Carrie shares her story of devastating loss and hardship in a faith community gathering called "This Is Not a Class." She describes witnessing what she calls God's spellbinding ability to redeem through years of tragedy and difficult seasons.
Well, how about if I start us, Amanda? You ready for that?
I love it. I love it. I'm so excited. My loose title— and so I want to tell y'all this because I want us all to see where the Lord takes the conversation because I don't know, right? But my loose title at the time when I was praying about inviting Carrie was "Free to Face Our Inn." And I think that there's many contexts for that. Right? There's many things for that. But Carrie is part of our Friday morning This Is Not a Class and has been with us for, for years because she was in the role. She, she joined the group. And, um, being able to walk with her and watch as she walked with the Lord through the last couple of years since our North Central practicum— these have been some especially hard years and some especially hard conversations between her and the Lord. Um, and I thought those were some conversations I thought would benefit people to have free people talk about, right? Your story, Carrie, is grand and sweeping in its scope. Devastation and spectacular redemption, right? Both included in all kinds of ways. And so— We have an amazing God.
In his ability to redeem is spellbinding. And one of the things I've always thought was amazing about my life, and not just because it's my life, I mean, to watch— I mean, I've heard people, you know, you get feedback on your own life. You really do. And it's like I've had so much tragedy, so much loss, so many hard things to deal with in different areas.
