Trust in the Lord - A Story of Forgiveness, Healing, and Reconciliation: Stephanie Gaiters' Story :: [Episode 350]

StoryTellers Live

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It's our 350th episode, and we have the perfect story to focus your eyes on the hope found in Jesus!!

Love, forgiveness, and restoration are three words that could sum up the heart of the cross, and they are also three words that could sum up today's message.

Stephanie Gaiters, from our West Cobb community (just outside of Atlanta, Georgia), shares her compelling story of how the Lord used the most challenging and painful experience of her life to bring reconciliation and healing to her family. Her words will inspire you to trust the Lord with all your heart, encourage you to acknowledge Him in all your ways, and challenge you to forgive freely in all your relationships.

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VERSE OF THE WEEK:

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:

What relationships need restoration in your life? Take a step of forgiveness today and allow God to begin the healing process.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	God was working everything out in a way that only God could.
0:06.8	He was working to restore everything that had been broken.
0:10.2	And it was like all these walls that had been put up were all coming down.
0:15.8	Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women are gathering in homes across the country to share stories
0:22.3	of the hope found in Jesus. I'm Katie Dine. I'm Robin Cowan. And I'm Lindy Walker and we are your
0:28.3	podcast host. Welcome back. Happy Wednesday and happy 350th episode. Yay. God has been so good to ministry, and I cannot believe that we are sitting here.
0:41.7	It is kind of my love.
0:42.5	Actually on video, recording the 350th episode.
0:46.2	Oh, where's the time gone?
0:47.4	I have no idea.
0:48.4	And I don't know how this happened.
0:49.6	More stories of the hope found in Jesus, literally spreading around the world. I'm so exciting. We have
0:55.7	some gifts today. So our first gift is we have a bonus story over on Patreon that you do not want to
1:01.5	miss. Emily Will from our trustful community shares an incredible story. So make sure you're a part of
1:06.9	Patreon. It is a way to engage in the ministry. It's a way to support the ministry. Very easy to join. Just click the link in our show notes. And then also, we have another gift at the end of the episode. It probably makes us happier than anybody else. It is my favorite thing that we do every year. I'm not going to spoil it, but stay tuned. You're definitely going to want to listen to the outro because it's going to make
1:27.9	your day. That's how I'm going to say. Or at least make our games. Exactly. Or at least make a car day. That's hilarious. And you know, also, can y'all believe it's been one year since we launched the third Bible study? Yeah. Talk about where it's the time go. I'm telling you all kinds of miles. Exactly.
1:42.7	If you're new around here, we do have three Bible studies in our When God Shows Up series.
1:46.7	We have Discovering God and stories of freedom, and then discovering God in stories of faith. And all of those just take the podcast that are told. We type scripture to them. We type themes of God's Word throughout those as well. So if you're looking for a Bible study to do this winter or next spring at 2026, get your small group together and go through that study. We have had such great feedback about how it just immediately breaks down walls and the small groups as everybody kind of opens up with one another. So we would love for you to do that. And that's on the website. So just go to our website, go to our website, click on the show notes. It's all right there. So Robin, tell us about our story today. Okay, y'all, we have Stephanie Gators from our West Cobb community, which is in Georgia. We have never, ever had a story like this before. And when I was coaching Stephanie, I thought, you are so brave to share this. she talks a lot about, well, her story is really about her interracial marriage, also the loss of a son, but largely reconciliation in her family. And we chose to put this story right now going into the holidays because I don't know that we've ever had a story of forgiveness
2:51.5	and reconciliation like this one.
2:53.4	Beautiful.
2:54.1	It is.
2:54.4	It's a wonderful story.
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