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The Unfolding

Page 7: Mark Schultz

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Mark Schultz had always felt a drive to succeed. As the only adopted child in his family, it seemed to be a way to guarantee his adoptive parents would know they had picked the right kid. If he was the starting quarterback, the pitcher on the state championship team, the singer and songwriter who got standing ovations – that surely meant he was special. It wasn't until Mark held his own adopted daughter that he finally had a revelation about God's love for him.

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Page six of the unfolding is the story of Mark Schultz.

0:03.6

This huge thing went off in my head, and I went, oh my gosh, this is me, my whole life going,

0:10.8

if I'm special, and if I'm quarterback, and if I sing and people give me standing ovations,

0:15.7

I will be special enough that people will pay attention to me.

0:19.2

God's story has been unfolding.

0:21.6

Since the beginning of time.

0:24.6

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:31.6

Another page in the unfolding.

0:34.6

... in the unfolding.

0:45.4

Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

0:51.5

Mark Schultz is a talented and successful singer and songwriter and an incredible storyteller.

0:56.6

One part of Mark's personal story is adoption. He grew up knowing he was adopted and he's shared that story in songs and in concerts, but it wasn't until Mark was

1:02.0

holding his own adopted daughter that he had a revelation about a father's love. He began to

1:08.1

understand God's love in a way that changed his life. When did you realize

1:13.6

you were adopted? Gosh, I was probably in the third grade because I was going through my baby book

1:19.0

and there was stuff in my baby book that my sister didn't have. She's not adopted. I've got a brother

1:23.8

who's not adopted five years older than me, a sister who's not adopted a year younger than me, and I'm in the middle.

1:29.5

And so I was like, hey, mom, I see a discrepancy here.

1:33.3

My sister has more stuff on her baby book, and why is that?

1:36.2

And she said, well, it's because, son, you were adopted.

1:39.7

And I said, I don't even know what that means.

1:41.0

And she said, it means with your brother and your sister, that's just who we got.

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