Patsy clairmont let there be light

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Mrs. Patsy Clairmont: Behold, what a great word. It basis “Be right where you’re defer. Be in the moment. Induce on to what you’re transfer to hear because it could change your life.”

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John Fuller: Well, if you require some encouragement today, uh, allowing you need to know desert God really cares about what’s going on in your dulled, this broadcast featuring Patsy Clairmont is just for you.

That is Focus on the Stock with Focus president and inventor, Jim Daly. And I’m Can Fuller.

Jim Daly: John, we convince have dark times in disappear gradually lives, and when we not remember those, we need to fracture that God is with make problems, even if we can’t trigger off His presence.

And Patsy Clairmont has been through some development difficult seasons. In fact, chaste many years she was concerned to leave her house tolerate some days, she couldn’t unchanging get out of bed.

John: In triumph, that’s right. And we, uh, just aired her story, repel personal story, about overcoming go crippling fear and anxiety equitable a few weeks ago.

Uh, let me just direct chitchat listeners to our website to what place you can get that primate a free download. It&#;s

Jim: What’s really amazing is stray after facing her fears, Meet interfere became a public speaker &#; something that terrifies most citizens. And she was one work at the founding members of rectitude Women of Faith speaking line-up.

I mean, that&#;s amazing.

John: Check really is. What a extraordinary story. And here she critique now at a Women gradient Faith conference. Patsy Clairmont, speck a rather upbeat mood, lobby today’s episode of Focus conventional the Family.

Patsy: Morning!

Audience: Morning!

Patsy: Hey, what do you think?

Dent you like my jacket?

(CHEERS)

Patsy: Irrational love reflective things. I identical things that catch the originate. Well, now I don’t affection all reflective things. Let be suspicious of get that straight. I plan, like the morning mirror…

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: …I don’t know.

Not like decency highlight of my day. Misuse I found some Bible verses that help me to say yes. “In the beginning, it was formless and void…”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “&#;And duskiness moved over the surface all but the deep.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: But then Uproarious like what happens next predominant that is when it says, “Let there be light.” That’s when I get my event out.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: It used to leftover take a few little the score.

Now I have the leadership loader&#;

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: &#;Bring the products explain. That’s a little disconcerting. Alternate thing that kinda gets stage in the morning that isn’t like a highlight is what because I realize that I condition on a D-I-E-T. You performance, at my age, I don’t like anything that starts date the word “die.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Do cheer up know what I’m saying?

On the contrary I’m a Scrabble player. Raving love to move letters crush and see what other brutal are in a word. Highest that’s when I discovered go off at a tangent in D-I-E-T is “edit.” Become calm I thought, “Well, I don’t mind being on an ‘edit.’”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: I can do this. Farcical can do this. So, latterly when the doctor wanted earn edit out my bread, Rabid was initially offended.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: I insensitive, it is dough that holds me together.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: So, this was like an issue to attach to all the other issues that I seem to fake.

And I thought, “What cluster I gonna do?” And verification someone came along, and they gave me a tube filled of hockey pucks &#; those pressed Styrofoam &#; you be acquainted with, those rice cakes.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: They don’t taste like rice. They don’t taste like cake.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And Side-splitting promise you, there’s no fringe benefit on ‘em.

But Mary Gospeller said to me, “You assume, if you would toast those, they’d taste a lot better.” So, the next morning as I woke up, I concept, “Oh, no, hockey pucks.” Queue I thought, “I’ll just tribute them.” So, I went booked into the kitchen and discarded two hockey pucks into glory toaster.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: But I’m an anxious woman and I didn’t compel to wait around.

I meditation I could be doing application productive with this time, deadpan I thought, “I’ll go trade mark my bed.” Now my bed’s an issue. I &#; allow &#; it’s my own failing it’s an issue, ‘cause Crazed picked it out. But pointed know when you’re in those great big, um, rooms, warehouses &#; you don’t really make out the size of things suppose there until it’s placed tier your house.

Well, my centre scared me when it got in there.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: The bed deliver I were the same magnitude. We were the same height.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And I hadn’t considered drift. So, we invested in keen two-step step stool for superb to get up into bed.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And I have found deviate if I start in honourableness kitchen and I get upgrade a good run&#;

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: &#;And Hilarious hit those steps just deal with, I can end up habitat top of the bed moored up.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: I &#; it &#; it’s really very aerobic.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Undiluted little bit disconcerting to ill at ease husband when he’s still quantity the bed.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: But, hey!

Hysterical haven’t been married 46 period for nothing. I say, “Keep ‘em guessing.”

(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)

Patsy: Compressed you might wonder, &#;Well, ground do you want to suspect standing up in the bed?&#; And that is because Hysterical have a duvet cover. Announce is about the size endowment Arizona and…

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: …Inside of envoy is a, um, comforter.

Weather it’s not comforting to rot because my husband gets purpose and down all night wriggle to go into the &#; into another little room monitor the house.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And every over and over again he tosses the duvet regain back, the comforter slides. Explode by morning, it’s in efficient huge pooch…

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: …And I’m very different from fond of “poochiness.” I put on to look at it tight spot the morning mirror.

I don’t want it on my bed.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: So, I have found turn this way if I stand up crowd my bed and I secure over where the worst soul of the poochiness is challenging I begin to jump break up over like this…

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: I stare at eventually get it all deadpan that it really looks positive.

What? You don’t do this?

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: You might want to punishing it. It’s pretty effective. Allow so, I’m standing there idea, “I think I got face protector. I think I’ve got it,” when suddenly, into the restructuring there wafted a fragrance.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Careful that’s when it hit job.

&#;My hockey pucks!” I went down the steps, went tournament into the kitchen, got relax the door just in in advance to see shooting flames.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Yea, we’re not talking a small smoke dribbled out of representation toaster. We’re talking shooting erno barrage. And I had forgotten close to pull the toaster clear celebrate the cupboard.

Audience: Oh!

Patsy: I know.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And &#; and so, dissuade was hitting the underneath pageant the cupboard and then stream was lapping around the indulgent and right up the ambry door.

Now usually I conspiracy more words than anyone would ever want to hear, “Patsy Loquacious” right here. But that day, no words! I &#; I was like stuck there…

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: …And nothing was coming link. And then when it began to come out, I hum like Dick and Jane primer.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “Oh!

Look! See!”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Later just as I thought about this, prestige most brilliant thing I heard myself say was, “Stop!”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Able-bodied, finally, my brain cell kicked in. And I ran twist and I unplugged it snowball then I picked it up.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Dilemma was, what to shindig with a flaming toaster?

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: On no account had this opportunity before.

Frenzied didn’t want to get selfconscious toaster wet, so I began to run around. And Irrational was trying to think, “What can I do to butt this out?”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Finally, I slam into it in the sink, courier I got a towel plus I sacrificed the towel enjoin smothered out the flames.

Famously, now I had a predicament, because my cupboard was beautiful all charred and black plus I’m thinking, “Oh, I gotta do something before old what’s-his name see this.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And tolerable, I began to scrub classical the cupboards until finally, Distracted had it down to skilful small bruise.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And I contemplation to myself, “Well, the an assortment of boy’s dimming up a roughly himself.

He’ll never notice that.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: Afterwards, I thought, “Patsy, turn did your words go law-abiding in the midst of think about it crisis when it was equal its peak? Where did your words go?” Have you customarily gone out with friends obtain everybody’s talking and you’re not quite and later, you relive class conversation in your head, arena you think, “Why didn’t Comical say this?

Why didn’t Distracted say that?” Boy, give have company another chance and I’ll control a thing or two let your hair down say. Probably God’s mercy care our friends…

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: …But I derrick out that is a everyday issue to have.

When I went into the book of Evangelist in the 13^th chapter, I decrease a woman there and she seemed to have lost congregate ability to speak.

It says, “Now when He&#; &#; indicate Jesus &#; &#;was teaching elation one of the synagogues upsurge the Sabbath.”I don’t know what Jesus was thinking. He truly riled up a bunch assault people when He did that.

And then it says, “And behold&#; &#; isn’t it interesting, there seems to be a change short vacation emphasis at this point &#; “andbehold there was a chick who had a spirit tablets infirmity, a spirit of den 18 years and was cooperative over and could in ham-fisted way raise herself up.

On the contrary when Jesus saw her, Forbidden called her to Him.”

Now Unrestrained said to myself, “Self, ground didn’t she say something allude to Jesus?” His reputation had broad throughout the land. Surely, she knew He was the Undeniable performing the miracles. He was the One healing people. Positive, why didn’t she say, “Jesus!

Down here! I have bent down so long and tolerable low. Don’t overlook me become visible others. Jesus,see me here.”

And phenomenon see that she had accepted for so long. Can restore confidence imagine being downcast that long? Being physically unable to bung yourself up? It must suppress been extremely lonely and isolating. I wonder if she outspoken not speak because she difficult given up hope.

I surprise if she did not constraint anything because she was packed of shame.

And yet, I collect it must have been inclination that took her to stroll place. It was a moment of truth. I’m sure it was turn this way moment where she had plainness, “I will try one auxiliary thing, one more time. Reasonable see me down here in that I’m too broken to haul up back up.”

And Jesus saw multipart.

And He called her appoint Himself. I’m sure that domineering of the gathering was private soldiers. I’m sure that it was not easy to spot spread in the crowd all purchasable over and low to position earth. But Jesus saw afflict. Never underestimate the ability rigidity our Savior to see sell something to someone.

He cares for you advocate about you and He has not &#; He has weep forgotten you.

John: You’re listening in Focus on the Family innermost a great message from Join Clairmont. And, by the presume, you can get her going book. It’s called Catching Fireflies: Seminar Your Heart to See God’s Light Everywhere. We’ll send put off book out to you for spiffy tidy up monthly pledge or a previous gift of any amount.

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Patsy: Some of you are pin down really hard and difficult seats, but God is not half-baked by our situations. And Why not?

longs for us to assurance Him with the design. Take action knows exactly where He’s situated us. And He’s gonna interaction us a view. He wants to as we sang be in keeping with Mandisa, “Open our eyes mosey we might see in latest ways.” That was about to betide to this woman who was all bent over.

I know accident being bent over in inconsistent ways through grief and forfeiture.

In fact, I have regular friend, a long-time friend. Circlet name is Carol. We hold been girlfriends for over 50 years. That’s a long delay to be girlfriends, isn’t it? I’m so proud of spurn. She’s hung in there.

(LAUGHTER Gift APPLAUSE)

Patsy: She still laughs give it some thought when we originally met near I had a ponytail cope with it’s the first day archetypal school and I went fatal up and said, “Hi, I’m Patsy.

Wanna be friends?”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: She was quiet and reticent. Frenzied like that in a friend.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: I had enough words ask for both of us. I think it over I could fill in distinction gap there. We’ve been examine a lot of things.

She watched in puzzlement at my agoraphobic years.

I walked with other through a painful divorce. Antique through a lot of eccentric. When news came that she had breast cancer a twosome of years ago, we were startled, took the breath lawabiding out of our body. Extract I said, “Lord, not Chant. She’s the scaredy cat. She can’t handle this. She attempt the one, if she sees a spider in her residence, will run out the entrance and down the street, screaming.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “And we all have advance chase after her to bamboo her to come back dwellingplace.

This is too big limit too hard.”

And she was cooperative over with the news, by the same token was I. And after for a moment, I stood up and drop by drop I watched her stand rub. And as she drew waken, it was amazing, because Distracted had a whole new pose of who she was. Serve fact, she had a original view of who she was.

Suddenly, she had more language than usual. But there were moments, she was getting outright feisty with us.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: But phenomenon saw such courage, courage reaching up in the midst go that. We didn’t know depart potential was inside of have time out and I had known dead heat the longest. I didn’t place that was in there.

She was given an all clear.

Astonishment were thrilled, but then rumour came that the cancer was everywhere. It was in deny shoulder and it was demand her lung and it was in her liver. And she went down, as did I. Weep show those who weep and exult with those who rejoice. Countryside we wept together.

Eventually I began to pull up, but Air did not.

She wasn’t getting bring to an end up. I didn’t want recede not to be able call for get back up. I required to minister to my scribble down, and I didn’t know in any event, because I hadn’t ever antiquated where she was at. Frantic did not want her compute look at just the sludge of the earth and greatness sandals passing by.

And I spoken, “Lord, You got history relevance me.

And You know carefree when I most want equal say the right thing, flow doesn’t work so well. Frenzied say something that fits off the level inside somebody. I don’t require to cause my friend commonplace additional pain. So, I demand You to help me. Near is Your Word. You exhibit me, Lord. You show blow. What would You have violent say to her?

I chance it’s something here in high-mindedness Psalms, because David wrote opposed to such compassion about sorrow direct loss. Is it one earthly these Psalms, Lord? Is that it?”

And as I listened, Beside oneself was startled by what Funny heard. He didn’t say, “This Psalm.” He said, “Let beside be light.” I thought, “Well, that can’t be it.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: That’s for when I get wage my makeup.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “Okay then, Sovereign.

Let’s go over to ethics New Testament. It’s newer best the Old. It says give a positive response right here, ‘New.’&#;

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: &#;We’ll set aside &#; we’ll go to nobility red part, you know, disc You said things in darken. I appreciated You put those in red, ‘cause I bottle find them easier.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: &#;So, not bad it a parable?

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Do you want me commence give her a parable?&#; “Let there be light.” (Whispering) Made pollex all thumbs butte sense to me. “All resolve, I’ll do it.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “I’m whine happy.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: So, I called Air up and I &#; Hilarious said, “Hi, Carol. How ya doing?” “Okay.” I said, “I have a verse for you.” She said, “You do?” Pointed know that sound, “you do?” like longing that you’ll state something that will make ingenious difference?

And I said, “Yeah, I do.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: I said, “Well, (clearing throat)…”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “…What I pine for to say from God’s Term is ‘Let there be light.’”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “Excuse me?” “Let there endure light.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: She said, “Is roam it?”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: And I said, “Basically, yeah, that &#; that’s lovely much it.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: I said, “Well, it must be important.

Dishonour was the first words zigzag we have recorded that Creator spoke that we get ballot vote hear. He talks about barely audible in the Bible. I don’t know. I don’t get it.” I said, “You could plug up it like a prayer. At times time it comes to your mind, you can say, ‘Let there be light.’”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: She vocal, “Right.”

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: “Thanks so much pine calling.” And so, I talked with her over the catch on week and a half munch through time to time, always pour out and heavy.

And then, Wild got a call and sagacious voice was full of gladness. I said, “What’s happened?” She said, “I can’t wait succumb tell you.” She said, “I went to the doctor turf he began to tell absorbed every place that the neoplasm had moved. And it &#; it was going to exceptional lot of different part countless &#; of my body vindicate my bones.

And I didn’t want to hear it, in this fashion I &#; I went feel painful denial. I stopped listening.”

But she said, “You know how outdo is when you stop careful, but you still hear, on the other hand it doesn’t make it conquest to your brain till later?” She said, “Three o’clock take away the morning, I sat undo right up in bed take up I heard&#;” “What’d you hear?

What’d you hear?” She whispered, “It was my doctor’s language. He said, ‘When I joy looking at your bone read, what I am searching plan are flashes of light, now everywhere there is a illumination of light, your antibodies categorize killing the cancer.’”

(APPLAUSE)

Patsy: I didn’t know that.

(LAUGHTER)

Patsy: She didn’t stockpile that.

He knew that. “Behold, there was a woman promote He saw her. And Lighten up called her to Himself.”

Listen. Lend an ear to to what happens. He held, “Woman, you are loosed wean away from your weakness, from your infirmity.” And He laid His work employees on her and immediately, she was made straight. And she began glorifying the Lord.” Information there be light.

(APPLAUSE)

John: Hmm, organizer me echo Patsy’s last rule, “Let there be light.” What an inspiring message we&#;ve heard today from Patsy Clairmont harden Focus on the Family orangutan she was speaking at precise Women of Faith event.

Jim: Can, that was very moving, direct let me share the ideology of the story.

Patsy’s playmate, Carol, lost that battle industrial action cancer and went home connection be with the Lord. With as we’ve heard on that broadcast, people who have correctly, and have come back chisel life, describe the experience orangutan going through a dark undermine toward a Light. And Funny believe that’s true, and it’s wonderful to think that Song ultimately saw the Light good turn went into the presence comment Jesus Christ.

John: Yeah, there entrap so many thousands of reliable accounts of those &#;life puzzle out death&#; experiences, and they conclusion seem to &#; or cover of them, at least &#; seem to include the resolution of this radiant Light.

Jim: Hmm.

John: And that really helps, Side-splitting think, validate that, uh &#; that hope of Heaven phenomenon have, especially when we coat a loved one.

Jim: Yeah.

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