♪ TRIBAL TRAILS TRIBAL TRAILS
THE SON OF GOD, HE IS NEAR.
HE CHOSE TO WALK WITH US THESE TRIBAL TRAILS
Conrad: NINETEENTH CENTURY, AMERICAN EVANGELIST D.L. MOODY ONCE SAID,
"SATAN SEPARATES; GOD UNITES; LOVE BINDS US TOGETHER."
THIS SAYING REFLECTS THE LIFE JOURNEY OF TODAY'S GUESTS.
HI, WELCOME TO TRIBAL TRAILS.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU JOINED OUR VISIT WITH RONALD FREEMAN FROM LINWOOD, NORTH CAROLINA.
HE IS ONE OF THE SINGERS IN THE LUMBER RIVER QUARTET.
LATER WE'LL HEAR HIM AND OTHER GUESTS SING SONGS THAT RELATE TO HIS LIFE STORY.
WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, LET'S LISTEN TO RON AS HE TALKS ABOUT HIS FAMILY.
Ron: I WAS BORN MATTER-OF-FACT THIS MONTH, OCTOBER 29, 1954.
UH, TO A, A SHARECROPPER,
WHEN I WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD, YOU COULD COUNT THE CHICKENS AS THEY RAN UNDER
YOU KNOW, THE OLD HOUSE WE LIVED IN.
THE WINDOWS WERE CREAKING, FULL OF AIR, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT
BUT MY MOM AND DADDY MADE SURE THAT WE HAD CLOTHES ON OUR BACK,
A PLACE TO LAY OUR HEAD TO SLEEP AND FOOD ON OUR TABLE. NOW MY DAD WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.
BUT WHEN HE GOT OFF OF WORK ON FRIDAYS HE WOULD GET HIS MONEY AND HE WOULD GO HOME
AND LAY IT ALL OUT ON THE TABLE. THIS IS THIS AND THIS
AND HE WOULD TAKE MY MOM TO TOWN
AND HE'D PAY ALL THE BILLS WITH ONE LITTLE BIT OF MONEY HE MADE.
HE'D BUY GROCERIES TO GO IN THE HOUSE.
AND WHEN HE'D DONE ALL THAT THE REST OF IT WENT TO HIS ALCOHOL.
AND AH MY DAD WAS WHAT WE CALL A MAN'S MAN. MY DAD NEVER TOLD ME HE LOVED ME.
AND AS THE KIDS GREW, THERE WERE EIGHT OF US, AND AS THE KIDS GREW, YOU KNOW,
THINGS BEGAN TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND UH,
THE AH, QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I'M FROM THE TRIBE OF THE LUMBEE IN NORTH CAROLINA
AND BASICALLY OUR RELIGION IS CHRISTIANITY.
AND OUR TRIBE WHERE WE'RE FROM, WE HAVE AN,
AN ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES WHICH WE CALL THE BURNT SWAMP ASSOCIATION.
ACTUALLY TO THIS DAY, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 58 CHURCHES
THAT THE NATIVES THEMSELVES OPERATE.
WE HAVE OUR OWN SCHOOLS, WE HAVE OUR OWN UNIVERSITY. MATTER-OF-FACT WHEN, WHEN
WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1956, THERE WAS A SMALL SCHOOL THERE THAT STARTED OUT.
AND THE SCHOOL JUST GRADUALLY,
UH, PROGRESSED TO WHAT THEY CALL U.N.C. UH, AT PEMBROKE NOW.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN CHURCH ALL MY LIFE. I HAVE GROWN UP IN THE CHURCH ALL MY LIFE,
BUT AS FAR AS BEING A CHRISTIAN, ACCEPTING CHRIST AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOUR,
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
AT THE AGE OF SIX, WE WERE HAVING A, A REVIVAL AT OUR CHURCH.
AND I ALWAYS SAT ON THE FRONT SEAT BECAUSE MY MOMMA ALWAYS TOLD ME TO SIT ON THE FRONT.
YOU DIDN'T SIT ANYWHERE ELSE. SO IF YOU STARTED CUTTIN' UP,
IT DIDN'T TAKE HER LONG TO GET TO WHERE YOU WERE AT.
AND YOU ARE WERE CORRECTED IN CHURCH.
WHERE WE COME FROM YOU DIDN'T CUT UP IN CHURCH.
IF YOU DID, YOU GOT IT RIGHT THERE AND THEN YOU GOT IT WHEN YOU GOT HOME.
♪
Narrator: A ROD AND A REPRIMAND IMPART WISDOM,
BUT A CHILD LEFT UNDISCIPLINED DISGRACES ITS MOTHER.
Ron: SO I WAS SITTIN' THERE THAT NIGHT AND THE PREACHER BEGAN TO PREACH
ON THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. HOW HE COULD TAKE YOU IN.
IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHO YOU WERE, WHAT YOU HAD DONE IN LIFE,
HOW OLD YOU WERE, OR HOW YOUNG.
HE SAID, "IF YOU JUST COME TO ME."
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, I GOTTA DO THIS, I GOTTA DO THAT."
NO, THE SONG SAYS, "COME, JUST AS YOU ARE."
SO THAT NIGHT, WHEN THAT INVITATION WAS GIVEN AGAIN,
I FELT THAT SPIRIT, WHEN HE HAD PUT HIS HANDS ON HIS SHOULDER, OR ON MY SHOULDER.
AND WHEN I WENT DOWN TO THE ALTAR, I ACCEPTED THE LORD AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOUR.
I WAS SIX YEARS OLD IN OUR HOME CHURCH IN FAIRMONT, NORTH CAROLINA,
ON A SUNDAY NIGHT. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT AS LONG AS I LIVE.
♪
JUST AS I AM, WITHOUT ONE PLEA,
BUT THAT THY BLOOD WAS SHED FOR ME,
AND THAT THOU BIDST ME COME TO THEE,
O LAMB OF GOD, I COME, I COME.
JUST AS I AM, AND WAITING NOT
TO RID MY SOUL OF ONE DARK BLOT,
TO THEE WHOSE BLOOD CAN CLEANSE EACH SPOT,
O LAMB OF GOD, I COME, I COME.
JUST AS I AM, THOUGH TOSSED ABOUT
WITH MANY A CONFLICT, MANY A DOUBT,
FIGHTINGS AND FEARS WITHIN, WITHOUT,
O LAMB OF GOD, I COME, I COME.
Ron: WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS OLD, UH, I ACCEPTED CHRIST AS PERSONAL SAVIOUR
I'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN EVER SINCE.
NOW HAVE I LIVED A CHRISTIAN LIFE, THE WHOLE TIME? NO, I'VE WANDERED AWAY,
AND I WAS IN, I THINK, THE 5TH GRADE, AH 5TH OR 6TH GRADE, SOMEWHERE ALONG THERE.
AND UH, EVERYTHING IS FAMILY ORIENTED. MOMMA TAKES YOU TO CHURCH
AND YOU GROW AND GROW AND YOU STAY IN THE CHURCH
ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE GRADE FIVE ALL THE WAY TO 12 AND UM.
AFTER I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL I STILL STAYED IN CHURCH,
BUT YOU BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE THINGS UH, IN THE WORLD.
YOU BEGIN TO DABBLE IN THINGS IN THE WORLD.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU BEGIN TO ENJOY THINGS IN THE WORLD,
AND THE THINGS IN THE WORLD BEGIN TO TAKE YOUR MIND OFF OF CHRISTLIKE THINGS.
THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE MORE APPEALING. YOU THINK, "WELL, CHRISTIANITY IS DULL.
I DON'T LIKE HANGING OUT AT THE CHURCH ANYMORE. I LIKE GOING TO THE CLUBS."
AND I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT, THAT I GOT TO THAT POINT.
I GOT TO WHERE I ENJOYED DANCING. I LOVED TO DANCE.
MY SISTER AND I WOULD GO TO THE CLUBS DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST,
AND WE'D DANCE ALL NIGHT LONG. JUST DANCE, DANCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT POINT.
I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I STARTED DABBLING IN THE WORLD SO MUCH THAT I LOST FOCUS.
♪
Narrator: JESUS SAID, "THE EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY.
IF YOUR EYES ARE HEALTHY, YOUR WHOLE BODY WILL BE FULL OF LIGHT.
BUT IF YOUR EYES ARE UNHEALTHY, YOUR WHOLE BODY WILL BE FULL OF DARKNESS.
IF THEN THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU IS DARKNESS, HOW GREAT IS THAT DARKNESS!
"NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS. EITHER YOU WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER,
OR YOU WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER.
Ron: AND WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS YOUNG LADY,
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY WHOLE WORLD. EVERYTHING WE DID, WE DID TOGETHER
AND UM ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING HAPPENED, AND WE DRIFTED APART.
ACTUALLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HER DAD DIDN'T LIKE ME, FOR, FOR ONE THING.
AND HER DAD AND I GOT INTO A, A CONFRONTATION. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT, ON CHRISTMAS.
WHEN I LEFT HER THAT NIGHT WE WERE BOTH CRYING, AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, "LISTEN,"
I SAID, "BEST THING FOR ME TO DO IS TO WALK AWAY."
IT WAS THE HARDEST DECISION I EVER MADE IN MY LIFE.
I SAID, "BECAUSE, IF I DON'T WALK AWAY, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT."
SO WHEN I LEFT THAT NIGHT, I NEVER INTENDED TO SEE HER AGAIN.
AND UM SHE CALLED ME ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, SHE SAID, "YOU NEED TO GO HOME AND HIDE."
SHE SAID, "MY DAD'S LOOKING FOR YOU." SO I WENT HOME.
THAT SAME SHOTGUN I WENT HOME AND LOADED IT AND I WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.
BUT THE LORD SAID THAT WAS NOT THE ANSWER.
SO AH, FROM THAT POINT ON, TILL I WAS ABOUT 19 OR 20, EVERYTHING JUST CRASHED.
AND I GOT TO A POINT IN LIFE WHERE IT DIDN'T MATTER NO MORE. I DIDN'T CARE.
I DIDN'T CARE BECAUSE I'D ASK PEOPLE, "DO YOU LOVE ME?"
YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER GET A DIRECT ANSWER.
EVERY TIME I TRIED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP IT WOULD ALWAYS GO SOUR,
IT WOULD ALWAYS GO BAD.
THEN IT GOT TO THE POINT WHEN I'D COME HOME I, I FELT LIKE MY MOM DIDN'T EVEN LOVE ME.
MY DAD AND I DIDN'T LIKE EACH OTHER. WE GOT IN A BIG CONFRONTATION.
AND I WOULD ALWAYS STAY OUT LATE AT NIGHT TILL I KNEW HE'D WENT TO BED OR
OR I WOULD GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING
AND I WOULD LEAVE BEFORE HE GOT UP, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE HIM.
AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE ACTUALLY ALMOST HATED ONE ANOTHER.
I WAS ON THE VERGE OF COMMITTING SUICIDE.
I GOT HOME FROM WORK ONE AFTERNOON AT THE AGE OF 19.
I WENT IN MY MOM'S HOUSE AND I WAS IN SUCH A DEPRESSION
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT TOOK PLACE.
AND I WALKED THROUGH MOM'S HOUSE AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
AND UH, I WALKED AROUND IN EACH ROOM, MADE SURE NOBODY WAS THERE.
AND UH, I HAD MADE UP MY MIND I WAS DONE WITH LIFE. I WAS THROUGH.
SO UM, I WALKED INTO MY BEDROOM AND I HAD A 12 GAUGE SHOT GUN AND I LOADED IT,
AND I SET ON THE FLOOR, AND I PUT IT AGAINST MY FOREHEAD.
I SAID, "NO, NOT HERE." AND I LAID IT DOWN ACROSS MY BED.
♪
Narrator: THE PROPHET ISAIAH SPOKE ABOUT JESUS.
A BRUISED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT SNUFF OUT.
Ron: AND I WALKED OUT OF MOMMA'S HOUSE AND
I WALKED ABOUT 100 YARDS ACROSS THE FIELD TO THE EDGE OF THE WOODS.
AND I WENT OVER IN THE WOODS AND I WAS GONNA FIND A NICE QUIET PLACE, YOU KNOW.
I WAS GOING BACK AND GET MY GUN AND I WAS GONNA COME BACK AND NOBODY'D NEVER FIND ME.
SO AS I CAME OUT OF THE WOODS, I STEPPED INTO THE EDGE OF THE FIELD
AND I HEARD THE MOST INCREDIBLE SOUND THAT I'VE EVER HEARD.
I HEARD A SMALL SOFT VOICE.
IT SAYS, "RONALD, I LOVE YOU."
AND ME BEING OUT IN THOSE WOODS BY MYSELF IT LIKE SCARED ME TO DEATH.
YOU KNOW I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.
BUT IT WAS SO SOFT, IT WAS SO SWEET, AND SO WARM.
WALKED A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AND IT, IT GOT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER AND IT SAID,
"RONALD, I LOVE YOU." AND I BEGAN TO LOOK AROUND LIKE. I'VE REALLY LOST IT NOW!
AND I GOT RIGHT BACK TO THE EDGE OF THE FIELD,
BEFORE STEPPING UP INTO MY MOMMA'S YARD.
THE LORD SAID, "RONALD, I LOVE YOU. I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU, I'LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU."
CONRAD, I WENT IN MY HOUSE, I WENT TO MY BEDROOM, TOOK MY GUN OFF OF MY BED,
I UNLOADED IT, PUT IT IN MY SHELF, PUT MY GUN BACK UP.
YOU KNOW. I'VE NEVER HAD THAT DESIRE TO DO IT AGAIN
BECAUSE I FELT A LOVE THAT DAY THAT I'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE.
IT WAS LIKE JESUS JUST WALKED IN AND HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND ME,
AND HE PULLED ME INTO HIM. HE SAID, "RONALD, I LOVE YOU." AND UH, THE REST IS HISTORY.
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
NO MORE NIGHTCLUBS, NOT EVEN THE SUICIDE THOUGHTS HAVE EVER BOTHERED ME ANYMORE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING THROUGH STRUGGLES IN LIFE,
HERE'S WHAT I TRY TO TELL YOUNG FOLKS MIDDLE-AGED, EVEN PEOPLE MY AGE.
IF YOU'VE NEVER TRIED CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOUR, I ASK YOU TODAY TO TRY HIM,
ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOUR,
DEPEND ON HIM FOR EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. TRUST HIM.
HE SAID, "I'LL BE YOUR MOTHER, YOUR FATHER, YOUR SISTER AND YOUR BROTHER.
I'LL BE EVERYTHING YOU NEED IF YOU PUT YOUR TRUST IN ME."
Conrad: RON IS RIGHT! I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO HIM
AND THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT PUTTING YOUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.
IF YOU NEED HELP, GIVE US A CALL. WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
MANY TIMES OF HIS LIFE KING DAVID EXPERIENCED ABANDONMENT.
WHEN THAT HAPPENED, HE WAS REMINDED TO TRUST THE LORD.
HE SAID, "WHEN MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER FORSAKE ME,
THEN THE LORD WILL TAKE CARE OF ME."
♪
OUT UPON GALILEE ONE NIGHT ANGRY WINDS DASHED A FEARFUL FRIGHT
THE DISCIPLES ONBOARD THE SHIP THAT NIGHT THEY FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES
BUT THE MASTER ONBOARD, HE TOOK A STAND
AND WHEN HE DID, HE RAISED HIS HAND SAID, "WIND BEGONE,
FEAR NOT MY CHILDREN YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
NEVER ALONE (NEVER ALONE) NEVER ALONE (NO, NEVER ALONE)
WHEN BURDENS OFTEN GET YOU DOWN YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
JUST LOOK TOWARD THE HILLS WHICH COMETH YOUR STRENGTH
HE'LL GIVE YOU POWER TO COME AGAINST
ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WRONG IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
NOW WHEN PAUL AND SILAS WERE THROWN IN JAIL
THEY KNEW THE GOD THAT THEY SERVED WOULD NOT FAIL
THEY SANG AND PRAYED UNTIL THE HOLY GHOST CAME
THEN THE WALLS OF THAT JAIL THEY BEGAN TO SHAKE
CHAINS AND THE FETTERS THEY ALL FELL AWAY
FOR THE GOD THAT THEY SERVED SENT AN ANGEL DOWN TO DELIVER THAT DAY
THEY WERE NEVER ALONE (NEVER ALONE) NEVER ALONE (NO, NEVER ALONE)
WHEN BURDENS OFTEN GET YOU DOWN YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
JUST LOOK TOWARD THE HILLS WHICH COMETH YOUR STRENGTH
HE'LL GIVE YOU POWER TO COME AGAINST
ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WRONG IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
NO, NEVER ALONE (NEVER ALONE) WHEN YOU'RE NEVER ALONE NO, NEVER ALONE
WHEN BURDENS OFTEN GET YOU DOWN YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
YOU JUST LOOK TOWARD THE HILLS WHICH COMETH YOUR STRENGTH
HE'LL GIVE YOU POWER TO COME AGAINST
ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WRONG IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
YOU JUST LOOK TOWARD THE HILLS WHICH COMETH YOUR STRENGTH
HE'LL GIVE YOU POWER TO COME AGAINST
ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WRONG IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
YOU'RE NEVER ALONE (NEVER ALONE)
Ron: AFTER THE EXPERIENCE I HAD WITH SUICIDE, I TOLD THE LORD, I SAID, "LORD,"
I SAYS, "I'M TIRED OF BEING BY MYSELF,"
I SAYS, "I'M LONELY. I NEED SOMEBODY TO SPEND MY LIFE WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE."
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. EASTER SUNDAY MORNING IN 1977, WE WERE HAVING
A, A WORSHIP SERVICE AT OUR CHURCH AND WE BOTH WENT TO THE SAME CHURCH.
I'D NEVER MET HER. AND UH, I KNEW HER MOTHER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HER.
SO WE WERE STANDING IN, IN THE AH WORSHIP SERVICE THAT MORNING
AND EVERYBODY WAS PRAISING THE LORD AND WORSHIPPING
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE LORD SAID, [knocking sound on the table]
"HEY, LOOK ACROSS THE CHURCH."
AND I TURNED MY HEAD AND HE SAID, "THERE'S YOUR WIFE."
AND I SAID, "HUH?" AND HE SAID, "THERE SHE IS."
IT TOOK ME THREE YEARS TO RUN HER DOWN AND GET HER. BUT HEY,
[Conrad laughs] WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER UH, SINCE UH, OCTOBER 18, 1980.
MY WIFE'S NAME IS LORI. LORI. AND WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR, 38 YEARS.
♪
Narrator: HE WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS WHAT IS GOOD AND RECEIVES FAVOR FROM THE LORD.
CHILDREN ARE A HERITAGE FROM THE LORD, OFFSPRING A REWARD FROM HIM.
Ron: MY, ONLY DAUGHTER, HER NAME IS JOSETTE LENORA.
SHE'S A CURRIE NOW. SHE MARRIED A, A GUY THAT SHE UH, WENT TO CHURCH WITH.
UH, SHE'LL BE 36 ON HER BIRTHDAY OR 35.
MY DAUGHTER WORKS FOR A, A BANKING ORGANIZATION CALLED BB&T.
UH, SHE'S ONE OF THE AH FINANCIAL ASSISTANTS
AND AH MY SON'S NAME IS JEREMY LYNDALE.
HE'LL BE 33. HE ALWAYS PICKS ON ME, HE SAYS,
"DADDY, YOU'RE ONLY 30 YEARS OLDER THAN I AM."
I SAID, "OKAY." SO I'LL BE 63 AND HE'LL BE 33.
AND MY SON AND I WORKED TOGETHER IN SHEET-METAL FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS.
AND THEN HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
HE'S WHAT IN THE STATES WE CALL A LASER TECHNICIAN.
HE RUNS A MACHINE ABOUT, ABOUT THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM HERE
THAT CUTS THE SHEET METAL UP. WHAT YOU DO, YOU PROGRAM IT, AND IT CUTS THE SHEET METAL
OUT IN DIFFERENT DESIGNS, DIFFERENT SHAPES. WHATEVER YOU WANT IT IN.
HE'S WORKING IN A COMPANY DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE I WORK AT NOW.
AH, HE'S BACK AS A LASER TECH.
HE'S BEEN WORKING THERE NOW AH, PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
BUT UH, EVERYBODY LIVES WITHIN VISITING DISTANCE.
I CALLED MY WIFE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND HE ANSWERED THE PHONE
AND I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' AT MY HOUSE?" I SAID, "I THOUGHT YOU'D MOVED OUT?"
WELL HE COMES BACK QUITE OFTEN AND VISITS.
BUT UH, AND I HAVE 2 BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN.
I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER WHO'S 11. HER MOTHER AND HER SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY.
THEY WERE BORN DECEMBER 7 AND SHE'LL BE 12 ON HER BIRTHDAY.
AND I HAVE A GRANDSON WHO JUST TURNED 4 ON JUNE THE 8TH.
AND UM, WE ALL LIVE WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER
SO WE GET TO SEE EACH OTHER QUITE A BIT WHEN I'M HOME.
Conrad: YOU'VE HEARD EARLIER RON SHARE THAT HE AND HIS FATHER HATED EACH OTHER.
BUT RON'S BORN AGAIN EXPERIENCE CHANGED THAT.
IT ECHOES WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3,
"THEREFORE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD, HOLY AND BELOVED, PUT ON TENDER MERCIES, KINDNESS,
HUMILITY, MEEKNESS, LONGSUFFERING; BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER,
AND FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, IF ANYONE HAS A COMPLAINT AGAINST ANOTHER;
EVEN AS CHRIST FORGAVE YOU, SO YOU ALSO MUST DO.
BUT ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS PUT ON LOVE, WHICH IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION."
Ron: MY DAD HAD A STROKE AND IT PARALYZED HIM ALL THE WAY DOWN HIS, HIS LEFT SIDE,
PARALYZED HIS VOCAL CORDS. THEY HAD HIM ON A FEEDING TUBE AND HE COULDN'T TALK.
THE LAST NIGHT I TALKED TO MY DAD I SAT ON HIS BEDSIDE AND, AND WE LAUGHED
AND I PICKED AT HIM AND I TOLD HIM I SAID, "DADDY I'VE GOT TO GO."
I SAID, "BUT YOU KNOW ONE THING," I SAID, "DADDY I LOVE YOU."
I GOT AROUND AND REACHED DOWN AND I PICKED HIM UP
AND HE COULDN'T MOVE TOO MUCH AND I PULLED HIM UP
AND I LAID HIS HEAD OVER ON MY SHOULDER AND HE LAID HIS HEAD DOWN ON MY SHOULDER
AND I SAID, "DADDY I LOVE YOU AND I GOT TO GO."
AND MY DAD DIED IN 93 AND AH THE LAST FOUR WORDS I HEARD MY DADDY SPEAK TO ME
HE WHISPERED IN MY EAR, HE SAID, "RONALD, I LOVE YOU."
SAME THING JESUS TOLD ME THAT DAY IN THAT FIELD.
MY DAD PASSED AWAY THAT MORNING AT ONE O'CLOCK.
♪
Narrator: THIS IS HOW GOD SHOWED HIS LOVE AMONG US:
HE SENT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM.
THIS IS LOVE: NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD,
BUT THAT HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON AS AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS.
DEAR FRIENDS, SINCE GOD SO LOVED US, WE ALSO OUGHT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Ron: MY MOM PASSED AWAY IN 2000.
UM
MY MOM DIED WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
BUT SHE'D NEVER DRANK A DAY IN, IN HER LIFE.
NEVER HAD ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL NEVER CROSSED MY MOMMA'S LIPS.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND. MY MOM SUFFERED FOR YEARS WITH THIS DISEASE CALLED CIRRHOSIS.
I SEE MY MOM SITTING AND SHE WOULD CRY
AND SHE'D HOLD HER HEAD BACK AND SHE'D SING THIS SONG.
AND SHE'D JUST CRY AND CRY AND I KNEW MY MOM WAS HURTING ON THE INSIDE
AND I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND. I WALKED UP TO HER BEDSIDE THAT AFTERNOON,
IN APRIL THE 23RD IN 2000.
SHE WAS LAYING THERE AND SHE WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT UP INTO HEAVEN.
HER EYES WAS WIDE OPEN. YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE TEARS HAD RUN DOWN HER FACE.
AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THIS SONG,
IT SAYS, "FARTHER ALONG WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT."
THE SECOND VERSE OF THIS SONG WAS MY MOMMA'S TESTIMONY.
THE SECOND VERSE OF THIS SONG SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, "AND WHEN WE SEE JESUS
COMING IN GLORY WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHY," - THAT SHE SUFFERED,
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT DAY THAT, THAT WHEN HE CAME AND GOT HER,
THE REASON SHE WAS SMILING, SHE SAW THE HEAVENS OPENED UP.
SHE SAW WHAT SHE'D BEEN LOOKING FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
AND UM, THAT SONG, "FARTHER ALONG" MEANS MORE TO ME TODAY THAN ANY SONG THAT WE SING.
BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN IT WON'T MATTER THEN,
BUT IT HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND NOW THAT FARTHER ALONG,
WHEN WE SEE JESUS EVERYTHING THAT WE SUFFERED EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH,
ALL THE TROUBLES, ALL THE TRIALS, THE HEARTACHES, THE LOSS.
AND JESUS JUST TO SEE HIS FACE, WOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT. [HM]
Conrad: AMEN! IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE APOSTLE JOHN DESCRIBED HIS VISION
OF A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH.
AND HE HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING,
'"BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN,
AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, AND THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE.
GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AND BE THEIR GOD.
AND GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES;
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NOR SORROW, NOR CRYING.
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN, FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY."
THEN HE WHO SAT ON THE THRONE SAID, "BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW."'
WOW! GOD IN HIS TIMING WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR THE BETTER.
JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SIN AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
THIS IS THE HOPE WE HAVE. DO YOU WANT THAT TOO?
IF YOU DO, PRAY WITH ME THIS PRAYER.
LORD I THANK YOU FOR DYING ON THE CROSS AND SENDING YOUR SON FOR ME,
SO THAT I MAY BE FORGIVEN. LORD, I ASK YOU LORD, TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN
AND I INVITE YOU TO COME INTO MY HEART, INTO MY LIFE, TO BE MY SAVIOUR.
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. AMEN.
THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN REJOICE OVER ONE SINNER WHO TURNS TO CHRIST.
SO CONTACT US, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU AND HELP YOU TO GROW IN YOUR FAITH.
THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR YOU TODAY. SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
♪
FARTHER ALONG WE'LL KNOW ALL ABOUT IT
WELL, FARTHER ALONG WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHY
SO CHEER UP MY BROTHER LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE
THEN WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT ALL BY AND BY
Ron: LIKE I SAID, WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT THIS SECOND VERSE MEANT UNTIL MY MOMMA PASSED AWAY
AND I WALKED UP TO HER BEDSIDE AND THIS WAS HER FAVOURITE VERSE
OUT OF THE WHOLE SONG AND SHE WOULD SING IT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
NOW WHEN WE SEE JESUS COMING IN GLORY
WHEN HE COMES FROM HIS HOME IN THE SKY
THEN WE SHALL SEE HIM IN THAT BRIGHT MANSION
THEN WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT ALL BY AND BY
SO FARTHER ALONG WE'LL KNOW ALL ABOUT IT
WELL FARTHER ALONG WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHY
SO CHEER UP MY BROTHER LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE
THEN WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT
OH, WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT ALL BY AND BY
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