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Episode 51: Grief, Gratitude, and the Gifts We Did Not Expect.

March 10, 2026 • Tony & Kristy • Episode 51

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🎙️ Episode 51: Grief, Gratitude, and the Gifts We Did Not Expect

What do you do when the road you never would have chosen becomes one of the clearest places God meets you?

In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk through the tension of grief, gratitude, disability, calling, and the slow mercy of looking back on painful roads and realizing God was doing more than they could see in the moment.

Some of God's most tender gifts arrive through the roads we begged Him to remove.

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This conversation makes room for honest sorrow without surrendering hope. It names the cost of hard seasons, pushes back against shallow silver-lining clichés, and points to the kind of faith that can grieve what was lost while still trusting that God is preparing something real on the other side.

🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

Why grieving a hard season is not the same as lacking faith
How silver-lining comments can minimize pain, and what real presence sounds like instead
Why Tony now sees cerebral palsy not only as a cost, but also as a gift that shaped his calling
How Kristy learned to hold grief for what she lost and gratitude for what God was building
Why grief and gratitude can sit at the same table while hope keeps pointing you forward

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