{"id":11175,"date":"2023-05-10T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=11175"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:47:51","slug":"carol-burnett-reveals-her-favorite-bible-verse-the-lord-gave-me-a-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/05\/carol-burnett-reveals-her-favorite-bible-verse-the-lord-gave-me-a-push.html","title":{"rendered":"Carol Burnett Reveals Her Favorite Bible Verse: “The Lord Gave Me a Push”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carol Burnett has had an illustrious career as an actress and comedian, but it wouldn\u2019t have happened without a stranger\u2019s kindness. While studying at UCLA, Burnett went to a party and tried to sneak some food home in her purse. A man approached her, praising her for her performance earlier that night.<\/p>\n

He asked her plans, and Burnett told him she wanted to perform on stage in New York. He wondered why she didn\u2019t go after that dream, and Burnett replied that she didn\u2019t have any money. The king stranger offered to loan her the money on three conditions. First, she had to repay the loan within five years if she could. Second, she couldn\u2019t share the man\u2019s name publicly, and lastly, she had to help someone in a similar situation in the future.<\/p>\n

Burnett agreed to the terms, and her life changed forever. She moved to New York, quickly started in the acting business, and became a household name. Burnett kept her promise of never sharing her benefactor\u2019s name but discussed the moment. She shared, \u201cHe never told me his reasons for helping me in the manner he did. But as the years have gone by, I\u2019ve been able to unravel the mystery of this man, at least to my own satisfaction, and in the process, I\u2019ve discovered a powerful spiritual principle to use in my own life.\u201d<\/p>\n