138: God Broke Through: abuse, depression and divorce didn't stop her with Dawn Damon

I heard today’s guest, Dawn Damon, speak at the Advanced writers and Speakers Conference last summer. She asked the audience to consider this question: “Is it possible that you might discover something about yourself or God that you wouldn’t know except for your challenges?”

She was speaking my language! YES! I’ve leaned many things about myself and God that I wouldn’t have learned any other way.

I knew the things she learned during her fight to overcome abuse, depression, and divorce would be a powerful testimony for YOU to hear!

Dawn Damon is the author of six books, a speaker, the host of The Bravehearted Woman podcast, and a life coach. She and her husband, Paul, have been married for fifteen years. Their blended family is made up of five adult children, thirteen grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. 

Notable quotes:

·         “I remember feeling angry at the church, angry at religious people, angry at the hypocrisy, and eventually just angry at God.”

·         “And that Sunday, something broke through . . . And that Sunday, God broke though.”

·         “You forgive at a whole different level when you understand really what was taken from you. You have to grieve it. You have to feel it. You have to acknowledge it. My childhood was stolen. My teen years were stolen. My early adulthood was stolen. My marriage was affected.”

·         “I clung to the Word of God. I spoke it. I quoted it. And I said this almost every day to the Lord: ‘Fill my heart with your dream for my life.’”

Bible verses:

·         Genesis 50:20

·         Romans 8:31

·         2 Corinthians 4:17

·         Dawn’s fight verse - Psalm 27:1 “The Lord is the light of my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?”

·         Psalm 27:14

·         Joshua 1:9

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

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