When life falls apart, when faith feels distant, and when everything you thought was certain starts to unravel, the Spirit may be closer than you think. This episode is about faith, heartbreak, second chances, and learning to follow Jesus Christ when the path makes no sense. The house was dark, but Cari couldn’t sleep. Too much had changed. Too many things she once felt sure about no longer felt steady. Her life looked nothing like she thought it would, and the faith that used to come so easily now felt just out of reach. She hadn’t planned to end up here. She was raised in a home where Jesus Christ was part of everything — scripture, prayer, family, purpose. As a young woman, she was strong in her beliefs, bold in her convictions, certain about the life she wanted to live. But life has a way of taking turns you never see coming. Choices led to places she never expected. Marriage brought joys she loved — and trials she never imagined. Fear, illness, and pressure slowly began to reshape the world she thought she understood. And in the middle of it all, something began to happen she couldn’t explain. Impressions she hadn’t asked for. Moments that felt too perfectly timed. A quiet feeling she thought she had lost. It didn’t come all at once. It never does. This is a story about what happens when the life you planned falls apart… and God begins leading you somewhere you never meant to go. TRIGGER WARNING:This episode includes discussion of abortion, pornography, satanic societies, as well as divorce, which may be sensitive for some listeners. Please take care as you listen. 00:00 — He’s not distant—Jesus Christ is closer than you think. 01:44 — Faith begins in the home—and shapes everything that follows. 10:24 — When you truly ask for Him, be ready—He will come. 12:30 — That moment with Christ can change your life forever. 14:07 — The Holy Spirit speaks when you create space to listen. 16:08 — Trials don’t mean God left—you’re being led through them. 20:43 — Sometimes the Spirit says one thing: just go. 24:25 — When you surrender, God shows you what really matters. 29:34 — The real test is living truth and love at the same time. 37:30 — The breaking you resist may be the blessing you prayed for. 40:27 — God can’t fully use you until you let go of yourself. 52:08 — Stop consuming your faith—start contributing to it. Show Notes: https://www.schooloflifemastery.com/operating-in-gods-economy Have you felt the weight of the world pressing down on you? The endless grind, the constant striving, the feeling that no amount of effort is enough to break free? I have. I’ve seen it in the faces of so many around me, in the restless eyes, the voices weary from chasing a promise that man’s economy cannot fulfill. And it breaks my heart. I look at the world we’ve built, and I see a system designed not to liberate, but to ensnare—to keep us producing, consuming, and bowing to the false gods of greed, control, and scarcity. But what if I told you that none of this was what we were created for? It's time to get back to basics and cultivate our relationship with the Holy Trinity, so we are strong in the latter days.
