You've ever found yourself walking on age shells and living in a version of yourself that you

wonder where you went if you've ever been in a relationship that made you question yourself

and feel like a shell of yourself. Today, my best friend and I, Candace Hutzbath, are going to be

talking about how just three weeks ago her husband walked in one day and said, I don't want to be married to you

anymore. And I'm going to try not to get emotional. I have a feeling if you listen this far,

you've been in a relationship with a narcissist, or maybe you are. And we want to show you how

God can be glorified through this, how he can heal you and how he can give you beauty for ashes and

the oil of joy for morning and

give you double for your form of shame. So Candace, welcome to the strong confident his podcast.

This is my best friend for 20 years. This is my second appearance, right? Yeah, second appearance.

So Candice, why don't you walk us through? We're going to jump in. We're going to be raw and real. And we are going to tell the story of what happened within the last three weeks. Okay, so three weeks ago, tell us what happened. I actually don't feel emotional. I feel like God has done so much work in me and honestly through you in the last three and a half weeks. So I feel very prepared to speak to this very even keeled and

as unemotional as possible about the most emotional thing that has ever happened to me. And I was trying

to think where to start too, because I feel like God does lots of little things all the time in your

life to show you what you need to see and where you need to grow. But sometimes he does really big things in your life and makes changes that you would never imagine.

I don't know, I think our response to those changes is what shows our character and shows him in us.

And it also reveals the people in your life who are also walking in his spirit and come

alongside you and help you navigate something that you never thought you would ever be experiencing.

So I guess the best place to start is the backstory is, so I will be 204 in a few months,

waited as long as I possibly had to or as long as to, to decide to make the decision to get married.

Because I only wanted to do it once, and I wanted to honor God in the process, and I wanted to be the very best wife that I can be.

And I think he did so much work in me all the way through being 39 and being prepared to be a great wife. So at 39, I was traveling on

business and I walked into an environment that I was supposed to be doing some work in. And my eyes

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