Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share real and personal stories of encounters with God.

I'm your host Robin, and I'm here with Dawn, Katie, and Lindy.

And at Storytellers Live, our prayer is that you would meet God in a new way through these stories,

that you would know that you're not

alone and that walls would be broken down and community would be built.

This week we have Katie from Memphis, and she's actually a part of the Memphis team.

And I think I can honestly say that I have never related to a story more than I do this one.

No, I think all four of us can agree to that because I think we can all agree as women,

we tend to be the peacemakers. We want to make sure that everybody's happy and sometimes we

sacrifice our needs and we sacrifice our voice as a result. And so Katie talks to us about

how she lost her voice and how she,

in her words, became a victim of her own making, that God brought her to a place of freedom in

the end through community and then confidence in Christ. I think that everybody's going to get a lot

from this one. Yes, we know that y'all are going to love it. And here is Katie.

Hi, I am Katie Harris. I'm from Memphis and I'm married to Stewart. We have three kids,

ages 12, 9, and 6. Okay, I just want to add that as y'all listen to this story,

I want you to know that my husband was the very first

person who encouraged me to share the story. So he knows everything I'm about to say. And if there's

something along the way that you're like, oh my gosh, I can't believe she just said that. Just know

that he's aware and he's in full support. I grew up here in Memphis, lived here most of my life.

I was the oldest of three kids. My parents were both believers and raised us in the church. I became a believer

through middle school youth group. Just came to me on a youth retreat that I couldn't just ride

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