Episode 131
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In this Episode, I interview special guest Yvette Babs Walker. Yvette is an author, host of the Positively Joy podcast and founder of Positively Joy Ministries. She is a respected Opinion journalist and a former Dean of Students for a journalism college. She is a native of Chicago and lives in the Kansas City area. In our authentic conversation Yvette shares her “Finding Joy in Chaos” transformational God Story about how God showed up in her unfulfilled life and guided her to her calling into ministry and to her Christian husband. She also shares encouraging and ministering scripture and how she found joy and purpose in her chaotic life as she surrendered her will for God’s.
This Episode also shares a mental health tip from our ministry partner and licensed mental health counselor, Sherrie Pucket.
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In This Episode:
- Yvette is an author, host of the Positively Joy podcast, and founder of Positively Joy Ministries.
- She has always enjoyed writing and storytelling. In high school, she took journalism and was one of the editors of the school newspaper and the yearbook. She wrote her first book in 2021.
- When we hear other women telling us things that they are going through, we can appreciate that and feel a connection like we are not alone. We can even get some understanding and perhaps find solutions.
- Yvette shares her “Finding Joy in Chaos” God story.
- Everyone has a testimony, and you do too.
- She and her husband met and were married on Good Friday.
- After attending a retreat, she came back, and she wrote a lot and wrote her devotion and her podcast was created.
- There is real joy to be found living in the father’s love and being obedient to him.
- It is important to get in the Word. That is how he speaks to us. Making time to sit down and read the Bible is really important.
- Peace is a part of joy. They work together.
- You have a testimony, and the Lord is working in you, but sometimes we don’t even know.
Bio
Yvette Walker is the host of the Positively Joy podcast and founder of Positively Joy Ministries atpositivelyjoy.com. Prior to an awakening, she was unfulfilled in general, and not sure why. Does this sound like you? After hearing God’s calling, Yvette started POSITIVELY JOY as a podcast and ministry about the struggle for us to walk in our joy. On the podcast blog, and social media, you can study the Bible, look for God in the commonplace, and find his joy in the details. Yvette published “Journaling His Joy,” and the life lesson-filled devotional “Whispering in His Ear,” among others. She has published a Christian crime novel titled “Sixty.” She can be found on social media at Positively Joy Podcast. Yvette is an Opinion journalist and is a former Dean of Students for a journalism college. She has been inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. She has been a newspaper editor, a news ombudsman, a reporter, and a podcaster and has supervised online content management systems for two websites. She is a native of Chicago and now lives in Kansas City.
Links
Altered Stories Ministry 52-Week Devotional
Altered Stories Show on YouTube
Quotes
- “Joy is not just feeling happy all the time. Joy is not a feeling. It’s faith.” – Yvette Babs Walker
- “When we hear other women telling us things that they are going through, we can appreciate that and feel a connection like we are not alone. We can even get some understanding and perhaps find solutions.” – Yvette Babs Walker
- “Everyone has a testimony, and you do too.” – Yvette Babs Walker
- “There is real joy to be found living in the father’s love and being obedient to him.” – Yvette Babs Walker
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