August 28, 2024 • 33 mins
As I stood on the cusp of turning 50, I found myself reflecting on the rich tapestry of experiences, triumphs, and struggles that have shaped my life. Join me as I recount the monumental celebration of my 50th birthday, aptly named my "Super Jubilee." We revisit heartfelt memories shared by five influential people from each decade of my life, exploring the profound themes of liberation, freedom, and rest that have steered my journey through 2022. Embrace with me the power of intentional celebrations and the importance of valuing oneself at every milestone.
This year has been nothing short of transformative, filled with radical resets and profound forgiveness. After stepping away from a long-standing career in business, I took a leap of faith into vocational ministry, trusting in divine provision. Together, we’ll navigate the painful memories of childhood abuse and the heartbreak of abandoning my dream of becoming a doctor following my mother's death. Inspired by Revelation 21:5, I share how embracing forgiveness and releasing past pain has paved the way for new beginnings and a renewed sense of purpose.
Moreover, we delve into the significance of holy rest and the pursuit of one's dreams. My year-long sabbatical was a time of deep reflection, leading to a career shift towards mental health care. Now as a behavioral health technician, I guide patients through their darkest moments, finding clarity and healing. This episode culminates in an exciting announcement of our upcoming series, "Trauma and You," where we’ll explore generational trauma from the Silent Generation to Gen Z. Join me in this intimate and transformative journey, as we seek scandalous freedom and embrace the grace of new beginnings.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey everybody, and welcome back to Wednesdays with
Watson.
It is late August of 2024, andtoday is the last episode that
we are dropping since we've beenon hiatus for the last two
months, and so I hope that someof you who have not, who had not
heard some of those episodes,have enjoyed those as we move
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into season seven, coming at youin September.
So enjoy this episode.
This was one of my favoriteepisodes that we dropped.
We did it for my 50th birthday,which is in biblical times
would have been called a superjubilee and so five people from
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each decade of my life came ontothe podcast and talked about
their memories of me, and wewere able to celebrate them and
their investment in my life, andso I hope that you enjoyed this
episode.
It is one that I am certainlyglad that we have in the canon,
and then in two weeks we beginseason seven of the Wednesdays
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So let's drop into this episodethat we did for my 50th
birthday with five people whochanged my life.
I am so happy that you havejoined us here today.
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We are beginning the month ofJanuary, continuing our series
and forgiving trauma makers, butbefore we do that, I want to
talk to you about recapping 2022and how forgiveness played into
my entire year.
So sit back, relax and enjoythis episode of my super jubilee
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Consecrate the 50th year andproclaim liberty throughout the
land, to all of its inhabitants.
It shall be a jubilee for you.
You are to return to yourfamily property and to your clan
.
The fiftieth year shall also bea jubilee for you.
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Do not sow and do not reap whatgrows of itself or harvests the
unintended vines.
Don't do it, for it is thejubilee and it is holy for you.
Eat only what is taken directlyfrom the fields.
Leviticus 25, 10 through 12.
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As I read that passage ofscripture, a couple things come
to my mind.
That passage of scripture, acouple things come to my mind.
The first one is as we read inLeviticus and this practice of
the super jubilee, which we'regoing to talk about at length
here, because last year was myyear of super jubilee, so much
of it was about liberation, somuch of it was about freedom.
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So much of it was about releaseand reset and rest, and I
wonder if any of us can fullygrasp what true liberation feels
like without first experiencingthe freedom and liberty that
comes from various and sundrythings and, for the purposes of
this series, forgiveness.
I wonder about the release wetalked about.
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We're in the middle of a seasonof forgiveness, forgiving
trauma makers.
What does it mean to trulyrelease?
What is proper release or,better stated, what is freedom?
Today is December the 29th, 2022, and I have struggled to write
this, to bring it to you inwhatever way you consume it.
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So much, so much happened in2022.
That is absolutelymind-boggling.
Last year at this time, I wasjust 28 days into my 50th trip
around the sun.
I had been, and continued to be, intentional about a lesson my
friend Jenny gifted me when Iturned 50 last December.
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You see, my birthday isDecember 1st, and so I usually
don't get celebrated, but thisyear I decided that I was going
to get celebrated and, since Iusually end the year with a
recap episode anyway, it justhappens that this recap episode
has a lot to do with thatfinding my value, asking to be
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celebrated for a milestonebirthday, but it has a lot to do
with our season topic and it ismy prayer that you will find
some freedom and some release.
As you're listening to thiswherever you're listening to
this While we're on the topic,if you're listening to this
wherever you're listening tothis While we're on the topic,
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So what exactly happened duringmy 50th year on this planet?
If you've been listening to us,you know that it is a miracle
that I'm on the planet in thefirst place.
I never thought that I wouldmake it to 50 years old, but
alas, here we are.
As a matter of fact, I'm 51.
Just turned 51, just 30 daysago.
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What I experienced in this yearwas scandalous freedom, radical
release, holy rest and, yes,incomprehensible forgiveness.
As I mentioned, I spent most ofmy birthdays accepting apologies
from those who were exhaustedfrom Thanksgiving and gearing up
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for Christmas.
Thanksgiving and gearing up forChristmas Quote we will
celebrate in January.
They always say, and sometimesI still forget that my birthday
is not actually in January, butit is in December.
But when I knew that the daywas barreling towards me and
kids, it barrels towards you,that I would turn a half century
, 50 years old, a milestonebirthday, I was determined to be
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celebrated and I was determinedto be celebrated on time and I
was determined to be celebratedwith some of my most precious
people.
So on December 3rd and 5th, Ihad two fantastic birthday
celebrations.
It was so incredible that itmade me wonder hmm, should I
press my luck every year anddemand a celebration?
Should I press my luck everyyear and demand a celebration?
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I decided probably no, but thereis no doubt that this year was
different, and it all startedwhen my friend Jenny brought me
50 cards and gifts to one of mybirthday dinners.
She told me about the year ofJubilee and how it was a year of
scandalous freedom, radicalrelease, holy rest and an
incredible forgiveness.
She directed me to a podcastthat explains it way better than
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I can and I will link that inthe show notes.
But I decided I would embracethis year as all of those things
and this, my friend, is whereand how I have experienced said
scandalous freedom, radicalrelease, holy rest and
incomprehensible forgiveness.
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This practice of the superjubilee is outlined in Leviticus
, chapter 25.
And I opened the podcast with aportion of that scripture
Because, you see, after sevencycles of seven years, with a
portion of that scripture,because, you see, after seven
cycles of seven years, thepeople experienced a year of
what they called the superSabbath or the year of the
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Jubilee.
It was a year when prisonerswere set free, regardless of
their standing.
It was a time when debts, bothfinancial and emotional, were
forgiven and were released.
It was a time when people whoseland had been taken from them
was returned and the people, thepeople were to rest.
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They were also to allow theland to rest, eating only what
the land provided for them.
It was the year of hope.
Hope showed off that yearbecause people were driven to
trust the land and the God ofthe land who implemented the
super Sabbath, who would producefor them without their
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assistance.
They were not to toll the landduring the super jubilee and I
want to stop right there for asecond and I didn't originally
write this episode to implementa proper jubilee in today's
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society but I can't imaginebeing commanded not to toil the
land, because that was wherefood came from and sustenance
came from, and they just had totrust that the land, too, needed
to rest and that it was goingto give them what they needed.
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And so that's still a little bitmind blowing to me, and
something I'm taking into 2023is what kind of trust and faith,
what kind of Hebrews chapter 11trust and faith that those
people must have had?
And I'm sure there are somepeople who toiled the lane and
they weren't supposed to, but,man, can you just imagine a full
year where you've beencommanded to rest?
Just rest, like today, though?
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Back then, families wereestranged and they were to
return to their clan, and theyno doubt needed to make some
things right.
They were driven, obviously,like I just talked about, to
trust God, not only for theirprovision, but that they would
be accepted when they returnedto their clan.
Forgiveness was not necessarily,but it was essential during the
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year of Super Jubilee.
When they returned to theirclan, they had to forgive, even
if it wasn't extended to them.
Forgiveness was a big, big partof the Jubilee, guys.
Forgiveness of both financialdebt.
Can you imagine somebodytelling you there will be a year
in your life where all of yourdebt will be forgiven All your
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financial debt, your mortgage ispaid, your car payment is paid,
any money that you owe tofriends, credit cards all that?
There will be a year afterseven cycles of seven years,
when all of that is released.
Can you even imagine that rightnow?
That's the kind of freedom thatthe Super Jubilee brought, and
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the same was true ifrelationships were restored and
people had ought to get intoeach other and forgiveness was
given during the year of thesuper jubilee.
People who were guilty ofcrimes were let go, rights were
made wrong, land was returned.
It was an amazing year and Itried my best to live my best.
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Western civilization 2022version of it.
I always thought I was okay inthe trust department, but this
year challenged that andforgiveness has been part of my
super jubilee story.
I really, really thought I wasgood on the forgiveness thing.
I can often be heard actually 80something episodes
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pontificating about how I haveworked since I was old enough to
have a boiled peanut route whenI was seven.
I joke that I've been caringfor myself for a very long time.
I live under the illusion thatmy hard work and my hands toil
are why I'm not hungry orhomeless.
Trust has never been one of mystrong suits, so I, like many of
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you, work and toll like I havecontrol.
I quickly learned the peace andletting it all go, the peace
and the realization and theacceptance that I actually have
no control at all.
The ultimate radical release.
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That radical release broughtwith it the scandalous freedom
like I could begin to live mylife in freedom.
And that freedom brought restand for the first year in my
life, I didn't feel guilty aboutrest.
It was holy rest, the kind ofrest where it is me and God, the
type of rest that a millionhours of sleep could not provide
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.
After that birthday celebrationwhere Jenny brought me those 50
gifts.
I opened one card or gift for50 consecutive days, but I got
to tell y'all it was the coolestthing ever.
It was like 50 days ofChristmas, for the gifts and
cards were excellent, but thejourney that this truth started
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was almost, and is almost, toohard to explain.
But I'm going to try here today, as I thought more and more
about the Super Jubilee, aboutthe 50th year, about the seven
years of seven, seven cycles ofseven years, I thought how the
people must have felt as theyanticipated the year Jubilee I
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referenced a minute ago.
If we can even imagine, itimmediately reminded me of
Proverbs 13, 12, hope deferredmakes a heart sick.
So one likely only got one ofthese super jubilee years in a
lifetime, because it was thesame for everybody, and so we
can imagine looking forward tothat 50th year, as I mentioned
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just a minute ago, just from afinancial debt standpoint, or
getting your land back or any ofthose things.
This was the year that thewrongs would be made right and
the rights were highlighted.
Debts were paid, like Imentioned, both financial and
relational, and again, wrongswere made right.
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People were forgiven.
It was the year of all thingsnew and many of you know who've
been following this podcast forany amount of time.
I know YouTube listeners cansee behind me something that my
friend Amy got for me.
That is all things new and itis you make all things pure, you
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make all things new, you makeall things right, and this is
Revelation 21.5.
This was my Super Jubilee, theyear of the reset, the radical
reset, the release and holy rest.
So what does that mean for me,what does it mean for you, and
how does it tie in to our topicof forgiveness and the
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Wednesdays with Watson podcast?
Well, it all started one nightwhen I sat on my back porch
enjoying unseasonably warmDecember temperatures.
I wondered.
I wondered what would happen ifI just let go.
I wondered how painful completesurrender could be.
I wondered what it would belike to trust God for provision
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instead of work generated by myown hands.
I wasn't sure, but I was sure Iwas going to try and try I did.
I sat on my porch tapping myfoot to the rhythm of the
cricket songs.
I surprised myself when I askedGod to give me a vocational
ministry opportunity.
When I asked God to give me avocational ministry opportunity
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If I was going to take fulladvantage of the year of my
Jubilee, I decided I was goingbig, and big I went.
As many of you know, I haveworked in the same career most
of my adult life.
I have been a vice president ofoperations in a business and
then, for the past 13 or 14years, been the chief executive
officer of a business.
I thought, though that past 13or 14 years been the chief
executive officer of a business.
I thought, though, that thepandemic would take that
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business down.
So, vocationally, I had beenbouncing around a lot and trying
to figure out what I wanted todo when I grew up and what would
pay the bills.
Trying to figure out what'snext.
One of my favorite quotes fromMartin Sheen and the West Wing
what's next?
And, to my great surprise, thepandemic did not take away our
business.
It helped it flourish as itnever had before.
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But the story gets even better.
One of the reasons I was soexcited about my Super Jubilee
was the promise of starting overand claiming the phrase I love
so much, and you see behind meon YouTube all things new
Revelation 21 5.
I knew it was still crucial forme to experience the radical
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release, and so I decided to letthe land and I air quote when I
say that provide for my needswithout working my own business
that has supported me for over30 years Now.
I understand that not everybodycan do this.
I was in a very differentsituation, which I will explain
to you in a few minutes, but Ifelt very commanded to take my
hands off of that business.
And I did other things and Ikept busy, but I really wanted
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the land to rest as well and tostill provide for me.
So I met with both mycounselors, who both thought
that it was a great idea, and weall agreed that I needed the
radical release of work and thefreedom to explore how I wanted
to spend the rest of my life.
Meanwhile, that businesscontinued to pay all the bills
and then some.
But how?
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Before I tell you how, we needto go back for a second.
The little toe-headed monsterslayer sat close to the little
black and white box wheremedical dramas played out.
Sometimes I didn't even noticethe familiar sound of the
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padlock for Mama as she lockedme in the prison room.
As she locked me in the prisonroom, I dreamt of a time when I
grew up and I would work as adoctor, saving lives and
enjoying significant discoveriesthat would change the medical
field.
Almost every Christmas, thegift that arrived from my Uncle
Lloyd had something to do withthe medical field.
In fact, one year he even gaveme a stethoscope.
It was the coolest thing everand it appeared to all that we
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were waiting for father time andsoon enough I would be in the
medical school.
Instead, I was locked in a room, abused and ultimately
abandoned, and that would bequite the story for the grown-up
Dr.
Amy.
As many of you have listened toany part of my story, life
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became about survival,no-transcript.
When I aged out of the systemin December of my senior year, I
had secured a full-ridescholarship with a pre-med major
declaration Now a grown-up,toe-headed monster slayer.
I started college, like I doeverything, fast and robust.
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I was also working full-time.
I was determined to fulfill mydreams of medical school.
But then it happened.
I have covered this on thispodcast before, especially as it
pertains to forgiveness.
I tell the story of when I was19 years old and when I had to
sign papers to take my mom offthe ventilator.
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I had one year with her aftermy 18th birthday and the no
contact order by the state, butour communication was always
shallow and meaningless.
After walking into the hospital, I was assaulted with a cold
hospital smelling air.
We all know it.
It was a rainy December day inJacksonville, florida.
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I stood at her window staringout at the skyline of my
hometown, the place where somany bad things had happened.
The respiratory therapist camein and cleaned her machine and
it was at that time.
It was at that time I abandonedmy dream of medical school.
The hospital was too sad.
I felt too helpless and I beganto grieve the death of that
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dream of working in medicine.
Too late to change my major, Ifinished that bachelor's degree,
never planning on using it orwalking into another hospital
again.
Mom died 50 minutes off thatventilator and I never told her
I forgave her.
I've been living with thatregret for a very long time.
I started this season onforgiveness because releasing
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pain and heartache from the pasthighlighted the cracks that
needed to be immobilized so thatthey could heal with total
global rest and a release.
As I thought about my currentrelationships, there was still
plenty to release to God.
My business wasn't the onlything that I needed to surrender
to the great god of the year ofthe jubilee.
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In some ways, I returned to thequote land that was mine at
times and attempted to return tomy clan.
And then I remembered we stilllive in a broken world.
But returning to my clanallowed me to dive deep into
forgiveness.
I also got hurt deeply byforgiveness not being
reciprocated.
This isn't how the year of theSuper Jubilee worked.
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Right.
All is to be made new and well.
In the end, my definition ofnew and well the word well
changed dramatically as I bothsought forgiveness and gave it
to.
I am in awe of how God has heldthat pain, collected every tear
and is continuing to bind up mybroken heart.
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He is returning healing of thepain, of much that has been
taken from me.
I don't know what it was likefor people of the Bible when
they returned to their clan.
I'm sure it didn't always gowell, even though this was to be
the year of the radical release.
I am grateful for thehyper-focus, though, on all
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things new and chasing dreamsand trusting God.
But make no mistake, it hasn'talways been heartwarming and
some things won't be redeemeduntil we see Jesus.
But the year of my superjubilee helped me pay attention.
Here's the thing I want topause here Helped me pay
attention to the God of theuniverse.
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I hadn't realized how much Iignored him with my actions
while proclaiming him with mywords.
As the year started, we began tosee record-breaking numbers for
the land that had been toiledfor so long, 30 years to be
exact.
While I stuck with mycommitment to leave it and trust
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God, paychecks kept coming andI continued to pray about what
would be next for me.
What should I put my hand to,moving forward for the rest of
my life?
Would I return to my businessafter this year of my Super
Jubilee?
There seemed to be no reasonfor me to touch it.
God provided leadership of thebusiness through my current
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business partner, chrissy, andthrough one of my dearest
friends, who I've known for over30 years.
At the time of this recording,my involvement in that business
is minimal, only gettinginvolved if asked.
And every day of the year ofthe Super Jubilee there was
provision.
Didn't go hungry once, didn'tworry about paying mortgages
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once, bills once, nothing once.
And I realized that this willnot be everybody's story, but
this is the story that God toldduring my year of super Jubilee
Cause, even though I nevertouched a total of the land God
provided, just like he said hewould radical release guys,
scandalous freedom and proincomprehensible forgiveness.
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Finally, holy, set apart rest.
Holy rest is a different kindof rest.
Until experience it isdifficult to explain.
Holy rest is set-apart restwith a specific purpose.
As my mind and my body calmeddown, my brain felt less foggy
and suddenly I began to rememberthose medical dreams.
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I began to feel a little likeMoses and others in the Bible
who gave excuses when God calledme.
Returning to the dream was fun,but was it doable?
I remember asking God if heremembered how old I was and
immediately chuckling because heknew and was calling, even at
50 years old.
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Dream Chase, do so now what Ithought During a few months.
During the summer I chased abunch of ideas, ranging from
returning to school to be anurse practitioner to a few
other things, before finallylanding on what I believe God is
calling me to.
I am so grateful for the yearof the Super jubilee so that I
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could get quiet enough to listento God and stop, stop the
madness, stop toiling the landthat both on earth and the
crevices of my heart demandedhealing through forgiveness.
I am still working on that andrecognize that some things that
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still hurt will need to beradically released many, many
times, and remember thescandalous freedom that doing so
brings.
Living with some clarity andrest, I began understanding what
God wanted from me.
Next, my late-night back porchprayers for vocational ministry
never really happened, or did it.
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By summer, I made a significantgeographical move and returned
to the land that was taken fromme based on a few factors.
While leaving Clearwater for aseason was the best thing at the
time, it was time to go home.
In early July, I moved southand closer to that big church on
the corner I often refer to andthe people of that church that
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comes with it.
The move brought many answersto the what's next?
Questions as I continued tochase my dreams.
Having the freedom to explore anew career was not something I
had when I was 18, and now, at51 years old or at that point,
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50, the world's suddenly myoyster and I could pick anything
I wanted to do and go for it.
I won't bore you with thestories of where I went from
considering leaving the state toattend school to where I
finally landed, but it is simplystunning and, honestly, more
than I ever wanted, as Iembraced the year of the Super
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Jubilee In April of 2020, when Istarted this podcast, it was
with an ember in my heart tohelp those struggling with
mental health issues.
As I dove into growing thispodcast, I learned much about
mental illness and knewimmediately that I needed to be
part of the solution.
I began making phone calls and,before I knew it, found myself
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in a training class for abehavioral health technician at
a local hospital.
So now three times a week I amassaulted by cold hospital
smelling air.
It still smells and feels awhole lot like redemption,
though it feels like theredemption of all the things.
It is the redemption of all ofthe years.
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I can't share much about what Ido at the hospital because of
HIPAA rules and privacy concerns.
However, I can share with youhow I feel when I put the badge
on in the morning and when Iwalk into the room of a patient
who is staring blankly at me orsometimes is screaming at me the
feeling of elation,unworthiness and still a
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complete shock that God wouldwake up.
A 45-year-old dream Dovetailingoff of working directly with
mental health patients in anacute and patient setting.
I have also had the opportunityto work in the emergency
department, where, arguably,some people are having the worst
days of their lives.
I get to see them at theirworst before they land in a
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behavioral health facility.
I see them at their worst andI'm getting the opportunity to
learn so that, as life continuesto plug on and you finish
listening to this podcast,you'll know what's next.
I get to take them warmblankets, which is actually one
of my favorite things to do inginger ale.
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I get to remind them when themedicine has made them forget
why they're in the hospital andwhy they matter.
I get to tell them they matteras much as I want and they argue
back that they don't.
I see the tears well up intheir eyes when I tell them that
they are worth the fight andthat I am there to fight for
them.
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My Super Jubilee has been likeChristmas morning all year long,
lasting long after I finishedthose 50 cards and gifts that my
friend Jenny gave me.
The journey of radical releaseand scandalous freedom has
changed my life forever.
It isn't practical, as Imentioned, for most people to
trust the land and to not workfor a year.
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I am so grateful that this ishow God is telling my story.
That little monster slayer whosat in that prison room watching
medical dramas, will realizeher dream after all.
As of the recording of thispodcast, I am two weeks away
from starting my doctoratedegree.
It looks a little differentthan a medical doctor, but my
heart is full as I seek formaleducation and trauma and
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community care.
I think back to those porchprayers where I prayed for a
vocational ministry and realizedGod answered that prayer.
While I am being paid to workat the hospital, he continues to
provide through the land I havetoiled for almost 30 years.
This year's provision of myjubilee pays for school and sets
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me up for a few years to helpeven more people.
As Dr Amy Watson, as we begin anew year, maybe some of you are
starting your 50th trip aroundthe sun I highly recommend
taking this year to practice theradical release by forgiving
and then embracing the freedomof a forgiving heart.
I also pray that you will leavethe land and let God provide
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for you every day, just like hesaid he would.
He truly does make all thingsnew, and he will make a way for
you to live a life of scandalousfreedom, whether you are in the
year of Jubilee or not.
As for this little project, theWednesdays with Watson podcast,
we will continue our missionhere and it will continue to
grow as I grow and as I learn.
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Come and stay with us for thejourney, and may you know the
peace of God of the year of thesuper Jubilee.
And here is a secret you don'thave to wait for yours to
experience a life altering powerof the radical release.
May it give you holy rest.
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Well, guys, thank you forhanging with me as I shared with
you my recap of 2022 and theyear of the Super Jubilee.
As I mentioned, I know it's notpractical and a lot of what I
was able to do was just thegrace of God and just a gift
from him.
A lot of what I was able to dowas just the grace of God and
just a gift from Him, allowingme to really lean into it and
chase my dreams, and so I wouldappreciate your prayers and we
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will be back here in two weeks.
January is about all things new, as we continue our season of
forgiving trauma makers, untiltwo weeks when we come back here
in the healing zone.
You know what I'm going to sayyou are seen, you are known, you
are heard, you are loved andyou are so, so valuable.
See you guys in two weeks.
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Hey guys, thank you so much forlistening.
I'm so excited to be coming intoseason seven of wednesdays with
watson podcast.
I have some thoughts in my mindof what this season is going to
look like, as I have called ittrauma and you.
We are going to start out byexamining trauma by the
different generations that arealive on the earth today.
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So we will begin with thesilent generation and begin to
investigate trauma and thaterror all the way down to even
Gen Z, and so that will be thefirst part of the season, for
sure.
Trauma and you, as we begin toinvestigate how it has impacted
generations and how differentgenerations handled it, and how
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and if we have improved and howand, most importantly, we will
improve as we just kind ofinvestigate trauma through the
ages.
And so we will see you guysback here in two weeks as we
start a brand new season theWednesdays with Watson podcast.
Thank you truly for those ofyou that follow the podcast,
that listen to the podcast, thatpray for me, that pray for this
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ministry it means more to methan I can ever tell you, and so
we'll see you in two weeks.
Before then, you know what I'mgoing to say you are seen, you
are known, you are heard, youare loved and you are so, so
valued.
Hey everybody, and welcome back to Wednesdays with
Watson.
It is late August of 2024, andtoday is the last episode that
we are dropping since we've beenon hiatus for the last two
months, and so I hope that someof you who have not, who had not
heard some of those episodes,have enjoyed those as we move
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into season seven, coming at youin September.
So enjoy this episode.
This was one of my favoriteepisodes that we dropped.
We did it for my 50th birthday,which is in biblical times
would have been called a superjubilee and so five people from
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each decade of my life came ontothe podcast and talked about
their memories of me, and wewere able to celebrate them and
their investment in my life, andso I hope that you enjoyed this
episode.
It is one that I am certainlyglad that we have in the canon,
and then in two weeks we beginseason seven of the Wednesdays
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with Watson podcast Trauma andyou, and so be looking out for
different things on social media.
If you're not following us onsocial media, please click in
the show notes.
Best place is to follow us onInstagram to get all the latest
information.
So let's drop into this episodethat we did for my 50th
birthday with five people whochanged my life.
I am so happy that you havejoined us here today.
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We are beginning the month ofJanuary, continuing our series
and forgiving trauma makers, butbefore we do that, I want to
talk to you about recapping 2022and how forgiveness played into
my entire year.
So sit back, relax and enjoythis episode of my super jubilee
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.
Consecrate the 50th year andproclaim liberty throughout the
land, to all of its inhabitants.
It shall be a jubilee for you.
You are to return to yourfamily property and to your clan
.
The fiftieth year shall also bea jubilee for you.
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Do not sow and do not reap whatgrows of itself or harvests the
unintended vines.
Don't do it, for it is thejubilee and it is holy for you.
Eat only what is taken directlyfrom the fields.
Leviticus 25, 10 through 12.
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As I read that passage ofscripture, a couple things come
to my mind.
That passage of scripture, acouple things come to my mind.
The first one is as we read inLeviticus and this practice of
the super jubilee, which we'regoing to talk about at length
here, because last year was myyear of super jubilee, so much
of it was about liberation, somuch of it was about freedom.
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So much of it was about releaseand reset and rest, and I
wonder if any of us can fullygrasp what true liberation feels
like without first experiencingthe freedom and liberty that
comes from various and sundrythings and, for the purposes of
this series, forgiveness.
I wonder about the release wetalked about.
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We're in the middle of a seasonof forgiveness, forgiving
trauma makers.
What does it mean to trulyrelease?
What is proper release or,better stated, what is freedom?
Today is December the 29th, 2022, and I have struggled to write
this, to bring it to you inwhatever way you consume it.
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So much, so much happened in2022.
That is absolutelymind-boggling.
Last year at this time, I wasjust 28 days into my 50th trip
around the sun.
I had been, and continued to be, intentional about a lesson my
friend Jenny gifted me when Iturned 50 last December.
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You see, my birthday isDecember 1st, and so I usually
don't get celebrated, but thisyear I decided that I was going
to get celebrated and, since Iusually end the year with a
recap episode anyway, it justhappens that this recap episode
has a lot to do with thatfinding my value, asking to be
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celebrated for a milestonebirthday, but it has a lot to do
with our season topic and it ismy prayer that you will find
some freedom and some release.
As you're listening to thiswherever you're listening to
this While we're on the topic,if you're listening to this
wherever you're listening tothis While we're on the topic,
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So what exactly happened duringmy 50th year on this planet?
If you've been listening to us,you know that it is a miracle
that I'm on the planet in thefirst place.
I never thought that I wouldmake it to 50 years old, but
alas, here we are.
As a matter of fact, I'm 51.
Just turned 51, just 30 daysago.
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What I experienced in this yearwas scandalous freedom, radical
release, holy rest and, yes,incomprehensible forgiveness.
As I mentioned, I spent most ofmy birthdays accepting apologies
from those who were exhaustedfrom Thanksgiving and gearing up
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for Christmas.
Thanksgiving and gearing up forChristmas Quote we will
celebrate in January.
They always say, and sometimesI still forget that my birthday
is not actually in January, butit is in December.
But when I knew that the daywas barreling towards me and
kids, it barrels towards you,that I would turn a half century
, 50 years old, a milestonebirthday, I was determined to be
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celebrated and I was determinedto be celebrated on time and I
was determined to be celebratedwith some of my most precious
people.
So on December 3rd and 5th, Ihad two fantastic birthday
celebrations.
It was so incredible that itmade me wonder hmm, should I
press my luck every year anddemand a celebration?
Should I press my luck everyyear and demand a celebration?
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I decided probably no, but thereis no doubt that this year was
different, and it all startedwhen my friend Jenny brought me
50 cards and gifts to one of mybirthday dinners.
She told me about the year ofJubilee and how it was a year of
scandalous freedom, radicalrelease, holy rest and an
incredible forgiveness.
She directed me to a podcastthat explains it way better than
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I can and I will link that inthe show notes.
But I decided I would embracethis year as all of those things
and this, my friend, is whereand how I have experienced said
scandalous freedom, radicalrelease, holy rest and
incomprehensible forgiveness.
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This practice of the superjubilee is outlined in Leviticus
, chapter 25.
And I opened the podcast with aportion of that scripture
Because, you see, after sevencycles of seven years, with a
portion of that scripture,because, you see, after seven
cycles of seven years, thepeople experienced a year of
what they called the superSabbath or the year of the
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Jubilee.
It was a year when prisonerswere set free, regardless of
their standing.
It was a time when debts, bothfinancial and emotional, were
forgiven and were released.
It was a time when people whoseland had been taken from them
was returned and the people, thepeople were to rest.
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They were also to allow theland to rest, eating only what
the land provided for them.
It was the year of hope.
Hope showed off that yearbecause people were driven to
trust the land and the God ofthe land who implemented the
super Sabbath, who would producefor them without their
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assistance.
They were not to toll the landduring the super jubilee and I
want to stop right there for asecond and I didn't originally
write this episode to implementa proper jubilee in today's
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society but I can't imaginebeing commanded not to toil the
land, because that was wherefood came from and sustenance
came from, and they just had totrust that the land, too, needed
to rest and that it was goingto give them what they needed.
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And so that's still a little bitmind blowing to me, and
something I'm taking into 2023is what kind of trust and faith,
what kind of Hebrews chapter 11trust and faith that those
people must have had?
And I'm sure there are somepeople who toiled the lane and
they weren't supposed to, but,man, can you just imagine a full
year where you've beencommanded to rest?
Just rest, like today, though?
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Back then, families wereestranged and they were to
return to their clan, and theyno doubt needed to make some
things right.
They were driven, obviously,like I just talked about, to
trust God, not only for theirprovision, but that they would
be accepted when they returnedto their clan.
Forgiveness was not necessarily,but it was essential during the
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year of Super Jubilee.
When they returned to theirclan, they had to forgive, even
if it wasn't extended to them.
Forgiveness was a big, big partof the Jubilee, guys.
Forgiveness of both financialdebt.
Can you imagine somebodytelling you there will be a year
in your life where all of yourdebt will be forgiven All your
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financial debt, your mortgage ispaid, your car payment is paid,
any money that you owe tofriends, credit cards all that?
There will be a year afterseven cycles of seven years,
when all of that is released.
Can you even imagine that rightnow?
That's the kind of freedom thatthe Super Jubilee brought, and
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the same was true ifrelationships were restored and
people had ought to get intoeach other and forgiveness was
given during the year of thesuper jubilee.
People who were guilty ofcrimes were let go, rights were
made wrong, land was returned.
It was an amazing year and Itried my best to live my best.
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Western civilization 2022version of it.
I always thought I was okay inthe trust department, but this
year challenged that andforgiveness has been part of my
super jubilee story.
I really, really thought I wasgood on the forgiveness thing.
I can often be heard actually 80something episodes
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pontificating about how I haveworked since I was old enough to
have a boiled peanut route whenI was seven.
I joke that I've been caringfor myself for a very long time.
I live under the illusion thatmy hard work and my hands toil
are why I'm not hungry orhomeless.
Trust has never been one of mystrong suits, so I, like many of
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you, work and toll like I havecontrol.
I quickly learned the peace andletting it all go, the peace
and the realization and theacceptance that I actually have
no control at all.
The ultimate radical release.
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That radical release broughtwith it the scandalous freedom
like I could begin to live mylife in freedom.
And that freedom brought restand for the first year in my
life, I didn't feel guilty aboutrest.
It was holy rest, the kind ofrest where it is me and God, the
type of rest that a millionhours of sleep could not provide
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.
After that birthday celebrationwhere Jenny brought me those 50
gifts.
I opened one card or gift for50 consecutive days, but I got
to tell y'all it was the coolestthing ever.
It was like 50 days ofChristmas, for the gifts and
cards were excellent, but thejourney that this truth started
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was almost, and is almost, toohard to explain.
But I'm going to try here today, as I thought more and more
about the Super Jubilee, aboutthe 50th year, about the seven
years of seven, seven cycles ofseven years, I thought how the
people must have felt as theyanticipated the year Jubilee I
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referenced a minute ago.
If we can even imagine, itimmediately reminded me of
Proverbs 13, 12, hope deferredmakes a heart sick.
So one likely only got one ofthese super jubilee years in a
lifetime, because it was thesame for everybody, and so we
can imagine looking forward tothat 50th year, as I mentioned
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just a minute ago, just from afinancial debt standpoint, or
getting your land back or any ofthose things.
This was the year that thewrongs would be made right and
the rights were highlighted.
Debts were paid, like Imentioned, both financial and
relational, and again, wrongswere made right.
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People were forgiven.
It was the year of all thingsnew and many of you know who've
been following this podcast forany amount of time.
I know YouTube listeners cansee behind me something that my
friend Amy got for me.
That is all things new and itis you make all things pure, you
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make all things new, you makeall things right, and this is
Revelation 21.5.
This was my Super Jubilee, theyear of the reset, the radical
reset, the release and holy rest.
So what does that mean for me,what does it mean for you, and
how does it tie in to our topicof forgiveness and the
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Wednesdays with Watson podcast?
Well, it all started one nightwhen I sat on my back porch
enjoying unseasonably warmDecember temperatures.
I wondered.
I wondered what would happen ifI just let go.
I wondered how painful completesurrender could be.
I wondered what it would belike to trust God for provision
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instead of work generated by myown hands.
I wasn't sure, but I was sure Iwas going to try and try I did.
I sat on my porch tapping myfoot to the rhythm of the
cricket songs.
I surprised myself when I askedGod to give me a vocational
ministry opportunity.
When I asked God to give me avocational ministry opportunity
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If I was going to take fulladvantage of the year of my
Jubilee, I decided I was goingbig, and big I went.
As many of you know, I haveworked in the same career most
of my adult life.
I have been a vice president ofoperations in a business and
then, for the past 13 or 14years, been the chief executive
officer of a business.
I thought, though that past 13or 14 years been the chief
executive officer of a business.
I thought, though, that thepandemic would take that
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business down.
So, vocationally, I had beenbouncing around a lot and trying
to figure out what I wanted todo when I grew up and what would
pay the bills.
Trying to figure out what'snext.
One of my favorite quotes fromMartin Sheen and the West Wing
what's next?
And, to my great surprise, thepandemic did not take away our
business.
It helped it flourish as itnever had before.
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But the story gets even better.
One of the reasons I was soexcited about my Super Jubilee
was the promise of starting overand claiming the phrase I love
so much, and you see behind meon YouTube all things new
Revelation 21 5.
I knew it was still crucial forme to experience the radical
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release, and so I decided to letthe land and I air quote when I
say that provide for my needswithout working my own business
that has supported me for over30 years Now.
I understand that not everybodycan do this.
I was in a very differentsituation, which I will explain
to you in a few minutes, but Ifelt very commanded to take my
hands off of that business.
And I did other things and Ikept busy, but I really wanted
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the land to rest as well and tostill provide for me.
So I met with both mycounselors, who both thought
that it was a great idea, and weall agreed that I needed the
radical release of work and thefreedom to explore how I wanted
to spend the rest of my life.
Meanwhile, that businesscontinued to pay all the bills
and then some.
But how?
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Before I tell you how, we needto go back for a second.
The little toe-headed monsterslayer sat close to the little
black and white box wheremedical dramas played out.
Sometimes I didn't even noticethe familiar sound of the
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padlock for Mama as she lockedme in the prison room.
As she locked me in the prisonroom, I dreamt of a time when I
grew up and I would work as adoctor, saving lives and
enjoying significant discoveriesthat would change the medical
field.
Almost every Christmas, thegift that arrived from my Uncle
Lloyd had something to do withthe medical field.
In fact, one year he even gaveme a stethoscope.
It was the coolest thing everand it appeared to all that we
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were waiting for father time andsoon enough I would be in the
medical school.
Instead, I was locked in a room, abused and ultimately
abandoned, and that would bequite the story for the grown-up
Dr.
Amy.
As many of you have listened toany part of my story, life
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became about survival,no-transcript.
When I aged out of the systemin December of my senior year, I
had secured a full-ridescholarship with a pre-med major
declaration Now a grown-up,toe-headed monster slayer.
I started college, like I doeverything, fast and robust.
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I was also working full-time.
I was determined to fulfill mydreams of medical school.
But then it happened.
I have covered this on thispodcast before, especially as it
pertains to forgiveness.
I tell the story of when I was19 years old and when I had to
sign papers to take my mom offthe ventilator.
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I had one year with her aftermy 18th birthday and the no
contact order by the state, butour communication was always
shallow and meaningless.
After walking into the hospital, I was assaulted with a cold
hospital smelling air.
We all know it.
It was a rainy December day inJacksonville, florida.
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I stood at her window staringout at the skyline of my
hometown, the place where somany bad things had happened.
The respiratory therapist camein and cleaned her machine and
it was at that time.
It was at that time I abandonedmy dream of medical school.
The hospital was too sad.
I felt too helpless and I beganto grieve the death of that
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dream of working in medicine.
Too late to change my major, Ifinished that bachelor's degree,
never planning on using it orwalking into another hospital
again.
Mom died 50 minutes off thatventilator and I never told her
I forgave her.
I've been living with thatregret for a very long time.
I started this season onforgiveness because releasing
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pain and heartache from the pasthighlighted the cracks that
needed to be immobilized so thatthey could heal with total
global rest and a release.
As I thought about my currentrelationships, there was still
plenty to release to God.
My business wasn't the onlything that I needed to surrender
to the great god of the year ofthe jubilee.
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In some ways, I returned to thequote land that was mine at
times and attempted to return tomy clan.
And then I remembered we stilllive in a broken world.
But returning to my clanallowed me to dive deep into
forgiveness.
I also got hurt deeply byforgiveness not being
reciprocated.
This isn't how the year of theSuper Jubilee worked.
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Right.
All is to be made new and well.
In the end, my definition ofnew and well the word well
changed dramatically as I bothsought forgiveness and gave it
to.
I am in awe of how God has heldthat pain, collected every tear
and is continuing to bind up mybroken heart.
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He is returning healing of thepain, of much that has been
taken from me.
I don't know what it was likefor people of the Bible when
they returned to their clan.
I'm sure it didn't always gowell, even though this was to be
the year of the radical release.
I am grateful for thehyper-focus, though, on all
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things new and chasing dreamsand trusting God.
But make no mistake, it hasn'talways been heartwarming and
some things won't be redeemeduntil we see Jesus.
But the year of my superjubilee helped me pay attention.
Here's the thing I want topause here Helped me pay
attention to the God of theuniverse.
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I hadn't realized how much Iignored him with my actions
while proclaiming him with mywords.
As the year started, we began tosee record-breaking numbers for
the land that had been toiledfor so long, 30 years to be
exact.
While I stuck with mycommitment to leave it and trust
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God, paychecks kept coming andI continued to pray about what
would be next for me.
What should I put my hand to,moving forward for the rest of
my life?
Would I return to my businessafter this year of my Super
Jubilee?
There seemed to be no reasonfor me to touch it.
God provided leadership of thebusiness through my current
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business partner, chrissy, andthrough one of my dearest
friends, who I've known for over30 years.
At the time of this recording,my involvement in that business
is minimal, only gettinginvolved if asked.
And every day of the year ofthe Super Jubilee there was
provision.
Didn't go hungry once, didn'tworry about paying mortgages
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once, bills once, nothing once.
And I realized that this willnot be everybody's story, but
this is the story that God toldduring my year of super Jubilee
Cause, even though I nevertouched a total of the land God
provided, just like he said hewould radical release guys,
scandalous freedom and proincomprehensible forgiveness.
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Finally, holy, set apart rest.
Holy rest is a different kindof rest.
Until experience it isdifficult to explain.
Holy rest is set-apart restwith a specific purpose.
As my mind and my body calmeddown, my brain felt less foggy
and suddenly I began to rememberthose medical dreams.
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I began to feel a little likeMoses and others in the Bible
who gave excuses when God calledme.
Returning to the dream was fun,but was it doable?
I remember asking God if heremembered how old I was and
immediately chuckling because heknew and was calling, even at
50 years old.
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Dream Chase, do so now what Ithought During a few months.
During the summer I chased abunch of ideas, ranging from
returning to school to be anurse practitioner to a few
other things, before finallylanding on what I believe God is
calling me to.
I am so grateful for the yearof the Super jubilee so that I
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could get quiet enough to listento God and stop, stop the
madness, stop toiling the landthat both on earth and the
crevices of my heart demandedhealing through forgiveness.
I am still working on that andrecognize that some things that
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still hurt will need to beradically released many, many
times, and remember thescandalous freedom that doing so
brings.
Living with some clarity andrest, I began understanding what
God wanted from me.
Next, my late-night back porchprayers for vocational ministry
never really happened, or did it.
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By summer, I made a significantgeographical move and returned
to the land that was taken fromme based on a few factors.
While leaving Clearwater for aseason was the best thing at the
time, it was time to go home.
In early July, I moved southand closer to that big church on
the corner I often refer to andthe people of that church that
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comes with it.
The move brought many answersto the what's next?
Questions as I continued tochase my dreams.
Having the freedom to explore anew career was not something I
had when I was 18, and now, at51 years old or at that point,
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50, the world's suddenly myoyster and I could pick anything
I wanted to do and go for it.
I won't bore you with thestories of where I went from
considering leaving the state toattend school to where I
finally landed, but it is simplystunning and, honestly, more
than I ever wanted, as Iembraced the year of the Super
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Jubilee In April of 2020, when Istarted this podcast, it was
with an ember in my heart tohelp those struggling with
mental health issues.
As I dove into growing thispodcast, I learned much about
mental illness and knewimmediately that I needed to be
part of the solution.
I began making phone calls and,before I knew it, found myself
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in a training class for abehavioral health technician at
a local hospital.
So now three times a week I amassaulted by cold hospital
smelling air.
It still smells and feels awhole lot like redemption,
though it feels like theredemption of all the things.
It is the redemption of all ofthe years.
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I can't share much about what Ido at the hospital because of
HIPAA rules and privacy concerns.
However, I can share with youhow I feel when I put the badge
on in the morning and when Iwalk into the room of a patient
who is staring blankly at me orsometimes is screaming at me the
feeling of elation,unworthiness and still a
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complete shock that God wouldwake up.
A 45-year-old dream Dovetailingoff of working directly with
mental health patients in anacute and patient setting.
I have also had the opportunityto work in the emergency
department, where, arguably,some people are having the worst
days of their lives.
I get to see them at theirworst before they land in a
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behavioral health facility.
I see them at their worst andI'm getting the opportunity to
learn so that, as life continuesto plug on and you finish
listening to this podcast,you'll know what's next.
I get to take them warmblankets, which is actually one
of my favorite things to do inginger ale.
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I get to remind them when themedicine has made them forget
why they're in the hospital andwhy they matter.
I get to tell them they matteras much as I want and they argue
back that they don't.
I see the tears well up intheir eyes when I tell them that
they are worth the fight andthat I am there to fight for
them.
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My Super Jubilee has been likeChristmas morning all year long,
lasting long after I finishedthose 50 cards and gifts that my
friend Jenny gave me.
The journey of radical releaseand scandalous freedom has
changed my life forever.
It isn't practical, as Imentioned, for most people to
trust the land and to not workfor a year.
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I am so grateful that this ishow God is telling my story.
That little monster slayer whosat in that prison room watching
medical dramas, will realizeher dream after all.
As of the recording of thispodcast, I am two weeks away
from starting my doctoratedegree.
It looks a little differentthan a medical doctor, but my
heart is full as I seek formaleducation and trauma and
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community care.
I think back to those porchprayers where I prayed for a
vocational ministry and realizedGod answered that prayer.
While I am being paid to workat the hospital, he continues to
provide through the land I havetoiled for almost 30 years.
This year's provision of myjubilee pays for school and sets
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me up for a few years to helpeven more people.
As Dr Amy Watson, as we begin anew year, maybe some of you are
starting your 50th trip aroundthe sun I highly recommend
taking this year to practice theradical release by forgiving
and then embracing the freedomof a forgiving heart.
I also pray that you will leavethe land and let God provide
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for you every day, just like hesaid he would.
He truly does make all thingsnew, and he will make a way for
you to live a life of scandalousfreedom, whether you are in the
year of Jubilee or not.
As for this little project, theWednesdays with Watson podcast,
we will continue our missionhere and it will continue to
grow as I grow and as I learn.
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Come and stay with us for thejourney, and may you know the
peace of God of the year of thesuper Jubilee.
And here is a secret you don'thave to wait for yours to
experience a life altering powerof the radical release.
May it give you holy rest.
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Well, guys, thank you forhanging with me as I shared with
you my recap of 2022 and theyear of the Super Jubilee.
As I mentioned, I know it's notpractical and a lot of what I
was able to do was just thegrace of God and just a gift
from him.
A lot of what I was able to dowas just the grace of God and
just a gift from Him, allowingme to really lean into it and
chase my dreams, and so I wouldappreciate your prayers and we
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will be back here in two weeks.
January is about all things new, as we continue our season of
forgiving trauma makers, untiltwo weeks when we come back here
in the healing zone.
You know what I'm going to sayyou are seen, you are known, you
are heard, you are loved andyou are so, so valuable.
See you guys in two weeks.
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Hey guys, thank you so much forlistening.
I'm so excited to be coming intoseason seven of wednesdays with
watson podcast.
I have some thoughts in my mindof what this season is going to
look like, as I have called ittrauma and you.
We are going to start out byexamining trauma by the
different generations that arealive on the earth today.
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So we will begin with thesilent generation and begin to
investigate trauma and thaterror all the way down to even
Gen Z, and so that will be thefirst part of the season, for
sure.
Trauma and you, as we begin toinvestigate how it has impacted
generations and how differentgenerations handled it, and how
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and if we have improved and howand, most importantly, we will
improve as we just kind ofinvestigate trauma through the
ages.
And so we will see you guysback here in two weeks as we
start a brand new season theWednesdays with Watson podcast.
Thank you truly for those ofyou that follow the podcast,
that listen to the podcast, thatpray for me, that pray for this
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ministry it means more to methan I can ever tell you, and so
we'll see you in two weeks.
Before then, you know what I'mgoing to say you are seen, you
are known, you are heard, youare loved and you are so, so
valued.
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