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A Steady Safe Place - Andrea Fortenberry's Story :: [Episode189]

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StoryTellers Live

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9613 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Today's storyteller, Andrea Fortenberry, from Phoenix, Arizona, walks us through navigating the journey of her parents' divorcing when she was 33 years old.  Andrea vulnerably shares the struggles she faced, but she also encourages us to know that no matter what happens in our earthly families, our ultimate identity is found as a daughter of the King. 

 

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When you are hurting, forgiving the person who caused your pain can be a difficult path to choose, but as a child of God, it is a path He calls you to take.  This month's audio devotion by Katie will walk you through what God's Word says about forgiveness. 

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To listen to Andrea's podcast - the perfectionist guide to Mothering, go to https://www.andreafortenberry.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Even though I am part of a broken family, now I can still be a whole person because I'm his daughter and he is my father.

0:13.1

He reminds me over and over again that my identity is in him and that he is my ever constant,ant, never-changing father who will never make a promise,

0:24.6

who will never walk away, and he will always be a steady, safe place for me.

0:32.4

Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share stories of hope found in Jesus.

0:38.3

I'm Robin and I am here with Katie and Lindy and we are your podcast host.

0:42.2

Today we are bringing you a story from Andrea Fortenberry who lives in Arizona, who lives

0:47.8

in Phoenix.

0:48.2

And I have known her really through the podcasting world for a couple of years because she has a

0:53.3

podcast herself called the

0:54.6

perfectionist guide to mothering. Oh, the perfectionist guide to mother. So we will put a link to that

1:00.6

in the notes below. But she's bringing us a really unique story today that we've never had before,

1:05.5

which is walking through her parents' divorce as an adult herself. Yeah. And you know, Robin,

1:31.9

this story in particular spoke to me because my parents divorced, you know, after I graduated from college. And it was very difficult walking through that. So there's so many things that she said that I was like, oh, girl, I relate to what you're saying. But before we get into her story, I do just want to say to someone who maybe has had a divorce or maybe your parents divorced or they're walking through that right now, God is a God of redemption.

1:44.5

And so any story he can bring wholeness from. And I just really want you to clearly hear that as you listen to her story because, yes, there's struggles that she walked through because her parents divorced, but there's hope because of Jesus Christ. And so I just want you to hear that as you listen to her story, and I can't

1:48.9

wait for us to discuss it at the end. Absolutely. And also, y'all, summer's coming. So if you are

1:54.0

looking for a Bible study this summer, please check out when God shows up discovering God

1:59.7

and stories of hope. We are so excited. So many

2:03.0

people have given us feedback that this is a great study not only to do as a small group,

2:07.4

but also you could do it personally. So go to our website at storytellerslive.org and check it out

2:13.6

buy a copy today. And also this summer, this August, we are launching our second Bible study

2:19.4

discovering God and stories of freedom in our When God Shows Up series. So look for that as well.

2:25.7

Here's Andrea.

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