The Healing Power of Pain: Part 1 - CHOOSE LOVE #58

Choose LOVE - Episode 33 - Choosing Love in the Midst of Pain & Trauma with Fran Lewis On this episode of CHOOSE LOVE Elizabeth hosts Fran Lewis in a heartfelt conversation about authentically finding God in the midst of pain, tragedy, and the places of life's contradiction. To learn more about Charlie and Fran Lewis and their ministry: https://ksam.net/ To order Fran Lewis' book of poetry, "My Journey to Find Peace," on Amazon

We can all relate to having a preference for our lives that can look an awful lot different than reality. How we navigate the contradictions and disappointments of our lives is often fueled by our own version of what life should or could have looked like, rather than our trust in God's ability to redeem the parts that didn't seem to go as we would have planned. In Part 1 of this episode Elizabeth provokes us through the lyrics of a worship song, Preference, by Rachel Morley.

We can all relate to having a preference for our lives that can look an awful lot different than reality. How we navigate the contradictions and disappointments of our lives is often fueled by our own version of what life should or could have looked like, rather than our trust in God's ability to redeem the parts that didn't seem to go as we would have planned. In Part 2 of this episode Elizabeth shares 3 things that fuel our version for our lives rather than the version we are actually living: our inner narrative, our relationship with pain, and our relationship with death.