As we dived out the plane, we dropped for around about 50 seconds, pull the shoot, nothing happens.

And then suddenly, thankfully, the shoot flies up above me, fills with air.

I am a wreck. I didn't sleep a wink that night. This battle in my head is surging around, which is tomorrow,

if those two bits of fabric and nylon string that are my main shoot and my

reserve fail, I will find out if this God that I followed for the whole of my life is real

or not.

Welcome, everybody. This is Simon Gilbeau with Inspired. Inspired if you're new to us,

is all about meeting different mates and contacts of mine from across the range of a spectrum

of jobs and human life

experience and hearing how their faith has sustained them, has impacted them and how God's

used them. And all that, I suppose, is all the more to counteract the relentless barrage of

negativity that we get from the media and, you know, I tell,

to say people, get off the 24-7 news cycle because you're just letting someone else curate

all the bad stuff that's going on in the world to make you feel more anxious and depressed

and cynical and negative and gloomy. And so that's why I think inspired is doing so well,

because we just need to hear good news.

And I've got no doubt this week, you're going to be really inspired and encouraged in your faith because we've got with us, Simon Thomas. Welcome, Simon.

Simon, how are you? Brilliant. Well, Simon, many of you will have seen him on TV. He's a TV presenter going way back when he hosted Blue Peter, and it's funny

because we've just been on with Adam, the editor of the podcast, and he has a prized photo of him,

age 10, next to Simon at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace beat Norwich. Simon's a Norwich City fan,

and so Adam was, I think, conflicted age 10 because he's with his hero. Simon's a Norwich city fan and so Adam was I think conflicted age 10 because he's

with his hero or his fan Simon Thomas but Simon's gutted about the result. Anyway,

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