Just Love Them The Story Isn't Over - With Karen Smith
What do you do when one child leaves and later returns… another passes away from the effects of drug use… and a third relationship feels distant?
In this deeply moving conversation, Karen Smith shares her journey as a mother navigating all three realities. With remarkable grace and honesty, she opens up about addiction, grief, hope, disappointment, and the steady love of God that carried her through it all.
Karen reflects on:
Loving a child who leaves—and welcoming them home
Losing a child to the heartbreaking effects of drug use
Navigating family strain and relational distance
Releasing control and trusting God with her children
Learning to see her children the way God sees them
Through unimaginable pain and uncertainty, Karen discovered a powerful truth: God’s love for our children is deeper, more personal, and more redemptive than we often understand.
This episode may gently shift your paradigm—from fear to faith, from striving to surrender, from worry to trust.
If you’ve ever wrestled with heartbreak in your family, felt helpless watching a child struggle, or wondered how to keep loving when it hurts, this conversation will meet you there.
You will be inspired. And you may never see your children and other loved ones—or God’s love—the same way again.
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