So I had to go home to mother and daddy and I wondered what were they going to say to me?

What was I going to say to them?

And would they say, we told you not to?

You've made your bed and I have to lie in it.

We're tired of fooling with you and was I rounded the bend in my parents driveway.

My father was standing there. When I got out of the car, he said, welcome home.

That's Ruth Bell Graham, the daughter of the late evangelist Billy Graham, describing a time when she failed, and it was a time of redemption in her life as well.

We're going to hear more from her today about her life and her faith journey

on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.

John, it was my privilege to meet with Ruth Graham in her home in Central Virginia and that's where I

had a chance to hear some of her remarkable stories. I mean each of the family

members have great stories about growing up as a Graham.

And she's named after her mom,

and we've had other members of her family

on the program in the past, including Franklin.

Ruth has experienced some major challenges in her life.

Health issues, failed marriages, loneliness, feeling unworthy before God and her family, as we heard in that opening clip.

I was touched by Ruth's vulnerability, her willingness to open up her life a bit and reveal what God has taught her through the mistakes she's made and how faithful

the Lord has been in her journey.

And we also talked about a book that Ruth has written called transforming loneliness,

which offers some fascinating research and insights

about how loneliness has become an epidemic in our society today.

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