How to Find Hope After Addiction, Loss, and Imprisonment

Your Hope-Filled Perspective with Dr. Michelle Bengtson podcast · Nov 13, 2025 · 29m

Episode Summary:

If you think your life is too far gone, or if you’ve made too many mistakes for God to redeem, you’re going to want to listen to today’s conversation: a Sacred Scar Story.

Julie knew she could spend the rest of her life in prison if she were caught crossing the border with four pounds of methamphetamine duct-taped to her waist. But life had become so overwhelming, so painful, that she no longer cared if she lived or died. So, she crossed over the border. And with her arrest as a drug smuggler that day, her years of running from responsibility -and from God -…