After being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at 16, Shelbi Shutt decided on an initial response of pure positivity. She shares a moment where someone gave her permission to not be okay. We are meant to bring our pain and obstacles before God, rather than closing our eyes to the pain to just keep going.Shelbi shares the story of 12 men going to scout out the promised land in Numbers 13 as a model of how we can respond to the obstacles we face.

Shelbi Shutt is a pastor, speaker and disability advocate, who is passionate about people coming alive to the power and love of God’s presence in and through weakness. She is married to Jordy and lives in Portland, Oregon.