Trusting God with Our Feelings with Abigail Gehring Lawrence

Have you or your children ever struggled to trust God with your feelings? 

In this heartfelt episode, host Tina Yeager sits down with author, editor, and mother Abigail Gehring Lawrence to dive into what it truly means to trust God with our feelings—especially during life’s toughest moments. Drawing from her own experience with devastating loss and grief after the stillbirth of her daughter Hazel, Abigail Gehring Lawrence shares how her journey through suffering has shaped her understanding of trusting God, even when life feels unfair and hopeless.

Together, Tina Yeager and Abigail Gehring Lawrence explore the importance of validating and naming emotions, encouraging both children and adults to bring their messiest, most difficult feelings to God. They discuss how storytelling—and specifically Abigail Gehring Lawrence's new children’s book, "God’s Very Good Plan," co-authored with her son William—can be a powerful vehicle for healing, resilience, and connection. Whether your family is navigating grief, disappointment, or simply everyday struggles, this episode offers practical wisdom and compassionate insight for helping kids and parents trust God with their feelings and find hope, even in the midst of pain.

Highlights from the Episode:

• Abigail Gehring Lawrence beautifully explains why naming emotions and validating them for children can help them feel seen—and how this equips them for life.

• Discover why stories, especially those with imaginative elements, are powerful vehicles for helping children process their feelings and connect with faith.

• Learn practical ways parents can use storytelling and resources (like feelings charts) to help children navigate loss, disappointment, and even trauma in a safe and honest context.

• The conversation explores how God meets us in our deepest pain, and how—even when we can’t feel His presence—He surrounds us through beauty, community, and empathy, just as Jesus did when He wept with others in their suffering.

• Tina Yeager reminds us that all feelings are valid and provides important insights for parents to distinguish between emotions and behaviors—and how to help children process both in a faith-filled way, without shame.

Whether you are a parent, caregiver, or someone seeking hope and healing, this episode offers practical tips, compassionate wisdom, and tangible ways to walk through messy feelings—trusting God in the process. If you know a family struggling with grief or disappointment, Abigail’s children’s book makes a meaningful gift and conversation starter.

Get Your Copy of God’s Very Good Plan: Available wherever books are sold—Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBooks.com, Scholastic, or at your favorite local bookstore.

Connect with Abigail: Find Abigail Gehring Lawrence on Facebook for updates and more resources.

We hope this episode inspires you—whether for your family or someone you love—to embrace honest feelings, lean on loving community, and discover deeper trust in God.

 

We're thrilled to accompany you on this journey of faith, growth, and transformation. As always, we appreciate your support! Please subscribe and share this episode. We can't wait for you to join us for future episodes of Flourish-Meant.

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