October 22, 2025 • 23 mins
There are many ways that we end up staying stuck, mostly trying to re-create what will never be again. The inability to get back to a time or a place when things felt comfortable is a fool’s errand and it never ends well.
Being stuck in the past is heartbreaking. Instead we can try to accept what is and move forward with God. It is never too late to look inside and try to move forward. I hope you enjoy this podcast.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, my friend. Welcome, Welcome to have a little faith
with Delilah. I especially want to welcome all of our
new friends who found us, especially if you are an
old friend who saw me on TikTok or on Instagram,
heard me talking about my podcast and came and found me.
(00:24):
Thank you. Today we are going to be talking about
the fact that it is never too late, never too
late to move forward. A lot of folks are living
in the past. They're living in yester year and expecting
things to change to be what they wanted to be.
(00:46):
They can't move forward because the present and the future
are so overwhelming, and so their heart runs back to
yesteryear and tries to cling to something that no no longer.
Is living in the past, expecting things to be the
way you want a waste of time. We all go
(01:08):
through things that are difficult, A lot of it brought
on by our own bad decisions, At least for me.
A lot of the difficulties I have faced in life
not all somewhere visited upon me that I didn't choose,
But a lot of problems, difficulties, rough times are because
(01:29):
I made really bad choices. Today, I want to make
it clear to you it is never too late to
do an honest inventory, take an honest look at yourself,
and then turn things around. In order to do that,
we need to let go of the past. When I
(01:52):
said that, I don't mean let go of your sweet memories,
let go of the wisdom you've learned through your experiences.
That's not what I'm saying. What you do have to
drop the attachment to things that used to be. Some
of us are so attached to the past. We hang around,
(02:12):
We drag around, I should say, we drag around emotional
baggage that is killing us. Emotional baggage like a backpack
filled with rocks, like a suitcase filled with stench, with garbage,
and we drag it around. We drag it with us,
and we're not free. We're not free to be who
(02:33):
we're meant to be. We're not free to run and
jump and explore because we're dragging around all this emotional baggage.
The first story I'm going to share with you in
today's podcast is from a listener named Christian. He might
be one of the sweetest young men I've ever had
a chance to talk to. Christian recently had his heart
(02:56):
broken and he is having a very hard time moving forward.
He is clinging to the memories of the past. Let's
talk to Christian right now. Hello, good evening. You've called
the Delilah Show. Who is this?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Oh my god? This is actually Delilah.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
I am Who are you?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Oh my god?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I'm Christian. I'm a first time calling, a long time listener.
I've been listening to you if I was five.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Well, welcome aboard, Christian, Thank you for calling. How old
are you?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I'm twenty years old.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
So are you in college? Are you in the workforce?
What are you doing?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I'm in college and the workforce.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
You're doing both, so you're you're burning the candle at
both ends.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
No, Well, I'm glad I get to be a part
of that routine. What can I do for you tonight.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
It's a long story. I got my heartbroken about a
year ago and it was the love of my life,
and to this day, I still love for even though
I don't talk to her and I missed her deeply
and I would want to call her and I have
her phone number, but I tell myself not to you,
And it's just it's hard to move on like date
other people. Every time I just want to get back
(04:14):
in a relationship. I just think about her and how
she made me feel, and if I ever feel that
way again, you.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Will never feel that way again. Let me just say
that because she was your first true love and you
gave her a part of yourself that you cannot give
to someone else. It's a once in a lifetime thing.
So don't try to duplicate those feelings or don't think
that you have to feel that way again. Okay, give
(04:42):
yourself permission and just say, you know what, God, that
was a gift. It was a once in a lifetime experience.
But you will love again. You can love again, and
you can love again entirely and completely, but it won't
be the same. But that's okay. You can love again,
(05:03):
and you will love again. You're young. You will love again,
but don't think that it's going to be like your
first true love, because it won't be.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Thank you, Delilah. I very much appreciate it, and you
don't even know how excited I am. You have finally
talked to you after fifteen years of confidence.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Well, I predict that the next time you make it through,
you're going to make it through. Telling me, Delilah, do
you remember when we had that conversation and I didn't
think I would ever love again. Guess what, and you
are going to tell me about somebody that won your
heart and adores you completely.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Oh my god, thank you, Delilah. I love you so much.
You're incredible, and I listen to you every day and
I'm going to listen to you for the rest of
my life.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
God bless you, BOBBYE Honey. Up next, we have Denise.
She is dealing with a son that is refusing to
have contact with her. This is a thing, now, this
is a huge thing. Now it's become a trend. I
kid you not whar adult children are saying. I don't
(06:14):
want to talk to you. I don't want to see you,
I don't want to know you. I am excluding you
from my life. You are toxic. And a lot of
times parents are toxic. There are parents who did heinous
things to their children. I know that it's going on
right now. I have adopted twelve children. None of them
(06:35):
were healthy, happy little babies that were placed for adoption
by a teenage mama. They were all available because of
abuse and neglect. There are some people who should never
have been parents. I get so many notes and messages
(06:57):
from young adults who say you are the only kind
voice I heard in my house because their parents were
so abusive. But most of us as parents did the
best we could. Did we screw up, yes we did.
Did we make horrific mistakes, yes we did, but we
(07:18):
didn't do it out of cruelty, at least I didn't.
We made mistakes because we're human and we make mistakes.
So if you are one of those young adults who
are saying no contact, I don't want to know you. Mom,
My kids are not going to come over and be
with you because I don't want you to do to
them what you did to me. If what was done
(07:40):
to you was purposeful, I am sorry, and yes, please
protect your children and protect yourself. But if your parents
screwed up because they're human and they were not purposing
in their heart to abuse you, maybe maybe show a
little bit race. Hi, Denise, what can I do for
(08:04):
you tonight?
Speaker 4 (08:05):
I have been listening to you for probably over thirty
five years. I first want to tell you your heart
is just really gold, So I wanted to first thank
you for that. So my husband and I have been
married fifty years. The problem I'm having right now is
with my oldest son and his wife, and I don't
(08:27):
know how we got to this point, but it's really
very sad because we're not speaking. I just want you
to pick a song for me. My kids, all of
them know how much I care about them, no matter
how old they get in Life is so short, and
it's such a stupid situation.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
So wait a second. If you've been married fifty years,
your son is not a kid, he's a middle aged man.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
It will be fifty in December.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
And why are they choosing not to have a relationship
with mom and dad.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
I really don't know what I did or we did
the cause it because they won't talk to us.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I will never understand. I understand setting healthy boundaries. I
understand saying hey we don't see eye to eye politically
or spiritually, or hey we have different parenting styles and
so let's not talk about that topic that drives me nuts,
(09:32):
or let's just agree to disagree. But at this stage
in life, when life is so precious, I think one
of the greatest betrayals in the world is when somebody
doesn't even give you an opportunity to say I was wrong,
I'm sorry. If you don't even know what the problem.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Is, right. Thank you for saying that, it's just it's
too late for me with them too.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
It's never too late, never too late. God can do miracles,
I know, and that's who I keep counting on. Here's
the thing, Denise, you are living in the past, trying
to fix something on your own. You are trying to
force a relationship that you can't fix. Your son is
choosing to not have contact. You cannot change that. Perhaps
(10:24):
God can fix it, But you, my friend, have to
move forward, have to rejoice in the love and the
relationships you do have in your life, and you have
to pray. The Lord can fix anything. He can do miracles,
you really can. But you have to let him. You
have to give him control. And you have to realize
(10:48):
that no amount of longing on your part is going
to bring your son and his family back into your arms.
The only thing that will as a miracle from God,
and that's where you should be putting your focus. It
is never too late to heal hearts.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Thank you so much, Delilah. I so much appreciate you.
God bless you and you will always be in my prayers.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Thank you. The next story I want to share is
from Ethan. Ethan is ready to move forward with a
relationship he's wanted for a long time. The good news
is that he is doing this with the Lord. Here
is Ethan's story. Ethan, Welcome to the Delilah Show. What
can I do for you next?
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Fillile?
Speaker 6 (11:38):
I just wanted to call. There is a woman who
just came back into my life after about fifteen years,
and I just wanted to call and let her know
that I think she's awesome. I think she's an amazing mom,
aniven woman, and I've just really enjoyed talking to her
(12:00):
again after so long.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
So you're you're catching the fields and those little conversations
going on. There's a little flirting.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
You know.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
I had a huge crust on her back in school,
and you know, we were friends, and I was always
too shy to tell her. And we get out of
high school and she kind of does her thing and
I do mine, and through a series of events we
the were to rekindled. I guess how.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Long has it been since this rekindling started? How long
have we been talking?
Speaker 6 (12:32):
Oh gosh, it's just been a few weeks. But it's
been awesome.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Delilah, And have you met face to face yet or
is this all on face time and telephone?
Speaker 6 (12:43):
We met one and then another time, and this is
church where I thought, all right, Lord, if you want
this to work out, I want to work on it's
not I don't, and I'll enjoy at the grocery store,
which was kind of hilarious.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
And what's her name, Ethan? Her name is Morgan, and
Morgan is not involved with anyone. She's free, She's able
to connect, and so are you.
Speaker 6 (13:04):
She's free and I'm free, And you know, I'm just
kind of hanging out of here.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Luck.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
You know, you just tell me, all right, well, keep
me updated, keep me abreast of the situation. I want
to know if it's a yes, if it's a no,
if it's you know, I heard somebody say one time
that some people come into your life and they're like
a limb on the tree of your life. They're there forever.
(13:31):
Some people are just a leaf and they fall off
when the season passes. I'm like, oh, that's good.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Well, let's see. I'm hoping this forever. But you know what,
whatever God's will is, that's all we want.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Well I will play a song for you too, and
I will wish you luck and I will wait to
hear from you.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Thank you, mister Lallah.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Next up in this podcast, we have Jeremy Jeremy who
is literally cruising forward with the help of some very
supportive friends. Hi, Jeremy, how are you tonight?
Speaker 5 (14:05):
I'm wonderful if I'm listening to your show and inspired
all the time.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Thank you. Thank you.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
A reason I'm calling as I've got five wonderful friends
and they've been friends of mine for a long time.
One of them I've even been friends for twenty seven
years and he's been a friend to me even when
I went through a tough marriage of her taking the
money and they finally convintion it. I need to get
rid of her because she was not good for me
(14:32):
and I just have a kand of friends. They're so amazing.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Get rid of her, or divorce her, divorced her. Sorry Gus,
when you say get rid of her, I'm like, what
a minute, what are we talking about here? Okay, So
you went through a divorce and your friends have been
there for you, and what can I do for these
five friends?
Speaker 5 (14:54):
I just want to say how amazing all of my
friends have been and how thankful I am that God
bought everyone into my life. I've got such an amazing
faith and such an amazing God that takes care of
me all the time.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Amen, When your friends saw that you were struggling, when
your friends saw that you were being taken advantage of,
they shared their observations honestly enough that you could see it.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
I put up with it brover twelve years. They said
that I didn't need to get out of it, and
that God would have forgive me because of the way
she's been treating him everything.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Isn't that so hard, though, when when you believe like
I believe, and you believe that the divorce is not
an option, and we try so hard to make it
work until we hit that wall. For you, it was
feeling like you couldn't continue living. For me, it was
(15:54):
feeling like I couldn't take it, and a lot of
people and the church turned against me. When I went
through a divorce.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
I had to a church I was going to, even
though they they went through all the steps of getting
her removed from a church. They even said that because divorce,
I was not allowed at that church anymore.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Yeah, that's crazy. I'm glad that you've got people that
are in your corner. And love you enough to say,
I see this as killing you. You've got to You've
got to find a way out of this.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Right. And I've been divorced a year now and I
went so then, so much more happier than I was
when I was married.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And what does your heart say?
Speaker 5 (16:37):
I know that I'm so much more happier. I'm getting
ready to go on a cruise with four of us,
all going on the cruise here in about twelve days.
It's so amazing.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Well, be safe, have fun, be blessed, and I'm glad
your heart is healing.
Speaker 5 (16:51):
Thank you, it was really good speaking with you.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
You have a great night. The last call I want
to share with you today is from Christina. It took
her a while, but she's moving forward in love, and
I do mean in love. The best part of the
story is that her Italian daddy approves. She's got the
seal of approval from Daddy. I'm going to share Christina's
(17:19):
happy story right now.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Hi there, Delila, my name is Christina.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Hi Christina, welcome. What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Well, I have been listening to your show for many,
many years, since I was growing up. In your words,
I've always just held true to my heart spiritually and
guided me through a lot of things growing up. But
about a year ago I ended a relationship which yesterday
(17:47):
would have been for eleven years. And I recently found
love in the most unexpected time. And I'm so frid
but grateful for him, and I words cannot just express
how happy I am.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
So you were in a situation that you kept thinking, well,
if I do this, it'll get better. If I say this,
it'll get better. If I tried this, maybe it'll get better.
And it never got better.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
It never got better. After ten years, I said, you
know what, it's time for me. And I did not
know that me at that point anymore for so long?
Speaker 1 (18:24):
And is it just you or were there children in
this too?
Speaker 3 (18:28):
It was just me. I lost that chance to have
a family. Unfortunately, by the grace of God, I found
someone knew in my life who is accepted accepting that
and making me feel like I'm so worthy, which is
of blessings in itself.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
Well, I don't even know you, and I can tell
you're an awesome person.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
And if your heart's desire is to build a family,
you know there's a lot of ways to do that right.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Is and he and the person who I who has
gracefully landed into my lap somehow, has also mentioned that
as well. And he just he's awesome.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
You say you didn't mean to find love, like, how
did he come weltzing into your life?
Speaker 3 (19:17):
After my last relationship ended, of course, my girlfriends convinced
me to go online and try the not so you know,
normal route of meeting people. But nowadays, because of work
and life and all.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
That's that's the only route. Nowadays. I don't know anybody
who meets anybody in real life. It's all online.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah, that's true, because I don't want to meet anyone
at a bar because you know, I don't. It's just
not my scene. But so I did meet him online.
His name's Dominic, and he he has just been amazing
and he's just turned my world upside down, just showing
me hope, love, faith and just a future.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
And have have your best friends met Dominic? Because I
tell women now, if you've been in an unhealthy relationship,
chances are you may repeat that pattern. So have your
best friends vet him before you're all in. Have your
best friends met him and given the stamp of approval.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
My family has met him and given their stamp of approval.
So the next step is my best friends.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
All right, so once once he's best friend approved, once
they say yes, yes, we don't see any red flags,
then then you know he's Delilah worthy. Well he's Delilah
worthy now because he made you smile. So I'm going
to go ahead and play a song for you. But
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you know, the best friends have got to give the
stamp of approval the thumbs up.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
My Italian father gave a stamp of approval, so that
was my biggest fear.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
And now did Italian dad like the last one or
did he see right through his nonsense?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
He saw right through, and I, of course that's his
daughter keeps like whatever you like, sweetheart.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Whatever you like, but I really don't care for him.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
Correct, But he really does enjoy this guy. And he
sees a smile in my face, he hears it in
my voice, and that's what really matters to me.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
I will play a great song for you. Thank you
for calling, Thank you Delilah. And closing, there are many
ways that we end up staying stuck, mostly trying to
recreate what will never be again. The inability to get
back to a time when things felt right is something
(21:51):
we all go through. We gotta try instead to accept
what is and move forward with God. The secret is
asking where is the blessing in this? When I am
looking back on yesteryear, when I am longing for yesterday.
(22:11):
And trust me, when you lose children, you spend a
lot of time longing for yesterday. But when I stop
and say, where is the blessing in this? And what now,
God would you have me to do? What now, God
would you have me to do? I cannot go backwards.
(22:31):
I cannot bring my boys back. I cannot go backwards
and fix mistakes I made and marriages that ended in divorce.
I can't. I wish I could, I can't. What now,
Lord would you have me to do? When I ask
that question, and when I look for the blessings that
exist in my life, I can move forward with anticipation.
(22:57):
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to share, if you need a prayer, if you have
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(23:19):
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Hello, my friend. Welcome, Welcome to have a little faith
with Delilah. I especially want to welcome all of our
new friends who found us, especially if you are an
old friend who saw me on TikTok or on Instagram,
heard me talking about my podcast and came and found me.
(00:24):
Thank you. Today we are going to be talking about
the fact that it is never too late, never too
late to move forward. A lot of folks are living
in the past. They're living in yester year and expecting
things to change to be what they wanted to be.
(00:46):
They can't move forward because the present and the future
are so overwhelming, and so their heart runs back to
yesteryear and tries to cling to something that no no longer.
Is living in the past, expecting things to be the
way you want a waste of time. We all go
(01:08):
through things that are difficult, A lot of it brought
on by our own bad decisions, At least for me.
A lot of the difficulties I have faced in life
not all somewhere visited upon me that I didn't choose,
But a lot of problems, difficulties, rough times are because
(01:29):
I made really bad choices. Today, I want to make
it clear to you it is never too late to
do an honest inventory, take an honest look at yourself,
and then turn things around. In order to do that,
we need to let go of the past. When I
(01:52):
said that, I don't mean let go of your sweet memories,
let go of the wisdom you've learned through your experiences.
That's not what I'm saying. What you do have to
drop the attachment to things that used to be. Some
of us are so attached to the past. We hang around,
(02:12):
We drag around, I should say, we drag around emotional
baggage that is killing us. Emotional baggage like a backpack
filled with rocks, like a suitcase filled with stench, with garbage,
and we drag it around. We drag it with us,
and we're not free. We're not free to be who
(02:33):
we're meant to be. We're not free to run and
jump and explore because we're dragging around all this emotional baggage.
The first story I'm going to share with you in
today's podcast is from a listener named Christian. He might
be one of the sweetest young men I've ever had
a chance to talk to. Christian recently had his heart
(02:56):
broken and he is having a very hard time moving forward.
He is clinging to the memories of the past. Let's
talk to Christian right now. Hello, good evening. You've called
the Delilah Show. Who is this?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Oh my god? This is actually Delilah.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
I am Who are you?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Oh my god?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I'm Christian. I'm a first time calling, a long time listener.
I've been listening to you if I was five.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Well, welcome aboard, Christian, Thank you for calling. How old
are you?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I'm twenty years old.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
So are you in college? Are you in the workforce?
What are you doing?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I'm in college and the workforce.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
You're doing both, so you're you're burning the candle at
both ends.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
No, Well, I'm glad I get to be a part
of that routine. What can I do for you tonight.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
It's a long story. I got my heartbroken about a
year ago and it was the love of my life,
and to this day, I still love for even though
I don't talk to her and I missed her deeply
and I would want to call her and I have
her phone number, but I tell myself not to you,
And it's just it's hard to move on like date
other people. Every time I just want to get back
(04:14):
in a relationship. I just think about her and how
she made me feel, and if I ever feel that
way again, you.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Will never feel that way again. Let me just say
that because she was your first true love and you
gave her a part of yourself that you cannot give
to someone else. It's a once in a lifetime thing.
So don't try to duplicate those feelings or don't think
that you have to feel that way again. Okay, give
(04:42):
yourself permission and just say, you know what, God, that
was a gift. It was a once in a lifetime experience.
But you will love again. You can love again, and
you can love again entirely and completely, but it won't
be the same. But that's okay. You can love again,
(05:03):
and you will love again. You're young. You will love again,
but don't think that it's going to be like your
first true love, because it won't be.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Thank you, Delilah. I very much appreciate it, and you
don't even know how excited I am. You have finally
talked to you after fifteen years of confidence.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Well, I predict that the next time you make it through,
you're going to make it through. Telling me, Delilah, do
you remember when we had that conversation and I didn't
think I would ever love again. Guess what, and you
are going to tell me about somebody that won your
heart and adores you completely.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Oh my god, thank you, Delilah. I love you so much.
You're incredible, and I listen to you every day and
I'm going to listen to you for the rest of
my life.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
God bless you, BOBBYE Honey. Up next, we have Denise.
She is dealing with a son that is refusing to
have contact with her. This is a thing, now, this
is a huge thing. Now it's become a trend. I
kid you not whar adult children are saying. I don't
(06:14):
want to talk to you. I don't want to see you,
I don't want to know you. I am excluding you
from my life. You are toxic. And a lot of
times parents are toxic. There are parents who did heinous
things to their children. I know that it's going on
right now. I have adopted twelve children. None of them
(06:35):
were healthy, happy little babies that were placed for adoption
by a teenage mama. They were all available because of
abuse and neglect. There are some people who should never
have been parents. I get so many notes and messages
(06:57):
from young adults who say you are the only kind
voice I heard in my house because their parents were
so abusive. But most of us as parents did the
best we could. Did we screw up, yes we did.
Did we make horrific mistakes, yes we did, but we
(07:18):
didn't do it out of cruelty, at least I didn't.
We made mistakes because we're human and we make mistakes.
So if you are one of those young adults who
are saying no contact, I don't want to know you. Mom,
My kids are not going to come over and be
with you because I don't want you to do to
them what you did to me. If what was done
(07:40):
to you was purposeful, I am sorry, and yes, please
protect your children and protect yourself. But if your parents
screwed up because they're human and they were not purposing
in their heart to abuse you, maybe maybe show a
little bit race. Hi, Denise, what can I do for
(08:04):
you tonight?
Speaker 4 (08:05):
I have been listening to you for probably over thirty
five years. I first want to tell you your heart
is just really gold, So I wanted to first thank
you for that. So my husband and I have been
married fifty years. The problem I'm having right now is
with my oldest son and his wife, and I don't
(08:27):
know how we got to this point, but it's really
very sad because we're not speaking. I just want you
to pick a song for me. My kids, all of
them know how much I care about them, no matter
how old they get in Life is so short, and
it's such a stupid situation.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
So wait a second. If you've been married fifty years,
your son is not a kid, he's a middle aged man.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
It will be fifty in December.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
And why are they choosing not to have a relationship
with mom and dad.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
I really don't know what I did or we did
the cause it because they won't talk to us.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I will never understand. I understand setting healthy boundaries. I
understand saying hey we don't see eye to eye politically
or spiritually, or hey we have different parenting styles and
so let's not talk about that topic that drives me nuts,
(09:32):
or let's just agree to disagree. But at this stage
in life, when life is so precious, I think one
of the greatest betrayals in the world is when somebody
doesn't even give you an opportunity to say I was wrong,
I'm sorry. If you don't even know what the problem.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Is, right. Thank you for saying that, it's just it's
too late for me with them too.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
It's never too late, never too late. God can do miracles,
I know, and that's who I keep counting on. Here's
the thing, Denise, you are living in the past, trying
to fix something on your own. You are trying to
force a relationship that you can't fix. Your son is
choosing to not have contact. You cannot change that. Perhaps
(10:24):
God can fix it, But you, my friend, have to
move forward, have to rejoice in the love and the
relationships you do have in your life, and you have
to pray. The Lord can fix anything. He can do miracles,
you really can. But you have to let him. You
have to give him control. And you have to realize
(10:48):
that no amount of longing on your part is going
to bring your son and his family back into your arms.
The only thing that will as a miracle from God,
and that's where you should be putting your focus. It
is never too late to heal hearts.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Thank you so much, Delilah. I so much appreciate you.
God bless you and you will always be in my prayers.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Thank you. The next story I want to share is
from Ethan. Ethan is ready to move forward with a
relationship he's wanted for a long time. The good news
is that he is doing this with the Lord. Here
is Ethan's story. Ethan, Welcome to the Delilah Show. What
can I do for you next?
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Fillile?
Speaker 6 (11:38):
I just wanted to call. There is a woman who
just came back into my life after about fifteen years,
and I just wanted to call and let her know
that I think she's awesome. I think she's an amazing mom,
aniven woman, and I've just really enjoyed talking to her
(12:00):
again after so long.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
So you're you're catching the fields and those little conversations
going on. There's a little flirting.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
You know.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
I had a huge crust on her back in school,
and you know, we were friends, and I was always
too shy to tell her. And we get out of
high school and she kind of does her thing and
I do mine, and through a series of events we
the were to rekindled. I guess how.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Long has it been since this rekindling started? How long
have we been talking?
Speaker 6 (12:32):
Oh gosh, it's just been a few weeks. But it's
been awesome.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Delilah, And have you met face to face yet or
is this all on face time and telephone?
Speaker 6 (12:43):
We met one and then another time, and this is
church where I thought, all right, Lord, if you want
this to work out, I want to work on it's
not I don't, and I'll enjoy at the grocery store,
which was kind of hilarious.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
And what's her name, Ethan? Her name is Morgan, and
Morgan is not involved with anyone. She's free, She's able
to connect, and so are you.
Speaker 6 (13:04):
She's free and I'm free, And you know, I'm just
kind of hanging out of here.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Luck.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
You know, you just tell me, all right, well, keep
me updated, keep me abreast of the situation. I want
to know if it's a yes, if it's a no,
if it's you know, I heard somebody say one time
that some people come into your life and they're like
a limb on the tree of your life. They're there forever.
(13:31):
Some people are just a leaf and they fall off
when the season passes. I'm like, oh, that's good.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Well, let's see. I'm hoping this forever. But you know what,
whatever God's will is, that's all we want.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Well I will play a song for you too, and
I will wish you luck and I will wait to
hear from you.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Thank you, mister Lallah.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Next up in this podcast, we have Jeremy Jeremy who
is literally cruising forward with the help of some very
supportive friends. Hi, Jeremy, how are you tonight?
Speaker 5 (14:05):
I'm wonderful if I'm listening to your show and inspired
all the time.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Thank you. Thank you.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
A reason I'm calling as I've got five wonderful friends
and they've been friends of mine for a long time.
One of them I've even been friends for twenty seven
years and he's been a friend to me even when
I went through a tough marriage of her taking the
money and they finally convintion it. I need to get
rid of her because she was not good for me
(14:32):
and I just have a kand of friends. They're so amazing.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Get rid of her, or divorce her, divorced her. Sorry Gus,
when you say get rid of her, I'm like, what
a minute, what are we talking about here? Okay, So
you went through a divorce and your friends have been
there for you, and what can I do for these
five friends?
Speaker 5 (14:54):
I just want to say how amazing all of my
friends have been and how thankful I am that God
bought everyone into my life. I've got such an amazing
faith and such an amazing God that takes care of
me all the time.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Amen, When your friends saw that you were struggling, when
your friends saw that you were being taken advantage of,
they shared their observations honestly enough that you could see it.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
I put up with it brover twelve years. They said
that I didn't need to get out of it, and
that God would have forgive me because of the way
she's been treating him everything.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Isn't that so hard, though, when when you believe like
I believe, and you believe that the divorce is not
an option, and we try so hard to make it
work until we hit that wall. For you, it was
feeling like you couldn't continue living. For me, it was
(15:54):
feeling like I couldn't take it, and a lot of
people and the church turned against me. When I went
through a divorce.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
I had to a church I was going to, even
though they they went through all the steps of getting
her removed from a church. They even said that because divorce,
I was not allowed at that church anymore.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Yeah, that's crazy. I'm glad that you've got people that
are in your corner. And love you enough to say,
I see this as killing you. You've got to You've
got to find a way out of this.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Right. And I've been divorced a year now and I
went so then, so much more happier than I was
when I was married.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And what does your heart say?
Speaker 5 (16:37):
I know that I'm so much more happier. I'm getting
ready to go on a cruise with four of us,
all going on the cruise here in about twelve days.
It's so amazing.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Well, be safe, have fun, be blessed, and I'm glad
your heart is healing.
Speaker 5 (16:51):
Thank you, it was really good speaking with you.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
You have a great night. The last call I want
to share with you today is from Christina. It took
her a while, but she's moving forward in love, and
I do mean in love. The best part of the
story is that her Italian daddy approves. She's got the
seal of approval from Daddy. I'm going to share Christina's
(17:19):
happy story right now.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Hi there, Delila, my name is Christina.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Hi Christina, welcome. What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Well, I have been listening to your show for many,
many years, since I was growing up. In your words,
I've always just held true to my heart spiritually and
guided me through a lot of things growing up. But
about a year ago I ended a relationship which yesterday
(17:47):
would have been for eleven years. And I recently found
love in the most unexpected time. And I'm so frid
but grateful for him, and I words cannot just express
how happy I am.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
So you were in a situation that you kept thinking, well,
if I do this, it'll get better. If I say this,
it'll get better. If I tried this, maybe it'll get better.
And it never got better.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
It never got better. After ten years, I said, you
know what, it's time for me. And I did not
know that me at that point anymore for so long?
Speaker 1 (18:24):
And is it just you or were there children in
this too?
Speaker 3 (18:28):
It was just me. I lost that chance to have
a family. Unfortunately, by the grace of God, I found
someone knew in my life who is accepted accepting that
and making me feel like I'm so worthy, which is
of blessings in itself.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
Well, I don't even know you, and I can tell
you're an awesome person.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
And if your heart's desire is to build a family,
you know there's a lot of ways to do that right.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Is and he and the person who I who has
gracefully landed into my lap somehow, has also mentioned that
as well. And he just he's awesome.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
You say you didn't mean to find love, like, how
did he come weltzing into your life?
Speaker 3 (19:17):
After my last relationship ended, of course, my girlfriends convinced
me to go online and try the not so you know,
normal route of meeting people. But nowadays, because of work
and life and all.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
That's that's the only route. Nowadays. I don't know anybody
who meets anybody in real life. It's all online.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah, that's true, because I don't want to meet anyone
at a bar because you know, I don't. It's just
not my scene. But so I did meet him online.
His name's Dominic, and he he has just been amazing
and he's just turned my world upside down, just showing
me hope, love, faith and just a future.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
And have have your best friends met Dominic? Because I
tell women now, if you've been in an unhealthy relationship,
chances are you may repeat that pattern. So have your
best friends vet him before you're all in. Have your
best friends met him and given the stamp of approval.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
My family has met him and given their stamp of approval.
So the next step is my best friends.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
All right, so once once he's best friend approved, once
they say yes, yes, we don't see any red flags,
then then you know he's Delilah worthy. Well he's Delilah
worthy now because he made you smile. So I'm going
to go ahead and play a song for you. But
(20:53):
you know, the best friends have got to give the
stamp of approval the thumbs up.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
My Italian father gave a stamp of approval, so that
was my biggest fear.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
And now did Italian dad like the last one or
did he see right through his nonsense?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
He saw right through, and I, of course that's his
daughter keeps like whatever you like, sweetheart.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Whatever you like, but I really don't care for him.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
Correct, But he really does enjoy this guy. And he
sees a smile in my face, he hears it in
my voice, and that's what really matters to me.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
I will play a great song for you. Thank you
for calling, Thank you Delilah. And closing, there are many
ways that we end up staying stuck, mostly trying to
recreate what will never be again. The inability to get
back to a time when things felt right is something
(21:51):
we all go through. We gotta try instead to accept
what is and move forward with God. The secret is
asking where is the blessing in this? When I am
looking back on yesteryear, when I am longing for yesterday.
(22:11):
And trust me, when you lose children, you spend a
lot of time longing for yesterday. But when I stop
and say, where is the blessing in this? And what now,
God would you have me to do? What now, God
would you have me to do? I cannot go backwards.
(22:31):
I cannot bring my boys back. I cannot go backwards
and fix mistakes I made and marriages that ended in divorce.
I can't. I wish I could, I can't. What now,
Lord would you have me to do? When I ask
that question, and when I look for the blessings that
exist in my life, I can move forward with anticipation.
(22:57):
Thank you for joining me today on and have a
little faith. If you've got a story you would like
to share, if you need a prayer, if you have
an area of faith you're struggling with, or something you
don't understand. If I can help, if I can shed
a little light, if I can illuminate the path for you.
(23:19):
Please call me every night I'm in the studio. One
eight eight eight six three three five four five two.
Do me a favor in the days ahead, slow down
and love someone Be love
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