Trusting God in Motherhood When Life Takes a Turn You Never Expected
Trusting God in motherhood shapes how we face the hardest turns and unexpected news. Be encouraged as you find hope, practical wisdom, and real community in every season.
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Healing and faith can feel like a tall order when motherhood takes a turn you never expected. In this episode, Jessica sits down with her friend Anna, a faith-filled mom of four whose youngest, Josie, has significant medical challenges. If you've ever wondered how to keep trusting God when the diagnosis list keeps growing, this conversation will meet you right where you are.
Anna takes us back to early 2020, right as the world shut down. What started as a pregnancy checkup quickly turned into the words no parent is ready for. First, the mention of hydrocephalus, and then a longer, scarier list of genetic anomalies that stayed consistent and even worsened over time. Anna shares the weight of being told to prepare for severe neurological impairment and how she privately braced herself for the possibility that Josie might be born and die in her arms.
But Josie didn't follow the script Anna expected. Instead, there was a two-month NICU stay, surgeries, complex equipment at home, and a whole new life as special needs parents. Anna is honest about the exhaustion, the fear, and the moments that felt too raw to say out loud. And she's just as honest about the grace that met her there.
You'll hear how trusting God didn't mean pretending things were fine. It meant learning to live six months at a time. It meant letting go of long-range plans and holding the present with open hands. It meant building a smaller, stronger circle around her family, choosing church and community, and keeping their home grounded with simple rhythms: health, movement, time outside, honest conversations, and working together as a team.
Anna also shares the Scriptures that carried her, especially the name El Roi, the God who sees, and the reminder from Genesis that "the Lord was with Joseph" even in the pit. That truth became an anchor in the NICU, in surgeries, and in the moments when she felt like she could not do one more thing.
This episode is for medical moms, special needs parents, and anyone walking through a life they didn't choose. Anna's perspective shift is powerful: you are not a victim of your life circumstances. Your child's diagnosis does not define them, and it does not define you.
Come for the story. Stay for the hope. And leave with faith encouragement you can actually carry into tomorrow.
