The Ex-Files: Rewriting Your Story After Abandonment

Are you seeking greater resilience in your life, and aren’t sure where to start? In today’s episode, host Vivian Cumins is joined by Tamala May, an author and speaker whose experience with abandonment has inspired a career and book series focused on resilience and strength in Christ. Tamala is a prime example of the reality that in order to become truly resilient, we often have to go through experiences of great adversity.

Throughout Tamala’s childhood and into her marriage, her life was deeply rooted in tradition and stability, until one day she was faced with an unexpected divorce. Although Tamala knew about God, it wasn’t until the shock of this abandonment that she began to rely wholeheartedly on the Lord, as He was her sole lifeline and strength. As she began pouring into her relationship with God, Tamala’s personal devotions turned quickly into devotions that she shared with friends and family, and ultimately became something that she felt called to author and publish under the title, Starting the Journey: A 30 Day Devotional.

Vivan and Tamala discuss the fact that it is okay to recognize your pain and stay with it for a bit, but you eventually need to set your eyes on where God is taking you and start moving forward. Tamala explains that she needed to get to a place where she was at peace with the pain, because on this side of eternity, things are never going to be perfect. And yet, in spite of the pain we may feel or the ways in which people may fail us, God will never fail, and His promises are ones that we can stand confidently upon.

GUEST BIO:

Tamala May is a nurse practitioner, author, and speaker from North Dakota, and is also a mother of three children. After facing a sudden experience of pain and abandonment, Tamala began walking even more closely with the Lord, and felt called to turn her personal devotions into a series to help other Christians struggling with resilience. Her book is titled Starting the Journey: A 30 Day Devotional, and is the first volume in an upcoming devotional series.

When she isn’t writing or speaking, Tamala works in an oncology unit, and provides care and compassion for cancer patients and survivors.

Website: https://pursuingchristministries.org // http://tamalamay.com/

Book: Starting the Journey: A 30 Day Devotional by Tamala May

POWERFUL QUOTE:

“If there wasn’t pain in this life, it would be heaven. What would we need a Savior for if this life wasn’t hard?” - Tamala May

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