Episode 390 - Practicing Defiant Joy in Suffering with Margaret Feinberg

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

How do you find joy when the diagnosis feels devastating? How can you become the joyful person God calls you to be—even in the midst of your deepest pain?Author Margaret Feinberg was nearing the completion of a book on joy when she received a life-altering diagnosis: aggressive cancer. What followed was a profound season of wrestling—an honest, raw search to understand what joy truly means when suffering feels overwhelming. Through that journey, Margaret discovered a deeper, more authentic belief about joy: that it can be a defiant act of worship in the darkest valleys. And when we choose to give joy away—even when we don't feel it—our own joy can begin to grow.In the midst of her pain, Margaret encountered the transformative power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Her latest book, **The God You Need to Know: Experience the Holy Spirit’s Power and Presence Today**, invites readers to experience that same presence no matter what they’re walking through.In this uplifting conversation, Davey and Margaret discuss how to truly show up for others in ways that heal rather than hurt, where joy can be found in suffering, and how to navigate the lingering fear that often follows hardship.If you're in a season where joy feels distant, this episode will encourage you to see that even small acts of sharing joy with others can help awaken it in your own heart as you walk through suffering. Website: https://margaretfeinberg.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/mafeinberg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaretfeinberg/ Book: The God You Need to Know: Experience the Holy Spirit's Power and Presence Today https://amzn.to/4mgi2vl 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.nothingiswasted.com/paintoppurpose 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.
0:43.8	Well, hello, welcome back to the Nothing Is Wasted podcast.
0:46.9	I'm so grateful that you are joining us this week for another incredible, encouraging,
0:53.6	hope-filled, healing-filled episode.
0:57.7	Today we have a new friend of mine named Margaret Feinberg, which many of you guys may be
1:02.8	familiar with Margaret and her work.
1:05.0	She is the host of the popular podcast, The Joycast, and she is a prolific Bible teacher, speaker at churches, conferences, and the creator
1:17.6	of bestselling coloring and creative books for grownups.
1:22.8	Her books include Scouting the Divine, Fight Back with Joy, Taste and Sea, discovering
1:27.2	God among butchers,
1:29.3	bakers, and fresh food makers. And she is a prolific Bible study author. So she writes
1:37.8	Bible studies that correspond with these, and she sold over a million copies. She's received
1:42.3	critical acclaim, extensive media coverage, CNN, the Associated Press, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post.
1:48.3	I mean, she is a decorated Bible teacher.
1:52.1	And she was recently named one of the 50 women most shaping culture in the church today by Christianity Today.
1:57.0	This woman is a, she is a giant in the kingdom of God. And she's releasing a new book
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