25: Navigating Life’s Hardships – Joy’s Story

Are you ever tempted to give into self-pity, bitterness, or blaming God? In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast we’ll learn how to navigate life’s hardships with God’s help. I’ll be interviewing Joy Schroeder, a delightful and wise woman of God who was tempted by these things when she was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident 29 years ago. Joy was a young wife and mother of two small children at the time of her accident, and she talks about how God helped her in the midst of the struggle. Through God’s grace, she continued active involvement in Chi Alpha campus ministry, home schooled her kids, and developed Tools for Mentoring, a wonderful book that is useful in discipling and personal Bible study. Joy devotes her life to empowering people to run life’s race unencumbered by needless baggage. She is a voracious learner, loves truth, and loves to laugh. She believes that following Jesus is best done together in authentic community. After the interview I got to experience firsthand what a wonderful coach Joy is as she helped me out with a problem I was having. She does do some coaching during the school year, so if you’re interested in that, contact Joy through her website to see if she has any time available. I know you’ll be encouraged by Joy’s story no matter what you’re going through right now. I ordered Joy’s book, Tools for Mentoring, and it looks like it has all kinds of helpful resources in it. The book is over 700 pages long and contains 19 modules you can use for mentoring or personal growth. You can also order the modules individually. Click on the following links for a sampling of Joy’s material: * Time Management * Suffering * The Yielded Life * Sex and Dating * Prayer * Overcoming Sin * Tools for Mentoring (the complete book) How to Listen to the Christian Habits Podcast The easiest way to listen is to subscribe to the podcast on...