Sarah Bessey on Miracles and Other Reasonable Things, grace, and wilderness seasons

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Alli Worthington

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

I'm with one of my wisest friends and all-time favorite writers Sarah Bessey to talk about her new book Miracles And Other Reasonable Things. After this conversation, you'll realize why I binge-read it in less than two days and couldn't make it through the interview without crying. Sarah shares the tender story of healing from a tragic car accident, what God taught in the depths of tremendous suffering, and why she values healing above a quick cure. In this episode we discuss: 1. Why she's a "Jesus Feminist" 2. How she connected me to one of my most important jobs 3. How God is gracious to meet us, even when we've put Him in a box Favorite quotes: 1. This is not about curing and it’s not about big grand miracles even though some of those things show up. It’s about what it looks like to pursue and stay open to healing and all its forms. 2. The wilderness is not the absence of God‘s presence but actually an invitation from the Holy Spirit to encounter the love of God and a new and different wider open space perhaps. 3. God is larger than your own story, yet will still remain with you where you are. In this episode I answer these questions: 1. You seem so organized. How do you keep up with everything you do, what’s your secret? (59:46) 2. How do I encourage my husband and his spiritual maturity without pushing? (1:05:50) 3. How do you force yourself to do the boring stuff in business? (1:08:38) Links to great things we discussed: 1. Sarah Bessey 2. Miracles and Other Reasonable Things 3. The Highwomen - Crowded Table 4. A Better Man - Lousie Penny 5. Defiant - Kelly Nikondeha 6. Ad Astra 7. Chris Tomlin 8. Blissdom Conference Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sarahbessey

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, this is Allie and welcome to the Allie Worthington show.
0:06.7	It's where we gather, learn, share our stories and have a great time.
0:10.8	Every week I'll be chatting with a friend who I know, who I like and I respect,
0:15.4	and I want to learn something from.
0:17.3	And after we have that discussion, we are going to have coaching time.
0:20.2	So I'm going to be
0:20.8	answering your questions about life, about faith, and about business.
0:27.2	Welcome to the show. I am with the phenomenal Sarah Bessie. She is one of my favorite people.
0:33.4	She's brilliant and she's kind and she's wonderful. And she has a new book out that I love.
0:39.2	I mean, I love this book.
0:41.3	It's so good that I texted multiple people as soon as I read it and told them to go get it now and to thank me later.
0:46.8	One of my friends I texted her to go get it.
0:48.9	And she was on a plane.
0:50.5	And she was like, you know, send me a voice memo and tell me why you loved it.
0:56.3	And I was like, I finished it an hour ago. And I keep like, I keep choking up and crying when I try to express how much I love this book.
1:02.2	So give me a day or so.
1:03.7	And then I can tell you.
1:04.7	I mean, it's that good.
1:06.2	And of course I cry interviewing her.
1:07.7	I worked really hard not to get into her story to make me cry, but I couldn't
1:12.9	help it because I'm so, I'm so touched by the book. It's brilliant. It's beautiful. By the book,
1:18.8	thank me later. You're going to love it. We talk about her being a Jesus feminist. We talk about
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