34 - Redemption in our Marriage and Family after Losing our Daughter with Steve and Heather Colvin
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Join us for a conversation with Steve and Heather Colvin about how the Lord brought healing and redemption to their family after losing their daughter, AnnaJoy.
Through a testimony of radical transformation in their marriage after AnnaJoy passed away, Steve and Heather founded a nonprofit ministry called AJ's Place: A Foundation of Hope. They help families afford memorial stones for their babies who have gone to Heaven too soon.
In this episode, we discussed:
- How the Lord wants you in complete freedom in your healing
- The lies we believe when we are grieving
- Satan and how he exploits our trauma and loss against us
- How can God be good if He doesn't seem to be good to me?
- Looking for God's promises and miracles in the midst of the pain
- Feelings of bitterness and resentment around other babies
- How to focus on the season you're in and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus
- Different ways to handle being invited to a baby shower
- Humility and repentance in marriage
- Putting your spouse's needs first and asking what they need in their grief
- Healing and redemption through foster care and adoption
- Why they call AnnaJoy's grave her "place" and how their ministry started
- The importance of memorial stones and how AJ's Place can help you if cost is prohibiting you from getting one for your baby in Heaven
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