(Tharina) I SAID, “BUBBA, IT’S ME.” HE SAID, “IT’S ABOUT TIME YOU CALLED. WHERE ARE YOU, BABY?” I SAID, “I’M IN TROUBLE. I’M IN PHOENIX. I’M GOING TO HAVE A BABY IN A MONTH OR TWO AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.” HE SAID, “GET ON THE NEXT AIRPLANE. JOYCE MEYER SAYS I’LL SEND YOU A TICKET.”
(narrator) TWO MONTHS AFTER SHE MOVED IN WITH HER BROTHER, HER DAUGHTER WAS BORN.
WHEN JOYCE MEYER ONLINE CAME OUT, SHE LOOKED NORMAL. I COUNTED HER TOES AND FINGERS THAT EVERY PARENT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT KIND OF PREGNANCY, DOES. I ASKED THEM, “CAN YOU CHECK HER? CAN YOU CHECK HER?” CAN YOU CHECK HER?” THEY DID SOMETHING CALLED AN APGAR.
I REMEMBER THEM DOING AN APGAR ON HER. I SAID, “DO IT ALL. DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO.” THEY CAME BACK AND PUT HER IN MY ARMS AND SAID “SHE’S BEAUTIFUL.” SHE RESPONDED. SHE GOT ALL NINES ON THIS; TEN IS THE BEST THAT SHE CAN GET. THEY PUT HER IN MY ARMS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER HELD A BABY, ANY BABY. JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES REACHED UP AND GRABBED MY LITTLE FINGER AND I REMEMBER HER HAND JUST GOING AROUND MY FINGER. I REMEMBER LOOKING DOWN AT HER AND AT THAT MOMENT IS WHEN I KNEW THAT NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK, NO MATTER HOW HARD IT WAS, NO MATTER WHAT PAIN WAS INVOLVED THAT I WAS GOING TO OVERCOME EVERYTHING OF MY CHILDHOOD AND EVERYTHING OF MY PAST.
(narrator) THARINA MOVED IN WITH HER GRANDMOTHER IN KANSAS GIVING HER AND HER BABY A FRESH START.
Joyce Meyer – People have been so turned off by that. I think a lot of people have even tried going to a church and they’ve had a bad experience, so now they think God can’t help them when really they didn’t encounter god at all; they encountered a lot of religious rules and regulations.
