It's Never Too Late by Kathie Lee Gifford

Author:Kathie Lee Gifford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2020-09-23T00:00:00+00:00

P.S. The TODAY show series aired as planned; we were told tourism immediately grew by 14 percent, and it has been climbing steadily ever since. I ended up scattering Frank’s ashes at the Garden of Gethsemane, and I could feel him smiling.

eighteen

Go to the Holy Land

Give me Your courage to conquer my fears,

Your feet to travel the path that is narrow

To sing Your praises, the joy of the sparrow,

And faith to believe all things work for the good,

Patience to wait for the things that I should,

Grace through my troubles to persevere,

Discernment to know when temptation is near.

Give me Your eyes to see only the good.

Give me Your heart, Lord, to love as You would.

—“ALL THAT I NEED” BY KATHIE LEE GIFFORD

A motley group of both family and friends came with me on the NBC series filming trip to Israel to study rabbinically. I didn’t want to take only believers, so I asked the Lord to reveal who He wanted to go. One by one they responded: a Sikh, a Hindu, Scientologists, an atheist, an agnostic, brokenhearted Catholics, and a couple of confused Baptists. Oh, yes, and two Navy SEALs! Plus my kids and Cody’s girlfriend, Erika, and Frank’s daughter, Vicki.

Really, Lord? I wondered. Our teacher, Rod VanSolkema, was going to have quite the challenge to keep all those diverse faiths and backgrounds in mind while deciphering the Scriptures in a way that illuminated truth to each individual. Our group’s diversity encouraged many spirited discussions.

One by one I watched each person begin to relax and lean into Rod’s teaching. Rod is not only a pastor, he’s also a youth athletic coach. He is a gifted teacher with a tender, servantlike heart, and I adore him and his wife, Libby, who also teaches alongside him.

In this mean-spirited, “my way or the highway” kind of world we were becoming even then, I loved watching the Word of God wash over this special group of men and women from different cultures and faiths. They truly looked to me like the kingdom of God.

By the end of the trip it was obvious that everyone had been impacted in a life-transforming way. Clearly the power of Jesus, the Holy Land, and God’s Word were profound. Later, I documented this method of study in my book The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi. When you build your foundation on Truth—the Rock Himself, Jesus (Yeshua)—then walk along the very paths He walked when He became flesh and dwelt among us, then study the ancient texts of the Bible in the original source languages—Hebrew and Greek—all heaven breaks loose!

Most everyone was baptized in the Jordan River, but every single member of our insula (family) gathered together on our last morning to take communion in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was a joy to have reached a place of peace and acceptance of one another. We still stay in touch.

Watching my children being baptized in the Jordan River was one of the highlights of my life. After I left the

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