When I’m In Pain
About this Episode
Episode Summary
Where is God when we’re in pain? What does it look like to trust God’s plan and pace in the midst of suffering? On this episode of “God Hears Her,” Xochitl Dixon and her service dog Callie join Eryn and Elisa to share how God can use even the tough stuff of life to draw us to Himself.
Show Notes
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In 1992, Xochitl injured her back and now lives in chronic pain.
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“What are we waiting for? . . . We’re all waiting on God for something.”
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“It’s not going to be today forever, but we can trust God today because we can trust Him forever.”
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“I notice that I ask for things from God and He doesn’t give them to me and I’m like, why? Sometimes I receive those things later, look back, and realize I wasn’t ready for them when I asked.”
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“I’m still hurting, but I’m still full of joy in God.”
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“People have told me that if I was really a Christian I wouldn’t be in pain.”
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“Faith is a muscle.”
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“I think I’m independent and can do it on my own. God has used many things to show me I can’t do it all on my own.”
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“God doesn’t change. My circumstances do. My feelings do. But He doesn’t change.”
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“Ask God to refresh us and use everything in our lives to bring us closer to Him so we know how much He loves us.”
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“Ask God to transform us today. To make us more like Him. To help us understand the fullness of His love for us, and to help us love Him in return. Everything else will fall into place.”
Links Mentioned
- God Hears Her
- Share the love by giving this episode a 5-star rating on iTunes!
- So Worth Loving
- Order Xochitl’s book Waiting for God
- Our Daily Bread
Verses:
- Matthew 6:33 NIV “Seek first His kingdom”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV “The new creation has come”
- Daniel 3 NIV Daniel’s friends in the fiery furnace
- Hebrews 11 NIV “Faith in Action”
- Psalm 46:1-3 NIV “God is our refuge and strength”
- Books of Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy
About the Guest(s)
Xochitl Dixon
Xochitl Dixon is an Our Daily Bread author who contributed to the God Hears Her devotional. She is also the author of several books including her most recent titled Waiting for God: Trusting Daily in God’s Plan and Pace. She battles chronic pain, but has found God to be faithful in the midst of her struggle. She’s married to Dr. W. Alan Dixon, and she has two sons and a service dog named Callie.
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