#015: In Sickness & In Health: How to Have a Thriving Marriage w/ Jim Barnard

Adventurous Faith: Life to the Full

Sometimes, life can throw you a curveball - and it's never fun to take a swing. Jesus said that "in this world, you will have trouble, but take heart - I have overcome the world". What exactly did Jesus mean when he said those words? He was reminding you and I that we will experience difficult trials and struggles as we go through this life. But in the midst of those trials, there is hope - Jesus has overcome every little last bit of what we may be struggling with.

IN SICKNESS & IN HEALTH

On today's episode of Adventurous Faith, I sat down with my friend, Jim Barnard and had him share his struggle of a current and ongoing "trouble" he finds himself in: a chronic illness his wife is suffering with. Jim didn't ask for this. He didn't bargain or even want this life for himself. And yet, God has done some incredible through him and his wife, Alisha's life that Jim could have never even seen coming. God has taken what the enemy has meant for evil and destruction and turned it all around for good.

A HEALTHY MARRIAGE...NO MATTER WHAT.

Jim's story is one of relentless hope, undying love to Alisha and the everyday struggle of what it looks like to navigate a life of faith while experiencing this illness day after day. I am inspired by Jim's faith.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ON TODAY'S EPISODE

• How important it is to pay attention to your own life story and how God uses events in our lives to shape us.
• The valuable wisdom you can use when learning to deal with a loved one who has a chronic illness.
• How important it is to stay current, vulnerable and keep conversation light when experiencing trouble in your life or marriage.
• The hope we have in Jesus that does not disappoint us, but continually carries us on to greater things.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE

• Jim's Website - I Write To Save My Wife
• Jim's Facebook Page & Instagram