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AND RISK BEING CONSUMED BY IT IN HOPES OF GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND I THINK THE READER GOES ON THAT JOURNEY WITH THE CHARACTER.
SO THE CHARACTER-- THE CHARACTER FINDS HIMSELF LOST...
AND YOU SEE THIS SORT OF TRANSITION,
SORT OF IN THE DARKNESS OR IN HIS SUFFERING.
YEAH, HE STARTED A FIRE THE NIGHT OF HIS 18th BIRTHDAY.
HE COLLECTED ALL THESE CONSUMER PRODUCTS, PUT THEM ON THE BACK LOT,
LIT THEM ON FIRE AND TOOK OFF.
AND HE DOESN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE...
BETWEEN DOING SOMETHING BAD AND BELIEVING HE HIMSELF IS BAD.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. IT'S A TREE WE CAN ALL HANG FROM.
WELL, HOW-- I MEAN, EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
WHO ARE YOU APART FROM WHAT YOU DO?
GOOD OR BAD.
GOOD OR BAD.
WHAT IS OUR IDENTITY AS CHRISTIANS?
OVED,
APART FROM THE BAD THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OR THE GOOD THINGS?
SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT WE WERE LOVED FIRST.
WE WERE LOVED FIRST.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT LIGHT THAT'S ON ME RIGHT NOW.
WE LOOK TO THE LIGHT.
WE FIND OUR IDENTITY IN THE LIGHT.
WE BASK IN THAT LIGHT.
AND ANYTHING WE DO THAT'S GOOD IS JUST A RESPONSE TO IT.
SO IN A SENSE, IT'S HELPING PEOPLE CONNECT WITH THAT IDENTITY,
WHICH HELPS THEM STAND UP TO THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE IN LIFE, GOOD OR BAD.
YEAH. AS I LOOK AT THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK, IT SAYS C.B. SHIEPE.
YEAH, YEAH.
SO I'M READING THE TITLE CLIFF FALLS, AND TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE WORDPLAY.
I MEAN, IS THIS REALLY AN INSIGHT, IN A WAY,
TO YOUR LIFE SOMEHOW?
YEAH, I WASN'T A CHILD STAR. RECOVERY IS NOT MY BACKGROUND.
BUT WE ALL GO OVER THE FALLS IN LIFE,
AND I WENT OVER THE FALLS AT AGE 26.
I HAD A VERY FULL LIFE. I WAS WORKING IN ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, AND I GOT SICK.
I GOT SICK WITH SOMETHING THAT IT TOOK THEM A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.
A SERIES OF FEVERS, SOME AS HIGH AS 107.
AND THAT ISOLATED ME.
ITY IN,
THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT AGAIN WHO YOU ARE APART FROM WHAT YOU DO OR HAVE DONE.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN, IT DOESN'T--
WHEN WE GO INTO THESE DARK TIMES IN OUR LIFE OF SUFFERING,
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW?
WHEN WE'RE REALLY HURTING AND WE FEEL ALONE, WE FEEL LIKE GOD'S FORGOTTEN US.
I MEAN, IN A WAY, HOW IS IT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT?
WELL, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT IN THE MOMENT.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT.
YOU'RE DYING TO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE MEANT LIFE TO YOU.
BUT THAT'S WHERE THE TRUST COMES IN.
I ALWAYS SAID I WANTED TO BE CHRIST-LIKE,
BUT I NEVER REALLY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION...
THAT FEELING FORSAKEN MIGHT BE PART OF THAT JOURNEY.
IT'S NOT THE END,
AND I KNOW THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE.
NOW, I WAS VERY BLESSED. I HAD A VERY ENCOURAGING FAMILY.
AND MY MOM IN PARTICULAR, WHO REALLY KEPT ME GOING WITH A SENSE OF BELIEF...
THAT I WAS GOING TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
AND WASN'T THERE SOMETHING--
THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED TO ME, WHEN WE WERE TALKING.
YOU SAID THAT YOU-- YOU HAD SOME ILLNESS,
AND THAT WAS SORT OF WHERE THE BOOK CAME OUT OF.
YOU HAD THIS ILLNESS THAT YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH,
AND YOU TRIED ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET OUT OF THE ILLNESS, BUT--
U
YEAH, IT WAS SEVEN YEARS IN. I HAD SEEN 70 DOCTORS.
I HAD SPENT THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IN AND OUT OF BED.
AND I ENDED UP AT A RESEARCH CENTER, UM, IN LOS ANGELES,
AND THEY FOUND A BACTERIA IN MY SYSTEM.
AND THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO FAST.
FOR HOW LONG?
THAT'S WHAT I ASKED THE DOCTOR. HOW LONG? LIKE LENT? THREE DAYS? I CAN DO THAT.
AND HE SAID, NO. TEN AND A HALF DAYS.
A TEN-AND-A-HALF-DAY FAST.
AND IS THAT WITH NO-- WHAT ABOUT-- CAN YOU HAVE JUICE OR--
JUST WATER, OKAY.
YOU MUST HAVE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT.
I DID.
BUT YOU KNOW, I-- PEOPLE ASK ME HOW I DID IT.
YEAH.
I WAS SO DESPERATE TO BE HEALED AT THAT MOMENT, I WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THAT PLACE.
AND THEN OUT OF THAT-- I MEAN, ISN'T THAT WHEN YOU WROTE THE BOOK?
WAS IT WHILE YOU WERE FASTING THAT YOU WROTE THIS STORY?
YEAH, UM, THE YEARS I WAS SICK, ISOLATED, I USED WHAT I HAD LEFT, WHAT I COULD DO.
AND THIS STARTED AS A SCREENPLAY, A TV PILOT, A SCREENPLAY,
THEN MORPHED INTO A BOOK.
AND ONE THING MY MOM SAID TO ME...
THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME WAS--
I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE BOOK ISN'T ANY GOOD? WHAT IF IT DOESN'T TAKE OFF?
AND SECONDLY, YOU DON'T NEED THIS BOOK TO BE A BEST-SELLER...
THE PROCESS SHAPED YOU AND PREPARED YOU.
SO THE FACT THAT IT'S TAKEN OFF THE WAY IT HAS, AND THAT IT'S SOMEHOW--
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FRUIT--
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ABOUT A HEALTH CRISIS,
THIS IS THE FRUIT OF ALL THOSE YEARS THAT I SPENT ISOLATED, A STEP AWAY FROM LIFE.
YEAH. AND OF COURSE YOUR STORY IS CONNECTED TO US HERE BECAUSE YOU GREW UP AT CHURCH HERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS YOUR-- THIS IS YOUR HOME, RIGHT?
YEAH, IN MANY WAYS, UM, THIS WAS A HUGE PART OF MY FAMILY'S LIFE.
AND THAT... SEEPED INTO THE STORY PERHAPS.
IT'S A CHILD STAR HIDING IN A INSPIRATIONAL CHURCH.
[ Congregation Laughs ]
.
BUT-- YEAH, THE MINISTRY OF BELIEF,
OF OVERCOMING OBSTACLES...
HAS MINISTERED TO US,
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
THE MESSAGE I KEEP HEARING THROUGH YOUR WORDS IS THAT SORT OF...
THE IDEA OF THE BELOVEDNESS OF GOD...
GETS YOU THROUGH THOSE TOUGH TIMES OF SUFFERING.
YEAH, YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN I WAS SICK IN BED AND I WASN'T WORKING,
I COULDN'T POINT TO ANYTHING TO KIND OF VALIDATE MY EXISTENCE.
AND IT'S A DECISION EVERY DAY.
BUT IT'S A CHOICE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE A BELOVED CHILD...
AND THAT GOD'S WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU'RE AT IN LIFE...
AND HE'S GONNA WALK WITH YOU THROUGH THAT CHALLENGE.
CLIFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING THIS MORNING.
YOUR STORY IS DEEPLY TOUCHING TO ALL OF US AND...
I THINK IT REALLY CONNECTS WELL WITH SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING,
IN THE TIME IN TODAY--
PEOPLE HURTING, LOSING JOBS, SO ON AND SO FORTH--
GOD NTERED--
GIVE HIM A HAND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[ Congregation Applauding ]
HIS BOOK IS CALLED CLIFF FALLS.
AND YOU CAN GET IT AT CLIFFFALLS.COM OR AMAZON.COM.
AND NOW, POINT OF GRACE.
♪♪
♪ WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE ♪
♪ WHO FEELS LIKE THEY'VE LOST IT ALL? ♪
♪ OVER THE EDGE WITH NO ONE THERE ♪
♪ TO BREAK THEIR FALL ♪
♪ AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE ♪
♪ WHO FEELS SO UNLOVED? ♪
♪ GIVING THEMSELVES AWAY A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY ♪
♪ JUST TO BE GOOD ENOUGH ♪
♪ AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A HOPELESS SOUL ♪
♪ WHO CAN'T REMEMBER THEIR WAY HOME? ♪
♪ AND EVERYTHING IS OUT OF THEIR CONTROL ♪
♪ THERE IS NO VALLEY ♪
♪♪ THERE IS NO DARKNESS ♪
♪ THERE IS NO SORROW ♪
♪ GREATER THAN THE GRACE OF JESUS ♪
♪ THERE IS NO MOMENT ♪
♪ THERE IS NO DISTANCE ♪
♪
♪ HE CAN'T TAKE YOU THROUGH ♪
♪ SO BEFORE YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE TOO LOST ♪
♪♪ TO SAVE ♪
♪ REMEMBER THERE IS NOTHING GREATER THAN GRACE ♪
♪ SO DON'T LOSE HOPE ♪
♪ OH, NO, DON'T LET GO ♪
♪♪ DON'T GIVE UP ♪
♪ YO
♪ YOU ARE NOT ALONE ♪
♪ THERE IS NO VALLEY ♪
♪ THERE IS NO DARKNESS ♪
♪ THERE IS NO SORROW ♪
♪ GREATER THAN THE GRACE OF JESUS ♪
♪ OH, THERE IS NO MOMENT ♪
♪ THERE IS NO DISTANCE ♪
♪ THERE IS NO HEARTBREAK ♪
♪ HE
♪ SO BEFORE YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE TOO LOST ♪
♪ TO SAVE ♪
♪ OH, BEFORE YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE TOO LOST ♪
♪ REMEMBER THERE IS NOTHING GREATER ♪
♪ THAN GRACE ♪
♪ HMM, HMM-HMM-HMM ♪
♪ HMM, HMM-HMM-HMM ♪
♪ HMM, HMM, HMM ♪♪
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♪♪
♪ THERE'S A SONG THAT'S INSIDE ♪
♪ OF MY SOUL ♪
♪ IT'S THE ONE THAT I'VE TRIED ♪♪
♪ TO WRITE OVER AND OVER AGAIN ♪
♪ I'M AWAKE IN THE INFINITE COLD ♪