More Than Fine

When the bottom falls out, all of us inevitably end up asking this question: 

Is God good?

It's a big thing we each have to wrestle with, but the way we move through it is actually bite-sized. In this episode, Michelle shares how she worked through a season of questioning God's goodness, and how taking her questions straight to God revealed the answers she was longing for.

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Do you ever feel like God is mad at you? Like you can never do enough to please Him?

So often when we feel disconnected from God, we do things to try to close the gap. But somehow it never seems to be enough. It seems we'll never measure up.

But what if the things you're doing to reconnect with God are only adding to the disconnection?

Today I'm letting you in on a time in my life when I felt this very same sense of disconnection, and how God showed me HE closes the gap. I also share one simple breakthrough that will allow you to finally believe and know that you ARE deeply loved by God.

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For the longest time after my divorce, I constantly wondered if my life could ever be good again. Do you know what I mean?

There was a time when things seemed to be "fine"- until they weren't. And I wanted so desperately to get back there.

But you know what I found out? Things were never "fine."

And you know what else? "Fine" is actually not good enough. 

God wants you and me to be more than fine.

Michelle shares what's been going on the last few months, and what the new name of the podcast means for you on your journey towards healing, restoration, and wholeness.

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Yes, I bought a wedding dress. No, I am not engaged. Michelle opens up about her journey of waiting to be married, why she bought a wedding dress, and what it means if you are in the middle of a season of waiting on God too.

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We've all heard the verse, "What you meant for evil, God meant for good," but sometimes, we just don't see how that could be possible in our own lives. Nicole Unice shares how Scripture can help us understand what God is doing in our difficult circumstances, and how the stories of others can help us believe that God is remaking our own lives and bringing good through our challenges as well.

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Do you think of yourself as especially compassionate and loyal? Are you frustrated with others who don't seem to return the favor? You may have fallen for the trap of toxic loyalty.

Michelle discusses toxic loyalty (also called toxic empathy) and how it often is a challenge for those who are gifted in generosity and mercy. She shares the common weak spots that lead to toxic loyalty, and how to adjust your patterns to move away from one-sided relationships and move towards mutually beneficial ones.

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Every abuse survivor eventually asks themselves, "Why didn't I see this? How did I miss this?" Once a survivor becomes aware that what they have experienced is abuse, what often follows is a flood of conflicting emotions like fear and shame over not having realized it sooner. Stacey Womack from Abuse Recovery Ministry Services shares why victims don't often recognize they are in an abusive dynamic and why they struggle to find the support they need, especially from the church.

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The hurt and loss we experience in life can destroy our dreams, and cause us to think maybe we just have to take what we can get. Stefanie & Caleb Rouse share how brokenheartedness can cause us to shut down our hearts and start to settle for less than what we really desire. 

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Do your relationships seem to be nothing but an endless trail of toxicity? Michelle discusses how we get sucked into the wrong relationships without realizing it, and why we tolerate toxicity when we don't have to. She also shares 4 snares that may be drawing you into toxic and abusive relationships, and reveals how to avoid attracting toxic people in the future.

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Culture is full of messaging that tells us we can do anything we put our minds to – and yet somewhere along the line, we begin to see that this is just not true. When the circumstances of our lives leave us feeling like we're falling short, the resulting shame and disappointment can be overwhelming. Becky Beresford shares how common cultural expressions meant to empower us can actually leave us feeling very disempowered. She explains how much of the messaging we hear in culture teaches us to be self-dependent, and how liberating it is when weakness and limitation bring us to God-dependency.

Purchase Becky's book, She Believed He Could, So She Did: Trading Culture's Lies for Christ-Centered Empowerment

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