Episode 382 - Forging an Unshakable Faith After Loss with Brooke Martin

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when you are faced with an unbearable decision? How do you walk firmly in faith when you know the outcome will most likely be devastation?For former local news anchor and author, Brooke Martin, and her husband, the choice to carry their daughter, Emma Noelle, to term even though she was diagnosed with a condition that meant she would not survive outside the womb, was one of trust. Although they knew pain was on the other side of their second pregnancy, they also knew that God could be glorified as they walked out their faith. While she only got a few short minutes with her daughter alive after her birth, Brooke has seen the ways in which God has used the pain and suffering to bring glory to Himself. With the vision of how life's fires can completely destroy or bring about unimaginable fruit, Brooke wrote the book **Controlled Burn: Rising from the Ashes to Forge an Unshakable Faith** and shared how her own story of pain brought about so much spiritual growth. In this moving conversation, Davey and Brooke discuss how we can step out in faith in decisions that feel impossible either way, why praying for God to be glorified is such a powerful request, and what grief looks like as time moves forward. If you've ever felt like an unexpected fire has rolled into your life, this episode will give you the courage to let it burn away what needs to be and watch as new life springs forth from the ashes when you lean on your faith in whatever suffering you are facing. Website: www.MOREwithBrookeMartin.com Instagram: instagram.com/brookemartin.tv Facebook: facebook.com/BrookeMartinMORE Book: Controlled Burn: Rising from the Ashes to Forge an Unshakable Faithhttps://amzn.to/438OsQG Wondering where to get started on your journey towards healing? Join Davey on our next FREE, live Zoom call and find out how you can begin to take back your story and how Nothing is Wasted can help. Sign up today at: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Looking for help in navigating the valley of pain and trauma? Our Nothing is Wasted coaches can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/coaching Want a pathway through your pain? The Pain to Purpose Course can lead you through all you've been through: www.mypaintopurposeplan.com 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.
0:10.2	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.7	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak.
0:23.7	And we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and practical tools for healing.
0:28.8	This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story.
0:36.5	Because with him, nothing is wasted.
0:39.5	I'm your host, Davey Blackburn.
0:42.9	Hello and welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted podcast.
0:46.4	I'm so glad that you're joining us this week for another great episode, another great
0:50.8	conversation.
0:52.6	Today, we've got a new friend of mine named Brooke Martin
0:56.9	on the podcast, joining us. She's sharing her story with us and talking about her latest books
1:02.6	called Controlled Burn, Rising from the Ashes to Forge an unshakable faith. Brooke is an Emmy
1:10.4	award-winning anchor and reporter.
1:13.5	She actually hails from my hometown, Indianapolis, Indiana, where we are stationed and
1:19.5	located.
1:20.7	And so she's been, we've been around the same circles for a while.
1:23.6	This is the first time, though, that when I sat down to have this conversation with her,
1:26.6	that I actually met her and had heard about her and seen some of her work and got an
1:32.5	opportunity to really sit down and have a really rich conversation. And just, I mean, what God
1:40.4	has brought her through and what he is doing in her and through her in the midst of all of this is just amazing.
1:48.0	She's going through a really hard story.
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