Amber Smith, wife of former country music artist, Granger Smith joins Stephanie Daniels to share about her book, The Girl on the Bathroom Floor: Held Together when Everything is Falling Apart. Amber shares her deeply personal experience of losing her three-year-old son, River, and God’s faithfulness to her in the pit of despair. Her story will encourage you to hold onto the hope that God is near, even when it feels quiet, and that the bathroom floor is not the end—it’s just the beginning.
Get your copy of Amber’s book: The Girl on the Bathroom Floor: Held Together when Everything is Falling Apart
Find out more about Amber and connect with her at: arisewithamber.com
KEY QUESTIONS:
- How have you experienced God in the bathroom floor seasons of your life?
- How can you invite God into your heartbreak? Who can you ask to walk with you?
KEY SCRIPTURES:
- Revelation 21:14: “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
- Hebrews 12:1–2: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
- Psalm 34:18: “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
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