Episode 6

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4th Aug 2025

Blind Faith | Testimonies Pt. 1

Join me as we dive into two stories of unshakable faith and unwavering trust in Jesus. Through trials and triumphs, these real-life journeys will inspire your faith and we're reminded that despite the times we may jump, God meets us before we fall.

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Welcome to the I Can.

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He Can podcast the podcast

for literally anyone.

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However, if you are a woman, you're

probably the person listening on the

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other side of that speaker right now.

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I'm your host Sarai, And you'll

pretty much get to know everything

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about me, including the things that

make me say I can't, but also the

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things that remind me that he can.

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So without further ado, let's

jump into today's episode.

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I.

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All right, everyone, welcome back

to I Can't, he Can Happy Monday.

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I hope you have a blessed week.

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And let me just say this is

my second time recording this.

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I'm telling you the enemy is out.

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He does not want this message and these

testimonies to be out there for anyone

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to listen and to enjoy and to take in.

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So I really, really hope that you guys

take something from this because clearly

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this message is not wanted out there.

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But anyway, that's besides the point I.

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Also had no choice but to make this

episode, part one and part two.

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There's just so much to unpack and so

many details that it's quite impossible

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to just sit down and in one episode put

it all together, have it make sense.

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So I really wanted to plan every single

word, and I can't, I can't do that.

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And I feel that I owe it to these ladies

that shared their stories with me to keep

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it as precise as and exact as possible.

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But the truth is that.

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Things can't be a hundred percent

perfect, so all I can do is with as much

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care as possible, share the stories and

experiences that they entrusted to me

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and I will do my best to do them justice.

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Now, if for one second.

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You asked yourself, okay, what's the point

of sharing random stories on a podcast?

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Well, let me tell you, it's not random.

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Nothing in life is random.

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And as I mentioned in my previous

episode, God knows our plan,

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our story before we knew him.

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So these stories should

not be taken lightly and.

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As I had to record this twice.

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Now I know for sure that this should

not be taken lightly because these

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are stories of people just like you

and me, who at some point may have not

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surrendered their life to God, may have

lost their way, had doubts, you know,

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just a person faced a lot of trials and

they may not have had the strong faith

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that they needed to have in that moment.

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So these stories made their way

to me, and they are not random.

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And it's also important to note, It's

not random that you are listening.

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If you're here the same way God entrusted

me with this podcast to do something

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in his name, you are listening to

these words for a reason, so I hope.

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That it opens your eyes and your heart

to the fact that no matter what walks of

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life we're from, we all belong to the Lord

one way or another, whether you aren't

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were or are, he has called us, rescue

us, and redeemed us time and time again,

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I hope these testimonies reminds you of

that and that you never surrender hope.

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So the first person whose story I'm

going to share, I think it's probably

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the only person whose name I will say,

her name is NI call her Nash for short.

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Well, everyone calls her Nash for short,

but she's one of my old coworkers.

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She's.

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Super, super sweet, well spoken.

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She has honestly a different air

about her, and she was from that

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place that I spoke to, you guys about

in my Karma episode that I said was

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literally suck this soul out of me.

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but like I said, there's a different

air about her and I, I knew just

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a few times from speaking to her

that she was a woman of faith.

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The funny thing is that when her and I

worked together, I believed in God yes.

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But I was not following Jesus yet.

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And even so, I knew she was different.

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And now about a year and a half

later, we still stay in touch.

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Sometimes it's, you know, because

we talk politics or day-to-day news.

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But most recently it's been our faith and

love of God that has kept us in touch.

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So I'm so grateful, to

Nash because of that.

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And so I'll start by saying that Nash

is an extremely accomplished person.

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She's quite honestly a person that

has checked off all the boxes that

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some of us dream to check off.

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And let's start with one of the places

where God, I would say humbled her.

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Okay.

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So after graduating in 2021, she

worked for a medical equipment company.

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It was small family owned.

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The pay wasn't really what she

wanted, but it was, it was a good job.

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she was on a 10 99 and even though she

didn't have the benefits that she wanted,

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She liked her job, she stuck with it,

but after time she became frustrated

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and she began looking for work that

was more directed in the field and the

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degree that she had, she's also married.

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Her husband has always been, just

like her family, a good support

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system and he actually gave her

the idea of leaving that job.

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But, you know, Nash being how she is,

very decisive, a very reliable person.

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She decided to to stick around.

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she was complacent at

the time and she stayed.

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And of course there is always a moment

when we don't listen to the voice of God

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and somehow he has to get our attention.

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Now remember, I think personally

in this instant, her husband was.

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The voice of God because God

can come to us in a dream.

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We can just hear a song, hear

something, or a random person may show

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up and like tell us something and it

may be what we need to hear in the

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moment to get us to our next place.

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So in this instance, I think it

was her husband, but God was trying

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to get her attention and so on a

particular day, something would happen

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that would change the trajectory

of her life quite literally.

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She was the person that was in

charge of opening this company.

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She left her keys and her boss

said, no problem, I will go open up.

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So, a few minutes later he showed

up and as I entered the business

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he asks What happened to your key?

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She says that she simply

left it in her other purse.

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And Ashley, says that as she is

walking towards to turn on the lights.

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Her boss turns around and says,

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when you talk to me, you look at my

face, and there's always a time where

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everything that you are building up

and keeping inside just becomes undone.

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even though it seems silly right now.

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but after being complacent for

so long and just waiting for the

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right time, she had enough, she

felt disrespected, he was rude, and

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honestly it just, it was not right.

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So.

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You can already see where this is going.

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That one moment, it flipped a switch in

her mind and She took the leap of faith.

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She went back to what she always did,

and she had faith and trusted in God,

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and she planned to leave this job.

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Now let's circle back and

remind you that her husband has

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always been very supportive.

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So after having a conversation

with him about the situation,

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they decided together.

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As a husband and wife should do,

that she would have 30 days to find

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a new job, so she left this medical

equipment place and she dedicated

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those 30 days to looking for a job.

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Now, she couldn't find anything.

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It was really, really tough

the first few weeks Her husband

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was working 12 plus hours.

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And she honestly felt that the

strength and the energy that he

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had was being renewed by God.

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She couldn't even believe that it was

possible for him to do that because he

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had never done something like that before.

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But.

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Thankfully, by the grace of

God, they got through it.

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And fast forwarding to the last week

of the 30 days, Nashville didn't find

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anything and she decided to apply to one

more place where it wasn't necessarily

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geared towards her degree, but it

would give her some good experience

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in another type of office setting.

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So she applied, she interviewed,

and she was offered the job when

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they asked for her start date.

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They said May 25th.

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That was exactly day 30 you guys, day 30.

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Not only was that surreal but God came

through, not just in the 30th day after

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she trusted the process, but she also

got all the perks and all the benefits

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and the pay that she was looking for.

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Now, even though she agrees that

this job was not perfect, because you

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guys know, you guys know what, what

I was talking about my other episode.

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But even though she knew that this job

was not perfect, she worked her butt off.

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She met new people, she learned

new things, and it is really what I

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call her next blessing in disguise.

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Continuing on to about a year, she was

promoted to the office and HR manager.

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Now I.

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The person that she

inherited this rule from.

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I had a conversation with her

perhaps a few weeks before that

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and had suggested, Hey, why don't

you go to John Hopkins University?

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Little did this person know that she had

actually wanted to go back to continuing

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her studies, so she researched the school.

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She fell in love with it.

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She liked everything that they had

to offer, and she applied, and of

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course, because she has the chops,

my friends, she got accepted.

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This is, if you know, this is one of the

top 10 universities in the us she started

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in January of 2025, and it was just one

more thing that she can add to her resume.

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So because the business was closing, she

was starting to apply for other positions,

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to have already a plan going for her,

but she wasn't necessarily hopeful that

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she was going to get something because

she had been applying for jobs in her

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field already for years, and it was.

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Crickets, nothing.

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So in July, fast forwarding again, while

she's in her new role of office manager

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and HR manager, she receives an email to

a job that she had applied to in April.

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That was about three months

prior, and this was a job that

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was geared towards her field.

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It's something that she truly wanted.

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And yes, you guys, I'm not saying

what her field is yet So anyway,

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This job checked off all the boxes.

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It's what she was looking

for for a long, long time,

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She interviews and while she interviews,

she is told two very important things.

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One of them was that the HR manager

at this place personally selected

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her resume after many failed

interviews already, meaning that

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this job was saved for her by God.

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It has to have been.

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I mean, honestly, I, I really

don't see it another way.

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But the second and most, important

thing is when can you start?

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She got the job, you guys, and now as,

as I'm saying that, I'm, I'm getting

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chills, because it didn't matter.

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Her anxiety, the worry, the

overthinking, the job was there

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and it was waiting for her.

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I hadn't mentioned it before,

but Nash, she's very meticulous.

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She's super detailed.

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if you wanna say OCD, a little OCD,

but she's just that kind of person.

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she's very hard on herself

and she worked very, very hard

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and it truly did pay off, but.

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It's not only because of the

education and you know, while that

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is important, it's not everything.

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she is where she is now because she took

the leap of faith and she entrusted the

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Lord to guide her every step of the way.

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And when she finished her degree and

she was patient and she continued to

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search, she continued to build herself up.

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She is now going to be working alongside

District 36 Senator Ileana Garcia.

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And so my friends, this story is just one

of two things that she shared with me.

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I'm saving the other part of her

testimony for a different episode because

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there's just a lot of other things

to discuss there, and I think that

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people will also really relate to that.

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However, this has to do with.

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Climbing up the ladder and us being

impatient, wanting to go from job to job

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just because we want a little more money.

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And sometimes it's not

just about the money.

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It's about being happy and being content

and allowing God to really, really

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put us in a place that belongs to us.

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And that's exactly what she did.

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It touched my heart, honestly, because

her testimony just showed her unwavering

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faith in God and allowing him.

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To take control of her life.

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She said this and I quote, when

I pray, I told God that every

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decision I make, if it's not for me.

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Don't let me have it.

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God, I only want it if it's from you.

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And I know the Lord takes

my word seriously, said I.

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She said that to me in the

message that she sent when

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she was sharing her testimony.

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And faith like that is rare.

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It's a faith that can

open someone else's eyes.

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It everything she's done in

life, she's left it to God.

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She's left it to him to complete

for her, and I really can't wait

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to see what the Lord is going to

use her for as an extension of him.

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Working, especially in our

judicial system, trying to

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make things better for others.

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It's gonna be great.

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man, I just, I have the chills, I love

doing this, but as we transition to

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the second part of this episode, I

just wanna remind you that you should

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not take these testimonies lightly.

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The testimonies I'm sharing may

resonate with you and remind you of

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something that already happened to you.

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Maybe it'll spark a moment where you

encounter the Holy Spirit and had no idea.

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Uh, maybe that's not the case.

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I don't know.

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But listen closely, because it

does not mean that you won't

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be called by God in the future.

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We are all called at some point,

and it's always for a reason.

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So this brings me to my next person now.

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Before I continue, I will say that I

am keeping their name private, just out

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of respect for her family as a whole,

and this person graciously volunteered

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the testimony to me without me asking.

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I was really shocked, honestly.

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And even though I did ask, on social

media for, whoever saw it and wanted

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to be part of it, to share, I was just

taken back because this is a person that

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made me nervous from the moment I met

her and not 'cause she was mean, not

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'cause of, you know, anything like that.

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She's quite literally the most

humble, sweet, and caring.

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Person I have met, well, one of them,

there's many good people in my life,

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but she is, she's up there and I

feel bad saying it, but She made me

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so nervous because she's one of the

leaders in our church ministries.

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And same with, you know, our pastor.

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I ramble and fumble my words and every

single time like it, it doesn't fail.

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So, It.

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It wasn't until we did the women's

group together that we served together

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for a few months that I really came

to see different layers to her.

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I saw the worshiper, I saw the daughter

of Christ, and I mean a true lover,

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follower, and daughter of Christ, an

amazing mom, a wife, and when I really

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desperately needed it for my own

daughter, I saw the prayer warrior.

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But even, wow.

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But even of God's strongest people,

some of them have their moments

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and some of them may even have

something we would consider weakness.

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So this lovely person has had

a strong Christian background.

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She grew up.

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In Christian schools, I believe around

the age of four, she had mentioned, and

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they were very involved in the church.

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Even now she works at a Christian

academy in Broward County.

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She's been part of the worship

team for over 20 years.

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And when you think of how her life has

revolved around God for so long, And

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you really understand what worshiping

means, being on the altar, singing

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in front of the congregation for

so, so, so, so many years, you would

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really understand that this person is

naturally held at a higher standard.

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This is exactly what happened

to me when I first met her.

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I was just so nervous.

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I was like, oh my gosh.

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But you assume that they

are strong all the time.

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You assume that they always have

the correct words, that they never

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lose control, that they never have,

you know, bad reactions to anything.

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And when they do, you're in shock.

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I consider this person a friend now, not

because we served together at church,

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but because she offered me the most

precious of gifts when I needed it.

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And it was prayer.

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But this gift came after the first time

I saw her as being more down to earth.

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And again, I say that lightly.

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and I wanna reiterate so you

don't take it out of context.

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I say down to earth because I

did not see her as the ministry

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leader, as the worship leader.

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I saw her as a mom.

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I saw her as the wife, the woman who has

regular emotions just like me, and so of

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the many, many amazing stories that I'm

sure that she has, she shared one that

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happened to her most recent, and that

was just about two days ago on July 30th.

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She was enjoying a relaxing.

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day with a friend at the beach.

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Her and her friend.

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Were discussing, I'm sure many, many

things, and one of them was how God was

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moving this summer in her life and how

she's trying to find joy in the Lord and

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not so much things or people She made it

a point to remind herself continuously

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that God is always with her, that she's

always in his presence, especially

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when things around her or people are

trying to open old wounds, for example.

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So even if she's not worshiping in that

moment, she's been trying this summer

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to remind herself of these things.

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She's holy, she's complete, she's

redeemed, and she's righteous because

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she always carries God with her.

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And so, as they're having these

conversations, they continue to

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enjoy their time at the beach.

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They enjoyed the water.

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They had some snacks, some fruit.

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They went in and out several

times, and finally they decided

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to head out and grab lunch.

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So as they arrived to their lunch

spot, she was about to sit down

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and as she reached in her bag for

her wallet, there was no wallet.

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She honestly became frantic.

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She says that she immediately started

crying and she just couldn't believe

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that she could not find her belongings.

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She didn't find her house keys,

her car keys, her wallet, and.

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I mean, yes, it's a wallet, but if you

think what a wallet includes for most

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people it's, it's her entire life.

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Her cards, her driver's license,

sometimes, you know, maybe cash, but your

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life is in your purse, in your wallet,

and that's how it is for me as well.

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So I a hundred percent understand,

what, losing all of those things.

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can mean, she was in

downright panic mode.

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They headed back to the spot on the

beach she was crying out to God, asking

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him to help her find her belongings.

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And in the midst of that craziness

and chaos looking for her things she

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remembered that it was exactly that.

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Just things she remembered what

she was talking about earlier.

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God is always with her and she

is wholly complete and redeemed.

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She didn't allow the thoughts of the

enemy because that's what happens

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to us in those moments of weakness.

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We forget the meaning of things

and that the spirit of the enemy.

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Can also feed off of our emotions

and we can fall down that rabbit

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hole that's hard to climb out of.

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So thankfully though, she remembered

what she was saying and she remembered

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her God and that the things of this

earth, the material things meant nothing.

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She remembered that she was not

afraid of death, shame, sin,

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everything could be replaced.

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and so in a more composed fashion.

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She asked those that were around her

about her belongings, if anyone had

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seen them, and she continued to, to walk

and look and talk to the Lord as she's

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doing all of those things and she's

saying, this is okay, Lord, I'm okay.

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no one wants to lose their belongings,

their license, go through the hassle

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of getting a new one to begin with.

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'cause the DMVs are insane lately.

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But no one wants to have to go

and block all their accounts,

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replace all the credit cards.

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The debit cards, whatever it is, but

mostly no one wants to have the worry

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of someone has my driver's license,

my house keys, and my car keys.

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That's a different kind of fear in

the world we live in today, guys,

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especially when you have children.

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Our immediate thoughts.

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Are concerning their safety and ensuring

that nothing ever happens to them.

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Now, I wanna ask you, what

do you think she did next?

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If you could take a wild

guess, what would it be?

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I'll give you a few seconds.

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Okay.

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I'm not gonna give you that long, but

my friend went home and she anointed.

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Her house.

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She used anointing oil that was gifted

to her from a friend, um, who had gone

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to Jerusalem and brought it back for her.

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And she prayed and she anointed her home.

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if you're not familiar

with anointing someone.

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Or a home with oil.

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We can discuss that in another episode.

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However, in short, it symbolizes the

presence of the Holy Spirit and it, it

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can be used to set apart individuals

objects as holy or to even invoke

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God's blessing and protect and heal.

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So despite the anxiety of that day, the

worry that she had, she gave it all to God

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and she anointed her home and she trusted

God to protect them, and it was so.

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Everything was okay.

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The sun rose, and so did she, and so

did her family, and everything was well,

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but what wasn't the same was her faith.

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I personally think it was transformed.

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It was stronger than before

because in that moment of

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weakness, she caught herself.

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She stopped the enemy from entering her

heart and her mind and doing what it does

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to most from spiraling how we always tend

to do, and she believed in God's promise

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that with him all things are possible.

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Just like the pencil case.

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The pencil case that was

holding her wallet and her keys,

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that's what it actually said.

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Quote, all things are possible

with God and I'm truly in awe.

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One of the things that she told me in

her recitation of her testimony in, in

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the message that she sent me, was that

she hopes that the person who has her

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belongings or found her belongings, sees

those words and perhaps has their heart

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softened and comes closer to Christ.

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Now, maybe even returning them or

mail some, you know, that would

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be amazing, obviously, but if they

don't that they remember those words.

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talk about bearing fruit.

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Honestly, like when you start getting to

know Jesus and reading the Bible, it talks

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a lot about bearing fruit, and that is

exactly what my friend demonstrates here.

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No anger, just alignment with God's

will, love and kindness towards

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that person, whoever they are.

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So friends, fellow listeners,

doesn't matter if you've always

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been a person of faith, how you

grew up, what you've gone through.

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One thing in these two

testimonies is clear as day.

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Faith keeps these two women grounded.

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They are blinded by faith.

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They have faith even in the unknown.

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Faith in not knowing where

you'll be in 30 days.

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Faith in anointing oil and prayer

to call on God to keep you safe.

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Having faith in God when you don't

understand what, what you're even

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doing, but always listening to

the call and allowing him to do

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the work that only he can do.

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That is what's clear to me from these

two testimonies, whatever it is.

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I hope that when you do hear and

understand God's call that you listen.

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I hope that you have that trust

with your eyes closed, kind of

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faith that my two friends have.

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I hope this blesses you.

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I hope you stick around for part two.

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Until next time, my friends take care.

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I Can't (HE Can)
All things life, lessons, Love.
Hi y'all! Welcome to I Can't (He Can) - a down to Earth and honest podcast about life's high's, lows, and everything in between.

From childhood experiences, to dating, raising kids, a career, and marriage - to unpacking all relationships and (very personal) daily struggles - join me as I share my journey discovering that when, I can't... He can.

Each episode is rooted in the Bible and how God's Word gave me the strength (and the hope) to endure all parts of life. So - if you're not sure where your faith lies or if you're looking to grow closer to Jesus, while finding encouragement for your own walk, this is the space for you.

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Sarai Collado

To whoever reads this:
I'm glad you're here and I hope you stay a while. There is something I need to give back to the world - and to you.

That 'something' is my story, my life and my words that were once marked by pain, but are now marked by love and a new found faith in Christ. But hold it right there! Do not be quick to judge. While the root of all my talks are founded in the Bible - do not mistake what I have to say for 'unremarkable' or 'not relatable'.

My story is different than yours. However, if there is one thing we 100% have in common, it's that God has always been with us. If you agree - stick around. If you DON'T agree - stick around too. Let me show the unbeliever, the doubter, and the unsure person, how God has always been there.