S2 40: From “Woe Is Me” to “Wow” With Judy Squier

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Judy Squier’s life has been marked by overcoming again and again. After being born with no legs, she went on to marry, have three daughters, and self-publish many books. In this interview you’ll hear Judy’s radiant love for Jesus and her attitude of thankfulness for all God has done through her even when it seemed impossible.

Judy Squier Show Notes

Judy’ Website

The Shepherd Showed Up!: How our Family Survived the Valley of the Shadow of Death by Judy Squier

His Majesty In Brokenness by Judy Squier

Living in the Names of God: His Majesty and Me by Judy Squier

Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty by Joni Earekson Tada

Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women.
0:11.1	I'm Sarah Stone Street.
0:12.6	And I'm Erin Kunkel.
0:13.9	Glad you're here.
0:18.7	Welcome to the Strong Women podcast.
0:21.0	Our guest today is Judy Squire, and Judy is a speaker and author of many books.
0:26.5	Most of them talking about her journey with the Lord through joys and sorrows and challenges,
0:33.4	as you'll hear more throughout our time with her today.
0:37.2	And Judy was born without legs, which, of course, you can imagine,
0:40.4	brings a lot of challenges right off the bat from the get-go.
0:43.9	And so we're excited to talk with Judy and share this conversation with you today.
0:49.8	Judy has three daughters and seven grandkids. So we're going to also hear more about them.
0:58.4	And she was married to her husband, David, for just a day or two shy of 50 years before he passed on to be with the Lord right before their golden anniversary.
1:14.4	And so she also talks a lot about how God is faithful even in that sorrowful time of becoming a widow and how he's walked her through in a way
1:20.5	that she's been able to minister to others too going through that. So, Judy, thank you for coming.
1:26.6	I'm thrilled. Thank you. Okay, Judy, so we know that you were
1:31.6	born without legs. So let's start there at your birth. Where were you born? And then did you grow up
1:38.4	in a Christian home? Were your parents Christian? And tell us a little bit about your beginning time.
1:44.7	I was born a Saturday night just past midnight.
1:50.1	And my dad was to preach a sermon the next morning.
1:54.3	Oh.
1:55.5	And dad was in the waiting room and mom was in the delivery room. There was no ultrasound in
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