Episode 415 - Discovering Hope in the Shadows of Grief with Kurt and Denette Schaer
How can you believe you are highly favored when you experience great loss? What does it look like to trust that God still loves you when tragedy strikes your family?
Kurt and Denette Schaer had already seen how God can redeem suffering—having walked through Kurt’s infidelity and experiencing radical healing in their marriage. But even that couldn’t fully prepare them for the heartbreak they would face years later with the loss of their teenage son, Logan. The grief they endured was unimaginable, and yet God sustained them through it. Their journey also led Denette to wrestle deeply with the idea of favor—what it meant for her family in the midst of profound loss—which she explores in her book, Highly Favored?: Discovering Hope in the Shadows of Grief.
In this episode, Davey sits down with Kurt and Denette to talk about staying faithful in difficult circumstances, the different ways grief can manifest within a marriage, and how our testimonies can become powerful tools in the healing journeys of others.
If you’ve ever wondered how God’s favor rests upon you in seasons of pain, this conversation will remind you that even in difficulty and heartache, His love and favor endure.
“That favor that God gives us on this side of our story can often be the strength to make it through really difficult things—not the protection and the provision and the promises, but the strength to make it through.”
-Denette Schaer
“When I prayed for protection and protection in my eyes didn’t come, we now have a fork in the road. When I prayed for strength and courage, it allowed me to go whatever comes.”
-Kurt Schaer
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Book: Highly Favored?: Discovering Hope in the Shadows of Grief
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