When Obedience Costs You Everything: How We Trusted God Through Job Loss, Moves, & Starting Over
Release Date: 06/16/2025
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Sometimes, the people around you can change your life in ways you never expect. I sit down with my amazing niece, Talia, to talk about her journey from chasing acceptance in college to finding real freedom and purpose through faith. We share how consistent love, prayer, and simply living your beliefs can have a lasting impact, even when you’re not trying to force anything. It’s a powerful story full of hope, showing how faith can quietly transform a life over time. Talia opens up about what it was like growing up with little faith, struggling to fit in, and feeling like something was...
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What started as a last-minute trip to Florida turned into one of those “only God” moments that reminded us how important it is to stay open, flexible, and surrounded by the right people. In this episode, we’re sharing what really went down behind the scenes, from fasting and big life transitions to a surprise invitation that turned out to be exactly what our family needed. It’s a real and unfiltered look at how God moves when you follow His peace, even when the plans make zero sense. We also talk about the Hearts for Moms gala, the power of community, and the lessons we’ve learned...
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When Betrayal Hits Home: The Story We Never Thought We’d Share
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She lived in our home, shared our table, and became part of our family until the day it all unraveled. What started as an act of compassion toward a young, expectant mother ended in one of the deepest betrayals we’ve ever faced. In this episode, we share how it unfolded, the impact it had on our family and community, and what we’ve learned about walking through betrayal with Jesus at the center. Betrayal has a way of shaking more than just your trust; it can rattle your faith, your confidence, and even your sense of reality. We’ll talk about what betrayal tries to steal, why it hurts so...
info_outlineWe didn’t think obedience would look like living in a retirement community, commuting over an hour to work, and piecing together income from ministry, CrossFit coaching and timeshare sales. But that’s exactly where we ended up—broke, exhausted, and trying our best to trust that God still had a plan. In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on what life looked like after losing everything financially. It wasn’t pretty —but it was real.
We talk about the tension of following God when it doesn’t make sense on paper, and the kind of faith it takes to keep showing up when nothing seems to be changing. There were nights we worried our truck would get repossessed and days we had no idea how we’d pay the bills—but we kept going. From $12/hour jobs to a homemade Valentine’s Day that meant more than any fancy dinner—we share the little moments that held us together when everything felt like it was falling apart.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing what you think God asked you to do—but nothing’s happening yet—this one’s for you. We’re sharing how we kept moving through heartbreak, including a miscarriage that shook us deeply, and how God started quietly rebuilding what we thought was lost. It wasn’t flashy, but it was holy. And looking back… it was the beginning of something we couldn’t yet see.
Key Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Introduction
[00:00:46] We moved into a retirement community!
[00:01:22] Keys or North Carolina: Which way do we go?
[00:03:05] Remembering the years we’d rather forget
[00:04:23] Broke, humbled, and starting over
[00:10:29] The Valentine's Day we'll never forget
[00:14:40] Why we took a wild leap and opened a gym
[00:19:26] What obedience really looks like
[00:20:05] Risks, rewards, and relentless trust
Memorable Quotes:
"It is just really eye-opening and just a great reminder of his faithfulness and how what you're in in the moment is never indicative of where He's taking you, or of where you're going." [00:03:52] – Melissa Edmiston
"But that's the tension that we find in a lot of life, is just wrestling with obedience versus logic. And doing what you have to do at the time while continuing to hold on to the hopes and promises and the prophetic words and the things that God has given you." [00:07:46] – Jonathan Edmiston
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