Episode #59
When You Can’t Fix It: Learning to Trust God in the Battle | Psalm 27
What do you do when you love someone deeply, pray desperately, and realize there is absolutely nothing you can do to fix what they’re going through? In this episode of Out of Focus , Shannon sits down with one of her favorite people, her mom, for a conversation about Psalm 27 and what it really means for God to become the stronghold of our lives. For Shannon’s mom, that truth became deeply personal while watching Shannon battle an eating disorder as a teenager. She loved her, prayed for her, put guardrails around her, and did everything she knew to do. But eventually, she had to face something every parent, spouse, friend, and person who has ever loved someone through a battle understands: there are places we cannot go for another person and things we simply cannot fix. She had to entrust Shannon to God. They talk about the prayers Shannon never heard, the fear her mom was fighting behind the scenes, and the day Shannon woke up and realized the obsession with food that had consumed so much of her life was simply gone. They also talk about other seasons that became what Shannon’s mom calls her “spiritual gyms,” places neither of them would have chosen, but places where God taught them who He really is. Because David didn’t call God his light, salvation, and stronghold from the comfort of an easy life. He learned the character of God in battle. They also talk about fear, surrender, waiting when God seems silent, the temptation to run to people or Google before running to God, and the difference between trusting God and still trying to control the outcome. Maybe you’re in one of those spiritual gyms right now. Maybe you’re praying for someone you love. Maybe you’re waiting for God to move and wondering why He hasn’t yet. Or maybe everything you normally lean on has been stripped away. Shannon and her mom hope this conversation reminds you that the battle you would never have chosen can become the place where you discover something about God you could never have learned from a distance. You may not understand what He is doing yet. You may not even feel Him. But you can keep reaching for His hand and trusting His character. He is still your light. He is still your salvation. And He is still your stronghold. “The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?” — Psalm 27:1 RESOURCES & LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_shannon_stewart Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outoffocuspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannonstewartmodel TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/shannon_stewart _ ️ All platforms & freebies: https://linktr.ee/shannonstewart Booking inquiries: info@shannonstewartmodel.com #OutOfFocusPodcast #ShannonStewart #ChristianPodcast #Testimony #Redemption #Grace #Faith
