Love Where You Are
January 09, 2023
Ep. 3.2 : Surrendering to God Even When it’s Hard with Johanna Cannelongo
Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast!
In today’s episode I am joined with Johanna Cannelongo.
Johanna Cannelongo is a writer, speaker and homeschooling mom of eight: four biological and four adopted. Her life has been forever changed by radical surrender to the Lord as she has walked through the beauty of adoption as well as deep loss and grief. Through the ashes, the Lord has birthed a ministry and relationship to Jesus she and her husband could have never imagined.
In this episode, Somer and Johanna discuss saying “yes” to the Lord even when it’s undoubtedly hard and painful. The truth is we love our comfort zone, and we don’t want to willingly enter a painful or difficult situation. Yet through this pain, grief and loss, God made something beautiful and performed miracles. Would you be willing to say “yes” and completely surrender to His will?
Thank you for being here today. Now, let’s dive into the conversation!
You can connect with Johanna through Instagram, and her website!
FAVORITE TAKE-AWAYS:
-It can be easier to recognize an idea or thought from God when you know it definitely didn’t come from you. That’s what happened with Johanna and her husband. After baby #4, they weren’t planning on having anymore kids. God laughs when we make plans! And Johanna and her husband eventually came to the realization (in their different ways) that they needed to adopt.
-One of the biggest things Johanna had to fully surrender to God. She desperately wanted her husband to be on board with adoption, but she had to trust God was going to work on his heart. God works on people’s hearts in different ways, in His timing, we just have to trust Him to do His job.
-“You can’t have resurrection without walking death with Jesus. You cannot have redeptiom without cruxifiction.” -Johanna
REMEMBER:
-It’s okay to love big and hurt deep. Sometimes that is what God asks of us.
-Johanna says there is no death because of Christ, there is only life. Her daughter, in her eyes, isn’t dead. She is still alive, just somewhere else. This may be a powerful reminder for us all to see physical death as no limitation, because of Christ. There is hope!
SCRIPTURE:
Isaiah 41:10
Psalm 27:13
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About Love Where You Are
Equipping Christian Moms to embrace their season, live life on mission and share Jesus right where they are!
Like a weekly coffee date with the girls, Somer and her guests come together to ask the hard questions, have honest conversations and dive deep into God’s Word. Her heart is to equip and encourage Moms who are seeking to model an authentic Christian walk for their families while also making an impact for the kingdom through love in action wherever God has them in their current season of life. Following the Deuteronomy 6 model, Somer encourages listeners to identify their gifts, talents and current season of life as opportunities to impact the lives of others and bring their children along in the journey reminding us there are opportunities everywhere and every day to love right where you are!
About Somer Colbert
Somer Colbert is a writer, speaker and host of the Love Where You Are podcast. She is the Director of Adoption and Foster Care Ministry at Crosschurch and Connected Champion with the Arkansas Baptist Children and Family Ministries where she creates support, awareness and advocacy for families seeking to serve in the areas of adoption and foster care. She creates weekly podcast episodes and resources to equip and empower Christian families to identify their influence for the gospel in every season, live life on mission and share Jesus right where they are. Somer is passionate about equipping spiritually healthy families and seeing a movement of God's people step into confidence in their ability to change the world around them through the way they love!
She resides in Arkansas with her husband, three kids and three dogs. She's obsessed with British docudramas and cooking shows and can always be found with a cup of hot tea in hand. Her life has been forever changed by the love of Jesus, marriage to her favorite person, parenting her crazy crew and walking multiple adoption journeys.
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