Episode 90: Love Hurts

Episode 90: Love Hurts

From Hope for Right Now: A Walking with Purpose Podcast by Walking with Purpose

March 9, 2026 · 41 min · Season 2 · Episode 90

About this episode

In this episode, Laura and Caitlin discuss the theme of waiting during Lent and the importance of God's timing.

Hope for Right Now Podcast–Desert Bloom, A Lenten Journey: Love Hurts While Walking with Purpose Founder Lisa takes time to write our next women’s Bible study, Laura Phelps welcomes guest Caitlin Bean to the Hope for Right Now podcast for a seven-week series: Desert Bloom, A Lenten Journey. Lent is a time of sacrifice, preparation, and spiritual waiting—a time to prepare our hearts for Easter through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. For many of us, it has become about exterior performance, a “holy checklist” we begin on Ash Wednesday and struggle to sustain for 40 days. And preparation? Who has time for that? We are exhausted—after all, it was just Christmas! If this is how your heart feels at the start of Lent, this series is for you—offering practical encouragement, Scripture reflections, and simple ways to experience a more meaningful, peace-filled Lent. In today’s episode, Laura and Caitlin talk about waiting in dormancy and why God’s timing is perfect, despite circumstances screaming the opposite. Open your Heart to our key Scripture.John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.Romans 5:8: But…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lisa, Laura Phelps

Guest: Caitlin Bean

Topics covered

  • Lent
  • spiritual preparation
  • waiting
  • God's timing
  • sacrifice
  • Scripture reflections

Keywords

  • Lent
  • waiting
  • God's timing
  • spirituality
  • Bible study
  • sacrifice
  • prayer
  • fasting
  • almsgiving

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Desert Bloom, A Lenten Journey, Hope for Right Now Podcast, John 3:16, Romans 5:8, Mark 9:43–48

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