About Catherine Couch

About Me: Catherine Couch

FullSizeRender-4Welcome to My Life In Heals!

Well, here’s the Long and Short about me:

  • I’m Eric Couch’s wife — been married since May 2000.
  • Mom of 2 incredible kids (11 and 13)
  • Care-giver for my father-in-law who battles dementia
  • Graduated from Dallas Baptist University in 2002 with a degree in Marketing Communications (minored in Biblical Studies and Music).
  • I grew up in a Christian home. Lost a sister in a car accident when she was 6 years old. Accepted Christ as my Savior when I was 8.
  • When we first married,  Eric was in vocational ministry. We struggled. Young, newly-weds, full-time ministry, no community or support… it was hard. Due to the difficulties we had during this season, we have a heart for those who serve in full time ministry. (insert long story here) Eric eventually stepped down and started working for my family’s insurance business.
  • We know the struggles of working with family in a family owned and operated business…  (We have experienced God’s healing in that…)
  • I am a struggling people pleaser who truly desires to point others to Christ… but I get in God’s way.
  • In my teenage years, God brought me through struggles with an eating disorder, depression and suicide.
  • I was a singer/song-writer/worship leader, but I started performing and pleasing people instead of my Savior.
  • I have put church work, ministry and serving others above my marriage and my kids.
  • I love competition, adventure and endurance training. Running, marathons, triathlons and working out has been one of my favorite ways to “escape” and feel good about myself… I ran several half marathons a year… now I physically can’t.
  • I had a horse accident in May 2015.  GOD. CRUSHED. ME.  He revealed to me that I was a crippled Christian who was blindly living and serving. I was performance driven, I thought I was tough, but God loved me enough to reveal to me the sin, idols and lies I was living and doing ministry in. He used my physical state to show me my spiritual state… I now live with chronic pain which occasionally leaves me unable to move my legs. I have a crushed spine, spinal cord issues and struggle with nerve damage. Most days my legs work, but sometimes they don’t… My physical brokenness is a blessing and a reminder from God. It’s a gift.  He teaches me through it all the time.
  • Through the accident, I now know what pain can drive you to: At first I did pain meds and alcohol, and turned to guy with a listening ear which led to an emotional affair… I never thought I could struggle with all of that, but now I know I can – and did. Pain can also drive us to the feet of Jesus… and that’s where I want to stay.
  • Our marriage had been struggling for years, but I was too prideful to admit it. After the accident, we almost crumbled, but God rebuilt us. Our marriage grows stronger and stronger the more we seek Christ individually. We attended Re|Engaged at Watermark and that was a helpful roadmap and community that challenged us to seek oneness with Christ and each other. (Now Eric and I serve in that ministry together – God continually teaches and grows us through that ministry).
  • Since the accident, we almost lost our home and our business. But God sustained it.
  • Since the accident, our son sought out Christ and chose to follow Him! My father-in-law accepted Christ and God has healed my husband’s relationship with his dad! Our nephew, niece and her husband have accepted Christ! God is at work in our family.
  • Since the accident, God has revealed to me in a deeper way how much He loves me.
  • Since the accident, almost everything in our lives has changed, and I am so thankful. God is still teaching us and breaking us. May I never think I am fixed. Broken is a state that God has called me to be, so that I am complete only in Him… My life is only for Him and His glory. (My broken body is a daily reminder of that).
  • For more about the journey God has taken me on, you can read these posts: BROKEN | NUMB  | POWERLESS | The Day I Broke (The Long Version)
  • *Due to the deep conviction and revelation that the Lord brought me through over the past few years, I have deleted all past posts except one.  I used to think I knew a lot… but I really don’t. All I know is that I’m a sinner who needs Jesus. There is no temptation that I am “safe or exempt” from struggling with. Now I write out of obedience, so that I don’t forget where I’ve been… or where I’m going.