Grief is not limited to the death of someone we love. We can mourn a broken relationship, lost trust, declining health, years taken by addiction, a child who has grown distant, the parent we hoped to be or a future that never happened. In this deeply personal conversation, Scott and Deb explore the losses that come without funerals—and why we often feel guilty for grieving them. Jesus never tells us to deny our pain or hurry through it. He invites us to name what hurts, bring it honestly to Him and receive the comfort that comes when we no longer carry it alone as we Look To Him.

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Ray Kimbrell thought his life’s calling was clear: lead Marines, serve his country, and stay the course. But when his newborn son Patrick nearly died, his wife Nancy suffered a stroke, and Patrick was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Ray’s life took a turn he never planned. In this deeply personal conversation, Scott and Deb sit down with Ray—Scott’s longtime friend and brother in every meaningful sense—to talk about faith under fire, the grief of letting go of one dream, and the sacred discovery that God had not abandoned the plan. He was revealing a greater one. Through Patrick’s joy, courage, humor, and Christlike love, Ray learned that sometimes the life we never expected becomes the place where we finally recognize Him.

What does it really mean to be “pure in heart”? It may have less to do with perfection and more to do with what is filling our hearts.

In this episode, Scott and Deb talk honestly about divided desires, control, resentment, appearances, and the pressure to seem better than we feel. A crowded heart can miss what a clear heart begins to see. But when we become honest, surrender what is competing for our attention, and keep turning back to God, we begin to recognize that He has been present all along.