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Series Code: LTBW
Program Code: LTBW190035S
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00:01 The following program features real clients
00:03 discussing sensitive issues. 00:05 The views and opinions expressed in this program 00:07 don't necessarily reflect 00:09 that of 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network. 00:11 Viewer discretion is advised. 00:49 Hi, I'm Dr. Kim Logan-Nowlin, and welcome to Live To Be Well. 00:54 What is live to be well? 00:56 It's about mind, body and soul, but a full commitment 01:00 to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 01:03 Commitment of motherhood. 01:05 What is a true commitment? 01:08 Well, we're committed to God. 01:09 Of course, that is my desire, commitment to our careers, 01:13 commitment to our health and diet. 01:15 But what about parenting? 01:17 What about being committed as a mother? 01:20 I want to welcome our special guest today. 01:23 Mrs. Ericka Taylor. 01:24 God bless you. 01:25 Welcome, sweetheart. 01:27 Oh, thank you. I'm happy to be here. 01:28 Well, I'm happy to have you now. 01:30 We're just Kim and Ericka, 'cause we grew up together 01:33 at the Burns Seventh-day Adventist Church 01:36 with your grandmother Sister Clady Harris. 01:38 This one it was on Burns, the old Burns Avenue. 01:41 That's right. 01:43 And then we moved over to Cadillac, and Warren. 01:46 But my mother's sister Davemore and Luke, 01:48 they were best friends. 01:49 So who is Ericka Taylor? 01:52 And the commitment of motherhood? 01:54 You have two children? 01:56 Two children. 01:57 An Amazing husband? Yes. 01:58 And you all just celebrated your anniversary. 02:01 And so God is good. 02:03 All the time. All the time. 02:04 So let's talk about the commitment of motherhood? 02:07 What does that mean to you? 02:08 Commitment means that taking care of the gifts 02:12 God has given me. 02:13 My children are gifts from God. 02:16 And He entrusted me with these two souls. 02:19 Yeah. 02:20 And it is my commitment to rear them, 02:22 to guide them and to show them Jesus. 02:25 Yes. Let me ask you this. 02:27 When you say commitment, 02:28 when you talk about the treasures, 02:30 and you know, being a good steward. 02:34 It's our responsibility 02:35 to be a good steward of these children. 02:37 Yes. 02:38 Why is it that, you know, 02:40 when we think about stewardship, 02:41 we think about finances. 02:43 But isn't that a part of motherhood 02:44 being a good steward? 02:45 Yes. 02:47 And we're going to have to answer to God for that. 02:48 Absolutely. All right. 02:49 So what was it like 02:51 when you gave birth to your first child, Jaylen, 02:54 what was it like? 02:56 When I found out I was pregnant with, 02:57 I got on my knees, 02:58 gave her back to the Lord and ask the Lord to bless 03:02 and anoint her life and guide her steps. 03:05 Where does Jordan get this voice from? 03:08 She has a beautiful voice. 03:10 Do you sing? 03:11 No. 03:14 Probably her grandparents and her dad? 03:18 Yes, yes. 03:19 Her Uncle Cory. 03:20 Yes. That's right. 03:22 He's talented. Very talented. 03:23 Yes. 03:25 Let's talk about the character building. 03:27 A lot of times parents put emphasis on the outward 03:31 more so the inward building. 03:33 And I'm not saying anything's wrong with 03:35 having nice clothes and things. 03:36 But sometimes it needs question, 03:39 it needed the question. 03:40 What are we building on? 03:42 And we should be building on the solid rock 03:44 of Jesus Christ. 03:45 So why was that so important for you to build 03:48 your children's character in Christ Jesus? 03:50 Well, because that's who you are, 03:53 your character. 03:55 And that's what you'll take with you, your character. 03:57 And my commitment to my children 04:00 was to be an example of treating people 04:03 the way you want to be treated. 04:05 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 04:08 If you can help someone, help them. 04:11 I just believe that your character is who you are. 04:15 And it's important to me that they are good people. 04:17 Yes. 04:19 Did you talk to your children about, 04:21 you know, fighting and bullying? 04:23 And if someone approached Jordan and touched her? 04:26 Do you have those serious conversations with them? 04:29 Yes, I do. 04:30 As far as bullying, we talk, 04:35 we talk and that we communicate, 04:38 and I always want to keep 04:39 those lines of communication open. 04:41 Yes. 04:43 As far as bullying, I've told Jordan 04:45 if someone has an issue with you, 04:47 where you know something's not right. 04:49 Don't be afraid to go to that person and say, 04:52 hey, have I done anything? 04:53 You know, I need to talk to you. 04:55 Yes. 04:56 I just noticed this, 04:57 you know, have I done anything to offend you. 04:59 Let's talk about it. 05:00 And I said, that takes courage to do that. 05:02 Yes, it does. 05:04 It doesn't mean you're weak, it means you're strong. 05:06 Did you teach your children to pray? 05:08 Oh, absolutely. 05:10 I taught them to pray to have devotion 05:12 to start their day with God to end their day with God, 05:16 but prayer is essential. 05:19 Remember, as mommies, put your hands together, 05:21 it's prayer time, close your eyes, bow your head. 05:25 And when I opened like, okay, and then I remember, 05:29 Erin was like, 05:30 well, how do you know my eyes are open 05:32 if your eyes are closed, okay? 05:33 Because I said, I'm watching you. 05:35 All right. 05:36 And in that commitment to Christ. 05:38 Now, when Jordan was learning her music, 05:43 I mean, just like any young person, 05:45 there's different types of style of music. 05:48 But when you first heard her sing, 05:50 you know, what did that do for you 05:53 to hear her sing in church? 05:56 It brought tears to my eyes. 05:57 Did you cry? 05:59 I did. 06:00 I did, but she would pray as a little girl. 06:03 She would pray with this power. 06:06 And she still has that power today. 06:07 And I'm thinking, this little baby. 06:09 Where is she getting this from? 06:10 You know, because I'm quiet. 06:12 You know, I'm little reserved. 06:14 And I'm thinking, wow, Lord. 06:15 Okay, so I just said, "Have your Way, Lord." 06:18 Yes. 06:20 Have your way. 06:21 It takes me back to Samuel, 06:22 when his mother talked to the Lord and said, 06:26 you give me this child, I will give him back to you. 06:30 And Samuel was taken to Eli. 06:32 And Eli, you know, raised him. 06:35 But that night, we heard the voice of God, 06:37 Samuel, Samuel, he went to Eli. 06:40 And Eli said, you know, I didn't call you. 06:43 He went a second time, Eli, did you call me? 06:45 No. 06:47 He said, "You hear this a third time, just say yes, Lord. 06:50 And so we want to be obedient as Samuels's mother was, 06:55 and she made a promise. 06:56 What are the promises that you have made 06:59 to your children to be there for them? 07:02 I promise my children that I will be there for them, 07:06 because God is there for me. 07:08 And I say whatever it is, I can do, 07:12 you know, and my sacrifice from work, 07:14 running the business, and being there for them. 07:17 Nothing is more important. 07:19 No one is more important to me than them. 07:22 And I just told them that in the scripture 07:24 that God has given me is, 07:27 and all thy children shall be taught of the Lord 07:29 and great shall be the peace of that children. 07:33 And so, I don't want them to be weary, to be worried. 07:36 I want them to have peace. 07:38 And it is my commitment that they have a stable foundation, 07:42 a solid foundation. 07:43 A solid foundation where someone cannot just come in 07:46 and whisper in their ear, 07:48 the enemy and get them to go off the path. 07:51 I know the other day we were talking 07:53 and you really ministered to me about your son Jaylen. 07:57 This past April, I was visiting Oakwood University 08:02 in Huntsville, Alabama. 08:04 And I was looking for a hanger. 08:07 And I couldn't find a particular hanger 08:09 I was looking for. 08:10 So I said let me check Erin's closet down there 08:13 where we have a home there. 08:14 And I couldn't open the door. 08:17 I pushed, employees. 08:19 And I called for Micah, my oldest daughter. 08:22 And as I pushed it open, 08:24 and I said writhing and I said, Erin. 08:27 She was in there crying having a meltdown 08:31 with a blanket overhead. 08:33 She was supposed to be taking a fine with that moment. 08:35 And she looked at me and she said, 08:37 I told you, I can't do this. 08:40 She wouldn't right from losing her father, 08:43 a junior and boarding school right into high school, 08:47 12th grade at Oakwood Academy, 08:49 right into Oakwood University. 08:51 And my daughter said, "Mommy give her a year off." 08:54 But oh no, Dr. Kim, no freshman year, sophomore year, 08:59 junior year, senior year or grad school. 09:01 We're on track, we're not coming off track. 09:04 We are educated people in our family. 09:06 We don't stop going to school. 09:08 That mentality that and what would people say 09:11 or think not you Dr. Kim, 09:14 your daughter has taken a year of school. 09:16 You know, people can be cruel. 09:19 And so Micah said, 09:20 "Mommy, do you hear yourself? 09:23 It's not about you, Mommy, it's about Erin." 09:27 And I said, Erin, I got down on my knees. 09:29 I said, "Erin, I'm here." 09:31 And she said, "It's too late. 09:33 You didn't listen to me. You didn't listen to me." 09:36 My daughter was this close to suicide. 09:38 Yes. 09:39 Jesus. 09:41 And so, I said, "What do I need to do?" 09:43 She says, "I want to finish my exams." 09:47 She went from a 4.0 to 2.5. 09:52 She had two classes. 09:54 And she had her grades in and two incompletes. 09:58 And I said, I talked with the teachers who said, 10:01 don't worry about it, 10:02 and come to find out the classes won't transfer 10:05 to our new school next year. 10:06 Okay. 10:08 And I said, you know, I hear you, forgive me. 10:12 And we shouldn't be ashamed 10:14 to ask our children to forgive us. 10:15 And you mentioned to me that Jaylen didn't go 10:19 right into college after high school. 10:21 He and Erin graduated from eighth grade together. 10:23 You gave him a gap year. 10:26 And you minister to me, let's talk about that? 10:28 Okay. 10:29 Well, Jaylen and Jordan are my son, my daughter, 10:34 Jaylen's my son, Jordan's my daughter. 10:36 And they are two different children. 10:37 My grandmother used to say, she had nine children. 10:41 Each child's needs are different. 10:44 Yes. 10:45 And that's something that I remembered. 10:48 Jordan, she will breeze right through, 10:51 you know, her schoolwork. 10:54 She loves school, she loves, she's outgoing. 10:56 Yes. 10:57 Jaylen, his character, 10:59 he's more quiet. 11:04 He likes to have time to himself. 11:07 He's an introvert. 11:08 He's an introvert. 11:10 So I had to look at the two, my children 11:12 and how their needs are different. 11:14 Yes. 11:16 So Jaylen acts for a break. 11:20 And I say, why not? 11:23 If that's where he needs, why not? 11:26 That's powerful. 11:27 And so that's what we did. 11:29 We took a break. 11:30 And now he's, this is his, this semester, 11:32 he entered college for the first time. 11:35 And he loves it. 11:36 He loves it. 11:37 He needed that time to regroup, 11:40 you know, and to get himself together. 11:42 And I'm proud of him. 11:44 I am. 11:45 Jaylen, although he's quiet, he is a leader in his own way. 11:49 Yes, yes. 11:50 I know, Jaylen, such a sweet young man, very kind. 11:54 And, you know, I get on my knees after talking with you. 11:56 And I said, I'm so ashamed of myself, 11:58 because I was more worried about my image than Erin. 12:03 And what people would say and sure enough, people said, 12:06 you know, Erin is not going back to Oakwood. 12:08 Erin is not going back to school, 12:10 and I let Erin speak. 12:11 And Erin said, I'm taking a gap year, you know. 12:14 And now I'm at a point I think gap years are good. 12:17 And you're right. 12:19 Some children can go right through. 12:21 I was able to go right through. 12:22 My brother, Kurt, he waited till after he get out 12:26 of the military, because he wasn't ready for that. 12:29 You know, my sister Renee, right through, 12:32 you know, but looking at the fact that I know 12:35 what is healthy for my children now. 12:38 And you know what Micah said? 12:39 Oh, Mom, yeah, one who finished gotta be happy. 12:41 All right. 12:42 And then Erin said, I'm going to finish, 12:44 but I need a year off. 12:46 So I think after that, let's talk about 12:49 how you balance your commitment to motherhood, 12:53 marriage, and having your own business? 12:55 All right, and what type of business do you have? 12:58 Okay, I am a licensed cosmetologist. 13:01 And I also have my license to, to sisterlocks. 13:05 Okay, now what is sisterlocks? 13:07 Natural Hair, its micro size locks. 13:11 Are you to intricate? 13:13 I use a tool. You use a tool. 13:14 And there's a locking pattern. 13:16 Oh, I see. 13:17 So for different textures of hair, 13:18 there are different locking patterns. 13:20 You think I could do that look good on me? 13:22 Absolutely. 13:23 Really? Yes. 13:25 We should try that one time, you know? 13:26 Sure. 13:27 I guess my program director Jason Bradley for going ahead. 13:29 All right. 13:30 You know where to find it. Yes. 13:31 So how did you get involved with all of that? 13:35 Well, I love the beauty industry. 13:38 I've always loved doing hair. 13:41 And what happened was, I was in beauty school. 13:43 Okay. 13:44 And I love to, the relationships, 13:47 you know, with women and men. 13:48 Okay. 13:49 But women will come in. 13:51 And it was important to me that they love feeling good, 13:56 not only on the inside, 13:58 and looking good on the outside, 13:59 but I want them to feel good on the inside. 14:01 Yes. 14:02 I remember a client, she came in and she wore a wig. 14:05 She took her wig off and she has so much damage to her hair. 14:08 And she says, "Oh, I need I need a power relaxer." 14:11 And I said, 14:13 "Well, you know what? Let's try something different." 14:15 And she said, "Oh, no, no, no." 14:16 And I said, "Well, the relaxer will further damage your hair. 14:19 Let's just try something different." 14:21 And she said, 14:23 "Oh, no, I have to have this perm. 14:24 And so I went to my instructor and I said, 14:26 "I cannot put a chemical on this lady's hair," 14:29 because it will further damage her hair. 14:31 Yeah. 14:32 I was sent home for that. 14:35 And I prayed and asked God to show me something 14:39 where women can grow their natural hair 14:43 and overcome the stigma 14:47 of not being able to have long hair. 14:49 I said, if you show me what a technique or skill 14:52 where I can do that. 14:53 For women, I will do it 14:55 and God showed me that with sisterlocks. 14:57 And how long have you been doing this? 14:58 Fifteen years. 15:00 What Ericka? 15:01 Fifteen years. 15:02 What a blessing. 15:04 Yes. 15:05 I'm grateful. 15:06 I know you are grateful. 15:08 So looking at the fact that you do this, 15:10 you're able to balance, 15:12 you know, because picking the children up. 15:14 Now, Jaylen, you take him to school, 15:17 you pick him up, he drives? 15:19 All of that. 15:20 All of it. 15:21 Picking them up. 15:23 Jaylen's driving, Jordan's driving. 15:27 My husband helps tremendously. 15:29 Yes. 15:30 I couldn't do it without him. 15:32 Yes, yes. 15:33 So we work together. 15:34 Working together there. 15:37 Who did the children gravitate to 15:39 as far as to both of you when it comes to, 15:42 you know, 'cause sometimes children want to play odds 15:44 against the parents, you know? 15:45 Well, Dad, Mom said, and Mom didn't say anything. 15:49 Or, well, go ask your mother and see what she says, 15:51 you know, who tends to do that? 15:56 I would have to say, Jordan. 15:58 Jordan does that. 16:01 She will definitely, you know. 16:03 And that's for manipulation, you know, but again, 16:07 we want our children to be happy and blessed. 16:09 How do you see God, you know, just developing your life, 16:14 you know, 'cause I know, being a wife, being a mother, 16:18 and I see the children with you, the care of the children. 16:22 What is the most important thing for you 16:25 to make sure that they accomplish? 16:28 The most important thing to me is being there for them, 16:34 listening to them, because they do have a voice. 16:38 They do have feelings. 16:42 And it's just important to me that, 16:44 you know, we're always giving instruction, 16:48 but it's also important to me and I pray for wisdom 16:52 as a parent, you know, to listen to them 16:58 and not to provoke them. 16:59 That's in the Bible. 17:00 That's in the Bible, provoke not, Ephesians Chapter 5, 17:02 "Provoke your children not to do wrong." 17:04 Yes. 17:06 "And children provoke not to your parents." 17:07 You know, I used to give that to Erin every morning. 17:10 Don't provoke me, child. 17:12 So who did the disciplining, you know? 17:15 Did you believe in spanking or more so, 17:17 you know, just the communication? 17:19 Well, I believe in spankings. 17:21 Yes. That is I do. 17:23 Well, the Bible say, you spare the rod, you spoil the child. 17:26 So you know, we spanked, I spanked, 17:29 you know, I used to tap those legs, get those hands. 17:32 And when we were growing up, 17:34 remember that switch bush right in front of the church. 17:37 Parents were stopped by and break off a switch 17:40 before they went into the church. 17:42 Every parent had a switch. 17:44 And we know, all I remember is to do hold up that switch. 17:47 And we didn't look. 17:48 Oh, remember the look. 17:50 That look, you didn't have to even say anything. 17:52 No. 17:53 Get look, have you lost your mind? 17:55 You better sit back, you know, and no chewing gum in church. 17:59 No eating in church, no talking in church. 18:03 And you had your Bible. 18:04 You better sing those hymns. 18:06 All right? 18:08 And you go to the restroom before you leave home. 18:10 Girl, listen, we, my mother would say to us, 18:14 you think you want to use the restroom 18:15 before you leave home? 18:17 Now when you get to church. 18:18 All right, go to Sabbath school. 18:21 And then you have a five minutes... 18:23 A break. Right. 18:24 Sabbath School to 11 o'clock hour. 18:27 But during church service, you wouldn't even move. 18:30 We couldn't. 18:31 Couldn't, you and those ushers, 18:33 remember those ushers at the door? 18:34 Oh, yes. See that was motherhood. 18:36 Though and my mother was a head usher. 18:37 Yes, I remember. 18:39 They have all that power. 18:40 One seat, one seat, but you know, leaving out this door. 18:42 And we have gotten to the point even I see young people walking 18:47 during the benediction, during the altar prayer. 18:50 It all goes back to home training. 18:52 How important has home training been with your children? 18:56 Oh, very important. 18:58 We have devotion. 19:00 When they were younger, we would, I will read them a song. 19:05 Yes. 19:07 Bible, a story. Yes. 19:09 It's just important that you take time 19:12 with your children teaching them God's principles, 19:16 His statutes or His laws, because it's guidance. 19:20 It's a guide on how to live. 19:22 And the principles of that we, 19:25 you know, I believe in the eight principles of health, 19:27 and I understand that we need rest, we need sunshine. 19:32 We need to have a good diet. 19:34 We need exercise. 19:35 We need to study the Word of God. 19:37 We need to be in His presence. 19:39 You know, have you ever gone into your children's room 19:44 3 o'clock in the morning and just pray? 19:47 I do it now. 19:49 You still do it? 19:50 I still do it. 19:51 I open their door. Yes. 19:53 And I just stand over them and I pray. 19:55 Yes, yes. 19:56 I did it all with Micah. 19:58 Arthur used to say, "What are you doing?" 20:01 I said, "You need to get up." 20:02 And he said, I think he said, "The mother needs to do that." 20:06 And he would do with me a few times out of the month. 20:10 He said, "It was just the most beautiful thing 20:12 to pray by the bedside of your children, and the covering." 20:16 And I used to take my anointing or the anointing, 20:19 the Bible says, the anointing breaks the yoke. 20:22 So I will take my oil, we know it's 20:24 no power in the oil, it's the faith. 20:27 And I anointed the head posts all way around 20:30 my children's room then. 20:32 And Lord, I sprinkle on their gym shoes. 20:35 Yes, I did. 20:36 And the oil when we, we anoint, we anointed them, 20:40 and we bless them, and we gave them back to the Lord. 20:43 You know, do you remember your baby blessing? 20:45 I do. You do? 20:47 I do too. I do. 20:48 It was so special. 20:49 It was very precious to lift the babies 20:51 and give them to the Lord. 20:53 This is something we do 20:55 in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 20:56 and about five months, for about four months into, 21:01 we give them back to the Lord with a beautiful service, 21:05 where the pastor prays over the child. 21:07 And the pastor lifts the child. 21:09 Now remember roots, the movie roots. 21:11 And lift that child over the pastor takes the child 21:15 because that child does not belong to us. 21:17 That child is given back to the Lord in service for God. 21:21 Amen. 21:23 What do you think are some of the challenges 21:24 we face today as mothers? 21:27 Just being too busy. 21:29 Working. 21:31 Busy? 21:32 Yes, working, technology, the phones... 21:37 A cell phone. 21:39 Cell phone, 21:40 I try to monitor and it's just so much going on. 21:45 That's a challenge for me. 21:47 And most of my friends, parents, 21:50 that's the one thing we have in common 21:53 with as a challenge for our children is the phone. 21:56 Yeah. 21:58 And that's a real challenge. 21:59 Because they spend a lot of time on their phones. 22:01 And they're not always doing their homework? 22:03 And you don't know what they're doing, right? 22:04 Absolutely. 22:06 I remember, Erin knocked me off on one of the social medias. 22:09 She said, "Mommy, your energy is just not good." 22:12 And I said if I can't be on your, 22:14 following you, you can't be on. 22:17 And I follow Micah on all her social medias. 22:21 I follow Jordan, Jordan follows me. 22:24 I was just looking at some of the pictures 22:28 we took yesterday with your daughter. 22:30 And I was like so blessed. 22:33 Jordan said to me just yesterday, 22:36 you know, I want to join your sign language choir. 22:39 Now she's in school. 22:41 She's very busy. 22:42 How do you say to your child? 22:45 All right, you have this on your plate, 22:46 you got this on your plate? 22:48 This? 22:49 Do you ever say no, you can't do that 22:51 because you're doing too much right now? 22:54 No, we'll find a way. 22:57 Yes. We'll find a way. 22:59 School, his or her academia it's very important. 23:01 Yes. 23:03 But her spiritual walk is important to me too. 23:06 So we just have to find balance. 23:08 And it takes a village. 23:10 It takes a village. 23:11 You know, I'm not doing every everything. 23:13 You know, I have helped you, have... 23:15 Yes. 23:16 Definitely so season to my child's life. 23:19 I support her and our family. 23:21 There's so many. 23:23 So no, I don't tell her now. 23:25 All right. I can appreciate that. 23:27 I remember that when you first came to church. 23:32 Tell us how you became a Seventh-day Adventist? 23:35 My grandmother Sister Clady Harris. 23:38 And actually it was my Uncle Jerome. 23:40 He was taking Bible studies with a friend. 23:43 And my grandmother. He was just different. 23:45 And he was coming home and he was talking about Jesus. 23:47 And she says, well, you know, I want to go, 23:50 I want to know what's going on because he was so excited. 23:53 She was actually attended a Baptist Church. 23:55 Yes. 23:56 And the pastor spoke about the Sabbath. 23:58 And it was the first day church. 24:00 And so she says, Well, it looks like to me 24:02 the Sabbath is on a Saturday, 24:05 and it's the seventh day of the week. 24:06 So she went and looked at the calendar on the wall. 24:08 She says, okay, and so she asked God 24:11 if He would show her a church 24:13 where they worship on Sabbath, she will go. 24:15 She just want to know the truth. 24:17 She want to know the truth. 24:18 And what happened was when as my uncle was taking Bible 24:21 studies, the Bible workers were Adventists, 24:25 but they never said anything. 24:27 They never said anything. 24:28 So when my grandmother went and started having a study, 24:30 she asked them, you know, just after probably 24:33 two or three studies, "Well, what church do you belong to?" 24:36 And they said, "Burns Seventh-day Adventist Church." 24:39 That was the center church, I think at the time. 24:41 Yes, the center church. 24:42 And the movie it was. 24:44 Yeah, old one, Grass It Out. 24:45 Yeah, on Grass it. 24:47 And so that's how and we switched from Baptist Church, 24:49 I might have been four. 24:50 Four years old, and you became a Seventh-day Adventist. 24:54 Any regrets? 24:55 None. None. 24:56 You believe that the Seventh-day Adventist 24:58 message is the remnant message. 24:59 Yes. 25:01 And you believe that Saturday is a Sabbath Day. 25:03 You know, when we repeat, 25:04 remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, 25:07 six days shall thy labor and do all thy work. 25:09 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 25:13 thy God, in it thou shall not do any work, 25:16 you know, and I used to get articles. 25:17 He's like to polish his shoes on the Sabbath. 25:20 He said, this is not work. 25:22 This is to do good on the Sabbath, 25:23 my shoe need to shine. 25:25 And I said, you can shine your shoes on Wednesday, all right, 25:28 so being a witness, and I think that's how my husband 25:32 became a Seventh-day Adventist, being a witness 25:35 and you have introduced your children. 25:37 They were born and raised 25:38 and they're being raised in this message, 25:40 my children and Arthur accepting this message. 25:44 And your grandmother will not have an empty crown. 25:48 Your star is on your name, is on her crown. 25:51 And Jordan and Jaylen is on your crown. 25:55 You know, and I thank God. 25:56 We have about a minute and a half to go. 25:58 Okay. 26:00 What words of wisdom can you share with me as a mother 26:02 because truly you have poured into me, 26:04 regarding Erin's gap year? 26:07 Well, is to listen to our children. 26:13 I always ask God to let me see my children as You see me. 26:18 Yes. 26:20 And as You see them, let me look through Your eyes 26:22 if I can, you know, to hear their heart. 26:27 And that's my greatest... That's my conviction, 26:31 because they are souls, precious souls. 26:34 And I want to do good. 26:35 You know, God trusted me with them. 26:38 And I just want to be there. 26:39 I tell them no matter what, you can always come home. 26:42 Come on now. 26:44 You don't think anything is too bad or you can't come? 26:48 Come home. Come home. 26:50 See and I think that's so important. 26:52 Ericka, I want to thank you for being with us 26:54 today on Live To Be Well. 26:56 You were amazing. 26:57 You look beautiful. 26:59 Thank you. 27:00 And I'm so happy that you are my sister in Christ, 27:02 that we have grown up together 27:04 in the Seventh-day Adventist message. 27:05 And that I love you, you love me 27:07 and we love each other and our family. 27:09 Oh, I love you, Kim. 27:10 God bless you, Ericka. Thank you. 27:11 Let me say this to all of us, including myself. 27:16 It takes a commitment to serving God. 27:18 It takes a commitment to share your gifts and talents 27:21 that God has given us, 27:23 is a commitment is a relationship. 27:26 It is an opportunity for us to be 27:29 a witness to everyone we meet. 27:31 I encourage you as mothers, as fathers, 27:33 as parents, to study the Word of God 27:36 to be able to impact and empower you 27:39 and your children, your family. 27:40 Pray for me, pray for Ericka as we go forth. 27:44 I'm Dr. Kim, live to be well. 27:46 God bless. |
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