FJ 50: Amy Breitmann: Broken Roads and How God Makes Us Whole

Amy Breitmann joins me today for the Finding Joy Podcast's 50th episode! Amy is a wife, mother, writer and lover of all things creative (and she will also be speaking at the Woodstock, Georgia Finding Joy Ladies Night Out event on Oct. 7!) Her life and faith were forever changed when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer as a 29-year-old mama-to-be.

As you’ll hear in our conversation today, God has taken Amy's broken road and weaved it into a beautiful ministry. Today The Lydia Project serves thousands of women and their families each year, providing spiritual, emotional, and financial support to women facing any kind of cancer. Amy firmly believes that while God doesn't cause suffering to happen in our lives, He uses every valley to help us learn how to minister to others in their time of need.

"When we find ourselves in a valley, we have a choice to make. We can be bitter or fearful ... or we can look around and say, 'How can I serve and be Jesus to the people who are in this same valley?'" Amy says.

In addition to talking about her experience with cancer and The Lydia Project, Amy and I talk about the importance of living our passions and staying true to who God made us to be — cracks, scars, flaws and all.