🧡 Episode Summary

In this deeply personal and spiritually rich episode, Lisa Meador invites listeners into the sacred practice of living present. Not the polished, performative kind—but the raw, honest presence that meets us in our pain. Through scripture, storytelling, and emotional discipleship, she explores how staying present with our discomfort can become the very place where God meets us, heals us, and leads us forward.

🔑 Key Topics Covered

• The Life That’s Left After Numbing
  Recognizing the ways we escape discomfort and the invitation to stay with what pain.
• What Presence Reveals
  Understanding that intense emotions are not signs of failure, but of aliveness and spiritual sensitivity.
• Personal Story: Staying With the Pain
  Lisa shares a powerful moment of emotional healing and spiritual honesty.
• The 5 L’s of Living Present
  A practical framework for emotional discipleship:
  
  • Listen for the thought
  • Look at how it feels
  • Lean into the emotion
  • Let Go of the need to fix
  • Love yourself and Jesus in the process

The Courage to Stay
Living present isn’t about fearlessness—it’s about willingness.

📖 Scripture References

• Psalm 46:10 – “Be still, and know that I am God.”
• Psalm 34:18 – “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted…”
• Hebrews 4:15 – “We have not a high priest who cannot be touched…”
• Psalm 62:8 – “Pour out your heart before him…”
• Isaiah 30:15 – “In repentance and rest is your salvation…”
• Galatians 6:9 – “Let us not grow weary in doing good…”

🌿 Reflection Questions

1. What are you using to buffer or escape discomfort in your life?
2. What thought is stirring beneath the pain?
3. Are you willing to stay present long enough to be changed?
4. Which of the 5 L’s do you most need today?

🙏 Final Encouragement

Living present is a daily invitation. You don’t have to fix everything—you just have to stay. Let Jesus meet you in what’s real.

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