In this episode of Love Letter Faith, Chapple sits down with Scarlet Stearns to talk about how our earliest experiences with love can shape the way we see ourselves, others, and even God.

Scarlet shares what it was like growing up with a single mother battling addiction, and how that environment led her to believe love had to be earned. That belief followed her into her relationships and into her understanding of God—creating a cycle of striving, fear, and insecurity.

After coming to faith in fifth grade, Scarlet moved to Big Oak Ranch, where she experienced both stability and repeated loss as house-parent families came and went. Those transitions left deep wounds, hardening her heart and leading her to wrestle with anger toward God.

At 16, Scarlet faced one of the most pivotal moments of her life when her mother passed away suddenly. But just before her death, Scarlet was able to offer forgiveness through a letter—bringing a profound sense of closure, healing, and freedom.

Through it all, Scarlet shares how God patiently and faithfully reshaped her identity—not through performance, but through grace. Today, that transformation fuels her ministry, Feel The Smile, where she pours into young women through Bible studies, retreats, and intentional community.

This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt like they had to earn love—and is ready to receive the kind of love that never leaves.

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In today's episode of Love Letter Faith, Chapple sits down with Amy Romfo—Charleston-based home and lifestyle creator behind The Coastal Oak and co-host of the Under the Oaks Podcast—for a deeply honest conversation about identity, inner healing, and the hidden cost of performance culture.

What began as a creative outlet—DIY projects, furniture flips, and documenting a home renovation—quickly grew into a platform. But along the way, striving, comparison, and the pressure to perform began to take root. In this episode, Amy opens up about how those pressures resurfaced deeper wounds, including past trauma and a struggle with an eating disorder—and how an unexpected invitation to a church retreat became a turning point.

At a retreat at Church Creek, Amy encountered the Holy Spirit in a way that changed everything. She began learning to recognize God's voice, through scripture, prayer and dreams, and stepped into a season of heart healing.

During a time of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, a vivid dream brought buried pain to the surface—memories of bulimia, shame, and self-hatred—leading Amy to pursue intensive therapy in Colorado.

Through heart prayer and EMDR, she revisited a moment of deep despair from her past… but this time, she didn't face it alone. She shares a powerful picture of Jesus meeting her in that memory—lifting her up and speaking truth over her life: You are clean. You are chosen. You are free. You are My masterpiece.

Anchored in the truth of Ephesians 2:10, Amy began to replace lies with Scripture and rebuild her identity—not in what she produces, but in who God says she is.

This episode is a reminder that healing is possible, that God meets us in our deepest wounds, and that we were never meant to live for performance—but from a place of being deeply known and loved.

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In this episode of Love Letter Faith, Chapple takes us back to the very beginning—to Genesis 1–3—to rediscover truth in a world that often feels uncertain and overwhelming.

As headlines stir fear and questions about what's happening in the world, this episode is a gentle but grounding reminder: God has never lost control of the story.

Together, we walk through creation, where God intentionally made humanity in His image—male and female—with purpose, identity, and authority. But we also look at the moment everything shifted: the serpent's first question—"Did God really say?"—and how that seed of doubt led to deception, shame, hiding, and separation.

Chapple unpacks:

• The significance of being created in God's image
• How the enemy still uses doubt to distort truth today
• Adam's silence and the weight of inaction
• God's response to sin—not just with justice, but with mercy
• The powerful promise in Genesis 3:15 that points to Jesus from the very beginning

Even in the fall, we see the heart of God—to pursue, to cover, and to redeem.

This episode closes with three anchoring truths:
✨ You are created in the image of God—your identity is secure
✨ Your story is marked by redemption, not shame
✨ God has never left you—He is present, even now

If the world feels heavy or uncertain, this is your invitation to come back to the beginning… and remember what is true.