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The Unfolding

Page 89: Chris and Denise Benyo

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

What if we looked at life as if everything was a miracle? That's much easier when life is going well. When Chris and Denise Benyo got married, they were looking forward to a bright and beautiful future. But within months, Denise was diagnosed with a progressive neurodegenerative disease, called ALS. How do you see everything as a miracle, while you're facing a terminal diagnosis?

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0:00.0

Page 89 of the unfolding is the story of Chris and Denise Benio.

0:04.8

I just said, how mad are you at God right now?

0:07.3

And she wasn't able to speak, so she used her Dynavox.

0:10.3

And it's like she was waiting for me to ask her this question.

0:13.2

And she looked at me and she says, God didn't give me ALS.

0:16.4

So no, I'm not mad at God.

0:18.0

Were you mad at God?

0:19.2

Oh, gosh, yes.

0:20.9

God's story has been unfolding.

0:24.2

Since the beginning of time.

0:27.3

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:33.6

Another page in the unfolding.

0:46.5

Thank you. Another page in the unfolding. Hey, this is Meredith Foster. What if we looked at life as if everything was a miracle?

0:52.7

That's a lot easier to do when life is going well. When Chris and

0:56.4

Denise Benio got married, they were looking forward to a bright and beautiful future. But within months,

1:02.2

Denise was diagnosed with a progressive neurodegenerative disease called ALS. So how do you see

1:09.0

everything as a miracle while you're facing a terminal diagnosis?

1:13.7

It sounds like what you witnessed in her and what you experienced as well convinced you that God

1:19.9

is real. No doubt. No doubt about it. I was kind of, I guess you say a wanderer. And then when I met

1:26.4

Denise, literally in a week or so of knowing her, I asked her if I could go to her church.

1:32.9

And I went there and was like, wow.

1:35.6

And that's when the whole big change started happening for me.

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