It's not polished or produced the way I set out to do, but it's getting done, and that's the start we need for right now.

Some haven't left the faith - you left the fullness of it because there are things about God you can't reconcile your experiences with. There is an invitation for you to come home - in truth, acknowledging messy, acknowledging that things are not always easy, but willing to process what you need to in order to experience all God has for you. Hey you, come home.

In this episode, Sarah asks the question, "Do you want to be validated, or do you want to be healed?" If God’s asking if you want to be healed, it’s not because He doesn’t know why you’re hurting, it’s because your healing isn’t dependent on what hurt you.

Healing didn’t come for the man in John 5 the way he expected it to, and it may not for you, but if Jesus is asking you if you want to be healed, it’s okay to take Him up on it instead of looking towards what you were expecting would take the pain away.

There does end up being validation in the healing, but sometimes we substitute the healing in order to be validated and receive an inferior version of comfort than if we had sought the healing.

Don’t sacrifice the healing just so that you can rehearse the story on the side of brokenness. Dive into this episode with Sarah and share your thoughts!

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