The Hope Podcast
Host: Jim Leary
Technical Director: Scott Leary
Episode #5: Bridget Wint,
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Our guest for Episode #5 is Bridget Wint. Bridget is a wife and mother, and she also blogs at Hope Redesigned. (http://www.bridgetwint.com) The goal for her blog is to encourage people in their brokenness.
Bridget is from Zambia and became a Christian while attending a mission high school in her home town. She also studied theology in Capetown, South Africa. She met her husband Ron while attending Cairn University. After their marriage she and her husband co-founded a ministry in Kasempa, her hometown.
Bridget was raised by her grandparents, a very loving Christian family. She lost both grandparents within three years and became heartbroken and disoriented. She felt along and depressed after they died.
During the interview I asked Bridget how she discovered hope again. She explains that one day at Scripture Union ( a high school fellowship) someone shared about Jesus dying on the cross for her so she could be forgiven and have a real relationship with God. That’s when she trusted Jesus as her personal Savior. A new hope flooded her life from then on. Her hope became anchored in God’s love and grace and He was there to hold her in her brokenness and grief.
I asked Bridget why people lose hope and what she would say to someone who has lost hope. I also asked her for the best advice she ever received to help people who struggle with a sense of hopelessness. She shared the following points.
Be a compassionate listener
Avoid dishing out unwanted advice
Don't tell them to just snap out of it
Pray, pray,pray! God knows what other person really needs.
Our prayer is that you will find this interview with Bridget to be encouraging and helpful.
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Intro and Outro
Release the Deep: Josh White
Used with Permission
http://deeper-well.com/releases/absolution/
