182. When Things Aren’t As They Should Be
Heaven In Your Home
Francie Winslow
4.9 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In all seasons, we face circumstances that remind us that things aren’t as they should be. Can we be honest about the struggle and walk with authenticity? In this teaching episode, we’ll look at suffering and longing through the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who embodied love and trusting God in less than ideal circumstances.
Jesus came in a body. And, this is no accident, sweet friend. Your body is significant and serves great purpose. As we reflect on the Christmas story, how can we bring His light and hope through our bodies? Even in the midst of struggle, uncertainty and walking through things that are not as they should be, don’t be afraid of the dark places.
This message is for any time of the year, although I hope it will bless you this Christmas.
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A Grace Disguised Revised and Expanded: How the Soul Grows Through Loss, by Jerry L. Sittser here
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, welcome back. We are in the season of Advent and in a playful celebratory spirit, |
| 0:12.2 | we have a merry marriage gift guide. Check it out in the show notes. If that interest you, |
| 0:18.1 | if you're looking for some creative ways to bless your spouse this Christmas and have a little fun together as you celebrate the gift of your intimacy. |
| 0:26.8 | Today we're talking about the topic of how to bring our hearts before the Lord when things in our home or our marriage or our lives are not as we thought they would be, not as it should be. |
| 0:39.5 | And I'm connecting that to my own story and to the story of Mary as she carried and brought |
| 0:45.1 | Jesus into the world and mothered him through really challenging situations. |
| 0:51.7 | So to say the least, I'm talking about how God has met me in this story |
| 0:56.1 | and is continuing to meet me. So I pray that this invitation to encounter God's heart in a deeper |
| 1:01.2 | way ministers to you and that you enjoy the Merry Marriage Gift Guide. Okay, enjoy today's chat. |
| 1:07.7 | Bless you guys. Hello, everybody. It's Christmas time. I hope you're having a beautiful |
| 1:15.7 | start to your advent. If you're listening to this in the future and it's not Christmas, |
| 1:22.2 | I want to encourage you to keep listening. This is a Christmas themed episode. I love Christmas. I love Christmas music. I love |
| 1:29.5 | the anticipation of it all. But the message of this episode today is not really holly jolly |
| 1:36.8 | holiday. It is a message of the soul, a message of the heart of a mother. It's a message of grief, of trust, of navigating life |
| 1:47.8 | when things are not as they should be. And that is the context in which I want to have a |
| 1:54.1 | Christmas conversation with you. So we're going to go deep today, but it's a heart conversation, a soul-oriented conversation that would be appropriate for any day of the year, any month of the year. |
| 2:07.0 | But I've been especially pondering this topic and this scriptural context, given that we are in Advent and that it's where God's meeting me right now. |
| 2:19.1 | So before we go any further, let's pray. |
| 2:22.7 | God, thank you for the gift of your incarnation. |
| 2:28.1 | Thank you that you came to us in a body. |
| 2:32.3 | That you, king of all heaven and earth, ruler of all that has been is and will |
| 2:39.9 | forever be, the essence and definition of love itself came in a body. Thank you, God, that you |
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