Giving it to God – A Story of God's Strength~Tamara Estes :: [Episode 287]
StoryTellers Live
StoryTellers Live
4.9 • 611 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
We love adding communities to our StoryTellers Live circle! Today you'll hear from our newest gathering near Atlanta, Georgia (West Cobb). Listen as Tamara Estes shares the challenging stories of losing both her son and her husband in separate instances. Grief, loss, and tragedy seemed commonplace in her world for many years.
But instead of living in a state of "why," Tamara learned to trust and believe—and she always trusted in the Lord to provide. Ultimately, God was constant, and His promised presence made all the difference.
In this episode you will learn:
- It's not our place to ask "why," it's our place to trust and believe. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
- God is always available as a constant strength for you.
- God never promised you an easy life, but He did promise He would walk with you and carry you when needed.
Links:
"Praise You in This Storm" by Casting Crowns
Listen to a similar story~ Amy Grote- Ep. 20: "Healing Through Heartache- The Loss of A Child"
Stories about grief on Spotify
Become a Patreon Insider to access bonus content~ including the Vestavia Live gathering with Kelly Connelly
Give to StoryTellers Live in honor of Tamara
Shop for our When God Shows Up Bible study series
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | He won't give you more than you can handle. |
| 0:07.3 | And I'm like, well, you're kind of missing half the verse. |
| 0:09.6 | He says he won't give us more than we can handle with him. |
| 0:12.7 | So if you're not willing to give it over, then you aren't going to be able to get through it. |
| 0:16.3 | So it is him that got me through. |
| 0:20.9 | Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share stories of hope found in Jesus. |
| 0:26.9 | I'm Robin Cowen. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Lindy Walker. |
| 0:29.1 | And I'm Katie Dunn. |
| 0:30.3 | And we are your podcast host, as well as part of the Storytellers Live ministry, where |
| 0:35.0 | simple life stories are helping women increase their faith, find |
| 0:38.5 | freedom in Christ, and build community with each other. Welcome to today's podcast episode, |
| 0:43.3 | and we are thrilled to bring you a story from Tamara Estes, who is a part of our new community. |
| 0:50.4 | We have five new communities this year, and this one is West Cobb, Georgia, which is really just a conglomeration of areas right outside of Atlanta. And so we are calling them West Cobb. And we're so thankful that they are getting started. They're so excited. And Tamara was their very first storyteller. I know, Robin, it really just energizes us when new communities hop on board. You know what? I almost hesitate to tell you guys that this |
| 1:12.1 | is a story of loss because while it is, and it is great loss at that, it's really such a story of |
| 1:18.0 | Tamara's resilient faith and her trust in God and then God's subsequent provision to her |
| 1:24.8 | for strength and carrying her through some of the hardest seasons of her life. So |
| 1:28.4 | if you know anyone struggling with loss today and asking God why, this is a story that you are |
| 1:33.4 | going to want to pass along. I agree, Katie. Tamara's story just really oozes with strength. |
| 1:39.1 | I mean, how she told the story, God's hand is all over her. His spirit just comes out in her countenance. I thought |
| 1:46.4 | the same thing. And one thing, if you missed last week's episode that we talked about is that we have |
| 1:52.0 | launched on Spotify, different playlists around topics of our episodes. Last week was addiction. |
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