E247: "I'd Rather Die His Friend": A Love Story From Heaven w/Emily Stimpson Chapman | Lila Rose Show
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🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
What if the love of your life didn’t love you back… for years? Emily Stimpson Chapman, one of the original Christian influencers from the golden age of blogging, shares her unforgettable love story, raw struggles with infertility, and the incredible journey that led to adoption.
This powerful conversation will show you how God works in the waiting, why patience is never wasted, and how to find peace and joy in every season—even when your dreams feel out of reach.
If you’ve ever wondered whether God sees you, has a plan for you, or if your prayers will ever be answered, Emily’s story will leave you full of hope.
Emily's website: https://www.emilystimpsonchapman.com/
Her new book: https://www.wordonfire.org/soas/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to marry this guy. I know I'm going to marry this guy. |
| 0:02.5 | But he did not have the same feelings about me. |
| 0:04.3 | Why was he still talking to you? |
| 0:05.6 | Well, that was a good question, Latha. |
| 0:07.3 | But I would tell him, okay, Chris, we're not going to talk. |
| 0:09.5 | If we're not going to date, you can't come around. |
| 0:11.3 | I want a letter in the mail. |
| 0:12.5 | God, if you want me to continue being Chris's friend, I want next day I get a letter. And I was so broken and I felt betrayed by God |
| 0:22.4 | and I felt betrayed by my body. I've spent 20 years dating. I would rather die his friend than marry |
| 0:27.4 | somebody else. I am so grateful for every single day it took my husband to get around to dating me |
| 0:31.8 | and asking me to marry him because God saw it all. |
| 0:42.1 | She got home after their first date and thought, that's the man that I'm going to marry. |
| 0:45.8 | But it wouldn't be for 10 years until her dream would come true. |
| 0:47.4 | Welcome back to the Lila Rose Show. |
| 0:52.9 | Today I'm sitting down with the lovely Emily Stimson Chapman, one of my favorite contemporary authors. |
| 0:55.8 | We get into her personal love story with her husband, the ups and the downs of what they experience and the call that God had on her heart |
| 1:00.8 | during their whole relationship. We talk about their incredible journey with infertility and |
| 1:05.6 | adoption and parenting, as well as discussing some of her recent work, including the story of all |
| 1:10.5 | stories, which is a |
| 1:11.7 | Story Bible for young Christians. We love to talk about relationships on the show because we want |
| 1:16.1 | everybody to be in flourishing relationships in right order with each other, marriages to be |
| 1:20.5 | stronger, people seeking to be married to find their love, as well as parenting relationships |
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