In this episode of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman sits down with longtime family friend Susan Jeffries for a raw, hope-filled conversation about what God can rebuild after years of pain. Susan has served quietly behind the scenes for decades, but today she shares the story many never heard: feeling unseen, surviving an abusive marriage, and carrying the lie that “you made your bed, now you have to lie in it.”

Susan opens up about how unresolved trauma and isolation can pull you into deeper confusion, and how shame keeps humanity silent when they need help most. Then she walks through the turning point: a moment of desperation, God’s intervention, and the practical steps that helped her heal, including a powerful exercise of writing letters she never sent and releasing the weight she’d carried for years.

If you’ve ever wondered whether freedom is still possible after the choices you regret, the pain you couldn’t control, or the road you never planned to walk, what would it look like to believe God can bring you out too?