Episode 283 - Walking with Kids through the Unimaginable with Jessye and Ryan Wilden

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide and suicide ideation and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers. How do you help a child in your life walk through an unimaginable trauma? How can you begin to navigate their emotions as well as your own when life turns upside down?For Jessye and Ryan Wilden figuring out how to walk through their own pain of losing Ryan's sister, Rena, in a homicide/suicide that took her life and the life of her husband, Danny, has been difficult enough. Taking in their niece and nephew and navigating their grief and loss in losing both their parents has required wisdom and discernment from God for a circumstance that doesn't have a manual. Add to it the collective grief that people felt after losing two beloved members of their community, it could feel impossible to ever get out from under the depths of suffering. And yet, Jessye and Ryan found a way through as they relied on the Lord each step of the way. In her book, We Wrote Your Name In Color, Jessye shares the messy process of healing, redemption, and grace found in their story. Davey sits down with Jessye and Ryan to talk about what you even do in the aftermath of the unimaginable, how to walk kids through their own pain and healing, and the value of having a community in the midst of tragedy. You may never walk through something as painful as the Wilden's have, but the way they've seen God in the middle of their heartbreak will encourage you as you navigate your own valley. Website: www.jessyewilden.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/jessye_wilden/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jessyewilden Book: We Wrote Your Name in Colorhttps://a.co/d/31ODgHX Do you want to give HOPE to those who need it the most? Partner with us today: nothingiswasted.com/givehope Do you need a reminder in your pain that God isn't done with your story? Sign up for our free, 7 day devotional delivered straight to your inbox: www.nothingiswasted.com/7-day-devo Pastors, looking for a way to establish a path towards healing and redemption within your church? Join Davey Blackburn for a live call on how Nothing is Wasted can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/pastors Website: www.jessyewilden.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/jessye_wilden/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jessyewilden Book: We Wrote Your Name in Colorhttps://a.co/d/31ODgHX Do you want to give HOPE to those who need it the most? Partner with us today: nothingiswasted.com/givehope Do you need a reminder in your pain that God isn't done with your story? Sign up for our free, 7 day devotional delivered straight to your inbox: www.nothingiswasted.com/7-day-devo Pastors, looking for a way to establish a path towards healing and redemption within your church? Join Davey Blackburn for a live call on how Nothing is Wasted can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/pastors 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.
0:38.8	I'm your host, Davey Blackburn.
0:50.3	Hello, welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast.
0:52.4	My name is Davey, and I am joined. Once again, we're back together. Davy, I'm Aubrey, your co-host. I know it's been a while. I've been co-hosting with Eric and you've been co-hosting with Ken and we haven't seen each other in a while. So this is like a good, this is a grand reunion. It is a great reunion. It's so good to see you again. It's so good to be this week. And I'm sure that this is refreshing for all of our listeners. It feels like it's like the OG, nothing is wasted podcast. Yeah. They definitely missed us. I mean, they like Eric and Ken, but definitely in their soul. They're like, we're Aubrey Navy. Where's the old school? Oh my goodness. I feel like we need to catch up, right? I feel like I'm like, hey, Aubrey, so how's life? I know. We probably do. We need have a cup of coffee and chat about life one of these days. That sounds good. Oh, my goodness. You got my, my summer's been busy. Your summer's been busy. there's been so much that has been going on
1:46.2	with all of it and um and i know you guys are having a probably a really busy hopefully a good
1:52.5	summer i know many of you guys are also going through some difficult things that you did not
1:57.6	foresee going through you know when you think about summer time summer summer vibes, you think light, airy, refreshing,
2:04.3	but so many people are going through difficult pain and grief and suffering right now,
2:08.9	even in the midst of this.
2:10.6	So true.
2:11.7	Be here to be hope for you and this as we walk and journey with you.
2:15.7	Yeah, that's so good.
2:16.6	We have a really powerful story to share with you today, Jesse and Ryan Wilden.
2:23.4	Goodness, man.
2:24.5	Man.
2:25.2	So they're out in California and their life is kind of wild, right?
2:28.0	Like they're like snow skier, camper, adventurer type people.
2:33.7	Yeah.
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