91 | Does God Feel Distant? Finding Breakthrough Faith in the Middle of Trauma & Doubt with Melanie Cox

About this episode

In this episode, Amy Wadlington interviews Melanie Cox about finding faith and intimacy with God amidst trauma and doubt.

Does God feel distant? Have you walked through trauma, loss, depression, or doubt and quietly wondered, Where are You, God? In this powerful episode of Prophetic Breakthrough for Christian Women, Christian life coach Amy Wadlington sits down with author, speaker, and mom of five Melanie Cox to share her raw and redemptive story of childhood trauma, abuse, infertility, prolonged depression, and a season of intense spiritual doubt. This conversation is honest, compassionate, and filled with biblical encouragement for Christian women who are wrestling with questions but still longing for breakthrough faith. Melanie opens up about the moment everything shifted. After a year bedridden and questioning her faith, a single Bible passage brought conviction, clarity, and restored intimacy with God. Years after being told she would never conceive, she experienced a miraculous pregnancy following the discovery of a pituitary issue — a testimony she sees as clear evidence that God saw her and answered her prayers. In this episode, we talk about: • What to do when God feels silent or far away• How trauma and offense can distort your view of God• Taking thoughts captive instead of spiraling…

People in this episode

Host: Amy Wadlington

Guest: Melanie Cox

Topics covered

• faith
• trauma
• spiritual doubt
• intimacy with God
• mental health
• biblical encouragement

Keywords

• God feels distant
• childhood trauma
• infertility
• depression
• spiritual warfare
• breakthrough faith

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