A co-worker of mine was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer. She is a mother of three small children. She is also a believer in Jesus Christ. Throughout her treatments, she did not complain or ask questions like “why me?” but rather she did what she had to do quietly and patiently.
During and after her treatments, as many experience, she lost most of her natural hair. She wore a wig to hide her baldness, but it wasnt’ for her benefit rather for ours. Others going through the same situation were more concerned over their loss of hair. It was devastating to them, being robbed their natural beautiful hair. This had quite an impact on my co-worker friend.
When she herself began growing hair again, she made a commitment to give back to others. She sommitted to growing her hair long only to cut it off and donate to a wig making companies serving cancer patients. In this way, she could ease the pain of others by supplying them what they lacked during their ordeal. Who better knows what a cancer patient goes through than someone who has already gone through it. God never wastes a hurt. He uses it for good. He certaintly did with my friend.
This woman is a woman of influence. God uses all things for good to those who love God and are called according to His purposes. This woman used her influence to bring hope to others. She inspires others to do the same.
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Most authors dream of selling a million copies of their books …
Joyce is a bit different.
Of her first book in E-Book format.
Chili and Chocolate Cake is not your average inspirational book; and is as unique as the title. The author shares her message of forgiveness, restoration, and hope for hurting women– especially those who have experienced the loss of a child through abortion, miscarriage, or stillborn birth. This book is a shining testimony to the power of God to heal the broken heart. Author Joyce Schneider’s dramatic life and the miraculous change from a tortured young women to a great woman of God will encourage every reader. God even used the stablilty gained from preparing chili and chocolate cake to weave the thread of His grace throughout her troubled life. Get ready for an outpouring–from the barren days of the past, to springs of living waters; rivers that will refresh long after you close the pages of this book.
Joyce Schneider is a wife, mother, author and speaker living in Naples, Florida with her husband and sons. Joyce uses her real life experiences to share healing and hope through faith in Jesus Christ.
Joyce has a passion for helping hurting woman, especially those suffering from past abortions, miscarriage or stillborn birth. She understands the hurt left inside from these traumatic events.
Her writings share her experiences in walking out her faith in day to day life; her discovery that God doesn’t want our perfection, but rather our hearts.
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There’s a retired woman I know who possesses wonderful gift and talent of quilting. She loves the creativity that goes into making quilt tops. But she doesn’t just make the top portion she also binds the batting and back of quilt with wonderful edges. Then she uses a long-arm sewing machine to embroider crazy, unique, whimsical quilting stitching patterns onto her wonderful creations. The result is stunning.
When she is not stitching patterns on other people’s quilts, she loves to make scrap quilts. People all over the world send her fabric scraps, already made quilt squares and other left over material. She applies her God-given gift and creates beautiful quilts of all sizes, shapes and colors. She does this for fun!
As you can imagine, her house is filled with the various quilts she has created. You might be wondering what she does with them all. Some quilts are created by request purchased by those who value her talent, but most are made for charity.
On my last visit, she told me she made 25 baby quilts in less than two months, all going to the cancer patients at Choc Hospital. What a blessing for those going through the cancer treatments to have a soft, cuddly, creative quilt to snuggle with!
This woman is known for making quilts at the slightly hint of a need. If ever in conversation she hears of a newborn baby arriving, you can rest assured you’d have a baby quilt to you in seconds flat! In fact, here are two she made for a friend of mine, who recently celebrated twin grandson!
This woman is a woman of influence!
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This is a must see video. Lindsay is a school teacher who has great influence over under prelidged kids in the Bronx. Check it out.
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