What if your creativity didn’t have to be perfect to be powerful? In this final episode of the Kingdom Creativity series with Charity Williams, we explore what happens when you let go of pressure, partner with heaven, and just create. From a breakthrough moment sparked by the question “Does it have to be a something?” to stories of unexpected impact, this conversation is a reminder that your art — and your voice — doesn’t need perfection to carry Presence.
We talk about the fear and overthinking that sometimes keeps creatives stuck, the freedom to “do it afraid,” and how even a messy yes can activate miracles. Whether it’s a podcast seven years in the making or a painting or song that unlocks healing, this episode will inspire you to kick fear in the face and release what’s inside of you… and ONLY YOU. Because someone out there needs YOUR creative something — even if it doesn’t look to you like anything at all!
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Episode Transcript
It's Friyay, July 11th, and this is Today's Kus Word.
Welcome to Today's Kus Word.
I'm Michele Kus, your spiritualgrowth coach, coming at you
with another Friday episode.
I have my fourth and finalconversation with Charity
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Williams today on kingdomcreativity, and you don't want
to miss it.
Charity (00:26):
I think one of my other mantras is do it afraid, just
do it.
Just do it afraid, you know ifit's terrifying.
You just say yes and moveforward anyway, because God has
a purpose in it and I think whenwe can do it anyway, you know
it's impact like that.
Like not everybody's gonna bewilling to be that vulnerable
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and put their garbage out thereand not like I was, you know,
putting my garbage out there.
But you know what I mean andyou know it's in those places of
vulnerability, as creatives,that we create space for someone
else to go, I'm not alone?
I'm seen, I'm heard, I'm safeand because of that, because
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you're vulnerable, you'rewilling to create that space for
me.
You know I can breathe and Ican go, I'm not alone, I'm not
weird, I'm not messed up, I'mnot too far gone.
You know God is here and he'sencountering my heart and I'm
healed and I'm well and I get tomove from this place because
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I'm seen.
You know I'm seen and he seesme and he loves me and you know
it's just, ah, it just.
It gives me goosebumps, like itjust, he's so good, you know
he's so, so, so good.
So, yeah, I mean there's beentons of testimonies of people
you know receiving things likethat.
One time one of my friends wassuper frustrated with a painting
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.
She's like I'm not a painter,but she was doing it anyway, so
she was doing it afraid.
Going back to that.
You don't have to be good tojust do something.
And she's like I don't knowwhat I'm making, I don't know
what this is, and she alwaystells me and I truly I don't
remember the moment of sayingthis to her, but she's like you
(02:14):
looked me in the eyes and yousaid, Does it have to be a
something?
And she's like, I felteverything break off of me in
that moment.
She's like, I all of a suddenwas like does it have to be a
something?
It doesn't have to be asomething.
I can just play, I can justcreate.
It doesn't have to be anything,it just has to be me and Jesus
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and that's enough.
And she reminds me of thattestimony all the time.
She's like you don't know howmuch I use that.
She's like does it have to be asomething?
It doesn't have to be asomething, it gets to just be an
is, and an is enough to just be.
And so I think that's likeapplicable to, I mean, all of
our lives.
It's like do we have to make asomething?
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Do we have to produce asomething?
You know?
No, we just get to be, we justget to create and be in his
presence and it's enough.
And if it doesn't look likeanything, that's okay.
You know, if it doesn't soundgood, that's okay.
Like the fact that we'repartnering with him and we're
creating with him is enough tobring that breakthrough and to
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bring healing, and I think it itkept me from creating a lot.
Um, it's like, well, if I'mgoing to paint a painting, then
it has to be a masterpiece, hasto be, you know, sell worthy and
good enough, and you knowsomebody would want to buy it.
It needs to be, it needs to begood, it needs to be perfect.
And I got to that point whereI'm like it doesn't, it doesn't
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have to be a masterpiece, itjust has to be a moment with
Jesus and that's enough.
Michele (03:48):
I love that.
Oh, there's so much good stuffin what you said.
Yeah, there's so much freedomin that.
You know, I don't have to beperfect, it doesn't have to be a
thing, and it might not even bea thing to you, but it might be
a thing to someone else whoit's meant for.
You know?
Charity (04:08):
Exactly, yep.
Michele (04:09):
So I just had an experience like that with a song
.
I was writing this song and Idon't know, I was just having
fun with it and my friend hadjust written a book and I threw
her book title into the lyrics.
And, it was just, I was justhaving fun with it and kind of
capturing the essence of thisbook and, um, so I sent the song
(04:31):
to her yesterday actually, themp3 to her, and she couldn't
even get through two lineswithout crying.
She kept texting me like, Youhave no idea how much this means
to me and how it brought upjust kind of some, uh, like she
(04:53):
was missing a friend who hadpassed away, who used to like
play music over her, and thiswas like nobody had ever done
that since she passed away, andthen someone just randomly sent
her a song.
Charity (05:05):
Come on!
Michele (05:07):
So it's like you just don't know how God is going to
work through your creativity.
He'll surprise you.
Charity (05:19):
And I bet you felt nervous to send it to her and
like a little like, is thissilly, is this like you know?
But you did it and like lookwhat happened.
Like when we just do it, brave,we just do it, you know.
Like yeah, that's amazing.
Michele (05:37):
It's just really ministered to her and so, yeah,
we just we just don't know howour stuff is going to impact
people.
Charity (05:47):
Aw, I love that.
Michele (05:48):
Yeah, it's just partnering with heaven.
Charity, what advice would yougive someone who feels maybe
called to write or paint ordance or create or make a
business or write a book, any ofthose creative endeavors but
maybe they're feeling stuck,maybe they feel discouraged,
(06:09):
maybe they're not sure how topartner with heaven.
What advice would you give them, Charity Williams?
Charity (06:17):
I think I think honestly, you know, I think
about why are we stuck?
You know, what are, what are westuck on?
A lot of times it's fear, youknow.
It's fear of the unknown.
A lot of times it's fear, youknow, it's fear of the unknown,
it's fear of what if it fails,what if, what if it, you know,
doesn't look right.
What if, what if, what if?
It's that fear, I think thatthat likes to hold us back.
(06:40):
You know that gets us stuck.
We just get stuck in that cycleof analysis.
You know, for those that areare are analyzers, and they just
think and and they overthink,and they think again, and they,
you know, they get, they getparalyzed with thinking, you
know, and so it's, but it's fear, I think, it's fear based, and
I think, I think the only way tobreak out of that fear is to do
(07:03):
it afraid.
Just jump, you know just jump,just do it.
Like my, my husband, um, forexample, he has had in his heart
this podcast.
He has a podcast now which helaunched it this year.
I'm so proud of him.
But he got the idea about sevenyears ago, um, The Everyday Dad
(07:24):
, and i t's a podcast gearedtowards um, dads and encouraging
dads.
And you know, so often dads arekind of like, you know, loser
dads or you know, like dads arekind of have this stereotypical
loser mindset that the worldkind of puts on.
You know all the TV shows thedads are usually losers, you
(07:44):
know, and or they're drunks orthey're.
You know it's just like thisand he's like, no, like I want
to have, I want to have storiesof like real stories of how dads
dad and what it looks like tobe a dad and be a present dad
and an engaged dad and how doesit feel?
And how does it feel when youmess up and you yell at your kid
(08:05):
and then you go apologize andyou humble yourself.
Like what does that look like?
Like I want to talk to the dads.
And so he's had this in hisheart for about, like I said,
seven years and he is one ofthose guys that gets paralyzed
by overthinking.
You know, he just overthinksand overthinks and overthinks
and worries and overthinks, andbut
Michele (08:26):
I don't know what that's like.
Charity (08:27):
Yeah, I, you know I'm like, oh my gosh! Well I'm, I'm
the crazy one that just jumps inthe deep end and then he always
has to save me.
So he's like he's like what areyou doing now?
And I'm like it'll be fine.
So we're like polar oppositesin that way, and I'm I'm
learning to tame myself and notjust jump at every opportunity,
(08:50):
so that so we're, we'rebalancing ourselves out.
But, um, you know, he launchedit and he and he did it, but
like he did it afraid, you knowhe's, he's just like I'm doing
it, you know, and he just did.
And so, um, you know, and, andthen working out that thing.
So, but I think, I think it'sjust so important to just go.
You know, I say, look fear inthe face and do it anyway.
(09:14):
You know you look fear in theface and you take that step.
You, you push play, you youpush post, you, you know
whatever it is, you you put thatpaper, you know that pencil to
paper.
You, you know, you, you beginthat business, you, you launch
it and you do it not from aplace of fear, but like almost
(09:34):
in spite of fear.
Like fear, you don't have aplace in my life.
So I'm going to say yes, just tolike tick you off, you know.
And it's like, it's like youdon't get to hold me back, like
God didn't give us a spirit offear.
So if I'm feeling fear thenthat's the wrong spirit.
And I'm going to say I'm goingto kick fear in the face and I'm
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going to go anyway.
And I'm going to say I'm goingto kick fear in the face and I'm
going to go anyway, and I'mgoing to go, I'm powerful, I'm
loved and I have a sound mind.
And so I'm going to look fearin the face and I'm going to go,
I'm so powerful because I'mempowered by God.
I'm so deeply loved.
Like I can't fail because Goddoesn't fail so we're, we're
forward and I have a sound mind.
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So when those lies come and theylike to oh, what are you doing?
Who are you?
You're an imposter.
You know.
Everybody's going to know thatyou're not really who you say
you are.
You know, one day, you know.
I have a sound mind, so I'llhave to listen to those things.
And so fear, kick the back door.
You're done.
You know I'm moving forward andI think that that's like the
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biggest part of it is justshaking off that fear and going,
You don't get to hold me, youdon't get to tell me what my
future is, God does.
And from that place sinking in,from that place of identity, I
get to lean in.
I, you know, I get to look atHim and I get to listen and move
forward.
You know, and I get to do thethings.
(11:00):
And as you, you know, I wasreading.
I was reading in Joshua.
Oh, I love it so much.
I was reading in Joshua and inJoshua I don't know what chapter
, I don't know what verse, butlike the theme of it is God
saying, you know, telling Joshua, like, go into the promised
land, and he goes, With your yes, I will defeat the enemies
(11:22):
before you.
And so it was like Joshua's yesactivated that defeat of the
enemies and the enemies weredefeated and if you look it up,
the enemies, the names of thetribes, were like greed and
anxiety and worry and like allof these things that we deal
with in our natural lives.
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And it was like, with Joshua'syes and him moving forward, God
went before him and destroyedall of these enemies and made
the way for them to enter theirpromised land.
And so sometimes we just haveto move, we just have to say yes
, and we move and like, all of asudden, there's a way, you know
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it's the way is made, and Godclears the path and we're like,
oh, I thought this was going tobe so hard, you know.
And you're just like I'm movingforward, like I'm finally
living my dream, because I justgot fed up enough with fear and
I just said doing it anyway, youknow, so do it, anyway, just do
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it.
Michele (12:25):
I love that.
We're going to make thatToday's Kus Word.
Do it afraid.
So that's Today's Kus Word,y'all: Do it afraid.
And there you have it, myfriend.
Do it afraid.
If the enemy has been tellingyou lies about who you're not,
you just remind him of who he'snot.
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And then you get out there andrelease your art, release your
song, release your idea, releaseyour book, release your
business, release your creation,the one only you can do,
because someone somewhere outthere is waiting for you to
release it.
And that is what I got for youtoday, my friend.
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I hope you loved this fourth andfinal part in our Kingdom
Creativity series and, if youdid, make sure you share it with
a friend and make sure youconnect with Charity and
everything she's doing.
Of course, I have dropped allthe links to her website and her
socials down in the Show Notes,so check those out.
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And I've also dropped a link inthe Show Notes to Charity's
husband Tyler's podcast calledThe Everyday Dad Podcast.
She mentioned that podcast ontoday's episode, so make sure
you check that out and sharethat with all the awesome dads
in your life.
So next week I will belaunching into something super
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cool, something brand new,something I've never done before
on this show, but somethingthat is near and dear to my
heart and was actually inspiredby this whole conversation on
kingdom creativity that Charityand I had.
So make sure you're followingthis podcast on your favorite
(14:15):
platform so you don't miss thecool stuff coming up.
Thanks so much for joining metoday and until next time, have
an awesome day.
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