God showed himself to us in a grand, dramatic way that day by saving her the way he did.

But he also revealed himself to me when he took my mom home as well.

He was going before me, preparing my way to walk more closely with him.

Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women are gathering in homes across the country to share stories of the hope found in Jesus. I'm Katie Dynne. I'm Robin Cowen. And I'm Lindy Walker. And we are your podcast host. Hello again. It's October 1st. Can you believe it? I can't believe it. But I love it. You know, with the beginning of a new month, it's more live gatherings. So don't forget that you can look at our website anytime storytellerslive.org and get a list of who's meeting where. You can be linked to all our communities. And also make sure that you're signed up for our newsletter, which you could easily do on our website or in the show notes to check out

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Tell us about our episode today all right so today

we have mary bradley anderson from mountain brook which is you don't know right here in birmingham

and a fun fact is that i've known mary bradley forever ever we led a bible study together for

teenage girls before i had kids so i've So I've known her for Donna Green.

Yeah.

Wait, La Donna Green's Bible study. Love it. Probably 20 years ago at this point. And so I really have known Mary Bradley for a long time, but had not seen her in ages. So it was really fun to reconnect and coach her three, her story and to hear her story. Because I don't know her as a wife and a mom. And I mean, this story about her daughter, I mean, y'all are going to hear, it's so challenging spiritually. I loved listening to it. I found myself going, okay. This is such a good thing to remember on fear and control and all those things we do as moms. And God alone being the sustainer of life and just his power and sovereignty. It's an amazing story,

and I cannot wait for us to discuss it afterwards. And our verse of the week is one that I'm actually

combining two verses with it because she mentions part of it at the beginning of her story and part

it at the end. It's another one from the Psalms. From last week we did Psalms as well, but Psalm 139,

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