🎙️ Episode 22: When Growth Hurts: Finding God’s Presence in the Ache of Change
Have you ever had something good happen, and still felt the sting of loss at the exact same time?
In Episode 22 of Unshaken, Kristy shares a raw, honest reflection on the grief that can come with growth and change. This is a solo episode for the parent watching a child step into the next season, the leader leaving a team you love, and the person learning that God’s pruning can still hurt even when it’s for your good.
Growth can be a blessing and a bruise at the same time.
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Kristy talks about sending their daughter Eelyn to college, work and ministry transitions, and the bittersweet reality of being needed less as seasons shift. She names the tension we often feel guilty for: joy and sadness, gratitude and grief, hope and loss. Then she anchors that tension in Scripture, reminding you that God is present in the ache, shaping you through pruning (John 15:2), guiding you through seasons (Ecclesiastes 3), and doing a new thing even when it hurts (Isaiah 43:19). If change has been stirring up tears, this episode will help you name it, bring it to God, and step forward with courage.
🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
- Why growth often requires leaving something familiar behind, and why that grief does not cancel gratitude
- How seasons shift (Ecclesiastes 3) and why mourning is part of wholeness, not failure
- What pruning means (John 15:2): loss can be evidence that the Gardener is close
- A hopeful promise for transition: “See, I am doing a new thing” (Isaiah 43:19)
- Practical ways to process change with God: prayer, journaling, gratitude, and blessing what’s ahead
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