Episode 248 - Understanding Our Stories in the Shadow of Pain with Joan Kelley

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

How can we begin to process our stories after a life-altering loss? Where can hope be found in the midst of insufferable pain? How do we connect the dots and find God's hand in our lives when suffering overshadows?For Joan Kelley, those were difficult questions to answer after losing her teenage son, Will, to cancer. Yet, she found healing through looking at her life and the ways God has shown up, even in her worst pain. By going back in her own story, she has since been able to help walk alongside others in theirs by offering a listening ear or spiritual direction. And she has used what pain has taught her to bring hope and healing to those she encounters. While Joan knows she doesn't have all the answers, her journey has brought incredible lessons of faith, endurance, and how God can be trusted even in our darkest seasons. In this episode, Davey sits down to talk with Joan about how everyone can use their unique wirings to bring hope to the hurting, why we have to make the time for our grief, and how processing your own story is pivotal in whatever healing path you are on. Whatever the loss, Joan's story reminds us that we can all get to the place in our grief where we can still dare to hope. Website: https://www.onelifemaps.com Want to find everything Nothing is Wasted offers for your specific pain point? Check out our Curated Pathways: www.nothingiswasted.com/pathways Are you ready to take back your health and learn about holistic living the way God intended? Join Kristi Blackburn as she takes you Back to the Garden in her live, 8 week online wellness course where you'll gain practical tools to help you on your journey towards wholeness and health. Learn more at: www.linenandroots.com/course Want to get started in your pain to purpose journey? Check out our free 5 Steps to Taking Back Your Story Webinar that can help you no matter what you have been through: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast, where we meet you in your pain and help you discover a pathway through.
0:09.6	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.0	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak, and we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and
0:26.2	practical tools for healing. This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that
0:31.5	even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story, because with him, nothing is wasted. I'm your host, Davy Blackburn.
0:45.9	Hey, everybody, welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted podcast. I'm one of your host, Aubrey.
0:54.7	And I'm Davy. And today we have a very special conversation that we are featuring with Joan Kelly,
1:00.5	who by the way, you guys may remember hearing a conversation with Amy Sylvester.
1:07.2	Would have been over a year ago now that we featured her story and amy is one of our
1:12.6	staff members um she's on our team at nothing is wasted and joan was her mentor when she lost
1:20.5	her little boy oh wow joan's story is um is very much in the same thread and um lost young child. And through that is really helping so
1:31.4	many people in the space of spiritual direction, helping to lead silence and solitude retreats.
1:38.9	Amazing.
1:39.3	And is really repurposing her pain in such powerful ways. This is a remarkable woman with an, I mean,
1:43.7	an incredible conversation, very insightful as we sat down and talked about some of her experience and what she's doing.
1:48.8	I just love it.
1:49.5	Wow.
1:50.4	Wow.
1:52.0	Yeah, I'm so excited for our, for our listeners to hear your conversation with Joan.
1:56.8	And I love the connection.
1:58.4	I think that is so, that's so fun, the connection to Amy.
2:01.1	Before we dive into Jones story, can I read you a review podcast?
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