145. Sitting on the Sidelines (with Bethany Toney)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Society & Culture, Bible, Womensministry, Womensbiblestudy, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Female

4.9 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio:

Bethany Toney is a wife, mother, and cookie enthusiast. She is married to Dude Perfect star, Tyler Toney, and together they have three children.

Show Summary:

When was the last time you felt jealous towards someone? Was it a friend, a family member, a coworker? The seed of jealousy can grow very fast when we let it fester in our hearts. Today’s guest, Bethany Toney, shares her struggle with jealousy that negatively impacted and almost broke her marriage. While fighting her loneliness and bitterness, she found herself becoming more and more distant with her husband until she couldn’t take it anymore. Join Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins during this conversation on God Hears Her as they listen to Bethany’s story and learn what it took to heal their marriage.

Notes and Quotes:

“I didn’t have an identity, and I wanted an identity.” —Bethany Toney
“It’s very easy to point the finger at the person whose sin is bigger. But I had to learn that I had to put in just as much work as he did.” —Bethany Toney
“God is working through us constantly.” —Eryn Adkins
“God never left me. He was walking through everything with me. He was saying “I’m going to hold your hand through this.” —Bethany Toney

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0:00.0	God never left me. He was walking through everything with me. I was mad, right? I had my
0:06.0	hand out like this, like, you can stay 10 feet from me. I do not want you anywhere near me. But he never went away.
0:10.0	He was still there. He was still comforting me. He was still saying, I'm going to hold your hand through this.
0:15.0	I'm not going to leave. I'm standing here with you. I'm going to go through the muck with you.
0:29.2	You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women, where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you, he sees you, and he loves you because you are his.
0:34.1	Find out how these realities free you today on God Hears Her.
0:38.8	Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Erin Atkins.
0:42.2	And I'm Alisa Morgan. When was the last time you felt jealous? Do you ever struggle with just harboring jealousy?
0:50.6	We can all accidentally let the seed of jealousy take root in our hearts, especially when we don't treat the issues, allowing it to just grow in the first place.
0:59.3	Today, we talk with Bethany-Toney about how jealousy grew in her marriage and led to some big changes in her life and relationship.
1:07.8	Let's start off this God.
1:09.3	Here's your conversation by asking Bethany how she met her husband,
1:13.0	Tyler. So we met in high school on the way back from a church camp trip. So he, at the time,
1:21.9	he had super long hair, wore puka shells, like had this kind of like surf. Yeah, like surfer dude looked to him, I guess,
1:29.6	super tan. Oh gosh. I had a boyfriend at the time. So I was sitting next to him. My best friend
1:34.4	actually noticed Tyler and was like, he's really cute. I'm going to go, I'm going to go see if I
1:38.9	can talk to him. So then she ends up sitting by him for like the 15 hour drive that we had, right?
1:44.7	And once we're short, I started dating after that.
1:48.8	And I was kind of the third wheel friend.
1:51.1	I was just the buddy that would come along and support my friend and her new relationship.
1:55.3	I love it.
1:56.0	And I'm a year older than Tyler.
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