I did not find a way to comment fresh and new so I just came to use the comment on a current post. I grew up the oldest in a broken family. My dad was diagnosed with paranoia / schizophrenia in the 1950’s and he was violent. No one, no one was there to help or rescue my mother, me or my younger brother. I stayed silent while my dad abused and hurt us. By my teen years I thought I was a coward because I didn’t attempt to stop him. Finally, when I was in my young teens, my dad attacked my younger brother and I couldn’t stand it any longer. I took and grabbed a baseball bat and beat my father. The main reason that I did not get into legal trouble was that my mother had a restraining order in place and my dad violated it. I never stood back and watched any injustice or bullying ever again. I am now 70 years old. My dad got saved when he was in his 50’s and we were able to enjoy the last 25 years of his life in an acceptable relationship. IN ALL HONESTY, my pain, weakness, and trouble made me a much stronger person because I was able to stand against bad situations I found myself involved or chose to involve myself until this day. Thank God for the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ alone.
Coming from an abusive home, it's a hard movie to watch. I'm in my late 50's and you watch this movie and suddenly you're right back there as a child struggling with an abusive parent. Yea, really hard. He's a very fortunate man, most people don't get a miracle transformation of a parent.
I remember when my own father died, and I wrote a poem about my dad including all of his faults, and my brother had a visceral reaction. He saw our dad as a hero. And I explained, so did I. But what makes humans the REAL superheroes, is their humanity and that they have faults. So glad you both reconciled. It was all in God's plan and purpose for both your lives. I loved the movie and always loved the song. Love it even more now!
Bart's story is amazing and I am so glad that he reconciled with his brother. I taped the movie and go back ofter to watch the part where Bart sings I Can Only Imagine. It is such a blessing. Bart's story makes me so thankful (and actually I have always been thankful) that my Daddy and Mom were such hard working parents who encouraged me and my sisters. Especially my Daddy. He was the encourager more so than my mom. He was loved and adored by his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. My heart goes out to people who have not had that. Our Heavenly Father is a dad that will never let you down.
Well it took me three attempts to finally watch that movie. Unfortunately it mirrored my life. 57 and still bear the scars. It’s hard to lead a normal life when you don’t know what normal is.
In my childhood my brother had a good upbringing cause he was the loved one. He couldn’t do anything wrong in our parents eyes. I was the «black» sheep because I was a Christian from early age. Even my grandmother hated me. I forgave them all. Now they all are in heaven. Even my beloved daughter. She was killed by her boyfriend. But she became a Christian 3 months before she died. I have forgiven the killer. Forgiveness is the most important thing a Christian can do, besides loving Christ more than anything. The greatest of all is love
If our dads were cruel and angry men who repented of their sins before they died, the first thing they would say to us if they were here is I'm so sorry! The Lord showed me this with my dad. He was an angry and bitter man most of my life, he abused us kids out of frustration and the desire to somehow put the fear of the Lord in us. My older brother thought he was a pretty great guy but I had a lot of pain to deal with after he passed away. I'm so grateful that he did get saved before he died.
My sister and I grew up in the same house and have entirely different opinions on what happened. My dad beat the crap out of me and almost killed me and I love him and I forgive him. My sister, he didn’t touch her.
I felt my dad hated me and loved my sister because he would beat me and never even spank her. I remember feeling so unloved until I found my father in heaven. He taught me to forgive my father.
Just watched the movie on Netflix. It reminds me so much of David Goggins story. Both he, his mother, and her parents confirmed how badly his father abused them, but his brother Trunnis thought their father walked on water because OJ Simpson and Rick James were always at their house. Selective memories.
I was abused by my stepfather and my older sister was treated like a queen. Parents pick favorites,abuse one, treat the other great and then you completely have a different childhood.
It’s funny my brother, me and my sister were 4 years apart. My dad was a monster. He was abusive to my mother and brother mostly. Very verbally to me with a few hits. My sister neither. No discipline or abuse. She loved and used my father as an atm till she died at 41. My brother who walks on water so my mother thought. My sister was the baby and treated as such. I just wanted away from these people. My parents got divorced. My father married 2 more times he’s alive. My mother never remarried. She died at 71 of heart failure and Alzheimer’s. My dad and I finally get along. I humanized him. Flaws and all because of God and the power of Jesus I forgave my father a lot of pain was gone . I don’t think you ever totally get over abuse. My brother is still looking for a woman that will love him like our mom there isn’t anyone. Trust has been a long road. Self esteem longer. God bless.
I would love for my memoir The Will of a Wildflower to be made into a movie ,and one of my poems in tne back of the book to be made into a Christian song, I can imagine it. It won't happen though.
From the beginning there was a feeling that came over me when i listened to this song. The movie was awesome. Everything u went through i can so relate. I so want to Thank God . and thank you
I grew up in a similar situation but my two sisters and me agree with the constant trauma we lived through. We all have different ways of dealing with it, all bad, but at least we can agree on what caused our PTSD. My father "grew out" of his monster through the constant prays of my mom, and he became a sweet compassionate man but the struggle for him was always there. I went from hurt, to anger, back to hurt, and now forgiveness and sadness for my dad. I know he found Christ and is now with HIM and in peace. I pray that my sisters and myself can trust Jesus to mend our cracks and continue to heal us.
Several people have told me that my Father saved their or a loved ones life. When I told my sister, she just ranted about how horrible he was. Funny how perceptions can be so different
Childhood trauma can take years to heal and finally face what happened to you. Now in my 60's my dad would take me and my 2 brothers down the basement (late 1960's) and beat us with a belt all over as we had to watch each of us get beat. Prior to that he took me as a little 4-year-old down the basement and burnt me with matches!!! Crazy right? Over 50 years later none of us brothers have ever discussed it. Too much trauma and shame, I guess. I ended up getting a master's in counseling and have been restored. Praise God that Christ does heal!
All 4 of us kids had really different childhoods. My sister is 5 years older than me and was always perfect in my mother's eyes. I came along and was much more adventurous (trouble maker) and then my younger brother was born 7 years later. Then 7 years later again and my youngest brother came along. My mother was sure she had a tumor and was certainly surprised. My sister and I were there when money didn't grow on trees. By the time my brothers appeared, Dad had a much better job and they were pretty spoiled. The brother 7 years younger than I had a little bit of a condition that caused him to be a little slower. I was very protective of him so I took a lot of his punishment. By the time my youngest brother was in school; my Dad and Mom were tired and didn't discipline him much. When I try to talk to my sister and youngest brother, they don't understand at all. They can't relate to our pain. We were really in 3 different families.
Funny how children grow up so differently in the same house. It happened in our house too.
I did not find a way to comment fresh and new so I just came to use the comment on a current post.
I grew up the oldest in a broken family. My dad was diagnosed with paranoia / schizophrenia in the 1950’s and he was violent. No one, no one was there to help or rescue my mother, me or my younger brother. I stayed silent while my dad abused and hurt us. By my teen years I thought I was a coward because I didn’t attempt to stop him. Finally, when I was in my young teens, my dad attacked my younger brother and I couldn’t stand it any longer. I took and grabbed a baseball bat and beat my father. The main reason that I did not get into legal trouble was that my mother had a restraining order in place and my dad violated it. I never stood back and watched any injustice or bullying ever again. I am now 70 years old. My dad got saved when he was in his 50’s and we were able to enjoy the last 25 years of his life in an acceptable relationship. IN ALL HONESTY, my pain, weakness, and trouble made me a much stronger person because I was able to stand against bad situations I found myself involved or chose to involve myself until this day. Thank God for the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ alone.
Coming from an abusive home, it's a hard movie to watch. I'm in my late 50's and you watch this movie and suddenly you're right back there as a child struggling with an abusive parent. Yea, really hard. He's a very fortunate man, most people don't get a miracle transformation of a parent.
No one has the same childhood, especially with an abuser.
Yeah i have 4 brothers and my oldest brother is 9 years apart from me, so we definitely probably had a different childhood
My older brother got it the worst. A younger sister was his pet and never experienced the craziness we did, or the fear that lasts a lifetime.
I remember when my own father died, and I wrote a poem about my dad including all of his faults, and my brother had a visceral reaction. He saw our dad as a hero. And I explained, so did I. But what makes humans the REAL superheroes, is their humanity and that they have faults. So glad you both reconciled. It was all in God's plan and purpose for both your lives. I loved the movie and always loved the song. Love it even more now!
Great movie. I cried through most of it.
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Bart's story is amazing and I am so glad that he reconciled with his brother. I taped the movie and go back ofter to watch the part where Bart sings I Can Only Imagine. It is such a blessing. Bart's story makes me so thankful (and actually I have always been thankful) that my Daddy and Mom were such hard working parents who encouraged me and my sisters. Especially my Daddy. He was the encourager more so than my mom. He was loved and adored by his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. My heart goes out to people who have not had that. Our Heavenly Father is a dad that will never let you down.
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GOD BLESS YOU FOR BEING A BLESSING IN MY LIFE WITH YOURS BLESSEDS PRAISES!!!!
I LOVE YOURS ALL SONGS!!!
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I cried during the whole movie. thanks a lot. ❤😂
Well it took me three attempts to finally watch that movie. Unfortunately it mirrored my life. 57 and still bear the scars. It’s hard to lead a normal life when you don’t know what normal is.
My question is why they didn't add or mention his brother in the movie?
I went through the SAME thing, because my brother was passive but when my father would punish us he would be literally beat the CR@P out of me!
In my childhood my brother had a good upbringing cause he was the loved one. He couldn’t do anything wrong in our parents eyes. I was the «black» sheep because I was a Christian from early age. Even my grandmother hated me. I forgave them all. Now they all are in heaven. Even my beloved daughter. She was killed by her boyfriend. But she became a Christian 3 months before she died. I have forgiven the killer. Forgiveness is the most important thing a Christian can do, besides loving Christ more than anything. The greatest of all is love
If our dads were cruel and angry men who repented of their sins before they died, the first thing they would say to us if they were here is I'm so sorry! The Lord showed me this with my dad. He was an angry and bitter man most of my life, he abused us kids out of frustration and the desire to somehow put the fear of the Lord in us. My older brother thought he was a pretty great guy but I had a lot of pain to deal with after he passed away. I'm so grateful that he did get saved before he died.
I totally get it. Good for you for sticking to your truth ❤
This happened in my childhood. My dad preferred some of us over the others.
I can't remember his bro on the movie....need to watch it again.
My sister and I grew up in the same house and have entirely different opinions on what happened. My dad beat the crap out of me and almost killed me and I love him and I forgive him. My sister, he didn’t touch her.
I felt my dad hated me and loved my sister because he would beat me and never even spank her. I remember feeling so unloved until I found my father in heaven. He taught me to forgive my father.
Why was his brother not in the movie?
The movie was amazing and shows how God can change a life I give this movie two thumbs up and a big amen
WHAT IN THE GOSH DANG HECK! I DIDN'T KNOW HE EVEN HAD A BROTHER!?!?!?!?.....
THAT WASN'T IN THE MOVIE AT ALL!?!?!?
. . .
HE HAD A BROTHER!???
I KNOW YEAH?!? I THOUGHT HE'S THE ONLY CHILD
@@patrickallen2451 Right!! Like did he leave with his mom!?!? I wondwr
At the end it shows a family portrait with his brother in it.
@@michaelshafer2808 When? Please be specific. In the film? Or in this video? What and exactly when did it happen?
Tanner Sandell In the end before the credits it shows real life pictures of him, his dad, brother. Also pics of his mom and wife.
Relate so much to this movie and the song is amazing. It reassure me that God is alive. And real thank you Jesus
Just watched the movie on Netflix. It reminds me so much of David Goggins story. Both he, his mother, and her parents confirmed how badly his father abused them, but his brother Trunnis thought their father walked on water because OJ Simpson and Rick James were always at their house. Selective memories.
I wish that my relationship with my brother was closer.
I was abused by my stepfather and my older sister was treated like a queen. Parents pick favorites,abuse one, treat the other great and then you completely have a different childhood.
Can we appreciate the Baylor poster in the back?
AMEN!
I would be hurt if my brother never left me out of his story too
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Dude has great dental insurance.
It’s funny my brother, me and my sister were 4 years apart. My dad was a monster. He was abusive to my mother and brother mostly. Very verbally to me with a few hits. My sister neither. No discipline or abuse. She loved and used my father as an atm till she died at 41. My brother who walks on water so my mother thought. My sister was the baby and treated as such. I just wanted away from these people. My parents got divorced. My father married 2 more times he’s alive. My mother never remarried. She died at 71 of heart failure and Alzheimer’s.
My dad and I finally get along. I humanized him. Flaws and all because of God and the power of Jesus I forgave my father a lot of pain was gone . I don’t think you ever totally get over abuse. My brother is still looking for a woman that will love him like our mom there isn’t anyone. Trust has been a long road. Self esteem longer. God bless.
I would love for my memoir The Will of a Wildflower to be made into a movie ,and one of my poems in tne back of the book to be made into a Christian song, I can imagine it. It won't happen though.
Well the movie was about him and his dad's relationship so putting the brother in wasn't important or was it?
Wtf whos that n whos his dad
From the beginning there was a feeling that came over me when i listened to this song. The movie was awesome. Everything u went through i can so relate. I so want to Thank God . and thank you
Yes my brother and i grew up in the same home but didnthave the same memories its crazy
great interview. :) happy for you guys.
I grew up in a similar situation but my two sisters and me agree with the constant trauma we lived through. We all have different ways of dealing with it, all bad, but at least we can agree on what caused our PTSD. My father "grew out" of his monster through the constant prays of my mom, and he became a sweet compassionate man but the struggle for him was always there. I went from hurt, to anger, back to hurt, and now forgiveness and sadness for my dad. I know he found Christ and is now with HIM and in peace. I pray that my sisters and myself can trust Jesus to mend our cracks and continue to heal us.
Several people have told me that my Father saved their or a loved ones life. When I told my sister, she just ranted about how horrible he was. Funny how perceptions can be so different
Childhood trauma can take years to heal and finally face what happened to you. Now in my 60's my dad would take me and my 2 brothers down the basement (late 1960's) and beat us with a belt all over as we had to watch each of us get beat. Prior to that he took me as a little 4-year-old down the basement and burnt me with matches!!! Crazy right? Over 50 years later none of us brothers have ever discussed it. Too much trauma and shame, I guess. I ended up getting a master's in counseling and have been restored. Praise God that Christ does heal!
All 4 of us kids had really different childhoods. My sister is 5 years older than me and was always perfect in my mother's eyes. I came along and was much more adventurous (trouble maker) and then my younger brother was born 7 years later. Then 7 years later again and my youngest brother came along. My mother was sure she had a tumor and was certainly surprised. My sister and I were there when money didn't grow on trees. By the time my brothers appeared, Dad had a much better job and they were pretty spoiled. The brother 7 years younger than I had a little bit of a condition that caused him to be a little slower. I was very protective of him so I took a lot of his punishment. By the time my youngest brother was in school; my Dad and Mom were tired and didn't discipline him much. When I try to talk to my sister and youngest brother, they don't understand at all. They can't relate to our pain. We were really in 3 different families.
Sounds like BS to me!!
What do you mean?