Get Real with Meredith

This week I’m talking about the 4 things you think give you freedom but actually do the opposite.

There are ways the enemy deceives us into thinking we have ultimate freedom in things of the world. I want you to be aware of those things so God can lift you out of the deception and intro His truth.Through wisdom from experience and the Word of God, I want to share those four fake freedoms -- from my White House experience, to self-seeking in recovery, to seeking it in weight-loss and eating whatever I want, I want to share with you the things I thought would give me freedom but didn’t.

Scripture

2 Corinthians 3:14-18

John 8:31-32

1 Timothy 4:1-2, 3-4

1 John 4:1-6

1 Timothy 4:6-10

1 Corinthians 6:12

Galatians 5:13-14

My Book is called, "How to Let Go of Your Food and Weight Obsession: A Guide for the Woman who Wants More for Her Life."https://www.amazon.com/How-Let-Go-Weight-Obsession/dp/1949856658/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+to+let+go+of+your+obsession+with+food+and+weight&qid=1688088424&sr=8-1

This week, I’m talking about what God does to make the broken beautiful. Life is messy. Instagram isn’t everyday reality. Things break. We break. We don’t have to pretend we have it all together because the truth is, it’s not being flawless that makes us beautiful. If we bring our brokenness to the Lord he will redeem it and display his glory through the cracks to a broken world. I want you to know the difference between God’s voice and the devil’s voice when you go through something that breaks you. You do not have to be the victim of it forever. I know the Lord wants you to shine your light, even while the enemy tries to get you to hide it. In the church, sometimes women think looking like they have it all together is more important than being vulnerable.

I will reference in Scripture: 

Quotes

“My brokenness is a better bridge for people than my pretend wholeness ever was.” - Sheila Walsh

“Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives.” - Henri Nouwen

“Brokenness is the bow from which God launches the arrow of healing.” - Louie Giglio

Book Resource

“Organic Mentoring: A Mentor’s Guide to Relationships with Next Generation Women.” by Sue Edwards and Barbara Neumann https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Mentoring-Mentors-Relationships-Generation/dp/0825443334

Working with Me

If you’re interested in my personal mentoring, I have a few slots. You can email me here: [email protected]

In the Podcast this week, my goal is to help you see how God’s love can fill in every gap in your heart that your father couldn’t fill. No father is perfect, and we aren’t going to spend our time talking about bad fathers. We’re going to spend our time helping you see how your earthly father is different from your heavenly Father. My goal is to help you heal from whatever hurt is in your heart around this relationship. My prayer is that you let God enter into that wound, where you may have blocked him out because of your earthly father and let him heal you. I’m praying this helps you to come to know the humaneness of your father and come to accept him as he is. We talk about the fear of addressing the father wound and what happens when you feel like God has failed you.

We’re talking about how anxieties and fears can keep us from soaring and how to step out even through the fear.

Have you ever felt like you want to bloom, but you can't quite get there?

Do you know if you have bitter roots? It's hard to tell if you've not addressed them. You have a choice in how to respond to them when they return. You can say, "Oh no, not again," or you can say, "Okay, this keeps coming up. I'm going to deal with it." That's what I want to help you do this week. I want to help you look at these bitter roots and deal with them so you can heal. Why? Because I don't believe God wants you to hold onto them and just let them rot your life. They are weeds you've got to pull up from the root.

Have you ever found yourself putting God in a box? You know - somewhere out of the way because you want to work your plan? I get it and I've been there. I thought God was in a box of “up there, not down here” and I had no idea how to get Him out. That is, until he rescued me from the pit.

It’s funny what happens when you do a podcast on how God pivots you and he pivots you 5 times before you are supposed to go live! The enemy can use things against us. But God can turn it around for good!

I want to tell you about a few pivots the Lord did in my life so you can see how God might be doing them in your life!! Seek the Lord instead of your heart! He’s going to surprise you when it’s not part of your plan!! Listen to what God did through someone I didn’t expect when he pivoted me recently!

Listen in for my challenge to you this week in noticing how God might be pivoting you!

Finally - a post-Mother’s Day note for these women - the ones who think you aren’t a good enough Mom, for the ones who have a great relationship with your mom and for the ones who don’t, for the stepmoms, for the ones who want to be a mom and the ones who are grieving the loss of your mom.

This is the Welcome video for Season #2 of Guiding God's Daughters. It's just a quick message to welcome all of you from Pulse FM and any new listeners!

The journey of infertility is a very difficult one that not many people feel okay talking about freely because it's so personal. This episode is in honor of National Infertility Awareness Week. It's dedicated to every woman who is in this season and every one who's ever been through it. You are a warrior.