I always talk about disappointment is the friend we don't want that just shows up every so often because we just live in a fallen world and so stuff is just not going to go the way we want it to and sometimes we do have unreasonable expectations.

I think a life that is devoid of difficulty

is an unreasonable expectation. Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. You can

find us at family life today. These reveal the character of a person. How they handle prosperity. Yes. And

or and or how they handle adversity. Oh, yeah. Which one's harder? Well, when you're in it, you're thinking it's definitely adversity.

But man, I've seen more people fall away in prosperity.

You know, when adversity trials hardship hits a person or a marriage

It's the test. Yeah, you find out what you're made of most marriages a lot of families when they go through really serious

hardship they don't make it so we're gonna talk about that today I know I'm

excited we've got Elizabeth Woodson with us her Her book is called Embrace your life.

Elizabeth, I mean welcome to family life. Never been here, right?

Never been here. I'm excited to be here. I love this subtitle.

Me too. Did you come up with it? I did.

Yeah, I mean, everybody can relate to you you how to find joy when the life you have is not the life you hope for.

Everybody just thought yes, yes and amen.

Well I wonder how many people think, well, I got the life I hope for.

Now, most think I wanted it, but the question is, I don't have joy if I don't get it.

So talk to us.

How did this book come about?

I tell folks it came about really for two reasons.

One, it's just my own personal journey,

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