 00:31:39,820 S11: a lot of pain. And he just looked at me 551 00:31:39,860 --> 00:31:41,780 S11: with that look in his eyes. And I put my 552 00:31:41,780 --> 00:31:45,540 S11: forehead and his forehead in my nose and his nose. 553 00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:49,980 S11: And it was, uh, just just a feeling I can't 554 00:31:49,980 --> 00:31:53,980 S11: even describe. There's no word to describe. Just that feeling. 555 00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:57,700 S11: And I'm looking like, My God, you create everything and 556 00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:01,220 S11: God give us everything that we need exactly when we 557 00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:04,140 S11: need it. Because in that moment, when my eyes looking 558 00:32:04,140 --> 00:32:06,620 S11: in that puppy eyes, he's only like four weeks old. 559 00:32:07,020 --> 00:32:08,100 S11: It was magical. 560 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:14,260 S1: Ah, you describe that so well. Pauline. Now Maltese a 561 00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:17,530 S1: lot of times Maltese are white. Is he white? 562 00:32:18,090 --> 00:32:20,130 S11: He is white. Oh, so the funny thing about it. 563 00:32:20,170 --> 00:32:22,650 S11: So it's the first time the mother have puppies. So 564 00:32:22,650 --> 00:32:25,930 S11: she have four litter. The last one didn't make it. 565 00:32:25,970 --> 00:32:29,570 S11: The first two is white. This one is a smaller 566 00:32:29,570 --> 00:32:32,690 S11: one and he's white. But he got brown ears and 567 00:32:32,690 --> 00:32:36,090 S11: a brown little brown and his tail by his tail. 568 00:32:36,090 --> 00:32:39,730 S11: So he had three brown spot on him and that's 569 00:32:39,730 --> 00:32:42,730 S11: the one I picked. And it's a smaller one. And 570 00:32:42,730 --> 00:32:44,890 S11: my daughter like you. Sure. I said that's the one. 571 00:32:44,890 --> 00:32:46,930 S11: I said, yes, that's my puppy. 572 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:47,490 S1: Ah. 573 00:32:48,530 --> 00:32:48,810 S12: Okay. 574 00:32:48,850 --> 00:32:53,210 S1: So everybody everybody listening right now is getting a little 575 00:32:53,210 --> 00:32:55,290 S1: closer because we have a picture in our mind of 576 00:32:55,330 --> 00:32:59,450 S1: that little white ball of fur and the eyes looking 577 00:32:59,450 --> 00:33:02,970 S1: at you and those brown spots, and they are wondering, 578 00:33:02,970 --> 00:33:06,930 S1: I wonder what she named that puppy. And I wonder 579 00:33:06,930 --> 00:33:12,010 S1: why she named it that. We don't know. So solve 580 00:33:12,010 --> 00:33:13,930 S1: the mystery. What's the puppy's name? 581 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,520 S11: Okay, so I named him S J because his dad's 582 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,680 S11: name is Isiah and his dad. This puppy come out 583 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,800 S11: looking just like sire. And when I go to visit 584 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,480 S11: my my daughter because she have two dogs when I 585 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,720 S11: go to visit, sire is always up on me sitting 586 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,800 S11: on my lap. Want me to rub him and this 587 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:39,440 S11: puppy come out looking just like his dad. So I 588 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,160 S11: call him s j sire junior. 589 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:42,719 S10: R. 590 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,720 S1: And now you know, friend, now you know. And Paul, 591 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,320 S1: here's the really interesting thing. How you've been listening to 592 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,680 S1: Moody for a long time. Probably might have been listening 593 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,640 S1: to this program for a long time, but this is 594 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,200 S1: the first time you've called. And it was that connection 595 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,880 S1: that you made with that little gift of God to 596 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,880 S1: you that that's the reason you called, right? 597 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,719 S11: Yes, yes. And it's like, you know, I've been struggling, 598 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,440 S11: you know, because I'm, I'm a full fledged Christian, but, 599 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,239 S11: you know, because of my disability, you know, my disability 600 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,040 S11: and the pain that I go through on a day, 601 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,400 S11: you know, day in, day out. And, um, I just 602 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,920 S11: wanted because I have a turtle and he, you know, 603 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,800 S11: I say hi to him and he's swimming in the water, 604 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,960 S11: but I wanted something more. I wanted something to be 605 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,320 S11: responsible for because my children are older. So this puppy 606 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,919 S11: means so much to me. And I'm so excited when 607 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,040 S11: it's time for me to visit him, I get so 608 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,480 S11: excited and my husband like, what's wrong? AM I going 609 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,480 S11: to see the puppy? 610 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,879 S1: I love the excitement, I love the excitement. And in 611 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,920 S1: the middle of the pain and in the middle of 612 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,600 S1: the disability. That's another thing that an animal can do 613 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,200 S1: is you. You are able to focus on something else 614 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,560 S1: and it it doesn't take away the pain, but it 615 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,480 S1: lessens it just a little bit because you're focused on 616 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,200 S1: that other thing, uh, and giving love to it as it, 617 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,879 S1: you know, dogs and cats too, but dogs especially just 618 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,830 S1: give such unconditional love with the tail wagging and the 619 00:35:13,870 --> 00:35:16,910 S1: sitting on your lap and just just being there. We've 620 00:35:16,910 --> 00:35:20,350 S1: had we've had dogs that have kind of I think 621 00:35:20,350 --> 00:35:25,950 S1: they sense the pain or the struggle in, in you. 622 00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:29,669 S1: And we've had some losses recently and the dogs have 623 00:35:29,670 --> 00:35:32,350 S1: just come around and they'll just, you know, they just 624 00:35:32,350 --> 00:35:36,550 S1: sit there where they don't normally do this. I think 625 00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:40,110 S1: they're sensing that. And maybe that little puppy, maybe SJ 626 00:35:40,150 --> 00:35:42,910 S1: is sensing in you the pain that you've been through, 627 00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:45,710 S1: and that's the connection you're going to have. Don't you think? 628 00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:49,350 S11: Yes. Yes. Exactly. 629 00:35:49,790 --> 00:35:50,070 S12: Yeah. 630 00:35:50,110 --> 00:35:52,549 S11: He just I'm. Because I mean, you know, and like 631 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:56,110 S11: I said, I was in so much pain yesterday and 632 00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:58,430 S11: I just look at him and I said, and he 633 00:35:58,430 --> 00:36:02,629 S11: knows his name now because from from his I watch 634 00:36:02,630 --> 00:36:04,910 S11: his birth. And I told my daughter, I said, I 635 00:36:04,910 --> 00:36:07,790 S11: want that one. So we've been calling him SJ. So 636 00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:11,020 S11: now he's moving around a little more. They're like growling 637 00:36:11,020 --> 00:36:13,620 S11: and barking and trying to, you know, crawl out and 638 00:36:13,620 --> 00:36:16,739 S11: stuff like that. And I'm like, SJ, it's mommy. And 639 00:36:16,739 --> 00:36:19,259 S11: I pick him up and I stroke him and he 640 00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:22,819 S11: just lay on my chest and it's just a bond. 641 00:36:22,860 --> 00:36:25,979 S11: Sometimes he fall asleep on my chest and it just 642 00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:27,340 S11: feels so wonderful. 643 00:36:27,580 --> 00:36:27,940 S12: Yes. 644 00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:30,940 S11: And my pain. I just forget about the pain in 645 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:35,980 S11: that moment because just this little life that, you know, 646 00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:37,180 S11: bonding with me. 647 00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:41,100 S1: I am so glad you got through today, Pauline. God 648 00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:44,899 S1: bless you and SJ and your husband and and the 649 00:36:44,900 --> 00:36:47,100 S1: training and all of that, you know? Yeah. That's going 650 00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:50,180 S1: to be hard. It always is. But I think it's 651 00:36:50,180 --> 00:36:54,060 S1: going to be a a mission for you and a 652 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:56,860 S1: real help in the middle in the middle of the struggle. 653 00:36:57,219 --> 00:37:00,620 S1: God bless you. There's Pauline. She called today. More of 654 00:37:00,620 --> 00:37:03,380 S1: your calls coming straight ahead. We're looking at the beauty 655 00:37:03,380 --> 00:37:06,820 S1: all around us today at the Radio Backyard fence. We're 656 00:37:06,860 --> 00:37:11,490 S1: online at Chris Fabry live dot ORG. More straight ahead. 657 00:37:23,090 --> 00:37:27,290 S1: Marvin just gave a gift today to Chris Fabry Live 658 00:37:27,290 --> 00:37:30,810 S1: and he lives in Dewey, Arizona. And I'm looking at 659 00:37:30,810 --> 00:37:35,370 S1: the map right here. And it looks like Dewey. I 660 00:37:35,370 --> 00:37:39,370 S1: see Cottonwood. It's up north of Phoenix. Is that right? 661 00:37:40,090 --> 00:37:43,009 S1: And yeah, there's Scottsdale and it's so it's it's up 662 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:46,810 S1: north of that. Not all the way to the Grand Canyon. So, um, 663 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:51,170 S1: he says, I primarily listening to streaming because there's no 664 00:37:51,210 --> 00:37:53,850 S1: moody radio station near where I live. I listen while 665 00:37:53,850 --> 00:37:56,729 S1: I'm working in the yard and it offers me food 666 00:37:56,730 --> 00:37:59,730 S1: for thought and a blessed assurance of God's love for me. 667 00:37:59,730 --> 00:38:02,930 S1: And you're hearing that today, Marvin, thank you for your 668 00:38:02,969 --> 00:38:05,370 S1: gift to the backyard fence. We're going to send Marvin 669 00:38:05,410 --> 00:38:09,959 S1: a copy of John Geiger's book, Powerful Self-Talk from the Psalms. 670 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,839 S1: This is our thank you this month. If you give 671 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:16,040 S1: a gift of any size. 40 days to a Biblical mindset. 672 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:19,440 S1: I'm so excited to put this in your hands, Marvin. 673 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,000 S1: And if you've never given a gift to this program 674 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,200 S1: here in May, we're giving that book away. We'd love 675 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,120 S1: to send you a copy. Just go to Chris Fabry live.org. 676 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,000 S1: Scroll down, you'll see how you can support us with 677 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,760 S1: a one time gift or become a monthly back fence partner. 678 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,359 S1: Find out more about it right there. Go to Chris 679 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:42,120 S1: Fabry live.org or the number to either leave a voicemail 680 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:51,200 S1: or to give a gift is 86695538669532279. Thanks for your support. 681 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,440 S1: That allows us to have conversations like this and to 682 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,400 S1: talk with Daniel in Chicago. Hi, Daniel. Go right ahead. 683 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,239 S13: Hi, Chris. How are you? First time caller. 684 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:00,960 S12: Hey. 685 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,680 S10: You did. We did it. We got you. 686 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,000 S1: Tell me why you called. 687 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,560 S13: So I, I get the I'm a prison chaplain and 688 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,920 S13: I get to go to two different prisons. A total 689 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,080 S13: of four times. Four times a week. And it's just 690 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,520 S13: a blessing, Chris. You know, the first thing I tell him, 691 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,000 S13: I don't judge you guys. And you know, I've missed 692 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,080 S13: the mark. We all have. And you know, God loves you. 693 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,799 S13: So it's an honor to pour in the love of 694 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,920 S13: God to these men. And, you know, tell them God 695 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,000 S13: loves you as much as he loves me. And it 696 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:32,239 S13: just it so encourages me how dedicated these men are 697 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,640 S13: to their faith and the hope they have. And you 698 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,960 S13: know what, Chris? It's like I tell them, I don't 699 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,319 S13: have to come here. I get to come here. It's 700 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,600 S13: an honor to come here. And I get blessed as 701 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,880 S13: much as you guys do by being here. And you 702 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,680 S13: gotta just so faithful. I just want to share that 703 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,160 S13: with you. 704 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:47,840 S12: I love it, Daniel. 705 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,040 S1: I've got, uh, Joe Carlson as we work together and 706 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,399 S1: he does, uh, ministry like you do. And he has 707 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,600 S1: said to me so many times, he said, Chris, you 708 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:02,640 S1: wouldn't believe how hungry the men are. It's like I 709 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,670 S1: walk in there and they've got questions and they've been reading. 710 00:40:05,710 --> 00:40:07,950 S1: You know, the scriptures and they have questions about this. 711 00:40:07,950 --> 00:40:11,350 S1: And is this really true? And there's just such a hunger, 712 00:40:11,550 --> 00:40:14,910 S1: he says. And I guess I'm guessing you experienced the 713 00:40:14,910 --> 00:40:15,630 S1: same thing. 714 00:40:16,510 --> 00:40:19,669 S13: You know, Chris, I've worked in children's ministry for 35 years, 715 00:40:19,670 --> 00:40:21,870 S13: and I love working with the kids, and I've been 716 00:40:21,870 --> 00:40:24,390 S13: doing prison like only two. But what you're saying is 717 00:40:24,390 --> 00:40:28,190 S13: so true. The question is these guys ask, is there like, 718 00:40:28,790 --> 00:40:32,870 S13: they're like, uh, Bible, uh, Bible college questions and the 719 00:40:32,910 --> 00:40:35,469 S13: depth they have, the knowledge they have because it's a 720 00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:37,469 S13: captive audience, you know, they're there and they're, they're in 721 00:40:37,469 --> 00:40:39,670 S13: the word. And, you know, God is definitely moving in 722 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:42,710 S13: the prison system. These guys love God. Some of them 723 00:40:42,710 --> 00:40:46,230 S13: get out and become chaplains. And again, it's like in humility. 724 00:40:46,230 --> 00:40:48,109 S13: I'm just, I'm just thankful that I get to play 725 00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:51,549 S13: a small part because it's really an honor. And every 726 00:40:51,550 --> 00:40:53,990 S13: time I get out of there, I feel great. I'm 727 00:40:54,030 --> 00:40:56,150 S13: being used by God. I give all glory to God. 728 00:40:56,390 --> 00:40:57,750 S12: Yeah, I hear exactly. 729 00:40:57,750 --> 00:41:00,950 S1: What you're saying, Daniel. And may your tribe increase, friend. 730 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:04,299 S1: God bless you. Keep doing what you're doing And and 731 00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:06,420 S1: I hear it. Your voice is like you do. You 732 00:41:06,420 --> 00:41:08,980 S1: probably get more out of it than the the men 733 00:41:09,020 --> 00:41:13,300 S1: that you're ministering to, because that's what the Holy Spirit 734 00:41:13,300 --> 00:41:16,460 S1: can do inside of you. When you're giving out, when 735 00:41:16,460 --> 00:41:20,500 S1: you're given what you've been given to others. Um, Peggy 736 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,820 S1: is in Indiana. Peggy, why did you call today? 737 00:41:24,180 --> 00:41:26,180 S7: I just have to tell you about something happened to 738 00:41:26,180 --> 00:41:28,380 S7: me a couple of weeks ago. I work with a 739 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:32,380 S7: Chinese ministry, and a young Chinese girl got saved. Um, 740 00:41:32,380 --> 00:41:35,740 S7: she was a student when it came time for her baptism. 741 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:39,819 S7: I was privileged to attend, and the students, instead of 742 00:41:39,820 --> 00:41:42,820 S7: sitting in the pews, wanted to be closer to her. 743 00:41:43,219 --> 00:41:46,660 S7: So they gathered in a circle of about 30 on 744 00:41:46,660 --> 00:41:52,780 S7: the platform and spent an hour singing, sharing scripture, sharing 745 00:41:52,780 --> 00:41:55,580 S7: words of encouragement because this girl was going home in 746 00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:57,820 S7: a few days and they knew how difficult that would be. 747 00:41:58,540 --> 00:42:02,730 S7: But one our encouraging this girl in the Lord. Then 748 00:42:02,730 --> 00:42:06,490 S7: when it came time for her baptism again, they gathered 749 00:42:06,489 --> 00:42:09,610 S7: around the baptistry so tightly I couldn't even see this 750 00:42:09,930 --> 00:42:12,370 S7: because they wanted to be close to her and encourage 751 00:42:12,370 --> 00:42:15,529 S7: her and show her love. And I left that meeting. 752 00:42:18,090 --> 00:42:21,489 S7: Feeling like I've never felt before. The love of the 753 00:42:21,489 --> 00:42:24,250 S7: Christian fellowship there. And I just have to share that. 754 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:25,330 S7: It was just beautiful. 755 00:42:25,810 --> 00:42:26,730 S12: And you saw it. 756 00:42:26,730 --> 00:42:31,170 S1: You experienced it. It's touching you even now. And and again, 757 00:42:31,170 --> 00:42:33,850 S1: I'll say, you know, is there is there a division 758 00:42:33,850 --> 00:42:36,810 S1: in the church? Yes. Is there are there struggles in 759 00:42:36,810 --> 00:42:40,530 S1: the church? Yes. Has there been church hurt? Absolutely. Yeah. 760 00:42:40,930 --> 00:42:45,690 S1: But this is also true, that God's people coming around, 761 00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:49,970 S1: the young person there who's it sounds like she's going 762 00:42:49,969 --> 00:42:52,330 S1: back to something that may be a little bit hard. 763 00:42:52,330 --> 00:42:56,770 S1: They wanted her to know that she's not going alone, right? 764 00:42:57,610 --> 00:43:00,770 S7: Yes. And it was amazing the time they put into that. I, 765 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,480 S7: I was just just floored and absolutely blessed. 766 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,399 S1: Yeah. I'm glad you got through today and could tell 767 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,799 S1: us about that. And I want you to think about 768 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,040 S1: we can't get to everybody's call here today, but I 769 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,799 S1: want you to think about that. What is it that 770 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,840 S1: you have seen that you can share with somebody else? 771 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,240 S1: That's else that's going to encourage them. Lee is also 772 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,080 S1: in Indiana. Lee. Go right ahead. 773 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,640 S14: Yes, I am Lee and my first time calling, but 774 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:32,279 S14: I have been in agricultural consultant. I work for farmers 775 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:37,200 S14: for 50 years, and I get the privilege of watching 776 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:42,120 S14: corn and soybeans and other plants as the Bible talks 777 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:45,919 S14: about the farmer and the gardener. But to see them 778 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,320 S14: come out of the ground. And right now I'm standing 779 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:53,239 S14: in a soybean field. And the cotyledons, which are the 780 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,640 S14: bean itself, it swells up, comes out of the ground 781 00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:00,510 S14: and puts on two leaves, which are the first two. 782 00:44:00,790 --> 00:44:05,470 S14: And then it goes to trifoliate. In a soybean. Isn't 783 00:44:05,469 --> 00:44:07,390 S14: it amazing what God can do? 784 00:44:07,830 --> 00:44:10,989 S10: Yes. And you're in the field right now. You're right 785 00:44:10,989 --> 00:44:12,430 S10: there looking at it, right? 786 00:44:12,870 --> 00:44:17,670 S14: I'm right standing here looking at a soybean field. That is, 787 00:44:17,710 --> 00:44:22,510 S14: the beans are about an inch high. But what a sight. 788 00:44:22,830 --> 00:44:23,549 S10: Yes. 789 00:44:23,550 --> 00:44:25,790 S1: And all that's going to change, you know, another week 790 00:44:25,790 --> 00:44:28,630 S1: or two. And that it's going to look totally different 791 00:44:28,630 --> 00:44:29,270 S1: isn't it? 792 00:44:30,070 --> 00:44:32,950 S14: That's exactly. And it's you know, the amazing part is 793 00:44:32,950 --> 00:44:37,950 S14: the root system that those little things put down and 794 00:44:38,270 --> 00:44:44,310 S14: how quickly those beans grow and flourish. And I was 795 00:44:44,310 --> 00:44:47,830 S14: in another corn field a bit ago and it had 796 00:44:47,830 --> 00:44:50,870 S14: roots on it. The corn was only in two leaves 797 00:44:50,870 --> 00:44:54,610 S14: coming out, but the root system was three and four 798 00:44:54,610 --> 00:44:59,390 S14: inches long underneath. And I said, you know what? Isn't 799 00:44:59,390 --> 00:45:03,030 S14: it amazing what God does for us? 800 00:45:03,550 --> 00:45:06,750 S1: Bingo. And you have to slow down in order to 801 00:45:06,790 --> 00:45:09,790 S1: see that. Lee, thank you for being a calling for 802 00:45:09,790 --> 00:45:11,830 S1: the very first time. I got you in. In the 803 00:45:11,870 --> 00:45:14,830 S1: bean field. In the soybean field. That's where Lee was 804 00:45:14,830 --> 00:45:17,029 S1: calling from today. I remember the farmer who called us 805 00:45:17,030 --> 00:45:19,910 S1: from his combine when he was out doing whatever you 806 00:45:19,910 --> 00:45:22,629 S1: do in a combine a few years ago. And just 807 00:45:22,630 --> 00:45:26,630 S1: the joy in his voice. And Diane had this to say. 808 00:45:26,830 --> 00:45:28,830 S1: Had you on the car radios, took a drive to 809 00:45:28,870 --> 00:45:32,069 S1: visit my hometown and former family business in memory of 810 00:45:32,070 --> 00:45:36,029 S1: my dad's birthday. He passed away ten years ago. As 811 00:45:36,030 --> 00:45:39,549 S1: I was reflecting on how the space has changed since 812 00:45:39,550 --> 00:45:42,270 S1: I was a child and marveling at some of the 813 00:45:42,270 --> 00:45:45,550 S1: modern innovations. I was stopped by a train near local 814 00:45:45,550 --> 00:45:48,870 S1: high school and watched a class of young science students 815 00:45:48,870 --> 00:45:52,069 S1: crossing the road to the park with butterfly nets in 816 00:45:52,110 --> 00:45:57,340 S1: hand to collect insects. I flashed instantly back 40 years ago, 817 00:45:57,380 --> 00:46:00,700 S1: doing the same activity as a student and discovering God's 818 00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:04,660 S1: beautiful design in the creatures we studied. Today I saw 819 00:46:04,660 --> 00:46:07,620 S1: the beauty and the students that some lessons remain in 820 00:46:07,620 --> 00:46:11,219 S1: the midst of all the modern issues. The generations go 821 00:46:11,219 --> 00:46:15,900 S1: on and God is ever faithful. Peace to you. Thank 822 00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:19,819 S1: you for a wonderful, uplifting program. Well, we couldn't do 823 00:46:19,820 --> 00:46:23,379 S1: that without you and your stories. And we can't keep 824 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:26,660 S1: it going on unless you take whatever the beauty is 825 00:46:26,660 --> 00:46:29,180 S1: that you have seen and share it with somebody else. 826 00:46:29,180 --> 00:46:31,899 S1: Would you do that for us over the weekend and 827 00:46:31,900 --> 00:46:34,739 S1: come on back on Monday for another conversation here at 828 00:46:34,739 --> 00:46:37,620 S1: the back fence? Chris Fabry Live is a production of 829 00:46:37,660 --> 00:46:40,620 S1: Moody Radio, a Ministry of Moody Bible Institute, and you 830 00:46:40,620 --> 00:46:44,900 S1: will always find us online at Chris Fabry live.org. Chris 831 00:46:44,940 --> 00:46:48,259 S1: Fabry live.org. Have a great weekend.