WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:17.760 Adventist Radio London inspiration for the song Welcome the Talking Point with Ray Angeler discussing 2 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:23.239 the hot topics and answering your questions. Saturday's five to seven pm on Adventist 3 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:28.000 Radio London. It's Talking Point, It's Talking Point, It's Talking Point, 4 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:38.439 it's Talking Point conversations. You need to have good afternoon. Good afternoon, 5 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:43.799 and welcome to Talking Point. I hope you are keeping well and I've been 6 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:46.880 looked into Adventure Radio London for the last hour. I want to thank you 7 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:56.079 the u see Y Children for their program celebrating Mother's Day and the wonderful stories 8 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:00.399 and inspiration that mothers and mother figures can provide. So my name is Angela 9 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:08.680 and you are listening to Talking Point now. Usually it's three of us today, 10 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:15.239 however, lots of things have got not gone to plan today, so 11 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.560 because's currently just myself with the studio. Unfortunately, my co hosts Zenya and 12 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:25.359 Pedro. Yeah, I need to see what's happening. Pedro isn't feeling too 13 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:29.799 well today, so Pedro, I hope you have a speedy you get better 14 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:33.040 soon, a speedy recovery. And Zenya hopefully he's going to join me. 15 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:38.159 Shortly. I'm just trying to work out whether she is come to come online 16 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:42.680 with me on Zoom. But until then, we'll keep the program going and 17 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.680 see how we get on. So I want to welcome you to Talking Point. 18 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.879 It's been a lovely Sabbath day today, the tenth of March. How 19 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:55.640 are we almost three week or so gone through March already? But thank you 20 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.640 for joining us, and hopefully you're going to be inspired by what I'm going 21 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.239 to be talking about and sharing, and hopefully it's only will come on I 22 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:06.560 have a bit of conversation, but what we're going to look at today and 23 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:10.159 the month of March is traditionally our Women's month, and it's traditionally around the 24 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:15.520 world Women's month as well. So we're going to be throughout this month talking 25 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:20.520 about women and special women in our lives, special women who are making a 26 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:24.879 difference in the community, and also just getting some inspiration from characters in the 27 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:30.680 Bible, the role that women played and the women that have inspired us. 28 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:34.759 And mixed in that we'll have some music and some spoken word, et cetera. 29 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.039 So today I really want to touch a little bit about International Women's Day, 30 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:43.360 which was on Friday, yesterday, So Happy International Women's Day everyone around 31 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:46.680 the world, wherever you're listening from. And then there's also a special day 32 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:53.039 tomorrow, judicially in the UK it's Mother's Day, so we really want to 33 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:57.400 kind of I want to celebrate and say thank you to our mothers. Now 34 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.400 I'm saying mother and I'm using that as to use that as my umbrella term 35 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:07.360 to talk about mothers, mother figures, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, anybody 36 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:14.560 who possibly has a mothering role. So that's going to be our topic for 37 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:19.159 today. So I'm gonna start with a piece of music and I just want 38 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:24.439 to say, yeah, I just want to praise you by Maurette Brown Clark. 39 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:31.960 We want to praise our people that make a big difference in our lives. 40 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:37.439 And if you would like to do a shout out to any of those 41 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.599 mother figures or those women who are inspirational to you, please do share your 42 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:46.159 thoughts with us. You can get in contact with us at studio at Adventist 43 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:52.159 Radio dot London, or you can text us on eight triple two eight write 44 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.759 hope and then your message, or you can send us a WhatsApp and the 45 00:03:54.840 --> 00:04:00.800 number is zero seven four five nine six four to eight nine eight. So 46 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.719 do if you've got a thought, want to especially put a setup dedication out 47 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:11.599 to your mother's or mother figures, or want to share something a quote or 48 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:15.400 a thought from an inspirational woman in your life, please do join in the 49 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:17.720 conversation. Talk to me today. I'd love to hear from you. So 50 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:25.160 that studio at Adventage Radio Dot London. Textus on eight triple two eight write 51 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.439 hope and then your message, or you can send us a WhatsApp on zero 52 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.920 seven four five ninety six four two eight nine eight. So we're going to 53 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:46.800 play. I just want to praise you by Maurett Brown Clark. I just 54 00:04:46.839 --> 00:05:11.920 want forever. Come on ever you done, Fummy the same time listen and 55 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:30.120 Donna Hey below be below, thank you Jesus day see me. We just 56 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:44.920 come to forevermen for reverend Yeah, yeah for all that. Chip don fummy 57 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:50.160 put your hand on your chest and say fummy, pully can nobody tell it 58 00:05:50.319 --> 00:06:00.279 like you can tell it? And Donna Hey billow to you to Jesus, 59 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:05.279 get some growded out about my son. Thank you Jesus, Thank you, 60 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:18.879 jee speed come on and clap your hands. You've got some phrase up in 61 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:27.519 here. I'm gonna phrase up forever and never and never and table for everything 62 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:33.079 that you turn from me, everything that you tell. Pumpy pumpy, pumpy 63 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:41.439 pummy, you just saved the glory. You're just somebody on the cheese. 64 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:48.000 Everything to you, to you too, je. So we say thank you, 65 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:58.959 mama, as said momma. See, they just want to thank you, 66 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:05.800 cheese rever devil. We've got to right to have We've gone right to 67 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:12.639 praise you. We've gotta right to bless you because we're been thinking about everything 68 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.600 that you're done for us. Some of us rays our hands, some of 69 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:20.959 us cut my hands. Some of us sleep, some of us sleep because 70 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:25.920 he brought us some money. The head and tefer thing but looks to your 71 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:30.399 cheat. Everything belongs to your cheat. We come to let the world done 72 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:35.360 now with nothing without your hat, we ain't talk to bless your day. 73 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:41.680 We've come to bless Sunday. Go on and help me lift got up fine, 74 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:46.920 he deserves it to be ahead. Come on, les Sy today, 75 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:53.560 come on and let's bless his day. We've come together, and we come 76 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:59.319 together, and good head we come to give. We have come together. 77 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:05.319 Don't get tired yet. This God doesn't get tired of here, go do 78 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:11.199 some some of bloring. Do just so so me, wyn't you make me 79 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:18.639 to bless you? You've created me a blessing, So I b a raiser. 80 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.319 I'm gotta ride write to bless him. Oh no, bless your HOLI 81 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.720 name. I wanna bless your holding name. I don't know him. He 82 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:31.680 came, not giving your name, praise, not giving your neck? Brain? 83 00:08:31.320 --> 00:08:37.679 Why because he's worthing? Why because he's holy? Why because he's right? 84 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:43.159 Just? Why because he's just God? We bless him, We bless 85 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:50.000 him, We bless him, We bless him, bos big grains be raising, 86 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:58.120 praise we you, we are you, where are you will miss us? 87 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:11.639 Towns bout pray blesser par bless you, pray blesser pe blessings. We 88 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:22.519 bless you. Pray, bless your love, impressure love can your name glory? 89 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:35.000 Yeah, colorre thank your cheese mother, please halloo jam, thank you 90 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:41.840 cheeser. Okay, I just want to praise you, Maret Brown Clark. 91 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:46.720 And yes, dear heaven Father, we want to praise you and for blessing 92 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.559 us with another sabbath, dear Lord, and blessing us with special people in 93 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.759 our life. And before we get started and we go deep into our discussion, 94 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:54.840 and let's have a word of prayer, Father God, Well, I 95 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.519 thank you for blessing us. Dear Lord. We want to praise and we 96 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.240 want to thank you for all the things that you have done for us, 97 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.159 bringing us safety through another week, Dear Lord, and blessing earth with a 98 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:09.320 Sabbath day of rest. As we're going to talk now about special people that 99 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.799 you've created and have been inspirations for our lives, Dear Lord, and played 100 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.840 a big part in our lives. Dear Lord, I want to pray that 101 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.600 you will bless our conversation, bless what we're sharing with our listeners today, 102 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:26.919 and that people ended will be will be blessed from that. I thank you 103 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:31.279 for hearing and answering to my prayer. Amen. Amen. So it is 104 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.360 no longer just me in the student on the show today. Zenya has joined 105 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:41.440 me. How are you doing, Xenya, I am good. Hello to 106 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:46.039 all our listeners. Anthologies if I have to dip in an out. There's 107 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:52.120 a lot going on on my side, including my neighbor doing repairs, oh, 108 00:10:54.240 --> 00:11:00.279 drilling, hammering. I've been a bragging I'm not sure if its coming 109 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:01.279 through on your end. But if it is, just let me know. 110 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.120 Okay, I can't I can't hear anything at the moment. Hopefully people can 111 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:09.799 hear you, Laddin clearly from off at the beginning. But yes, so 112 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:15.879 good to I say see you. I can't actually see you, but good 113 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:22.360 to hear your voice as always my partners. Well. And as I say 114 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.519 that, I remember the early days and the past away was here. He 115 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:30.159 would be sort of teasing to no end the six months he didn't see me, 116 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:33.039 It's true. And we saw a lovely picture of you and we were 117 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:37.080 like, is this what Zenya really looks like? You know how sometimes you 118 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.919 can kind of create those pictures. And as I'm talking about that, my 119 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.279 sister has found whatever app it is, I don't even know what it's called, 120 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:48.000 but she's one of those kinds of AI type apps where you can put 121 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.799 your face and merge into something else. So she's been changing her age, 122 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:54.679 you know, what she looks like, even her skin color, hair color, 123 00:11:54.720 --> 00:12:00.600 everything, which has been quite interesting work had they And I tell you 124 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:07.080 she's she's yeah, we need to keep her on too much. I mean 125 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.000 it's really quite interesting. I mean, you know, there's something really interested 126 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.879 about it and quite fascinating, but also really scary as well, because you 127 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.559 just think, you know, where does how far does all this all this 128 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.080 kind of go? And we, you know, we hear these horror stories 129 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.759 of all these things that may have Yeah, I was really about to be 130 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:24.480 fair, it's how far will it? Will it go? Can it go? 131 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.039 And you know what what damage can it do in the wrong hand? 132 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:33.320 Exactly exactly, but yes, but you know, further bit of fun sometimes 133 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:39.600 it can be interested. Changed our director to a woman with long hair and 134 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.559 long blonde here dancing some tune and sent it about and yeah, it started 135 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:48.799 a bit of chaos, but in the name of fun, indeed, And 136 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:52.279 how was your week? Being a busy one is always, yes, busy, 137 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:56.279 dealing up a lot of things on my end. I went away and 138 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:58.919 true to form, I've come back to a bit of Mayhem and Madden, 139 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.240 but really glad that I went. Enjoyed the trip and just trying to settle 140 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:11.200 back into some sort of a routine at the minute. Yeah, so yes, 141 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:13.759 so here we are. Enough a week is gone, and you know, 142 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.799 I'm kind of my marvel. I mean, we we always mentioned this 143 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.399 about, you know, the month, the years the days, the weeks, 144 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.720 and the months are going past very quickly, and we are here in 145 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:28.919 March already, so we're a quarter of we're kind of almost a quarter of 146 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:33.720 a way through the year of twenty twenty four already, which you know is 147 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:35.519 just amazing. But I guess, you know, sometimes I think, you 148 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:39.960 know, sometimes time is flying past. You know, we're always talking about 149 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:41.799 God is coming soon. So hopefully that's bringing us a little step closer to 150 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:46.759 when he may be returning. We never know when, but you know, 151 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:52.200 i'd like to think sometime soon. So yeah, but what look on my 152 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:58.000 friends my friend's status I just saw a few minutes ago. She's got two 153 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.399 hundred and something sleep still Christmas, No, no, no, don't do 154 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:11.320 that. Oh Christmas about that. Let's not even let's not ever go there. 155 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:13.279 But that's you know, but one thing that does look like it's hopefully 156 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:18.879 getting a bit closer. It's spring. Oh yeah, I can see the 157 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.120 flowers. Yes, I drove in and I just saw a whole bank of 158 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.200 daffodils, and I'm just like, oh, you know, it's a bit 159 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:28.799 it's not The sky is not that blue where I am today, there's no 160 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.320 bit gray and dull, but that sort of flash of yellow against the green 161 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:35.200 is just beautiful. And I'm sort of thinking, you know, see lots 162 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.720 of flowers out and about starting to peek through the blossoms on the trees. 163 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:43.720 So spring is hopefully on its way here in the UK. So hopefully that's 164 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:48.879 gonna It's been a mild winter. It has, I think we can complain. 165 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:54.159 It really has been on the milder side. So yes, we count 166 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:58.480 ourselves blessed. Yes, indeed, indeed, so today, see how you 167 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:07.840 are? I think delay I've been okay, it's the beginning of the Yeah. 168 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:13.080 Last week I wasn't well actually, you know, and so i'd come 169 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.639 down with a bit of a cold, which you know, unfortunately seems to 170 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.799 kind of linger. Last week I didn't really have much of a voice. 171 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:22.240 So definitely much better from that. But again, you know, quite a 172 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:28.519 busy week. Yeah, but you know, got through it. I had 173 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.919 a team day with my team at work yesterday, and actually it was really 174 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.960 nice to kind of see people sometimes this whole I don't mind working from home, 175 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:41.600 but actually being amongst there's something to be said about being amongst people, 176 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:46.279 amongst your colleagues and being able to kind of share ideas and talk to people. 177 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.799 You know, God didn't design us to be on our own, you 178 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:56.320 know, so schellarship connections, you know, meeting people. So it was 179 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:00.559 a really nice day and actually for once the whole team were you know, 180 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:02.679 we often have you know, in a couple of days a week, but 181 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:04.960 not everybody's always in the same place, so it was really nice to do 182 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:10.440 that. So yeah, definitely see the value in connections. You know, 183 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.480 sometimes I'm able to get to church in the way that I'd like to, 184 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:17.639 but so you kind of miss out on that. But yeah, definitely from 185 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:21.759 a fellowship perspective, Yeah, definitely good. But yeah, but all good. 186 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:25.879 Yeah, just trying to shift this cold, which hopefully won't. Then 187 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:29.240 we just went I'm talking about spring and all the flowers whatever. I just 188 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:33.039 hope it's not going to transfer into hay fever because that'll be the next thing, 189 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:37.960 you know. But indeed, indeed, I'm going to repeat that and 190 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:42.759 you're the same as they say. So yeah, So, as I started 191 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:45.120 off by saying at the top of the show that wanted us talk a little 192 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:51.080 bit. We're celebrating Women's Month and month of March traditionally there and international Women's 193 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:55.759 Day was yesterday, and it really is a time to recognize sort of the 194 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:00.320 achievements and maybe even highlights of the struggles that women having from more different kinds 195 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:04.880 of walks of life. And I think it's really one of the theme of 196 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:11.839 it this year was inspiring inclusion. And you know, again sometimes we hear 197 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:15.119 these sort of buzzwords and we think, oh, you know, inclusion, 198 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:19.519 what does that mean and what have you? But this one is that, 199 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:22.400 you know, and last year, and I think the show that we played 200 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:29.000 last week talked about equality and equity. Now again there's slightly two different things, 201 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:32.079 but the idea is that you know, we are but people have the 202 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:37.200 opportune we have opportunities to do the things that they need to do, and 203 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:41.200 that should be equal all round whatever that's and equity kind of means that you've 204 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.119 got the relative things to people where they're at, et cetera. And this 205 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:49.039 year is the inspiring inclusion. So I guess, you know, I figured 206 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:53.960 that was kind of an interesting and really interesting one. Now, International Women's 207 00:17:55.000 --> 00:18:00.240 Day has been going for other holmost a century. I guess was first held 208 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:04.920 in March nineteen eleven, and really it's the idea of global a collective global 209 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:12.480 activism and celebration for those who are committed to forging women's equality, a sort 210 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:18.880 of well known feminist journalist and activist Gloria Steinem apparently once said the story of 211 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.839 women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist or to any one organization, 212 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:26.720 but it's a collective effort of all who care about human rights, which I 213 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:33.400 thought was quite an interesting an interesting statement. So really it's not just sometimes 214 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:37.799 we think about these awareness days, it's just centered on the people that it's 215 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.759 focusing on. So it's just women who are doing things for women. But 216 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.240 actually it's really not. It's going to be a collective thing. It's everybody 217 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:49.119 can play a part, should play a part, which kind of brought to 218 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:57.759 mind a text actually from by Where's a Paul? In Galatians Galatians three twenty 219 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.759 twenty eight, there is neither jew nor genta, anither slave nor free, 220 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.640 nor is there male and female, For you are all one in Christ Jesus. 221 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:11.640 So again you know the idea that whilst we have our differences, we 222 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.960 are still a collective, and as Christians we are no one in Christ. 223 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:19.440 So the idea that everybody can be involved in that and everybody has a part 224 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:23.400 to play. Is an interesting one. But when you hear the word inclusion, 225 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:27.000 what does that mean for you? Zenya? And I think you've said 226 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:32.960 it just that you know everyone can be and should be part of the collective. 227 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:37.640 There should be no discrimination, there should be no stereotypes, there should 228 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.039 be no biases, and I think that's the aim. That's what we're heading 229 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:47.319 forward. We're making progress, but we're not exactly there. When you spoke 230 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:52.000 about the collective, I remember we are off the back of the conversation we 231 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.039 had last time and the program you would have we played the last week. 232 00:19:56.039 --> 00:20:00.640 We spoke about doing a men's version of this woman. Yes, I'm sorry 233 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:04.440 that sounds confusing, but what we wanted to do is have the men talk 234 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:08.400 about what international women's they means to them. Yes, because I think we 235 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:11.279 came to that conclusion when we had the conversation last time, that no, 236 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.799 it's not just a woman's issue, it's everybody's issue, and the men have 237 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:21.119 to pay a play rather equal or even more important part, because they are 238 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.720 the ones at the table. Perhaps they're the ones that are had in the 239 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:26.960 conversation. Is that need to move the needle on and yeah, I feel 240 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:30.079 like I think that's something we're working on. It may come this month, 241 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.640 it may not, but definitely it is no bias, no stereotypes, no 242 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:38.440 discrimination. We're all in this together, indeed. And can you imagine a 243 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:41.359 world if it was like that? I mean, I kind of, you 244 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:45.200 know, I mean, it feels quite hard to understand that. And yes, 245 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.079 and the only place I can think of, okay, which is where 246 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:53.559 we're aspiring to be, is heaven when God comes. But you know, 247 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:57.400 I wonder kind of you know, and I guess when those questions they have 248 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:00.160 to say that if you ever wanted to speak to God and ask him questions, 249 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:06.599 I really would want to know how his version of the world, what 250 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.000 it would have looked like. You know, what did you God, what 251 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:11.359 did you want it to be like? Now we've got indications of that when 252 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.559 we know we read our stories in the Bible and what that first that first 253 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.640 few I don't know the timeframe of it, but how the first you know, 254 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:22.039 when he went creation and when he created Adam and Eve and what have 255 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:26.279 you. But yeah, you kind of wonder what that would have been because 256 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:29.640 I I, you know, there's a lot to be said about we talk 257 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:33.960 about equality, and sometimes I wonder whether for some people equality means we have 258 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:37.920 to be exactly the same everything said, but we have to celebrate our differences 259 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:41.000 within that. Yeah, And that's where the word equity comes to play, 260 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:45.880 isn't it. It's making sure that we understand that we are at different places. 261 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:52.160 No, we have different needs, different responsibilities, et cetera, et 262 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:56.960 cetera. But wherever we are and whatever our needs and all of that are, 263 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:00.599 we should be able to make the same sort of progress. We deserve 264 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:07.480 the same treatment we deserve, you know, to have the same rights human 265 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:12.680 rights. Yeah, definitely, And I guess think that's where they tried to 266 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:19.599 focus last time. Equity. Yes, where we're at, we're providing you 267 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:26.279 whatever you need to to be successful to progress. Yeah, yeah, And 268 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:29.640 I guess it's you know, when we I mean, we talk about this 269 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:33.480 and you know often on you know, awareness days like International Women's Day, 270 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:37.039 you know, you think of it as a very like a very broad picture. 271 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:40.599 It's a global movement, it's a global awareness day. You know, 272 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:44.480 people are doing different things around the world, and sometimes you think, well, 273 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:47.200 what can I do? You know, I'm in in my little corner 274 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:49.680 here. But again, when we're talking about we have a part to play, 275 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:53.000 you know, it's thinking about what you can do on an individual basis, 276 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:56.720 and I guess you know, we're saying something like that, it's really 277 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:02.079 important to understand and value and seek how what the inclusion of women and young 278 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:07.319 girls and you know will look like. You know, if people aren't included, 279 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:10.920 you go somewhere. If women aren't, there is maybe stopping and asking 280 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:15.359 well why not. And you know, if you work in a company and 281 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:19.079 you see things that sen you work in HR so you you know, I'm 282 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:23.480 sure involved in recruitment, and I wonder and I guess there's levels of this 283 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:26.519 you can do. How much you can kind of say no, that kind 284 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:30.440 of has that kind of a word I was going to say positive, I 285 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.640 was gonna say positive discrimination, but that's not what I mean. But in 286 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:37.000 the sense of, you know, you have an agenda in terms of the 287 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:42.440 way you're recruiting and having X matter people in particular roles and what have you 288 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:52.200 maybe kind of actively recruiting for specific positions sure everybody is represented. Yes, 289 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:57.480 for calling out bad behavior, I mean, that's that's one of the easiest 290 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:00.359 things or props lots of these, but that's one of the things that we 291 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:04.640 can do call out, as you said, when we see things that don't 292 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:08.799 look right, don't seem right, I'm not right, particularly as it pertends 293 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:14.960 to women and them being represented and their voices. We heard, yeah, 294 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:17.799 and I guess the question as well. And I guess we were talking about 295 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.680 this the other days in Yeah. You know, in terms of when we 296 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:23.759 think about the roles that women play and things that we sometimes there are people 297 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:26.279 who might think, oh, you know, women should only do certain things. 298 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:29.640 Yet here we are kind of saying, well, we want women to 299 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:33.519 be in different spaces, we want them to be included different things. I 300 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:38.559 mean, sometimes that messaging doesn't always doesn't always play out in certain environments. 301 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:42.720 So we're talking about children, if they're at school, are they kinds of 302 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:52.240 encouraged to seek out maybe non traditionally or stereotypically female professions or activities and that 303 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:57.119 kind of thing. I wonder if that messaging happens right across the board. 304 00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:03.720 I suspect it maybe, But do you think it's important that those that kind 305 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:07.480 of messaging that you know, you were able to do things no matter of 306 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:10.440 who you are, and you know you can get into those spaces if you 307 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:14.920 work hard or try to place yourself there, et cetera. Yes, of 308 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.640 course, and you're right, it starts. I think it starts there. 309 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:22.640 It starts, you know, when we're talking to our young girls, young 310 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:26.640 boys. You know, if we're ever going to change the narrative, we've 311 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:30.599 got to change generation by generation, you know. So we can't wait till 312 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:36.240 we're in the boardroom. We've got to start in the classroom at home. 313 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:41.839 No. Yeah, and I guess it is. I'm certain that it is, 314 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.839 but perhaps not as much as it should be. And again, this 315 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:49.160 is where I say, everybody has an opportunity to calling these things out to 316 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:55.440 make a difference, whatever sphere they're in. If you're a teacher, if 317 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:57.759 you're a head teacher, if you're you know, wherever you are, wherever 318 00:25:57.799 --> 00:26:03.480 you're positioned, you can sort of let your voice be bad and try to 319 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:08.319 make or initiate change. I think that's possible. Yeah, I mean I 320 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:11.720 kind of. I mean for yourself. I mean, I'm trying to think 321 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.519 when I was younger, was that what I was hearing? I mean, 322 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.480 if I'm gonna be honest, I can't really I feel like I can't remember, 323 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:23.440 but I kind of do. I do remember my parents saying, you 324 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:30.079 know, pushing me and encourage pushing, but encouraging me to try different things, 325 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:33.920 get involved in things. I don't think I was ever told, oh, 326 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:37.960 you can't do that because you're a girl. I don't ever remember hearing 327 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:41.279 messaging like that. But for some people maybe that is the case. But 328 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:45.720 I was. I know, I was always encouraged to try and do you 329 00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:48.640 know, to try and do my best, to excel, to try different 330 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:52.680 things, get involved in different activities that you know, and some I know, 331 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:55.519 I did lots of things as a child that maybe, you know, 332 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.279 maybe because of my background or culture, may not have been expected, but 333 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:02.279 I did them any way. So I'd like to think, you know, 334 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:06.000 my parents weren't necessarily saying, okay, you have to do certain things because 335 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.799 you're a woman and you're a young girl. And was that simpler for yourself? 336 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:12.519 Would you say? We don't remember even having the conversation, to be 337 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:15.880 honest, and that's not to say it didn't happen, but I remember. 338 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:19.920 But what I do know is that there are certain things I just never thought 339 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:23.440 of doing. And again that's the mindset. I never thought of becoming a 340 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:29.359 mechanic. I never thought of becoming a firefighter. It just didn't it didn't 341 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:33.000 cross my mind. I thought teacher, doctor, lawyer, you know, 342 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:37.200 nurse whatever. But and I think that's what I'm saying. We need to 343 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:44.960 change the culture, maybe the thinking, maybe having these conversations very early and 344 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:48.119 saying, you know what the world is, oyster, it doesn't matter. 345 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.960 If you're a guy and you want to go into the salon, you can. 346 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:56.200 If you're a woman and you want to go into you know, engineering, 347 00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:00.279 you can. And again on me saying that, it sounds like, 348 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:04.279 you know, for me to say that, it's like I'm feeding right into 349 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:08.440 it. Well, that's that's how I thought. Very you know, I 350 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:12.240 didn't think of anything else. And I don't know that there was a conversation 351 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:18.440 about it. It was just how it was. Yeah, yeah, that's 352 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.119 true. I mean, yeah, it'd be interesting. It'd be interesting. 353 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.799 I mean, maybe it is. Maybe it's something that we could we could 354 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:27.440 maybe collaborate with the uc Y crew and kind of ask them because you know, 355 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:30.400 you hear that. I mean you hear you hear them and sometimes you 356 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:33.000 know, I marvel, like you know, listen to them speaking and the 357 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:37.160 insights that you can provide. And sometimes when you hear young people, children, 358 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.720 young people speaking, you're just like, wow, it's a it is 359 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:44.680 a whole new world. They have access to so much, but you kind 360 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:48.960 of wonder what's surrounding them encouraging them to kind of get into different things. 361 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:51.759 But also, you know, as much as we don't necessarily think of some 362 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:56.599 of those professions maybe to go in and what have you, I also and 363 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:00.920 it's very sad to even think that, you know, as advances we are 364 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:07.480 where we are, you know, society unfortunately doesn't necessarily often support that. 365 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:15.039 Either some of these organizations or these professions they are not kind of they're not 366 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:18.000 built to support women. And I say built maybe not quite the right word, 367 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:21.960 but they kind of don't necessarily meet the needs of women. Unfortunately, 368 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:25.559 we hear all too often in the news, and I remember hearing something this 369 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:30.440 week that you know, some of these places don't appear to be very safe 370 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.559 places for women. You know, it can be very misogynistic, it can 371 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:40.720 be very often very male dominated. But the attitudes towards women, and you 372 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:44.359 know, the way women are treated in some of those spaces unfortunately cause a 373 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:48.519 lot of women you know, a lot of heartache, and often they're almost 374 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.279 forced to leave professions and jobs that they really love doing. You know. 375 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:56.440 So again this is kind of having to feed from top down to say, 376 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:59.319 Okay, we need to try and change the culture of some of these these 377 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:03.720 organization than these professions and really sort of think. But you know, it's 378 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:07.039 a bit of a catchually too. You need women in some places to do 379 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.799 some of that. You need the men who are going to be supportive all 380 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:12.119 of all of this in the first place. Yeah, that's what we're saying. 381 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:15.920 You've gone right back to the point at the top. It's a collective. 382 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:19.599 It's everybody's business and it's going to take everyone being involved to make the 383 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:25.400 change. And it does a change in culture and thinking. Yeah, and 384 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:29.400 that's often the hardest change is to make. Yeah. And ultimately, you 385 00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:33.920 know, when we think about when we think about as Christians and the kind 386 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:36.319 of difference we want to make in the world. You know, again, 387 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:41.519 Jesus and God has created all of us, He's created us equal, you 388 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:44.079 know, he would we have to think about how we would want to be 389 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:48.079 treated and how we should we be treating other people. So, you know, 390 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:52.359 how can we inspire, whether it's in our small corner or within our 391 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:55.200 workplace or the jobs that we do on a larger scale, how can we 392 00:30:55.319 --> 00:31:00.880 impact the community so that we are demonstrating these kinds of values and quality that 393 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:04.200 we can do so again, you know, with as much as International Women's 394 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:10.039 Days one day March March the eighth, you know, this is something that 395 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:12.000 we can be doing year round. This is not just a day one day 396 00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:15.039 to recognize some of these things. It's got to be an ongoing thing. 397 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:21.240 It's got to be something that we are supporting every day, you know, 398 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:27.319 and celebrating the achievements and the impact that women have within our lives. I 399 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:33.359 want to play a piece of spoken word now. This was a poem that 400 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:41.559 was written specifically for International Women's Day. It's by a lady called Sharena Lee. 401 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:47.519 Now I can't find her surname now now and she is it's a really 402 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:51.759 quite a beautiful piece, Serena Lee Sati. So she's a company spoken word 403 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:56.839 poet and she's run with her community to inspire inclusion. She supports out themes 404 00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:00.119 and basically, you know, it's the idea of kind of it's quite interesting 405 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:04.799 imagery and what have you and it kind of made me think about the starting 406 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:09.519 point of where women are. So I'm going to play this piece now and 407 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:22.640 then come back and continue our discussion. So this is inspiring inclusion a sisterhood 408 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:30.319 riot for our sisters who refuse to stay quiet for the world. Can we 409 00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:36.000 open the iris of our eyes and the eyelids to our soul? Can we 410 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:39.319 be seen for the souls that we shure, for the she that she is 411 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:45.359 the human being. Can we breathe in just one breath and not have to 412 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:51.359 worry it's un less away from you. Can we be seen as an equal 413 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:57.279 as this is my right to breathe here too, not having to distinguish the 414 00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:05.839 difference between people, she between her, between females. Can we be sisters 415 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:12.960 of sisterhood with hearts that cluster together like shiny stars in the sky, Some 416 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:17.960 shine brighter in yellow than her majestic color of her red. Together they stand 417 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:24.599 no differences between their breath, where the language of love radiates from under the 418 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:31.400 layers of their chest, where the heart meets words and words meet friends with 419 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:37.079 the worry rest who cradles one breast, and sisters share stories of a life's 420 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:46.079 hardship and test in spaces where inclusivity thrives, sisters feel empowered sharing the stories 421 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:53.519 of their lives from one world division ocean eyes and autumn leaves, swirls of 422 00:33:53.559 --> 00:34:00.759 indifference. Their togetherness speaks of injustice, of ignorance, that in one branch 423 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:07.079 they weave together, In one leaf they breathe together, belonging as a whole, 424 00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:13.760 with each circular groove linked to the bark of the tree. For we 425 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:21.599 are sisters of the mothers born here and that of across the sea. Our 426 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:28.079 bodies are linked through the ear's universal energy, carried through its rimed, through 427 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:32.320 the salt in its sea, through the soil and the deep rooted trees. 428 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:42.320 They are women of different beliefs, of empathy, of poetry, of trauma, 429 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:46.480 of hope. Through togetherness, there is always a sister who binds the 430 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:54.559 rope for all sisters to feel included and not shadow band the ghost. We 431 00:34:54.639 --> 00:35:00.800 will continue to create spaces, taking spaces, making waves of pure light, 432 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:07.880 for togetherness starts here, and freedom to exist, to live, to be 433 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:28.000 accepted is our birthright. Yes, there's some wonderful piece of spoken word. 434 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:32.280 They're piant. It's some really sort of interesting imagery there. There's the bit 435 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:37.199 I loved actually in that that sort of says belonging as a whole. Basically, 436 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:42.280 it kind of uses almost the analogy of trees that are kind of you 437 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:45.360 know how we kind of come together in one brunch, they weave together, 438 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:49.880 in one leave, they breathe together, belonging as a whole, with each 439 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:52.920 circular groove linked to the bark of the tree. For you are sisters of 440 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:58.000 the mothers born here and that of across the sea. Yeah, so you 441 00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:00.280 know, and I like the idea that yes, there is again and as 442 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:04.440 we share, we share so many similar experiences no matter where we're from, 443 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:09.360 and I guess you know, when we come together and that we can make 444 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:15.599 those experiences positive ones. So once again, a happy International Women's Day, 445 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:22.159 whilst it was yesterday, but let's continue the idea of inspiring inclusion throughout the 446 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:27.880 year and as we're going forward to try and make a difference, and with 447 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:34.440 that that will say, going nicely into our celebration of our months actually before 448 00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:37.000 I go onto that, so you know, is there any particular I'm forgetting 449 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.119 about this sticking with that International Women's theme? Is there any women that you 450 00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:46.360 in the Bible, any Bible cat female biblical characters that have been quite inspirational 451 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:53.320 for you. Oh now she's put me on the I am and I've forgotten 452 00:36:53.360 --> 00:37:05.199 about that one. Too many? Too many Esther Ruth, the widow of 453 00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:10.400 Serve Mary, Oh goodness, too many. Was there anything anyone in particularly 454 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:15.400 that you thought, actually, you know who? Anybody in particular, what 455 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:25.239 particular, anything particular about them? I think for me, Esther really stands 456 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:30.159 out for her bravery, for her beauty, for her tenacity. You know, 457 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:36.719 she's she's really done. I think for her nation. She saved her 458 00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:42.440 nation, really and she did so with grace. You know, she could 459 00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:49.039 have done so so much. I mean, she could have been I guess 460 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:52.400 she could have cowered, is what I'm saying. She could have sort of 461 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.199 backed down and ran away from the from the role and the responsibility. But 462 00:37:55.320 --> 00:38:00.239 she she showed up. And I think for me that that's a great example 463 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:07.440 to us women to just trust God and try not putpose in him and know 464 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:13.199 that he will help us to deliver to fulfill our purpose. I love that 465 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:17.559 story. I love Esther, and I hope that I can be called upan 466 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:22.280 and I hope I have stood up for what is right and made the right 467 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:25.119 decisions, no matter the consequence. And I kind of, you know that 468 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:29.119 she's an interesting one because I kind of think if you're thinking about this in 469 00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:34.000 modern times, you know, I wonder whether you know, women would still 470 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.119 do those, would do something like that, considering the consequences that she potentially 471 00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:44.519 faced. I sure some have, and I'm sure I'm sure there are women 472 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:47.119 all over the world who are standing up for what is right and standing up 473 00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:52.599 for God and you know, facing consequences such as those. I mean, 474 00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:55.199 I think we live on the very privileged side of the world, but we 475 00:38:55.400 --> 00:39:00.639 understand that people are prosecuted really, you know, for their decisions, and 476 00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:05.280 maybe one day that will be us, and we have to be willing and 477 00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:09.400 ready to make that poice. But thankfully God came through and it was not 478 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:15.280 It was not death as she had thought. Rather she saved the nation. 479 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:20.320 Yeah, And actually that kind of brings to mind someone like Deborah being a 480 00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:22.880 you know, a prophet and a judge and the kind of you know, 481 00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:27.119 she was kind of in a position where she was, again, as she 482 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:30.000 said, standing up for what the right thing to do, and at the 483 00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:32.280 time, you know, these are lights weren't really following God's commands at the 484 00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:37.119 time, so she was helping them to kind of lead them back to Him 485 00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:42.320 and again showing her strength, her courage and her bravery and complete trusting God, 486 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:46.039 because I guess she could have been overthrown quite easily. And I kind 487 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:51.280 of wonder, you know, when we think about women's women in the Bible 488 00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:57.000 and how you know, the I guess the kind of culture often meant that, 489 00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:59.920 you know, women weren't necessary in these kind of positions as much as 490 00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:05.079 they say women in similar things today, they often were, you know, 491 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.440 often in the background and what have you. But there were these great leaders, 492 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:12.239 these women who actually did all these things and were able to do through 493 00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:17.719 God's grace and God's strength and mighty. Yeah. So it's interesting, really 494 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:22.400 interesting. There are death there's so many. There are so many women in 495 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:27.320 the Bible that we can take our lessons from and be inspired by. Each 496 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:30.880 story unique. But there is a lesson there to be lad, you know, 497 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:36.599 whether it's one of faithful commitment to bravery and courage, you know, 498 00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:43.360 there is there is a story. Yeah, I will encourage you to our 499 00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:49.280 listeners find those those women in the Bible and have a read about their stories. 500 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:52.079 You know they and you know, it's funny because I was reading one 501 00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:54.920 article and it was kind of saying, you know, from heroines and Harlot's 502 00:40:55.239 --> 00:41:00.039 you know, so women who weren't always you know, at the top as 503 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:04.000 it were, some of them were kind of all miss and sometimes unfortunately in 504 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:07.159 society women are often seen at the bottom of the parlors it were. You 505 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.719 know, some things may not have changed over the years, but even some 506 00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:15.440 of those women were used by God to make a difference, save a nation, 507 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:21.599 spread the word and everything else. So yeah, definitely to be led 508 00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:27.159 there. So that still just now was seg nicely into who is celebrating, 509 00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:29.079 So before you do, I even want to say, you know what, 510 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:31.039 look around you, look in the Bible, but look around you. There 511 00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:36.719 are several women who have you know, stood out and been courageous and made 512 00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:44.360 a different you know, from Harriet to you know. Yes, it's true, 513 00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.599 it is there are you can find stories there too, Yes, which 514 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:52.480 brings to my little poem that I found called Women of Valor. In the 515 00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:57.320 depths of adversity, they rise with courage and grace, They defy the skies, 516 00:41:57.840 --> 00:42:01.559 their voices a symphony of hope, their actions a testament to their scope 517 00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:08.239 through trials and tribulations, they stand with unwavering faith they command are women of 518 00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:14.239 valor, so strong and wise in their present, the world presence the world 519 00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:17.360 mesberrized. So that kind of sums up nicely just what we were saying. 520 00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:22.719 So again, find these inspirational women within our Bible, find those inspirational women 521 00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:28.159 within your own world's, your own community, and you know or be that 522 00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:34.119 inspirational woman yourself. You know, you two can make a difference wherever you 523 00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:40.280 are. So tomorrow is a special day here in the UK. Now, 524 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:45.000 often with these awareness days, whilst they're just focused on one day, doesn't 525 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:47.760 necessarily have to mean this is the only time that you celebrate look out, 526 00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:54.760 gift share etc. But here in the UK it is Mother's Day. So 527 00:42:54.880 --> 00:43:00.760 I'm going to say happy Mother's Day in advance to ours and our mother figures 528 00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:04.519 as well. And I'm kind of using the word mother as a bit of 529 00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:10.679 an umbrella term because I was speaking to Paul actually just earlier, and sometimes 530 00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:16.920 you know, everybody's in very different situations and whilst there may be many women 531 00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:22.159 who are mothers, there are many women who aren't for various different reasons. 532 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:27.760 And there are many people who sadly have lost their mothers, whose mothers aren't 533 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:30.840 with them any more. But we want to celebrate those women who have those 534 00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:37.840 mother titleizing they've given birth to children, or mothers who are there or mother 535 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:45.199 figures or people who do mother ring as well. So definitely want to celebrate 536 00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:52.239 those today. So if you do have any thoughts that you'd want to say 537 00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:55.679 thank you to sort of share your thoughts about those women in your life who 538 00:43:55.800 --> 00:44:00.280 have played a mother role or are your mothers. Do you get in contact 539 00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:05.840 with us? You can reach us at studio at Advantage Radio dot London, 540 00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:09.039 or you can text us on eight triple two eight write hope and then your 541 00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:14.960 message, or you can send us a WhatsApp on zero seven four five nine 542 00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:20.960 six four two eight nine eight So zeid, Yeah, did we have anybody 543 00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:22.360 that had come in? I know you were looking at our social media, 544 00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:28.039 our Instagram page, if I remember brightly, Have we had anybody that's come 545 00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:32.920 in with anything with us today? Yes, we have, and I have 546 00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:43.639 lost my phone. So we shared on our page a couple questions regarding my 547 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:49.719 th'sday or mothering or mothers, and we had a few responses not as many 548 00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:53.280 as I would have liked, but you did get a few. We were 549 00:44:53.440 --> 00:45:00.159 asking for favorite songs and the favorite hymns, so I'll start there, and 550 00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:08.159 I don't know if you've got it lined up, but we had I think 551 00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:15.360 the El's Bell's Forbid me. I've done that wrong, El's Bell's forty four, 552 00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:22.480 saying that their favorite song or him was until then. Okay, you 553 00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:27.719 got another choice, the old Rugged Cross. Thank you very much for responding, 554 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:30.719 and I believe you've got that song lined up as well, yes, 555 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:35.159 so if you do have the other song, we can play them both back 556 00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:42.760 to back. We had Wonderful SLC responding, saying that their favorite song was 557 00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:49.239 A Blessed Jesus hold My Hand by sameon out. Okay, So thank you 558 00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:52.320 so much for sharing those and we will definitely, I definitely have those lined 559 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:58.079 up, so we will definitely play those at a moment. So when I 560 00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:06.800 was thinking about this show today and I was sort of thinking about mother's a 561 00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:09.079 text did come to mind as I was kind of researching, and this is 562 00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:16.760 Proverbs thirty one, verse twenty five to twenty eight, and it says she's 563 00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:21.679 closed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future. When 564 00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:24.079 she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. 565 00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:30.440 She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness her children, 566 00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:34.280 her children stand and bless her, and her husband praises her. And I 567 00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:37.960 thought that was a really powerful testament to the role of mothers in our lives, 568 00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:45.360 of whatever they do. So that kind of came to mind, and 569 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:47.239 there's so much we can talk about with that. But when you hear the 570 00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:52.760 word mother, zigna, what comes to mind for you? And this could 571 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:55.719 be twofold, because you are indeed one, But what comes to mind for 572 00:46:55.800 --> 00:47:04.639 you? Jay day Uh? Sacrifice, Yeah, sacrifice comes to mind, 573 00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:14.599 patient comes to mind. And love mm hmmm. Yeah, that is a 574 00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:21.840 word that is synonymous with being a mother, mothering, motherhood. It is 575 00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:28.119 that kind of love that can't even be explained. It's and I'm not going 576 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:31.000 to attempt to. I think I've read some maybe shaped it before. It's 577 00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:37.039 like having your heart running around on legs. I've heard the analogy and I 578 00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:42.440 thought that was so true. But yeah, those are the words. But 579 00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:46.280 I think of when I think of mothering, and it's the lifetime. It 580 00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:51.840 is. It's not one that you can reline from or retire from. It 581 00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:57.360 is. It is life long. Yeah, and that's kind of very indicative 582 00:47:57.440 --> 00:48:02.079 of you know, the sort of say the sort of as a popular scripture 583 00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:06.360 about love, you know, one Corinthians thirteen, what love is all about. 584 00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:09.920 And you know that's what I guess so many people. That's people want 585 00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:13.239 from my mother's And as you're saying about that, love is patient, love 586 00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:15.960 is kind, Envy doesn't boast, it's not proud, it doesn't dishonor others. 587 00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:21.400 It's not self seeking, it's not easily angered, although as you said, 588 00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:24.519 it can be very challenging, very very hard. It keeps no record 589 00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:28.280 of wrongs. At the end of the day, you're gonna love your love 590 00:48:28.840 --> 00:48:32.440 unconditionally, and hope that's a reflection of just how God is loving us unconditionally. 591 00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:36.800 And you try to. I mean it's not always easy, as you've 592 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:39.400 said, and we make mistakes with parents. I certainly put my hand up. 593 00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:44.960 I think I made a mistake every day, but I think the love 594 00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:49.880 is there and that's what he sees overall, and I love him and I 595 00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:54.199 want the best for him, and so yes, that's the goal stand. 596 00:48:54.880 --> 00:49:00.639 Let's put it yeah. And with that mind, before we play first piece 597 00:49:00.719 --> 00:49:05.039 of music, I have another poem that I'd liked to share to our mothers 598 00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:07.719 out there, which follows on nice of what you were just saying there. 599 00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:12.559 A mother's love is something that no one can explain. It is made of 600 00:49:12.719 --> 00:49:19.000 deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is endless and unselfish and enduring, 601 00:49:19.079 --> 00:49:22.960 come what may, for nothing can destroy it or take that love away. 602 00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:29.000 It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, and it never 603 00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:36.039 fails or falters even though the heart is breaking. It believes beyond believing when 604 00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:40.239 the world around condemns, and it glows with all the beauty of the rarest, 605 00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:45.760 brightest gems. It is far beyond defining. It defies all explanation, 606 00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:52.519 and it still remains a secret like their mysteries of creation and many splendid miracle 607 00:49:53.280 --> 00:50:01.880 man cannot understand. And another wondrous evidence of God's tender guiding hand Our mother's 608 00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:07.920 love by Helen Steiner Rice. And with that, we're going to play our 609 00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:13.239 first piece of music and dedication to our mother's And this is until then. 610 00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:35.559 And I picked a version by David Phelps, my heart can see when I 611 00:50:36.079 --> 00:50:52.599 passed to remember our hardy key is bad, a stepping star, all the 612 00:50:52.800 --> 00:51:07.039 tree that's winding, always on word. This trouble world is not my final. 613 00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:24.840 But until the my heart will go on suit until her with joy, 614 00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:42.760 I'll carry on unto the day my eyes behold that city, onto the day 615 00:51:45.000 --> 00:52:08.320 God calls me ing of with bill timon and lose their value if we recall 616 00:52:09.679 --> 00:52:22.480 the borrows for a walk, and things of that cause my heart to trim, 617 00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:46.679 remember, bring a small but on until my war will call hanib we 618 00:52:47.360 --> 00:53:34.920 joy carry on unh the lies before the city onto go call on Will went 619 00:53:35.280 --> 00:54:44.760 to the city on the on the day he called me. Until then, 620 00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:49.280 David Phelps, Oh, beautiful voice, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, and 621 00:54:49.320 --> 00:54:53.000 a lovely beautiful song. And until then, Yes, and so that's and 622 00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:57.920 who was that biogains? I knew you did say. That was from el 623 00:54:58.039 --> 00:55:04.480 Spell. Okay, thank you you. And that then we had do you 624 00:55:04.639 --> 00:55:12.000 have blessed Jesus hold my hand? Yes? I do so, quest and 625 00:55:12.119 --> 00:55:15.199 that was from wonderful SLC. Okay, so we'll play we'll play that. 626 00:55:15.280 --> 00:55:20.679 In one moment, you had a text text for us any favorite text, 627 00:55:22.719 --> 00:55:28.480 Yes, but I wanted to pull it up. I do not have it 628 00:55:28.559 --> 00:55:31.280 pulled up yet. Can we jump to the song and then come back to 629 00:55:31.679 --> 00:55:37.880 sure? Okay, So we're going to play another another beautiful song. Blessed 630 00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:44.519 Jesus, hold my hand. And this is by Simeon Autoon. So ho 631 00:55:44.679 --> 00:55:47.400 pronounced that started that? So if you'd like to, like I said, 632 00:55:47.400 --> 00:55:52.480 if you'd like to share with us any favorite text or favorite piece of music 633 00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:55.360 that you maybe as a mother. Do you like all mothers in your life? 634 00:55:57.280 --> 00:56:01.559 Favorites of theirs? Do gain in contact with us? So, Blessed 635 00:56:01.719 --> 00:56:09.800 Jesus hold my hand. Ready for some old time gospel. As I traveled 636 00:56:09.880 --> 00:56:17.360 through this pilbram la, there is a friend who walks with me, lead 637 00:56:17.559 --> 00:56:23.119 me safely through the same thing. And it is the Christ had the as 638 00:56:25.880 --> 00:56:35.360 this would be my praier Lord to help me do the best idea for I 639 00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:40.199 need. I lie to guy mean day and night. Blessed Jesus, all 640 00:56:40.440 --> 00:57:00.159 my Helllivia too, I need every through this for the same potex p a 641 00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:13.880 hear my felee ooo loo non When I knee in bra to meet you there, 642 00:57:14.280 --> 00:57:22.559 Blessed Jesus, spool let me travel in the light, fee bye, 643 00:57:22.760 --> 00:57:30.559 that I may see the blessed way. Kid me that I may be youly 644 00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:38.360 night and say redemption song. Someday I will be a soldier. Breathe and 645 00:57:39.000 --> 00:57:47.440 I'll never family. Take a slam as I ah what go candly meet the 646 00:57:47.599 --> 00:58:01.199 foot blesser Jesus spool by have the l Yes, I need you entry through 647 00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:12.760 this stream, through this pis of meland, protect me five by help my 648 00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:22.360 feverel be would look down on me when I kneel and pile to meet you. 649 00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:36.000 That the Citjesus fool of my hand by that. Oh don't I need 650 00:58:36.119 --> 00:59:12.519 you to whom? I said? But he again everybody saying I need through 651 00:59:13.039 --> 00:59:22.800 this so the steland, Oh my God, pay my fee, pay my 652 00:59:22.960 --> 00:59:30.280 feeble feed blow. I need to live down on and then when I need, 653 00:59:30.719 --> 00:59:39.039 when I need and pay. That's the Jesus fool man say. I 654 00:59:39.199 --> 00:59:44.840 need to know who you. I need to know whose I I need to 655 00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:50.000 go, hold my hands. I need to did I want to be William. 656 00:59:50.920 --> 01:00:02.239 I need to love me hear my feet. Oh don't look, don't 657 01:00:02.320 --> 01:00:22.519 know me when I when I wow, I want yeah, wow, holl 658 01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:34.079 me morter hone need, Hold my husband when I need, when I need 659 01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:52.719 somebody when I hid. Who sees a storm my house? This lord, 660 01:00:53.599 --> 01:01:02.239 honey, you old me in the persons hold me. Happy Mother's Day to 661 01:01:02.320 --> 01:01:06.199 the woman who has given her all to give me everything she never had. 662 01:01:07.039 --> 01:01:09.280 To the woman with strong hands and a fierce soul who raised me to be 663 01:01:09.320 --> 01:01:15.159 the person that I am. Their day is filled with stress, nights filled 664 01:01:15.199 --> 01:01:19.480 with tears, dreams filled with faith, and the mind ready to take on 665 01:01:19.639 --> 01:01:24.079 any fears. Every day she made sure I ate dressed well as she faced 666 01:01:24.119 --> 01:01:29.960 hard work hours in order to come home. She is the embodiment of courage 667 01:01:30.039 --> 01:01:35.199 and strength, a person who deserves the best, who deserves respect from the 668 01:01:35.280 --> 01:01:39.039 rest who come her way. She has walked through thorns in order to guide 669 01:01:39.079 --> 01:01:44.760 me to the meadows, has given me unconditional love and protected me day after 670 01:01:45.000 --> 01:01:50.280 day. To the mother who has warned me with her embrace, wiped away 671 01:01:50.400 --> 01:01:52.280 my tears, and prayed for me during the tough times in my life. 672 01:01:53.039 --> 01:01:58.559 I love you more than words can describe. You are my will and strife 673 01:01:59.400 --> 01:02:02.400 and a person and who I can confide. Always know that you have a 674 01:02:02.599 --> 01:02:09.559 very special place in my heart. Mom. Thank you for everything, thank 675 01:02:09.639 --> 01:02:21.760 you for saving me from the dark. Yes we are saying happy Mother's Day 676 01:02:22.400 --> 01:02:28.360 and saying thank you to our mothers and our mother figures. That was a 677 01:02:28.400 --> 01:02:35.119 piece of a poem there by mel pays so say yes, thank you and 678 01:02:35.280 --> 01:02:40.320 mothers. And before that we heard a very up tempo version of Blessed Jesus 679 01:02:40.360 --> 01:02:45.039 hold my hand. I love that by seeing me in outon and that was 680 01:02:45.079 --> 01:02:47.559 a request that came through for us. So having over to u Zenya, 681 01:02:47.719 --> 01:02:52.239 I know you've got a couple of other people have contacted us as well and 682 01:02:52.320 --> 01:02:58.440 sent in yes. I also shared it on my own page and got a 683 01:02:58.480 --> 01:03:02.920 few responses, so very much for those. I asked as well about favorite 684 01:03:04.000 --> 01:03:12.840 texts, and my friend sure She responded saying her favorite text is from Psalms 685 01:03:13.119 --> 01:03:20.199 one thirty nine that make sure r right one thirty nine fourteen. I will 686 01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:25.519 praise THEE for I am faithfully and wonderfully made, marvelous and thy marvelous are 687 01:03:25.599 --> 01:03:31.320 thy words? Sorry, and that my soul knoweth right well, beautiful text, 688 01:03:31.559 --> 01:03:38.559 not maybe as popular, but certainly as powerful. I am fearfully and 689 01:03:38.800 --> 01:03:45.000 wonderfully made. And that's that, I hope is the anthem of our mothers 690 01:03:45.320 --> 01:03:53.960 who are listening today. She also shared her favorite song and rested Assurance. 691 01:03:54.000 --> 01:04:01.000 Do you have that lined up and play that one? Okay? So we're 692 01:04:01.000 --> 01:04:03.920 going to do Blessed Assurance And that's kind of one of my favorite hymns as 693 01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:09.039 well. I've chosen a version by the Bill Gaithera trio, so I hope 694 01:04:09.079 --> 01:04:39.119 you enjoy and thank you for sharing that with us. Blessed of shoe Jesuses 695 01:04:39.960 --> 01:04:59.360 my oh wild for change of glory, Divi, heir of salvation, se 696 01:05:00.599 --> 01:05:21.079 purchase, how worn of his speaks, washed in his blood. This he 697 01:05:21.840 --> 01:05:44.239 is my story. This he is my soul, craising my say your day. 698 01:05:48.599 --> 01:06:11.559 They is my stone. This is smile so crazy, my say you, 699 01:06:14.719 --> 01:06:38.480 oh thoty, oh perfect of me John all his arist I and my 700 01:06:39.119 --> 01:07:00.559 say you. I'm happy and blamest watching and wait tame looking a b filled 701 01:07:00.760 --> 01:07:18.159 with his schools, lost in his low. This is my school bad. 702 01:07:20.880 --> 01:07:55.039 This is my song raising my say day. This is not it's my son 703 01:07:59.320 --> 01:08:39.600 ray my suit. Oh oh well, a lovely version of that song Blessed 704 01:08:39.680 --> 01:08:45.319 Assurance, And that was for Remimey again, Senya Bie Hodge, Okay, 705 01:08:45.520 --> 01:08:49.199 thank you so much.'s saying that was one of four favorites. You 706 01:08:49.479 --> 01:08:54.279 really pulled out the archives there. I did was have a version as well. 707 01:08:54.359 --> 01:08:58.479 I mean, I'm a great lover of our hymns actually, so that's 708 01:08:58.520 --> 01:09:02.359 definitely on one of my favorites as well. So you had another one for 709 01:09:02.439 --> 01:09:05.479 us Anya, Yes, bj one, thank you very much as well for 710 01:09:05.640 --> 01:09:13.319 sending in your response. First King three fifteen. But sanctify the Lord God 711 01:09:13.439 --> 01:09:16.159 in your hearts, and be ready always to give an answer to every man 712 01:09:16.239 --> 01:09:20.800 who asketh you a reason for the pope that is in you, with meekness 713 01:09:21.079 --> 01:09:26.439 and fear, love beautiful text. But scientify the Lord God in your hearts. 714 01:09:26.640 --> 01:09:30.479 Be ready always to give an answer to every man who asked gets you 715 01:09:30.239 --> 01:09:33.840 a reason for the pope that is in you. It's meekness and fear, 716 01:09:34.680 --> 01:09:41.600 and the song is I can only imagine. And the version you've done there 717 01:09:42.000 --> 01:09:47.399 is by me, yes, so I can only imagine. Thank you, 718 01:09:47.479 --> 01:10:06.960 and I hope you enjoy. I can only imagine what it will be like 719 01:10:09.560 --> 01:10:18.760 when I walk by your side. I can only imagine what my eyes will 720 01:10:18.840 --> 01:10:32.880 see when your face is before me. I can only imagine, yes, 721 01:10:40.159 --> 01:10:46.159 surrounded by your glory. One will my heart feel? Will I dance for 722 01:10:46.439 --> 01:10:53.479 you Jesus, or in all of you be still, will lasting in your 723 01:10:53.720 --> 01:11:00.039 presence, but you might needs when love will Lastee Holly Loot, Will I 724 01:11:00.159 --> 01:11:10.720 be able to speak and all I can only imagine. I can only imagine. 725 01:11:15.199 --> 01:11:25.039 I can only imagine when that day comes, in that fan myself standing 726 01:11:25.199 --> 01:11:35.840 in the sun. I can only imagine when on live doy is forever forever 727 01:11:36.199 --> 01:11:53.439 worship you. I can only imagine. I can only imagine surrounded by your 728 01:11:53.560 --> 01:12:00.239 glory one with my heart feel when lattance for you, Geejesus, all in 729 01:12:00.439 --> 01:12:06.720 off you be still, will lasting in your presence, what you my days 730 01:12:06.960 --> 01:12:15.000 will laugh, all lasting, halleluia. Will love being able to speaking all 731 01:12:15.279 --> 01:12:30.119 I can only imagine. Yeah, I can only imagine surrounded by your Lauren 732 01:12:30.960 --> 01:12:38.399 wan away about unel Will I dance boy yes? Or in off you be 733 01:12:38.640 --> 01:12:45.319 still when lasting in your presence? What's you my day's aw laugh when lasting, 734 01:12:46.199 --> 01:12:57.119 halleluia. I will love being able speaking Aline you only imagine. I 735 01:12:57.399 --> 01:13:15.239 get only imagion. I can only imagine. I can only imagine. I 736 01:13:15.399 --> 01:13:33.479 can only imagine. I can only image. I can only imagine when online 737 01:13:33.560 --> 01:13:55.920 would do It's forever forever worship you I can only imagine, and I have 738 01:13:56.079 --> 01:14:00.920 the beautiful song I can only imagine shared with us there with from mercy me. 739 01:14:00.920 --> 01:14:08.319 So thank you for that? Oh what am I saying? Thank you 740 01:14:08.439 --> 01:14:15.680 for that suggestion, sharing that thought with you with us? So yes, 741 01:14:15.880 --> 01:14:19.239 thank you. So Mother's Day now, I said, yeah, it's just 742 01:14:19.279 --> 01:14:23.920 as alluded to this. I'm a studio today, not actually I said I 743 01:14:24.000 --> 01:14:26.960 was on my own. I'm actually not on my own because I've actually got 744 01:14:27.000 --> 01:14:30.760 my mum with me here today. She often accompanies me to the studio to 745 01:14:30.840 --> 01:14:34.720 do my show, sitting quietly in the corner. I think she's a little 746 01:14:34.720 --> 01:14:39.439 shy actually, so I'm not sure she wants to come on and say anything, 747 01:14:39.479 --> 01:14:43.159 although she may. You may hear a commented on the background. But 748 01:14:43.319 --> 01:14:46.159 yes, but I want to say thank you to my mum for being such 749 01:14:46.159 --> 01:14:50.439 a wonderful person. She has some health challenges at the moment, which has 750 01:14:50.640 --> 01:14:56.479 you know, changed things over the last few years, and it's really changed 751 01:14:56.479 --> 01:14:59.640 a lot of things for me as well. But you know, when we 752 01:14:59.720 --> 01:15:02.479 kind of think about our mother's and it's quite interesting as I've been living with 753 01:15:02.600 --> 01:15:08.000 her and caring for her, and often people will say you know, sometimes 754 01:15:08.039 --> 01:15:10.359 we think and oh, we like our parents, so we like them. 755 01:15:10.399 --> 01:15:13.399 And as there's so many things, I realize I'm so like my mum, 756 01:15:14.720 --> 01:15:16.880 which you know, not a terrible thing at all, but I can kind 757 01:15:16.920 --> 01:15:20.520 of see the things that I'm doing and I think, oh, so on 758 01:15:20.640 --> 01:15:24.000 my mum. I mean often people, if you to see us, would 759 01:15:24.000 --> 01:15:28.560 say that I look like my mom. But I definitely have some of her 760 01:15:28.640 --> 01:15:31.880 characteristics. I'm sure, she says, smiling now at me in the background, 761 01:15:32.680 --> 01:15:35.119 But I want to say thank you to my mum. And it's been 762 01:15:35.119 --> 01:15:38.840 a real privilege, you know, a challenge that it can be to be 763 01:15:38.920 --> 01:15:43.720 able to be looking after her, staying with her, helping her doing things, 764 01:15:43.800 --> 01:15:45.680 because you know, I'm giving back to what she has done for me 765 01:15:46.760 --> 01:15:54.159 over these many years as well. So Happy Mother's Day, Mom. She's 766 01:15:54.279 --> 01:15:59.199 laughing. Oh, hold on, she might actually want to come on, 767 01:15:59.319 --> 01:16:02.920 hold on, hold on, hold on speaking to this one. Have you 768 01:16:02.960 --> 01:16:10.399 want to say hello to everybody? Just say hello to our listeners anyway, 769 01:16:11.399 --> 01:16:16.880 just say hello. I think she's playing shy now likes to be the voice 770 01:16:16.880 --> 01:16:21.359 in the background. You are any human and a beautiful one at that as 771 01:16:21.399 --> 01:16:24.479 well. So they're going to say hello, and how are we Mom? 772 01:16:24.800 --> 01:16:27.640 Well, I'm going to but I've got to get to make sure that yes, 773 01:16:28.159 --> 01:16:31.520 you have you have, but you have just started. Oh okay, 774 01:16:31.600 --> 01:16:38.239 how are you? How are you mom? I'm fine talking to this myself. 775 01:16:38.399 --> 01:16:43.960 But then again, I just forget that that's okay. How are you 776 01:16:44.039 --> 01:16:48.399 today? What were you supposed to do? No, she's being shay. 777 01:16:48.560 --> 01:16:54.600 So anyway, a little little little chat for my mom there, so I 778 01:16:54.680 --> 01:16:57.000 want to thank you. I'm going to say Happy Mother's Day to her as 779 01:16:57.079 --> 01:17:01.199 well. And it's funny. I'd bought a flowers yesterday for mum and it's 780 01:17:01.239 --> 01:17:03.279 kind of interested. The lady was like, oh, do you want a 781 01:17:03.279 --> 01:17:05.079 bag for your flowers? And you said, oh, I've got some bother 782 01:17:05.159 --> 01:17:09.600 till because it's Mother's Day and lots of people are gonna be coming in buying 783 01:17:09.680 --> 01:17:14.439 flowers. And it's interesting. That's one thing that I do all the time. 784 01:17:14.479 --> 01:17:17.680 Actually, I think there's such beauty in fresh flowers in the house, 785 01:17:17.760 --> 01:17:21.119 and you know, I really do buy my mum flowers by myself. Flowers. 786 01:17:21.840 --> 01:17:25.840 So she's definitely got a big bunch for tomorrow. But that's kind of 787 01:17:25.840 --> 01:17:30.039 a regular thing in our house. So my encouragement is people up there, 788 01:17:30.039 --> 01:17:32.159 if you love plants and flowers, you know, share and give those to 789 01:17:32.720 --> 01:17:36.840 those special women, mothers, mother figures in your lives and to bring a 790 01:17:36.880 --> 01:17:40.800 bit of a nice, nice smile day't just necessarily keep it for one day. 791 01:17:41.439 --> 01:17:45.199 I'm sure the florists are going to do a wonderful trade tomorrow with their 792 01:17:45.800 --> 01:17:49.920 contributions there as well. But one of the things I picked a song, 793 01:17:50.239 --> 01:17:55.039 one of mum's song favorite songs actually to play and it kind of really sums 794 01:17:55.119 --> 01:17:58.880 up with some of the sort of challenges maybe that she's going through at the 795 01:17:58.960 --> 01:18:01.359 moment, and they're kind of sentiments in terms of, you know, what 796 01:18:01.479 --> 01:18:05.680 she's trying to do. You know, things aren't as easier as easy as 797 01:18:05.960 --> 01:18:09.840 she would have you know, she's would have hoped. Maybe she's got older, 798 01:18:10.840 --> 01:18:13.199 but she's one of her favorite songs, and I know she does love 799 01:18:13.279 --> 01:18:17.119 this is Can't Give Up Now by Mary Mary. I know she does love 800 01:18:17.159 --> 01:18:19.880 her traditional songs on her hymns, but actually my mum likes a lot of 801 01:18:19.920 --> 01:18:26.680 these contemporary music choices as well. So I'm going to play Can't Give Up 802 01:18:26.720 --> 01:18:30.560 Now by Mary Mary because I know for my mum, despite the challenges. 803 01:18:30.520 --> 01:18:36.399 She's still remaining faithful. You know when we are when we are doing our 804 01:18:36.479 --> 01:18:40.479 worship and we're praying together, you know, she's always asking for the strength 805 01:18:40.520 --> 01:18:45.279 and the courage to kind of keep going despite the challenges. I'm praying for 806 01:18:45.359 --> 01:18:47.600 that strength and courage to kind and the patience to kind of keep going as 807 01:18:47.640 --> 01:18:53.319 well, because it is a struggle to kind of see somebody else struggling and 808 01:18:53.359 --> 01:18:56.600 there's I think you can do about that. But yeah, so I want 809 01:18:56.640 --> 01:19:00.159 to share that, and I'm going to encourage those people who are maybe listen 810 01:19:00.159 --> 01:19:04.159 in a position to myself, who are caring, who are looking after mothers, 811 01:19:05.479 --> 01:19:09.039 that it's not about just staying where you are. You can't give up 812 01:19:09.079 --> 01:19:13.520 now God has got you and it's encouraging you to keep going. So this 813 01:19:13.680 --> 01:19:17.960 is for you, Mum, Olivia. This is Mary, Mary. I 814 01:19:18.079 --> 01:19:42.359 can't give up. Now. There will be mounted. Then I will have 815 01:19:43.000 --> 01:19:53.359 to club and there will be there told that I will have fun, But 816 01:19:53.600 --> 01:20:03.560 did be or it's up to me to fine? But how can I expect 817 01:20:03.960 --> 01:20:19.279 to win? Did they ever tried? I just case up time, come 818 01:20:19.479 --> 01:20:32.039 to far time where I start fall. Nobody told me the good would be 819 01:20:33.119 --> 01:20:45.119 it and I don't. He's taught me this far to never said that would 820 01:20:45.399 --> 01:20:55.039 be trial, never said I would fall, never said that everything would go 821 01:20:56.319 --> 01:21:03.319 we wanted to go. But when my back is against the wall and I 822 01:21:03.560 --> 01:21:11.439 feel a hole is gone, I'll just get my head up to the sky 823 01:21:12.319 --> 01:21:21.399 and say, help me to be strong. Hold. I just can't up 824 01:21:26.279 --> 01:21:36.479 come to the far from where I start and from nobody has told me the 825 01:21:36.760 --> 01:21:47.720 road one Besy, I don't believe he's talking this far to deep. Hold, 826 01:21:49.119 --> 01:22:02.439 show your head lead even when I can't clearly, I told that you 827 01:22:03.399 --> 01:22:23.720 wading it up? Yeah, just to ba from where nobody told me. 828 01:22:25.079 --> 01:22:33.079 It's another rod want me Dad, I don't believe you don't real plea no, 829 01:22:33.319 --> 01:22:49.720 no, no no to me know that I can't be about them to 830 01:22:50.760 --> 01:23:26.920 us to so I'm no a bad did the FOD looking at my ca wow? 831 01:23:38.920 --> 01:24:19.920 Tell me? Don't med will be? All the words in the universe, 832 01:24:20.199 --> 01:24:26.760 collectively joint together couldn't come close to defining you. Your beauty is unmatched. 833 01:24:26.960 --> 01:24:30.840 The strength you possessed shows no lack. The unselfishness you portray from day 834 01:24:30.920 --> 01:24:35.960 today, it's just another characteristic that leads me to say you are one of 835 01:24:36.119 --> 01:24:42.039 God's most prized possession. There is no questioning the depth of your love, 836 01:24:42.439 --> 01:24:45.079 the depth of the measures you would take to make sure home is taken care 837 01:24:45.199 --> 01:24:49.720 of. Through sleepless nights with tear filled eyes, the reflection of your face 838 01:24:49.760 --> 01:24:57.079 still stained the brightest smile that assured everyone in your world it will be all 839 01:24:57.159 --> 01:25:00.479 right. How you do it, how you get it will forever be a 840 01:25:00.680 --> 01:25:04.399 notion that can never be fathomed. From the stride and your walk, to 841 01:25:04.479 --> 01:25:09.520 the dominance of your talk, to the resilience in your eyes and the determination 842 01:25:09.760 --> 01:25:13.520 of your mind, with the pureness of your heart and the motions of your 843 01:25:13.600 --> 01:25:16.640 hands, like a potter mold than clay, you are a work of art. 844 01:25:16.840 --> 01:25:21.600 You are a treasure. You are a mother, God's chosen vessel. 845 01:25:23.239 --> 01:25:28.479 See obstacles deemed powerless in your presence, the essence of the warrior deep down 846 01:25:28.600 --> 01:25:32.479 inside of you always finds a way to push through. Despite the weight of 847 01:25:32.560 --> 01:25:38.000 the world on your shoulders. You'll still find enough power to conquer anything you 848 01:25:38.279 --> 01:25:43.960 encounter that agitates the well being of your child, any day or any time. 849 01:25:45.680 --> 01:25:49.840 And while we appreciate the gesture of a mother's day, but as if 850 01:25:50.039 --> 01:25:57.039 one day it's sufficient enough to commemorate two hundred and seventy three days of aches 851 01:25:57.159 --> 01:26:00.880 and pain and excessive weight gain with Wabbo walks and emotional talks, with a 852 01:26:01.000 --> 01:26:05.840 little memory loss and everlasting stretch marks, and giving up your normal routine for 853 01:26:06.000 --> 01:26:11.800 a baby boss, and experiencing all these changes in your body you never even 854 01:26:11.880 --> 01:26:16.479 knew existed. All three hundred and sixty five days are deserved. It is 855 01:26:16.760 --> 01:26:24.039 respect well earned. Mothers. The roles you play in this life is very 856 01:26:24.119 --> 01:26:27.560 much needed. So with every chance we get to breathe this breath, we 857 01:26:27.720 --> 01:26:31.960 need you to know you are appreciated for the sacrifices you had to make for 858 01:26:32.079 --> 01:26:36.680 the leaf of faith. Time after time after time you had to take. 859 01:26:38.199 --> 01:26:42.960 You did and are doing great. So enjoy each moment you get to make 860 01:26:43.079 --> 01:26:46.560 special memories with the ones you assisted God to create, and know the love 861 01:26:46.720 --> 01:26:53.960 you share will never fade. Keep enhancing this world with your love. And 862 01:26:54.119 --> 01:26:59.199 if you ever feel like no one sees you, please know that God does. 863 01:26:59.720 --> 01:27:04.640 You are love, You are needed, You are also appreciated. Now 864 01:27:04.760 --> 01:27:10.479 are the words collectively put together in this poem still doesn't come close to defining 865 01:27:10.560 --> 01:27:15.039 you. At this point, I'm starting to believe you are indescribable. So 866 01:27:15.199 --> 01:27:19.119 with a gratitude phil pastured heart, I just want to say Happy Mother's Day 867 01:27:19.520 --> 01:27:27.960 today, end every day. Indeed, Happy Mother's Day today and every day. 868 01:27:28.119 --> 01:27:30.680 And I'm saying happy birthday to my mom and Lvia Robinson, who is 869 01:27:30.680 --> 01:27:34.560 sitting in the studio with me. I know she was singing along to one 870 01:27:34.600 --> 01:27:39.000 of her favorite songs, Mary Mary. I can't give up now, and 871 01:27:39.079 --> 01:27:42.399 I just want to thank her for not giving up and for keep pressing on 872 01:27:43.039 --> 01:27:46.239 and for those mothers out there, and you know, Weded, we see 873 01:27:46.279 --> 01:27:49.760 you in the As the poem says, if you feel that you're not appreciated, 874 01:27:49.920 --> 01:27:53.640 that you don't feel that you're seen or your loved, know that God 875 01:27:54.000 --> 01:27:58.239 appreciates what you do, He sees you, he loves you, He's there 876 01:27:58.319 --> 01:28:08.319 for you. So zeb yeah, let's talk a little bit about your mother 877 01:28:09.039 --> 01:28:19.560 and your mothering experience. Gracious to see it's fun today. To my mom, 878 01:28:20.640 --> 01:28:27.760 I want to say, I love you, I thank you for being 879 01:28:27.880 --> 01:28:36.399 there always. Our relationship is strained at best because like you, I am 880 01:28:36.520 --> 01:28:45.800 caring for her. She struggles with mental ill health and they're right in the 881 01:28:45.920 --> 01:28:49.039 midst I think of a crisis at the moment. So sometimes when I'm in 882 01:28:49.159 --> 01:28:56.399 the midst of a cristis, it sort of colors my glasses and it doesn't 883 01:28:56.439 --> 01:29:00.600 quite look how I know it is and how it should be. It's frustrating, 884 01:29:00.760 --> 01:29:06.640 it's difficult, it's hard, but I don't know that I would want 885 01:29:06.680 --> 01:29:11.800 it any other way. She has made me the way and made me the 886 01:29:11.840 --> 01:29:15.880 woman that I am. It's because of these responsibilities and because I have had 887 01:29:15.960 --> 01:29:19.920 to love her and look out for her that I feel like I have maybe 888 01:29:19.960 --> 01:29:26.279 in this extra compassion, this extra care, so it's molded me into the 889 01:29:26.359 --> 01:29:30.680 person I am today, and I would like to think that that you know, 890 01:29:30.039 --> 01:29:36.359 I am a decent enough human being. So you know, I am 891 01:29:36.399 --> 01:29:41.039 grateful to her for her love and for her prayers, for her prayers, 892 01:29:41.399 --> 01:29:46.920 you know. And yes, she's not with me. Unfortunately I'm a bit 893 01:29:47.039 --> 01:29:55.960 jealous, but I know she is and will be listening. And yeah, 894 01:29:56.079 --> 01:29:59.000 happy mothers say to her, and happy mothers say to all our mothers. 895 01:29:59.039 --> 01:30:03.800 Our mothers insion our mothers to be And Pedro is listening, and it's going 896 01:30:03.880 --> 01:30:09.399 to have a go at me because I always say I say every year to 897 01:30:09.560 --> 01:30:13.920 the fathers and the sisters and brothers and friends and neighbors who try to step 898 01:30:14.000 --> 01:30:18.439 in and bridge the gap from mothers who are absent or from mothers who you 899 01:30:18.520 --> 01:30:24.159 know have sadly passed on. So I say Happy Mother's Day to you all. 900 01:30:24.239 --> 01:30:27.199 And like Angelas said, you know, it is not about one day, 901 01:30:27.520 --> 01:30:31.520 like the poem said so so eloquently with the poyete, it's not about 902 01:30:31.520 --> 01:30:36.960 one day. And words really can't describe a mother's loves. So yes, 903 01:30:38.439 --> 01:30:43.239 thank you, okay, and yeah, I think we'll talk about my perspective 904 01:30:43.279 --> 01:30:46.880 a little later because we got some messages as well coming in from our listeners 905 01:30:47.319 --> 01:30:53.439 about what are the difficulties of mothering. Yes, and yeah, I'd like 906 01:30:53.520 --> 01:30:58.399 to throw my two pens in there. Well okay, well but yes, 907 01:30:59.600 --> 01:31:00.720 okay, And with that in mind, as you just kind of b to 908 01:31:00.760 --> 01:31:02.760 mind, I mean, I kind of want to pause for a moment just 909 01:31:02.840 --> 01:31:06.600 to kind of share a prayer for those who may be hurting on Mother's Day. 910 01:31:06.600 --> 01:31:11.760 As you mentioned, you know, sometimes being in this role can be 911 01:31:11.840 --> 01:31:15.560 a challenging one. The day can be a challenging one for those who maybe 912 01:31:15.720 --> 01:31:19.760 have got difficult relationships with their mothers or no relationship or their mothers, and 913 01:31:19.800 --> 01:31:24.399 along with us, so someone to share a prayer for those who may be 914 01:31:24.520 --> 01:31:28.359 hurting on Mother's Day. Diar God, some days it feels too hard. 915 01:31:28.520 --> 01:31:31.079 We're hurting, we're struggling, We're fighting fear and worry at every turn. 916 01:31:31.800 --> 01:31:34.560 Thank you, in the midst of it all, you haven't left us to 917 01:31:34.680 --> 01:31:40.000 fend for ourselves. Forgive us for doubting who you are, and forgive us 918 01:31:40.039 --> 01:31:43.840 for thinking you may have forgotten us. Forgive us for believing we somehow know 919 01:31:44.000 --> 01:31:46.399 the better way. You are fully trustworthy, You are all powerful, You 920 01:31:46.479 --> 01:31:50.359 were able. You are lord of every situation, no matter how difficult it 921 01:31:50.439 --> 01:31:55.359 may seem. You are a healer and will never waste a grief we may 922 01:31:55.439 --> 01:31:58.840 carry on this day. You will use all things for good in some way. 923 01:31:59.279 --> 01:32:03.239 Anything is nothing is too difficult for you. We pray for those who 924 01:32:03.279 --> 01:32:06.880 may be grieving today. We ask for your comfort to surround those who weep. 925 01:32:08.359 --> 01:32:11.520 We pray for the peace of your presence to cover our minds and thoughts. 926 01:32:11.680 --> 01:32:15.520 As you remind us that the enemy can never steal us out of your 927 01:32:15.640 --> 01:32:18.720 hands. He never has a final say over our lives. We are kept 928 01:32:18.800 --> 01:32:24.239 safe in your presence, whether in life or in death. We thank you 929 01:32:24.359 --> 01:32:27.560 that your ways are higher than our ways, and your thoughts are bigger than 930 01:32:27.560 --> 01:32:30.760 our thoughts. We lay it all down at your feet, dear Lord, 931 01:32:30.880 --> 01:32:33.800 every burden, every care, believing that that is the safest place for it 932 01:32:33.960 --> 01:32:38.880 to be. We love you, Lord, We need your fresh grace every 933 01:32:39.000 --> 01:32:45.079 day in the powerful gename of Jesus. Amen. So I to want to 934 01:32:45.119 --> 01:32:48.880 pray for those who. Whatever your if you don't have the most positive relationship, 935 01:32:49.119 --> 01:32:54.079 or you may be grieving, or may have lost a mother, we 936 01:32:54.239 --> 01:33:00.239 pray for you and know that God is watching and keeping over you. I 937 01:33:00.399 --> 01:33:08.960 am. I think watching one of the four fall sort of lyrics for the 938 01:33:09.039 --> 01:33:14.920 song, but I think it applies my mom's favorite or one of her favorites. 939 01:33:15.159 --> 01:33:17.199 She has many, some of them. I think don't apply for a 940 01:33:17.239 --> 01:33:23.920 Saturday. Used a bit of a rebel. Don't know where I got that 941 01:33:24.079 --> 01:33:32.039 from the song I think I told you was one day at a time, 942 01:33:32.359 --> 01:33:36.399 Yes, Alan Davis, and I think it fits in nicely here. Yeah 943 01:33:36.520 --> 01:33:41.399 cool, Okay, so one day at a time Colin Davis, and this 944 01:33:41.560 --> 01:34:08.720 is for your mama's end. Yeah, just a moment kill me? Who 945 01:34:09.239 --> 01:34:29.439 I should be? All the show me show me that i'ld r informa say 946 01:34:30.760 --> 01:34:48.039 get me the check for a usus. That's all love misky from you. 947 01:34:51.359 --> 01:34:59.840 Just give me the strain to do it. Pree take what I should you. 948 01:35:02.399 --> 01:35:13.760 It is said, he's not jes Jesus tomorrow may never be mine. 949 01:35:15.840 --> 01:35:34.359 Lord, help me today, show me thoy what when you more to love 950 01:35:34.600 --> 01:35:45.239 me? Jesus snow if you love now below, it's worth a smell that 951 01:35:45.600 --> 01:36:38.680 day. Cheating your scheming by so from the say just the ta want segs 952 01:36:40.560 --> 01:36:53.399 a skin from us. Just give me the stred to do every day what 953 01:36:53.720 --> 01:37:13.720 I had to do. Yes, Jesus tomorrow the devil man kill me today, 954 01:37:15.079 --> 01:37:27.760 show me away way, Lord, help me today to show me away 955 01:37:30.279 --> 01:37:45.680 share. Lord, help me today, chollyday. Lord, heal me today. 956 01:37:50.159 --> 01:37:55.479 Happen me today, one day at a time. Colin Davis. And 957 01:37:55.600 --> 01:38:01.079 that's for Senior and her mom. Thank you for that, Senya all right. 958 01:38:01.640 --> 01:38:06.880 I was just we were talking offline whilst the song was playing about Celine 959 01:38:06.920 --> 01:38:12.840 Dion's song A Mother's Prayer, and I, in preparing for this program, 960 01:38:12.920 --> 01:38:17.159 came across so came across some really lovely ones when I wanted to share. 961 01:38:18.439 --> 01:38:24.720 Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day with little time to stop and pray 962 01:38:25.479 --> 01:38:29.760 for life's been anything but calm since you called me to be a mom, 963 01:38:30.720 --> 01:38:35.039 running errands, matching socks, building dreams with building blocks, cooking, cleaning, 964 01:38:35.279 --> 01:38:41.880 finding shoes and other stuff that children lose. Fitting lids on bottled bugs, 965 01:38:42.079 --> 01:38:45.680 wiping tears and giving hugs, a stack of last week's mail to read. 966 01:38:46.159 --> 01:38:50.079 So where's the quiet time I need? Yet? When I steal a 967 01:38:50.199 --> 01:38:55.800 moment, Lord, just at the sink or at the iron board, to 968 01:38:56.039 --> 01:39:01.199 ask the blessings of your grace, I see them in their small face that 969 01:39:01.399 --> 01:39:06.640 you have blessed me all the while. When I stop and see their smile, 970 01:39:08.960 --> 01:39:14.600 I thought that was beautiful. It just echoes. I mean, every 971 01:39:14.680 --> 01:39:20.880 mother everywhere. It's juggling this, and carpools here and meetings there, and 972 01:39:21.439 --> 01:39:27.960 it's always so much, it feels, but we just have to look at 973 01:39:28.000 --> 01:39:30.840 their faces or maybe it's a hug or you know, whatever it is that 974 01:39:30.920 --> 01:39:34.359 will just melt us and remind us that it's all it's all worth it. 975 01:39:35.520 --> 01:39:43.520 So I really loved that one. And here's another author of creation. Wilt 976 01:39:43.560 --> 01:39:47.680 thou hear my humble please guide my children's footsteps, Lord, and keep them 977 01:39:47.760 --> 01:39:53.800 safe for me. Steer them from temptations, door and light their darkened way. 978 01:39:54.640 --> 01:39:59.359 When their Lord seems heavy, let them not forget to pray. Give 979 01:39:59.439 --> 01:40:03.760 them st and courage so they'll stand for what is right, and help them 980 01:40:04.359 --> 01:40:11.319 sidestep trouble when they're out too late at night. Grant to them great wisdom 981 01:40:11.399 --> 01:40:15.840 Lord in all they do and see, And when they need a loving friend, 982 01:40:15.840 --> 01:40:20.439 bring them home to me. I thought those two were quite good. 983 01:40:20.760 --> 01:40:26.359 One maybe for the younger set, and the other of the older young adults 984 01:40:26.479 --> 01:40:30.800 teenagers that we have and we worry about as they come and go. I 985 01:40:30.880 --> 01:40:36.000 really I thought, wasn't BLI good? Yes? Yeah, wonderful sentiments, 986 01:40:36.039 --> 01:40:40.720 the wonderful sentiments there. Do you have another song that we want to play 987 01:40:40.840 --> 01:40:46.600 for? Why don't we got? Do you have celenion Mother's prayer? Do 988 01:40:46.640 --> 01:40:51.039 you have that one? We do? I do believe we do? Is 989 01:40:51.079 --> 01:40:57.399 an'tything in particular about that song in the lyrics? I think it is a 990 01:40:57.680 --> 01:41:03.039 version of the prayer that she does us with andreall Ah. Yes, I 991 01:41:03.159 --> 01:41:09.199 think it's just a claye on the words where she's praying for the same but 992 01:41:09.359 --> 01:41:12.239 for her children or her child. I don't even know how many does she 993 01:41:12.319 --> 01:41:18.840 have. Kids'll take We'll take the lyrics for ourselves. Okay, So our 994 01:41:18.880 --> 01:42:03.159 mother's prayer by Celine Dion, I pray been and watch how she good and 995 01:42:03.520 --> 01:42:24.760 tend how to be hand me to lay God, every mother's spray, every 996 01:42:25.119 --> 01:42:42.760 change need how to upplace God, hallowey your crowd to a place where s 997 01:42:44.079 --> 01:43:44.800 peece sa fray she fought short love and whole city stop less false each now 998 01:43:47.399 --> 01:44:12.439 remind how where you are, every spread every child need to find the glass, 999 01:44:14.199 --> 01:44:26.239 get how with the old creases give him makes so ship said he talks 1000 01:44:26.359 --> 01:45:01.479 to get help with the old grass place s ok. Mother's prayer Selein Dion 1001 01:45:01.920 --> 01:45:06.319 from Selindion. And as it says in Onest Tessalonians five seventeen, pray without 1002 01:45:06.399 --> 01:45:14.079 ceasing. Prayer is our lifeline to the father. So as a mother, 1003 01:45:14.760 --> 01:45:17.600 do pray. Pray for our mothers, Pray for our mother figures. Pray 1004 01:45:17.680 --> 01:45:20.680 for those women in your love who I'm doing something in your lives and the 1005 01:45:20.760 --> 01:45:27.520 lives of others in our community. Because yeah, and I say pray without 1006 01:45:27.560 --> 01:45:31.199 ceasing, because sometimes prayer is what's really going to take us through. Because 1007 01:45:31.239 --> 01:45:38.800 those roles can be tough, so I know you'd answer the question. You 1008 01:45:38.880 --> 01:45:43.840 put that question out there to see whether what people would saying, you know, 1009 01:45:43.920 --> 01:45:48.159 what can be challenging about mothering and having a mother role. Any thoughts 1010 01:45:48.199 --> 01:45:53.439 on that. Yeah, we got a few responses, again, not as 1011 01:45:53.520 --> 01:45:57.159 many as I would have Glie to please let us encourage. Well, I 1012 01:45:57.279 --> 01:46:00.960 am encouraging. I know you have as well our listeners to chime in to 1013 01:46:01.720 --> 01:46:05.159 contribute. It's just it makes for a better program when we hear from you, 1014 01:46:05.279 --> 01:46:14.640 and we delight in hearing from you. So we heard from two persons 1015 01:46:14.680 --> 01:46:20.680 again, VJ one, and she said, and the responses came, you 1016 01:46:20.760 --> 01:46:28.680 know, from very lighthearted, lighthearted ones to no serious issues. And VJ 1017 01:46:28.920 --> 01:46:32.920 said that she struggles with getting her children to go to bed all the time. 1018 01:46:33.199 --> 01:46:36.560 And I know that the struggle is real, and I'm not sure it 1019 01:46:36.640 --> 01:46:43.920 ever goes away until they leave the house. If you've got a if you've 1020 01:46:44.000 --> 01:46:46.920 got a time in mind for your kids to go to bed, they're always 1021 01:46:47.119 --> 01:46:49.720 they always want to be up a little later. If it's nine o'clock, 1022 01:46:49.720 --> 01:46:51.880 they want to be up till ten. If it's ten, they want to 1023 01:46:51.880 --> 01:46:55.439 be up till eleven. If it's eleven, you know, they want to 1024 01:46:55.439 --> 01:46:59.840 be up till midnight. So that's a battle. We're always fighty, especially 1025 01:47:00.079 --> 01:47:02.800 my home. So she said that and I smiled. Another one of our 1026 01:47:02.840 --> 01:47:10.239 listeners respondents saying she struggles because she's trying to teach her kids the love of 1027 01:47:10.319 --> 01:47:15.199 God, and she's not sure she's done a good job teaching them to trust 1028 01:47:15.279 --> 01:47:19.399 God and to depend on God. And it started a conversation, an interesting 1029 01:47:19.439 --> 01:47:24.000 conversation between ourselves because I said to her, you know what, you've raised 1030 01:47:24.039 --> 01:47:27.079 them up in church. I mean, I don't know of any many other 1031 01:47:27.199 --> 01:47:30.439 mothers who have been consistent in taking their children to church. You know, 1032 01:47:30.600 --> 01:47:36.640 they're part of the youth clubs and youth groups in the church, and in 1033 01:47:36.760 --> 01:47:43.119 fact, you know, they were in church now. So I wondered why 1034 01:47:43.199 --> 01:47:45.439 she thought she hadn't done a good job, and she reminded me that that's 1035 01:47:45.600 --> 01:47:50.359 not enough, and that's not all. It's definitely the place to start. 1036 01:47:50.600 --> 01:48:00.399 What children have to build that relationship for themselves. And you know, if 1037 01:48:00.399 --> 01:48:02.920 you you've kind of you know, you give that child a foundation. There 1038 01:48:02.960 --> 01:48:05.600 are often many things that you know, as you said, you have to 1039 01:48:05.640 --> 01:48:08.840 they have to be able to make their choice themselves. But if you're sewing 1040 01:48:08.880 --> 01:48:12.680 those seeds, laying that foundation, that will never really leave them because they'll 1041 01:48:12.680 --> 01:48:16.119 always be there. You know, you hear many stories of you know how 1042 01:48:16.640 --> 01:48:20.119 you know, things may go a different path, but they often find their 1043 01:48:20.159 --> 01:48:28.840 way back exactly you know, God can God can you know change the way 1044 01:48:28.920 --> 01:48:32.880 things can be for that person if they can find that find that relationship with 1045 01:48:33.000 --> 01:48:35.600 them themselves. You know along the way, you hope that they won't have 1046 01:48:35.640 --> 01:48:40.800 to go and think too drastic to find their way back. But if you 1047 01:48:40.840 --> 01:48:44.840 set that foundation track, I mean problems trying to two success. They train 1048 01:48:44.960 --> 01:48:46.119 up a child and the way he should go and he is old, he 1049 01:48:46.199 --> 01:48:50.439 will like it. And that's really the reassurance I could offer her that you 1050 01:48:50.640 --> 01:48:54.680 just have to do what you can and you've belated, as you said, 1051 01:48:55.199 --> 01:48:59.479 book foundation and trust God to do the rest. And you know, I 1052 01:48:59.560 --> 01:49:02.520 always to friends and family, and I can rest easy and I will, 1053 01:49:03.520 --> 01:49:06.359 you know, be able to put my head on the pillow and fall asleep 1054 01:49:06.640 --> 01:49:10.960 no matter what decisions he makes, if I know that I have done all 1055 01:49:11.039 --> 01:49:15.279 I could do. Ultimately, decisions he makes, you know, the choices 1056 01:49:15.359 --> 01:49:18.720 he makes are his. I will love him anyway, but ultimately they're his. 1057 01:49:19.600 --> 01:49:25.000 And that's the reassurance I gave to her, and she knows. But 1058 01:49:25.720 --> 01:49:28.600 it just tells of a mother's struggle. You know, you really want and 1059 01:49:28.720 --> 01:49:31.319 any mother who loves the Lord wants their kids to do the same and to 1060 01:49:31.439 --> 01:49:39.039 make it into the kingdom. So I appreciated that response. And then we 1061 01:49:39.159 --> 01:49:48.720 got another response from our Instagram page erl and this one came from Wonderful SLC. 1062 01:49:49.439 --> 01:49:55.960 She offered Blessed Jesus hold my Hand as the song of choice, and 1063 01:49:56.159 --> 01:50:00.039 she just said having children was to struggle, and that made Realiz, Yeah, 1064 01:50:02.720 --> 01:50:10.359 that's the that shell. The struggle is realself. Indeed, indeed, 1065 01:50:11.199 --> 01:50:14.319 you know, I guess it was to watch the list. So she's just 1066 01:50:14.600 --> 01:50:18.479 sort of captioned it having children, and yeah, it's it is a struggle. 1067 01:50:19.319 --> 01:50:28.760 I speak personally. I struggle with having the patience I need. I 1068 01:50:28.840 --> 01:50:31.680 listen to some parents speak, and you know, they talk everything through and 1069 01:50:31.840 --> 01:50:34.199 talk everything out. I don't. I don't know. I don't have that 1070 01:50:34.359 --> 01:50:40.960 gene. I don't have. I should have it, and I pray for 1071 01:50:41.119 --> 01:50:44.840 it because I know in many cases it's the best. It's the best approach 1072 01:50:45.560 --> 01:50:48.680 some would say in all cases, but when I say not to do something, 1073 01:50:48.720 --> 01:50:53.840 I just expect you not to do it. When I've said it's seventeen 1074 01:50:53.920 --> 01:50:56.800 million times, I don't want to have to say it again. I just 1075 01:50:56.840 --> 01:51:00.199 don't have the patience to go. Well. The reason I said that you 1076 01:51:00.239 --> 01:51:03.319 shouldn't touch the fire was because I think that the fire is hot, and 1077 01:51:03.520 --> 01:51:06.560 if you touch the fire and you get bad, and I will have to 1078 01:51:06.640 --> 01:51:16.800 take you to the hospital. Yeah, I don't have any so I hear 1079 01:51:16.880 --> 01:51:20.680 that. You know. I remember Pastory used to ask me to bring him 1080 01:51:20.720 --> 01:51:24.760 on and I was like, I don't know. I don't know the stories 1081 01:51:24.800 --> 01:51:29.000 he will tell. But you know, I do my best. I know 1082 01:51:29.119 --> 01:51:30.720 he knows that I'm doing my best, and I love him. And just 1083 01:51:30.800 --> 01:51:35.840 as I discipline and I admonish, I shower him with love and I, 1084 01:51:36.399 --> 01:51:41.960 you know, I try to make sure that he sees the balance, he 1085 01:51:42.079 --> 01:51:45.720 sees the love, and he knows that I love him, and hopefully, 1086 01:51:46.399 --> 01:51:50.560 hopefully that is what he will take away. And like my friend said, 1087 01:51:51.159 --> 01:51:55.880 you know, it's trying to teach him the ways of the Lord and teaching 1088 01:51:56.000 --> 01:52:00.439 him to to love God and to have to build his own relationship with God 1089 01:52:00.479 --> 01:52:03.640 that he will take out of this house and into his own. You know. 1090 01:52:03.760 --> 01:52:10.600 Adulthood, I think for me is one of the most important responsibilities that 1091 01:52:10.680 --> 01:52:15.239 I have, and I hope in some ways I'm doing I'm doing that. 1092 01:52:15.800 --> 01:52:17.680 Yeah. Yeah. And as you're taking about responsibility, I mean, I 1093 01:52:18.079 --> 01:52:20.399 don't have children, so I'm not a mother in that respect, but I 1094 01:52:20.520 --> 01:52:24.840 know I would. I've played a mother ring role and been a mother figure 1095 01:52:25.560 --> 01:52:28.560 in the sense of I remember when I worked as a youth worker, and 1096 01:52:28.680 --> 01:52:33.560 I would take groups of children out on sort of residential trips, you know, 1097 01:52:33.760 --> 01:52:36.840 so for a week I was their their mum as it were, and 1098 01:52:36.920 --> 01:52:41.439 then their mothers, their children, mothers and fathers had entrusted their children to 1099 01:52:41.600 --> 01:52:45.359 me and my team to look after their children. And the sense of responsibility. 1100 01:52:46.319 --> 01:52:48.920 I just been like, oh wow, so it's not just about you 1101 01:52:48.960 --> 01:52:51.880 know, I'm sure you were happy to hand them. I mean, I 1102 01:52:51.920 --> 01:52:54.680 mean I enjoyed it. I mean, yes, but you're just like, 1103 01:52:54.800 --> 01:52:56.600 you know, I used to sort of thing. I mean, I mean 1104 01:52:56.640 --> 01:52:59.119 that's where we talk about prayer. Prayer used to be the thing. You 1105 01:52:59.159 --> 01:53:01.840 know, I'm driving minibus full of people's children, you know, bless me 1106 01:53:01.880 --> 01:53:05.720 as I drive bless as other drivers keep us safe. But also those kinds 1107 01:53:05.720 --> 01:53:10.079 of the things that you are trying to teach them, as you said, 1108 01:53:10.600 --> 01:53:13.399 the example that you're trying to show with them, and you know, those 1109 01:53:13.479 --> 01:53:15.680 kind of trips were often really tiring, you know, when you talk about 1110 01:53:15.720 --> 01:53:20.279 sort of patients and everything else. Then it tested my own patience and sometimes 1111 01:53:20.319 --> 01:53:23.600 I was just like, I'm so tired, I can't do this, but 1112 01:53:23.680 --> 01:53:28.800 I still need to be that example to them. You know, I'm cooking, 1113 01:53:28.960 --> 01:53:30.159 I'm looking after them, I'm doing all these things, you know, 1114 01:53:30.239 --> 01:53:35.399 playing that role and that sense of responsibility was a great one, you know, 1115 01:53:35.560 --> 01:53:39.680 and it's kind of sometimes especially when you don't necess something comes up, 1116 01:53:39.760 --> 01:53:43.439 you don't really know what the best solution is or the best way, and 1117 01:53:43.520 --> 01:53:45.399 as you said, you're doing the best that you can. But you know, 1118 01:53:45.640 --> 01:53:47.880 I have seem to worry am I getting this right? Am I doing 1119 01:53:47.960 --> 01:53:51.399 the right thing? Because you know, those children could go home and put 1120 01:53:51.439 --> 01:53:55.640 in a complaint and this happened, and that happened. You're like, ah, 1121 01:53:56.239 --> 01:54:00.199 so that lets sense of responsibility would be definitely something that I would struggle 1122 01:54:00.279 --> 01:54:03.960 with. You know, Am I doing it right? You know? But 1123 01:54:04.279 --> 01:54:08.800 at the same time, you know, when you realize that you can play 1124 01:54:08.880 --> 01:54:12.520 that role and the importance of that and the kind of own lessons that it 1125 01:54:12.600 --> 01:54:15.319 teaches you, you know, you know, there are so many experiences where 1126 01:54:15.319 --> 01:54:18.119 I think, you know, the struggle has been real, but when you 1127 01:54:18.279 --> 01:54:23.800 see the look of joy on a child's face because they've discovered something new for 1128 01:54:23.920 --> 01:54:27.560 the first time, or they've learnt something, or they've seen the sea after 1129 01:54:28.079 --> 01:54:30.399 a mile long hike as it were, you're just like, this is all 1130 01:54:30.479 --> 01:54:34.800 worth it. So despite the struggle of motherhood, mother ing, et cetera, 1131 01:54:35.319 --> 01:54:38.640 you know, there can be joy amongst all of that as well. 1132 01:54:41.000 --> 01:54:46.640 So yeah, it can all be worth it. On that So, on 1133 01:54:46.880 --> 01:54:51.199 that note, I wanted it. Sorry, I wanted to just say Happy 1134 01:54:51.279 --> 01:54:58.680 Mother's Day to the mothers and zion that have sort of been very instrumental in 1135 01:54:58.800 --> 01:55:03.920 my life and my own walk with God. Sister Duscian Jones, Anti Margaret, 1136 01:55:04.199 --> 01:55:12.800 Sister Donna, just wonderful women elders who have embraced me and sort of 1137 01:55:12.840 --> 01:55:16.560 allowed me to sit at their feet. I really couldn't close the program without 1138 01:55:16.600 --> 01:55:23.079 saying, have the modesty to yes having Mother's Day. So all of those 1139 01:55:23.119 --> 01:55:27.680 women that play an instrumental part in our lives. And thank you for sharing 1140 01:55:27.720 --> 01:55:32.560 that. It takes the village. Let us not forget it does. It's 1141 01:55:32.600 --> 01:55:38.119 not just me, it's it's everybody that says, you know, something to 1142 01:55:38.279 --> 01:55:42.640 him and encourages him and directs him. And you know, it's all of 1143 01:55:42.760 --> 01:55:49.520 us that helped to make to parents. And I don't I think we've stepped 1144 01:55:49.520 --> 01:55:55.399 away from that and that's unfortunate. Indeed, and said it's so important and 1145 01:55:55.479 --> 01:55:59.520 this is you know, also a sensitive you know, the sentiments when we 1146 01:55:59.560 --> 01:56:01.880 think about you know, we talked start off by talking about International Women's Day 1147 01:56:02.039 --> 01:56:05.319 and how we can support as women, how we can support each other. 1148 01:56:06.119 --> 01:56:12.600 You know, that's so important to be those role models, to be those 1149 01:56:13.199 --> 01:56:16.680 sisters, aunties, those listeners, those supporters, the words that we can 1150 01:56:16.760 --> 01:56:20.600 kind of you know, we can share with them and share with others that 1151 01:56:20.720 --> 01:56:25.439 really make a difference, you know, whatever roles people play. So it's 1152 01:56:25.439 --> 01:56:28.159 so important that we can try and do that. And you know because sometimes 1153 01:56:28.920 --> 01:56:30.720 and you know, I remember when I was at university doing a bit of 1154 01:56:30.760 --> 01:56:35.560 a study in terms of the you know, girls and women's relationships, and 1155 01:56:35.640 --> 01:56:40.239 they could almost I mean obviously all relationships can be very different. But sometimes 1156 01:56:41.199 --> 01:56:45.600 you sometimes see women pitting themselves against each other. Oh and you know, 1157 01:56:45.039 --> 01:56:49.000 and that sort of starts right from the school ground right up to whatever. 1158 01:56:49.119 --> 01:56:51.560 And you're just like, you know, we want to try and break that 1159 01:56:51.840 --> 01:56:57.000 because we don't do ourselves any favor when we're working against each other. But 1160 01:56:57.119 --> 01:57:00.600 how much stronger we can be when we do work together, when we do 1161 01:57:00.680 --> 01:57:06.720 support each other. Yeah. Different it is, which will segreate nicely into 1162 01:57:06.760 --> 01:57:10.840 probably another show. There's always going to be a part two of something and 1163 01:57:10.960 --> 01:57:15.079 a part three. But I guess you're saying that I do like the idea 1164 01:57:15.119 --> 01:57:18.680 and hopefully we can you know, we're putting a shout out to any gentleman 1165 01:57:18.680 --> 01:57:23.000 who would like to come onto our show and talk about, you know, 1166 01:57:23.239 --> 01:57:30.560 how they can be a part of enhancing and including more women into different spaces 1167 01:57:30.680 --> 01:57:34.000 and how they support and what those women special women in their lives and what 1168 01:57:34.119 --> 01:57:39.359 that's meant to them as well. So you do get in contact with us, 1169 01:57:40.319 --> 01:57:43.520 and you can as in I'll give out addressage. You can contact at 1170 01:57:43.560 --> 01:57:46.880 studio at Advantage Radio dot London, or you can text us Huble two eight 1171 01:57:47.000 --> 01:57:51.840 but hope and your message or Whatsapper's on zero seven four five nine six four 1172 01:57:53.319 --> 01:57:59.119 two eight nine eights or connect with us on Instagram Advantage Radio London or the 1173 01:57:59.199 --> 01:58:05.920 Talking Point Instagram page as well. So our time is fus spent. I've 1174 01:58:05.960 --> 01:58:11.600 had I had looked around and here we are at seven o'clock already have you 1175 01:58:11.640 --> 01:58:15.000 got here, Zenya? But we've got here because we have been talking and 1176 01:58:15.119 --> 01:58:21.159 sharing our thoughts and our music. In celebration of Intentional Women's Day and Mother's 1177 01:58:21.279 --> 01:58:27.079 Day. I'd like to say, you know, thank you to those women 1178 01:58:27.119 --> 01:58:30.800 who are making a difference in our worlds, in our lives, and thank 1179 01:58:30.840 --> 01:58:35.520 you for those mothers and mother figures who are looking after a sharing and caring 1180 01:58:35.800 --> 01:58:42.880 for us. All any of last thoughts on that, Senya, just echoing 1181 01:58:42.960 --> 01:58:47.319 your sentiments. It is an important, rather important responsibility and gift the blessing, 1182 01:58:48.119 --> 01:58:56.880 and I just pray that though it continues to appold and to cover you 1183 01:58:57.359 --> 01:59:01.279 as you do what you do for us. Even indeed, and I'm going 1184 01:59:01.319 --> 01:59:08.239 to share to close our show a prayer blessing for all mothers. Let us 1185 01:59:08.279 --> 01:59:14.039 pray, Dear Lord, bless every mother and mother figure with the fineness of 1186 01:59:14.079 --> 01:59:17.560 your spiritual blessings confirm in her heart and spirit. The work of her hands 1187 01:59:17.600 --> 01:59:23.720 and the love that she has so freely given to those children under your care, 1188 01:59:24.359 --> 01:59:27.680 validate her worth daily, so she has no reason to doubt whether she 1189 01:59:27.800 --> 01:59:30.600 is loved, valued, and cherished, and cherished in the eyes of her 1190 01:59:30.640 --> 01:59:34.920 heavenly Father, creating her a deep sense of your protection and trust, so 1191 01:59:35.039 --> 01:59:39.439 that worry and fear will disappear. She places her loved ones into your care. 1192 01:59:40.119 --> 01:59:43.720 Let her know that every prayer she has prayed, and every encouraging word 1193 01:59:43.760 --> 01:59:49.159 she has spoken of her children, grandchildren, children of God, Dear Lord, 1194 01:59:49.239 --> 01:59:55.479 has been transformed into sweet, fragrant offerings before your throne, whisper deep 1195 01:59:55.520 --> 01:59:58.840 within her spirit, the sweet words she longs to hear from you, that 1196 01:59:59.000 --> 02:00:01.920 nothing can ever separate rate her from your love. Help her to nestle daily 1197 02:00:02.000 --> 02:00:05.760 into the promises of your word, standing with faith on the things you declare 1198 02:00:05.840 --> 02:00:11.279 are true. Let her know that you reward faithfulness, but that true success 1199 02:00:11.399 --> 02:00:15.439 doesn't lie in her accomplishments or accolades. Let her resten the knowledge that she 1200 02:00:15.520 --> 02:00:18.439 has done all she can, and that she and those she loves truly belong 1201 02:00:18.520 --> 02:00:21.960 to you. Bless her with a servant's spirit, so she can teach her 1202 02:00:23.079 --> 02:00:28.119 own the joy of hearing one day well done. Let her joy be contagious, 1203 02:00:28.199 --> 02:00:31.119 Heavenly Father, let her passion be pure, and let her life overflow 1204 02:00:31.199 --> 02:00:35.960 with the blessings she deserves on special days like Mother's Day, but not only 1205 02:00:36.079 --> 02:00:39.880 those days, but on every day of her life. We thank you, 1206 02:00:40.000 --> 02:00:44.760 Dear Lord, for blessing and keeping every one of our mothers in Jesus' name. 1207 02:00:45.000 --> 02:00:50.960 Amen. Oh to thank you for your time with us on Talking Points 1208 02:00:50.960 --> 02:00:58.520 as we're celebrating Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day for tomorrow and for those who 1209 02:00:58.560 --> 02:01:02.039 are listening, please yeah, celebrate those women, especially in your lives. 1210 02:01:03.079 --> 02:01:08.800 And I hope you will join us again next week for another Talking Points show. 1211 02:01:09.560 --> 02:01:13.119 We are continuing with our theme around we're celebrating women throughout this month of 1212 02:01:13.239 --> 02:01:15.399 March. Like I said, do get in contact gentlemen if you'd like to 1213 02:01:15.479 --> 02:01:18.640 contribute. We'd love to hear your voices on the show. We always want 1214 02:01:18.680 --> 02:01:23.720 to hear new voices, new people speaking to us. So I thank you 1215 02:01:23.760 --> 02:01:28.239 for joining us. Do you continue to listen to Adventage Radio London Live programming. 1216 02:01:28.279 --> 02:01:31.720 We'll be back tomorrow morning and I'm sure Mother's Day will be a theme 1217 02:01:31.800 --> 02:01:36.239 running through those shows as well. So that's good night for myself, Angela, 1218 02:01:39.800 --> 02:01:44.600 and thank you for joining us and Pedro, hope see you back well, 1219 02:01:44.720 --> 02:01:47.159 get bell soon and I'm want to leave you with a song for Mama. 1220 02:01:47.560 --> 02:01:50.239 Bye boys to men, Thank you for joining us, and have a 1221 02:01:50.560 --> 02:01:55.960 good evening the rest of the weekend and a blessed week as well. Thank 1222 02:01:56.000 --> 02:02:29.039 you for joining us by telling me everything and everything you've given me, I 1223 02:02:29.159 --> 02:02:39.920 always keep it inside you then driving crushing my line. There isn't anything or 1224 02:02:40.039 --> 02:02:45.920 anyone that I could be, and it just wouldn't feel right. I didn't 1225 02:02:45.079 --> 02:02:51.520 have you by my side. O. You was there for me to love 1226 02:02:51.600 --> 02:02:58.800 and care for me, some sky's worker anything even never I was telling you 1227 02:02:58.960 --> 02:03:04.720 were always there to comproment and no one else can be what you have been 1228 02:03:04.960 --> 02:03:12.600 to me. He will always be. You will always be the girl and 1229 02:03:12.800 --> 02:03:24.199 my h for all time, My mother, my mother know I hell you 1230 02:03:26.520 --> 02:03:34.199 fool even who had held my bother my mony order, little queen of my 1231 02:03:35.079 --> 02:03:44.960 love. Your love is like just from the start, let's he said, 1232 02:03:45.560 --> 02:03:54.399 my mind, just one shoot you know, loving you is like footure my 1233 02:03:54.720 --> 02:04:00.039 soul. Yes it is yes it is. Oh ooh ooh, yes he 1234 02:04:00.239 --> 02:04:09.039 did, Yes he did. Guess he did. Oh you always got for 1235 02:04:09.159 --> 02:04:14.560 me, have always been around for me. You can be out woodsbad and 1236 02:04:14.760 --> 02:04:20.159 you show me right from my ground. Cats you get. And when you 1237 02:04:20.279 --> 02:04:24.920 took up from me when maybe one's down at meeting, you always did. 1238 02:04:25.039 --> 02:04:33.640 I understand you gave me strength to the door. D was so many times 1239 02:04:33.720 --> 02:04:40.560 looking back when I was sober. Friend and then you come to me, 1240 02:04:41.079 --> 02:04:46.560 say me, I can fancy anything and no one else can do to you 1241 02:04:46.920 --> 02:04:54.880 God for me get it always be you well, always be the girl in 1242 02:04:55.159 --> 02:05:05.840 my life. Lie ooh, my mother, my love you. You know 1243 02:05:06.039 --> 02:05:20.800 I love you. You know what I'm gonna queen my you. You don't 1244 02:05:20.920 --> 02:05:29.239 love his ideation, the story his life tis for this time. I just 1245 02:05:29.439 --> 02:05:35.159 want you to love. I don't want you to know. Is like food 1246 02:05:35.239 --> 02:05:46.880 too my soul. You're gonna go by dig with you. Fills me up 1247 02:05:47.359 --> 02:06:00.359 just thinking about and getting deep. No, Mama, you know, no, 1248 02:06:00.800 --> 02:06:20.520 you know love. I'm my the queen of love. Anything it's the 1249 02:06:20.720 --> 02:06:32.199 storm's come my love. Shoot, I'm my mom loving you. It's like 1250 02:06:32.439 --> 02:06:38.479 food to my soul. Loving you, it's like food to my soul, 1251 02:06:43.479 --> 02:07:00.760 Oh you other food to my soul. Adventist Radio London inspiration for the song