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Ever find yourself saying \u201cI had no idea they were struggling\u201d after finding a committed Christian couple is going through a divorce? That\u2019s because we tend to keep up the fa\u00e7ade that everything is fine when we\u2019re struggling. The body of Christ is meant to be a family. When one member hurts, the whole body feels it (1 Corinthians 12:26). \u00a0Family is there for each other, through the struggles, the pain, and the embarrassing mistakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let go of the \u201cspiritual image\u201d of having a perfect marriage and family and get real with one another about what you struggle with and where you need others\u2019 support and prayer. When we get real with each other and learn to lift up each other\u2019s burdens in a community that prays together and stays together, we will truly stand apart from the world, rather than mirror its statistics on divorce and depression.<\/p>\n
As we wrap up our year together, I want to invite you into this meaningful spiritual practice: looking back on the year through the lens of Psalm 107<\/strong> to identify the \u201cfingerprints of God\u2019s faithfulness. In this episode, we’ll walk through four redemptive storylines<\/strong> found in Psalm 107\u2014each representing a way God rescues, restores, and reorients His people. Whether you felt lost, trapped, wounded, self-destructive, or overwhelmed by storms, I encourage you to reflect on how God met you in weakness and brought deliverance. This episode is part of our How to Study the Bible Podcast<\/strong>, a show that brings life back to reading the Bible and helps you understand even the hardest parts of Scripture. If this episode helps you know and love God more, be sure to subscribe to the How to Study the Bible Podcast\u00a0<\/strong>on Apple<\/strong> or Spotify<\/strong> so you never miss an episode!<\/p>\n Cindi McMenamin\u00a0<\/strong>is a national speaker who helps women and couples strengthen their walk with God and their relationships. She is the author of 15 books, including the best-selling\u00a0<\/span><\/em>When Women Walk Alone (more than 125,000 copies sold),\u00a0<\/em>When a Woman Overcomes Life\u2019s Hurts, and \u00a0her newest book,<\/em> Drama Free: Finding Peace When Emotions Overwhelm You. \u00a0For more on her speaking ministry, books, or free articles to strengthen your soul, marriage, or parenting, see her website www.StrengthForTheSoul.com.<\/em><\/p>\n Photo credit: \u00a9GettyImages\/RgStudio<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ever find yourself saying \u201cI had no idea they were struggling\u201d after finding a committed Christian couple is going through a divorce? That\u2019s because we tend to keep up the fa\u00e7ade that everything is fine when we\u2019re struggling. The body of Christ is meant to be a family. When one member hurts, the whole body<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1244,4039,72,1328,106],"class_list":["post-14936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-christian-living","tag-bad","tag-break","tag-christian","tag-habits","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}