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Have you ever felt left out? In this episode, Jan Johnson talks with Joanna Immanuel (from Germany) and Angie Clayton, editor of the anthology Chosen, Sacred Journeys with a Faithful God, about how God turns the hard places of our lives into places of calling.

Joanna shares how an acorn and Isaiah 61 reshaped her view of the “dirt” in her story, and how being called forth by God healed the little girl who felt she never measured up. 

Angie explores the great exchange, beauty for ashes, and why the comfort we’ve received is meant to be shared. 

Then hear Joanna’s remarkable airport story that taught her to give thanks in every circumstance.

If you’ve been holding your pain with a closed fist, this conversation invites you to open it.

As a passionate writer and author whose heart is to scribe God’s Papa-heart (www.rewritten.life), Joanna’s desire is to see writers and scribes released to co-author their books with God. 

She is the creator of the online course WRITE YOUR BOOK WITH GOD, and the founder and host of both the virtual INKLINGS “Balloon Ride with God” Writers’ Retreats and a free live Zoom meeting that invites you to "Write with God for 33 minutes daily" on weekdays and encounter God in each of your writing times.
 
 Joanna is a born and trained language teacher (K5-12) and lecturer (Developing English Skills). She has also been trained and certified in counselling and SOZO tools.
 
 In her free time, Joanna loves traveling the world together with her beloved husband, playing with her two tomcats and cultivating her garden.
 Joanna Immanuel (www.rewritten.life) is the author of: 
 
 • Rewritten Life. COME AND SIT WITH ME FOR A WHILE https://amzn.to/3ZGwZfj
 Love Letters from a Lavishly Loving God 
 
 • Speak Only One Word – A true story https://amzn.to/3yB6yvC
 
 • Write with God for 33 minutes daily Join our FREE daily Zoom writing sessions at 10:30 a.m. EST
 
 • Write Your Book With God online course – www.writeyourbookwithgod.com
 
 • Contribution to Angie Clayton's latest volume: "Chosen: Sacred Journeys with a Faithful God" --> Chapter: "Chosen. Beloved All Along"

Isaiah 61:3: “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.” 

2 Corinthians 1:4: “Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort whitch we ourselves are comforted of God.” 

1 Thessalonians 5:18: “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 

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Chapter Markers

00:00  Welcome: Meet Joanna, Angie, and the Chosen anthology
 01:26  Feeling left out: the child who never felt good enough
 01:54  Isaiah 61 and the acorn that holds an oak tree
 04:17  Dirt, hiding, and the seed the squirrel buries
 05:00  Jesus' mission: roots down, then called forth
 06:26  "God must have had a really good day": words that heal
 08:12  Angie jumps in: garland instead of ashes (Isaiah 61:3)
 11:04  Ashes can't reignite: open hands and the crown
 11:51  Incense: worshiping God while things burn down
 13:07  David, the overlooked one God chose
 14:07  Days written before we were born, and not looking back
 14:58  The year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance