Pastor Mark here, some years ago I had a clip that kind of went viral before there was viral.

They put it on the radio.

It was from a Men in Marriage series and first and second Peter. And I think it was like 15 years ago.

So I'll just be honest with you this is just kind of off the cuff here was a story behind it and

for my critics and enemies that have used it shame on you but here's the truth

my wife Grace,

Grace, who I met at 17 on one of our first dates, there was a guy stocking her

and tried to run me over with a motorcycle. We weren't dating. We were just

friends and I got in the middle to protect her and and was really worried

about her safety and then some years later we were married and

started ministry and had kids and Grace had given birth to our fifth child, a beautiful baby boy who is now a high school

senior and we were sitting upstairs in our bedroom.

She was folding laundry and we were visiting.

And I asked her, I said, let me just ask you some questions.

So I started asking questions about that previous relationship

with that person who had stalked her and I had to literally get in the way to physically protect her

And she started telling me some specific details of some things that had happened to her before I met her that I had never

known and at this point you know we'd been married for I don't even know so our son would have

been I mean maybe close to 20 years at that time, I don't even know.

And if she started answering the question, she was busy folding the laundry and I just started, I was weeping uncontrollably because it done on me that my best friend who I you know I care the most about she she was a sexual assault victim many times and repeatedly and it

just wrecked me I grew up in a dangerous neighborhood green river killer Ted

Bundy prostitutes one of the gals that was murdered was my buddy's friend and she was turning tricks and sometimes I would be driving to work on what's called Pacific Highway and some of the gals that were out

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