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Sister Interview: Shauna Shanks

Shauna Shanks’ life changed in an instant. The moment her husband told her he didn’t want to be married anymore. No surprise, everything stopped. And in her cries out, God gave her a clarity to fight for her marriage by focusing on 1 Corinthians 13, a chapter in the Bible about love. Her discipline to display love to her husband became a spiritual journey of obedience, then developing into a deep intimacy with God. A beautiful example that even the most devastating of circumstances can be used for God’s good.

In this interview we hear Shauna’s marriage story. How she felt they were doing before her husband dropped the bomb of news on her, why she stayed and tried to work through it, the people that held her up along the way, and how her husband’s heart softened over time. We talk through the feeling of love versus the action of love, how Shauna was able to quickly forgive her husband, and what kept her going in moments of discouragement. Shauna knows not every story of infidelity works its way to reconciliation, but because hers did, she wants to share that reuniting is a possibility.

At The Open Door Sisterhood we are cheerleaders for women who take that next step, do that hard thing in order to be world changers for good right where they are. Shauna’s story of obedience to God’s specific direction in her life is a great example of what we hold dear at the sisterhood. May it be a story of inspiration to you, regardless of your circumstances or marital status. Let us be clear, we know there are often valid and honorable reasons for a wife to say enough when it comes to infidelity and broken trust. Sometimes reconciliation is possible, and often it isn’t. This is Shauna’s story. As it turns out Shauna’s marriage survived. We celebrate restoration when we find it.

You can connect with Shauna on her website, Facebook, or Instagram.

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A few things you heard mentioned on the show:

The Open Door Sisterhood World Changer Quest.

Shauna’s book: A Fierce Love: One Woman’s Courageous Journey to Save Her Marriage

Good Catch Publishing

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“13 If I speak in the tonguesa] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”1 Corinthians 13

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Shauna’s Chicken Teriyaki Tacos
1 lb boneless chicken thighs
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
1 cup White rice
2 cups water
1/4 cup chopped green onion
Sesame seeds
Corn tortillasCook chicken thighs, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, and honey in a pan until chicken is completely cooked and the sauce has turned into a thick glaze.
In a pot, combine rice and water, and cook until rice is fluffy, stirring to make sure it doesn’t stick.
Add half of the green onion to the rice and combine.
Lay down 2 corn tortillas, and add rice, then teriyaki chicken, and sprinkle green onions and sesame seeds to finish!
*This recipe is curtesy of Buzz Feed Food
 
Shauna’s Orange Zucchini muffins

2 cups Zucchini

3 Eggs

 

1 tsp Baking powder

 

 

1 tsp Baking soda

 

1 tsp Cinnamon, ground

 

3 cups Flour

 

1 tsp Salt

 

2 cups Sugar (I use coconut palm sugar)

 

3 tsp Vanilla

 

 

1 cup Vegetable oil (I sub coconut oil, melted)

 

1 (11 ounce) can Mandarin oranges, drained and cup up
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Grease 2 loaf pans, 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2-inch. (I always make into muffins and reduce bake time to 24 minutes). Bake for 1 hour at 325 degrees.

Coconut palm sugar

Stevia


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