Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. This week we visit with Emmy Award winning host of the today show Kathy Lee Gifford.

Kathy Lee is also a singer, songwriter, and author. She is working on a new book, The Rock, The Road, and the

Rabbi, which comes out in spring of 2018.

Hi everybody, I'm Kathy Lee Gifford. I am, I guess I'm an entertainer I came out of the womb with a

pret fall and been doing it for 50 years now and the Lord has blessed me

extraordinarily beyond my dreams.

I was married for almost 29 years to a beautiful man who gave me two even more beautiful

children.

My son Cody is 27, my daughter Cass is soon to turn 24. I guess the

story of my life so far and I expect it shall be until the very end is the story of God's faithfulness to me.

I've come to believe just like David when he talked about how he was

fearfully and wondrously made in his mother's womb that everything is determined

before we even get here. Before the beginning of the world God says I saw you I saw

you in that that secret place and he had designs on us and he created us in his in his image

and God is a creator therefore we are creator so I came out of the womb putting on

shows my sister did too and I've been putting on a show in one way or another

most of my life and so I believe we are at our happiest in life when we're doing exactly what God created us to do.

When we're not is when we fall into the pitfalls and when we fall into the despair and

the discouragement and I'm not saying that's not going to happen while we are actually on our path

because the Lord says we will. But for the in terms of our purpose I believe he already knows it what he has in mind for us and he he

wants to get a hold of our hearts and our wills early in our lives just to give us a

just to give us a big a big kick and kick start you know to get it gone so I was

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