Forgiveness After an Affair with Jemelene Wilson

07/27/21 • 71 min

Building Strong Homes: Blueprints to Strengthen Your Faith and Family podcast

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From Abuse to Abundance: God's Faithfulness Through Divorce Part 1 with Amy Straley

Divorce is designed to destroy you. That is a very raw quote from this week's guest, Amy Straley. But, with God's help, Amy is an overcomer. When she married her high school sweetheart she envisioned a blissful future ahead. Instead, she endured 17 years of emotional, verbal and eventually physical abuse., before realizing there was no hope for her marriage. When she finally divorced him she expected life with her kids would transform into something better. She thought she was living a healthy life because it looked so much like what she thought was the typical divorcee's behavior. But after going through several toxic dating relationships, looking for a man to save her, she finally hit rock bottom and landed on her knees, begging Jesus to help her find a way out of her chaotic lifestyle and into one filled with peace and abundance. She shares how those years of marriage and then singleness negatively affected her and her children and how she finally came to realize she needed to rebuild her family from the ground up. Amy is now an example of how God can bring you to abundant life in Him. She's so in love with Jesus and knows He's the only Savior she needs to help her find joy and contentment in her life.

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Why Every Family Needs a Vision with La'Toya Guillory

I cannot wait to share this week's guest episode with you. La'Toya Guillory grew up as a latch-key kid with a single mom who worked two jobs to support her family. Because of her parent's divorce, La'Toya decided when she was ten-years-old that she wanted to make a difference by either going into social work or going to law school. She landed on the former and received a bachelors degree in Child and Family Studies and her masters in human services with Specialization in Marriage and Family. But because she didn't have a strong role model in her personal life, she thought marriage wasn't a priority for her and decided she would have to give up any dreams of becoming a wife and mother. But when she met her husband, Kevin, she knew God had a plan for both of them to create a legacy together. Now they've begun a non-profit organization called Family Connection Inc. to help children between the ages of 16-21 successfully transition out of foster care by teaching them life skills to enter into the adult world. She also has a passion for casting a vision for your family, and believes it can be used as a powerful tool to create purpose and a stability in a home.