What do you do when you were living the life you always dreamed of and find it taken away in a matter of moments? How do you learn to trust God after a tragic loss? How can you forgive when a grave injustice is done against you and your family?
Laura Hao had to answer these questions and so many more when she lost her husband in a senseless murder in 2018. Laura had always dreamed of becoming a missionary since she was a little girl. She realized that dream and moved to Asia as a young woman. There, she met her husband, had her four children and began working as missionaries in the place the Holy Spirit had planted a seed of a dream in her heart so many years ago. Together, they experienced blessing and favor as they served the Lord and sought to build the Church in a closed part of the world.
But that all changed just two days after returning to the United States for a time of refreshment and visiting loved ones. While packing her daughter's bag for camp the next day, gun shots echoed just outside the door. She opened it to find a traumatic scene, her husband was lying lifeless on the ground after being shot in a random act of violence.
Laura experienced the depths of the darkness that grief can bring. Feeling buried like a seed, she felt as though she was frantically grappling her way out of the dark. But through it, she also experienced the illuminating light of truths that can only be found in the recesses of pain. In this raw conversation, Davey and Laura talk through a shared experience of learning to live in the darkness of a painful loss, how to trust the Lord in the seasons for grief, and how justice, mercy and forgiveness all coexist.
The truths Laura and Davey share are ones that will help you as you navigate the most difficult parts of your story with honesty and hope, whatever it may be.
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Episode 302 - Practical Steps for Walking through Grief with Beth Marshall
Episode 301 - Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America with Dr. Russell Moore
Episode 300 - God Never Gives Up On You with Max Lucado
Episode 299 - Healing Gently After Childhood Trauma with Dr. Mark McNear
Episode 298 - Every Moment Holy with Doug McKelvey and Ned Bustard
Episode 297 - Caring for A Loved One with Alzheimer’s with Edward Grinnan
Episode 296 - Stumbling Toward Eternity with Josh White
Episode 295 - Learning from Elisabeth Elliot’s Legacy in Our Own Pain with Kathy Reeg
Episode 294 - Helping Men Find Strength and Tenderness After Trauma with Chris Bruno
Episode 293 - Finding Gospel Hope in Divorce with Barnabas Piper
Episode 292 - The Art of Overcoming with Tim Timberlake
Episode 291 - Breaking Free from the Shame of Porn Addiction with Jessica Harris
Episode 290 - Beholding God in our Suffering with Strahan Coleman
Episode 289 - Experiencing Redemption after Our Pain with Lily Meschi
Episode 288 - Releasing Shame and Finding Grace in Our Stories with Ines Franklin
Episode 287 - Raised to Stay after Church Hurt with Natalie Runion
Episode 286 - How to Break Cycles, Heal From Trauma, and Restore Your Faith with Kobe Campbell
Episode 285 - Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging with Tasha Jun
Episode 284 - Free and Fully Alive after Trauma with Karrie Garcia
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