I’ve seen it, I’ve been there, I did it, I know because I know what I’m talking about, because if I wasn’t, I’d be in a bar telling you about the times I was drunk and stuff. But today, I don’t have to go there, I don’t have to talk about sitting in a bar spending my money being drunk. I don’t have to no more; I’m free, I’ve been free, God said I am free.
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Charlie’s battle with alcohol was intense and sobriety was allusive. He said, “I didn’t know how I got sober, I couldn’t figure it out; I guess it was never meant to be for me to figure it out. But it was a mystery, still is, when I speak at places where I go and when I see people, I say, ‘I don’t know how I sobered up.’ And I just have to, I just have to say the Lord just come into my life one day and this is what came out of it.”
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Charlie’s childhood experiences of physical, mental and sexual abuse left him a hating, cold and violent person who for forty years succumbed to a life of alcohol, drugs, crime and self destruction. Then, one day God got his attention.
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The drinking and drugs so easily could have taken her life… and then there were the thoughts of suicide. But everything is different now. Darla tells about how God changed her – he took away the drinking and drugs, the anger and hatred… and now she’s a new person.
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Tom Claus reflects on what Christmas was like growing up on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario many years ago. After all the gifts were opened, the family would sit down together and read the Christmas story from the Bible. Tom goes on to read the story for us and then speaks about the precious gift that God gave to all people – His Son, Jesus Christ.
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Soapy Dollar is a Mescalero Apache who was abandoned at birth on the streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico. After being picked up by a fortune teller and passed around till he was five, he was placed in a ranch for homeless and delinquent boys. This would become home for the rest of his youth. As an orphan, his memories and perspective of Christmas are different than most. Would bitterness and resentment mark the man who was born rejected… or would his path be different? What was Christmas like for a boy with no family? It might just surprise you… and encourage you. Got 15 minutes? Listen to his story and then pass it on.
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Allen, a San Carlos Apache, was raised in the traditional by his father. His dad sent him away to school. Soon Allen got involved in alcohol, drugs, and gang life. He became so violent that the people in his community wanted him put away. But jail couldn’t hold him. He escaped many times. Finally, after a successful manhunt, he was placed in solitary confinement. He tried to hang himself but failed. So he decided to starve himself to death. It was then that a man came into the jail and shared his personal story about how he had been set free. Allen listened through the walls of his cell… and what happened next changed his life forever.
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Jim grew up being hated, abused, and very angry… and so it wasn’t long before he was bent on getting revenge. He trained in martial arts, preparing for the day when he would meet his abusers again. He was hot on the trail of one of them in Anchorage… but when Jim would go in the front door, the man would slip out the back. Then something incredible happened which brought him face to face with this man. If you’ve ever been abused, struggled with forgiveness, or know someone who has, this is a story you won’t want to miss. Have a listen, and then pass along the blessing to someone who needs to hear this.
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Gordon got into serious trouble as a young man. He ended up standing before a judge who presented him with two choices: join the military or go to reform school. Gordon joined the Air Force and eventually became a part of the special forces unit, Pararescue, serving two tours in Vietnam. Pararescue’s motto is “These things we do, that others may live”. That was his mission during the war, and he fulfilled it valiantly… receiving the US military’s third highest combat-only award, the Silver Star. Years later, though, in a different battle, Gordon found himself as a prisoner – powerless to set himself free.
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Anne’s mother abandoned the family when Anne was just a little girl. When Anne was five years old her father put her in residential school where she was abused. How does one overcome such trauma? As she shares her life’s journey you’ll find a remarkable story of forgiveness… not just in what she says, but in what she does. Her story reminds us that there really is hope – no matter what.
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