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Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone Seven: The Mission“Mission work is critical to kingdom advancement. I’m not claiming missionary status—rather, I am agreeing with God on my assignment. My mission has been years in the making. So many nights I lay in bed wondering, “God, what are You going to do with me?” With confidence from Christ, I’m encouraged to share that my mission is to serve, in a large capacity, the enormous realm of women struggling to hold their families together. My mission is to pour into the lives of couples struggling with the prospect o...2023-02-2230 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone Six: The Family“Family is God’s way of providing unsolicited accountability. There are so many beautiful scriptures on family and what family means to the Lord. Psalm 103:17-18 (ESV) says, “But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.” When a home is built on a solid foundation, we are given an environment to raise our families into relationship with each other, and hopefully with God. I’ve noticed that the steadfast...2023-02-1528 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone Five: The Road“Direction. That word frustrates me and encourages me at the same time. I’m talking about instructions and guidance in God’s kingdom more than perhaps what Siri says on your maps app. When someone gives me explicit directions, there is little margin for error outside of detours that still eventually get me to where I’m going. Directions are instructions. Direction is guidance. Someone can provide me with directions, while simultaneously directing me where to go. Not only is God’s direction for my life clear, but it’s become my heart’s desire to follow H...2023-02-0833 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone Four: The Community“Relationships are essential to healing. The hardest place to exist during the divorce was in the community, yet in the community, I found my solution to healing. The way God uses people, specifically family and friends, to usher us into peace, is an art. The author of Galatians 6:2 says, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ” (NIV). This means we are fulfilling the law of Christ when we love someone through service and lightening their load. What an honor. Naturally, this is not easy, but it is most certainly fulfilling.”...2023-02-0137 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone Three: The Secret Place"Conversation is required for a relationship to grow. For me, the word is synonymous with prayer and meditation. When praying, I’m talking to God; when meditating, I’m listening to God. When I do both, I’m engaging in conversation with God. Talking and listening to God is all we did before the fall and, from what I understand, should be our primary goal amidst the fallout and confusion of sin. My conversations with God were born out of desperation. It began in the secret place. Let’s start with the Lord’s Prayer, found in Matthew 6.2023-01-2436 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone Two: The Foundation“What I’ve learned over the past several years is that forming a radically safe and solid foundation is crucial, particularly when you are tasked with creating a whole new life upon it. I’ve been through the process of building, remodeling, moving, purchasing, and investing in many different properties in my life. The first part of acquiring a property is evaluating the foundation—often the most expensive and certainly most important part of the investment.Are there cracks?Does it need to be replaced?Can it be fixed for a significant period of time...2023-01-2034 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone One: The Floor“My story begins with me in the fetal position on the floor. I was shaking uncontrollably, reflecting on the past twenty years of my life. I lay in the entrance to the bedroom that rarely provided the safety or intimacy I had craved my entire life; the room most people consider the safest in their home. All I could do was cry while trying to prevent myself from vomiting. I don’t know if I can accurately convey in words the reality of this moment. If you’ve been here, you know. If you haven’t, or feel...2023-01-1144 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolStepping Stone One: The Floor“My story begins with me in the fetal position on the floor. I was shaking uncontrollably, reflecting on the past twenty years of my life. I lay in the entrance to the bedroom that rarely provided the safety or intimacy I had craved my entire life; the room most people consider the safest in their home. All I could do was cry while trying to prevent myself from vomiting. I don’t know if I can accurately convey in words the reality of this moment. If you’ve been here, you know. If you haven’t, or feel...2023-01-1137 min
Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: Authors Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor FadoolThe Beautiful Ashes Podcast Series: The Seven Stepping Stones IntroductionVictor and I will be chatting together going over our mission in starting a conversation around healing when emerging from the ashes of our pasts. In an effort to stifle fear and hopelessness, we'll be moving through the Seven Stepping Stones of healing outlined in Chapter 7 of our recently published book Beautiful Ashes. This podcast will help you get to know us and better understand our mission:To bring Hope to those who find themselves standing in Ashes trusting that God will make it Beautiful. (Isaiah 61:3)💜 Beth Shuey McGuire & Victor Fadool2022-12-0815 min