God Didn’t Fix It… Can I Still Trust Him?

LDS faith, grief, unanswered prayers, trusting God, Jesus Christ, healing, covenants, temple worship, and finding hope when life doesn’t go as planned — this episode explores what happens when faithful disciples face real heartbreak.She was raised between worlds — born into a family that escaped Iran, with generations of faithful women who fasted for her baptism. Faith was always part of her story. But so was loss. After years of searching for peace, love, and belonging, life took turns she never expected, leaving her asking questions many believers silently carry: Why didn’t God fix this? And how do I trust Him now?In this deeply honest episode of the Anchored Podcast, you’ll hear a story that reads like the pages of a novel — seasons of hope, devastating grief, spiritual wrestling, and ultimately discovering the Savior in a way she never had before. Through temple worship, quiet promptings, and unexpected new beginnings, she learned that sometimes God doesn’t remove the pain… but He does walk with us through it.This conversation is for anyone who has prayed for a miracle and wondered why heaven felt silent — and for anyone trying to hold on to faith when life doesn’t unfold the way they thought it would.🎧 Listen now and discover what God may be doing when He doesn’t fix it.Show Notes: The book can be purchased on her website, careshmeh.com/book, https://amzn.to/3X4ZTpN  Barnes and Noble, Kobo, IngramSparks, Goodreads, Google Books, and Booktopia.0:02 We Can See Jesus Christ’s Face When We Let Him In0:38 Meet Careshmeh French Dean LDS Convert From Iran Story1:54 Family Fasts and Prayers to Help Her Get Baptized LDS3:01 How the Gospel Held Me Together Through Trauma4:27 Temple Promptings, Divorce, and Trusting God’s Timing7:08 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosis and the Faith to Be Healed8:46 Miracles in the New Testament and Believing for Healing10:01 Knowing Heavenly Father but Not Yet Knowing Jesus Personally10:48 Hospital Advocacy and Why No One Should Go Alone12:31 The Prompting to “Let Him Go” and the Crisis of Faith14:03 Grief, Loneliness, and Feeling Abandoned by People15:15 In-Laws Betrayal and the Trauma That Compounded Grief19:15 God Sends People to Strengthen You When Others Fall Away20:49 Anger at God, Honest Prayer, and Spiritual Warfare21:39 I Met the Savior: Christ’s Empathy and Comfort in Grief23:10 When Grief Makes You Want to Quit Living23:26 May 29, 2024: Pie With Daniel and the First Breath Again26:13 “I’ve Loved You for Seven Years” and Recognizing God’s Hand27:03 June 8, 2024: Remarried and Seeing God’s Miracle Timing28:13 How to Come to Know Jesus Christ Day by Day29:05 Temple Worship: The First Time I Heard the Savior’s Voice30:28 Loved Ones Beyond the Veil and Spiritual Help in Grief32:11 Grief vs Depression and Why That Difference Matters32:43 EMDR Therapy and Seeing the Savior in Sacred Healing34:08 Falling Before Christ and Realizing We Can All Know Him35:26 Breathwork Experience: “He’s Always With Me”36:27 Do We All Need Personal Experiences With Jesus Christ?37:32 Simple Discipleship: Scriptures, Prayer, Church, Temple, Family39:31 Turn Off the Noise to Hear God and Feel the Spirit41:13 Why the Temple Brings Quiet, Revelation, and Comfort43:08 Why God Helped Through the Savior in That Season45:48 Living Differently After Loss: Love More Fiercely and Surrender48:03 Learning to Trust Heavenly Father Again After Devastation51:12 Why I Stay LDS: “Stay in the Boat” Through the Storm55:24 Book Plug: Made for Me by Careshmeh French Dean