Seeing God’s goodness in the middle of loss with Jonathan Pitts
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Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 16 April 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Wynter and Jonathan Pitts were married for fifteen years and twenty-seven days, until July 24, 2018, when Wynter unexpectedly went home to be with the Lord. Wynter left behind a family of four girls, a handful of books, and a ministry to tween girls—For Girls Like You. The niece of Tony Evans and the cousin of Priscilla Shirer, Wynter came from a strong family of faith.
Jonathan Pitts is a speaker and executive pastor at Church of the City in Franklin, TN. He joins us today to speak about seeing God’s goodness in the middle of the pain of loss. His testimony is faith-filled and rooted in the knowledge that God allowed his wife to complete her mission before he took her to heaven.
Jonathan shares some of the truths found in the last book Wynter and he completed just hours before her passing—Emptied: Experiencing the Fullness of a Poured-Out Marriage. Jonathan and I talk about marriage, raising girls, living life in quarantine, and so much more. Jonathan’s mission to carry out Wynter’s ministry, while raising their daughters, is going to encourage you!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is Cynthia Yanov, host A Pardon a Mess. |
| 0:07.5 | Parenting can get messy and that's why we're glad you're with us. |
| 0:10.3 | Each week we have honest discussions with our guests about the ups and downs of parenting |
| 0:13.8 | and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. |
| 0:16.5 | It's fun, it's real, and it's biblical. |
| 0:18.9 | We put our trust in a God who re-scripps our mess into |
| 0:21.5 | his greater message. That's the best parenting news we could ask for. Join us each week on |
| 0:25.9 | Pardon the Mess as we walk the Parenting Road together. Hey guys, this is Cynthia Yanoff. I'm glad you're |
| 0:30.9 | with us. Stay on Pardon the Mess. How are you doing? We're still doing good over here. We're hanging in there. I hope you are too. I'm praying for you. |
| 0:40.0 | And I am excited that we continue to be able to bring you content that I think will speak to you during these times. |
| 0:45.3 | I heard so much great feedback from last week's podcast with Sheila Walsh on praying when you don't know what to say. |
| 0:51.9 | And so if you haven't listened to that, take a minute and go back and do that. But today, I'm so excited to give you a word from Jonathan Pitts. If you don't know |
| 1:00.9 | Jonathan Pitts by name, you probably know his story. He was married to Winter Pitts for 15 years. |
| 1:06.5 | And Winter is part of the Evans family. Tony Evans and Priscilla Shire is her cousin. And they were |
| 1:12.5 | married for many years. And Winter wrote several books and she started a ministry called for |
| 1:16.3 | girls like you. Winter passed away suddenly on July 24th, 2018. And Jonathan has continued her |
| 1:23.6 | ministry while also living in Nashville with his girls. They have four daughters, and he is an |
| 1:29.3 | executive pastor at City Church. He has such a great word for us today. We taped this as we are just starting |
| 1:36.1 | to be in social isolation, and he's just able to speak into hard places, but God's goodness. And I know |
| 1:42.5 | this is a word we all need right now, as we are all |
| 1:45.5 | walking some hard roads. He will encourage you. He will lift you up and he will point you to Jesus. |
| 1:51.2 | This is a great opportunity to be strengthened and to be encouraged in the Lord. So I'm excited |
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