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Read the life stories of
some of our television guests:
I
WANTED TO LIVE -- by Bert Genaille
 After
eight years of marriage, we had bad problems. A lot of drinking and
parties had destroyed our trust in each other. Our marriage was at
the point of breaking up. It was so bad, Liz was thinking about
ending her life. I kind of thought about it, too, but I was scared.
There did not seem to be any way out for us. Then something happened
to Liz that gave us both hope.
I was born and raised in Cormorant, a
small Native community along the railroad in northern Manitoba. The
Bible was never read in our home, but we did go to church once in a
while. My parents figured as long as we went once a year and did our
duty, that was good enough. Our lives knew no inner peace and were
always filled with fear of something.
One fear I can think of, as a child,
was the end of the world. I remember having dreams that everything
was going to end with a big bang and a crash and that was it. Where
were we going to end up, in heaven or hell? Did I really live good
enough to make it to heaven? Deep down inside I wanted to live a
good life, yet I knew I couldn't. Sometimes after confession, I
would try to live for God, but I never lasted a day. That is the
kind of bondage I was living in.
In 1967 my father, my wife's father
and her brother, and another man burned to death in a house fire. I
was pretty shook up. I could easily have been in that same fire. The
shock of their deaths made me think about God for a while, but not
very long.
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