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He was always there for her. She said

that if she could only see the world...

she would marry her boyfriend.

One day, someone donated

a pair of eyes to her.

Then she could see everything,

including her boyfriend.

He asked her,

"Now that you can see the world...

will you marry me?"

The girl was shocked when

she saw that he was blind, too...

and refused to marry him.

Her boyfriend walked away in tears.

And later wrote a letter

to her saying...

"Just take care of my eyes, dear."

Hmph.

Who am I supposed to be,

the blind girl?

- You were the blind girl.

- Can a blind girl get a drink?

Don't preach at me.

I already been saved.

I am a saved woman.

I have prayed and I have prayed.

You see these scars on my knees?

That's from praying.

Valerie, once you start feeling sorry

for yourself, you give away your power.

What power?

God ain't listening to me.

Stop giving Satan the glory.

I have been everything

God asked me to be.

I have been a good wife.

I have been a good mother.

Every Sunday I make sure

I'm in somebody's church.

And I take my family with me.

I saved myself for my husband.

I saved my body for my husband.

And I have never...

ever, ever thought

about cheating on him.

And I did these things not only because

I loved Dutch, but because I loved God.

You think you're the first woman

who's ever been betrayed by her husband?

I wasn't just betrayed

by my husband.

I was betrayed by God.

God didn't betray you, baby.

As Christians, we all have our cross to bear.

Jesus is bearing the cross.

You gonna make him bear it alone?

It was a man.

It was a man!

It would be one thing

if it was a woman.

I could do something about that!

I could compete with that.

Fix myself up, look cute in his eyes,

make myself beautiful for him.

But it's a man he wants!

A man!

In the name of Jesus Christ,

Valerie.

Women who struggled through

heartbreak, pain, slavery-

And they did not do so

to see it come to this.

Rise up, Valerie.

Because someone is watching you.

And that somebody is your daughter.

And it's not the betrayal

that's important, Valerie.

It's the lesson you learn from it.

- I can't.

- Yes, you can, Valerie.

- Please, leave me alone. Please!

- Get up, Valerie.

Give God the glory.

Get up!

Take back your power.

Mommy, are you okay?

God loves you.

Yes, baby, Mommy's okay.

Remember what you told me

to do every day?

Come on, Mommy.

The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

He maketh me to lay down

in green pastures...

he restoreth my soul, he leads me

in the path of righteousness...

for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk...

through the valley

of the shadow of death...

I will fear no evil...

for thou art with me;

thy rod and thy staff...

they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me...

in the presence of mine enemies.

Thou annointest my head with oil;

my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy

shall follow me all the days of my life...

and I will dwell

in the house of the Lord forever.

- Your husband sleeps with mens?

- No.

Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord!

Ms. Honeycomb, let's be mindful.

I know I shouldn't say this,

but I would have slit his lying throat.

- Sorry, Sister Dunn, but I would have.

- Greg, no disrespect...

- but I thinks all you gay, lowdown-

- Mm-hmm.

Down-loaded men is bringing that...

white homosexual disease

into our community.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Spreadin' that Al DS and not tellin' nobody.

It's a sin and a shame. And I had to

get it off my chest or else I'll bust.

- Sister Honeycomb-

- You interruptin' her.

I'm afraid for my daughters.

I'm afraid for my granddaughters.

Lord, I'm afraid for 'em all,

and I'm sorry.

But it's your fault

for all your secrets and disease.

- So what are you saying about my son?

- Ladies!

First of all, it's not "down-loaded, '"

it's "down low. '"

Whatever.

- Secondly, I'm a homosexual man,

and I'm proud of that... - Oh, Lord!

'cause I'm not keeping any secrets

from anybody- trust me.

It's impossible for any woman

to get anything from me.

- That's not the point.

- Sure ain't.

I don't condone what these men are doing!

I agree with you!

But can you realistically

expect anybody...

to confess anything

or to come out...

if they know this is the reception

they're gonna receive...

this is how they're

gonna be treated?

What about the way they treatin'

our daughters and our granddaughters?

I'm not touching your daughters

or granddaughters. Ew!

My son might be gay,

but I love him and he loves me.

- What are you talking about?

- What do you mean? I'm talking about my son.

We are talking about Greg.

I thought we were supposed to be

talking about Val's problems?

That's right, ladies. We are supposed

to be talking about Val's problems.

We are talking about

Val's problems. Right, Val?

- Well, I...

- We sure are.

- Heavenly Father.

- Listen.

Down-low men are only part

of this problem.

- A major part if you ask me.

- Mm-hmm.

Oh, really? What about prostitution?

Sharing drug needles?

Straight men going to Thailand and Brazil...

on business trips

bringing H.I. V. and-

and other things back to their wives

and their girlfriends?

- We're all guilty about something.

- That's right.

And by the way, I love God just

as much as you do.

- But does he love you?

- Sister Honeycomb!

Look. God loves me and my son.

- Would you be quiet?

- Who you tellin' to be quiet, Boo?

Mrs. Persons, would you please sit down!

- We are in church! We're in the house

of the Lord. - Yes.

Now, let's all look to God

and pray together...

that he will help Val through

this terrible trial and be healed.

Now let's join hands

and bow our heads.

Charlotte.

- Yeah.

- How did you know about my husband?

I've been where you are.

My husband lives on the D.L., too...

but when you're

a famous entertainer...

people cut you a lot of slack.

- You're Ryan's wife.

- We're legally separated.

We have nothing together now.

Well, I just want

to say... thank you.

Thank you so much.

I don't know how I'm gonna repay you.

- For what?

- Opening my eyes.

It was difficult to find out that my marriage

has been a lie for all these years.

But I guess when you don't know

the truth, you can't make a choice.

The important thing

to remember, Val, is...

they can't win by

telling the truth...

and we can't lose

by telling the truth.

So what's happening, baby?

You coming back to me? Is that it?

- No.

- No?

- I'm ending it with you too.

- So, you're a leopard who

is gonna change his spots...

'cause he doesn't wanna

be a leopard anymore?

- You're D.L. all the way, baby.

You're gonna be back. - Yeah?

- Can't have your cake and eat it too. Yeah.

- Uh-huh.

- Your marriage is proof of that.

- I think your marriage is proof of that.

You know, Monica and I got our thing together.

We have an arrangement.

- It's what's called an "arrangement."

- Oh, arrangement.

I told you that you need

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