Expectations, Disappointment, and Hope (#966)
Sara Jacobsen is Wayne's guest this week as they process their current situation and how it has impacted Sara's journey. Here's the honest nitty-gritty of their struggle and how they are finding a way through it with Jesus. They wrestle with the tough questions, such as one asked by a friend last week: "Have you been disappointed with God in all of this?" How do you hold on to hope when things keep going downhill? They also talk about how Wayne's surgery interrupted Sara's journey into wholeness and how she's dealing with that. This is an extremely raw and personal look at how Wayne and Sara and traversing this part of their journey and finding joy and provision from God. Both of them are happy to be in a place where their relationship with God is bigger than what life throws at them.
Podcast Notes:
- No video recording was made of this podcast.
- Read Wayne's newest book, It's Time
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Hi Sara and Wayne, once again I’m seeing the podcast “up” and will come back and listen to it. A quick note to say I appreciate hearing how you process this…rather than answers it helps me in thinking through, processing w/ Jesus my own periods that feel like “desperate chaos”. He is gently helping me to see that when the “knothole” distorts things, I can trust him to bring truth and reality. Thanks for sharing with a wider audience as your thoughts are very encouraging. Blessings to you. Sue
I haven’t listened yet, but please know that my prayers are for you both.
I have been following the GodJourney podcasts since the last century. It has been a great blessing for me on my own journey with Jesus.
It was lovely to listen to you both this morning and to hear where you are both at in this journey. You have suffered so much, endured so much. I can’t comprehend what you are experiencing, because like you Wayne I have a low pain threshold, so to contemplate the level of pain and the unrelenting pain for so long is beyond my ability to even imagine.
But I am relieved to hear that you are finding more and more relief from that intensity and hopefully that will continue.
It sounds like a long road ahead, but we know that Father has gone before you and is behind you and walks with you. He will never leave you, no matter how dark it gets. He is there with you in the darkness, and is the light in the darkness. Bad things do happen to good people, but Papa, Jesus and Holy Spirit are there in the very midst of it all.
I love that reminder that He has made you to lie down in green pastures. I see Him lying down with you and communing deeper into your being than you have ever experienced thus far in your life.
Blessings to you both in Jesus.
Thank you, Joyce. I wholeheartedly receive your encouragement and share your wisdom about this. We all have days of darkness in our lives. Jesus has this all in his hands, shaping it already to his purpose, and watching over us as a Father who deeply cares. We are finding his grace in the endurance, and his beauty even through the pain. Blessings to you.