Episode 183

Do you struggle with shame due to your past? Do you feel the heaviness of unworthiness and are desperate for change in your life and in love? In our heartfelt conversation, special guest Loral Pepoon shares her “ Led to Lasting Love” God Story about her midlife devastation due to her past relationships and why she carried the weight of unworthiness that negatively impacted her health and career as a creative team leader. She shares how God healed her heart for a new life of healthy love. Loral is an award-winning author of Led-to Lasting Love, is a writing coach, book editor and beach enthusiast and resides in Nashville with her husband and cat. Enjoy listening to Loral’s faith-building and encouraging God story!

Bio:

Award-winning author Loral Pepoon speaks on the transformative power of encountering God’s love, noticing Him in nature, and recording His words, signs, and miracles. Prior to releasing Led to Lasting Love, Loral penned Clive the Cat Chimes In, served as managing editor for Our Story Magazine, authored two additional books, and contributed to severl anthologies.

Since earning a master’s in journalism decades ago, Loral has worked in large corporations, in universities, and in her own firm as a writer, editor, creative director, writing teacher, and publisher—usually with a cup of Chai. Loral also has served as an inner healing minister, intercessor, and ladies small group leader. Her greatest joys are abiding in Christ, being a wife to Seth and a grafted-in nana, and marveling at God’s creation. The couple resides near Nashville with their cat, Simba, and they travel often to family, the beach, and the mountains.

Loral’s Website

In this Episode:

Loral is an award-winning author of Led-to Lasting Love, is a writing coach, book editor and beach enthusiast. She also loves animals.

We all have unique stories. Although every story is unique, there are universal themes that we all can relate to, and God uses the hard or transformational stories to encourage others who might be in the midst of hard things.
Even though we may be in a different circumstance, we have all been there, and none of us has it all together. We are all a body helping each other and coming alongside one another.

Loral shares her “Led to Lasting Love” God story.
God guided her from desperate dysfunction to lasting love. She was scared of being alone her whole life. She accepted Christ when she was 27.
In her book, she shares the importance of abiding in the Word, walking alongside other women, and the importance of recording what God says.

When Loral met her husband, Seth, everything fell into place. They are doing ministry together now.
One of the signs she experienced was 3 butterflies landing on her while she was journaling with the Lord.
They can look back and see how God orchestrated so many things.

God redeems everything, even the most painful days. The date of her divorce anniversary became her engagement anniversary.

She would journal with the Lord every morning. Then she would type them in to see the patterns of how He was speaking to her over time.
Major mistakes don’t marry you to mediocrity, and dysfunction doesn’t dictate a disappointing destiny. God delights in silencing your shame even when you have shut Him out in the past, and He loves you with a lasting love.

Links

Loral’s Website

First Chapter of Loral’s Book

Led To Lasting Love

Prayer Requests

Altered Stories Show on YouTube

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“We all have unique stories. Although every story is unique, there are universal themes that we all can relate to, and God uses the hard or transformational stories to encourage others who might be in the midst of hard things.” - Loral Pepoon
“We share our stories, whether verbally, in a book, or one-on-one coffee, to encourage those that God puts into our paths in some way with something we have learned from Him or are learning with Him.” - Loral Pepoon
“God redeems everything, even the most painful days.” - Loral Pepoon