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S1: Oh, I have something good for your heart today is to get to know each other Friday. I want to tell you a story about something on my desk. I asked my brother to send it to me, and when it arrived, I felt giddy. And there has been this compulsion, I don't know what to call it, desire a taste of something in the past that I don't have and I can't have again. But this memento has fueled the memories. I need your help today. Do you have something around the house that causes you to remember? Someone no longer with us posted a picture on Facebook of my item, and others have done the same thing. And if that's any indication, we're going to have a great trip down memory lane with each other today. This is Chris Fabry live online Chris Fabry live. Org thanking our team Ryan McConaughey doing all things technical. Tricia's the producer. Diabetes in the chair. Lisa will be answering your calls today. And since it's Friday. That's right. It's time for the fabulous February Friday. Sigh what does it do? Chris one. We oxygenate your blood. Two we get your endorphins going. Three we raise your serotonin level. Four we promote lymphatic drainage. In five we stimulate your parasympathetic system. That's why we call it the five lung languages. We also stimulate your vagus nerve. We help you release acetylcholine. And don't forget what it does to cortisol dissipation. Taking four seconds of air through your nose right now hold it for a seconds thousand one. And then as you release that air through your mouth, push on the left side of your ribcage to get rid of all that bad carbon dioxide. Let's give a memento psi, an object that gives a memory jog things you keep to remind you of that beloved person you can no longer give a hug to or share a cup of coffee with. Maybe that's what you have the person's favorite mug. And when you look at it, you remember for one person, it's a pair of boots. For another, it's a mother's day card. Maybe you saved a driver's license, or a hunting jacket, or the medal the person was given for some act of heroism could be in your kitchen, your office, your car, on the wall of your garage. What is that thing that you've kept to remind you of them? The fabulous February Friday sign is brought to you by the word memento. We've done several memento shows in the last 15 years of this program, and this one bubbled up over the last month or so when I reached out to my brothers for help. In case you're wondering, you spell memento. Memento, though I had spelled it mom. And I have a pretty good speller. And it was like it had a little red line under it. It's like, why does it got this red line? Is it memento? No, it's m m. Definition, something that serves to warn or remind a souvenir. Memento comes from the imperative form of menace, a Latin verb that literally means to remember the term memento mori, meaning a reminder of mortality. Translates as remember that you must die. The history of memento makes it clear Merriam-Webster says, where its spelling came from, because a memento memento often helps one remember a particular moment. So people occasionally spell the term mom n2. This is usually considered a misspelling, but it appears often enough and edited prose to have been entered into most dictionaries as an acceptable variant. Well, not me, Fran. I was built right when my mother passed away a year and a half ago, and we were up to house where I grew up. The only house I really remember. I noticed that my father's pipes weren't there, and he had quite a collection. And my brother said, oh, I have those. Tell me which ones you want. And he sent me, went home, sent me a picture. And just looking at that picture did something on the inside. I can't explain it. I won't try. Well, I probably will. But it has taken me more than a year to process. Okay, what do I want? And I didn't want all of them, and I just, I picked one. And so I texted him. I said, hey, the one that the brown one with the ring around it, would you send that to me? And in a few days I was holding it in my hands. I put a picture up on Facebook. You can see it there. And my other brother lives about a half hour away from the house that is still uninhabited there. And I described a tobacco tin that I remember, and I can close my eyes now. And on the top it was has a black area, a black stripe around it with the name of the company. And then in the on the bottom of it, it is white and it's got a sailing ship on the front with sails and the masts. I don't know what you call that, but it's a it's the image of this big ship that is in my mind. And so I said, hey, next time you go up there, see if you can find one of those old tobacco tins. And, uh, I think he only checks his email. He's retired. He only checks his email about once. And so the next day he texted back something like, not to pry, but why in a world do you want one of those rusty old containers? And it's a good question. And I've asked myself that. Why?
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S2: I.
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S1: Part of it is I remember the aroma of the tobacco in the tin. You take the top off, you take a sniff of that sweet. I think it was cherry curing that they must have done to the leaves. And I debated bringing this to you because smoking is bad for your health. My dad smoked cigarettes all of his life. Until he didn't, until he stopped cold turkey when I was little. That was back when the Surgeon General was still a private. We didn't know what we didn't know, and nine out of ten doctors preferred whatever brand of cigarettes it was back then. But even though he kicked cigarettes, he still occasionally brought out his pipe. So I have two questions for you. First one is. That's why I need your help. Why do you think I wanted that? Why has that been on my mind so much? There's no real value in this thing, at least monetarily. Why is it that and why do I want to smell that smell that I that I smelled when I was a kid, not of the smoke, although it was another person says here today on Facebook, you know, the sweet smell. It was the the dry tobacco in the tin. So answer that question for me. (877) 548-3675. Or tell me about your memento. That's probably what we're going to do the rest of the hour. What is your memento and why have you kept it? What does it do to you inside when you see it? Who does it remind you of? Here's the number (877) 548-3675. 1-877-548-3675. You can also answer on Facebook. Put a picture up there. If you have the wherewithal, you do that kind of thing, you know. You know how to take a picture and put it up there I have struggles. I will read you some of the I love I think we we hit a good topic when other radio people respond. And Deb Solomon over equipped with Chris Brooks, wrote my mom's eyeglasses. I want to always see others the way she did. As people who need to know the love of Jesus through me. That's a lot more spiritual than mine, but it's really good. And Doug Hastings. Hey, Doug, former VP of Moody Radio, now retired. Took a picture of his dad's softball mitt. And it's a MacGregor. And it's really old. And I hope he didn't play first base, Doug, because that ball's going through. There's no way that webbing is going to hold a good throw from third. Uh, Doug said he passed away in 2001. Reminds me he was a team player. You need to work with others to achieve success. Mary Sue is in Georgia. Mary Sue. Why did you call today? What is your memento?
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S3: Mama mento is the last bottle of Cologne that my late husband had. We were married 25 years and he died in 2015. And he wore Stetson. So when he died, I took his bottle of Cologne. And I put it in my closet on the shelf. And when I get to missing him real bad and can't, you know, sometimes you think you can't remember people after they're gone too. Well, I smell that smell, and it just brings back everything.
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S1: Yes it does. There's something about. And that's it's the brain working along with the memories is the. What is the bottle of Stetson look like?
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S3: It's a little square, pretty square bottle with a gold lid on it. Okay. And, uh, they use the spray, so it's a spray bottle, but. Uh, just being able to smell his smell, you know?
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S1: Yes. Tell me his name.
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S3: That feeling. Doug? He went back.
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S4: Gumby.
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S1: Know why I called him gum?
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S3: Because when he walked, when he was a little kid and he walked, he walked like that little Gumby character. And his whole life, they called him Gumby, and it's on his tombstone even.
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S1: Is it really? Oh, yeah. See, now, this is this is the thing. These memories of the people that you, you know, have your husband. It was 2015. It's been eight years. It probably seems like a day, and it probably seems like a hundred years at the same time. But, you know, you would think that this is a really hard thing to talk about. And then you start telling me about Gumby and you start to smile. Right.
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S3: Right, right, right.
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S1: I love it. Mary Sue, you started us off well here today. Let me give you the phone number (877) 548-3675. What is the memento that you have kept of somebody that you loved dearly who's no longer here? Why did you keep it? What is it? (877) 548-3675. Or explain myself to me and why I needed this pipe of my father. More straight ahead on Moody Radio. Karen posted on Facebook. A bottle of Brut Cologne. So, Mary Sue, we're going to give Brut equal time here today with Stetson. Uh, Karen says it belonged to my husband. He's been in heaven 15 years, and my daughter keeps it now. So what is the memento that you have kept of this person who's no longer with us? And what does it do on the inside when you see it? Or the aroma of the Cologne? Um. Or explain myself to myself. Dave is in Ohio. Dave, why did you call today?
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S5: Um, just you're talking about smells and certain things that remind you of certain things. Right. And, um, I used to smoke, but I quit. But sometimes the smell of it or certain ones of it, bring me back to a time with my grandparents. Hmm. And, you know, so even though, like, the effects of smoking are bad, but the memories can be sweet that come with it, you know? So it's like, um, a sweet aroma in that sense. Yes. And then since we're talking about smells and things like that connected with that, you know, I work in construction. There's this guy that I've been connecting with this past week who has a certain Cologne, and it's not like strong where it's like, embarrassing, like it's too much or whatever, but like, I can smell coming down away. And we've been sharing things biblically on the construction site, kind of mentoring each other. And so it's it's almost like feeling the presence of the Holy Spirit every time I smell that, you know, like knowing there's a presence of another believer around. So. With those types of things. It can be even spiritual, a sweet aroma.
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S1: I remember that it'll happen to me if I'm. If somebody is smoking cigarettes outside of a store and I pass by and I'll smell that. And I'm immediately taking. Taken back to Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati after walking the suspension bridge with my dad and and my brother or whoever is going with my mom and walking up, and you've got these little bands of people who are playing and everybody's just about everybody's smoking. And it was such a of an imprint on my brain as a child that that's where I go back to every time. And I smile when that happens, and then I try to move on to second hand so I don't get hurt by it. But that's I hadn't thought about that sweet aroma that you're talking about, Dave, because that's what Paul writes about, that that's what we can be a sweet, not smoke, but a sweet aroma to those around us. Thank you. Uh, Kathleen in West Michigan. Go right ahead.
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S6: Hi, Chris. Can you hear me? Okay.
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S1: I sure can.
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S6: Okay, well, I'm in the country and I have pulled over about. It might drop, but, you know, the minute you said, oh, why do I want this pipe? Why do I want this tin? Well, dear, it's because you love your father. And fond memories of him, I'm sure. Fill your mind when you see that pipe. You hold it and you smell. I just say the smells. My father and I used to play cribbage. I've yet to play cribbage with anyone else. But when I and I have the cribbage board.
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S4: If I look at it.
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S6: If I see it by accident. I automatically see my father's face. I see his gestures. I see him counting the points. And it's just a joy to feel and remember all those things. But it's the love.
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S1: Yeah, I think you're it is it. And it's the connection and and a thing about the pipe. And I'll pick it up and I'll hold it right here. The thing about it is I can see, you know, he he tapped the tobacco in here and I'll never use this to, to actually smoke it. That's not why I want it. But he held it. His hands were on this. I can see the imprint of his teeth on the little mouthpiece there, too. And so I'm holding something that. That he held. Unless my brother went out and got this from somebody else. And, you know, he does want to do that kind of thing. No, he didn't he didn't do that. But he did say there was some for my grandfather there too. And he said, I don't know which ones were which. So my assumption is this was my dad's. As a matter of fact, I think this is I remember as a kid giving him pipes at Christmas time. Um, and so I think this was one that I had bought for him at the, you know, the dime store or whatever. But cribbage is another thing. The games that you play with your father, that you can see his face even today across the across the board. Right.
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S6: That's right. Exactly the way he was. He made it til 92. He just passed, uh, two years ago. Him and my mother, she was 93. They died within four months of each other. But I see that face of him. He was probably in the 70s. I can't recall the age, but you just see them so clearly. They're always in your heart. Just like anybody you love dearly, especially your family members. And clearly that's, um, what the Lord represents to us. He's always there, he's always in our heart. And his reminders are with us everywhere we look.
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S1: So it makes me think, Kathleen. It makes me think of the disciples. And I wonder if they kept anything. I wonder if they had anything in their travels with Jesus. Well, you didn't own much of anything other than the clothes he was wearing. Um, but was there anything that's one of those questions that we'll never be able to answer. So this can this can take us to some really hard places in memory and in a lament, but it can also take us to some good places. Here's one. This is my last Mother's Day card, Susan says from my son, who passed three and a half years ago. I have it sitting on a bookshelf where I can always see it, and it says, you're a blessing to me. There are many good women, but you are the best. Proverbs 3129. It's a real pretty purple card with a bow on the front of it, and it looks like flower roses of some sort depicted underneath. You can see that at our Facebook page. Take a picture of your memento and, uh, and show it to me. Julia is in Indianapolis. Hi, Julia.
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S7: Hey, Chris. Well, I have related to so many things that you all have been talking about, but one of my favorite mementos is one of the last, um, pullover shirt sweaters I bought for my husband. He died in 2017, and he was the most incredible hugger. Um, and I just. When I really miss him, I just put that shirt kind of around me, and I'm, you know, taken back there, and it's just a it's a powerful memory. And, um, you were also talking about how it can be good and bittersweet. Um, my husband took his life, um, was a wonderful, godly man, but struggled with a lot of the pain from his, excuse me, his childhood. So even though there's a lot of real difficult pain and, you know, answers, I'll never have, um, this side of glory, but it's still that sweet moment of just remembering our sweet moments together. Um, and it's really powerful. And the other thing is, I'm also a Christian counselor. And when I'm working with clients and I need them to try to retrieve what I feel like might be some important memories, I'll ask them to think of a smell or a sound, um, that will take them back to a place. And often, you know, before I get words, I hear tears because that sensory memory is so powerful and it's really been a gift from the Lord for me with my clients. Um, was for me personally, but now it's something I'm able to use with them as well. So.
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S4: Um, I really. Counselor for today.
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S1: How long have you been a counselor?
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S7: Over 30 years.
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S4: 30 years. Okay, yeah. So?
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S1: So one of the things I was before I found out that that's what you do, um, I was going to say thank you for sharing that about your husband. Because there's such a stigma for those who die by suicide.
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S4: Um, literally.
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S1: And and people don't talk about it. So you could have just said. And I his shirt and his hug and and, you know, all of that and never mentioned that. But thank you for saying that, because the more you talk about it, the the less stigma it had. Less hold. It has over us, don't you think?
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S7: Absolutely. And and I almost didn't say anything about it. And then I thought, no. And partly for that reason because, I mean, my husband was a pastor. And so, you know, we are not exempt from the pain and the suffering of this earth. And, you know, I didn't know a lot about what brought him periods of depression and such deep, dark struggles until some of the letters he left after. Brought a lot of light to that. But, you know, he I do not doubt at all that he is in glory, you know that he you know, even though the way he died, perhaps, you know, I mean, it was sin to take his own life, but he was, you know, the last thing that someone saw him at his funeral said, you know, I saw him the day before he died with his Bible open, sharing with someone. Um, and, you know, I just got chills when I said that, but, you know, he, uh, you know, sometimes we can be used mightily in spite of our own struggles and, um. Yeah. So tell.
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S4: Me and tell me your husband's.
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S7: Name again. Fighting to not. It was Brett. Brett. Brett.
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S1: And you're fighting to what?
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S7: Um. I forgot what I was going to say, but, um.
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S4: Oh, fighting.
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S7: I'm fighting in my in my work to to to break down that stigma, like you say, for people to be able to talk about it. And one of the reasons that our, our suicide rates are so high is because people are afraid to tell other people that they're having those thoughts. And, um, you know, it's just so important to reach out when you are having some of those thoughts and, and also to talk about those who have, um, and to share our story. So thank you for giving me the opportunity to do that.
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S1: It was an honor to hear a little bit about Brett and that, uh, last shirt that you bought him and what it means to you and see, that's what the you know, this this topic of the pipe, you know, that I wanted of my father's. It seems innocuous. It seems almost kind of unspiritual in a way. But it's so human and it's it takes us to different places that I you know, I have no idea. But I'm glad that Mary Sue got to talk about Doug. Gumby was his nickname. I'm glad that Julia got to talk about Brett today. Chad is in Marion, Indiana, around a corner there. Hi, Chad. Go ahead.
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S8: Hey, Chris. Thanks so much. Yeah, I was just going to share. You know, uh, I had a brother that, um, died in the womb of my mom, uh, a little bit over halfway through, you know, her pregnancy. And, um, anyway, she let me name him, uh, named him Clark. And, um, we had this super friends fellow case that we kept, you know, because that had Superman on there. And I love Superman, and, um, you know, got a chance to name him Clark, but I can't quite describe, like, they moved houses and the the Super Friends pillowcases now went with them to their, their house, um, where they live now. But I can't quite describe, you know, the feeling. Um, you know, we talk about, uh, what it brings me. I mean, I feel this this hope, you know, that I'm going to see him someday, and, you know, I'll know him.
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S4: Yes. Yeah.
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S1: How old were you, Chad? When? When she had the miscarriage.
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S8: I was young, I was like, five.
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S4: Wow.
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S1: But she brought you in. And I assume your dad, too. They brought you into that of that problem rather than keeping it from you. Keeping it away from you. They they let you participate, right?
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S8: Yes, yes. Huh? Yeah. And, you know, you know, gives me choked up, you know, thinking about. You know the hope to that. I know I'll be able to see him. Yeah.
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S1: Your little brother. Did you ever have any other children? Any other siblings?
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S8: Oh, yeah. I'm one of four. He would have been five.
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S4: Ah.
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S1: Well, we can remember. And I love the emotion that I'm hearing in your voice of this person who, you know, in our culture these days, Chad. Uh, young people like Clark are not viewed as people by a lot of the culture. You know that, right?
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S8: Exactly, exactly. Yes.
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S1: So this is a personal thing for you. And I'm so glad you got to share that. Uh, Mike says I have many things from my mom and dad, but my favorite is my dad's Navy peacoat. He was in World War two, in the Korean War, so it's probably about 70 years old. It looks brand new. It's wool and quality lined pockets are heavy. Quarter corduroy, weighs 20 plus pounds. This reminds me heavily of my dad and the greatest generation ever. And he he left a picture of that, and I. I looked it up because he spelled it P with the letter P coat, and I looked it up and I found that a pea coat, outer coat generally of Navy Navy color heavy wool originally worn by sailors of European and later American navies. Pea coats are characterized by short length, broad lapels, double breasted fronts, and as early as the 1720s they were wearing. These modern renditions still maintain the original design and competition. So thank you for sharing that, Mike, about your dad's peacoat. How about you? (877) 548-3675. I was just thinking about Chance's call about his little brother. Wasn't that sweet moment to hear that emotion that just crept up on him in the middle of the middle of just talking with some friends at the back fence? Would you do me a favor and put next Wednesday on your calendar? I want you to hear Jill's story. Jill works with Cornette. I'm telling everybody who will listen about Cornette because if you don't need their help, somebody you know does. And maybe there's something you can do to help Cornette so that they can help someone. Jill is one of those people who has abortion as part of her past. The enemy loves to accuse and condemn and get you to think whatever bad thing you did back there can't be forgiven. Don't believe him. Jesus and His mercy and grace are bigger than your biggest mistake. But instead of listening to the condemnation and those whispers of just keep this quiet, Jill ran toward the mercy of God, and now she directs the Ark ministry, abortion, recovery and care that connects women and men impacted by abortion with resources at pregnancy centers, at churches that move that person toward healing. So click the green carpet button at Chris Fabry Live org. You'll see a tab toward the top. Abortion recovery and care someone you know needs or will need the life and hope offered by Cornette. Go to Chris Fabry live. Org. Click the green button today and I was reading in the How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life by Doctor Thrasher or thank you. This month I was reading this quote. Listen to this God delights to forgive. We are not the ones willing him to forgive us. He has to make us willing to seek his forgiveness. Isn't that good? He is. He is the originator of the forgiveness. He is the water of our hearts. If you got something in your past that's holding you back, holding you down, don't allow that to keep you from the mercy and the grace and the love of God. Run to him. Uh, Allen is in Millersburg, Ohio. Hi, Allen.
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S8: Hi Chris, I'm a long time listener. First time caller.
00:28:30
S1: Yay! We got you!
00:28:33
S8: Uh. You did. Uh, I'm calling today. Uh, there's two things that I have from the same person. Um, one is a leather bound, uh, light brown thesaurus, and the other is a manual typewriter.
00:28:47
S1: Uh, what kind of what kind of typewriter are we talking about? Olivetti or, uh, you know, you know what?
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S8: I don't know the brand name.
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S4: Yeah. Okay.
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S8: That's my grandmother. Well, long story short, she's not really my grandmother, but she was like a grandmother figure to my brother, and I, um, she is a typing teacher. English teacher. Uh, so when I came around, uh. You know, she had long retired, but she taught. She taught me about two years before, uh, the rest of my class, uh, how to type. And it's one of those old manual typewriters, the step keys, you know, all the the the skeleton, uh, configuration. No housing, you know?
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S4: Oh, yeah.
00:29:38
S1: So the so the letters are like, round, right?
00:29:41
S8: Yes.
00:29:42
S1: Okay. And you, you have to really mean it. If you're going to type it, you got to mean it and put some power behind a finger. Right.
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S8: You know, going back to that memory, it's good memory and it's, it's terrifying memory because like I said, grandma was a typing teacher, so.
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S4: She.
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S8: Didn't, uh, you know, she made you. She was one that you made. She made you buckle down and crack down, and you did it the right way.
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S4: Isn't that something that.
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S1: That is, you know, learning that and I, I took typing in high school that I have never I've not gone one day that I have haven't used that in my modern life, even though it looks different now and I'm so grateful for I think it was Mrs. Chapman who was. She was the same way she was used. We, my buddy and I would, you know, crack jokes and we'd type some stuff, you know, in free typing areas. She wasn't having it. No, no, no, you asdf jkl chemical and she wanted it.
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S4: And you know.
00:30:48
S1: Brown fox and all that. Go ahead.
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S8: You know, the, the the the the SARS and the typer actually come up in my everyday work life because my coworkers are most of them are younger than me. And, you know, we got computers and, and whatnot. I go to an electric typewriter. It's probably 25 years old just to get the feel of the keys and the, you know, just to get the, the, the sound that it makes and like, why do you type these things out? You have really nice handwriting. I'm like, just because I like the sound, I like the feel. And it takes me back to those memories of of Irma teaching me how to type. And and I don't have to peck at the keys. I can, you know, instantly know where the home keys are and type of paper out almost as quickly as I can write it out.
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S1: They actually sell the the keyboards that are like that. You know, they have the round keys and they make that old typewriter sound. Evidently they're a little too expensive for me, but. Right. But but it gets you back into that. I know exactly what you're talking about. That sound and I used to, you know, work in a newsroom in college and then later, uh, other different places. But you walk into a newsroom where there are five or 10 or 15 or more people all at the typewriter clacking out that, you know, those keys on the on the page. And it just is overwhelming to hear to go back into that. We all hear that anymore. It's just kind of click, click, click, click, click these days for me.
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S8: For me, it's one of those peaceful, calming sounds. My sergeant will come in and she'll be like, why are you doing this? I'm like, I just need to go to my happy place for a few minutes.
00:32:25
S1: So you're in the military, is that right?
00:32:28
S8: I'm. I'm actually. I work at the sheriff's office.
00:32:32
S1: Sheriff's office? Well, thank you for your service, Alan. Uh, appreciate what you do. And, uh, thank you for calling in about the typewriter. I could go we could just do a whole program on typewriters, but we can't today because we got to go to Rosa in Alabaster, Alabama. Rosa, how are you today?
00:32:50
S7: I'm doing well.
00:32:51
S9: And you know.
00:32:52
S1: I'm doing great because I get to talk with you. What other, you know, a job that I get, I get to to do that gets me to talk to you. And I don't think I've ever talked to Rosa in Alabaster before. Is this the first time you called?
00:33:06
S9: First time I was listening to you quite frequently. But the first time I've gotten a call through. Yes.
00:33:12
S1: Well, now's your time. Tell me.
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S9: Okay. One of the special things for me, it's my mom's sweater. It was the last thing that she had spent the night at our home. And it was. She left a sweater here, and she never got it back. My mother has been gone almost 25 years. She lived to be 90. And that sweater. Periodically, when the weather's permissible, I still wear that sweater just to get. Just the feeling of her being with me and type of person that she was. Um, my mother and daddy had nine children. My daddy died when I was nine years old and my sister was five years old. My mother took care of nine children, provided for them without the assistance of any other source. Well, God was her source, of course. Right. And so that means a lot to me to have her sweater, which is still in good condition. And when my mind gets on, even if it's not cold, it's my mind really get on her. I'll just go and look at it and sometimes just put it on, just to get that feeling of the love that she had for her children. Until what's the best and the best that they could be?
00:34:17
S10: What is it.
00:34:19
S1: About? You know, all you have to do is look at it. Or if you put it on, uh, there's something that why does why do we why are we so affected by that?
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S9: I think it's because it's like we have a part of them in the natural, you know, they are gone. But somehow it brings that closeness, that feel that softness, that tender love to me. That's what you said, love and care that she had as a mother, because not many young women to have that many children would never marry again and never date again and take care of nine children without assistance from another source other than God. So when I put that on, it lets me know that I too can, you know, do what I have to do and do it with joy. Even though things may be hard. If my mother did it with nine children during that time, then lets me know anything is possible if you put God first.
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S1: Rosa, I'm so glad you called. And you've got to call us back again, because it sounds like you got a lot of really good stories. What is the. What's your mother's name?
00:35:25
S9: Her name was Stella, a nameless Stella.
00:35:28
S4: Stella.
00:35:29
S1: I spell that Stella.
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S9: Yes, Stella.
00:35:34
S4: Okay. Stella.
00:35:35
S1: Stella. Sweater. It sounds like a novel to me. Maybe we'll work together and talk about Stella.
00:35:43
S4: Yeah.
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S1: See, this just brings something to the surface. This just brings something from the heart up. And all of our lines are going right now, which is a wonderful thing to see. And if you don't get through today, if you're on the on the line, hang in. I'm going to get to as many of you as you can. If you don't, you can call our listener line 8669553 and leave your story right there. Or go to Facebook as well. More straight ahead on Moody Radio. We were talking with Rosemary Butterfield yesterday on the programme and in the break Rosemary said, I've got to get one of those books that you were talking about. I had read a quote from Bill Thrashers How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life, as I did just a few minutes ago. And she said, I'm, I'm going, I'm going to order this by the end of the program, she said. And I've just ordered it, and it just struck me. I should told her I'd send her one, but I forgot I didn't, I didn't, wouldn't think, and I was just so glad that that she made the connection. And I think you will too, if your prayer life is not all you want it to be, it's not about all. You know the feeling good about your prayer life. That's not what this book is about. This book is about opening your heart up to what God wants to do in you and then through you. And I could give you example after example and quote after quote. I'm not going to do it here because we got it's a really good cause. I just want you to know, I'd love to send you this book. I think it'll be helpful. Short. It's easy to read, but it's deep at the same time. How to resurrect a Dead prayer life. Give a gift of any size. Call the number. Go to the website Chris Fabry live.org. We can use your help here at the beginning of the year to start to start the thinking of Fred Flintstone and the and the feet underneath. That's probably not the best. Anyway. Call us (866) 953-2279. Give a gift of any size. We'll send this to you or go to the website. Chris Fabry live dawg. Thanks for your support. Don's in West Palm Beach, Florida. Don, go right ahead.
00:37:58
S8: Hey, Chris.
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S11: We appreciate you very much. God bless you guys. This is what the Lord's all about, teaching us where we live. So my story is about my dad. And this goes back more than 60 years. Um, he moved us from where we grew up. And about 13, he moved us to North Miami Beach. And the house had a chain link fence around it and a double swinging open chain link gate. And I remember after being there a little bit, he brought a chain, a brand new chain with a three combination turn lock on it, and he showed it to me. And the combination he says, so when you you leave in the day, you open this, and then when you go, you close it. And my sister, my brother, him and I, we all use that lock probably every day for over 60 years. Yeah.
00:38:56
S1: And you do you still have it? Is it still.
00:38:59
S4: There? Yeah.
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S11: Yeah. Um, that my parents passed a while ago and my sister's executor of the state, and they finally were able to get to selling the house and the property and, and among the keepsakes that she and I both gathered, this was one of the last things that I saw on the gate. And I took pictures of it, and I took it, and I have it. I'm looking at it right now.
00:39:27
S4: Oh, so you've done you've.
00:39:29
S1: Got to take a picture of that and you got to put it on Facebook. And if you can't do it, find somebody who can do that for you.
00:39:35
S4: Okay.
00:39:36
S11: Yeah, yeah. And uh, so all my, my siblings and my mother and father, we all touch that probably every day. And it's been on the fence for 60 plus years. And although the chains rusted, it's it's still works functions that put some lubricant preservative on it and a special kind of crystal things. So I can look at it every day and remember all of us. Yeah.
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S4: Wow.
00:40:03
S1: That's you know what most people say when they hear the phrase on the fence, it's a bad thing. But for you, that lock on the fence. Thumbs up. Don, thank you for your call today. Let's go to dawn in Fort Myers, Florida. Hi, Dawn. Go right ahead.
00:40:20
S3: Hi, Chris. It's nice.
00:40:22
S6: To be on.
00:40:24
S7: My. I'm a first time caller as well.
00:40:26
S4: Hey, we got you today, Don.
00:40:27
S1: Look at all these folks who've never called before. That's. That's fantastic.
00:40:33
S12: I, um, kept voicemails of my mom, and incidentally, my dad and my dad's been gone since 2011. And it's bad enough when you lose the first parent. Um, then I lost my mom in 2016. And then you really feel like an orphan. Um, and but I kept the voicemails, and one of them is actually of them singing me happy birthday. No, both my mom and my dad are. And, um. So every time I feel like hearing their voices again, I can just tap on the voicemail that I saved all these years and listen to them.
00:41:20
S4: What a treasure.
00:41:21
S1: What happens inside when you hear them singing to you?
00:41:26
S12: Oh, it's. It's a sweet. It's a sweet time. Yeah, yeah.
00:41:33
S1: And you use that word. I thought of this phrase. There's a as an old Jackson Browne song for every man, and there's part of one of the choruses that says that takes us back to where sweet childhood still dances. And I think that's what we're the nerve that we're touching here is there's something. Most of these are about a childhood experience. Or that happened then and that went on. And there is a sense of freedom and not being childish but childlike, innocent. The love that Dawn can feel hearing happy birthday sung down through the years that. That your heart can dance to that. Um. Christine's in Akron, Ohio. Hi, Christine. Go ahead.
00:42:26
S7: Hi. Thank you so much for taking my call.
00:42:30
S4: I am glad to do it. Um.
00:42:33
S12: Uh.
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S13: So, um, the thing that I was going to bring up is I have a gold necklace from my father, and actually, it is a necklace that has the eye of horse pendant on it. And my mother used to wear it, um, quite often. And every time I saw it on her, I just, I absolutely loved it because I was always fascinated with things from Egypt. And as I grew up, my father and I, we really didn't get along. We kind of locked horns quite a bit because we were pretty much alike in a lot of respects. And I left home at the age of 20, very angry, thought I knew it all. And, um, I was in the Navy at the time, went through boot camp, and it was during that time that I got saved. And, uh, the Lord really started working on my heart to make peace with my parents. Um, after I'd gotten saved and when I, uh, finally got orders to go to San Diego, um, he really kind of impressed it on my heart to call my dad and let him know where I was going and to try to make peace with him. And so when I called him, he had invited me to lunch. And so I met him for lunch and with my mother, and he presented me with that gold necklace that I love so much. And one of the stories that my father loved in the Bible, and actually it was his favorite story, was the story of the prodigal son. And, uh, you know how the story goes where the son was lost, and then he comes back and the father says, kill the fatted calf. So every time I wear this necklace and people ask me about it, I always tell them, this is my fatted calf. Um, because of what had transpired between my father and myself. And we had made peace. And, um. So I love to share that story with others when they ask about the necklace. So it really has a significant meaning to me.
00:44:33
S1: And your heart beats with the love of your dad and I. If you're a prodigal, listen to that. If you're praying for a prodigal, don't stop. I want to end with Valerie today. Valerie. I had, like, two minutes left, but I got to hear your story. Tell me.
00:44:52
S14: I'll talk fast. Um, I have a chip of wood. You know, when they take a tree down and they, uh, take a chip out of it so the tree will fall in a certain direction. Well, when my son was about 11 or 12 years old, he found one of these in the neighborhood. Um, somebody was taking down a tree, and so he brought this home. And because it was getting close to Christmas time, he carved the word joy in it. And so every year that would get packed up with all of our Christmas decorations. And we bring it out every Christmas. Well, three years ago, um, Eric was called home to be with the Lord at age 43. And, uh, so now we leave that chip of wood on a table in our living room to look at every joy, to look at every day, and to remind us to look for the joy in each day that the Lord has given to us. Yeah.
00:45:53
S1: Oh, Valerie, you put an awful lot into about a minute right there. And, uh, you did it well. And that what I was saying a little early is true in your story as well. There is this there is loss there. But at the same time, there is warmth and joy.
00:46:09
S4: As as.
00:46:10
S1: Eric wrote in that wood. And that's one of the things that happens when we're able to talk about these stories and to bring out these mementos. And I hope it doesn't end here because, uh, Gabby told me, she said, these stories are just fantastic. Thank you for your response here today for sharing them. If you didn't get to share them, we have the Facebook page. Send me an email or better yet, talk with your family members or the friends or people, or show them that fatted calf necklace that you can explain and talk about God's love for you. Chris Favorite Lives production of Moody Radio, a ministry of Moody Bible Institute.
S1: Oh, I have something good for your heart today is to get to know each other Friday. I want to tell you a story about something on my desk. I asked my brother to send it to me, and when it arrived, I felt giddy. And there has been this compulsion, I don't know what to call it, desire a taste of something in the past that I don't have and I can't have again. But this memento has fueled the memories. I need your help today. Do you have something around the house that causes you to remember? Someone no longer with us posted a picture on Facebook of my item, and others have done the same thing. And if that's any indication, we're going to have a great trip down memory lane with each other today. This is Chris Fabry live online Chris Fabry live. Org thanking our team Ryan McConaughey doing all things technical. Tricia's the producer. Diabetes in the chair. Lisa will be answering your calls today. And since it's Friday. That's right. It's time for the fabulous February Friday. Sigh what does it do? Chris one. We oxygenate your blood. Two we get your endorphins going. Three we raise your serotonin level. Four we promote lymphatic drainage. In five we stimulate your parasympathetic system. That's why we call it the five lung languages. We also stimulate your vagus nerve. We help you release acetylcholine. And don't forget what it does to cortisol dissipation. Taking four seconds of air through your nose right now hold it for a seconds thousand one. And then as you release that air through your mouth, push on the left side of your ribcage to get rid of all that bad carbon dioxide. Let's give a memento psi, an object that gives a memory jog things you keep to remind you of that beloved person you can no longer give a hug to or share a cup of coffee with. Maybe that's what you have the person's favorite mug. And when you look at it, you remember for one person, it's a pair of boots. For another, it's a mother's day card. Maybe you saved a driver's license, or a hunting jacket, or the medal the person was given for some act of heroism could be in your kitchen, your office, your car, on the wall of your garage. What is that thing that you've kept to remind you of them? The fabulous February Friday sign is brought to you by the word memento. We've done several memento shows in the last 15 years of this program, and this one bubbled up over the last month or so when I reached out to my brothers for help. In case you're wondering, you spell memento. Memento, though I had spelled it mom. And I have a pretty good speller. And it was like it had a little red line under it. It's like, why does it got this red line? Is it memento? No, it's m m. Definition, something that serves to warn or remind a souvenir. Memento comes from the imperative form of menace, a Latin verb that literally means to remember the term memento mori, meaning a reminder of mortality. Translates as remember that you must die. The history of memento makes it clear Merriam-Webster says, where its spelling came from, because a memento memento often helps one remember a particular moment. So people occasionally spell the term mom n2. This is usually considered a misspelling, but it appears often enough and edited prose to have been entered into most dictionaries as an acceptable variant. Well, not me, Fran. I was built right when my mother passed away a year and a half ago, and we were up to house where I grew up. The only house I really remember. I noticed that my father's pipes weren't there, and he had quite a collection. And my brother said, oh, I have those. Tell me which ones you want. And he sent me, went home, sent me a picture. And just looking at that picture did something on the inside. I can't explain it. I won't try. Well, I probably will. But it has taken me more than a year to process. Okay, what do I want? And I didn't want all of them, and I just, I picked one. And so I texted him. I said, hey, the one that the brown one with the ring around it, would you send that to me? And in a few days I was holding it in my hands. I put a picture up on Facebook. You can see it there. And my other brother lives about a half hour away from the house that is still uninhabited there. And I described a tobacco tin that I remember, and I can close my eyes now. And on the top it was has a black area, a black stripe around it with the name of the company. And then in the on the bottom of it, it is white and it's got a sailing ship on the front with sails and the masts. I don't know what you call that, but it's a it's the image of this big ship that is in my mind. And so I said, hey, next time you go up there, see if you can find one of those old tobacco tins. And, uh, I think he only checks his email. He's retired. He only checks his email about once. And so the next day he texted back something like, not to pry, but why in a world do you want one of those rusty old containers? And it's a good question. And I've asked myself that. Why?
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S2: I.
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S1: Part of it is I remember the aroma of the tobacco in the tin. You take the top off, you take a sniff of that sweet. I think it was cherry curing that they must have done to the leaves. And I debated bringing this to you because smoking is bad for your health. My dad smoked cigarettes all of his life. Until he didn't, until he stopped cold turkey when I was little. That was back when the Surgeon General was still a private. We didn't know what we didn't know, and nine out of ten doctors preferred whatever brand of cigarettes it was back then. But even though he kicked cigarettes, he still occasionally brought out his pipe. So I have two questions for you. First one is. That's why I need your help. Why do you think I wanted that? Why has that been on my mind so much? There's no real value in this thing, at least monetarily. Why is it that and why do I want to smell that smell that I that I smelled when I was a kid, not of the smoke, although it was another person says here today on Facebook, you know, the sweet smell. It was the the dry tobacco in the tin. So answer that question for me. (877) 548-3675. Or tell me about your memento. That's probably what we're going to do the rest of the hour. What is your memento and why have you kept it? What does it do to you inside when you see it? Who does it remind you of? Here's the number (877) 548-3675. 1-877-548-3675. You can also answer on Facebook. Put a picture up there. If you have the wherewithal, you do that kind of thing, you know. You know how to take a picture and put it up there I have struggles. I will read you some of the I love I think we we hit a good topic when other radio people respond. And Deb Solomon over equipped with Chris Brooks, wrote my mom's eyeglasses. I want to always see others the way she did. As people who need to know the love of Jesus through me. That's a lot more spiritual than mine, but it's really good. And Doug Hastings. Hey, Doug, former VP of Moody Radio, now retired. Took a picture of his dad's softball mitt. And it's a MacGregor. And it's really old. And I hope he didn't play first base, Doug, because that ball's going through. There's no way that webbing is going to hold a good throw from third. Uh, Doug said he passed away in 2001. Reminds me he was a team player. You need to work with others to achieve success. Mary Sue is in Georgia. Mary Sue. Why did you call today? What is your memento?
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S3: Mama mento is the last bottle of Cologne that my late husband had. We were married 25 years and he died in 2015. And he wore Stetson. So when he died, I took his bottle of Cologne. And I put it in my closet on the shelf. And when I get to missing him real bad and can't, you know, sometimes you think you can't remember people after they're gone too. Well, I smell that smell, and it just brings back everything.
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S1: Yes it does. There's something about. And that's it's the brain working along with the memories is the. What is the bottle of Stetson look like?
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S3: It's a little square, pretty square bottle with a gold lid on it. Okay. And, uh, they use the spray, so it's a spray bottle, but. Uh, just being able to smell his smell, you know?
00:09:38
S1: Yes. Tell me his name.
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S3: That feeling. Doug? He went back.
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S4: Gumby.
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S1: Know why I called him gum?
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S3: Because when he walked, when he was a little kid and he walked, he walked like that little Gumby character. And his whole life, they called him Gumby, and it's on his tombstone even.
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S1: Is it really? Oh, yeah. See, now, this is this is the thing. These memories of the people that you, you know, have your husband. It was 2015. It's been eight years. It probably seems like a day, and it probably seems like a hundred years at the same time. But, you know, you would think that this is a really hard thing to talk about. And then you start telling me about Gumby and you start to smile. Right.
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S3: Right, right, right.
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S1: I love it. Mary Sue, you started us off well here today. Let me give you the phone number (877) 548-3675. What is the memento that you have kept of somebody that you loved dearly who's no longer here? Why did you keep it? What is it? (877) 548-3675. Or explain myself to me and why I needed this pipe of my father. More straight ahead on Moody Radio. Karen posted on Facebook. A bottle of Brut Cologne. So, Mary Sue, we're going to give Brut equal time here today with Stetson. Uh, Karen says it belonged to my husband. He's been in heaven 15 years, and my daughter keeps it now. So what is the memento that you have kept of this person who's no longer with us? And what does it do on the inside when you see it? Or the aroma of the Cologne? Um. Or explain myself to myself. Dave is in Ohio. Dave, why did you call today?
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S5: Um, just you're talking about smells and certain things that remind you of certain things. Right. And, um, I used to smoke, but I quit. But sometimes the smell of it or certain ones of it, bring me back to a time with my grandparents. Hmm. And, you know, so even though, like, the effects of smoking are bad, but the memories can be sweet that come with it, you know? So it's like, um, a sweet aroma in that sense. Yes. And then since we're talking about smells and things like that connected with that, you know, I work in construction. There's this guy that I've been connecting with this past week who has a certain Cologne, and it's not like strong where it's like, embarrassing, like it's too much or whatever, but like, I can smell coming down away. And we've been sharing things biblically on the construction site, kind of mentoring each other. And so it's it's almost like feeling the presence of the Holy Spirit every time I smell that, you know, like knowing there's a presence of another believer around. So. With those types of things. It can be even spiritual, a sweet aroma.
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S1: I remember that it'll happen to me if I'm. If somebody is smoking cigarettes outside of a store and I pass by and I'll smell that. And I'm immediately taking. Taken back to Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati after walking the suspension bridge with my dad and and my brother or whoever is going with my mom and walking up, and you've got these little bands of people who are playing and everybody's just about everybody's smoking. And it was such a of an imprint on my brain as a child that that's where I go back to every time. And I smile when that happens, and then I try to move on to second hand so I don't get hurt by it. But that's I hadn't thought about that sweet aroma that you're talking about, Dave, because that's what Paul writes about, that that's what we can be a sweet, not smoke, but a sweet aroma to those around us. Thank you. Uh, Kathleen in West Michigan. Go right ahead.
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S6: Hi, Chris. Can you hear me? Okay.
00:14:02
S1: I sure can.
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S6: Okay, well, I'm in the country and I have pulled over about. It might drop, but, you know, the minute you said, oh, why do I want this pipe? Why do I want this tin? Well, dear, it's because you love your father. And fond memories of him, I'm sure. Fill your mind when you see that pipe. You hold it and you smell. I just say the smells. My father and I used to play cribbage. I've yet to play cribbage with anyone else. But when I and I have the cribbage board.
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S4: If I look at it.
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S6: If I see it by accident. I automatically see my father's face. I see his gestures. I see him counting the points. And it's just a joy to feel and remember all those things. But it's the love.
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S1: Yeah, I think you're it is it. And it's the connection and and a thing about the pipe. And I'll pick it up and I'll hold it right here. The thing about it is I can see, you know, he he tapped the tobacco in here and I'll never use this to, to actually smoke it. That's not why I want it. But he held it. His hands were on this. I can see the imprint of his teeth on the little mouthpiece there, too. And so I'm holding something that. That he held. Unless my brother went out and got this from somebody else. And, you know, he does want to do that kind of thing. No, he didn't he didn't do that. But he did say there was some for my grandfather there too. And he said, I don't know which ones were which. So my assumption is this was my dad's. As a matter of fact, I think this is I remember as a kid giving him pipes at Christmas time. Um, and so I think this was one that I had bought for him at the, you know, the dime store or whatever. But cribbage is another thing. The games that you play with your father, that you can see his face even today across the across the board. Right.
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S6: That's right. Exactly the way he was. He made it til 92. He just passed, uh, two years ago. Him and my mother, she was 93. They died within four months of each other. But I see that face of him. He was probably in the 70s. I can't recall the age, but you just see them so clearly. They're always in your heart. Just like anybody you love dearly, especially your family members. And clearly that's, um, what the Lord represents to us. He's always there, he's always in our heart. And his reminders are with us everywhere we look.
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S1: So it makes me think, Kathleen. It makes me think of the disciples. And I wonder if they kept anything. I wonder if they had anything in their travels with Jesus. Well, you didn't own much of anything other than the clothes he was wearing. Um, but was there anything that's one of those questions that we'll never be able to answer. So this can this can take us to some really hard places in memory and in a lament, but it can also take us to some good places. Here's one. This is my last Mother's Day card, Susan says from my son, who passed three and a half years ago. I have it sitting on a bookshelf where I can always see it, and it says, you're a blessing to me. There are many good women, but you are the best. Proverbs 3129. It's a real pretty purple card with a bow on the front of it, and it looks like flower roses of some sort depicted underneath. You can see that at our Facebook page. Take a picture of your memento and, uh, and show it to me. Julia is in Indianapolis. Hi, Julia.
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S7: Hey, Chris. Well, I have related to so many things that you all have been talking about, but one of my favorite mementos is one of the last, um, pullover shirt sweaters I bought for my husband. He died in 2017, and he was the most incredible hugger. Um, and I just. When I really miss him, I just put that shirt kind of around me, and I'm, you know, taken back there, and it's just a it's a powerful memory. And, um, you were also talking about how it can be good and bittersweet. Um, my husband took his life, um, was a wonderful, godly man, but struggled with a lot of the pain from his, excuse me, his childhood. So even though there's a lot of real difficult pain and, you know, answers, I'll never have, um, this side of glory, but it's still that sweet moment of just remembering our sweet moments together. Um, and it's really powerful. And the other thing is, I'm also a Christian counselor. And when I'm working with clients and I need them to try to retrieve what I feel like might be some important memories, I'll ask them to think of a smell or a sound, um, that will take them back to a place. And often, you know, before I get words, I hear tears because that sensory memory is so powerful and it's really been a gift from the Lord for me with my clients. Um, was for me personally, but now it's something I'm able to use with them as well. So.
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S4: Um, I really. Counselor for today.
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S1: How long have you been a counselor?
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S7: Over 30 years.
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S4: 30 years. Okay, yeah. So?
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S1: So one of the things I was before I found out that that's what you do, um, I was going to say thank you for sharing that about your husband. Because there's such a stigma for those who die by suicide.
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S4: Um, literally.
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S1: And and people don't talk about it. So you could have just said. And I his shirt and his hug and and, you know, all of that and never mentioned that. But thank you for saying that, because the more you talk about it, the the less stigma it had. Less hold. It has over us, don't you think?
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S7: Absolutely. And and I almost didn't say anything about it. And then I thought, no. And partly for that reason because, I mean, my husband was a pastor. And so, you know, we are not exempt from the pain and the suffering of this earth. And, you know, I didn't know a lot about what brought him periods of depression and such deep, dark struggles until some of the letters he left after. Brought a lot of light to that. But, you know, he I do not doubt at all that he is in glory, you know that he you know, even though the way he died, perhaps, you know, I mean, it was sin to take his own life, but he was, you know, the last thing that someone saw him at his funeral said, you know, I saw him the day before he died with his Bible open, sharing with someone. Um, and, you know, I just got chills when I said that, but, you know, he, uh, you know, sometimes we can be used mightily in spite of our own struggles and, um. Yeah. So tell.
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S4: Me and tell me your husband's.
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S7: Name again. Fighting to not. It was Brett. Brett. Brett.
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S1: And you're fighting to what?
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S7: Um. I forgot what I was going to say, but, um.
00:21:10
S4: Oh, fighting.
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S7: I'm fighting in my in my work to to to break down that stigma, like you say, for people to be able to talk about it. And one of the reasons that our, our suicide rates are so high is because people are afraid to tell other people that they're having those thoughts. And, um, you know, it's just so important to reach out when you are having some of those thoughts and, and also to talk about those who have, um, and to share our story. So thank you for giving me the opportunity to do that.
00:21:38
S1: It was an honor to hear a little bit about Brett and that, uh, last shirt that you bought him and what it means to you and see, that's what the you know, this this topic of the pipe, you know, that I wanted of my father's. It seems innocuous. It seems almost kind of unspiritual in a way. But it's so human and it's it takes us to different places that I you know, I have no idea. But I'm glad that Mary Sue got to talk about Doug. Gumby was his nickname. I'm glad that Julia got to talk about Brett today. Chad is in Marion, Indiana, around a corner there. Hi, Chad. Go ahead.
00:22:20
S8: Hey, Chris. Thanks so much. Yeah, I was just going to share. You know, uh, I had a brother that, um, died in the womb of my mom, uh, a little bit over halfway through, you know, her pregnancy. And, um, anyway, she let me name him, uh, named him Clark. And, um, we had this super friends fellow case that we kept, you know, because that had Superman on there. And I love Superman, and, um, you know, got a chance to name him Clark, but I can't quite describe, like, they moved houses and the the Super Friends pillowcases now went with them to their, their house, um, where they live now. But I can't quite describe, you know, the feeling. Um, you know, we talk about, uh, what it brings me. I mean, I feel this this hope, you know, that I'm going to see him someday, and, you know, I'll know him.
00:23:16
S4: Yes. Yeah.
00:23:18
S1: How old were you, Chad? When? When she had the miscarriage.
00:23:23
S8: I was young, I was like, five.
00:23:25
S4: Wow.
00:23:26
S1: But she brought you in. And I assume your dad, too. They brought you into that of that problem rather than keeping it from you. Keeping it away from you. They they let you participate, right?
00:23:41
S8: Yes, yes. Huh? Yeah. And, you know, you know, gives me choked up, you know, thinking about. You know the hope to that. I know I'll be able to see him. Yeah.
00:23:56
S1: Your little brother. Did you ever have any other children? Any other siblings?
00:24:01
S8: Oh, yeah. I'm one of four. He would have been five.
00:24:05
S4: Ah.
00:24:07
S1: Well, we can remember. And I love the emotion that I'm hearing in your voice of this person who, you know, in our culture these days, Chad. Uh, young people like Clark are not viewed as people by a lot of the culture. You know that, right?
00:24:29
S8: Exactly, exactly. Yes.
00:24:32
S1: So this is a personal thing for you. And I'm so glad you got to share that. Uh, Mike says I have many things from my mom and dad, but my favorite is my dad's Navy peacoat. He was in World War two, in the Korean War, so it's probably about 70 years old. It looks brand new. It's wool and quality lined pockets are heavy. Quarter corduroy, weighs 20 plus pounds. This reminds me heavily of my dad and the greatest generation ever. And he he left a picture of that, and I. I looked it up because he spelled it P with the letter P coat, and I looked it up and I found that a pea coat, outer coat generally of Navy Navy color heavy wool originally worn by sailors of European and later American navies. Pea coats are characterized by short length, broad lapels, double breasted fronts, and as early as the 1720s they were wearing. These modern renditions still maintain the original design and competition. So thank you for sharing that, Mike, about your dad's peacoat. How about you? (877) 548-3675. I was just thinking about Chance's call about his little brother. Wasn't that sweet moment to hear that emotion that just crept up on him in the middle of the middle of just talking with some friends at the back fence? Would you do me a favor and put next Wednesday on your calendar? I want you to hear Jill's story. Jill works with Cornette. I'm telling everybody who will listen about Cornette because if you don't need their help, somebody you know does. And maybe there's something you can do to help Cornette so that they can help someone. Jill is one of those people who has abortion as part of her past. The enemy loves to accuse and condemn and get you to think whatever bad thing you did back there can't be forgiven. Don't believe him. Jesus and His mercy and grace are bigger than your biggest mistake. But instead of listening to the condemnation and those whispers of just keep this quiet, Jill ran toward the mercy of God, and now she directs the Ark ministry, abortion, recovery and care that connects women and men impacted by abortion with resources at pregnancy centers, at churches that move that person toward healing. So click the green carpet button at Chris Fabry Live org. You'll see a tab toward the top. Abortion recovery and care someone you know needs or will need the life and hope offered by Cornette. Go to Chris Fabry live. Org. Click the green button today and I was reading in the How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life by Doctor Thrasher or thank you. This month I was reading this quote. Listen to this God delights to forgive. We are not the ones willing him to forgive us. He has to make us willing to seek his forgiveness. Isn't that good? He is. He is the originator of the forgiveness. He is the water of our hearts. If you got something in your past that's holding you back, holding you down, don't allow that to keep you from the mercy and the grace and the love of God. Run to him. Uh, Allen is in Millersburg, Ohio. Hi, Allen.
00:28:27
S8: Hi Chris, I'm a long time listener. First time caller.
00:28:30
S1: Yay! We got you!
00:28:33
S8: Uh. You did. Uh, I'm calling today. Uh, there's two things that I have from the same person. Um, one is a leather bound, uh, light brown thesaurus, and the other is a manual typewriter.
00:28:47
S1: Uh, what kind of what kind of typewriter are we talking about? Olivetti or, uh, you know, you know what?
00:28:54
S8: I don't know the brand name.
00:28:55
S4: Yeah. Okay.
00:28:56
S8: That's my grandmother. Well, long story short, she's not really my grandmother, but she was like a grandmother figure to my brother, and I, um, she is a typing teacher. English teacher. Uh, so when I came around, uh. You know, she had long retired, but she taught. She taught me about two years before, uh, the rest of my class, uh, how to type. And it's one of those old manual typewriters, the step keys, you know, all the the the skeleton, uh, configuration. No housing, you know?
00:29:35
S4: Oh, yeah.
00:29:38
S1: So the so the letters are like, round, right?
00:29:41
S8: Yes.
00:29:42
S1: Okay. And you, you have to really mean it. If you're going to type it, you got to mean it and put some power behind a finger. Right.
00:29:51
S8: You know, going back to that memory, it's good memory and it's, it's terrifying memory because like I said, grandma was a typing teacher, so.
00:30:03
S4: She.
00:30:03
S8: Didn't, uh, you know, she made you. She was one that you made. She made you buckle down and crack down, and you did it the right way.
00:30:13
S4: Isn't that something that.
00:30:14
S1: That is, you know, learning that and I, I took typing in high school that I have never I've not gone one day that I have haven't used that in my modern life, even though it looks different now and I'm so grateful for I think it was Mrs. Chapman who was. She was the same way she was used. We, my buddy and I would, you know, crack jokes and we'd type some stuff, you know, in free typing areas. She wasn't having it. No, no, no, you asdf jkl chemical and she wanted it.
00:30:47
S4: And you know.
00:30:48
S1: Brown fox and all that. Go ahead.
00:30:50
S8: You know, the, the the the the SARS and the typer actually come up in my everyday work life because my coworkers are most of them are younger than me. And, you know, we got computers and, and whatnot. I go to an electric typewriter. It's probably 25 years old just to get the feel of the keys and the, you know, just to get the, the, the sound that it makes and like, why do you type these things out? You have really nice handwriting. I'm like, just because I like the sound, I like the feel. And it takes me back to those memories of of Irma teaching me how to type. And and I don't have to peck at the keys. I can, you know, instantly know where the home keys are and type of paper out almost as quickly as I can write it out.
00:31:33
S1: They actually sell the the keyboards that are like that. You know, they have the round keys and they make that old typewriter sound. Evidently they're a little too expensive for me, but. Right. But but it gets you back into that. I know exactly what you're talking about. That sound and I used to, you know, work in a newsroom in college and then later, uh, other different places. But you walk into a newsroom where there are five or 10 or 15 or more people all at the typewriter clacking out that, you know, those keys on the on the page. And it just is overwhelming to hear to go back into that. We all hear that anymore. It's just kind of click, click, click, click, click these days for me.
00:32:17
S8: For me, it's one of those peaceful, calming sounds. My sergeant will come in and she'll be like, why are you doing this? I'm like, I just need to go to my happy place for a few minutes.
00:32:25
S1: So you're in the military, is that right?
00:32:28
S8: I'm. I'm actually. I work at the sheriff's office.
00:32:32
S1: Sheriff's office? Well, thank you for your service, Alan. Uh, appreciate what you do. And, uh, thank you for calling in about the typewriter. I could go we could just do a whole program on typewriters, but we can't today because we got to go to Rosa in Alabaster, Alabama. Rosa, how are you today?
00:32:50
S7: I'm doing well.
00:32:51
S9: And you know.
00:32:52
S1: I'm doing great because I get to talk with you. What other, you know, a job that I get, I get to to do that gets me to talk to you. And I don't think I've ever talked to Rosa in Alabaster before. Is this the first time you called?
00:33:06
S9: First time I was listening to you quite frequently. But the first time I've gotten a call through. Yes.
00:33:12
S1: Well, now's your time. Tell me.
00:33:16
S9: Okay. One of the special things for me, it's my mom's sweater. It was the last thing that she had spent the night at our home. And it was. She left a sweater here, and she never got it back. My mother has been gone almost 25 years. She lived to be 90. And that sweater. Periodically, when the weather's permissible, I still wear that sweater just to get. Just the feeling of her being with me and type of person that she was. Um, my mother and daddy had nine children. My daddy died when I was nine years old and my sister was five years old. My mother took care of nine children, provided for them without the assistance of any other source. Well, God was her source, of course. Right. And so that means a lot to me to have her sweater, which is still in good condition. And when my mind gets on, even if it's not cold, it's my mind really get on her. I'll just go and look at it and sometimes just put it on, just to get that feeling of the love that she had for her children. Until what's the best and the best that they could be?
00:34:17
S10: What is it.
00:34:19
S1: About? You know, all you have to do is look at it. Or if you put it on, uh, there's something that why does why do we why are we so affected by that?
00:34:31
S9: I think it's because it's like we have a part of them in the natural, you know, they are gone. But somehow it brings that closeness, that feel that softness, that tender love to me. That's what you said, love and care that she had as a mother, because not many young women to have that many children would never marry again and never date again and take care of nine children without assistance from another source other than God. So when I put that on, it lets me know that I too can, you know, do what I have to do and do it with joy. Even though things may be hard. If my mother did it with nine children during that time, then lets me know anything is possible if you put God first.
00:35:15
S1: Rosa, I'm so glad you called. And you've got to call us back again, because it sounds like you got a lot of really good stories. What is the. What's your mother's name?
00:35:25
S9: Her name was Stella, a nameless Stella.
00:35:28
S4: Stella.
00:35:29
S1: I spell that Stella.
00:35:32
S9: Yes, Stella.
00:35:34
S4: Okay. Stella.
00:35:35
S1: Stella. Sweater. It sounds like a novel to me. Maybe we'll work together and talk about Stella.
00:35:43
S4: Yeah.
00:35:44
S1: See, this just brings something to the surface. This just brings something from the heart up. And all of our lines are going right now, which is a wonderful thing to see. And if you don't get through today, if you're on the on the line, hang in. I'm going to get to as many of you as you can. If you don't, you can call our listener line 8669553 and leave your story right there. Or go to Facebook as well. More straight ahead on Moody Radio. We were talking with Rosemary Butterfield yesterday on the programme and in the break Rosemary said, I've got to get one of those books that you were talking about. I had read a quote from Bill Thrashers How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life, as I did just a few minutes ago. And she said, I'm, I'm going, I'm going to order this by the end of the program, she said. And I've just ordered it, and it just struck me. I should told her I'd send her one, but I forgot I didn't, I didn't, wouldn't think, and I was just so glad that that she made the connection. And I think you will too, if your prayer life is not all you want it to be, it's not about all. You know the feeling good about your prayer life. That's not what this book is about. This book is about opening your heart up to what God wants to do in you and then through you. And I could give you example after example and quote after quote. I'm not going to do it here because we got it's a really good cause. I just want you to know, I'd love to send you this book. I think it'll be helpful. Short. It's easy to read, but it's deep at the same time. How to resurrect a Dead prayer life. Give a gift of any size. Call the number. Go to the website Chris Fabry live.org. We can use your help here at the beginning of the year to start to start the thinking of Fred Flintstone and the and the feet underneath. That's probably not the best. Anyway. Call us (866) 953-2279. Give a gift of any size. We'll send this to you or go to the website. Chris Fabry live dawg. Thanks for your support. Don's in West Palm Beach, Florida. Don, go right ahead.
00:37:58
S8: Hey, Chris.
00:37:58
S11: We appreciate you very much. God bless you guys. This is what the Lord's all about, teaching us where we live. So my story is about my dad. And this goes back more than 60 years. Um, he moved us from where we grew up. And about 13, he moved us to North Miami Beach. And the house had a chain link fence around it and a double swinging open chain link gate. And I remember after being there a little bit, he brought a chain, a brand new chain with a three combination turn lock on it, and he showed it to me. And the combination he says, so when you you leave in the day, you open this, and then when you go, you close it. And my sister, my brother, him and I, we all use that lock probably every day for over 60 years. Yeah.
00:38:56
S1: And you do you still have it? Is it still.
00:38:59
S4: There? Yeah.
00:39:00
S11: Yeah. Um, that my parents passed a while ago and my sister's executor of the state, and they finally were able to get to selling the house and the property and, and among the keepsakes that she and I both gathered, this was one of the last things that I saw on the gate. And I took pictures of it, and I took it, and I have it. I'm looking at it right now.
00:39:27
S4: Oh, so you've done you've.
00:39:29
S1: Got to take a picture of that and you got to put it on Facebook. And if you can't do it, find somebody who can do that for you.
00:39:35
S4: Okay.
00:39:36
S11: Yeah, yeah. And uh, so all my, my siblings and my mother and father, we all touch that probably every day. And it's been on the fence for 60 plus years. And although the chains rusted, it's it's still works functions that put some lubricant preservative on it and a special kind of crystal things. So I can look at it every day and remember all of us. Yeah.
00:40:02
S4: Wow.
00:40:03
S1: That's you know what most people say when they hear the phrase on the fence, it's a bad thing. But for you, that lock on the fence. Thumbs up. Don, thank you for your call today. Let's go to dawn in Fort Myers, Florida. Hi, Dawn. Go right ahead.
00:40:20
S3: Hi, Chris. It's nice.
00:40:22
S6: To be on.
00:40:24
S7: My. I'm a first time caller as well.
00:40:26
S4: Hey, we got you today, Don.
00:40:27
S1: Look at all these folks who've never called before. That's. That's fantastic.
00:40:33
S12: I, um, kept voicemails of my mom, and incidentally, my dad and my dad's been gone since 2011. And it's bad enough when you lose the first parent. Um, then I lost my mom in 2016. And then you really feel like an orphan. Um, and but I kept the voicemails, and one of them is actually of them singing me happy birthday. No, both my mom and my dad are. And, um. So every time I feel like hearing their voices again, I can just tap on the voicemail that I saved all these years and listen to them.
00:41:20
S4: What a treasure.
00:41:21
S1: What happens inside when you hear them singing to you?
00:41:26
S12: Oh, it's. It's a sweet. It's a sweet time. Yeah, yeah.
00:41:33
S1: And you use that word. I thought of this phrase. There's a as an old Jackson Browne song for every man, and there's part of one of the choruses that says that takes us back to where sweet childhood still dances. And I think that's what we're the nerve that we're touching here is there's something. Most of these are about a childhood experience. Or that happened then and that went on. And there is a sense of freedom and not being childish but childlike, innocent. The love that Dawn can feel hearing happy birthday sung down through the years that. That your heart can dance to that. Um. Christine's in Akron, Ohio. Hi, Christine. Go ahead.
00:42:26
S7: Hi. Thank you so much for taking my call.
00:42:30
S4: I am glad to do it. Um.
00:42:33
S12: Uh.
00:42:33
S13: So, um, the thing that I was going to bring up is I have a gold necklace from my father, and actually, it is a necklace that has the eye of horse pendant on it. And my mother used to wear it, um, quite often. And every time I saw it on her, I just, I absolutely loved it because I was always fascinated with things from Egypt. And as I grew up, my father and I, we really didn't get along. We kind of locked horns quite a bit because we were pretty much alike in a lot of respects. And I left home at the age of 20, very angry, thought I knew it all. And, um, I was in the Navy at the time, went through boot camp, and it was during that time that I got saved. And, uh, the Lord really started working on my heart to make peace with my parents. Um, after I'd gotten saved and when I, uh, finally got orders to go to San Diego, um, he really kind of impressed it on my heart to call my dad and let him know where I was going and to try to make peace with him. And so when I called him, he had invited me to lunch. And so I met him for lunch and with my mother, and he presented me with that gold necklace that I love so much. And one of the stories that my father loved in the Bible, and actually it was his favorite story, was the story of the prodigal son. And, uh, you know how the story goes where the son was lost, and then he comes back and the father says, kill the fatted calf. So every time I wear this necklace and people ask me about it, I always tell them, this is my fatted calf. Um, because of what had transpired between my father and myself. And we had made peace. And, um. So I love to share that story with others when they ask about the necklace. So it really has a significant meaning to me.
00:44:33
S1: And your heart beats with the love of your dad and I. If you're a prodigal, listen to that. If you're praying for a prodigal, don't stop. I want to end with Valerie today. Valerie. I had, like, two minutes left, but I got to hear your story. Tell me.
00:44:52
S14: I'll talk fast. Um, I have a chip of wood. You know, when they take a tree down and they, uh, take a chip out of it so the tree will fall in a certain direction. Well, when my son was about 11 or 12 years old, he found one of these in the neighborhood. Um, somebody was taking down a tree, and so he brought this home. And because it was getting close to Christmas time, he carved the word joy in it. And so every year that would get packed up with all of our Christmas decorations. And we bring it out every Christmas. Well, three years ago, um, Eric was called home to be with the Lord at age 43. And, uh, so now we leave that chip of wood on a table in our living room to look at every joy, to look at every day, and to remind us to look for the joy in each day that the Lord has given to us. Yeah.
00:45:53
S1: Oh, Valerie, you put an awful lot into about a minute right there. And, uh, you did it well. And that what I was saying a little early is true in your story as well. There is this there is loss there. But at the same time, there is warmth and joy.
00:46:09
S4: As as.
00:46:10
S1: Eric wrote in that wood. And that's one of the things that happens when we're able to talk about these stories and to bring out these mementos. And I hope it doesn't end here because, uh, Gabby told me, she said, these stories are just fantastic. Thank you for your response here today for sharing them. If you didn't get to share them, we have the Facebook page. Send me an email or better yet, talk with your family members or the friends or people, or show them that fatted calf necklace that you can explain and talk about God's love for you. Chris Favorite Lives production of Moody Radio, a ministry of Moody Bible Institute.
