The Value of A Life Worth Living
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
"What is a life worth living?" Joni answers this question for a young victim of Lou Gehrig's disease, and explains how each one of our 24-hour days can impact 1,000 years of eternity. You’ll never forget this unique perspective on the value of every human life.
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| 0:00.0 | Today Johnny Ericcentata shares her perspective on life. |
| 0:05.0 | God gives you a 24 hour slice of time in which your investments will have eternal repercussions. |
| 0:16.0 | That insight makes me want to slow down and appreciate each day. |
| 0:21.0 | We're going to hear more from Johnny today on Focus on the Family with |
| 0:24.2 | Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller. John we have an unusual broadcast today. |
| 0:28.3 | Johnny Eric Santata is going to be speaking about what makes a life worth living. As many of you know, Johnny is a |
| 0:35.6 | quadriplegic as a result of a diving accident when she was just 17 years old. |
| 0:40.8 | Over the years, she has become an advocate for people with a wide range of |
| 0:45.6 | disabilities and she is very familiar with end of life issues as we'll hear in a |
| 0:51.6 | moment. This is an unforgettable perspective on the meaning of life. |
| 0:57.0 | Here's Johnny Eric Santata speaking to a group of pregnancy resource center directors |
| 1:02.0 | back when those centers were called |
| 1:03.4 | CPCs and you'll hear her refer to that on today's episode of Focus on the |
| 1:08.1 | family with Jim Daly. You know friends rather than talk about me in my wheelchair, I do a lot of that. |
| 1:17.0 | Do you mind if I talk about somebody else I know in a wheelchair and how she found life worth living. When I first |
| 1:28.7 | encountered Kim, she was one of those who was really struggling with the worth of her soul, the meaning of her life. |
| 1:37.0 | Let me explain to you how Kim and I got acquainted. |
| 1:42.0 | I'm often involved in disability advocacy on pro-life issues that are facing all of us in our own communities. |
| 1:54.0 | Often I'll write Time magazine and a couple of times I was on CNN's Cross Fire |
| 2:00.0 | and I enjoy speaking out on these issues. |
| 2:02.0 | So I am known to many as a disability advocate. |
| 2:06.5 | Well, I received a phone call at our office from an elder back in Pennsylvania. |
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