When you are the victim of a violent crime, when you find yourself in a special

victim's unit's office with a DA, you literally feel like your life is in

jeopardy. And so being able to hide and feel shielded in God's love and God's

protection have been incredibly important to me in different parts of my journey.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Countless articles have been written and

studies conducted about the power of prayer, not just from theologians, but

from mental health experts and those who study the pathways of the brain. And

they all come to the same conclusion. Prayer and having a relationship with God

makes us stronger. Prayer can calm our nervous systems, shutting down our fight

or flight response. It can make us less reactive to negative emotions and less

angry. It can give us hope that we are not alone, even in the most trying of

times. Our guests this week share how their personal relationship with God has

held them up in times of sadness and loss, doubt and fear, and that building a

foundation of trust and familiarity with God has been what keeps them moving

forward when things fall apart in their lives. Michelle Horde is a media executive

and storyteller and founder of the nonprofit Gabrielle's Wings.

Crispin Mayfield is a writer and a counselor who studies attachment science, a

discipline that looks at how relationships develop between humans and correlates

our various styles of attachment to how we develop our relationship with God.

Let's start with Michelle's story.

My name is Michelle Horde and I have worked in the media business for 30 years.

I've always worked in the business of telling stories and I started my career

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