But my desire is that I would continue to stretch the roots of truth to God's word down deep.

And his promises to secure me when I'm bending and I'm swaying.

His word always quenches my thirst when I'm threatened to despair.

Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share stories of hope found in Jesus.

I'm Robin Cowen.

I'm Lindy Walker.

And I'm Katie Dunn.

And we are your podcast host, as well as part of the Storytellers Live ministry, where

simple life stories are helping women increase their faith, find freedom

in Christ, and build community with each other. Welcome to today's podcast. Y'all, what did you

think at the beginning of season eight, our brand new intro? We are so excited. We're also excited

that you're here today to hear our very first storyteller of season eight, Ellen Purcell.

That's right. Ellen actually shared her story at the Stories of Hope Luncheon back in March.

We always kick off each season with our storyteller that's shared at that.

And Ellen's story is really just a beautiful picture of the twist and turns of her life journey

and how God's love and faithfulness and grace just really

sustained her. You're going to learn the importance of storing God's word in your heart, the

importance of worshiping God in some of the more difficult moments of life, and most importantly,

how if we allow God, he can use those challenging moments as an opportunity to really

refine and shape us into the person that he's called us to be. So I'm so excited

for you to hear such an encouraging story for this kickoff episode. Yes. And as usual, our

Patreon insiders are going to get even more content because we have a Where Are They Now with

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