Losing a spouse is devastating. Losing a spouse to suicide is full of layers of pain and questions. How do you even begin to wrap your mind around such a traumatic event and how do you walk your children through their pain? What do you do when a new tragedy stirs up your past wounds and hurts from your childhood?
Blake Williams has spent the last year navigating those questions and so many more after losing his wife, Hope, to suicide. Having wrestled with mental health issues and chronic pain, Hope took her life in the couple's home and Blake found himself in the middle of a story he had never imagined for himself or his five children. As he has started to heal and move forward, the pain was a reminder of some of the past lies that haunted him his whole life after being abandoned and rejected by his parents. Blake could have easily allowed the old scripts he so often felt in his life to become his reality, but instead, he decided to shift his perspective from that of a victim into a victor.
In this transparent conversation, Davey and Blake talk about the importance of not allowing our past to dictate our future, the paradigm shift that is necessary to keep us from going under from our hurt, and the value in learning to speak truth to the lies we are believing.
You'll be encouraged to look through a different lens when it comes to your history, no matter what you have experienced.
Website: https://rblakewilliams.com
Book: Giant Killers: Winning the Battles that Matter Most
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Episode 263 - Breath as Prayer with Jenn Tucker
Episode 262 - Surrendering Your Plans For God’s Plans with Marcy Gregg
Episode 261 - Good Boundaries and Goodbyes with Lysa TerKeurst
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Episode 260 - Discovering God’s Faithfulness in our Knotted-Up Lives with Beth Moore
Episode 259 - Learning to Remember While Thinking Forward After Loss with Jonathan Pitts
Episode 258 - Finding God’s Freedom from Trauma with Dr. Elizabeth Stevens
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Episode 256 - Parenting Our Kids through Trauma and Everyday Challenges with David Thomas
Episode 255 - The Importance of Engaging Your Story and Trauma with Adam Young
Episode 254 - When the Darkness of Postpartum Depression Doesn’t Lift with Julie Thomas
Episode 253 - Special Release: Vision and Purpose in Your Pain with Davey Blackburn
Episode 252 - Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy with Mary DeMuth
Episode 251 - Deciding to Trust God before the Unexpected Comes with Melissa Swain
Episode 250 - Walking through Past Trauma in Marriage with Quinton and Tameca Graham
Episode 249 - Cultivating an Unoffendable Heart in Ministry with Joanna Weaver
Episode 248 - Understanding Our Stories in the Shadow of Pain with Joan Kelley
Episode 247 - Hope and Healing after Post-Traumatic Stress with Fernando Arroyo
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