Welcome to episode 077 of Mud Stories!
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In today’s episode I’m talking with Elisa Pulliam, wife to Stephen, mom to four amazing kids (including a set of twins), life coach, and speaker who resides in Pennsylvania with her family.
Elisa has spent over 20 years in youth and women’s ministry, and is passionate about us experiencing a life transformed by God–primarily because she has experience His transforming power in her own life.
In this episode…
Elisa shares her personal mud story including:
- Experiencing childhood abuse
- Poor decisions as an adolescent and young adult
- Her struggle with anger
- The challenge to forgive
Elisa and I talk about:
- Her journey through counseling
- Handling the issues of her past
- Dealing with the anger reactions in her present
- And how new insight and knowledge can help us move forward with transformed lives
Elisa gives insight about:
- How to let God heal us from our past
- How to choose forgiveness instead of fear, resentment and bitterness
- How to carve new paths, one step at a time
- And how to allow our pain to be a positive force for transformation
Elisa knows that giving our mud to God doesn’t change the past, or erase the circumstances of our present, but it does provide a way to no longer carry it into our future. We can be free.
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SCRIPTURE:
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Colossians 3:12-15 (ESV)
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I just listened to Lisa’s story and I am interested in her book. I heard there might be a give away? Anyways I loved the podcast and actually laughed a nervous laugh when I saw the podcast title as I had been praying about this very thing all morning. Lisa’s story is surprisingly similar to my own. From childhood trauma, teen years and into my marriage with my polar opposite husband. I am a “baby Christian” as I am still requiring milk to grow. Not able to digest that red meat yet haha. I have a lot of room to grow. I know when I look in the mirror I can’t see myself much. Not how God sees me anyways. It’s a broken mirror and I see fragments of myself. Pieces of childhood, how others perceive me, the monster that is the angry me, the victim and only a shard of the new girl God wants me to see. I hang on to the scripture that says I’m his beloved, but I’m not making the connection:/ I would love to meet the new me. The one who is learning to genuinely love God and decided to be baptized. I have been in Christian counseling for 3.5 years and feel like I’m at square one. I’m searching for hope. I prayed for it this morning. And I found the anger and forgiveness podcast in Mudstories. Feels like a God wink to me!
Oh Geneva! A God wink indeed 😊 Saying a prayer for you just now and sending over a big hug…thank you so much for sharing..💗
Wow, I think this may be the best podcast yet, Jacque. Thank you Elisa for being so open in sharing. Even though Anger and Forgiveness aren’t my issues, there were so many things that I could relate to and take away, because we all have a history, mud. We are all on a journey that can be healing. I cried off and on through this story. The encouragement… I can offer myself grace instead of criticism when I fall back on the old path, again. I can let God highlight the cracks in my children’s stories instead of worrying that I can’t find the putty to fill them in. This will be a podcast I re-listen to for sure.
It’s so true, chopping through new paths takes effort but we have God’s grace with us every step of the way, yes?! So thankful we are never without hope..you are not alone! Blessings to you Kim..xo
Thank you Jacque for always sharing real stories of struggle and hope. I can relate to Elisa’s story and am trying to work through my own painful past that is haunting my present. It’s such a sad way to live but I always have hope and love.
Yes! We have the love of God and hope because of Him..always!! ❤️
It was a great candid episode of God’s power changing a wounded believer. I appreciated Jacque’s kind way of drawing Elise out. Counseling is a wonderful tool God uses to bring healing, repentance and redemption.
I needed this! I have been filled with such rage lately over pain over the past couple of years that have come from my marriage, family, friends, counselors, my finances etc.
I had to admit I was Hulk Angry!
Oh yeah…nice little me. The perfect God’s Girl, The Prodigal’s Sister.
I felt loved only when I performed, but was abused and ignored. My anger disguised itself as a suicidal depression.
I think I’m finally facing ME. The anger is what I needed to set me free. God made me to be real not nice or a pleaser. I believe I’m finding who the Father always intended me to be
Healing, repentance, and always redemption, yes! Thank you so much Dorothy for listening and for your sweet encouragement! ❤️
So thankful for your journey..Praying just now..for continued reassurance by God’s limitless love for you..xo
What a GREAT podcast! Thank you both! So much of what Elisa shared resonated and encouraged me. I’ve been on a similar journey of healing and forgiveness. Restoration of broken relationships is yet to come, but I’m trusting God for His will and His timing. LOVE what she shared about counseling! Need to write that down. Blessings to you both!
Trusting with you..His will and His timing! Have a blessed week Amy..❤️
Amy, thanks for taking the time to share how this podcast encouraged you. Yes, do trust God for His will and timing! He’ll heal you from the inside out and use those in His body in the process!
I do pray that God reveals to you who He intended you to be!
Dorothy, Jacque is a fabulous host, isn’t she! So thank for share my story with you!
Lorena, I pray that you would know the hope and love of God on this healing journey!
Kim, you are so very welcomed. But the by the grace of God was I able to share. It was definitely a process and one that I hope glorifies Him! I pray you walk forward in HIs grace and hope!
I’m picturing that “God wink” and it makes me smile, Geneva. May His truth be the way you see yourself, as you walk in His power, strength, and healing grace.
Thank you so much for sharing your journey with great honesty.
I am currently in a place of hurt and struggling to find a way through while clinging to God, but through this He has been leading me on a journey of discovering that there are things in my past which need reconciling in order to live in the freedom he desires for me.
This has been a real help and encouragement.
Thank you!