I was not looking for a spiritual moment, but I had one.

I'm just there.

Nobody is around me.

And it's just me in the ocean.

And I was like, wow, God, this is cool.

I mean, this is beautiful.

And it was as if God said in my spirit, you know what, Ashley, this is beautiful, but heaven is better than this.

Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women share stories of hope.

I'm Robin and I am here with Katie and Lindy and we are your podcast hosts.

And we say every week that there are stories of hope and this is a story of hope.

Today we are bringing you Ashley McCrary's story from our

Auburn-Opa-Lyca team and actually Katie and Lindy both were there so I'm going to let y'all

tell about her story. Katie and I have both known Ashley since college but I will tell you first of all

it was great being back at a live gathering. It was beautiful. It was so well attended.

But Ashley's countenance in telling her story, I went up to her afterwards, and I said,

you know what? I don't say this very often, but you are truly filled with the Holy Spirit.

I mean, and you will hear that in her voice as she tells her story and really gives us such a

perspective of eternity. Absolutely, Lindy.

You know, I've known Ashley for years. She's always been a mentor to me, someone that I looked

up to. Hearing her story is just such a beautiful reminder that God is in the details of our lives.

She will mention over and over again that he goes before you. And one of the other

things that Ashley does in addition to us looking for God in the details of our lives is also

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