Shawna’s granddaughter Selah is here, and Shawna’s smitten! When Shawna became a mom she felt like her heart opened up to love deeper than she ever had. Now that she’s a grandma there’s an even deeper love she’s experiencing for her granddaughter. This is just a sliver of how much the heavenly Father loves you!

If you’re anything like Perry and Shawna you’ve looked up in awe at the heavens. The universe is SO vast, and yet our awesome Creator took time to remind Shawna to lock her car door.

Shawna’s in Australia helping her daughter and son-in-law adjust to being first-time parents and they make a great team! We were created for community – to do life together. We’re invited into community with Father, Son and Holy Spirit and with others who are following Jesus.

It’s easy to waste time on things that are worthless. For Shawna it’s scrolling at something to buy online. For Perry, it scrolling through Google news. But God keeps on rescuing us from worthless things to fill our hearts with goodness.

Last, Perry and Shawna love getting up (most mornings) to encourage you! But they also love it when listeners like you encourage them. Like Ron, a Perry and Shawna listener who sent a text before the show even started to encourage Perry.

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If we’re going to not just survive, but thrive in life’s journey, we need, from a Lord of the Rings perspective, an Aragorn out in front of us, calling out in us what we can’t see. We need a Sam, that friend at our side who carries us when we can’t take another step. And we need a Pippen, someone who really doesn’t yet believe they can do it.

Then, Perry admits, “I’d much rather come off all put together than show my scars.” But showing our scars is the only way to heal our world. Just ask the man who still has scars in his hands, feet, and side.

Next, you can’t have faith without risk. And you can’t have risk without fear. Which means that if the kingdom dream God’s put in your heart is going to become more than a dream, we’re going to have to fall into our fears.

Then, Perry was 19. His life was still dirty. Messy. But he longed to be more than who he was. That’s when Jesus said, “Follow me, I believe in you. I will make you into the man you long to be.”

Last, if you’re going through deep waters right now, and life is so hard, God is at work in you. Writing a song, giving you a message to share after you come out the other side. And when you do share it, “Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.”

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That’s what Peter realized as he began to move into his adult life. That the emotional and physical abuse from his dad and mom was not normal.

Dr. Peter Newhouse CEO of Winning At Home joins the podcast to share his journey from trauma to healing and to bring hope for healing to you!

The trauma made Peter really angry, but he shares about the first steps he took toward healing. He also shares the three phases of recovering from trauma: bondage, change, and freedom.

A Perry and Shawna listener shares with Peter, “Last year I shared some painful memories with my mom of her physically abusing me as a child. Mom had turned her life around and was not that person anymore. A few days after I shared that, mom died.

I have such deep regret that I ever shared that with her. I can barely breath when I think about it.” Peter offers some hope.

Last, healing from trauma is not a quick fix. There’s not a silver bullet that makes everything better overnight. It’s a journey, sometimes springing forward, sometimes setbacks. But there is hope! Check out Peter’s new book, Healing Through Trauma.

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