Best of 2025: From Shame to Shine: Inspiring Others in Christ! (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Sheila Walsh’s happy childhood dissolved in an instant when her father suffered a devastating brain injury that led to violent outbursts, and ultimately, death by suicide. Sheila couldn’t understand why her dad hated her, but resolved to do better for her Heavenly Father. Hear why Sheila ended up in a psychiatric hospital at age 34, and how Jesus helped her see her truth worth as His child.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Jim Daly. A Merry Christmas to you and your family. I'm so grateful you've joined us today,
0:07.4	and it's my hope you will listen every day because we're here to offer you Bible-based practical help for your marriage,
0:14.7	your parenting, and your daily walk with Christ. Today, I'm inviting it to join us in ministry.
0:20.6	If you've benefited from any of our
0:22.9	programs or resources, can you help pay it forward by donating to focus on the family now before
0:29.4	the end of the year? Right now, your giving will have the most impact because some generous friends
0:35.4	are willing to match your giving dollar for dollar up to $8 million.
0:40.9	Isn't that amazing?
0:42.3	God is so good.
0:44.2	Just imagine the ministry impact we can have, working together to strengthen and save families in the days ahead.
0:51.5	Help us meet this match.
0:53.2	Give today by calling 800 a family or go to
0:56.7	Focus on the Family.com slash family. And I remember at 12 thinking I've got one more chance
1:04.5	to get it right. Whatever my earthly father saw in me that made him hate me so much, my heavenly father is never going to
1:12.2	see that I am going to be the perfect Christian if it kills me. And it almost did.
1:19.4	We'll hear more from our guest Sheila Walsh on today's best of 2025 episode of Focus on the Family
1:26.1	with Jim Daly. When we aired this in August, our listeners really responded.
1:31.4	Let me give you a brief recap of what we heard in part one yesterday.
1:35.9	When Sheila was just five years old, her father suffered a brain aneurysm and became a very angry man who regularly lashed out at her. Only her, no one else in the
1:47.6	family. And being so young, Sheila wondered why she made her dad so angry and assumed that he saw
1:54.4	something evil in her. He ultimately took his own life and Sheila held onto that sense of
2:00.2	shame and guilt as she grew up.
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