Halfway There24 Jun 2019

146: Misty Phillip and the Counterintuitive Ways of God

Misty Phillip is a speaker, blogger, author, and podcaster. Today, Misty shares her story of falling in love with Jesus over and over again throughout her life. Sounds charming, right? Would be except the way God often leads us to himself is through suffering and Misty is no different. She describes the seasons of her life when one thing after another seemed to go wrong and how she learned to trust God during it all. Misty tells us how she learned joy through sorrow which catalyzed her into a career of writing, speaking, and ministering to others.

Listen to Misty’s story today!

Stories Misty shared:

Realizing she had opportunities after her children started leaving home
Growing up in the rural Midwest
Giving her life to Christ as a young child
How her brother’s death affected her family
Why she considered suicide after a break up
Learning she was pregnant a month after meeting her husband
How their not being married led them to pursuing other churches
Having a son with medical issues
How her community helped her trust God through multiple crises
Learning she was pregnant just before her 40th birthday
Carrying that baby until he was stillborn
The effect her joy through sorrow had on her mother and others
How she started speaking about her experience
Attending the She Speaks Conference
Starting her blog, speaking, and podcast with her husband

Great quotes from Misty:

The Christian walk is not an easy walk but is those difficult, painful things that we experience in life that show us our desperate need for God and he’s there to comfort us and to guide us.

The Word of God was the only thing that I could count on; it was the salve to my soul.

I was truly able to count it all joy even though it was one of the worst experiences of my life.

Resources we mentioned:

Connect with Misty on her website
The Struggle is Real: But So is God
Misty’s podcast By His Grace and my appearance on her show
Dear Wife book with contributions from Misty
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
Christian Podcasters Association

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