175. Hope is a (Suffering) Person

<p><strong>Key Conversation Points:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Last week's episode is <a href= "https://outoftheordinarypodcast.com/174/">here</a> if you’d like to listen to that first as Lisa-Jo and Christie continue to delve through the meaning of hope. </li> <li>What conversation did Lisa-Jo and Christie have that started 14 years ago about a small God? </li> <li>Is the Storyteller feeling sketchy to you too sometimes? </li> <li>You’re allowed to wail and ask questions to God through suffering.  Jesus was  "acquainted with grief," just like us. Suffering isn't a sign of failure.  </li> <li>Sometimes you need a friend to hold the rope of hope, when we've lost all strength.</li> <li>God doesn't say "I can't use her because she's in the fetal position."</li> <li>Rom 5:3-5: "Suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character hope. And hope does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured out..."</li> </ul> <p><strong>Podcast links:</strong></p> <p>Follow Lisa-Jo on Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lisajobaker/?hl=en">@lisajobaker</a> and Christie at <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/christiepurifoy/?hl=en">@christiepurifoy</a> and please leave a review about what you think about today's podcast! <strong><br /></strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.blackbarnonline.com/">Click here</a> to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast. <a href= "https://www.blackbarnonline.com/">https://www.blackbarnonline.com/</a></p> <p>_______</p> <p>Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.</p> <p><a href="https://www.oliveandjune.com/ordinary">Click here</a> to visit Olive & June for 20% off your first Mani System. Salon-perfect nails from home is now a dream come true with Olive & June!<br /> <a href= "https://www.oliveandjune.com/ordinary">https://www.oliveandjune.com/ordinary</a></p> <p><a href="https://greenchef.com/ordinary130">Click here</a> to visit Green Chef and use code ordinary130 to g