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Tanya Cushman Reviewer
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Well, as an Aussie, plane rides to get anywhere are always a long haul,
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which is why at airports I developed a huge appreciation for good coffee.
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So recently, a sister and I were given vouchers for vanilla lattes.
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And we were at the airport one day, and I said, Sister, today's the day.
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And so I went up to the barista, and they asked my name, and I just said, Sister.
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I kept it simple.
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And not long after, I heard her call out, Sister.
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And exactly at the same time, another woman and her daughter approached the counter.
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But just as I reached out in desperation for my two coffees, she interrupted me and said,
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excuse me what's your order and I in defense said two vanilla lattes
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puzzled she said sister what's your religious order absolutely humiliated I said we're the sisters of life we love God
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and we love you bye God is calling your name tonight.
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You know, even in the midst of a crowd, he calls in a way and a tone that is only known to you alone.
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We can get confused and caught up, right, on why we matter, what's life all about.
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But for Christ, it has and always will be crystal clear.
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You are his idea.
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And he has never ceased calling you into life even now God wants you to hear him tonight
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and in a new way he's inviting you to take a new step
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so recently we were getting groceries at a checkout
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and the worker didn't look up at us so we introduced ourselves
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and said sir what's your name
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and he said to us I don't have a name
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and sister said really and he started to share about how he once had faith
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but after so many sufferings and disappointments
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and setbacks in his life he'd been given to give up
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on anything getting any better don't you watch the news sister he said
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and we said no we don't have TVs
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but then she began to remind him of another news feed not just the good news
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but the real reality and the greatest story
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that never stops going about a God who has not stopped saving
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and concluding your story in mind especially when we don't see it
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when we don't get it and this big tough guy looked up at sister
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and said my name is Steve God cares about you
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thought of you before your parents planned for you
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and he's present to you even when his presence isn't evident
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and praying for each one of you tonight the gospel passage
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that God led me to is Luke 13 10 where the
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sound of his call caused a conversion Jesus was teaching in a synagogue
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and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for 18 years bent over
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and couldn't stand up straight at all literally face down only
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able to see the ground not able to look up look ahead look around perhaps tempted by discouragement or cynicism
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doubting whether the good news applies to her condition anymore.
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Now, I don't know about you, but whenever I've imagined this scene, I've always thought of this crippled woman of 18 years to be old and bent over,
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you know, from decades of hard living and long suffering.
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But as I prayed for you, I saw someone much younger, maybe 18 or a couple of years older.
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And I realized that a lot of us have been carrying stuff, right? dark thoughts or lies, hard memories or weighty worries,
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things that maybe at one stage in our life felt small and insignificant with no major impact on our lives,
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so we just soldiered on, dragging them with us.
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Lies that are spoken to us, suggested to us, maybe posted somewhere online, or maybe we agreed to it when we sinned or failed.
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Lies like, I don't have what it takes
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or I'm never quite enough I'm a fraud or dirty
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or ugly or no one understands me I'm inadequate or bad
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and lies that haven't left us cripple us
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and cause a downcast vision of life you know late one
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night we heard a knock at our front door in our convent
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and we were just finishing Eucharistic Adoration and
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so we invited this young woman in but when I looked back at the chapel Kirsten I'll call her was crying.
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You know, she wasn't okay.
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But it was kind of surprising because she had a great smile, you know, supportive family.
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She had a boyfriend, a job, hobbies that others would have been impressed by.
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But inside she was miserable.
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And she couldn't understand it either.
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But what she did remember was the thought
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that she had as a little girl that had stuck around amidst all her success.
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It wasn't complicated, but it bothered her, especially when life got quiet.
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and the thought was God doesn't like you and so she resolved
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that God is angry with me and day after day year after year
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that small suggestion unreasonable and completely untrue grew into a debilitating weight
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that was literally breaking her back carrying affliction for 18 years we can easily realize easily resolve
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that this is the way it is for us you know
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that circumstances aren't going to change
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that God's not interested I'm not material for a miracle maybe
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a burden to be punished instead you know it wasn't until
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I experienced sudden death the confrontation of death in my life
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that I began to hear the sound of shame inside of me
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but I did not pick up on it at first you
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know what it what at first felt like guilt like I wasn't enough didn't do enough took a spin for the worst.
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I am not enough.
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But the enemy is a bully and shame is his first language.
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Even guilt, like realizing we've done something wrong, can be twisted into a claim on our identity.
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You are wrong.
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Tempting us with sin, but first destabilizing us in shame.
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And bullies are weakness experts, which means they come to the same place, discouraging us with the same stories, repeating the same chorus.
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Wounds, or places we've been hurt, love withheld from us left uncared for can be the places where these lies get loudest
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and shame can seemingly shackle us it's interesting you know the
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the woman in Luke was a believer she was shown up to church
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and after almost two decades of no answers lacking clarity
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and the worst worsening she responds by stepping forward to the sound of the Savior
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and Luke reveals three steps
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that Jesus takes before he asks one from her it says Jesus saw her Jesus called her
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and Jesus spoke to her
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when Christ calls our name the crippled parts of our hearts can never remain the same
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when Kirsten who came for out to our front door
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that night she had never been inside a convent
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but she'd been running to anything you know
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that would distract her from her darkness and
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so can we from overuse of screen time to flicks
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and food to gyms and games rooms but that night she was done
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and so she said to us on
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that night what every brave heart admits to
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when on the brink of a breakthrough I'm here I need a change I can't change myself
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but I'm willing to take a step today the Lord prompted me to tell her she was good
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and at first I thought it was a little bit sentimental maybe too simple
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but he persisted and
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so in between tears I said Kirsten you are good the
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deepest part of you is good God wants you to exist
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looking at me like a ghost she said I've never heard
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that before but hearing the truth of God's irrevocable goodness
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that was given from him she asked for something I did
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not see coming next she said sister can I have mass she wasn't even Catholic
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but persisting she said I don't just want meaning about my life
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she knew that she wanted to meet God in her life
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and that she knew the Eucharist is
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that encounter why st. Faustina asked Jesus why do you keep coming down to be with us
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and Jesus said because love has brought me here
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and love keeps me here there is one step
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that shame cannot stop even the crippled from taking and
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that is trust in Jesus it is shame
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that came from the serpent from the start always downplaying God's
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goodness in your life doubting the imprint the Savior has made on you overwhelming us with our own worthiness
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and denying the gifts that God has already given you
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but Jesus sees you Jesus is still calling you
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and you can still come to him because trust touches Christ
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when the crippled woman came Jesus intervened in her condition
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and not after it and
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when Jesus put his hands on the woman it says immediately she straightened up
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and praised God Jesus said should not this woman bound for
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18 years be set free from her infirmity Jesus longs to see you stand up straight tonight why
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so you can look back at the God who is already looking at you with endless mercy
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and infinite kindness to the gaze that sets us free from all
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that cripples us tonight you know I didn't I didn't know God could get personal that all
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that he even really wanted to I grew up in a Catholic family went to Catholic school my whole life
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and kind of made a living out of checking all the good kid boxes.
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I thought my life was blessed so long as I keep God impressed.
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You know, did the right things, make something good of my life.
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But it kind of felt more like a field that I had to perform on and only the perfect made it.
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I always believed that God called me into life when he created me, but I had no idea that God was calling me into life at every moment of my life.
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Even when I couldn't hear it, couldn't understand it, or I was running in the opposite direction.
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God was still calling.
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You know, there's a false hope out there that if you try hard enough, make the right choices and maintain control, things might work out for you.
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But every accomplishment is followed by another benchmark to make, another test, another job.
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Nothing ever satisfies.
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And so we keep climbing, right?
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We keep hoping that someday I'll reach it and take a breath, but it never comes.
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Until we experience the limits of our life.
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You lose a friend.
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Or you keep stumbling over the same addiction.
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Or the darkness does not go away.
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Or you fail to live up to the unrealistic expectations of others.
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Or you make it, but then you're left wondering whether there is more.
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What keeps you from looking up?
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You know, it could be an interaction you had 18 years ago or 18 minutes ago.
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Perhaps your desires were squashed at a young age, your dreams disapproved of.
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Maybe your innocence was interrupted by porn or you were mistreated.
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Or perhaps you grew up too fast and concluded that it's too late or you're too far gone.
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all suffer shame from a young age weighed down
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but we still show up to church to seek to life without being able to really look up
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but these are not places to run from they are the places that Christ comes to C.S.
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Lewis said that There is no prison that Christ cannot preach to.
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So I just wanna share a story I heard of a woman I'll call Carla, who taught me that even in the worst Christ still calls.
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She said that she felt like a misfit in her life for as long as she could remember.
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You know, finding friends wasn't easy.
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Getting along was hard.
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She wasn't popular and most of the time felt more like a loser.
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You know, believing these truths can seem simple, right?
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Until we experience what seems to be the opposite in our life.
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And then these truths can seem irrelevant even distant
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but the pain for her was unbearable so she started binging on food
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and then regretting it she would make herself sick
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and it didn't fix a problem but it gave her somewhere to run to
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and numb the pain by the time she was in her teens she went to stronger things like drug
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and alcohol you know we all suffer on the inside you know when gossip stings us
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or teasing makes us feel insignificant
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or a lack of connection makes us feel unwanted even rejected
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and we can be lonely even if we still smile
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but there is something deep inside of us
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that says I was made for more everything shifted one morning
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for color she woke up on cold tiles in a bathroom
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floor hung over shaking holding a positive pregnancy test she'd never been more unready in her life than
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that day she couldn't take care of herself how could she take care of a child it seemed impossible
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and definitely never part of her plans but on those tiles without trying hard
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or praying perfectly a new thought came to her you are
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invited to life God never stops calling us even especially
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when we're bent
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or we feel out of shape inviting us just to take
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one more step we don't earn the call the call is
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what qualifies us your existence itself is evidence of your worthiness
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he looks at you even now whether we are crushing life
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or feel crushed by life you are worthy of an invitation to more
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and when Jesus when he looked at that crippled woman he didn't critique
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and correct her what does Jesus do
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when he comes he shifts our view to look up to
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him shame is a character in every one of our stories
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but it never has the right to be the narrator without a major moment Carla made a choice
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and it didn't end her pain in an instant, didn't cure her awkwardness or miraculously finish her papers.
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She made the first of many courageous steps that altered the direction of her journey.
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She said, quote, that day I decided to show up, just show up to climb out of my dark,
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individual, controllable world and out into a bright, big, messy one.
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You know, no one in this room can claim to know what's coming next in our lives
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and we can plan we can dream we can hope
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but the greatest freedom not comes from knowing
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that your God has a plan for you dreamt of it first
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and he knows how to lead you through it you remember
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that that gentleman Steve at the grocery store another bloke right
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when we were praying we were praying with him Andrew this
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guy covered in tats came up was curious about all the man tears.
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And sister leant over and offered him a medal of Mary.
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And he said, no, with a glare.
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And she said, okay, I respect that.
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But as sister turned away, she heard God say in her heart, don't give up on this one.
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And so she turned back and she said, well, can you at least carry our bags?
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And after loading the bags in the car, she turned to him and said, Andrew, can I ask you something?
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He grunted.
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She said, can you try and help me understand why you would say no to someone who loves you?
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He said, my mom was Catholic and she was nasty.
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My father, he wasn't Catholic, but he was better.
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But I want nothing now to do with religion in my life.
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And sister said, Andrew, I'm so sorry.
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They did not know how to love you.
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And he went on.
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He said, sister, I've had to find my way my whole life.
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I'm still trying to find my own way.
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Always trying to be something else for others.
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But I don't think that's right. And Andrew was right.
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It's not right that there is wrong in the world.
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It's not okay that bad things happen to you.
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It's not fine that people fail to love you.
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In the way that God created you to be loved at every moment.
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you know our hearts tell us first
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that it's not enough to live for less than real love
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and I'm not gonna I'm not gonna stand here and say
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that if you take another step
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that everything in your life is going to go smoothly for you life is tough the cross is real
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but if you take another step after
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that next step God will not fail to bring meaning out of every misery
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that you face in your life
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because going with Christ will truly enable us to go through anything
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because resilience it's not about how much we can handle it's
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about how much we rely on the risen one this is
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the secret of life with Christ he takes every setback
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and makes it another starting point we have an opportunity tonight
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to literally let Christ see us let him call our name
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and come to him allowing him to touch our lives just one more time.
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You know, after Andrew was being listened to by sister and sharing his pain, sister asked him, Andrew, could today be a new day for a mother to love you?
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And looking back at her for the first time in her eyes, he said, yes.
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Today could be a new day for me.
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And this massive guy with big shoulders opened up his tattooed arms, picked up sister and gave her the biggest man hug she's ever had.
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Every surrender consists of two elements, letting go and leaning in.
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Tonight in confession, God saves and he releases us from lies.
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The enemy's tactic is to divide you from Christ and distract us from him.
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I'll never forget when a priest said to me after confession, he said, Sister, it sounds like you're looking for rest in a lot of other places.
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that comment still causes my conversion as I keep realizing places
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I can go to Jesus first you know it is
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that it is Christ that awaits you in confession to drop the weight
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and lean into his love
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that gives true rest you know he's not surprised by our
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sins even the repeats he died to untie you from them
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but he waits on your permission first
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so I invite you just to ask the Holy Spirit what
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is holding me back you know is it a lie
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that you have agreed to that's burdening you a habit
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that you just can't stop sins
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that you bring maybe for the first time you know sometimes the most courageous thing to confess is the sin
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that you constantly sin in God is not your critic is
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your creator he refuses to give up on the goodness
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that he sees in you you know servant of God Don DeLingo shared
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that one Christmas Jesus came to him
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and he said the refuge I want is your heart the difference between our lives being miserable
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and meaningful lies in one question will I surrender to Jesus again
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and perhaps will I surrender to Jesus for the first time in my life DeLingo says
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that one act of trust is more than a thousand fasts tonight in adoration
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Christ makes himself small enough in the Eucharist so
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that we know we are enough in his eyes the Eucharist
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is the eternal effort of the father to elicit our faith this is the miracle of every Eucharist the soul
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that surrenders becomes the cradle
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that carries Christ every act of trans of every act of
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surrender transforms our miseries into manges fit for a king God
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has already made his mind up about you it's why you're here
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and it's why you're here tonight Christ has already decided to show up
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and wants to meet you in the moment that you're in
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so as we turn to Jesus I just want to finish with the final story about
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when God calls us to something new in our lives
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so you know when the chosen people were journeying through the desert from Egypt, which represents slavery, sin, everything that holds us back,
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and into the promised land, which symbolizes life with God and living in his plans, God gave a group a mission.
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He told them, go ahead of the pack and check out the land I promise I'll give you.
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And they went and they found a justed God had promised, full of fruit, rich in resources.
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But they saw other things too.
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They saw the enemy.
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They saw people that were big and intimidating.
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And they grew afraid and they started comparing themselves.
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And they said, we can't go.
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Why?
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Because they are stronger, they said.
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Forgetful of the one who sent them and the promises that he's already made them, they looked down to themselves and they lost confidence.
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We all have fears.
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Fear of our future, fear of what will come or won't come, fear about our past, what we missed out on, scared of what we get or we don't know.
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But when we get fixated on our fears,
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our sight is downcast and we get forgetful of the call and who is calling us and who has remained with us.
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You know, God is not asking you to figure it all out tonight.
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He's inviting you to come to the sun.
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God qualified you by creating you.
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To trust him in your fears, not by toughening up, not because of anything you've done or haven't done,
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but with the confidence that comes from believing that Christ called you first and he's calling you in a new way tonight.
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If you and I judge ourselves of our own strength, our own efforts, or in comparison to others, we'll hesitate and we'll turn back.
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But you were not created to be held back in fear.
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God has already decided to save you even before he created you.
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And not just save you or simply be around you, but be discovered from within you.
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do not fear the heights to let go
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and to lean into love tonight without pre expectations for what tonight should look like
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or feel like but with the expectation
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that you will be unconditionally loved jesus sees you jesus is
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calling your name jesus says to you tonight be set free from your infirmity.
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And so Jesus, we just turn our hearts to you.
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You are on our side.
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Jesus, you deemed us worthy of life.
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You have good plans for us, plans for today, plans for tomorrow, and plans for the day after that.
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It was you who first called us into life, and it's you who keep calling us even today.
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When you put your hands on the crippled woman, she straightened up and she praised God.
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So Jesus, we ask, send your Holy Spirit to touch us, that we may praise you tonight.
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Praise in certainty, praise in uncertainty, praise where we see your wonders, and praise where we wonder where you are.
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Because Jesus, you always see the one when you see the crowd.
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Send us your Holy Spirit that we may stand in your sight.
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Fill us with courage that we may claim the call with confidence
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because your love is everything we need and you are the answer to every ache.
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Jesus, you did not call us into slavery or to be crippled by any spirit but to live in freedom.
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And so we invite you into this room, we invite you into this altar, and we invite you into our hearts.
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And Holy Spirit, keep our hearts open in these last moments as we await the entrance of Jesus.
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Deze video bevat 328 zinnen en 4037 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 26:20. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 153 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- praise /pɹeɪz/ (werkwoord) — loven, prijzen. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
- invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/ (werkwoord) — uitnodigen, nodigen. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- pray /pɹeɪ/ (werkwoord) — bidden. To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
- surrender /səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/ (werkwoord) — zich overgeven, capituleren. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- bend /bɛnd/ (werkwoord) — buigen, plooien. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — goedheid. The state or characteristic of being good.
- expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — verwachting, afwachting. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
- confession /kənˈfɛʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bekentenis. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (werkwoord) — lijden. To undergo hardship.
- sin /ˈsɪn/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — zonde. A violation of divine will or religious law.
- tear /tɛɹ/ (werkwoord) — scheuren. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- darkness /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — duisternis, donkerheid. The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
- worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — waardig. Having worth, merit, or value.
- conversion /kənˈvɝʒən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bekering. The act of converting something or someone.
- climb /ˈklaɪ̯m/ (werkwoord) — klimmen. To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- look up /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ (werkwoord) — opkijken. To have better prospects.
- show up (werkwoord) — tentoonstellen. To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
- stand up (werkwoord) — opstaan. To rise from a lying or sitting position.
- check out (werkwoord) — onderzoeken. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- get along (werkwoord) — opschieten, overeenkomen. To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
- give up (werkwoord) — zich overgeven. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- go about (werkwoord) — aanpakken. To busy oneself with.
- go away (werkwoord) — weggaan. To depart or leave a place.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 80 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, breakthrough /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, confession /kənˈfɛʃən/, conversion /kənˈvɝʒən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/, insignificant /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als praise, invite, pray.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has never ceased · has not stopped · I've imagined |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | were given · is only known · been given |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | experts, which means · someone who loves · one who sent |
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.