June 25, 2025 • 22 mins
In this very first episode I get to share two very profound conversations with a couple of young women who find themselves in a waiting place. It’s very hard to be in a place where you feel like you are stuck.
God has had me in the waiting place so many times, and I share that too, but I promise you that you are never stuck. God‘s timing can be hard to wait on. But it’s worth it.
The two young women featured in this episode will touch your heart as they have touched mine. Their vulnerability, their honesty and their willingness to share is not only brave but it is so helpful. So…enjoy this very first episode of “Have A Little Faith with Delilah."
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, my friend, Hello, Welcome, Welcome to
our very first edition of my brand new podcast, have
a Little Faith with Delilah.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
That's me, by the way. This is a space that
I have wanted to create for so long. I have
wanted to do this podcast for so long because I
have wanted to share in a much more transparent way
my faith with you, and I've wanted you to share
(00:38):
yours with me. I have wanted to have a place
that we can encourage each other, support each other, pray
with and for each other, and talk about God, to
talk about the great I am, the morning star living one.
(01:01):
I have wanted to have a place where I could
talk about that without without holding back, without being disciplined.
You know how many times I've lost jobs for saying
things on the air, like I'll pray for you. I
wanted to have a place I could spend some time
with you, having honest conversations. Some of the conversations I
(01:23):
have on my radio show have to be shortened, edited
because I'm not supposed to play calls more than three
minutes long, because you know, music, people want to hear
the music, not just conversations. But here on this podcast,
I get to talk for as long as I want,
(01:44):
and so do you, and we get to talk about
the great I am. This very first episode, we're going
to talk about God's perfect timing, God's perfect timing. See
how easily that rolls off my tongue. God's perfect timing.
It sounds like I believe that. It sounds like I
(02:04):
can almost convince myself that God's timing is perfect. But
I don't really believe that. If you know me, you
know that I'm always fighting trying to get him to
see that he needs to do things in my time,
even though I've proven over and over and over and
over again my way doesn't work his way does. Why
(02:26):
not just let him? Why not just surrender? I have
such a hard time surrendering. Anyone in my inner circle
can tell you that I struggle with patience because I'm
stubborn and I'm self sufficient and I'm enterprising and I'm
all those things. And when I put my mind to something,
(02:50):
I fire on all cylinders. I have ADHD that is
off the charts. When I am hyper focused, I am
hyper focused, and when I want to get things done,
I want to get him done. Trust me, I know
how to beat down a door literally and figuratively. When
I want to accomplish something, I have a very hard
(03:11):
time stepping back and saying okay, okay. Let me let
God's timing be the thing, not deliineless timing. Let me
tell you something about that. Don't do that, don't do
what I do. Don't be a hard headed, stubborn I
wanted my way now. Remember Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
(03:36):
When Veruka Sault says, I want it now, Daddy. That's
how I am with God. I want it now, Daddy,
and Daddy says no, absolutely not. Now is not the time.
I can absolutely tell you that when a door is
not opening for you, when things are not happening, when
(03:57):
it's not coming together, you should listen that. It is
quite literally God saying wait. Sometimes he says no, you
are not ever opening that door, but he might just
be saying wait. Now is not the perfect time. The
first conversation I'm going to share with you is from
(04:17):
a young woman named Bridget who is having less than
a stellar year. Let's hear from Bridget. We're going to
talk to her right now. Hi, good evening. You've called
the Delilah Show. Who is this. My name is Bridget,
So what can I do for you?
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I'm so excited to get through. It's been already a
hard year. I would just like to see if you
could find a song that kind of ties into God's
path Because we never know what's going to happen. Things
happen unexpectedly, and jobs change, incidents happen in life, and.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Hearts get broken. Life happens.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Yes, I started a job and I just recently was
let go, but they didn't give me really specific reasons.
So it's a little sad. But you know, I trust
in God's past for me and whatever he has plans,
So I know I just have to stay strong and
do my part here on earth and hope for the best.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Bridget, would you like me to tell you why you
got let go?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I can be your HR department right now and I
can tell you why you got let go. Are you
ready for this? I'm ready because God is protecting you
from something, and because you are the kind of person
that stays committed and sees things through. You would not
have removed yourself from that situation even if you weren't thrilled,
even if you weren't happy, even if you weren't being respected,
(05:48):
even if you weren't making what you deserve, because you
are a committed person and God knows that about you
and he wanted to protect you. So if a huge
boulder is coming roaring down a mountainside and you're busy
planting flowers on the side of the road, and God's
trying to move you out of the way, and you're like, no,
but I'm committed to planting these flowers, sometimes he has
(06:12):
to move your butt off the side of the road
and down the hill before the boulder hits you.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
That's right. Even in a moment of you know, crisis
or sadness or things that don't go your way, you
can just pick up and you keep going. It's God's path.
He's in control, and you just got to keep going.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
And it did go your way because you have the
faith to know that He is protecting you. To bless you.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Thank you, Delilah.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
I love you so much.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
I've been listening to you since I was twelve years old.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well, if you've been listening that long, then you should
know that I'm somebody who's been fired twelve times. And
every time God closed the door, he opened such a
much better situation for me.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
So when you get fired eleven more times, call me
back and we'll rejoice.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Sure will you have a.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Great night and be safe? Okay, sure will. Delilah, thank you.
That call from bridget resonated with me so much because
I know there are so many of you facing the
loss of jobs. It's not only hurtful, it can be
done right, terrifying, scary, especially if you are the breadwinner
(07:28):
in your family. I want to tell you, don't give up,
don't give up, let go of any anger you're holding
on to, and know that there are opportunities that may
be right in front of you. You just can't see
them right now. You are so blinded with fear or anger.
(07:48):
You're not seeing the path that God is laying out
for you. Look for the helpers, look for the people
that are coming alongside you to assist you, and have
little fay. Okay. Next, I want to share a call
from Kelly. Kelly's a young woman who feels very stuck
in this feeling very down. And we're going to listen
(08:08):
to Kelly right now. Hello to Delilah, Hi Kelly, welcome.
What can I do for you?
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Thank you so much, so I was. I'm just shocked.
I'm so glad to talk to you, of all the days.
You know, I don't know even know where to begin,
but you want the nutshell version.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
You just start at the beginning. How's that?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Oh well, I think i'd need my own show if
I started at the beginning. So but but I'll try
my best. I woke up today. I don't know, it's
just a weird day. I woke up and just with
this complete sense of dread and I don't know why.
And you know, I've just been doing a lot of
soul searching lately. I turned forty in March, and it
is such an honor and a privilege to be here.
(08:55):
But I just I don't know. I just I can't
seem to, you know, check all the boxes. And I've
struck out in the love department the last two times, one,
you know, consecutive after another, and it was just I
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don't know. I just I'm at a loss. And I
thought I would be somewhere so different at this point
in my life. I always said, oh man, i'd have
ten kids by now, and I don't. And it's really sad.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
I'm chuckling to myself, not because I'm laughing at you,
but I was crying on my fortieth birthday. Some friends
had a surprise party for me at a Chinese restaurant
and I couldn't stop crying. It was like I was
nowhere that I thought that I should be and someplace
I did not want to be, and I had all
(09:48):
these expectations of myself and I had failed all of them,
all of them. Like I'm worthless nothing, I'm worth nothing.
Am I even doing here?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
You know? I get that, I get that. I just
I feel like I'm just that revolving door kind of feeling.
And I was like, well, you know what's next. There's
got to be something exciting around the corner. And I'm
a good hearted person and I was raised right and
I trust in God's plan for me. I don't always
understand it, but I trust it, and I just I
(10:22):
just don't know. I can't wrap my head around it.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Well, you probably have an ipending feeling of doom because
crazy things are going on and we are in very
dark days and God is telling us in very uncertain terms,
time's up. You got to get right with me now,
like now, like you don't have any more time. Now
(10:47):
is the time that you need to be right with me.
So that's probably where the doom and gloom comes from.
But the rest of it, the expectations you've put on
yourself or society is put on you. Let him go,
Let him go. You are right where you're supposed to be,
doing exactly what you are supposed to do in this moment.
(11:09):
And God has great plans for you. And I can
say that with confidence because he doesn't lie. God cannot lie.
And he says, I know the plans that I have
for you, Kelly. I know the plans I have for you,
plans for a hope and a future.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
I was just about to hang up. I've been on
hold for a while, and I just I am so
so thankful I didn't.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
God can't lie if he lied even one time, even
one time, even one nano time, if he lied as
insignificantly as I do. When I you say, oh, sorry,
I'm running late because traffic's bad. No you're not. You're
running late because you spent too long in the shower. Delilah,
just be honest. But God doesn't lie, oh I know ever.
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And he says he loves you, and he has a
plan for you, and he knows your heart, and he
knows exactly what you need when you need it.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I was willing these relationships or circumstances to kind of
to happen, and nothing ever felt I knew, and I
knew it wasn't right deep down, but.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
But but you still, man, they were so cute and
he was so funny and just god, if you could
just see it my way, just this one time. Come on,
I know, I know there's a few red flags I see, well,
maybe more than a few.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Oh Delilah, I painted all those red flags green. I'll
be the first one who to admit it. But but but.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
See, I played with him. I'm like, hey, these are
for juggling. These these these aren't really red flags. They're
just they're lawn decorations, that's what they are.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Not alone in this, I know I'm not alone in this,
in in in these feelings. And and I just had
a flash in my mind of the online dating situation too.
I don't know if you've any callers calling about that lately,
But that's also just grueling and it's grim out there,
and I'm just you know what, though, but maybe it's
just meant to be me, And that's okay too, because.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
It's not you know how, I know that it's not
meant to be just you because people that are meant
to just be them, they don't have that longing desire
that you have that I had to connect heart to heart,
soul to soul with someone. They don't. They are completely
and I know people like that. They're completely self contained
(13:33):
and content and the thought of spending an ounce of
energy pursuing a romantic love is like, why would I
even do that. They're not saying it out of bitterness
or out of a lack of joy. They're saying it
because it's not even something that they would consider. Like
climbing Mount Everest. If you said to me, Hey, an
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all expense paid trip Delilah for you to climb out Everest,
I say, really, no thing, not interested. Never in a
million years would I desire to do that. But you
do desire to be one with someone. God wouldn't have
put that desire in your heart if he didn't plan
on fulfilling it.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Yeah, And I know my worth and God knows my
worth too, and so.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Wait for him to bring the one that will completely
fulfill that and respect you and know your worth and
adore you.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Oh Deliah, you'd just made my day. Thank you so
so so much.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
He knows the plans that he has for you, honey,
plans for a hope and a future, Plans to prosper you,
not to harm you.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
You know what. I believe you, and I believe him.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Say, God, make it easy, Just don't. I don't want
to go looking for that person. God, just bring him
to me. Please, just just bring him to me. And
let it be so obvious that this is your will,
all right.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
I've not prayed for it that way before, so you know,
so I will. You know that's a I'm going to
add that to my prayer list there. I don't have
a song or anything in mind, but if you have
a song that you think could go hand in hand
with this, and I feel free, and I hope somebody
else can get some hope out out of our call here,
(15:16):
And please please know just how much this means to me.
I'm so thankful, Kelly.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
If I were still as young as I was when
I was forty, thinking I was old, I would have
a lot more energy than I do at this stage
in life. But I remember thinking, oh I'm over the hill. No,
I was still a baby back then.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Oh no, well, you know, not for nothing. And you
know I am, I'm a cancer survivor, and I am.
That's why I say I always say I'm glad to
be here. It's so I'm so thankful to be here
because there was maybe a possibility that that wasn't going
to happen, and it all happened pretty fast and furious,
and I was twenty seven, and that feels like a
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lifetime ago. So I and I was actually living in
LA at that point in time, and my heart is
just breaking right now for everything that's going on out there.
And I pray for everyone's safety, humans and animals and
just and all the first responders. But yeah, I think
I lived. I started living a little differently after that.
(16:25):
So but unless you have an eligible in mind, you
can give them my information.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Oh no, no, no, no, no, that would not be a
good idea. But I will pray. I'm going to pray
that God makes it so obvious that he brings him
to you, and that there is something so glaringly obvious
a connection you two make that you cannot ignore it.
For me, when my husband and I started talking at
(16:55):
a gym and I was sweaty and covered in dog air.
We start to and a few weeks later we're having
the conversation, another conversation at the gym. No flirting, nothing
like that.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
We found out we have the same birthday.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Oh my god, what are the odds?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
What are the odds? And from there it just kind
of snowballed until it was so glaringly obvious. I could
not deny that God was at work.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
I am taking all of this and I'm running with it, Delilah. So, uh,
thank you, And I don't want to I don't want
to keep you. I know you have lots lots of
people calling in, but I swear I've all over body
chills right now. Just think just I can't even believe.
I was about to shut the car off too, and
I heard, you know, the lines are open, and I
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was like, you know what, I'll give it a try.
I've tried to call in before, I've never but I've
never been able to get through. But I got through tonight.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Well let's do this. Can I say a quick prayer
for you? Then you're gonna give me your contact info
so I can send you some tea. Absolutely yes, Father,
God Lord, I thank you for Kelly getting through on
the phone lines tonight. I thank you, Lord for whatever
you did and however you work that out. I thank
you God for her life. I thank you God for
curing her cancer. I thank you God that she's cancer free.
(18:10):
I thank you God for her passion for living. Father,
I thank you for her faith in you and her knowledge,
her knowing and the core of her being. That you
do have good plans for her. Father, She tells me
her heart's desire is to have a partner, somebody to love,
someone to cherish, somebody who will respect her and see
(18:31):
her for who she is. I pray, Father, God, that
you would bring that person into her life. Do not tarry, God,
don't terry. Bring the person into her life to build
a family with. Father. I pray that it would be
so glaringly obvious that your fingerprints would be all over it.
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I pray God that there would be no missteps, No
people with red flags and addictions or commitment phobias or issues.
Keep them far from her. Bring someone to her who
is honest and kind, faithful and true, who loves you,
Lord more than life. Somebody who is handsome, somebody who's
funny and charming, somebody who will bring joy every single
(19:16):
day of her life, somebody who will recognize her worth.
I ask this in your precious and holy name. Amen.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Men. Oh wow, I am oh, I am just I'm crying,
but like good tears, like I feel so relieved right now.
And really, the thing that's resonating the most is you
saying you got to get right with God. That's what
this is for. And you're right, You're absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
And you know how long that takes? That long? That long,
a snap of a finger, the blink of an eye,
is how long it takes for you to say, I
give everything to you. I give it all to you God,
everything is yours. I give it all, I surrender all.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
I am so, so so thankful to talk to you. And
just a little side note, I loved your episode of
Trissa's Southern Kitchen.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Wasn't that fun?
Speaker 4 (20:09):
It was so much fun. And she's one of my
biggest Like, she's one of my biggest idols, and you
are too, And I said, what, these two worlds are
colliding and it was so it was just so cool
and she's so cool. I'm a singer and a songwriter
and a musician and now I cook quite well because
of her show.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Well, she is a hot ticket. Let me tell you.
She is funny, funny, funny, funny, as real as a
heart attack. She doesn't take herself seriously. She is just
a fun person to be around.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
Well, I am just I am just so thrilled right now.
And thank you for turning this pretty kind of dreadful
day around for me.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
God bless you, Thank you for Collin Kelly. Have a
great night.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
God blessed. Thank you so so much, and thank you
for all the wonderful work you do.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
That conversation with Kelly touched my heart so much. Her vulnerability,
her honesty was palpable. It's very hard to be in
a place where you feel like you are stuck. The
waiting place I call that. God has had me in
the waiting place so many times. But I promise you
(21:19):
you are never stuck. God's timing can be hard to
wait on. When I say wait, I don't mean just
go sit down on the couch. You have to live
your life fully. You have to reach out to family
and friends, make new friends, use your gifts and your
talents to help others. The more you use yourself your
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love to help others, the sooner you're going to get
out of the waiting place. I promise you that the
point being putting yourself in healthy places is where you're
going to find what you're looking for, not rescuing others,
but using your gifts and your talents and your skills
to make this world a better place. I am so
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grateful that you join me today. If you have a
story to share, you need an ear, especially if you
need a prayer, call me this evening, any evening Monday
through Friday one eight eight, eight, six, three, three, five
four five two, and we will talk about it, and
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we will pray about it. Follow and subscribe right now
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to your podcast, and I'll be waiting for you until
next time. Remember to have a little faith, be love,
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, my friend, Hello, Welcome, Welcome to
our very first edition of my brand new podcast, have
a Little Faith with Delilah.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
That's me, by the way. This is a space that
I have wanted to create for so long. I have
wanted to do this podcast for so long because I
have wanted to share in a much more transparent way
my faith with you, and I've wanted you to share
(00:38):
yours with me. I have wanted to have a place
that we can encourage each other, support each other, pray
with and for each other, and talk about God, to
talk about the great I am, the morning star living one.
(01:01):
I have wanted to have a place where I could
talk about that without without holding back, without being disciplined.
You know how many times I've lost jobs for saying
things on the air, like I'll pray for you. I
wanted to have a place I could spend some time
with you, having honest conversations. Some of the conversations I
(01:23):
have on my radio show have to be shortened, edited
because I'm not supposed to play calls more than three
minutes long, because you know, music, people want to hear
the music, not just conversations. But here on this podcast,
I get to talk for as long as I want,
(01:44):
and so do you, and we get to talk about
the great I am. This very first episode, we're going
to talk about God's perfect timing, God's perfect timing. See
how easily that rolls off my tongue. God's perfect timing.
It sounds like I believe that. It sounds like I
(02:04):
can almost convince myself that God's timing is perfect. But
I don't really believe that. If you know me, you
know that I'm always fighting trying to get him to
see that he needs to do things in my time,
even though I've proven over and over and over and
over again my way doesn't work his way does. Why
(02:26):
not just let him? Why not just surrender? I have
such a hard time surrendering. Anyone in my inner circle
can tell you that I struggle with patience because I'm
stubborn and I'm self sufficient and I'm enterprising and I'm
all those things. And when I put my mind to something,
(02:50):
I fire on all cylinders. I have ADHD that is
off the charts. When I am hyper focused, I am
hyper focused, and when I want to get things done,
I want to get him done. Trust me, I know
how to beat down a door literally and figuratively. When
I want to accomplish something, I have a very hard
(03:11):
time stepping back and saying okay, okay. Let me let
God's timing be the thing, not deliineless timing. Let me
tell you something about that. Don't do that, don't do
what I do. Don't be a hard headed, stubborn I
wanted my way now. Remember Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
(03:36):
When Veruka Sault says, I want it now, Daddy. That's
how I am with God. I want it now, Daddy,
and Daddy says no, absolutely not. Now is not the time.
I can absolutely tell you that when a door is
not opening for you, when things are not happening, when
(03:57):
it's not coming together, you should listen that. It is
quite literally God saying wait. Sometimes he says no, you
are not ever opening that door, but he might just
be saying wait. Now is not the perfect time. The
first conversation I'm going to share with you is from
(04:17):
a young woman named Bridget who is having less than
a stellar year. Let's hear from Bridget. We're going to
talk to her right now. Hi, good evening. You've called
the Delilah Show. Who is this. My name is Bridget,
So what can I do for you?
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I'm so excited to get through. It's been already a
hard year. I would just like to see if you
could find a song that kind of ties into God's
path Because we never know what's going to happen. Things
happen unexpectedly, and jobs change, incidents happen in life, and.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Hearts get broken. Life happens.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Yes, I started a job and I just recently was
let go, but they didn't give me really specific reasons.
So it's a little sad. But you know, I trust
in God's past for me and whatever he has plans,
So I know I just have to stay strong and
do my part here on earth and hope for the best.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Bridget, would you like me to tell you why you
got let go?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I can be your HR department right now and I
can tell you why you got let go. Are you
ready for this? I'm ready because God is protecting you
from something, and because you are the kind of person
that stays committed and sees things through. You would not
have removed yourself from that situation even if you weren't thrilled,
even if you weren't happy, even if you weren't being respected,
(05:48):
even if you weren't making what you deserve, because you
are a committed person and God knows that about you
and he wanted to protect you. So if a huge
boulder is coming roaring down a mountainside and you're busy
planting flowers on the side of the road, and God's
trying to move you out of the way, and you're like, no,
but I'm committed to planting these flowers, sometimes he has
(06:12):
to move your butt off the side of the road
and down the hill before the boulder hits you.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
That's right. Even in a moment of you know, crisis
or sadness or things that don't go your way, you
can just pick up and you keep going. It's God's path.
He's in control, and you just got to keep going.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
And it did go your way because you have the
faith to know that He is protecting you. To bless you.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Thank you, Delilah.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
I love you so much.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
I've been listening to you since I was twelve years old.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well, if you've been listening that long, then you should
know that I'm somebody who's been fired twelve times. And
every time God closed the door, he opened such a
much better situation for me.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
So when you get fired eleven more times, call me
back and we'll rejoice.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Sure will you have a.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Great night and be safe? Okay, sure will. Delilah, thank you.
That call from bridget resonated with me so much because
I know there are so many of you facing the
loss of jobs. It's not only hurtful, it can be
done right, terrifying, scary, especially if you are the breadwinner
(07:28):
in your family. I want to tell you, don't give up,
don't give up, let go of any anger you're holding
on to, and know that there are opportunities that may
be right in front of you. You just can't see
them right now. You are so blinded with fear or anger.
(07:48):
You're not seeing the path that God is laying out
for you. Look for the helpers, look for the people
that are coming alongside you to assist you, and have
little fay. Okay. Next, I want to share a call
from Kelly. Kelly's a young woman who feels very stuck
in this feeling very down. And we're going to listen
(08:08):
to Kelly right now. Hello to Delilah, Hi Kelly, welcome.
What can I do for you?
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Thank you so much, so I was. I'm just shocked.
I'm so glad to talk to you, of all the days.
You know, I don't know even know where to begin,
but you want the nutshell version.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
You just start at the beginning. How's that?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Oh well, I think i'd need my own show if
I started at the beginning. So but but I'll try
my best. I woke up today. I don't know, it's
just a weird day. I woke up and just with
this complete sense of dread and I don't know why.
And you know, I've just been doing a lot of
soul searching lately. I turned forty in March, and it
is such an honor and a privilege to be here.
(08:55):
But I just I don't know. I just I can't
seem to, you know, check all the boxes. And I've
struck out in the love department the last two times, one,
you know, consecutive after another, and it was just I
(09:15):
don't know. I just I'm at a loss. And I
thought I would be somewhere so different at this point
in my life. I always said, oh man, i'd have
ten kids by now, and I don't. And it's really sad.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
I'm chuckling to myself, not because I'm laughing at you,
but I was crying on my fortieth birthday. Some friends
had a surprise party for me at a Chinese restaurant
and I couldn't stop crying. It was like I was
nowhere that I thought that I should be and someplace
I did not want to be, and I had all
(09:48):
these expectations of myself and I had failed all of them,
all of them. Like I'm worthless nothing, I'm worth nothing.
Am I even doing here?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
You know? I get that, I get that. I just
I feel like I'm just that revolving door kind of feeling.
And I was like, well, you know what's next. There's
got to be something exciting around the corner. And I'm
a good hearted person and I was raised right and
I trust in God's plan for me. I don't always
understand it, but I trust it, and I just I
(10:22):
just don't know. I can't wrap my head around it.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Well, you probably have an ipending feeling of doom because
crazy things are going on and we are in very
dark days and God is telling us in very uncertain terms,
time's up. You got to get right with me now,
like now, like you don't have any more time. Now
(10:47):
is the time that you need to be right with me.
So that's probably where the doom and gloom comes from.
But the rest of it, the expectations you've put on
yourself or society is put on you. Let him go,
Let him go. You are right where you're supposed to be,
doing exactly what you are supposed to do in this moment.
(11:09):
And God has great plans for you. And I can
say that with confidence because he doesn't lie. God cannot lie.
And he says, I know the plans that I have
for you, Kelly. I know the plans I have for you,
plans for a hope and a future.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
I was just about to hang up. I've been on
hold for a while, and I just I am so
so thankful I didn't.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
God can't lie if he lied even one time, even
one time, even one nano time, if he lied as
insignificantly as I do. When I you say, oh, sorry,
I'm running late because traffic's bad. No you're not. You're
running late because you spent too long in the shower. Delilah,
just be honest. But God doesn't lie, oh I know ever.
(11:57):
And he says he loves you, and he has a
plan for you, and he knows your heart, and he
knows exactly what you need when you need it.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I was willing these relationships or circumstances to kind of
to happen, and nothing ever felt I knew, and I
knew it wasn't right deep down, but.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
But but you still, man, they were so cute and
he was so funny and just god, if you could
just see it my way, just this one time. Come on,
I know, I know there's a few red flags I see, well,
maybe more than a few.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Oh Delilah, I painted all those red flags green. I'll
be the first one who to admit it. But but but.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
See, I played with him. I'm like, hey, these are
for juggling. These these these aren't really red flags. They're
just they're lawn decorations, that's what they are.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Not alone in this, I know I'm not alone in this,
in in in these feelings. And and I just had
a flash in my mind of the online dating situation too.
I don't know if you've any callers calling about that lately,
But that's also just grueling and it's grim out there,
and I'm just you know what, though, but maybe it's
just meant to be me, And that's okay too, because.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
It's not you know how, I know that it's not
meant to be just you because people that are meant
to just be them, they don't have that longing desire
that you have that I had to connect heart to heart,
soul to soul with someone. They don't. They are completely
and I know people like that. They're completely self contained
(13:33):
and content and the thought of spending an ounce of
energy pursuing a romantic love is like, why would I
even do that. They're not saying it out of bitterness
or out of a lack of joy. They're saying it
because it's not even something that they would consider. Like
climbing Mount Everest. If you said to me, Hey, an
(13:55):
all expense paid trip Delilah for you to climb out Everest,
I say, really, no thing, not interested. Never in a
million years would I desire to do that. But you
do desire to be one with someone. God wouldn't have
put that desire in your heart if he didn't plan
on fulfilling it.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Yeah, And I know my worth and God knows my
worth too, and so.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Wait for him to bring the one that will completely
fulfill that and respect you and know your worth and
adore you.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Oh Deliah, you'd just made my day. Thank you so
so so much.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
He knows the plans that he has for you, honey,
plans for a hope and a future, Plans to prosper you,
not to harm you.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
You know what. I believe you, and I believe him.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Say, God, make it easy, Just don't. I don't want
to go looking for that person. God, just bring him
to me. Please, just just bring him to me. And
let it be so obvious that this is your will,
all right.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
I've not prayed for it that way before, so you know,
so I will. You know that's a I'm going to
add that to my prayer list there. I don't have
a song or anything in mind, but if you have
a song that you think could go hand in hand
with this, and I feel free, and I hope somebody
else can get some hope out out of our call here,
(15:16):
And please please know just how much this means to me.
I'm so thankful, Kelly.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
If I were still as young as I was when
I was forty, thinking I was old, I would have
a lot more energy than I do at this stage
in life. But I remember thinking, oh I'm over the hill. No,
I was still a baby back then.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Oh no, well, you know, not for nothing. And you
know I am, I'm a cancer survivor, and I am.
That's why I say I always say I'm glad to
be here. It's so I'm so thankful to be here
because there was maybe a possibility that that wasn't going
to happen, and it all happened pretty fast and furious,
and I was twenty seven, and that feels like a
(16:05):
lifetime ago. So I and I was actually living in
LA at that point in time, and my heart is
just breaking right now for everything that's going on out there.
And I pray for everyone's safety, humans and animals and
just and all the first responders. But yeah, I think
I lived. I started living a little differently after that.
(16:25):
So but unless you have an eligible in mind, you
can give them my information.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Oh no, no, no, no, no, that would not be a
good idea. But I will pray. I'm going to pray
that God makes it so obvious that he brings him
to you, and that there is something so glaringly obvious
a connection you two make that you cannot ignore it.
For me, when my husband and I started talking at
(16:55):
a gym and I was sweaty and covered in dog air.
We start to and a few weeks later we're having
the conversation, another conversation at the gym. No flirting, nothing
like that.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
We found out we have the same birthday.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Oh my god, what are the odds?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
What are the odds? And from there it just kind
of snowballed until it was so glaringly obvious. I could
not deny that God was at work.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
I am taking all of this and I'm running with it, Delilah. So, uh,
thank you, And I don't want to I don't want
to keep you. I know you have lots lots of
people calling in, but I swear I've all over body
chills right now. Just think just I can't even believe.
I was about to shut the car off too, and
I heard, you know, the lines are open, and I
(17:42):
was like, you know what, I'll give it a try.
I've tried to call in before, I've never but I've
never been able to get through. But I got through tonight.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Well let's do this. Can I say a quick prayer
for you? Then you're gonna give me your contact info
so I can send you some tea. Absolutely yes, Father,
God Lord, I thank you for Kelly getting through on
the phone lines tonight. I thank you, Lord for whatever
you did and however you work that out. I thank
you God for her life. I thank you God for
curing her cancer. I thank you God that she's cancer free.
(18:10):
I thank you God for her passion for living. Father,
I thank you for her faith in you and her knowledge,
her knowing and the core of her being. That you
do have good plans for her. Father, She tells me
her heart's desire is to have a partner, somebody to love,
someone to cherish, somebody who will respect her and see
(18:31):
her for who she is. I pray, Father, God, that
you would bring that person into her life. Do not tarry, God,
don't terry. Bring the person into her life to build
a family with. Father. I pray that it would be
so glaringly obvious that your fingerprints would be all over it.
(18:52):
I pray God that there would be no missteps, No
people with red flags and addictions or commitment phobias or issues.
Keep them far from her. Bring someone to her who
is honest and kind, faithful and true, who loves you,
Lord more than life. Somebody who is handsome, somebody who's
funny and charming, somebody who will bring joy every single
(19:16):
day of her life, somebody who will recognize her worth.
I ask this in your precious and holy name. Amen.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Men. Oh wow, I am oh, I am just I'm crying,
but like good tears, like I feel so relieved right now.
And really, the thing that's resonating the most is you
saying you got to get right with God. That's what
this is for. And you're right, You're absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
And you know how long that takes? That long? That long,
a snap of a finger, the blink of an eye,
is how long it takes for you to say, I
give everything to you. I give it all to you God,
everything is yours. I give it all, I surrender all.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
I am so, so so thankful to talk to you. And
just a little side note, I loved your episode of
Trissa's Southern Kitchen.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Wasn't that fun?
Speaker 4 (20:09):
It was so much fun. And she's one of my
biggest Like, she's one of my biggest idols, and you
are too, And I said, what, these two worlds are
colliding and it was so it was just so cool
and she's so cool. I'm a singer and a songwriter
and a musician and now I cook quite well because
of her show.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Well, she is a hot ticket. Let me tell you.
She is funny, funny, funny, funny, as real as a
heart attack. She doesn't take herself seriously. She is just
a fun person to be around.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
Well, I am just I am just so thrilled right now.
And thank you for turning this pretty kind of dreadful
day around for me.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
God bless you, Thank you for Collin Kelly. Have a
great night.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
God blessed. Thank you so so much, and thank you
for all the wonderful work you do.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
That conversation with Kelly touched my heart so much. Her vulnerability,
her honesty was palpable. It's very hard to be in
a place where you feel like you are stuck. The
waiting place I call that. God has had me in
the waiting place so many times. But I promise you
(21:19):
you are never stuck. God's timing can be hard to
wait on. When I say wait, I don't mean just
go sit down on the couch. You have to live
your life fully. You have to reach out to family
and friends, make new friends, use your gifts and your
talents to help others. The more you use yourself your
(21:42):
love to help others, the sooner you're going to get
out of the waiting place. I promise you that the
point being putting yourself in healthy places is where you're
going to find what you're looking for, not rescuing others,
but using your gifts and your talents and your skills
to make this world a better place. I am so
(22:05):
grateful that you join me today. If you have a
story to share, you need an ear, especially if you
need a prayer, call me this evening, any evening Monday
through Friday one eight eight, eight, six, three, three, five
four five two, and we will talk about it, and
(22:27):
we will pray about it. Follow and subscribe right now
on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you listen
to your podcast, and I'll be waiting for you until
next time. Remember to have a little faith, be love,
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