Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

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Welcome to Susie larsen live always honored to get to spend this time with you in fact i look forward to

bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk

that deepen your understanding of god's word and that heighten your awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, I can't say it better than my guest said it today, so I'm just going to read his words. He says, the human soul is a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in recent years. Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, of happiness and strength.

One of my favorites, John Eldridge, joins me today to talk about his newest book.

It's an amazing read, resilient, restoring your weary soul in these turbulent times.

Who does not need this message?

We got a handful of copies to give away.

I'm so grateful.

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877-933-2484.

Quick announcement.

All this month, we are focusing on the theme of forgiveness.

You'll just hear it in some of our imaging and programming,

and we're going to dedicate a whole day to forgiveness. And, but as we've been entering this conversation around resilience, nothing wears

the soul down more. Maybe that's an overstatement, but maybe not. But unresolved, hurt that where

it's in your, it's in your court where it's time for you to forgive. And I just pray as the Lord

just speaks to you in this next hour, if there's someone that you have kind of a angst against, that you would do the wrestling with the Lord, get back to a place of peace and remove the enemy out of the conversation, out of the equation. God is a God of justice and he'll make things right, but he wants your heart healed. All right, let me tell you about my guests. We'll get him on the show. John Eldridge is a bestselling author, counselor and teacher. He's also president of Wild at Heart. It's a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God and recover their own hearts in God's love. That's just my favorite. And to learn to live in God's kingdom. He and his beautiful wife, Stacey, live near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

John, dear brother, welcome back to the show. Thanks, Susie. It's been too long since we had a good

conversation. I have really noticed it as well, so I'm so grateful to have you today. And I know,

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