{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S18 E12 - The Way of Trust and Love: Enduring Trials","description":"Happy Easter! In this episode, we conclude our Lenten book study on \u201cThe Way of Trust and Love\u201d and focus on Chapter 6: Enduring Trials. We talk about how even in the light of Easter, we may still experience suffering and how we can choose to rejoice in God\u2019s goodness when His ways remain hidden. We also reflect on why trials are not signs of God\u2019s absence, how we learn to recognize God at work in the present moment, and how to embrace suffering as a necessary path to share in the fullness of Easter. Friends, in this Easter octave, we invite you to reflect on how God has transformed your heart this past Lent. Let us enter into this Easter season with renewed hope, gratitude, and a deeper surrender to God\u2019s unfailing love. We will see you in two weeks!   Heather\u2019s One Thing - Fire 50 Challenge with Many Parts Ministries. It\u2019s a free 50-day spiritual journey designed to deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit! Sister Miriam\u2019s One Thing - The Divine Mercy Novena and Divine Mercy Sunday Michelle\u2019s One Thing - Join us in praying The Divine Mercy Chaplet   Resurrection Power By: Michelle Benzinger A crucible is the place where the refiner\u2019s fire is not your enemy, but your tender witness of integration.    It is where certainty melts, where control dissolves, where the identities you once clung to lose their shape in the flame.   The crucible is where faith stops being an idea and melts into surrender, where you no longer hold God at a distance, but find Him somehow in the very fire you once feared.   It is a holy undoing that makes space for a deeper yes.   It is an invitation into the Paschal Mystery.  It is the Holy Spirit\u2019s invitation into the Resurrection power.    Journal Questions: Where do I turn in my trials and disappointments? Where in my life have I been avoiding the fullness of the Paschal Mystery (suffering, waiting, and resurrection)? What renunciations and declarations do I need to make today? What are the questions on my heart? Do I absolutely need the answer to do God\u2019s Will today?   Discussion Questions: What has God revealed to you in your current trials? How are you choosing to intentionally feast during these 50 days? How has God called you to a mature and adult faith in this season of life? What does Resurrection power and glory look like in your life?   Quotes to Ponder: \u201cThey\u201d (her friends the saints) \u201cwant to see how far I am going to push my trust.\u201d (St. Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of Lisieux)    \u201cWhen we realize that\u2019s happening\u2014that we\u2019re going round and round and getting nowhere, that our questions aren\u2019t producing light but only bitterness and blame\u2014we must have the courage to put those questions aside and ask ourselves another. It\u2019s the only essential one, after all, and it will always be answered: What attitude does God want me to have toward this situation? The point is to move from \u201cWhy?\u201d to \u201cHow?\u201d The real question isn\u2019t \u201cWhy is this happening to me?\u201d but \u201cHow should I live through these things?\u201d How am I called to face this situation? What call to growth is being made to me through this? That question will always get an answer.\u201d (Father Jacques Philippe, The Way of Trust and Love, Page 129)   Scripture for Lectio: \u201cThough the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.\u201d (Isaiah 54:10)    Sponsor - Glory: Women\u2019s Gathering: If you\u2019re ready to intentionally embrace a spirit of Resurrection in your life this year, we invite you to register for the Glory: Women\u2019s Gathering hosted by Steubenville Conferences in partnership with Heather Khym.  Join Heather, Michelle, and our dear friends Debbie Herbeck, Sarah Kaczmarek, Monica Richards, and Fr. Dave Pivonka TOR this coming June 5-7 in Steubenville, Ohio, as we gather with women across generations and seek God\u2019s restoration and healing. This gathering will include talks, worship, prayer experiences, and the opportunity to interact with fellow Abiding Together listeners and new friends from all over who will be flying in.  Heather and Michelle would absolutely love to meet you. Whether you come with your Abiding Together small group, with a close friend, or on your own, we can\u2019t wait to gather in fellowship with you. Registration is still open for the Glory: Women\u2019s Gathering. Ticket prices go up after April 16 - grab your ticket today! Visit steubenvilleconferences.com\/events\/glory for more information or to register!   Timestamps: 00:00 Glory: Women\u2019s Gathering 01:23 Intro 02:09 Welcome 02:41 Scripture Verse and Guiding Quote 03:18 Trusting Through Suffering 05:57 Trials of Faith, Hope, and Love 07:49 Will We Run to God? 08:46 Living the Resurrection as Women 11:34 Feeling Panic in the Trial 14:05 Declaring Our Belief 15:36 Setting Aside Our need for an Answer to \u201cWhy\u201d 17:28 Resurrection Power 20:07 Trials Have the Power to Make Us More of Our True Selves 24:40 Help Me in My Unbelief 27:00 What Has God Done this Lent? 28:41 One Things ","author_name":"Abiding Together","author_url":"https:\/\/www.abidingtogetherpodcast.com\/","html":"