{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 147: Have You Lost Hope? Building Your Faith in a Season of Despair with Carol Roper","description":" We all walk through seasons that feel like a desert\u2014lonely, exhausting, and full of questions for God. In this episode, I open up about my own painful wilderness years\u2014struggling with infertility, chronic illness, and depression\u2014and how I eventually discovered that God hadn\u2019t abandoned me after all.  Through my story, you\u2019ll see that the desert isn\u2019t a place of punishment but preparation. It\u2019s where God strips away our dependence on everything else so we can truly know Him as our provider. If you\u2019ve ever wondered where God is when life feels dry, this episode will remind you that He\u2019s still working, still leading, and still faithful\u2014right in the middle of your wilderness.  Scripture mentioned in this episode is  Psalm 40:1-3   Watch on YouTube Have You Lost Hope? Building Your Faith in a Season of Despair with Carol Roper Find the Open Your Blueprint bonus episode only at my new website CarolRoper.org Sign up for my monthly newsletter, The Keeping Room: Faith, Favorites and a Little Southern Soul Leave a podcast review and if I read it on the podcast I'll send you a free t-shirt. Get the form here.  &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Building Strong Homes: Blueprints to Strengthen Your Faith and Family podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/buildingstronghomes.libsyn.com\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38899110\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/195075905"}