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Trusting God Through Chronic Illness

A Faithful God Podcast with Tammy Rotzoll

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Episode #8 – Tammy Rotzoll – a Faithful God Podcast

In episode #8 of A Faithful God Podcast, we’re turning the tables as my friend and life accountability partner, Timberley Gray from Living Our Priorities, asks me the hard questions about trusting God through chronic illness. 

Trusting God Through A Chronic Illness

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The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted him, so I received help. My heart is triumphant; I give thanks to him with my song.

Psalm 28:7 GW

Trusting God Through Chronic Illness

In today’s show, I share my difficult journey through a chronic illness and the pain and hurt it left in its path.

I discuss how my husband and I were not on the same page and couldn’t agree on the best way to walk it out. Instead of working together to make this new life work, we wound up on opposite sides of the road, fighting against each other.

I no longer recognized the person I’d become and felt the searing pain of being a person that could no longer be relied on.

I open up about my rebellion against God when it came to our finances, how I chose to deal with it and what it looks like since He forced me to take action and come together as husband and wife. (If only I’d listened to God sooner!)

My walk through this chronic illness has been anything but perfect, but through it all, I’ve learned to lean into God and trust Him to supply my every emotional and physical need.

And that’s when I finally began to feel a peace that no circumstance could ever take away!

Join Timberley and I as we talk about the hard lessons in learning how to trust and serve God through a chronic illness.

Favorite Quotes from the Podcast

“I thought I was protecting my husband from more stress, but now I see it was just another excuse to not deal with the pain”

“Don’t pray and tell God how to do his job.”

“We don’t realize God is all we need until God is all we have.”

“There is no testimony without a test.”

Mentioned in Today’s Episode

Jesus Calling Devotional

Jesus Always Devotional

The Love Challenge

David Rio Ora Spiced Chai

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The Bible tells us, if we are faithful with little, He will trust us with much. That means, honoring God with our finances doesn’t start when we have more money. It begins right now. 

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After all, the more we allow God to use our story, the more we can glorify Him.

Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory. Romans 5:2 NLT

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