And it was just this sense of he saw us.

Like all that time I wondered, where was he?

Did he really not see her?

Did he not know?

But this bag of chocolate chip cookies was this divine moment where I'm like,

the Lord sees me.

He has been with me all of the days of my life.

He knows.

And it was such a moment in that beautiful summer of just these beautiful stories.

You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women, where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you. Join our community of encouraging one another and learning to lean on God

through scripture, story, and conversation at God hearsher.org. God hears her. Seek and she will find. Welcome back to God Hears Her. Last week we heard from

Melissa Harrison about her deep grief and hurt after getting the news that her mother was murdered.

If you haven't listened to that episode, go back and check it out for part one of Melissa's story.

Today, we're diving in again as I asked Melissa, how did you put one foot in front of the

other to eventually return to your faith?

Part of the journey for me was after my mom died, you know, a lot of times I'd go out on

stories and things where I, you have to maintain a certain distance

from the people you're interviewing to remain professional. And for me, there was a story I got really

close to the family. It was a woman had been abducted. I got close to her grown adult children

through the search process. And then when her body was found a few days later, it was so difficult. It was

hard for me to just go home and return to my own life at the time. And I said to a photographer

of mine, I said, you know, what do we do? We show up on these people's doorsteps the day their

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