Catapulting Over a Painful Past
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Kim Anthony had talent but did not have the ‘look’ of a typical gymnast in the 1980s – she was African-American, too tall, and came from a poor family. But by the time she got to college, she had already overcome incredible odds: almost aborted; a drug-addicted father; a struggling single mom. When her gymnastic victories left her feeling hollow, Kim sought a deeper meaning for her life, and found it through Jesus Christ. She concludes her message by encouraging her audience of high-school students to esteem themselves as sons and daughters of the King and embrace sexual purity before marriage.
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| 0:00.0 | Get this for 18 years of my life. I had been told that I was a mistake and worse than that, I believed it. |
| 0:17.0 | And I lived my life accordingly. |
| 0:20.0 | That's Kim Hamilton Anthony, and today we'll hear how she overcame a difficult childhood |
| 0:26.3 | to become a world-class gymnast. |
| 0:29.0 | Thanks for joining us for focus on the family with Jim Daly. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm John Fuller. |
| 0:32.6 | Well, the 2024 Summer Olympics begin today in Paris and we thought we'd commemorate the |
| 0:38.4 | games by featuring, as you said, John, a world-class gymnast who really is an example of that spirit of competition, |
| 0:46.3 | though she didn't get a chance to compete at the Olympic level. |
| 0:50.0 | Kim Hamilton Anthony made history by becoming the first African American female to be recruited |
| 0:56.4 | and receive a scholarship to compete on UCLA's gymnastics team. |
| 1:01.2 | There she became a six-time All-American and four-time national champion and |
| 1:06.3 | that complete story is captured in her book called Unfavorable Odds the |
| 1:11.8 | story of an unlikely champion. |
| 1:14.2 | It's a terrific read and you can learn more about the book and about Kim. |
| 1:17.8 | We've got the details in the show notes. |
| 1:20.8 | And by the way, if you have children nearby, you might want to use your earbuds or |
| 1:23.7 | listen later via our podcast or the focus on the family app. Here now is Kim |
| 1:29.0 | Hamilton Anthony speaking at the High School Ministry of Saddleback Church in Southern California on |
| 1:34.8 | today's episode of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
| 1:38.9 | Imagine what it would be like to be a teenager and live in a four-room house with 10 or 13 of your relatives. |
| 1:55.0 | There are a lot of mouths to feed, a lot of bills to pay, |
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