Today on The Girl To Find Show, we are having one of those conversations that just kind of blows your mind.

You're like, why couldn't God spread out the suffering a little bit?

Like, why did he have to pick one person to go through so much hardship, like one unimaginable thing after another?

But the shocking thing is, is that our guest, even though she, at a young age, has been through so much.

I mean, we only scratch the surface. She is coming out with the book on how to take back your joy and how to truly have joy in Christ.

Like, are you kidding me? Most of us experience a hiccup in the road and it's so hard to trust God. It's so hard not to grow bitter.

But she has been through, wow, a lot.

And so I just want to encourage you if you are wanting to boost in your faith, like, wow, if she could choose joy in Christ and have a genuine relationship with him,

I can too. Or if you are one of those where you're like, I have gone through all the things as well. And I just wonder, when am I going to come up for air? When am I going to find hope? When is God going to give me a break?

You know, if that's how you're feeling this episode is going to encourage you like none other.

What's up, sisterhood? I am so pumped for this conversation with Nicole Jacobs-Meier. She is coming out with an incredible book. Take back your joy, which she'll talk a lot more about.

We'll link it below so that you can pre-order it and get all of the incredible goodies and just be so encouraged.

I mean, the testimonies of others, the faith of others is what the body of Christ is all about coming together, loving one another, sharing our testimonies of God's goodness, even through unimaginable hardship, which is her story.

It was so crazy talking to her because you know, Chris and I, we just released a book, not part of the plan trusting God with the twists and turns of your story.

And if you haven't read that, I strongly encourage you to grab a copy. It is a super easy read. It has a built in free devotional to go with it.

At the end of each chapter, you're going to be challenged to dig into the word, to grow in your relationship with Christ, to question your view of God in the sense that like, are you viewing God in the way that He says He is?

Are you just imagining Him and putting, you know, qualities around Him are true to Him?

And so I really encourage you to dig into that. You can find that at girldefine.com slash trust, girldefine.com slash trust or wherever books are sold.

I strongly encourage you to grab a copy because that will just encourage you in your faith journey and as you learn what it means to truly be a Christ follower.

Not what a lot of celebrity pastors and kind of like, you know, Christian influencers, church share with us, influence our church because oftentimes, unfortunately, it's this, you know, gumball machine view of God.

Like you start following God, you put your quarter in and you get blessings out and you, you know, give, give to God and He gives back to you.

And that's just not how scripture works. I mean, Jesus, he lived perfectly and he gave up his life.

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