Podcast: Play in new window
Do you ever find yourself wondering what’s so special about you?
Do you ever get frustrated because you don’t have all the answers to why you do what you do, feel what you feel, or think what you think?
Do you celebrate your physical makeup or do you find yourself lamenting the way you are made instead?
You and I were made to be marvelous. However, many women I know become frustrated with their complexities instead of celebrating and embracing their unique God-given design. How do we believe in our “marvelous” makeup even when there are parts of us that we haven’t quite figured out or might not even like? Today I’m joined by two great women as we talk about what it means to have a healthy attitude and self-respect for how God made us.
My special guests Wynter Pitts and Shanterra McBride are helping me talk about this topic of embracing your God-given design. God has designed us as unique and complex beings. Psalm 139 says: Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous–how well I know it. But what does it mean to be made to be marvelous? And what does it take to encourage other women or even young girls in your life to believe in their unique and wonderful design? We’re answering those questions and more.
If you caught this conversation live on Facebook, trust me, you’ll want to listen again and if you missed it you’re in for a treat!This podcast is also available in video form. You can watch it by clicking the photo below.
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- Do you struggle with believing that you were made to be marvelous?
- How do you embrace your God-given design?
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Highlights for Today’s Episode:
- Embracing your God-given design
- Understanding the complexity of you
- Daily practices for building confidence
==> Quotes from today’s show {Click to tweet}
- “You are a marvelous work in progress and it’s okay to be in progress.” – @chrystalhurst
- The only way to fight a lie is with truth – @forgirlslikeyou
- You can’t pour something into someone else that you don’t have in yourself – @shanterraMcB
- “I have worth – even if there are some things I’m still trying to figure out.” – @chrystalhurst
- Each of us are marvelously and wonderfully complex. – @shanterraMcB
- “Sometimes you have to walk like you’re marvelous while you wait on the marvelous.” – @chrystalhurst
==>Resources from Today’s Show
- Youtube Video of today’s podcast
- Connect with Wynter at Forgirlslikeyou.com, on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook
- Connect with Shanterra at Marvelousuniversity.com, on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook
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Thanks for today!! I have a 4year boy and a 8 month girl old but this emotional roll-a-coaster sounds just like my 4 year old so thank you for this advice of not taking it personally. Also valuable advice for my daughter.
Yes. That advice was the best! Hope it continues to be a blessing to you. Thanks for tuning in.
Wow…. you ladies hit many nails on the head!! My daughter is 20 and I am starting to see some of the fruit from raising her to feel marvelous! But it is still a daily struggle to feel marvelous myself as I walk into my mid-50’s and see things starting to sag and not work correctly! The day after I listened to this podcast, my verse-of-the-day was: I Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” What another sweet reminder. I have 3 MARVELOUS sticky notes up !
Beautiful podcast! I love that “it’s not over. .don’t be so hard on yourself “, “you were born to mother her”. And my favorite from last time, “ACT AS IF “..has really blessed me.
I am the same young woman whose husband broke his neck in September.
An update on continuing praising God and living “AS IF” my husband is already completely healed and restored: I am proud to share that just last Thursday, his feeding tube was removed and he is now eating by mouth! Glory to God! Little by little, God is working miracles! Still holding strong to my confidence in God!
” You were born to mother her” really encouraged my heart as I struggled raising my now 18 year old firstborn daughter. I am soon to be 38 on the 20th of this month, my twin sister and I. Whoop whoop!!
I was 20 , a single mom,and in my freshman year in college, when I gave birth to my daughter. I dropped out a year later to raise her. I have made many mistakes in being a good example in front of her and have had to go back on many occasions to apologize to her.
For so long I have been stuck dwelling in my faults and living under the bondage of fear to “am I sowing what I reaped”, judging and “reliving ” my mistakes and expectations through her ( cancelling out the positive )from my earlier years B.C (before Christ) and let’s be honest, A.C,(after Christ ) causing me to be over reactive in my judgments and criticism of her.
She also just announced over the weekend, with the aid of my sister, that she is pregnant. Which about killed me as I remember how difficult it is and I certainly didn’t want her to follow in my footsteps. And at only 38 years old, I certainly wasn’t planning on being a grandmother this early! Heck, I just gave birth 11 months ago to her baby sister! !!
Clawd, haf mercy on me! ! Lol!
She was afraid that I would put her out as I had told her that I would a year ago or so, if she just wanted to party her life away, not do well in school and live as if she were grown. I do believe in tough love when it becomes necessary, but I’m GRATEFUL to God for the work that He’s been doing in my heart since my husband’s fall and for this podcast, to help me “bring it in” and learn to balance discipline with making sure that I am not disciplining out of my own fears.
But, rather to adopt the attitude and mindset that not only am I privileged, but I was “BORN to mother HER”,not someone that I want her to be based on my comparing her to someone else’s straight A, perfect child or even to her younger sister, who IS making straight A’s and seems to be the future entrepreneur in the family. But to HER also ,with her own individual and unique purpose and journey. And to cover her while she’s making her own choices.
So, she can stay. My parents didn’t kick me out. I’m sure they felt like it some days. .:-)
After this podcast and with the daily help of the Holy Ghost, I am resolving to surrender bitterness, resentment, regret , unthankfulness, belittling myself and her anymore for any mistakes that we will make , in exchange for openness to learning, gratitude, celebration and encouragement while we’re becoming who God intended for us to be.
Thank God that there’s more to us than just the “bad” or “good ” . And with that, He sent Grace and Mercy – Jesus Christ!
I also thank God for the confirmation through this podcast as He has had me in the 139th Psalm for the past few days and I am still there until what He says about me becomes more alive in my spirit and TRUE in my daily walk.
He’s so amazingly GOOD!
As last time, I apologize for being so long winded ( I don’t want to be banned -lol!)- you ladies just inspired me so much!
Thank you!
Jan.
Thanks for sharing your testimony! I am a single mama at 30! I have a beautiful baby girl. I say this because at 30 with a B.A and M.A under my belt I still do not want my daughter to follow in my footsteps. I pray she is married for I no the hardship as a single mama who is pretty established. Taking notes from your lessons on your motherhood journey I will let met baby girl live her life as well. PS… I look at some teen moms and they seem to have it down better then me! LOL
Is your grand baby here yet? How is your hubby neck? Hope your well! Im new to the podcast so catch up on shows from the past. IT was a blessing to see your comment today. Stay blessed!