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>> IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHERE
WE ARE, AND I'VE SAID IT
BEFORE, EVERY SHOW, AND WE
HAVE JUST FINISHED, AND I
WANT YOU TO ENJOY THE
INTERVIEWS FROM THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE
AND SOME OF THE PERSONAL
THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO
BE SHARING WITH YOU.
THEIR BOOKS, THEIR
TESTIMONIES, AND EVERY
PART OF THIS PROGRAM YOU
WILL ENJOY, AND PLEASE SIT
BACK AND ENJOY WHAT GOD
HAS IN STORE FOR YOU,
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND
GOD BLESS YOU.
>> ----
>> I LOVE YOU, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US TODAY AND
WE'RE AT THE NATIONAL
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS
THAT IS IT, AND RIGHT HERE
IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE,
AND ALL OF THE CRAZY NOISE
YOU WILL BE HEARING, THE
OVERHEAD SPEAKERS AND YOU
CAN BEAR WITH US, AND YOU
KNOW WHY?
>> WHY?
>> AND WE HAVE GOT JONI
ERICKSON TADA AND THIS
GOOD-LOOKING GOD RIGHT
NEXT TO HER, AND WELL
KNOWN FOR THE BACK OF HIS
HEAD.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> WE WILL BE GETTING INTO
THE MOST, ACTUALLY MOST
PERSONAL BOOK THAT I HAVE
EVER READ, THAT JONI HAS
WRITTEN, AND I WAS JUST
TELLING, AND WE WERE
SPEAKING BEFORE THE
PROGRAM, AND I SAID, YOU
HAVE GOT TO WRITE A
MARRIAGE BOOK AND THIS
GUY, HE WOULD BE GOD'S
EXAMPLE AND HERE ON THE
EARTH, OF WHAT COMMITMENT
REALLY MEANS.
I THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING
WITH US.
AND WE GO WAY BACK.
>> AND WE DO, AND I THINK
THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST
TIME THAT WE HAVE BEEN
HERE.
>> AND WE ARE EXCITED.
>> AND WE ARE EXCITED.
>> AND YOU KNEW HER WHEN
SHE WAS SINGLE
>> LAUGHTER
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> EVERYBODY BE HAVING UP
THE WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN
GET EVERY BOOK AND EVERY
LOCATION AND WHERE THEY
WILL BE, AND YOU CAN
FOLLOW THEM ALL OVER THE
WORLD, ACTUALLY AND THIS
IS THE LATEST BOOK AND I'M
TELLING YOU, AND EVEN IF
YOU HAVE NEVER OPENED THE
BOOK, AND IF YOU JUST
GLANCED, THIS WOULD BE
WORTH THIS, AND THIS IS
THE HARDCOVER, AND THIS IS
MY ADVANCED COPY AND I
WOULD NOT TAKE ANYTHING
FOR THIS, AND WHEN YOU GET
YOUR COPY AND YOU WILL
START TO READ THIS LIKE I
DID, AND YOU WILL HATE THE
FACT, THAT IT HAS TO END.
AND THE LAST CHAPTER.
IT IS AMAZING.
AND THIS IS PERSONAL, AND
THIS IS ALL ABOUT, AND
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING,
THAT WILL BLESS YOU, AND
TO HELP YOU IN YOUR WALK
WITH THE LORD AND I'VE GOT
TO TELL YOU, AND THE
PRAYER THAT JONI HAS
PRAYED IN THE BOOK, AND
WHEN I WENT THROUGH THAT,
AND I WROTE IT OUT IN
LONGHAND, AND JUST SO AND
JUST SO, YES, I WANTED
THIS TO BE IN MY MIND, AND
SO, AND IF THE WHOLE BOOK,
AND YOU SHOULD GET THIS,
AND RIGHT THIS OUT, AND
PUT THIS IN YOUR BIBLE AND
THIS IS AMAZING AND WERE
GOING TO BE GETTING INTO
EXACTLY WHY SHE HAS DONE
THIS.
>> AND I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE COVER OF THE
BOOK.
>> DO THAT.
>> AND THE PICTURE OF YOU,
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> AND THAT IS A GOOD
COVER, AND I ESPECIALLY
LIKE THE IMAGE OF THIS,
AND KEN AND HE LOOKS SO
HANDSOME, AND I KNOW
PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THIS
AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT KEN
AND TO SAY, AND HE LOOKS
TOO SERIOUS AND THAT IS
NOT HIM.
>> THEY HAVE NOT READ THE
BOOK.
>> AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE
IMAGE OF A KEN, AND THEN I
THINK, AND THAT IS THE
LOOK I SAW, WHAT HE WAS
TAKING ME TO CHEMOTHERAPY
FOR THOSE MONTHS, THE LOOK
OF CONCERN AND THE LOOK OF
THE SERIOUSNESS, AND
APPREHENSION AND
COMPASSION, AND WHEN I SEE
THIS, AND I CAN SEE THE
PICTURE OF A HUSBAND WHO
DEEPLY CARES FOR HIS WIFE,
AND THAT MEANS A LOT.
IF YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT COMMITMENT LOOKS
LIKE, I GET A CLOSE-UP OF
KEN
>> AND THAT WOULD BE A
COMMITMENT.
AND WHEN YOU READ THIS,
AND YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY,
YOU WILL CRY, AND YOU WILL
STOP READING FOR A WHILE
AND THE COVER AND YOU WILL
GO BACK TO READING, AND
BECAUSE THIS IS AMAZING.
AND WE GOING TO BE FINDING
OUT HOW THEY MET, RIGHT?
>> OH, YES
>> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO
NOT KNOW.
>> I JUST GOT MY NEW
HOMECOMING MAGAZINE AND
GUESS WHAT IS INSIDE?
AND THE ENTIRE STORY, YES,
AND I MEAN, AND I THOUGHT,
AND IF I COULD FIND IT
AGAIN, THIS IS IN HERE
SOMEPLACE, I PROMISE YOU
AND I SHOULD'VE NEVER
SHOWN THIS AND THERE IT
IS, RIGHT THERE, TO GET
YOUR LATEST AND GET YOUR
LATEST HOMECOMING MAGAZINE
AND THIS IS A GREAT
ARTICLE, AND EVERYTHING
THEY DO IS CLASSY, AND MY
GOODNESS, AND WHAT
PROMPTED THIS?
AND THIS IS REALLY, AND
THIS IS REALLY PERSONAL
>> NOW LET ME TALK ABOUT
THE PICTURE, AND YOU ARE
CORRECT, AND THE INITIAL
DIAGNOSIS OF THE CANCER,
AND I WAS NOT SURE IF I
WOULD HAVE MY BEST FRIEND
AROUND AND THE COMING
YEAR, AND WE DID NOT KNOW
HOW SERIOUS THE CANCER
WAS, AND IT WAS A STAGE
III CANCER, AND EVEN THEN,
AND WE WERE NOT SURE IF
SHE WOULD SURVIVE THAT
FIRST YEAR.
>> AND MY SISTER CALLED MY
HUSBAND, AND SHE SAID, IN
THE KITCHEN, AND SHE WAS
HELPING WITH THE
CHEMOTHERAPY, AND HE WAS
AT THE KITCHEN SINK, AND
BIG TEARS WERE GOING DOWN
HIS CHEEKS, AND HE LOOKED
AT MY SISTER AND HE SAID,
AND I MIGHT LOSE MY BEST
FRIEND.
AND WHEN SHE SHARED THAT
WITH ME, THAT TOUCH ME SO
DEEPLY, BECAUSE, AND FOR
SO MANY YEARS, THE
PRESSURE OF MY CHRONIC
PAIN, AND THE PRESSURE OF
MY QUADRIPLEGIA, HAVE BEEN
A VERY WEARING ON ME AND
KEN, AND THIS WAS SO
WONDERFUL TO HEAR OF HIM
TO SPEAK TO ME AS HIS
FRIEND.
AND THROUGH ALL OF THE
DIFFICULT CHALLENGES AND
LEADING UP TO THE CANCER.
>> AND IN THE BOOK, AND
YOU ARE A GUTSY GUY, AND
YOU, AND YOU WANT THIS OUT
THERE, AND YOU GUYS WENT
THROUGH SOME TOUGH DAYS,
AND IT WAS ALMOST, AND IT
WAS A PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP
>> PEOPLE SAY, AND THEY
SAID, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GETTING INTO?
AND WHEN WE FIRST GOT
MARRIED, YES, I KNEW, SHE
WAS DISABLED, AND ABOUT IT
FIRST YEAR, AND FOR THE
24-7 ROUTINES, THAT SAID
IN, AND IT BECAME WEARING,
AND I BECAME TIRED, AND I
FELT GUILTY HOLDING IT IN,
THERE WAS A NIGHT, I HAD
TO SIT ON THE BED, AND WE
WERE TALKING AND I SAID,
YOU KNOW, I AM TRAPPED.
>> AND BACK THEN, AND MY
RESPONSE WAS FAR FROM
COMPASSIONATE, AND WHEN HE
SAID HE FELT TRAPPED, AND
MY RESPONSE WAS, AND WHAT
IS THE MATTER AND DON'T
YOU KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE
LIKE THIS?
AND WHEN YOU MARRIED ME?
AND I'M A QUADRIPLEGIC?
AND WHERE WAS YOUR HEAD?
AND WHEN I SAID THAT, I
FELT LIKE STOPPING THE
WORDS BACK INTO MY MOUTH,
BUT I SAID, OH, I AM SO
SORRY THAT IS NOT LIKE ME,
AND NOT LIKE ME AT ALL,
HOWEVER, AND THROUGH THE
YEARS OF OUR MARRIAGE, I
BEGIN TO SEE THIS IS LIKE
ME, AND I THINK GOD USES
THE DIFFICULTIES OF
MARRIAGE, TO SQUEEZE A
LEMON AS IT WERE, AND OUT
POURS ALL OF THE THINGS,
OF WHO WE ARE, THAT NEEDS
TO BE REDEEMED, AND THIS
IS WHAT OUR MARRIAGE HAS
BEEN, AND THIS HAS BEEN A
RIGOROUS AND RUGGED AND A
CHALLENGING AND A DEEP
INTIMATE JOURNEY, OF
OPENING UP OURSELVES
BEFORE GOD AND EACH OTHER.
>> AND WE HAD TO GET THE
PLACE, AND YOU KNOW, AND
JONI UNDERSTOOD, I LOVED
HER, AND THE DISABILITY
WAS WEARING.
AND I THINK, AND WE HAVE
OVER THE YEARS, AND WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE
POINT, AND SHE UNDERSTANDS
I LOVE HER, BUT I BECOME
TIRED.
>> AND YOU ARE A HISTORY
TEACHER, AND A SPORTS GUY,
COACH, AND YOU HAVE ALL OF
THIS AND YOU KNOW, THIS
TESTOSTERONE AND YOU KNOW,
THE MACHO GUY, AND YOU DO,
AND YOU HAVE THAT AND YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE THE THING
YOU KNOW YOU GO OKAY, AND
THEN THE LORD SAYS
SOMETHING TO YOU, AND NOT
VERBALLY,
>> AND YOU KNOW, I WAS ON
A FISHING TRIP, AND MY
WIFE IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF
ME TO GO FISHING, AND I
WILL COME BACK SO MUCH
RICHER, AND I LOVE
FLYFISHING, AND WHEN I WAS
THERE, AND WE HAD TAKEN
SOME MAN,
>> AND WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
AND WHAT IS THAT?
>> AND THIS IS CALLED WILD
ADVENTURES.
AND YOU ARE THE CAP
SOMETIMES
>> AND YES, AND WHAT WE
HAVE, AND WE HAVE THE MAN
TO GO OUT AND WE WANT TO
HEAR WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY,
AND I CAN REMEMBER AND
THIS WAS MANY YEARS AGO,
AND I WENT AND I WAS
WALKING OUT, BUT I DID NOT
HEAR ANYTHING, THIS WAS A
COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER
THAT, AND I KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE I WAS, AND WHEN I
HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD,
AND IT WAS NOT AUDIBLE,
BUT GOD SAID, JONI IS
THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT I
COULD GIVE TO YOU, AND
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW
>> AND WHAT DID THAT DO
FOR YOU?
>> AT THAT TIME, AND I
THOUGHT, AND GOD, I HAVE
BEEN TAKING CARE OF HER
BUT IT DID NOT UNDERSTAND,
AND BACK IN 2010, AND SHE
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE
CANCER, IT ALL CAME
TOGETHER AND I REALIZED
THIS IS WHAT GOD WAS
SAYING TO ME, AND HE WOULD
TAKE CARE OF HER AND I
SHOULD, ALSO.
>> EXCUSE ME---
>> AND THIS HAS BEEN A
REAL PRIVILEGE, AND A REAL
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS AND BE USED OF GOD IN
THIS WAY.
>> AND HOW DID YOU MEET
THIS GUY?
>> AND WHEN HE CAME HOME
FROM THE FLYFISHING TRIP
AND TOLD ME, AND WHAT THE
LORD HAD LAID UPON HIS
HEART, AND JONI YOU ARE
THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO ME
AND I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF
YOU, IT WAS LIKE MUSIC TO
MY EARS.
BECAUSE FOR SO LONG MY
DISABILITY HAS BEEN SUCH A
WEARING THING ON HIM, AND
A SOURCE OF DEPRESSION,
AND DISCOURAGEMENT AND,
AND TO HEAR HIM SAY THAT
HE WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF
ME NOT OUT OF ANY DUTY,
BUT OUT OF LOVE.
AND THAT IS LIKE A BREATH
OF FRESH AIR, AND IT MADE
OUR BATTLE AGAINST THE
CANCER AN ADVENTURE, AND
WE ENTERED INTO THIS, AND
WENT IN, AND WE WERE
CLOSER, AND WE WENT IN AS
PARTNERS, AND IT WAS NOT
JUST ME BATTLING THE
CANCER, BUT WE WERE
TOGETHER, AS A COUPLE, AND
WE WERE DEALING WITH THIS,
AND WE BECAME SO MUCH
CLOSER IN THE LORD.
>> AND WE HAD THE TRIP TO
THE AIRPORT.
>> AND YOU ALMOST HAD AN
ACCIDENT, AND THAT FLIPPED
OVER THE VAN?
>> RIGHT, AND WE WERE
TRYING TO GET TO THE
AIRPORT, AND I WAS TIED
DOWN, BUT FOR SOME REASON,
AND ONE OF THE THINGS CAME
LOOSE, AND KEN HAD TO SLAM
ON THE BRAKES, AND THE
TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY, AND I
FELL OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR
IN THE BACK OF THE BAND
AND I FELL ON THE FLOOR,
AND I DID NOT REALIZE IT,
AND I HAD BROKEN MY LEG,
AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT,
AND MY GIRLFRIEND, AND
THEY PICKED ME UP, THEY
PUT ME IN THE WHEELCHAIR,
AND WE WENT OFF TO THE
AIRPORT.
>> AND TO INTERRUPT, AND
YOU DID NOT WANT HER TO
GO, AFTER THAT,
>> I DID NOT WANT TO GO,
BUT I DID NOT WANT HER TO
SIT, AND WE NORMALLY DON'T
HAVE HER LIKE THAT.
>> AND SHE WAS HAVING THE
TIME?
>> AND SO, I WENT AHEAD,
AND I DISREGARDED HIS
ADVICE, AND I WENT TO
FLIGHT, AND I WENT TO
BALTIMORE AND MY LEG WAS
SO SWOLLEN.
>> AND YOU HAD TO FIND OUT
SOMETHING WAS BROKEN, AND
THIS IS IN THE BOOK, BUT I
NEVER KNEW THIS, AND THE
TEMPERATURE GOES UP
>> AND MY TEMPERATURE
SKYROCKETED AND I GET
CHILLS, AND THIS IS THE
ONLY WAY I KNOW SOMETHING
WILL BE WRONG.
AND THE PARAMEDICS WERE
WAITING AT THE AIRPLANE,
AND KEN WAS 3000 MILES
AWAY AND BACK IN
CALIFORNIA AND THEY TOOK
ME TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
AND I WAS BY MYSELF, AND
WHEN THE NURSE CALLED KEN,
AND HE HAD LEARNED THAT I
HAD BROKEN MY LEG AND HE
SAID JONI, I AM COMING
IN I SAID NO, NO, AND DO
NOT, AND HE WANTED TO BE
THERE, AND HE SAID I
BELONG THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND YES, AND WHEN HE
SAID I WANT TO BE THERE
AND I BELONG THERE, AND
THAT WARMED MY HEART, TO
KNOW, THAT WE BELONG
TOGETHER.
>> BUT TALK ABOUT THE
HOSPITAL WAITING?
AND ABOUT THE HOSPITAL?
AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR
THIS.
>> AND THERE I WAS, THIS
WAS SO IRONIC, IN THE ER,
AND I REALIZED, AND MY
GOODNESS, AND THIS IS THE
FIRST HOSPITAL AND WHERE
THEY HAVE BROUGHT ME, AND
WHEN I WAS HERE AS A
TEENAGER.
AND I WAS AT THE GENERAL
HOSPITAL AT THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY AND I COULD NOT
BELIEVE IT, AND THIS WAS
THE SAME ROOM, AND WHERE I
WENT TO, WHEN I HAD
CRUSHED MY NECK AS A
TEENAGER AND, AND I HAD
DIVED INTO THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY, AND THIS WAS 40 YEARS
LATER.
AND I WAS LOOKING AROUND,
AND I COULD FEEL SO MANY
THOUGHTS, AND HOW GRATEFUL
TO GOD I HAVE BEEN, FOR
THE WAY HE PROVIDED FOR ME
OVER THE MANY YEARS.
>> AND FULL CIRCLE.
>> AND THIS WAS SO GOOD TO
HAVE HIM THERE AND SO
GREAT.
>> AND I HAVE GOT, AND I
WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH
YOU, AND SHE HAS GOT A
GREAT PASTOR, AND
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS YES,
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> PASTOR JOHN MACARTHUR.
>> AND WE LOVE HER, AND
SHE WAS IN THE CHURCH, AND
KEN WAS COMING TO THE
PICTURE, AND SHE WAS IN
THE CHURCH AND THE GUY
THAT WAS SPEAKING, AND,
AND IT WAS PRETTY HARD, TO
MATCH JOHN MACARTHUR.
AND SHE IS FEELING
CONVICTED, AND SO, SHE
STARTS LOOKING AND SHE
SEES A COUPLE, AND YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE DOING THIS
KIND OF THING AND
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO THIS
TO THE GIRL, AND YOU KNOW
THEY ARE IN CHARGE.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> AND SHE IS THINKING,
AND WILL I EVER HAVE THAT?
AND THEN SHE SAW A
HANDSOME AND ATHLETIC
YOUNG MAN, AND FOOTBALL
MAN.
>> I DID NOT SEE HIS FACE.
>> AND JUST A GORGEOUS
BLACK AND SHINY HAIR, AND
IN THE BOOK, AND YOU HAVE
GOT TO GET THE BOOK AND I
WROTE THIS DOWN,
PERSONALLY, AND SHE STARTS
TO PRAY, AND SHE JOINS IN
THE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, IT
IS NOT RIGHT FOR ME TO
FEEL.
>> AND WHAT DID YOU SAY
ABOUT HIM?
>> AND I PRAYED MANY
THINGS, AND I DID NOT KNOW
WHO HE WAS, AND I COULD
NOT SEE HIS FACE, AND I
DID NOT KNOW IF HE HAD ON
A WEDDING RING.
BUT I FELT COMPELLED TO
PRAY OUT OF NOWHERE, AND
EVEN AS I WAS PRAYING I
WAS THINKING, AND LORD
JESUS, THIS IS SO STRANGE,
AND WHY AM I PRAYING FOR
THIS MAN?
AND WE COULD'VE BEEN
MARRIED FOR ALL I KNOW
SOME ABOUT I PRAYED, AND I
PRAY FOR FRIENDSHIPS, AND
MAYBE FAMILY CONFLICTS AT
WORK, AND I PRAYED, AND
MAYBE HE WOULD KNOW JESUS
AND I PRAY THAT HE WOULD
HAVE A LOVE FOR THE WORD
OF GOD, AND MANY THINGS,
AND BY THE END OF THE
SERMON, AND I ALMOST WENT
UP TO SAY, AND GUESS WHAT
I JUST DID FOR YOU?
AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT
LOOK PUSHY, AND WE HAPPEN
TO BE INTRODUCED, AND BY
SOME MUTUAL FRIENDS MAYBE
ONE MONTH LATER AND THE
FIRST THING I SAID, I
SAID, LET ME SEE THE BACK
OF YOUR HEAD.
>> NOW STOP RIGHT THERE,
AND DO NOT CHANGE, BUT
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> YOU KNOW HERMAN, I HAD
NEVER HAD ANYBODY PRAY FOR
THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
>> LAUGHTER
>> I THOUGHT, THAT IS A
LITTLE STRANGE.
>> AND MAYBE SOME OF OUR
SINGLE FRIENDS IT SHOULD
TRY THAT.
>> AND IT SPARKED
CONVERSATION OBVIOUSLY,
AND BY THE END OF THE
EVENING, I HAD THE COURAGE
TO ASK JONI OUT, AND
THAT WAS THE FIRST DATE
THAT WE HAVE HAD.
>> I CAN REMEMBER IN THE
BOOK, AND YOU INTRODUCED,
AND I KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
AND THEN YOU WALKED AWAY,
AND JONI GOES, AND I HAD
FORGOTTEN HIS NAME, AND
SHE DID A 180.
>> I WENT AFTER HIM,
RIGHT, I MUST TELL YOU THE
QUICKLY ABOUT THE FIRST
DATE.
>> I HAD NEVER TAKEN
ANYBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR
BEFORE, BUT WHAT I DID
KNOW, AND VERY SIMPLY, AND
IF I WAS GOING TO TAKE HER
OUT BY MYSELF, I WOULD
HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE
WHEELCHAIR INTO THE CAR,
AND THEN BACK INTO THE
WHEELCHAIR.
AND YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAVE
TO GO WITH SOMEBODY, AND I
WAS TEACHING SCHOOL AND
COACHING, AND THE KIDS ON
THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THEY
DID NOT KNOW WHY I WAS IN
THE WEIGHT ROOM WORKING
OUT SO HARD, AND I HAD TO
SET THE GOAL, AND I HAD TO
LIFT 180 POUNDS.
>> AND I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW, I AM NOT 180 POUNDS.
AND PLEASE KNOW THAT.
>> I KNEW, THAT JOHNNIE
WAS NOT 180, BUT I DID NOT
WANT TO DRAW FOR ON THE
FIRST DATE.
>> AND I KNOW YOU THOUGHT
I WAS HEAVY ON THE FIRST
DATE, AND I WANT YOU TO
TELL WHAT YOU DID.
>> I CANNOT TELL YOU.
>> IT IS EMBARRASSING.
>> AND WHEN HE LIFTED ME,
AND HE PUT HIS ARM
UNDERNEATH ME, AND HIS ARM
UNDER MY LEGS, AND HE
SAID, HIIIIYAH!
>> AND HE DOES THIS KARATE
SCREEN?
>> AND I THOUGHT I WAS
WITH BRUCE LEE.
>> THAT IS IN THE BOOK.
>> AND WE WENT TO A
RESTAURANT, AND I WAS SO
NERVOUS, I HAD NOT BEEN
OUT ON A DATE IN DECADES,
AND I WOULD ASK HIM, AND
MAYBE GIVE ME SOME WATER,
AND WHEN I HAD THE WATER,
I REALIZED, THIS IS THE
WRONG THING TO BEEN DOING
AND DRINKING WATER AND
WHAT GOES IN COMES OUT,
AND I WEAR A BAG THAT
WOULD BE ON MY LEG, AND
THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE
CLAMP AND ON MY ANKLE,
THAT MUST BE RELEASED TILL
ALLOW THE BAG TO DRAIN.
I DID NOT TELL HIM THIS
BEFORE THE DINNER, I SAID,
I AM SO SORRY YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME
TO RELEASE THE TENSION ON
MY LEG AND I NEED TO GO TO
THE RESTROOM AND WILL YOU
ASSIST ME?
>> AND I SAID THAT WAS NO
PROBLEM.
>> I MEAN, THE GUY AND
THERE ARE NOT MANY LIKE
THIS MAN AND MAYBE ONE.
>> AND WE GO TO THE
RESTROOM ALCOVE, AND WE
SIT THERE, AND THEN I
SAID, AND I SAID I CANNOT
GO INTO THE MEN'S ROOM.
>> AND I SAID, I WILL NOT
GO INTO THE LADIES ROOM,
AND WE FOUND THE TREE
OUTSIDE.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> IT OVER LAUGHING
CONVERSATION
>> AND WHAT IS AMAZING,
AND YOU ACTUALLY, AND YOU
ARE HELPING SPECIAL-NEEDS
BEFORE YOUR FIRST DAY?
>> GOD WAS PREPARING ME.
>> YOU HAD THE
PREPARATION.
AND YOU HAD A LOVE FOR THE
PEOPLE TO SPECIAL NEEDS.
>> AND I THINK, GOD, AND
GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND
OBVIOUSLY, HE IS SOVEREIGN
AND EVERYTHING, AND THIS
IS PREPARATION FOR ME AND
FOR MY LIFE, AND I COULD
HAVE A REAL INTEREST FOR
THE SPECIAL-NEEDS KIDS,
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS,
>> AND YOU ARE A TRACK
COACH WITH THE SPECIAL
OLYMPICS.
>> AND YES I HELP THEM, AT
THE TIME, AND THOSE MANY
YEARS BACK, GOD WAS
PREPARING ME WITH MY TIME
FOR JONI.
>> AND WHEN I SAW HOW HE
HANDLES MY DISABILITY, I
THOUGHT, THIS IS A GUY,
AND HE GETS IT, AND HE
COULD MAKE IT WORK WITH
ME.
AND AS HE SAID, AND FOR
OUR TIME TOGETHER, AND
AFTER TWO OR THREE YEARS
OF THE ROUTINE, AND IT
BECOMES WEARING.
>> AND HOW LONG DID
YOU GO TOGETHER?
--
>> IT WAS ABOUT 18 MONTHS
>> AND HOW DID YOU
COMPENSATE?
>> AND WE HAD
OPPORTUNITIES EVERYWHERE
WITH JONI, PEOPLE AND
FRIENDS, AND WE WENT
CAMPING EVERYBODY GO
CAMPING, AND THEY'RE GOING
ABOUT CAMPING IN THE
TENTS, AND WE WERE OUT ON
THE LAKE GEORGE, AND
JONI WAS SITTING, IN THE
LITTLE ROWBOAT,
>> AND THE BOAT TURNED,
AND HIS HEAD ECLIPSED THE
SUN AND HE POPS THE
QUESTION, I WAS AWESTRUCK,
I WAS BREATHLESS AND
SPEECHLESS, AND I COULD
NOT BELIEVE THAT I WAS
MEETING A MAN THAT WANTED
TO MARRY ME A WOMAN WITH
TOTAL WITH TOTAL
QUADRIPLEGIA, AND I SAID,
KEN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
ARE ASKING?
AND HE SAID WE CAN DO
THIS.
AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE
THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, AND
YOU SHOULD GO AWAY
TOGETHER AND MAYBE A
WEEKEND AND TRY THIS AND
SEE IF THIS THING CAN BE
WORKED OUT, AND IF YOU ARE
CUT OUT FOR THIS, KEN AND
WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
>> WE WANTED TO HONOR GOD
DURING OUR TIME AS WE WERE
DATING, AND ALSO GOING
INTO THE MARRIAGE, AND WE
DECIDED, THAT WE WOULD
WAIT, AND IT MADE FOR AN
INTERESTING HONEYMOON.
>> AND WE HAD HANDICAP
AWARENESS WEEK ON THE
HONEYMOON AND THAT IS WHAT
IT WAS.
>> AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING?
YOU KNOW, HOW PERFECT YOU
WANT EVERYTHING TO BE, AND
SHE GOT HER DOWN CAUGHT IN
THE WHEELCHAIR.
>> AND THE DOWN GOT CAUGHT
IN THE WHEEL, AND I HAD
TIRE TRACKS ON MY WEDDING
DRESS.
AND MY FLOWERS WERE
SLIPPING OFF OF MY LAP,
AND I FELT FRUMPY, AND
EVERYTHING WAS WRONG AND I
WAS IN A BIG OVERSIZED
GOWN IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND
THEY HAD PUT A WIRE MESH
AROUND THE WHEELS, OF THE
CHAIR, AND THE GOWN WOULD
BE CAUGHT, AND I THOUGHT
OH, AND IT WAS A MESS, BUT
WHEN I WHEELED IN, AND I
LOOK DOWN, AT THE FRONT,
AND I SAW MY FIANCÉ
STANDING TALL AND
STRAIGHT, AND THEN I SAW
HIM, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO
GET DOWN THERE AND I WAS
SO EXCITED TO BE MARRIED,
AND MY NEW HUSBAND.
>> AND JOHN MACARTHUR
MARRIED US, AND HE SAID,
AND IT LOOKED LIKE, AND
ONE OF THE ROSE PARADES
AND COMING DOWN THE AISLE.
>> AND IT WAS LIKE A FLOAT
IN THE ROSE PARADE.
>> AND WE WERE NERVOUS,
AND LEADING UP TO THE
MARRIAGE, AND THE DAY OF
THE MARRIAGE, AND WE HAD A
CELEBRATION, AND WE WERE
IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AND
WHERE GOD WANTED US, AND I
THINK WE ENJOYED OURSELVES
THROUGHOUT THE CEREMONY
AND ALSO DURING THE
RECEPTION.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND WE
TOUCH ON THE DIFFICULT
TIMES OF OUR MARRIAGE
EARLIER,
>> AND THIS IS IN THE
BOOK.
>> AND VERY MUCH SO, AND
AS DEPRESSING AS IT
BECAME, AND HE BECAME
OVERWHELMING AS IT WAS,
AND WE JUST CLUNG TO THE
LORD JESUS, AND WE BELIEVE
THE BIBLE AND WE PRAYED,
AND SO, AND SO MANY YEARS
LATER, AND WE WERE
BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
AND IT WAS A NOT OUR
NIGHT, AND KEN SAID, I AM
SO TRAPPED, BUT THIS TIME
I RESPONDED, AND I DID NOT
SAY BUT I SAID, I
UNDERSTAND, IF I WERE YOU,
I WOULD FEEL THE EXACT
SAME WAY AND I DO NOT
BLAME YOU AND I DO NOT
GIVE YOU FAULT I WILL NOT
SCOLD YOU, BUT I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT I GET IT, AND
I WITH YOU, AND WE CAN GET
THROUGH THIS TOGETHER,
KEN.
I WOULD NOT FAULT YOU FOR
HOW YOU FEEL AND I WOULD
LOVE YOU AND HELP YOU
THROUGH THIS WITH MY
PRAYERS AND MY SUPPORT,
AND THAT MADE ENTERING THE
BATTLE OF THE CANCER SO
MUCH BETTER AND EASIER.
>> CAN I ASK YOU TO DO
SOMETHING?
AND WE HAVE JUST TOUCH THE
SURFACE, AND THIS IS GOING
TO BE HAPPENING TO YOU
WHEN YOU GET YOUR BOOK,
AND YOU CAN READ THE BOOK
AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO GET
THIS, BUT YOU WANT TO
FINISH IT, AND I WANT YOU,
AND MAYBE TAKE A MOMENT,
AND SHARE CHRIST WITH THE
CAMERA, AND TAGTEAM IF YOU
CAN, [INAUDIBLE] AND HELP
PEOPLE TO MAKE A FRESH
COMMITMENT.
>> AND FRIENDS, FOR THOSE
WATCHING, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE WITH GOD,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
KNOW GOD IN A PERSONAL
WAY, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD
BE SITTING AT THE KITCHEN
TABLE OR THE LIVING ROOM
COUCH, AND YOUR MARRIAGE
IS NOT MAKING IT, AND IT
IS FALLING APART, AND YOU
WONDERING IF YOU HAVE DONE
THE RIGHT THING WHEN YOU
MARRY THE PERSON YOU DID
MARRY.
AND WOMEN, LET ME ASK YOU
TO PLEASE BEGIN TO PRAY
FOR YOUR HUSBAND, AND PRAY
FOR HIM AND PRAY
DILIGENTLY FOR HIM, AS I
HAVE FOR KENNETH FOR MANY
YEARS, AND HE WILL NOT
CHANGE OVERNIGHT, BUT I
WILL TELL YOU ONE THING
THAT WILL CHANGE, THAT
WILL CHANGE YOUR HEART
BECAUSE WHEN YOU OPEN UP
YOURSELF TO GOD, AND WHEN
YOU CONFESS YOUR OWN
SHORTCOMINGS AND YOUR
SINS, AND THEN YOU RUN TO
HIM OUT OF DESPERATE NEED,
AND THEN YOU WILL BE THE
ONE THAT WILL END UP BEING
CHANGED.
AND YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE
THAT YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR
FAMILY WILL GROW IN A WAY
THAT YOU HAVE NEVER
DREAMED POSSIBLE SO JESUS
CHRIST IS EXTENDING HIS
HAND TO YOU THIS DAY AND
PUT YOUR HAND IN HIS AND
TRUST HIM AND EVEN IN THE
TERRIBLE DIFFICULTIES OF
YOUR MARRIAGE AND AS
DIFFICULT AND MAYBE AS
ABUSIVE AS IT MIGHT BE,
AND PRAY FOR YOUR HUSBAND.
PRAY FOR YOUR MAN AND THIS
IS WHY GOD PUT YOU IN THIS
MARRIAGE, AND HE IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ON
EARTH TO YOU, AS IS MY
HUSBAND TO ME, AND
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIM
AND YOU WILL SEE SOME
REMARKABLE THINGS WILL
HAPPEN.
>> I WOULD SAY THIS, THAT
JESUS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP AND THIS
BOOK, AND ALTHOUGH IT SAYS
LOVE STORY, IT IS A STORY
FOR MAN, AND YOU KNOW
GUYS, IN A WORLD WHERE
PROMISES ARE NOT KEPT, AND
WHAT THEY ONCE WERE, AND
THIS IS THE TIME TO STEP
UP TO THE PLATE AND WE
NEED TO LOVE OUR WIVES AND
THROUGH THE SICKNESS AND
THE HEALTH, AND TILL DEATH
DO US PART AND THIS IS SO
KEY, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HOPE THAT WOULD BE
STRONGER FOR YOU, AND
THROUGH THE BOOK.
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND IS THE
MAN KEEP THEIR PROMISES,
THEY WILL BE BETTER MAN.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THIS IS AMAZING, AND
YOU PROBABLY AND THOSE
THAT ARE WATCHING YOU SAY,
BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH,
AND GET THE BOOK, AND READ
THE BOOK, AND THEN YOU CAN
SAY THAT TO ME, YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
THROUGH AND THE OVERTAKE
YOU THROUGH AREAS THAT YOU
NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE IF
YOU TO JUST SURRENDER TO
HIM, AND KEN IS SUCH AN
EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENT AND
WHAT THAT MEANS, AND MAKE
A COMMITMENT TODAY AND I