1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Ernie is a Blue Crown conyer. For over thirty years, 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,280 he's overlooked this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina. 3 00:00:06,759 --> 00:00:10,279 Every day Ernie sits in his beautiful home, overlooking the trees, 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,560 the nearby lake, and every bit of the wildlife, strolling 5 00:00:13,599 --> 00:00:17,000 through such an amazing piece filled with peace from Mother Earth. 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,839 Ernie and I share the same vision this forest. We 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,559 both look into the trees and study the earth below. 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,199 There's something very spiritual out there. The lyrics to Ernie's Forest, 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,920 we both receive an amazing amount of energy. I put 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,479 all my trust and skills as a student into what 11 00:00:34,679 --> 00:00:38,399 he is willing to share with me. These aren't my words, 12 00:00:38,799 --> 00:00:43,079 these are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest, chapter number three 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,359 hundred ninety nine. Kind of a strange twist on this one, 14 00:00:46,399 --> 00:00:50,039 only because this particular page November twenty fifth, twenty twenty 15 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:55,000 three identifies a change in the origin of this weekly story. Today, 16 00:00:55,079 --> 00:00:58,600 on this date, March twelve, twenty twenty five, the show 17 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:02,320 is going through yet another new change. It'll explain itself 18 00:01:02,359 --> 00:01:05,879 right here. With great concern in my heart and reason 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,480 to keep believing in a universal empowerment. I do believe 20 00:01:09,519 --> 00:01:12,359 that after many weeks of thought, that the lyrics to 21 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,680 Billy's Forest will quietly become one of those expressions that 22 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:19,359 felt so right, but it didn't dance with the music 23 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,879 truly being played. I first entered this book writing about 24 00:01:22,879 --> 00:01:26,400 the forest on April twenty fourth, twenty nineteen. The book 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,640 was originally meant to document my brother Teddy's life, but 26 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,280 my heart was called into a different direction. Although I 27 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,640 had not written at the Billy Graham Library since twenty sixteen, 28 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:40,040 three years before this book, I felt the origin of 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,560 inspiration would be preserved by keeping the name going with 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,959 great struggle the more I read the entries. It had 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,319 nothing to do with the trees at the billygram Library. 32 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,239 In reality, I only spent eighteen months there, whereas the 33 00:01:53,319 --> 00:01:57,159 much larger picture shows I've been in this forest seven 34 00:01:57,239 --> 00:02:01,760 years strong. The lyrics from Billy's Forest that was the 35 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,480 first chapter. The second chapter was the lyrics from Rainbow Forest, 36 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,080 which is the name of this forest. But on this 37 00:02:09,159 --> 00:02:13,400 episode we're changing the name one more time. The lyrics 38 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,360 from Ernie's Forest, the reason being for thirty years plus 39 00:02:19,319 --> 00:02:23,439 Ernie has overlooked this forest and the things that we 40 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,919 feel together is a connection that is so universal. Ernie 41 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,120 will feel things in this forest. He sees things in 42 00:02:31,159 --> 00:02:33,919 this forest. He tells me what's on the move and 43 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,800 what's not on the move. Every day he overlooks this 44 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,960 beautiful forest, which is the reason why we're having a 45 00:02:41,039 --> 00:02:45,680 name change. The lyrics from Ernie's Forest these aren't my words. 46 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,360 They are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest.