My guest for The Happy Hour # 185 is Holly Christine Hayes. Holly is an author, world-renowned recovery ministry expert, and founder/CEO of Sanctuary Project, a social enterprise bringing hope and healing to survivors of trafficking, violence and addiction. Holly was recently chosen as a new Voice for Women of Faith and is passionate about sharing her radical salvation story in safe houses, churches, conferences and recovery communities all over the world.
I know that after listening to my conversation with Holly, you are going to love God more and be affirmed in how much God can redeem in our lives. Holly and I start out the conversation talking about what it means to hit rock bottom, and no matter what your story is, pain is pain. Holly shares her story of abuse, addiction, abortion, and trafficking that led her to the moment when she prayed the words, “God help me.”
Holly shares her journey of becoming sober and getting to know the God that saved her. I cannot stop thinking about when she told me the amazing story of how God met her in the Word when she sought to know Him better by opening up her Bible.
At the end of show, we talk about her passion for helping women gain freedom from shame and her new nonprofit, Sanctuary Project. Be sure to come find me on Instagram tomorrow (3/22) because we will be giving away a necklace from Sanctuary Project!
A note about our conversation today: we discuss several mature topics including abortion, abuse, trafficking, and addiction which may not be appropriate for young ears.
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Links from the Show
Holly's Book: From Basement to Sanctuary
Sanctuary Project // Follow Sanctuary Project on Instagram and Facebook
Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd
What Holly is loving: LeTote, the Passion translation of the Bible, marble jewelry
What Holly is reading: If You Only Knew
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Hi Jamie, thanks so much for sharing your’s and Holly’s story. You have spoken about your husband and she spoke about hers who didn’t have the past you had and it sounds so happy and joyful them accepting you. Was it really always easy for them, the husbands? Have you ever thought to have the husbands on the show who have had to accept the tough past when they didn’t have that past? I live this story too but would love to see the husband’s side, so other husbands can see truth in this and how they can love unconditionally through the pain of their wife’s past. Bc it is hard, and saying there’s nothing they won’t forgive, but it’s easy to say as opposed to truly live that out for the wife and not feel hurt by their past. Thanks for sharing!
I just listened to this! What a wonderful story of God’s love, His grace & redemption! LOVED IT!!!! Thanks so much to both of you!!! This is a beautiful story & touched me in so many ways!!! I loved your husband’s reaction when you first told him your story!