Episode 60: Creatively Conquering Fears: How Art Became a Means of Healing
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Angel Ambrose shared her story of a turbulent childhood that resulted in her playing a key role as a teen in testifying against her mother for the safety of herself and her siblings. Throughout her life, art has played a key role in helping her process her feelings. Angel shares more about how art and the healing power of a creative God has made a difference in her life.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:11.0 | God will sometimes allow a little grit in our flesh, and it will cause pain, and if we don't go to him, it will fester, we will become bitter. But as we surrender to God, |
| 0:24.7 | he ends up making it into something beautiful. |
| 0:37.1 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:38.8 | Welcome to the Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:41.1 | Today we are bringing back Angel Ambrose, our guest from earlier this season. |
| 0:46.0 | Angel's home life was so unsafe that as a teen, she testified against her mother in court in order to protect herself and her younger siblings from neglect and abuse. |
| 0:55.5 | She shared her story with us in her previous episode, so if you missed that, you can find it |
| 1:00.0 | at the forgotteninitiative.org slash s5E1 for Season 5 Episode 1. |
| 1:07.7 | Today, Angel is going to share with us how some of the wounds from her childhood |
| 1:11.6 | continue to affect her even after graduating high school |
| 1:15.0 | and how God has used the gift of art to bring healing. |
| 1:19.2 | You can learn more about Angel and this episode in our show notes |
| 1:22.8 | at the forgotteninitiative.org slash S5E10 for Season 5 Episode 10. And if you haven't yet |
| 1:30.5 | subscribed to this podcast, I encourage you to do that in iTunes or wherever you listen to your |
| 1:35.9 | podcasts. And now let's go to my interview with Angel Ambrose. |
| 1:53.5 | Our God is a creative God. His beauty is evident wherever you go, whether that's across the nation or even abroad. An angel, God used art and his creative nature in a very powerful way for you to bring healing to your life. |
| 2:03.9 | Can you talk to that? Tell us more about that. Absolutely. I love it that our God is creative. |
| 2:10.6 | And as I've been on this creative journey, I learned that that's one of the first things we learn |
| 2:15.0 | about God in Genesis is that he created. |
| 2:18.3 | And it's so wonderful that he allows each of us to be creative also. |
| 2:23.8 | So for me, art was something that was huge in my life. |
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