Hello everyone and welcome to the Graceology with Gwen Smith podcast. I'm Gwen Smith and I am so glad you've joined me today.

Around here we have fun, faith-focused, grace-filled conversations, all to help you know and trust God more.

Our discussions are honest, often humorous, and always practical.

And they're going to encourage you in meaningful ways to live out and lean on the grace of Jesus

in the midst of cluttered messy days.

You got any of those?

I know I do.

And I can't wait to get to today's conversation, which is all about how God

can redeem every pain and mistake in your life.

Today, my guest is Casey Van Norman.

Casey is a professional counselor and a Bible teacher who writes and teaches about the love

that redeemed her life from the shame of past abuse, addiction, and infidelity, and has

actually strengthened her through a life-threatening cancer diagnosis. I want you to consider this.

What if the pain and mistakes of your past are exactly what God wants to use to redeem your future?

Like many of us, Casey has walked a road of regret and loss.

And in today's honest and vulnerable conversation, she shares about the fact that these days

she's no longer running from her past but is instead actually allowing herself to be defined by it.

Because Casey has discovered that God is more intentional, personal, and loving than she

ever believed him to be. In this Graceology episode, Casey and I talk about the powerful

message of her new book, Nothing Wasted, which highlights God's offer to weave together

every confusing, disjointed scrap of your past into his beautiful story of redemption.

Well, hello, Casey. How are you? I'm so happy to have you on the Graceology show today.

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