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The Healing Power of God's Promises and Plans - A Story of Loss, Grief, and Surrogacy :: Alissa Parrish :: [Episode 340]

StoryTellers Live

StoryTellers Live

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9611 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Trusting God in our darkest seasons of life and believing He is working all things for good can be a struggle for many of us. However, today's storyteller, Alissa Parrish, from our Montgomery, Alabama community, reminds us that it's during the difficult, the hard, and the waiting that God longs for you to seek His presence, ask for His guidance, and surrender to His will.

 

While this is a story of loss and grief, it's also one of hope and redemption as Alissa reminds us that God's promises and plans are always bigger than our problems and pain. 

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VERSE OF THE WEEK:

Psalm 130:5: "I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His Word I put my hope."

 

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:

Are you in a season of waiting, longing for God to answer your prayers more quickly or help you out of a dark season? How can you turn your waiting into worship? 

 

Listen to a similar story:  Kitty Hurdle- Ep. 274: "Will You Trust Me?"


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Transcript

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0:00.0

God has never loved us, and he has provided for our every need, even putting his people in our path, just will be needed.

0:11.5

My problems have not stopped God's promises, and my pain has not stopped God's plan.

0:17.3

I feel like sometimes there are stories that we find ourselves living that we would

0:21.1

never choose. But it's such a comfort to know that the dark doesn't write the last line of our

0:26.3

story. The word does. And he is with you. Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where

0:33.4

everyday women are gathering in homes across the country to share stories of the hope found in Jesus.

0:39.1

I'm Katie Dyn.

0:40.1

I'm Robin Cowen.

0:41.3

And I'm Lindy Walker.

0:42.5

And we are your podcast host.

0:45.0

Today we have such a great story from Montgomery.

0:47.8

And we are cruising through September.

0:50.7

It's crazy.

0:51.6

But thank you all so much for being a part of our sustained stories campaign.

0:55.9

We could not continue to keep the lights on, continue to pay staff, support our communities,

1:01.4

and do all the things that help us share the hope of Jesus through the power of story.

1:06.5

We could not do that without you, without your generosity, and everyone that has donated through

1:11.2

this campaign. September isn't over. So there is still time to be a part of this, become a story

1:17.8

champion, and help us continue to share stories literally around the world of the hope founded

1:23.3

Jesus. Tell us about our storyteller. So today is Alyssa Parrish, like you said, from Montgomery.

1:29.1

And y'all, we talk a lot about her storytellers being raw or real. She is very vulnerable.

1:34.8

And I really appreciated she walked through difficult season of losing a child during child.

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