Jesus calling September 5th.

I am your best friend as well as your king.

Walk hand in hand with me through your life.

Together we'll face whatever each day brings, pleasures, hardships, adventures, disappointments.

Nothing is wasted when it is shared with me.

I can bring beauty out of the ashes of lost dreams.

I can glean joy out of sorrow.

Peace out of adversity.

Only a friend who is also the King of Kings

could accomplish this divine alchemy. There is no other like me.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Today we talk with guests who have gone

through seemingly impossible circumstances that could have derailed their lives, but instead motivated

them to use their experiences to help and inspire others. Bud Welch, Jane Bishop, and Christine Carter.

First up, April 19, 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. the single most deadly act of domestic terrorism committed

on American soil to date.

Bud Welch's daughter, Julie, was among the 168 people killed in the bombing that day. As Bud plunged into grief over the loss of and and vowed to tell his parents that he didn't blame them for the loss of his daughter.

But got the chance to meet Bill McPhay three years after the bombing

and shared the moving story of that encounter when he would speak in various places around the country.

Jean Bishop, a colleague of Buds, also lost a family member to violence.

And when she heard Bud's story of forgiveness, she knew she had to write about it,

so the world could learn that if this man could forgive surely we all can

My name is Bud Welch. I grew up on a dairy farm in Central Oklahoma and I attended Catholic Elementary School,

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