165 | Summer Stories of Hope: Healing From Sexual Betrayal and Relapse, with Suzanne

Note: Our guest’s name has been changed for privacy.

 

Before she and her husband got married, he told her about his childhood sexual abuse and same-sex attraction. He said he was in counseling. She thought it was handled.

 

It wasn’t.

 

Thirty-eight years, four children, multiple betrayals, a rehab stint, and a relapse later, Suzanne knows the truth: healing is not a one-time decision. It’s a daily surrender.

 

This story does not wrap up in a nice neat bow. It is a raw, honest account of a wife who walked through the fog of betrayal, held her family together while her world fell apart, and clung to God in the midst of her fear and doubt.

 

But it is also a story full of hope. Even in the messy middle, Suzanne has seen the miraculous hand of God at work in her life and marriage.

 

If you are tired of pretending everything is fine, you need to hear her story.

 

In this episode, Suzanne shares:

• The weight of keeping secrets to protect his reputation
• What it felt like to discover betrayal after betrayal over decades
• How she endured separation, rehab, and relapse
• What God has been teaching her layer by layer in the long war

 

Listen now to be reminded that God sees you in the fight, and He is not finished yet.

 

We pray this blesses you,

 

Johnny and Emily

 

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Episode 164. Summer Stories of Hope: Discovering True Intimacy After Infidelity, with Jacob and Leah

Episode 163. Summer Stories of Hope: Beyond Porn-Fueled Infidelity, with Felicia

 

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