How do you pray when you are completely numb? How do you trust God when you have been suffering for 20 years? In this powerful episode of Elisha's Space, we sit down with author Laura Edge to discuss the reality of walking through a long-term medical crisis and surviving a heart transplant.

For over two decades, Laura lived with heart disease while trying to raise her children and maintain a "normal" life. But as her health declined, she had to learn a harder lesson: how to let go. Laura opens up about the spiritual battle of chronic illness—trusting God when you are at the absolute end of your strength, and the humility required to let Christian brothers and sisters carry your burden for you.

If you are currently in a season where reading the Bible feels impossible and your hope is running low, this conversation offers a gentle reminder that God is working in your heart, even when you can’t feel it.

In this episode, we cover:

• 🕊️ The Long Wait: Navigating 20+ years of heart disease and the journey to a transplant.
• 🙏 Spiritual Dryness: How to read the Bible and pray when you simply don't "feel like it."
• 🤝 Community: The importance of letting others help carry your heavy burdens.
• 💪 Renewed Strength: Finding encouragement in the middle of your own crisis.

Laura Edge is an author and survivor who uses her second chance at life to encourage others walking through dark valleys.🌐 Connect with Laura:

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For the mom whose world changed the day she lost her child—this episode is for you.
Whether your loss was recent or decades ago, through miscarriage, stillbirth, illness, accident, or sudden tragedy, your grief is real, your love is holy, and you are not alone.

In this gentle, slow-paced episode, counselor and host Elisha holds space for the kind of grief that doesn’t have words. You’ll be lovingly guided through validation, comfort, and a few simple practices to help your nervous system breathe again—without rushing your healing or minimizing your pain.

In this episode, we explore:

• The lie that you “should be over it by now” and why grief has no expiration date
• How your love for your child continues, even after loss
• A simple “heart-holding” breathing practice you can do anytime the waves of grief hit
• Gentle ways to honor your child’s memory through ritual, story, and everyday life
• Why it’s okay to laugh, smile, or have a good day—and why that doesn’t mean you’re forgetting

This is a sanctuary episode: no pressure, no fixing, no spiritual bypassing—just compassionate presence for your heart, your story, and your body.

If today is a hard day—an anniversary, a birthday, a due date, or simply a day where the ache is sharp—please know: there is nothing wrong with you. Your grief is a measure of your love.

If you are in immediate emotional crisis, please reach out to a trusted person, counselor, or crisis line in your area. You do not have to carry this alone.

If this episode blesses you:

• Share it with another mom who is grieving
• Leave a rating or review so this sanctuary can reach more hurting hearts
• Subscribe so you don’t miss future episodes on late-in-life healing, somatic faith, and spiritual permission

Keywords: Christian grief, child loss, grieving mother, miscarriage grief, stillbirth, maternal grief, Christian mental health, nervous system and grief, faith and loss, healing after child loss

Feeling wired, anxious, or spiritually drained at the end of the day? This 10-minute Christian nervous system reset is designed to help your body and soul finally exhale. 😌

Close your eyes, breathe slowly, and let a soft, gentle voice guide you into calm using simple breathwork and scripture meditation. This is perfect to play as you’re falling asleep, during moments of overwhelm, or whenever your system feels stuck in fight, flight, or freeze.

In this session, you will:

• Slow your breathing with a simple 4–4–6 pattern to calm your nervous system
• Release tension from your head, neck, shoulders, chest, and body with a gentle body scan
• Meditate on Psalm 23 (“The Lord is my shepherd… I lack nothing”)
• Receive reminders that you are safe, held, and deeply loved by God
• End in a place of deep rest, anchored in the peace of Jesus

You don’t have to “do” anything right or pray perfect prayers. Just listen, breathe, and allow God’s presence to meet you where you are.

⏱ Recommended Use:

• Play this at night as you fall asleep
• Use it during anxious spikes, panic, or emotional overload
• Add it to a bedtime or quiet-time routine for consistent nervous system regulation

🕊 Scriptures Included:

• Psalm 23 – The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing
• John 14:27 (paraphrased) – “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you.”
• 1 John 4:18 (paraphrased) – “Perfect love drives out fear.”

If this brought you peace, you can:

• Replay this anytime you need a reset
• Save it to your “Nightly Calm” or “Quiet Time” playlist
• Subscribe to Elisha’s Space for more Christian mental health, trauma-informed support, and guided calm practices

You are not alone.
You are not too much.
You are held. 🌿

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