Wrestling with God (hating God, "blessing", & hopelessness)

Oh man this one….THIS ONE… I have been wrestling so much over the past 2 years or so with the goodness of God as a Father…for me personally….bc my life didn’t get better. Yes I got freedom, but I haven’t sat in abundance and blessing like I thought I would. Just the intro alone has me crying…

Took me a minute to realize Taylor is sitting where the guest speakers sit. ...this is gonna be a good episode

Thank you for being vulnerable on the internet Taylor. Voicing your pain means many others might heal 🤌🙏

i have been unbelievably depressed and havent watched you guys for ages. im here 5.mins after posting and i feel this ones going to be good.for me

This episode clearly reveals why God told Taylor “to feed my sheep.”

The role reversal is awesome! lol I’m so glad to see Jake stepping into all that God has called him to and I’m equally as excited to see more vulnerability from Taylor! Love you guys

in a deep season of obedience rn. i’m still pretty young so it’s painful and confusing at times. but my faith in God’s character is unshakeable. i’ve studied His Word and the way He’s shown up in my life enough to know that this is not abandonment, it is training. this pattern He’s taking me through of uncertainty in outcomes but certainty in the love that’s inherent to His pruning…it’s setting me up for a life of success and overcoming by His grace🙏🙏🙏

This is BY FAR the best episode y’all have ever done. This hit so hard, and I’m so thankful for your transparency. Much love fam

I had a period like this though not to the same extreme. I so badly wanted to be a wife and mother, but my dating prospects were slim and the ones I did have were failures. I saw people who had no reverence for God be blessed with good husbands and children. I had a “Summer of Sin” and tried to be an atheist but found myself praying automatically and then declaring, “Wait! I don’t believe in you!!” I finally read, “The Shack” with a secular book club and that changed everything. I declared, “God, I don’t understand you, but I’m going to trust that you are who you say you are in the Bible and have my best interest at heart. I trust you with my life, whether single or married.” A week later, I had the best first date of my life and now we’ve been married for 17 years with two beautiful girls who are strong believers!

Thank you so so much for such an honest conversation and being so real and vulnerable, Taylor. And thank you Jake for encouraging him to keep sharing. Every time he asked if it was okay and you encouraged him to keep going, I was so thankful. I have watched a lot of your content since September when I entered my own rock bottom. I have found a lot of healing in your content but have been very curious about your journey. Because life and faith is honestly so messy and people don’t talk about that. Thanks for being real about the mess, hard, and wrestle. And thank you for acknowledging that faith and mess can exist together in complexity but beauty. My heart needed this today. Thank you!