Episode 422 - The Bible Is For You in Suffering with Amanda Bible Williams

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

What does the gospel speak into our suffering? How can the Bible anchor us with hope in our deepest pain?Author and co-founder of She Reads Truth, Amanda Bible Williams has helped countless people understand the importance of Scripture in their everyday lives. But it was through her own journey—adoption and raising a medically fragile child—that God’s Word became even more personal and powerful. As she parents her son Toby, who has faced significant medical challenges due to congenital heart issues, and as she has walked through other profound losses, Amanda has returned again and again to God and His Word to find the strength and hope she needs to keep moving forward. Her latest book, The Bible Is for You: A Devotional Journey Through Every Book of the Bible, co-written with She Reads Truth co-founder Raechel Myers, guides readers through every book of Scripture and reveals the unchanging truth that transcends our circumstances.In this honest conversation, Davey and Amanda discuss the unique challenges parents of medically fragile children face, how to encounter God in the midst of suffering, and why the Bible is essential when we find ourselves in life’s valleys.If you’ve struggled to read the Bible—especially in seasons of difficulty or pain—this episode invites you to discover the comfort and steady hope that await when you immerse yourself in the timeless truths of Scripture. Website: https://shereadstruth.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/biblewilliams Book: The Bible Is for You: A Devotional Journey Through Every Book of the Biblehttps://amzn.to/4gSNtKL She Reads Truth Spiral Bound Notetaking Bible https://www.shopshereadstruth.com/products/preorder-she-reads-truth-spiral-bound-notetaking-bible-five-volume-set Not living the story you expected? Pain changes us but doesn't have to define us. Find out how to begin your healing journey today: nothingiswasted.com/starthere Are you ready to add trauma informed care into your church, career, or life? Join our Biblical Trauma Care Specialist Course today and help others heal: nothingiswasted.com/btcs Looking for help in navigating the valley of pain and trauma? Our Nothing is Wasted coaches can help: nothingiswasted.com/coaching 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, Davey Blackburn.
0:44.8	Hey friends, welcome back to the Nothing is Wasted podcast. Hey, before we jump into today's interview,
0:56.2	uh, sometimes the hardest part of a story and what I do in helping people tell their stories
1:03.5	is just getting to the moment where you can finally tell it, where you can finally release it.
1:09.0	Amanda Williams, who's my guest today,
1:11.3	and I tried to record this conversation not once, not twice, but three times.
1:16.6	And due to multiple reasons, tech issues, obstacles, delays, reschedules,
1:21.2	the whole nine yards.
1:23.3	We struggled to actually get this thing down.
1:27.6	And then when we did, we had some tech issues that we had to really try to clean up.
1:31.4	But honestly, it became the perfect metaphor for what we talk about today.
1:36.5	And that is perseverance when life keeps interrupting your plans.
1:40.4	And what does it look like to keep showing up anyway?
1:43.7	Galatians 6.9 tells us, do not grow weary and
1:47.4	well-doing. For at the proper time, you will reap a harvest if you do not give up. I'm trusting
1:54.5	that this conversation today is a harvest in your heart, in your soul, in your your life because we didn't give up.
2:03.2	And for many of you who are listening, your story, it doesn't feel neat.
2:06.9	It doesn't feel linear.
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