Grief, Healing, and Encouragement w/Misty and Lexi Kate Woodford

14/03/2022 35 min Episodio 17
Grief, Healing, and Encouragement w/Misty and Lexi Kate Woodford

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Kathy Koon and Kyndal Kearns are joined by the mother - daughter duo Misty and Lexi Kate Woodford. Misty and Lexi Kate in 2021 walked through a significant loss in their life. Misty losing her husband Jeff and Lexi Kate losing her father on March 22, 2021. Misty and Lexi Kate share this journey with us. Misty shares that before this journey she never had a problem that she couldn't fix. She explains how there’s no textbook to show you how to grieve this significant loss in their lives. During this moment she had to depend on God and nothing else. Counseling and community are the core reasons why they were able to face this grievance. She had no clue what she needed and being able to see people show up during these times and do the things that needed to be done was amazing. This whole process was so hard and so painful for them and she states “God did not fulfill our plan the way we wanted him to but it was God’s plan.” Misty knows specifically 6 people who have come to Christ knowing Jeff’s story, and she knows that if Jeff were to know that he would do it 100 times over again. Lexi Kate shares how powerful it was to see her community gather around as they all sang Way Maker when her father had to be life flighted from their local hospital to Centennial. The Way Maker song is still one of her favorite songs and such a good reminder for us all. The hardest part for her was accepting that it's not her fault and that it wasn’t a punishment. The little things were the things that she felt she lost. She believes that God sent her friends to carry her through this moment. Being able to see that they didn’t have to ask anyone for anything and God just put it on people’s hearts to help them with things they needed was one of the things that let her know that God was with them during this time. Often we pray for God's will but it's often that we want him to fulfill our will and we have to understand that God is just as good in the times where he has blessed us but also in the tragedy. Misty shares to the woman that is lost to let people help you, connect with community, and not be afraid to take care of you. Lexi Kate shares to allow yourself to feel all of your emotions, taking the opportunity to go to God and just letting everything go, dwell in the truth, invest in the Lord, and be in community. Both Misty and Lexi Kate use the phrase as a part of our God journey. What was a critical point in your God journey?