In this episode, we tackle the problem of having greater faith in the Devil than in God. This can look like focusing more on what the Devil is doing than on what God is doing or focusing more on your wounds than on God's heart for you. Who has the last word in your story? When you tell your story, is it one of hope or one of hopelessness? If you struggle to see the goodness woven throughout your own story, this episode is for you.

Book recommendations:

• Big GOD, Little Devil: A Radical Shift in the Approach to Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance by Sean Tobin.
• Everything Is Grace: The Life and Way of Thérèse of Lisieux by Joseph F. Schmidt
• Searching For and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Philippe
• The Bible by God
• Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Path to Joy by Larry Crabb

In this episode, Nicole & Trinity discuss what it's like to know that your life is a story, one with a beautiful ending that makes sense of and redeems the sufferings that have come before. Knowing that you're in a story can give you a sense of meaning and purpose in the midst of suffering, and not just after it's over. It can encourage and invigorate you.

Book recommendations:

• The Sacred Romance by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis
• A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken

In this episode, Nicole & Trinity explore how to wrestle with God in the midst of our disappointments and shattered dreams, what it means to actually have a face before God, and what our good God might be up to when we think He's not doing anything. We recommend C.S. Lewis' Til We Have Faces for the trillionth time, and sooner or later we are going to do a series on the book, so now's a good time as ever to start reading!

We also recommend Larry Crabb's Shattered Dreams if you're dealing with a loss or disappointment right now or want to grow your trust in God despite manifold suffering in this world.