The Truth About Happiness and Following Jesus // The Gathering Place Podcast with Blessed is She
The Gathering Place, a Podcast from Blessed is She
Blessed is She
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Jesus says something striking in the Gospel of John: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” 🙏🏽
But what does that actually mean for the way we live?
In this conversation, Jenna and Beth reflect on the invitation to follow Jesus on the narrow way, a path that isn’t always easy, but leads to the fullness of life we’re truly made for. They talk about what it looks like to choose belief, to walk in truth, and to trust that Jesus Himself is the path forward.
They also dive into:
🌿 Why who you surround yourself with shapes your faith
🌿 How God’s mercy is louder than our mess
🌿 What it means to choose belief even when faith feels hard
🌿 Why honesty and consistency are the only things we can control in prayer
🌿 And the freeing realization that God might care about your dreams more than you do
Whether you’re thriving in prayer or just trying to show up, this conversation is a reminder that Jesus is the way and walking with Him leads to real life.
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| 0:00.0 | Who you surround yourself with does matter. |
| 0:03.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:04.0 | Who you do life with. |
| 0:05.6 | You become the company you keep. |
| 0:08.2 | His mercy reigns over all of not her mess, not his mess. |
| 0:14.3 | My mess. |
| 0:15.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:16.3 | My mess. |
| 0:17.9 | I wrestled for years to believe that God wanted me to be happy. That he isn't actually, |
| 0:23.7 | that he isn't actually even an enemy to my happiness. Wow. That he isn't against me. |
| 0:30.0 | Can I hear God's voice? I'm not hearing you. Where are you? What are you saying? Do you speak? I'm your |
| 0:35.3 | sheep God. Why can I hear your voice actually i could read it and he's |
| 0:39.4 | actually speaking if you want to know god's voice read his word yes hello hello jena hi beth how you, friend? Living the dream. Did I already tell people |
| 0:58.1 | about that? About living the dream? About the person what they said to me when I said I was living |
| 1:02.3 | the dream. No. Have you told me? Yeah, I think so. Okay, tell me again. I said to a friend, |
| 1:07.2 | hey, how you doing? I said, live in the dream. And he said, well, is it a good dream? |
| 1:11.9 | Oh, I was like, that is a really good question. I'm going to start asking people that. |
| 1:16.4 | Wow. Because it could be a nightmare. You know? So true. Live in the nightmare. I will say, I think it's a |
| 1:24.8 | response that people say. Yeah. When it's a, when it is a good dream. When it's a response that people say when it's a when it is a good dream when it's a good |
| 1:31.5 | life you're saying yeah yeah I think otherwise they might say it's a nightmare you know I don't |
| 1:38.8 | yeah but I just thought it was a hilarious question and so I think of it all the time now. I love when you say live in the dream. Yeah. We did talk about dreams this morning. So actually that was kind of an incredible. That's so true. Are we living your dream, Beth? Yeah. What was your dream? When? As a child, I guess. |
| 2:01.4 | Oh, as a kid? |
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