August 13, 2025 • 28 mins
In relationship God tells us how we are to treat one another. He gives us so many words and so many directives on how to love one another….
In relationship, especially in marriage, God tells us to be honest, to be faithful, to be kind and to be present. He asks us to put our partners needs above our own.
In this episode we are going to talk to some folks who embraced that wisdom. They are people who let God take the wheel so to speak. They let God orchestrate the situation. They let him guide and bring them their person. When God knits it together is going to last.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome, my friend. Welcome to another episode of Have a
Little Faith with Delilah, where I share some of the
most poignant, most relatable, most faith filled the conversations that
I have had with my listeners. Listeners who call into
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my nighttime radio show hoping for direction, hoping to share
a story, hoping to connect heart to heart. Some folks
call in hoping to be able to pray. And in
this podcast, I get to be much more transparent about
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the role that my faith plays in my life. I
think it was last week I was explaining that to me,
my faith, my faith in my life is like my
spinal column, my backbone in my body. It's the foundation
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of everything. It guides my decisions. It guides the way
I interact with my children, my grandchildren. It guides the
way I conduct my business, the way I conduct my life.
Do I always follow what God's word says I should
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do in any given situation? Obviously not. If that were
the case, I certainly wouldn't be divorced time and time again,
I certainly wouldn't struggle. Ninety percent of the things I
struggle with in my daily life are not because of
circumstances visited upon me. Outside of my choices. Maybe when
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I I was a kid or a teenager, I didn't
have any choices, so all I had were my responses.
I left home the day I graduated high school, and
I have been making my own choices since that day.
I've gotten no one to blame for my circumstances except
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myself pretty much. And when it comes to a lot
of things, especially relationships, I have time and time again
disregarded God's word and God's direction in my life. See
a lot of things you just have to kind of
guess at. But there are so many things that if
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you know the Word of God, and you know God,
and you have a personal relationship with the Almighty, you
don't have to guess. It's written down in black and white.
I said to my pastor. I said to Mike mccorko,
I don't know why he just doesn't tell me what
I should do in this situation. And he laughed, he chuckled.
He said, Delilah, he does. He does tell us what
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to do in just about every situation. You just choose
to ignore that and not listen. And it was true.
It was true. Then it's true. Now the deeper I
dig into the word of God, the more I realize
he gives us a pretty clear map. He might not say,
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you know, in July, I want you to leave that
job and go to another job, but he does tell
us how we are to behave in any job that
we're in. He says, work as if you're working under God.
Work not for an earthly boss, but as if I'm
the boss. Work as if you're doing it for me,
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not for the person writing your paycheck. Go into work
every day with the attitude that you're doing it for me.
When I do that, I am the best employee on
the face of the earth. When I work as if
I'm working onto the Lord, I don't grumble, I don't complain.
I show up, I get the job done. I go
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above and beyond. I do far more than his ask
of me, and I do it with a cheerful heart,
with a great attitude, regardless of what my paycheck looks like.
When I follow his word, I am a much much
better employee. And in relationship, God tells us how we
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are to treat one another. Oh my gosh, he gives
us so many words and so many directives on how
to treat one another. He says, love one another, Love
one another, he says, love your inemy, bless those who
persecute you, love one another. And in relationships, he tells
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us to be honest, to be faithful, to be kind,
to be present, to put our partner's needs above our wants.
That's hard to do when we are as selfish as
I am. If you are half as selfish as I am,
that is so hard to do, to put somebody else's
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needs before your wants. I sound like such a nice
person on the radio. I know I do. I'm not
always that nice. I'm not always generous, I'm not always kind.
I have a sharp tongue. God's word tells me there's
no room for that in relationships and in marriage. And
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when I apply God's principles to my relationships, my relationship
with my husband, my relationship with my best friends, my
relationship with my siblings, the people that I love, employees,
my kids. When I apply God's principles to those relationships,
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I am such a much better person, such a much
more patient person. And when it comes to choosing partners,
I'm glad that I have not been part of the
dating world in almost twenty years, because when it came
to picking partners man, did I miss the mark? Over
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and over and over again. I was in a number
of failed relationships that I knew going into them were
not of God. I knew that going into them. I
was twenty six years old when I gave my heart
to God, and I would go into relationships knowing that
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it was not God's will and trying to force the hour,
trying to make things work out the way I wanted
them to, and it never worked out. Surprise, surprise, it
never worked out. But when I let Jesus take the wheel,
things get a whole lot easier and a whole lot smoother.
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And in today's episode of Have a Little Faith, we
are going to talk to some folks who let God
take the wheel, so to speak, let God orchestrate the situation,
let God bring their person to them, and let God
knit them together. What God knits together is not going
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to be torn apart. What God knits together is going
to last. Up, first, we have a story from Glenn Glynn,
who truly understands the vow. Remember those vows. You took
the vows. Most of took the vows in sickness and
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in hell. Glenn understood the assignment Hi Glenn, welcome aboard.
You sound like a happy man. What can I do
to add even more joy to your night?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I just I got to share this with you. I
for the first time. I've been listening to you for
thirteen years. I love your show. I went to lallah
dot com on my tablet this morning before I came
to work. I finally saw a picture of you, and wow,
I was impressed with the classy, beautiful lady.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Ah, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I just took a chance. What's going to pull up here?
This beautiful picture of you came up and that made
my day. Let me tell you, I'm calling about my wife, Diane,
who we'd been married forty two years. She's just got
out of the hospital bronchitis, going through it, doing better,
home recuperating and she's a love of my life, Delilah,
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and just going through a lot.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So you need a song for Diana and maybe a
prayer for complete.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Healing, exactly for healing.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And I'm gonna let you pick out a beautiful song
for forty two years of marriage. I have one daughter
that's grown, no grandchildren, and pick out a lovely song
for her to feel better. And she's doing better, don't
get me wrong. She's sleeping a lot still, Delilah, catching
up on her rest. And she had such a horrible
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cough for about two months, a deep cough, and it
affected her sleeping. And now she's starting to eat get
her appetite back. So we're getting better.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So can I say a quick prayer with you.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yes, ma'am? I would love that, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Father God, I thank you Lord for allowing Glenn to
get through on the phone lines tonight. I thank you
God for his unconditional, unending, sweet love for the bride
of his youth. Thank you God for her healing. Thank
you God that she's home. Thank you God that you
are the great physician. Father. Nothing is too difficult for you,
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certainly not a cough. You're the one who who raised
a Lazaruth from the dead. A cough is nothing. So
I pray you would put your loving hand upon her
chest right now and put every cell, every cell in
her lungs, every cell in her heart, every cell of
her blood. Put everything into perfect order, perfect order, Father God,
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that everything would would flow, that she would be able
to breathe without complications, that she would be able to
sleep and have sweet dreams. I ask that you would
knit these two together even stronger than ever, Lord God,
and that these years and these days that they're enjoying
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would be the sweetest days of their marriage. I ask
this in your precious your holy name. Amen.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Wow, Delilah, Oh, I'll never forget this conversation. Thank you
so much from the bottom of mine.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
You are welcome, my friend. You sound like a loving,
wonderful husband.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Oh, thank you, Delilah.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
You made my night.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Have a wonderful night.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Thank you, bybye. I loved Glenn. He clearly understands what
being there, being there, being present for someone means. If
you're feeling like you need advice in your marriage, look
to people who have made their relationships last. Sherry, tell
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me about your hobby.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Oh, He's my rock.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
He is the greatest support that God could have ever
given me. I've had a lot of health issues and
I've been three years now, I've gone through some major
changes and he has been my support and my rock
and I couldn't have done it without him.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Tell me what is your favorite quality about his character?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
He, to me, resembles what Jesus would resemble. You know
when it says how Jesus is your bridegroom, and my
husband treats me as I believe Christ would treat me.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Wow, that might be the kindest, most loving thing I've
ever heard of.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Wife say, yeah, I truthfully do not think of any negatives.
I tried to stay away from negatives. I don't want
to be focusing on negatives, so I can't tell you those,
well except one, he's a procrastinator, but that's the only one.
Other than that, I tried to just focus on his
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positive qualities, and he, to me, resembles how Christ would
treat us.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
How did you meet? Tell me how you found this
gift from God?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
Actually on a dating site on the Internet was called
at that time One and Only. And he was a
college professor, probably two hours away to college, two hours
away from me in the state I live in. And
we communicated via email for a while and then phone conversations,
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and then we finally met. But then we had a
long distance relationship and we were engaged long distance. We
planned our wedding when he was in Idaho and I
was here.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
And then finally you got to combine your lives as one. Yes,
So tell me something that has changed in your spirit
since God brought him to you.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
That's a good question.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
I think he's helped me try to love myself more so,
or I could change what I needed to change to
get my health back on track.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
It sounds like he's very nurturing. Yeah, the few things
you've said, he's a professor, right, he was a professor.
He was so That means he loves young people. He
loves pouring into them, he loves teaching.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Yep, he does.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well. I am going to play a wonderful song for
you too. Thank you for calling and sharing your love story.
Congratulations on finding somebody with a heart like the Lord's.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Yeah, took me a while to find him, but I'm
so glad I was patient and just waited on God's Timey.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
We could all take a lesson from that. Yes, you
have a great night, honey, God bless you you too.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Thank you, Delilah.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Up next, we have a conversation with Kimberly. Kimberly who
is literally waiting up for her hero husband. He is
a hero to come home from work. Let's listen to
Kimberly right now.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
Hi, Delilah, this is Kimberly.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Hi Kimberly, do you have a cute little heart shaped
face to match your darling voice.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Oh you're so sweet.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Thank you. You do, don't you. You have one of
those really cute darling faces. That doesn't matter if you're
fifteen or fifty five. You look adorable.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Oh, thank you.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I'd like to think.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
So I just turned forty, So.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 5 (15:33):
I'm thinking of my husband. He is a firefighter on
duty right now, and hope that he's staying safe. I'm
so blessed to Hatton in my life. He really is
the greatest gift that I could have asked for.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
What's your hero's name, Ricky? How long have you been married?
Speaker 5 (15:53):
We've been married now for almost six years, together for
nine two beautiful children who were very bless.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Best quality outside of the fact that he's a hero
and has compassion and wants to save others and save
the world. Best quality about Ricky that we might not
notice just meeting him for the first time.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
He is a big teddy bear, a big teddy bear,
and the compassion that he has, Oh, it just smelts
my heart.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
So after six years still nine years? I guess you said,
nine years together still melt in your heart?
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Obviously I still get excited when he walks through the door.
I still get so happy to see his name pop
up on the color ID.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
I will play a song for your whole family. Thank
you for calling and sharing your gratitudes. Thank you so much,
tell Ricky, thank you. Thank you for Karen about us will.
Wildfires are a constant thing right now. This past weekend
I went to see my half brother and his family
and have a barbecue and driving home about a two
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hour drive, the air was heavy with smoke from wildfires,
even in places you wouldn't expect. Kimberly's story is a
very important reminder for us to pray. Pray for firefighters,
Pray for those who put themselves purposefully put themselves in
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harm's way to help people, to save people, to save
pets and homes. They are angels on this earth. Joseph
the Jeweler Joseph is in his eighties and he is
still very much in love with the most precious jewel
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in his collection. Let's talk to Joseph the Jeweler right now. Hi, Joseph,
what can I do to make your night all the sweeter?
Speaker 3 (17:56):
I am eighty years old. I listen to you a lot,
and especially when I'm going to sleep at night. Diane
and I have been married for forty eight years. We
know each other fifty three years, and I'm still deeply
in love with her.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Wow. Okay, So when you met Diane, what was it?
What was it about her personality, her appearance, her countenance?
What made you go, oh my gosh, I could love
this girl forever.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I can answer that even after all these years. The
night that I met her, the dress that she had
on was black or Floyd de Lys and I looked
at this woman and I said, she is beautiful. And
then we dated for a year or two. But unfortunately
I was very immature at that time, and I admitted openly,
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and we kissed and we went on our own ways.
We met again in three years, and then we married
six months later.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
So during those three years, Joseph, you had an opportunity
to grow up and realize what a prize you had.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Did she wait or did she just like pass the
time with somebody who didn't capture her heart quite like
you did.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
I was just a typical immature guy, and I knew
that I loved this woman, but I knew it wasn't
I would not make a good husband at that point,
but God gave us a gift that we were able
to meet again. And when we met, we talked and
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she asked me, she said, would you like to go
to a Christmas body with me? And I said absolutely.
We were already in love, but what was the right
time in life? And here we are. I'm mad and
she's seventy eight and we're still together.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Favorite thing to do together? Like, how do you like
to spend perfect evening spent with your beloved? What would
you do if you could take her anywhere? Do anything?
Where would you go? What would you do?
Speaker 3 (20:05):
I like sitting with her and talking to her, and
that we'd laugh, and we still joke. I still whisper
in her ear and she laughs. I'm still a little
bit devilish, which I'm glad I am.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
So is she trust me?
Speaker 3 (20:23):
So is she?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
In fact? If you ever lose that devilish quality, I
don't know if she's going to stick around for the
next forty or fifty years.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
I don't think she will. There's a song that wish
I could think of it right now, and I can't
because I can't even believe I got through to you.
Is that about Diane and I being with each other
for her that I love you forever. I love you
for her. There's a song that it said, I love
you forever.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I will find and I love you forever Diane's song.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
I am in Boca Atone.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Because this is not a Boca Ratone accent. Let me
tell you, dude, no it's not.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
I was born in Rhode Island, but I lived in
Boc Latone for forty years. I'm a jeweler and I've
been around. I've been here for and I still work.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Oh and I bet your wife has the prettiest jewelry
in the world.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
Yeah she does, Yeah she does. A very lucky guy.
It's at eighty years old when you're still in love
with your wife. You're in good shape.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
You are in great shape. I can't think of a
happier place I would like to be than at eighty
years old, still in love with my hobby.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I enjoy your show very very much, and I'm sitting
here listening to you. My wife is in the other
room because she's raising money for symphony officers and for hospitals.
And I'm just sitting here relaxing and listening to your
show and you're a really nice lady, because you really
have a great show, and you do touch people's livescape
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you do.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
There's a very old book that says he who finds
a good wife finds a precious thing.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
It's the biggest jewel or gem in the world. You
can make money, you can lose money, you can do
all kinds of things. But when you're marry the right
woman by the right man, it will bring you to
the highest heights you've ever believed. I just got lucky,
that's all.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
No, you didn't. When you find a wife that you
are still madly in love with after fifty three years,
that is a blessing. Thank you all right, you have
a great night, honey. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Joseph clearly married a Proverbs thirty one woman. Look up
Proverbs thirty one. This passage describes a woman who is
hard working, who is wise, who is kind, who is
a wrong manager of her household and her own finances.
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She's not portrayed as flawless, but as someone who diligently
works to improve herself, to provide for her family, to
improve her circumstances with God's guidance. Proverbs thirty one is
my guiding light. Up next in this podcast is Marissa.
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Marissa is celebrating an anniversary. She is married to a
true partner in life. She and her husband have built
a beautiful family. Let's hear from Marissa right now. Hi Marissa?
What can I do to make your night more special?
More special?
Speaker 4 (23:48):
I don't know. I just want to say how grateful
I am as it's going to be me and my
husband's anniversary, soom wedding.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
How many it's going to be?
Speaker 4 (24:01):
Nine years married and thirteen years together?
Speaker 1 (24:05):
And what's your hobby's name, Brian? Marissa? One more year?
If you make it one more year, then you call
me back and I will sing for you the world
famous Happy Anniversary song. But you got to make it
ten years. That's the that's the threshold.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Oh, I don't think I'll have a problem with that one.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
How many kids picks? WHOA? You have a full quiver?
You have been blessed exactly? What are the ages of
the kids?
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Twelve, ten, nine, four, three and one and a half.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
And how many hours a night? Mom? Do you get
to sleep?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Well? I'm pretty lucky. I get to get a good
seven hours.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Really, yes, ma'am twelve, ten, nine, four, three, and one
and a half. Are we praying for more? Or is
the one and a half year old the baby?
Speaker 3 (25:07):
She's gonna stay the baby.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
That's what you think. If you'd love having a big family,
God might have other plans.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
Oh, we love it and we're made for it.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
And what song can I play for this beautiful, beautiful
family you've woven together.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
I'll let you choose it, Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
I will find a beautiful song for you and Brian
and all of your babies. Congratulations, Give them all hugs
and make sure they each have a radio in the
room going to sleep at night. They do.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
I've spoken with a few people on this podcast today,
some that are older like Joseph and his gem his jewel,
some who are younger. Look for the people in your
life that have endured in their marriage, who have made
it through the rough spots. They will guide your way,
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bonds from God that can never be broken. Look to
those people and ask them for wisdom and direction. As
we wrap up this episode of Have a Little Faith,
remember this what God has knit together, let no man
tear apart. Remember there are many things we choose to
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knit together that are not God's handiwork, not his doing,
not his yarn or his thread that he wants woven together.
Don't do what I have done in the past and
try to force things to be the way you think
they should. Instead, look to God, read his word, apply
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it to your life. Pray constantly, and look to others
who have wished wisdom and can lead you until next time.
Lord bless you richly. May the Father in Heaven shine
his light upon you. I pray for you God's wisdom
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in your relationship, in your marriage, and your family, in
all that you do. God bless you. I am so
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
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through Friday one eight, eight, eight, six, three, three, five
four or five two, and we will talk about it
and we will pray about it. Follow and subscribe right
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listen to your podcast, and I'll be waiting for you
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until next time. Remembermember to have a little faith.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Delve
Welcome, my friend. Welcome to another episode of Have a
Little Faith with Delilah, where I share some of the
most poignant, most relatable, most faith filled the conversations that
I have had with my listeners. Listeners who call into
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my nighttime radio show hoping for direction, hoping to share
a story, hoping to connect heart to heart. Some folks
call in hoping to be able to pray. And in
this podcast, I get to be much more transparent about
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the role that my faith plays in my life. I
think it was last week I was explaining that to me,
my faith, my faith in my life is like my
spinal column, my backbone in my body. It's the foundation
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of everything. It guides my decisions. It guides the way
I interact with my children, my grandchildren. It guides the
way I conduct my business, the way I conduct my life.
Do I always follow what God's word says I should
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do in any given situation? Obviously not. If that were
the case, I certainly wouldn't be divorced time and time again,
I certainly wouldn't struggle. Ninety percent of the things I
struggle with in my daily life are not because of
circumstances visited upon me. Outside of my choices. Maybe when
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I I was a kid or a teenager, I didn't
have any choices, so all I had were my responses.
I left home the day I graduated high school, and
I have been making my own choices since that day.
I've gotten no one to blame for my circumstances except
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myself pretty much. And when it comes to a lot
of things, especially relationships, I have time and time again
disregarded God's word and God's direction in my life. See
a lot of things you just have to kind of
guess at. But there are so many things that if
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you know the Word of God, and you know God,
and you have a personal relationship with the Almighty, you
don't have to guess. It's written down in black and white.
I said to my pastor. I said to Mike mccorko,
I don't know why he just doesn't tell me what
I should do in this situation. And he laughed, he chuckled.
He said, Delilah, he does. He does tell us what
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to do in just about every situation. You just choose
to ignore that and not listen. And it was true.
It was true. Then it's true. Now the deeper I
dig into the word of God, the more I realize
he gives us a pretty clear map. He might not say,
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you know, in July, I want you to leave that
job and go to another job, but he does tell
us how we are to behave in any job that
we're in. He says, work as if you're working under God.
Work not for an earthly boss, but as if I'm
the boss. Work as if you're doing it for me,
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not for the person writing your paycheck. Go into work
every day with the attitude that you're doing it for me.
When I do that, I am the best employee on
the face of the earth. When I work as if
I'm working onto the Lord, I don't grumble, I don't complain.
I show up, I get the job done. I go
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above and beyond. I do far more than his ask
of me, and I do it with a cheerful heart,
with a great attitude, regardless of what my paycheck looks like.
When I follow his word, I am a much much
better employee. And in relationship, God tells us how we
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are to treat one another. Oh my gosh, he gives
us so many words and so many directives on how
to treat one another. He says, love one another, Love
one another, he says, love your inemy, bless those who
persecute you, love one another. And in relationships, he tells
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us to be honest, to be faithful, to be kind,
to be present, to put our partner's needs above our wants.
That's hard to do when we are as selfish as
I am. If you are half as selfish as I am,
that is so hard to do, to put somebody else's
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needs before your wants. I sound like such a nice
person on the radio. I know I do. I'm not
always that nice. I'm not always generous, I'm not always kind.
I have a sharp tongue. God's word tells me there's
no room for that in relationships and in marriage. And
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when I apply God's principles to my relationships, my relationship
with my husband, my relationship with my best friends, my
relationship with my siblings, the people that I love, employees,
my kids. When I apply God's principles to those relationships,
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I am such a much better person, such a much
more patient person. And when it comes to choosing partners,
I'm glad that I have not been part of the
dating world in almost twenty years, because when it came
to picking partners man, did I miss the mark? Over
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and over and over again. I was in a number
of failed relationships that I knew going into them were
not of God. I knew that going into them. I
was twenty six years old when I gave my heart
to God, and I would go into relationships knowing that
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it was not God's will and trying to force the hour,
trying to make things work out the way I wanted
them to, and it never worked out. Surprise, surprise, it
never worked out. But when I let Jesus take the wheel,
things get a whole lot easier and a whole lot smoother.
(07:18):
And in today's episode of Have a Little Faith, we
are going to talk to some folks who let God
take the wheel, so to speak, let God orchestrate the situation,
let God bring their person to them, and let God
knit them together. What God knits together is not going
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to be torn apart. What God knits together is going
to last. Up, first, we have a story from Glenn Glynn,
who truly understands the vow. Remember those vows. You took
the vows. Most of took the vows in sickness and
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in hell. Glenn understood the assignment Hi Glenn, welcome aboard.
You sound like a happy man. What can I do
to add even more joy to your night?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I just I got to share this with you. I
for the first time. I've been listening to you for
thirteen years. I love your show. I went to lallah
dot com on my tablet this morning before I came
to work. I finally saw a picture of you, and wow,
I was impressed with the classy, beautiful lady.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Ah, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I just took a chance. What's going to pull up here?
This beautiful picture of you came up and that made
my day. Let me tell you, I'm calling about my wife, Diane,
who we'd been married forty two years. She's just got
out of the hospital bronchitis, going through it, doing better,
home recuperating and she's a love of my life, Delilah,
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and just going through a lot.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So you need a song for Diana and maybe a
prayer for complete.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Healing, exactly for healing.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And I'm gonna let you pick out a beautiful song
for forty two years of marriage. I have one daughter
that's grown, no grandchildren, and pick out a lovely song
for her to feel better. And she's doing better, don't
get me wrong. She's sleeping a lot still, Delilah, catching
up on her rest. And she had such a horrible
(09:32):
cough for about two months, a deep cough, and it
affected her sleeping. And now she's starting to eat get
her appetite back. So we're getting better.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So can I say a quick prayer with you.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yes, ma'am? I would love that, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Father God, I thank you Lord for allowing Glenn to
get through on the phone lines tonight. I thank you
God for his unconditional, unending, sweet love for the bride
of his youth. Thank you God for her healing. Thank
you God that she's home. Thank you God that you
are the great physician. Father. Nothing is too difficult for you,
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certainly not a cough. You're the one who who raised
a Lazaruth from the dead. A cough is nothing. So
I pray you would put your loving hand upon her
chest right now and put every cell, every cell in
her lungs, every cell in her heart, every cell of
her blood. Put everything into perfect order, perfect order, Father God,
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that everything would would flow, that she would be able
to breathe without complications, that she would be able to
sleep and have sweet dreams. I ask that you would
knit these two together even stronger than ever, Lord God,
and that these years and these days that they're enjoying
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would be the sweetest days of their marriage. I ask
this in your precious your holy name. Amen.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Wow, Delilah, Oh, I'll never forget this conversation. Thank you
so much from the bottom of mine.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
You are welcome, my friend. You sound like a loving,
wonderful husband.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Oh, thank you, Delilah.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
You made my night.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Have a wonderful night.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Thank you, bybye. I loved Glenn. He clearly understands what
being there, being there, being present for someone means. If
you're feeling like you need advice in your marriage, look
to people who have made their relationships last. Sherry, tell
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me about your hobby.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Oh, He's my rock.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
He is the greatest support that God could have ever
given me. I've had a lot of health issues and
I've been three years now, I've gone through some major
changes and he has been my support and my rock
and I couldn't have done it without him.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Tell me what is your favorite quality about his character?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
He, to me, resembles what Jesus would resemble. You know
when it says how Jesus is your bridegroom, and my
husband treats me as I believe Christ would treat me.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Wow, that might be the kindest, most loving thing I've
ever heard of.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Wife say, yeah, I truthfully do not think of any negatives.
I tried to stay away from negatives. I don't want
to be focusing on negatives, so I can't tell you those,
well except one, he's a procrastinator, but that's the only one.
Other than that, I tried to just focus on his
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positive qualities, and he, to me, resembles how Christ would
treat us.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
How did you meet? Tell me how you found this
gift from God?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
Actually on a dating site on the Internet was called
at that time One and Only. And he was a
college professor, probably two hours away to college, two hours
away from me in the state I live in. And
we communicated via email for a while and then phone conversations,
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and then we finally met. But then we had a
long distance relationship and we were engaged long distance. We
planned our wedding when he was in Idaho and I
was here.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
And then finally you got to combine your lives as one. Yes,
So tell me something that has changed in your spirit
since God brought him to you.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
That's a good question.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
I think he's helped me try to love myself more so,
or I could change what I needed to change to
get my health back on track.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
It sounds like he's very nurturing. Yeah, the few things
you've said, he's a professor, right, he was a professor.
He was so That means he loves young people. He
loves pouring into them, he loves teaching.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Yep, he does.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well. I am going to play a wonderful song for
you too. Thank you for calling and sharing your love story.
Congratulations on finding somebody with a heart like the Lord's.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Yeah, took me a while to find him, but I'm
so glad I was patient and just waited on God's Timey.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
We could all take a lesson from that. Yes, you
have a great night, honey, God bless you you too.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Thank you, Delilah.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Up next, we have a conversation with Kimberly. Kimberly who
is literally waiting up for her hero husband. He is
a hero to come home from work. Let's listen to
Kimberly right now.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
Hi, Delilah, this is Kimberly.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Hi Kimberly, do you have a cute little heart shaped
face to match your darling voice.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Oh you're so sweet.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Thank you. You do, don't you. You have one of
those really cute darling faces. That doesn't matter if you're
fifteen or fifty five. You look adorable.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Oh, thank you.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I'd like to think.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
So I just turned forty, So.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
What can I do for you tonight?
Speaker 5 (15:33):
I'm thinking of my husband. He is a firefighter on
duty right now, and hope that he's staying safe. I'm
so blessed to Hatton in my life. He really is
the greatest gift that I could have asked for.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
What's your hero's name, Ricky? How long have you been married?
Speaker 5 (15:53):
We've been married now for almost six years, together for
nine two beautiful children who were very bless.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Best quality outside of the fact that he's a hero
and has compassion and wants to save others and save
the world. Best quality about Ricky that we might not
notice just meeting him for the first time.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
He is a big teddy bear, a big teddy bear,
and the compassion that he has, Oh, it just smelts
my heart.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
So after six years still nine years? I guess you said,
nine years together still melt in your heart?
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Obviously I still get excited when he walks through the door.
I still get so happy to see his name pop
up on the color ID.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
I will play a song for your whole family. Thank
you for calling and sharing your gratitudes. Thank you so much,
tell Ricky, thank you. Thank you for Karen about us will.
Wildfires are a constant thing right now. This past weekend
I went to see my half brother and his family
and have a barbecue and driving home about a two
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hour drive, the air was heavy with smoke from wildfires,
even in places you wouldn't expect. Kimberly's story is a
very important reminder for us to pray. Pray for firefighters,
Pray for those who put themselves purposefully put themselves in
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harm's way to help people, to save people, to save
pets and homes. They are angels on this earth. Joseph
the Jeweler Joseph is in his eighties and he is
still very much in love with the most precious jewel
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in his collection. Let's talk to Joseph the Jeweler right now. Hi, Joseph,
what can I do to make your night all the sweeter?
Speaker 3 (17:56):
I am eighty years old. I listen to you a lot,
and especially when I'm going to sleep at night. Diane
and I have been married for forty eight years. We
know each other fifty three years, and I'm still deeply
in love with her.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Wow. Okay, So when you met Diane, what was it?
What was it about her personality, her appearance, her countenance?
What made you go, oh my gosh, I could love
this girl forever.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I can answer that even after all these years. The
night that I met her, the dress that she had
on was black or Floyd de Lys and I looked
at this woman and I said, she is beautiful. And
then we dated for a year or two. But unfortunately
I was very immature at that time, and I admitted openly,
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and we kissed and we went on our own ways.
We met again in three years, and then we married
six months later.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
So during those three years, Joseph, you had an opportunity
to grow up and realize what a prize you had.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Did she wait or did she just like pass the
time with somebody who didn't capture her heart quite like
you did.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
I was just a typical immature guy, and I knew
that I loved this woman, but I knew it wasn't
I would not make a good husband at that point,
but God gave us a gift that we were able
to meet again. And when we met, we talked and
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she asked me, she said, would you like to go
to a Christmas body with me? And I said absolutely.
We were already in love, but what was the right
time in life? And here we are. I'm mad and
she's seventy eight and we're still together.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Favorite thing to do together? Like, how do you like
to spend perfect evening spent with your beloved? What would
you do if you could take her anywhere? Do anything?
Where would you go? What would you do?
Speaker 3 (20:05):
I like sitting with her and talking to her, and
that we'd laugh, and we still joke. I still whisper
in her ear and she laughs. I'm still a little
bit devilish, which I'm glad I am.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
So is she trust me?
Speaker 3 (20:23):
So is she?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
In fact? If you ever lose that devilish quality, I
don't know if she's going to stick around for the
next forty or fifty years.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
I don't think she will. There's a song that wish
I could think of it right now, and I can't
because I can't even believe I got through to you.
Is that about Diane and I being with each other
for her that I love you forever. I love you
for her. There's a song that it said, I love
you forever.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I will find and I love you forever Diane's song.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
I am in Boca Atone.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Because this is not a Boca Ratone accent. Let me
tell you, dude, no it's not.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
I was born in Rhode Island, but I lived in
Boc Latone for forty years. I'm a jeweler and I've
been around. I've been here for and I still work.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Oh and I bet your wife has the prettiest jewelry
in the world.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
Yeah she does, Yeah she does. A very lucky guy.
It's at eighty years old when you're still in love
with your wife. You're in good shape.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
You are in great shape. I can't think of a
happier place I would like to be than at eighty
years old, still in love with my hobby.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I enjoy your show very very much, and I'm sitting
here listening to you. My wife is in the other
room because she's raising money for symphony officers and for hospitals.
And I'm just sitting here relaxing and listening to your
show and you're a really nice lady, because you really
have a great show, and you do touch people's livescape
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you do.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
There's a very old book that says he who finds
a good wife finds a precious thing.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
It's the biggest jewel or gem in the world. You
can make money, you can lose money, you can do
all kinds of things. But when you're marry the right
woman by the right man, it will bring you to
the highest heights you've ever believed. I just got lucky,
that's all.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
No, you didn't. When you find a wife that you
are still madly in love with after fifty three years,
that is a blessing. Thank you all right, you have
a great night, honey. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Joseph clearly married a Proverbs thirty one woman. Look up
Proverbs thirty one. This passage describes a woman who is
hard working, who is wise, who is kind, who is
a wrong manager of her household and her own finances.
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She's not portrayed as flawless, but as someone who diligently
works to improve herself, to provide for her family, to
improve her circumstances with God's guidance. Proverbs thirty one is
my guiding light. Up next in this podcast is Marissa.
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Marissa is celebrating an anniversary. She is married to a
true partner in life. She and her husband have built
a beautiful family. Let's hear from Marissa right now. Hi Marissa?
What can I do to make your night more special?
More special?
Speaker 4 (23:48):
I don't know. I just want to say how grateful
I am as it's going to be me and my
husband's anniversary, soom wedding.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
How many it's going to be?
Speaker 4 (24:01):
Nine years married and thirteen years together?
Speaker 1 (24:05):
And what's your hobby's name, Brian? Marissa? One more year?
If you make it one more year, then you call
me back and I will sing for you the world
famous Happy Anniversary song. But you got to make it
ten years. That's the that's the threshold.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Oh, I don't think I'll have a problem with that one.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
How many kids picks? WHOA? You have a full quiver?
You have been blessed exactly? What are the ages of
the kids?
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Twelve, ten, nine, four, three and one and a half.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
And how many hours a night? Mom? Do you get
to sleep?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Well? I'm pretty lucky. I get to get a good
seven hours.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Really, yes, ma'am twelve, ten, nine, four, three, and one
and a half. Are we praying for more? Or is
the one and a half year old the baby?
Speaker 3 (25:07):
She's gonna stay the baby.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
That's what you think. If you'd love having a big family,
God might have other plans.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
Oh, we love it and we're made for it.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
And what song can I play for this beautiful, beautiful
family you've woven together.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
I'll let you choose it, Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
I will find a beautiful song for you and Brian
and all of your babies. Congratulations, Give them all hugs
and make sure they each have a radio in the
room going to sleep at night. They do.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
I've spoken with a few people on this podcast today,
some that are older like Joseph and his gem his jewel,
some who are younger. Look for the people in your
life that have endured in their marriage, who have made
it through the rough spots. They will guide your way,
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bonds from God that can never be broken. Look to
those people and ask them for wisdom and direction. As
we wrap up this episode of Have a Little Faith,
remember this what God has knit together, let no man
tear apart. Remember there are many things we choose to
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knit together that are not God's handiwork, not his doing,
not his yarn or his thread that he wants woven together.
Don't do what I have done in the past and
try to force things to be the way you think
they should. Instead, look to God, read his word, apply
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it to your life. Pray constantly, and look to others
who have wished wisdom and can lead you until next time.
Lord bless you richly. May the Father in Heaven shine
his light upon you. I pray for you God's wisdom
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in your relationship, in your marriage, and your family, in
all that you do. God bless you. I am so
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
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through Friday one eight, eight, eight, six, three, three, five
four or five two, and we will talk about it
and 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
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until next time. Remembermember to have a little faith.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
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