What do you do when life starts to feel like it's spiraling out of control and you can't figure out why?

In this conversation, Haley and Dustin sit down with Levi Lusko, pastor, best-selling author, and founder of Fresh Life Church to talk honestly about grief, loss, and the unexpected season of crisis that led to his newest book, Blessed Are the Spiraling.

Levi shares the devastating loss of his five-year-old daughter, the long reach of grief, and how he found hope in the midst of unimaginable pain. He also opens up about the 18-month personal spiral he walked through in midlife :  panic attacks, identity questions, and the long road back to himself and Jesus.

This conversation will encourage you and challenge you to see your hardest seasons differently. Your most difficult season might just be where God is doing his deepest work.

Subscribe to the podcast and tune in each week as Haley and Dustin share with you what the Bible says about real-life issues with compassion, warmth, and wit.

So you have every reason for hope, for every challenge in life. Because hope means

everything.

Hope Talks is a podcast of the ministry of Hope for the Heart.

Listen in to learn more 

[0:01:40] Hope as an Anchor in Suffering

[0:02:31] Losing a Child and Facing Unimaginable Grief

[0:04:32] Hurting with Hope Still Hurts

[0:05:00] Jesus’ Grief as a Model for Deep Emotion

[0:05:40] Choosing Healing over Numbing and Distraction

[0:07:16] Beauty from Ashes and Time-Traveling Grief

[0:08:20] Healing as Connection, Not Betrayal, to Loved Ones

Levi Lusko Resources

Get Levi’s book, Blessed are the Spiraling: https://levilusko.com/blessed-are-the-spiraling 

Learn more about Levi Lusko: https://levilusko.com/ 

Hope for the Heart resources

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Bible verses mentioned in this episode

Hebrews 6:19 – "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain."

John 11:35 – "Jesus wept."

Philippians 2:27 – "Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow." 

Matthew 5:3-4 – "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." 

Psalm 34:18 – "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

Genesis 28:16 – "When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, 'Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.'"

Isaiah 53:5-6 – "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities... and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all."

Isaiah 46:4 – "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." 

John 6:68 – "Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.'"

Jeremiah 12:5 – "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?"

Hebrews 11:37-38 – "They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated — the world was not worthy of them."

Psalm 19:1 – "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."