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I thought faith was a AAA card I kept in my wallet, you know.

And here I've come to learn it's a muscle in my body and that muscle is built every time I show up

and I do the next right thing and even when I don't feel like it, especially when I don't feel

like it, especially when I don't feel strong enough, especially when I don't feel capable,

when I look back and I see what I've been able to walk through with Mason and with my family,

I have no doubt that there's power greater than me in this universe.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. When we face scary situations in life, it's easy to wonder

if our faith, especially the amount of faith we have, makes a difference. But is it help you to quantify

faith to think if I just had more faith my problem would go away. Though tempting, that line of thought

doesn't square with the faith filled greats all throughout history who followed God despite the

fear and uncertainty of their experiences. They practice with the poet John O'Donohue argues we

must learn to hold nothing back and learn to find ease and risk. God's grace can empower and sustain

our faith too, just like Abraham's, Rehab's and David's. Our guests this week are Janine,

Urbanek Reed and Megan Smalley. Both tell stories of faith in the crucible of being pushed to their

breaking points only to find God's grace remaining alongside the fear, suffering,

joys and the triumphs. God's grace powered Janine through her son Mason's cancer battle

and Megan through an arduous journey to reach her dream of having children. Let's start with Janine's

story. My name is Janine Urbanek Reed and I am an author, a mother, a wife, and a friend and a

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