I struggled with the idea that, okay, I thought marriage would be the thing that would make me happy.

I thought Josh would be the thing that would bring me ultimate happiness, yet we're fighting all the

time.

And I struggled with this like disillusionment.

Like this isn't exactly what I thought it would be.

It's not how I pictured it.

And I really had to fall back on my relationship with Christ. And in doing

that, he really taught me through fire that he is the only thing that is going to truly fulfill me.

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God hears her.

Seek and she will find.

Elisa, I think everybody listening to this episode is going to feel a little bit more seen and heard.

Our guest that we have today, something that really stuck out to me in her bio was that

she thought her life was going to be one way and it turned into something different.

And I think we all can resonate with that.

One thing that I'm also really inspired by is this book that she just released recently.

And it's called, I Thought This Would Make Me Happy.

How to Fight Less, Forgive Faster, and Cultivate Joy in Your Marriage and Together

With Christ.

I thought this would make me happy.

How many times have we walked into circumstances, relationships where we thought that?

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