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 243 - Making Your History Your Ally Instead of Your Enemy with Blake Williams
Episode 242 - Growing Our Soul Through Loss with Jerry Sittser
Episode 241 - Learning from Leadership Pain with Glenn Burris
Episode 239 - Meeting God in the Messiness of Grief with Esther Lee
Episode 238 - Healing Childhood Trauma through Horses with Kim Tschirret
Episode 237 - Finding Faith After a National Tragedy with Christina Stanton
Episode 236 - Seeing Your Significance in Singleness with Mandy Hale
Episode 235 - The Heartbreak and the Healing with Blanca
Episode 234 - Seeing Beauty in the Darkest Days with Colleen Chao
Episode 233 - Getting Unstuck in Grief with September Vaudrey
Episode 232 - Learning to Connect with God in the Unexplainable with Emmanuel and Adrienne Threatt
Episode 231 - Finding Perspective in the Unexpected with Kelley Scites
Episode 230 - God’s Sovereignty in Our Darkest Moments with Greg and Cathy Buffkin
Episode 229 - Building Resilience in the Face of Adversity with Dr. Danisha Keating
Episode 228 - Choosing Joy in Chronic Pain and Painful Circumstances with Lindsey Wheeler
Episode 227 - The Antidote to Fear with Katie Piazza
Episode 226 - Grieving What Never Was with Megan Smalley
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