We Are All Worth Rescuing: Paul Cardall & Charles Martin
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
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🗓️ 8 April 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Though it can be difficult to comprehend, God places equal weight on the lives of all His children. That’s the beauty of the cross—no matter what we’ve done, our sins are washed clean. And no matter what sort of trouble we may find ourselves in, He will rescue us over and over. Pianist Paul Cardall was born with only half a heart, which meant years of stress, surgery, and pain. When finally given the opportunity for a transplant, Paul faced the hardship of knowing that his survival meant someone else lost their own life. Paul battled PTSD and survivor’s guilt for years, finally coming to accept that God laid down His own life willingly for Paul, and that he was worth being rescued. Author Charles Martin spent years trying to uncover what his parents had always instilled in him: what was the thing God created you to do? After walking away from an amazing employment opportunity to pursue writing full force, Charles dove into Matthew 8 and the story of the shepherd leaving the ninety-nine to save the one, which inspired his newest book, The Water Keeper.
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Interview Quotes:
“I was feeling God telling me, ‘Everything is okay. I've got you. This is a gift I'm giving you.’” - Paul Cardall
“The hardest thing in my world was I knew that for me to live, it meant somebody had died.” - Paul Cardall
“It struck me as completely illogical that the shepherd would leave the flock and the safety of the flock to go get the one who's got himself lost. And yet He does it repeatedly, and of course, I know that's the story of the gospel and of course, I know that's what Jesus does for us.” - Charles Martin
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| 0:00.0 | I say, pursue Christ and see where it goes, and if that means takes you out of this or |
| 0:08.6 | takes you out of that, it leads you here, it leads you that. |
| 0:11.4 | We have to respect people's journeys because they need healing that we don't understand. |
| 0:18.7 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast, sometimes situations in life are beyond our control, |
| 0:24.6 | and when we're faced with impossible circumstances, they begin to close in on us and maybe even threaten |
| 0:29.9 | our very existence. |
| 0:31.5 | We can cling to the hope that God will deliver us and heal us, just as David prayed in the |
| 0:36.6 | Book of Songs, chapter 32, verse 7. |
| 0:39.8 | You are my hiding place, you will protect me from trouble, and surround me with songs |
| 0:45.1 | of deliverance. |
| 0:46.7 | Pianist Paul Cardol was born with half a heart and faced years of heart surgeries before |
| 0:52.0 | receiving a transplant that changed his life forever. |
| 0:55.6 | Arthur Charles Martin was inspired by the biblical story of the shepherd who left his 99 |
| 1:00.6 | sheep to rescue the one who had gone astray, which inspired his book The Waterkeeper. |
| 1:06.2 | We'll begin our episode with Paul's story. |
| 1:12.9 | I am Paul Cardol. |
| 1:14.5 | I was born with only half a heart, but God's made up all the difference. |
| 1:19.9 | He gave me the gift of music, and because of the number of surgeries I've had in my |
| 1:25.3 | life, I've been using music as a tool to help heal your heart because he is healed mine. |
| 1:33.9 | Growing up, we don't know if you're going to live very long, but my parents were always |
| 1:38.5 | optimistic. |
| 1:39.5 | We'll see what God has planned. |
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