For Colleen, stage four cancer is stretching her to experience new kinds of loss.

Part of the heaviest grieving has come over my husband and son and what lies ahead for them

because I know my suffering will come to an end, but theirs will continue.

I have to trust them to God.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth,

co-author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story. For December 13th, 2021, I'm Dana Gresh.

Revive Our Hearts is all about bringing the timeless truth of God's Word to bear on your life

and my life in every season. That means times of ease and comfort as well as times of difficulty and trials.

That's right. And we don't know the details of your life right now. You may be going through a time when

things are going pretty well, or you may feel very battered by the storms of this life.

You know, Nancy, I've heard you say before either you've just come out of a storm or you're in the storms of this life. You know, Nancy, I've heard you say before, either you've

just come out of a storm, or you're in the middle of a storm right now. Or you're about to enter a

storm. Yeah, it seems to be true. But no matter where you find yourself today, you can stay grounded

in the solid assurance that God knows what he's doing. Lamentations chapter three

reminds us that the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end.

They are new every morning. His faithfulness is great. And the fact is you really can trust him to write your story.

Yeah, and that's the title of a book you wrote with your husband, Robert. And in it, you and

Robert explore the stories of people in a variety of life seasons. And each person has unique

circumstances, but all of them have had to learn to trust the divine

storywriter. Yeah, Dana, and one of those people we wrote about in that book is my dear friend

Colleen Chow. Some years ago, Colleen had written and shared her story with me, which had a lot

of pieces and parts and chapters.

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