42. Fear Gone Wild with Kayla Stoecklein
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
On August 25, 2018, Kayla Stoecklein lost her husband to suicide. Andrew was a pastor of Inland Hills Church in Chino, California. In the wake of the tragedy, Kayla embarked upon a brave journey to better understand her husband’s battle with mental illness. She ultimately sought to overcome the stigma of suicide.
Shortly after losing Andrew, Kayla wrote a letter that went viral. She apologized for not truly understanding his pain and promised to honor his name. I remember reading her letter, posted alongside the picture of their three beautiful children, and being shaken by the grief she was experiencing. I couldn’t help but wonder how God could possibly redeem such hardship in their lives. Two years later, I’m blessed with the opportunity to speak with Kayla and hear how God is faithfully using her story to help people navigate the difficult waters of mental health.
September is National Suicide Prevention month. The statistics are a stark reminder that each of us will likely be impacted by suicide in some manner. On this episode of Pardon the Mess, Kayla bravely shares her difficult story. She gives us proactive steps for our own mental health and emphasizes the importance of letting others into our pain.
Kayla is determined to ensure Andrew’s life is defined by how he lived, not how he died. I want to end with these beautiful words from Andrew’s last sermon, shared in Kayla’s book:
“We are all a mess, none of us have it figured out, all of us are broken, and all of us fall short. It’s the mess that brings us together and draws God near. If we weren’t all a mess, we wouldn’t need God.”
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:03.0 | This is Cynthia Yannoff and you're listening to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:15.5 | Each week we have honest discussions about the ups and downs of parenting and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. |
| 0:21.6 | It's real, it's fun, and it's biblical. |
| 0:24.1 | Life is messy. |
| 0:25.1 | Don't walk the parenting road alone. |
| 0:31.6 | Hey guys, so glad you're with us today on Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:35.8 | I want to make sure before we kick off the show that you're |
| 0:38.0 | aware of our event coming up. It's called Perfectly Imperfect. It's a Christian Parenting event |
| 0:43.4 | where we are bringing in some of our very favorite speakers to talk about their parenting journey. |
| 0:48.5 | What I love is that it's digital and you can listen to it from your house. It's October 23rd and 24th, |
| 0:53.5 | but the videos will be available through the end of the year. You just need to register and then get listen to it from your house. It's October 23rd and 24th, but the videos will be |
| 0:54.5 | available through the end of the year. You just need to register and then get ready to be encouraged. |
| 0:58.8 | We're going to have people speaking in every area from single parenting to parenting through |
| 1:02.9 | suffering and loss. I'll be speaking, but there also be folks like Jonathan Pitts, the Duck Dynasty |
| 1:08.1 | crew. There is a lot of really great information and content |
| 1:13.0 | and people coming your way. So be sure and register. It's October 23rd and 24th, and you can go |
| 1:18.7 | to mess.comperfect.org to register. Again, it's mess.com perfectly imperfect.org, and I will link |
| 1:26.9 | it in the podcast notes. And so today on the podcast, |
| 1:29.7 | we have Kayla Stuckline. And Kayla is a mom to three. She's an author. She's a speaker. And what I love |
| 1:36.9 | about Kayla is she's an advocate for mental health. And this comes from a really hard place in |
| 1:41.4 | her own life. Her husband died by suicide on August 25, 2018. |
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