Hope in the Hard - A Story of Surrender and the Presence of God :: Sarah Waller's Story [Episode 368]
StoryTellers Live
StoryTellers Live
4.9 • 611 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
As we journey toward Heaven, God, in His kindness, continually reveals who He is and invites us to experience His presence more intimately. Today's storyteller, Sarah Waller from our Homewood, Alabama community, reminds us that in life's hardest moments, surrendering to God opens our eyes to His faithful nearness.
Sarah shares how the Lord gently revealed His Kingship to her in her twenties and the sustaining power of the Holy Spirit in her thirties—showing up in both the big moments and the quiet, everyday ones. These revelations, however, were forged through deep suffering: first, the loss of her mother to cancer, and later, the trial of undergoing an intense brain surgery.
Through every loss and uncertainty, God tenderly called Sarah to rest in this truth—that she is a daughter of the King, fully seen, deeply known, and unconditionally loved.
VERSE OF THE WEEK:
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33
CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:
What is God teaching you in this season of your life? Reflect on how He is showing you His faithfulness.
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Listen to a similar story: Ep. 254- Toma Knight: "Living in Light of Eternity"
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| 0:00.0 | I remember thinking I could take a step back. I live in a different state. I could protect myself |
| 0:08.1 | from maybe the avalanche of grief that's about to come, or I could lean in, I could double down, |
| 0:14.9 | lean into what I knew would be the hardest season of my life, but one that would require me to |
| 0:20.4 | surrender everything into the Lord and believe |
| 0:23.6 | firmly that it would be okay, even when it didn't feel okay. |
| 0:28.8 | Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women are gathering in homes across the |
| 0:33.7 | country to share stories of the hope found in Jesus. I'm Katie Dine. I'm Robin Cowan. And I'm Lindy Walker. And we are your podcast host. Happy Wednesday. I'm ready for spring. I am too. Yes. Yes. If you are interested in partnering with us for a women's event to have one of us come and speak, we would absolutely love it. And that's just one of the |
| 0:54.7 | opportunities we offer through our discipleship resources. And we haven't talked about our Bible |
| 0:59.8 | studies in a while, but Storytellers Live has a Bible study series called When God Shows Up. And we have |
| 1:05.7 | three Bible studies written by Katie Dunn, stories of hope, stories of faith, and stories of freedom. |
| 1:11.9 | You can check those out in the link in our show notes. |
| 1:14.6 | And then you don't want to miss the storyteller today because she's incredible. |
| 1:18.3 | Today we have Sarah Waller from our Homewood community. |
| 1:21.4 | Okay, we've already said that we could listen to her for two hours. |
| 1:25.0 | She is a fantastic storyteller. and she shares her story in a really |
| 1:30.0 | unique way that is not normal of our storytellers. So listen up because she really divided her story |
| 1:36.4 | into three parts, which is God as King, God as Hope, and God as personal to her, how he's personally |
| 1:43.7 | met her. |
| 1:44.4 | And I think if you know those three things going in, you too will want to hear Sarah speak for two hours. |
| 1:50.0 | She was a great storyteller. |
| 1:51.1 | She was super wise in the way she delivered her story. |
| 1:53.7 | There's several verses I could have chosen from in her story. |
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