3.8. The Hope of Suffering (part 2 with Abigail Marsiglio)

On part two of this episode, we finish our conversation with Abigail (Ramos) Marsiglio, TCK from Guatemala.

Join our conversation as we talk about the hope of suffering and surrender. Abigail shares from her own experiences of loss, sorrow and grief, and how she consistently saw the goodness of God each time. You’ll hear personal stories and amazing perspective on clinging to hope and the faithfulness of God.

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HOST: Michelle Ellis

SONG: Sunscreen by Vic Davi

SHOW NOTES:
4:35 | Sing Hallelujah (with Natalie Grant) by Naomi Raine - (6:10) “it’s not a ‘has been goodness,’ it’s a ‘right now goodness.’ It isn’t just a ‘he has been good,’ it’s ‘he is good.’ He is good. He’s right now good.”
14:58 | 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 - “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
16:54 | Hebrews 12:1-2 - “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.  We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.”
25:53 | Lake Atitlán in Guatemala

KEY QUOTES:
2:16 | “I learned that my hope was in Christ and not in the situation.”
3:53 | “If we have that mental shift of putting your hope in the thing into putting your hope in God then it's so much easier to have that hope, because you're then hoping in something that never changes. You're hoping in something that never fails. You're hoping in something that is always good. You're hoping in something that's always faithful. You're hoping in new mercies every morning. You're hoping in love that's never ending. And so that is what keeps you going. That is what charges you every morning.”
4:58 | “He is good and He will remain good.”
10:55 | “…despite what I feel, He is still good.”
11:09 | “I'm truly thankful for the difficult seasons because they would not have made me the person that I am today. They would not have allowed me to have such a deep rooted faith in Christ if I hadn't gone through those seasons, and if I hadn't surrendered to what God, to the will of God and what He had for my life.”
11:40| “…trust that God is good. Even in the hard times, even in the scary times, even when you feel like there's no hope in the world, God is still good and He will always be good.“
16:38 | “…no matter what, I still win because there'