Every person has a story and some parts of those stories feel too hard to tell.

You are listening to, if you only knew, a mini series brought to you by the Happy Hour with Jamie Ivy Podcast.

On today's show, my friend Sean Osman joins me and opens up about two abortions and alcoholism.

Sean experienced her first abortion at 17 and another one in college.

My hope for you as you listen is that you will not just hear about a woman who had two abortions

and struggled with alcohol, but yet you will hear a story from a woman about a God that pursued her, loved her, accepted her,

and is using her for great things even though she walked through some very dark days in her past.

I'm so thankful for Sean in sharing her story because the number one thing I hear from women who are ashamed of sharing their stories,

it is that it involves an abortion.

So full of shame, so full of regret, so full of pain, but God.

But God is so much stronger than our biggest shame, our biggest regret, or our biggest painful choice.

If you have experienced an abortion and are looking for healing, I encourage you to find a safe friend to talk to,

to find a church that loves God's Word and to look for an abortion healing class like the one Sean mentions, for given and set free.

In this interview, Sean says that her secrets had kept her sick for so long.

My prayer for you is you listen as that your secrets would no longer keep you sick, but you would allow Jesus to move in and to heal you,

to forgive you and to make you whole, because you will hear Sean in this interview proclaim two very important things,

that he is enough and that everything is forgivable because of Jesus.

Friends, if you're interested in hearing more of my story, check out my book, If You Only New, that releases on January 30,

where I invite you into my story and show you how each of us has a story that matters and that together we can encourage each other,

point each other to Jesus and all proclaim that indeed Jesus is better.

Here is my conversation with Sean.

Hey Sean, so what was your If You Only New?

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