Jackie Chesla spent many years angry and bitter about the hurts in her life.

But then she was challenged as she realized God could take that hurt and use it for good.

Could it be a good thing, a blessing that I did not have my dad in my life?

Could it be that the trials could be good?

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMas Walgabut, author of Lies Women Believe.

For December 15th, 2020, I'm Dana Grouch.

When your mind is filled with lies, that's going to have a big effect on the way you live.

But the opposite of that is also true.

When we fill our minds with the truth, that also has a huge effect on the way we live.

Well, a dear Revive Our Hearts listener named Jackie has learned this.

She visited a Revive Our Hearts recording session around the time we were getting ready for the release of the newest version of my book, Lies Women Believe, and the truth that sets them free.

A number of years ago, God used the original version of lies women believe to transform this woman's life.

I had heard bits and pieces of her story, and it was so powerful that I wanted her to share it with our Revive Our Hearts listeners.

Let's listen as Carrie Gall from the Revive Our Hearts team talks with Jackie about the danger of lies and the power of the truth.

Well, Jackie, I'm eager to hear some of your story, and I thought maybe we would just start out from the beginning.

Tell us a little bit about your relationship with your parents, growing up at home, what that looked like for you.

So I was raised by a single woman, and I would almost call her then maybe a feminist liberal woman.

My parents were divorced when I was still in the womb.

And so I grew up without a father, fatherless and with a very strong woman.

And I had a brother.

And my father was very prominent in our community because he was the chief of police in our town.

And just to give you a little bit of the scope of

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