Episode 273 - When God Seems Gone with Adam Mabry

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when you have a good theology of suffering and pain and yet struggle in the midst of your experience to believe that God is even present, let alone good? How do you hold the tension between your pain and what you know to be true about who God is? For Pastor Adam Mabry, it was his own hardships and emotional struggles paired with the seeming silence of God that took him on a journey to reconcile his experience with God's character. He would go on to write about it in his book, When God Seems Gone: Finding Hope When Nothing Makes Sense. In the end, Adam concludes that there is hope in the messy middle of our story if we are willing to be honest with God and ourselves about what we are feeling. In this impactful conversation, Davey sits down with Adam to discuss how you can know good theology and yet struggle with internalizing the truth in your pain, the difference between God's will and God's disposition, and why it's important to become curious about our emotions instead of escaping them. If you've ever felt like God disappeared when you needed Him the most, this episode will remind you that there is hope when nothing makes sense. Website: www.adammabry.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/theadammabry Facebook: www.facebook.com/pastoradammabryBook: When God Seems Gone: Finding Hope When Nothing Makes SenseGet 25% off of Adam's book When God Seems Gone at thegoodbook.com with code the code: NIWHave a friend who is walking through something difficult? Invite them to our next 5 Steps to Taking Back Your Story zoom call with Davey Blackburn. Send them this link to sign up: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Are you a pastor or church leader who wants to see redemptive healing take place in your church? Find out more about how you can bring Pain to Purpose to your church: www.nothingiswasted.com/churches Do you need a reminder in your pain that God isn't done with your story? Sign up for our free, 7 day devotional delivered straight to your inbox: www.nothingiswasted.com/7-day-devo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, friend. I know these stories on the podcast are so encouraging to hear as you listen to others who
0:05.2	have walked through unimaginable pain and found hope in it and they've walked through it. But I also
0:10.6	know that how to move forward can be the question that so many of you guys who are listening to this
0:15.5	or watching this on YouTube, you're asking that question currently as you're walking through the valley.
0:19.7	I know when I think about my own journey after losing my wife Amanda, I wish that I'd had something
0:24.7	practical, a guide to walk me through the pain and the process of healing, which is why we created
0:30.8	the pain to purpose course. The pain to purpose course is truly a guide to help you remove the
0:35.3	debris of crisis in your life and move forward with a renewed sense of victory and purpose. Hundreds
0:42.6	have taken the course and found so much hope and healing in their own story. But I want you to
0:48.0	listen to what Jera had to say about how the course helped her find her way out of anxiety and
0:54.0	depression. I came in in a very low spot in my life. I was walking through depression. I was
1:01.8	walking through a lot of anxiety that led me to some really poor decisions in my life that
1:08.4	got me to the place where I thought I was no longer worthy to be used by God. In the course,
1:13.6	I learned a lot of practical tips when I'm feeling unworthy or when I'm really low. First,
1:19.5	I learned how to label all those feelings and then I learned to say, no, this biblical truth is
1:24.8	that God loves me, that I am purposeful, that He put me here for a reason and I had to put that
1:30.0	before my unworthiness that I was feeling. So if you're ready to take the next step in healing from
1:35.1	whatever hurt you've walked through and want help and how to identify your pain and how to move
1:38.6	forward, sign up now for the pain to purpose course by going to course.nothingaswaisted.com. Again,
1:45.0	that's course.nothingaswaisted.com.
1:49.3	Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast where we believe that no matter what you've gone through
1:54.5	in life, God is inviting you to partner with Him to take back your story. On this podcast,
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