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If you've been praying about something and you're desperate, but you're not getting the answer that you were hoping for.

I wanted to share this story because I happen to see this.

You may know, my name is Brandt, by the way, producer Sherry's here, but you may know, like I do a lot of work with cure, these hospitals that heal kids with various disabilities.

And I noticed this one story a couple days ago, I got an email about it.

His name's Anthony, 17, and he's lived with a cleft lip and palate his entire life.

Oh, my goodness.

At age 17.

And his quote, he said, I now see God's goodness in a new way. Let me tell you, God has eyes and ears. He sees and hears us all. I used to cry out to God almost every other night because of what I look like, but God answered. And I was thinking about crying out to God and being, you know, for that long.

And he's saying God has eyes and ears. He saw me. He saw me and he heard me. And it sounds like

Anthony had his doubts, which is totally understandable. But he's like, no, he saw me, you heard me.

This is his answer.

A question for the bubbly cans of water. Yeah. La Croix or LeCroix? Because I said LeCroix and...

I've heard everyone say LeCroix. I haven't heard the other way. My family laughed at me.

Oh, did they? Multiple generations. Even the babies? No, not the babies. But my daughter, my wife. Okay. The dog.

My son-in-law.

It's like La Croy, Wisconsin. I guess maybe... I thought everybody said La Croy. I haven't heard it the other way.

Well, they call it La Cois. Interesting. Which I'm all four. I mean, if we're going to be like really pretentious. I am not against pretense. I know you're not. I embrace it. Absolutely. Absolutely. Just confessing I'm really good at wasting time. and I don't mean that to be funny it's not funny I really waste time

and Just confessing I'm really good at wasting time. And I don't mean that to be funny. It's not funny. I really waste time. And I'm not proud of that. I'm not trying to feel guilty about it. Well, I mean, I think a lot of people can say that. Yeah. I think the world is trying to get us to waste our time. But there's something in the Bible. There's's a fact that's in a couple places I heard.

Talks about redeeming the time.

Oh, yeah.

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