In this episode, I share the story of my relationship with my husband and the deeper lesson I learned about the difference between settling and being settled. After coming out of a chaotic and painful experience, I was searching for peace and believed I had found it in him. But I hadn’t yet found peace within myself.

As we built a life together, I carried much of the responsibility and slowly lost myself. Even after our divorce, I entered another long-term relationship, still unhealed and searching for validation. It wasn’t until one of my lowest moments, when I felt completely broken, that I encountered God’s love in a way that changed everything.

Through that experience, I began to understand that I was already whole. With time and healing, I was able to see Boaz differently—not as someone to complete me, but as someone who supports ...