First Monday Story: God Prepares You - A Story About the Loss of a Child :: Joni Cheney :: [Episode 347]
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4.9 • 611 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In the midst of intense brokenness, it can be extremely difficult to feel the presence of the Lord. Today's "First Monday Story"is a sweet reminder to recognize that even in the most heartbreaking of circumstances, the Lord is with you.
Joni Cheney, from our community group in Fairhope, Alabama, joyfully expresses her faith and walk with the Lord during the most difficult time of her life. In this hope-filled story, Joni will point you to the unwavering truth found in Deuteronomy 31:8: "The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31:8
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For more information on the Anna Todd Cheney Memorial Foundation, contact Joni at Cheneyfamily3@gmail.com
Listen to a similar story: Brooke Preus- Ep. 291: "Finding Purpose in Suffering- Walking Through a Child's Cancer Diagnosis and Remission"
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| 0:00.0 | It is a blessing to know the Lord and to be comforted by him and have his grace and his love completely poured over you. |
| 0:09.3 | You cannot imagine until you have extreme laws and need the Lord what that does to you. |
| 0:15.8 | Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women are gathering in homes across the country to share stories |
| 0:22.1 | of the hope found in Jesus. I'm Katie Dynne. I'm Robin Cowen. And I'm Lindy Walker and we are your |
| 0:28.1 | podcast host. Happy Monday and welcome back. We have our first Monday story for November. And one thing |
| 0:35.9 | that we like to do on our first Mondays, because we're not |
| 0:38.6 | doing a verse or a challenge, those are on Wednesdays, is we like to remind you how you can |
| 0:43.8 | tap into some of the resources that Storytellers Live Ministry offers. And one of those, you have |
| 0:48.9 | just launched this fall. Our own Robin Cowan, who coaches all of our storytellers, is now offering one-on-one coaching |
| 0:55.8 | for people that want to dive into their story and really practice the art of remembering |
| 1:00.6 | and being able to see where God has shown up in the details of your life. And so we want to |
| 1:05.2 | encourage you to check our show notes and then also our website as you dig into some of these |
| 1:09.9 | resources. And another thing, if you're |
| 1:12.5 | thinking about Bible studies to do in January. That time of year. It's that time of the year that |
| 1:17.1 | many people are thinking about their January studies. We would love for you to consider a when |
| 1:21.4 | God shows up study. We have three of them in the series. We have stories of faith. We have stories |
| 1:26.8 | of freedom and stories of hope. |
| 1:28.9 | It takes our storytellers, ties it directly into scripture. And really it's just a great way that |
| 1:34.4 | we have seen just walls broken down in community as people really dig into these stories and what |
| 1:39.7 | the Lord is speaking to each one of them. So check that out as well in our show notes or go to our |
| 1:44.0 | website at storytellerslive.org. And today we have Joni Chaney's is speaking to each one of them. So check that out as well in our show notes or go to our website |
| 1:44.4 | at storytellerslive.org. And today we have Joni Chaney's story from Fairhope. And first of all, |
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