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It can refine us.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2c73493f\">\n\n<p class=\"uk-text-lead\">The funny thing about sadness? If they hadn\u2019t experienced it, they wouldn\u2019t be so passionate about helping others going through the same struggles. Pain became the fuel for their purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uk-text-lead\"><strong>And the secret that helped them turn pain into purpose?<\/strong> Well\u2026 I\u2019m not spilling it here! You\u2019ll have to watch to see for yourself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to the <em>Interfaith Broadcasting Commission<\/em> and <em>Faith for Today<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n            \n            <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" ><div class=\"min-height-large uk-border-rounded  uk-background-cover uk-background-top-left uk-flex \"  data-src=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TFTAS.Thumbnail.Tall_.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TFTAS.Thumbnail.Tall_.jpg 470w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TFTAS.Thumbnail.Tall_-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TFTAS.Thumbnail.Tall_-300x462.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TFTAS.Thumbnail.Tall_-450x693.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" uk-img ><div class=\" \" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>    \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n  \n<\/section> \n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fdb73258\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-762b3a54\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to Watch<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-50555d11\">\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vR9EjuoQyQorhkMQL9Is-MoseiduL62j8FrOdrLQDMDTjunX2bx0Zhh9CqmsgqydQCb7qm1l_NFQsGS\/pubhtml?widget=true&amp;headers=false\"width=\"100%\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where to Watch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15274,"parent":10892,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10894","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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