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Podcast Episode 4: I Choose Today to Walk Toward Healing

https://media.blubrry.com/3562980/content.blubrry.com/3562980/3_I_Choose_Today_to_Walk_Toward_Healing_Clean.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:52 — 15.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThere are some episodes that go beyond teaching. They come from the sacred places of personal experience—the moments you didn’t think you’d survive but somehow did. That’s what this one is. In this episode of I Choose Today, I’m sharing a very personal part of my healing journey. A moment that changed me. A moment that brought me to the end of myself—and to the feet of Jesus. After the loss of my son to SIDS, I was broken in ways I didn’t yet understand. I was functioning, showing up, caring for my two-year-old daughter—but I wasn’t present. I was numb. Surviving. Until one ordinary afternoon when I completely broke. In the aftermath of an emotional outburst, I found myself sobbing on the edge of a bathtub, whispering the words, “Lord, help.” That moment became the start of something. It was the whisper that began a healing journey—a moment of raw surrender that cracked open the numbness and let Jesus in. Painful. But holy. This episode is for the ones still carrying pain. The ones who have walked through abuse, betrayal, loss, abandonment, rejection. It’s

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Podcast Title: Episode 3: I Choose Today to Seek Deliverance

https://media.blubrry.com/3562980/content.blubrry.com/3562980/4_Seek_Deliverance_FINAL_Clean.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:01 — 13.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSHave you ever found yourself clinging to something God never meant for you to carry? Maybe it’s fear, shame, discouragement, or regret. You know He’s calling you to surrender it, but something inside just keeps holding on. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. In today’s episode of I Choose Today, I share what it means to seek deliverance—not someday in the future, but today. We look at the ways we carry chains unnecessarily, and how God’s invitation to freedom is available right here, right now. We explore: I also share a raw part of my own story—where I had to lay down the pain I had been carrying for far too long. It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. And if He could deliver me, I know He can do the same for you. Download the Free ResourceI created a Prayer of Deliverance and Praise PDF just for you. This free printable includes: 📥 Download Here Quote to Remember:“He doesn’t just snap our chains. He walks us into freedom—one step at a time.” Ready to listen?Click below to tune in and take

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I Choose Today to Open the Door to More

One of my favorite things is to have a meal with family and friends. For a long time, I had wanted a big round table—one where everyone could visit easily, rather than being limited to just the people sitting near them at a rectangle table. A few years ago, I finally got my table and have put it to good use! For our Bible Study group, we share a meal together each week before we have our study. We sit around our large round table, relaxed, sharing stories, sharing our desires, hopes, and sometimes our pain. We bond over each other’s experiences; we laugh together, cry together, dream together. We open up our hearts to each other and give a glimpse of ourselves. Sharing a meal with them is an intimate time of connection around this large round table. One of my favorite times of my week. Have you ever had that experience with your family and/or friends? Does it bring a smile to your face and joy in your heart like it does mine? Now, imagine that same warmth, that same connection—but with Jesus Himself. Jesus wants this type of opportunity with you too. He said it Himself in

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I Choose Today to Celebrate His Legacy

Today, my son would have turned 31 years old. Though his life was brief, it left an eternal imprint on my heart. The memories I have of him are tender, precious, and irreplaceable. Losing him to SIDS was a heartbreak that shook my soul, but his life continues to shape the way I love, live, and trust God. Grief is a journey, one that doesn’t truly end but evolves as time passes. What I’ve learned along the way is that God meets us in the middle of our sorrow. Psalm 34:18 reminds us, “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.” This has been my experience: God’s presence has been my refuge, His promises my anchor. As I reflect on my son’s life today, I am reminded of the lessons his brief time on earth taught me. His life, though short, revealed the beauty and depth of love—a love that doesn’t end when life on this earth does. His legacy reminds me to cherish the small, fleeting moments and to trust God with every step, even when the road feels impossibly hard. Grief has a way of opening our hearts to see the world

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I Choose Today to Lean on Jesus in My Pain

As a mom, I never want to see my daughter hurting. Over the years, whenever she would be hurting, I would cry out to God. Most of the time I would offer to take her place in her pain. I wanted to take her pain so she didn’t have to experience it. I love her that much. You know, there is someone else who loves her even more than I do. In fact, not only does He love her, but He loves all of us enough to want to stop our hurting. His name is Jesus. Jesus did just what I described above. He took on our hurt, our pain, even our mistakes and rebellion, and He died for us. Isaiah tells us, “But [in fact] [Jesus] has borne our griefs, And He has carried our sorrows and pains… and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.” (Isaiah 53:4a & 5b) Maybe you have cried out to Jesus to take away your hurt, your pain, and yet, you still feel it. Maybe you are experiencing the same problems and circumstances that cause you pain. But even if He doesn’t change your circumstances (yet), He can

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