Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday people share real and personal stories.

Some are profound and challenging, while others are more common and relatable shared with honesty and humor.

But all of these stories reveal what God can do in our lives when we trust him with the details.

Thanks for joining us.

Hi, everyone. This is your host, Kelly, from the Storytellers Live team. On each episode, a different woman shares her story, often in a live setting, with the bottom line being that God is good. This episode marks an exciting milestone as it was the first gathering and launch of storytellers in a new

city, Auburn, Alabama. And fittingly, the first storyteller for Auburn was Sarah Beth, one of our team

members and also a former Auburn resident. As you may recall, Sarah Beth was the very first person

to share at Storytellers in Birmingham when we launched last fall. And you can hear

that recording in episode one of the podcast. And normally we wouldn't record and post someone's story

twice, but this was a particularly special evening when Sarah Beth could celebrate the remembrance

of her husbandly among the friends and the community who helped carry her during those early

days after his passing.

Sarah Beth would eventually say goodbye to those friends when God moved her to Birmingham.

But a theme of this story is the detours God took Sarah Beth on and the surprises that he has

had for her along the way to display his love and faithfulness.

As she says, there's always something to be thankful for in the middle of the heart.

And looking back, she is able to so clearly see the gifts and mercies that God gave her

to keep her going day by day, from Lee essentially being able to say goodbye to her

to new beginnings of finding love again and while

nothing is easy choosing to trust Jesus gave Sarah Beth the peace and the strength to take each new

step as it came. Sarah Beth has truly learned to live by faith and I know you'll be encouraged by

her story. Here she is.

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