And I was concerned about taking him to college was going to be a whole new place in this grief journey that I didn't know.

My house had not been quiet throughout this grief journey.

And I did not know what I might be required to face in that silence.

But we can talk about how God in his goodness just continue to fill that with his purpose and his call and his plan

and has just really continued to even heal my heart when the enemy would want to pull me into

dark places.

I think the Lord would have just stood and said, oh, no, she's mine.

And I'm coming after her heart in these places.

I mean, we all know isolation is the

enemy's playground. And so I have to know I can't give myself to that.

Hi there. I hope and trust you've been having an incredible Christmas with those you love.

I'm bringing you a very special re-air show today, one that many of you loved and listened to with my dear friend, Angela Mitchell.

If you're grieving and needing some hope today, this show is especially for you.

However, it finds you, may the Lord meet you as you listen to this incredible woman,

give testimony to how God never waste a thing in our life, even the hardest things.

Here we go today on Joe.

I've been anticipating this for a long time.

I have my friend Angela Mitchell here in my office with me today. It's really fun to look over and see a friend rather than looking out into my blank space of an office and talking into space. Yeah. I'm glad to be here. Welcome. Thank you. It's rare that anybody comes out here and talks to me because I now live out far from where I

used to live. And so people don't come visit me as much anymore. Well, you are worth the drive that.

I assure you. Thank you. I have tissues ready in case we need them for this moment. I don't know.

Angela and I, sometimes when we get together, there are tears unapologetically.

Yeah, for sure. If we're talking about Jesus, if we're talking about anything, there's usually some

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