Brody had everything planned out. Julie was moving quickly up the career ladder. When they met, they knew what they wanted from a marriage and knew how to get there. But with three children and a startup ground-breaking venture, it all started to come apart. Facing financial disaster, God was their only help.
The mind of a person plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9
You will hear:
I didn’t need God and neither did anyone else. The only people that did were weak. Julie
Bought a practice and started another practice. All of sudden things weren’t on track. Brody
The great plans started to unravel. Julie
Lord, where are you in this? Julie
I was afraid we would lose everything. Julie
We’ve gotta survive and get through this. Brody
All the Different things we had going were all crashing around us. Julie
I think the hardest part was not knowing the answer, when you were a person who always kind of had a plan, had an answer. Brody
I’m definitely a planner. What’s the long plan? What’s the long game? What are the steps that need to happen. Brody
Everything we had planned for 6 or 7 years were on track and then all of a sudden they weren’t on track. Brody
How are you going to deal with this? Are you going to bail out? Are you going to quit? Brody
God impressed upon me that my role was to pray and support Brody. Julie
I went into a very survivalist type mode. Brody
I had to go 18 months without taking any money home. So we had to survive. Brody
I had to share that I didn’t know. I think the hardest part was not knowing the answer, when you were a person who always kind of had a plan, had an answer. Brody
I think the hardest part was admitting that to her. And thinking I let her down. But her saying that I didn’t let her down. Thinking I was a failure. I was failing her and the family. She didn’t ever accept that. It is not like she said, no you are not, she tried to banish that from my mind. Brody
We were going through a lot of stuff with the family and with my dad as well. Brody
Everywhere we looked it seemed to be chaos. It was about 7 years of turmoil. That included family illness, death Everything seemed heavy. Julie
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