Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Barb Wise, Rick Wise
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000055C
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00:13 Welcome back!
00:14 You know this whole program has actually gotten to my heart. 00:21 You guys have won my heart again and every time I see 00:27 your presentation, every time somebody 00:29 someone gives me a DVD, every time I 00:31 talked to you on the phone, Rick, you win my heart. 00:34 But I know that there are some questions that I want to 00:40 ask and then I also want you if you have anything you 00:43 want to say to folks at the Café or the viewers. 00:46 But one of questions is that somebody that hears that you 00:50 have been diagnosed with AIDS where do you find your hope? 00:54 What I would say is to place your hope, if you find 00:58 that you have HIV and AIDS, to not look at what is seen, 01:01 but to place your hope in what is unseen. 01:03 I would just picture myself as this giant spotlight the 01:08 kind you see a car dealerships, and I would just turn it on 01:10 turn it on like a beam and beam it up to God in Heaven and 01:14 just say, you are my God and I would just look to Him. 01:16 I would just get this peace and know who I was in 01:21 relationship with Him and all this around could melt away. 01:24 - so we talk about that self talk, the way you tell 01:27 yourself that I am a woman God, a child of God, and we 01:30 talked about HIV because that is what you are sharing. 01:32 But we talked about cancer, your spouse left you, stop 01:36 looking at what you are telling yourself. 01:37 All the fearful thoughts and really just when you need 01:40 that spotlight, is just you and I God right now, 01:43 or anybody that is going to reinforce, like Rick, 01:45 what you did as far as bringing in the Scripture. 01:48 Anybody that is going to reinforce the fact that God is 01:51 in control and He knows where I'm at. 01:53 He knows who I am. 01:55 - and when you surround yourself with people, when I 01:58 told Rick in the car about HIV, he didn't push me away 02:02 and all my pain. 02:03 When I had all the crazy emotions, he didn't push me away 02:05 When I had all these things I thought were shameful, 02:07 Rick didn't push me away. 02:09 He just kept let me press into him. 02:12 If I were to walk away from that kind of love, 02:15 what would you say to me? 02:16 How crazy are you. 02:18 That's just what I say, nuts and crazy, right? 02:20 Well the only reason our story really has power, it is because 02:23 of Rick's love for me, is that picture of His love. 02:26 So if I can just tell you that God is big enough for any 02:31 pain, He's big enough for any emotion, and He's big 02:34 enough for anything you think is too shameful. 02:36 He walked into the pain on the cross just because He 02:39 loves you and He wants to be in a relationship with you. 02:41 - Thanks for being on the program and if you were 02:43 watching this program I just have to say I don't even care, 02:47 I don't care what you're dealing with, 02:48 and I don't mean that I don't care. 02:50 It's just that nothing is bigger than God's love and 02:52 whatever is on your plate, whatever you have to deal with, 02:55 take it to Him. 02:56 Surrender to Him, let Him change your self-talk. 03:00 Let Him change what you're telling yourself about the 03:02 situation and be at rest in His love. 03:04 See you next time and until then always remember that 03:07 God is crazy about you and me too! 03:09 Bye-bye and God bless! |
Revised 2014-12-17