July 3, 2023 • 17 mins
Beginning the Covid Conversations thread. Musing through the ongoing conversation of being enough.
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(00:01):
It was the beginning of COVID,or maybe a few months into COVID,
and I noticed some post on Facebookor maybe with text. I can't remember
how it started, but I reachedout to some colleagues and one woman responded,
(00:28):
and eventually her sister joined the conversationand we began to do some digging,
some deep digging into the emotional mentalmindset about the isolation and where do
(00:52):
we go from here and what doesnext look like. So I've been going
by through the notebook where I keptnotes, and they're all over the place.
There was no structure. I wasjust grabbing them as we talked,
pulling them up as we talked.I think we talked once or twice a
(01:14):
week, I can't remember, untileventually the time just kind of faded away
as we began to get back intothe swing of things, so to speak,
which meant we didn't have the timewe once had to connect. But
those conversations were rich, and theywere challenging, and they were thought provoking.
(01:38):
And I think I mentioned on thelast podcast that I would be sharing
some thoughts from what I am callingCOVID conversations, And what I found tonight
was I don't know if I'd callit poetry, but just some things too
(01:59):
met it had on and to museon as we ponder what does it mean
to be enough? Hang in there. This is a woman's place, girl
Get up. I never say thisis Donna and welcome to a woman's place.
(02:54):
Girl get up, But this isDonna and welcome to a woman's place.
Girl Get up. So you mayhave seen periodically, you've heard talks
or sermons or motivational speeches, oryou've read things and maybe even had conversations
(03:22):
with friends, sister girlfriends about enough, I am enough, And of course
it all boils down to what doesit mean when I say I am enough?
I am enough of what, Iam enough for what I am enough
(03:47):
because I am enough? And it'sprobably an ongoing conversation. I think this
idea I am enough really has todo with the ins securities that dwell in
us, the insecurity about how welook, how we sound, how smart
(04:12):
we are, where we live,what we have, and so we have
to remind ourselves, convince ourselves.Dare I say that that we are enough?
Rather than just tapping into who weare, getting to know ourselves from
the inside out, not allowing ourselvesto be defined by others, but defining
(04:40):
ourselves through the lens of who weare and through God's lands. What does
he say about me as a believer, a follower of Christ? What does
the expectation for me as a believer, a follower of Christ? What does
(05:01):
he say about me? Because whenI tap into what God says about me,
I also began to see how Hehas wired me and to get to
that place of appreciating how I amwired. And I think we missed that
(05:24):
a lot because we're so busy comparingour wiring to someone else's. And when
our wiring is a deficit in comparisonto someone else's wiring, then we come
right back to this thing of amI high enough? Will I ever be
(05:45):
enough? So that's what the COVIDconversations really were about, that digging deep,
discovering, allowing the conversations to bringto the surface things that maybe we
had never really even thought about.That's why I'm excited to go back to
the notes and try to make somesense out of them again, because I
(06:09):
was just grabbing pieces here and piecesthere, and pieces because the conversation was
so rich that I was not thereto take notes. I was there to
be a part of the conversation,but writer that I am, I also
(06:29):
wanted to capture those notes to goback and revisit them. We did it
on zoom, so we were faceto face, but we were transparent without
embarrassment or hesitancy. And I probablythat my two sister girlfriends was blessed by
(06:55):
the conversations, encouraged and strengthened bythe conversations as I was. So I
ran across this piece in the book, written some time after the conversations the
COVID conversations ended. But I findit intriguing, and so I wanted to
(07:21):
share what I wrote, and youcan think on it as I read it.
I am enough even when I'm not. I am brilliant even when I'm
(07:46):
not. I am afraid even whenI am courageous. I am silent even
when I speak. I am strongeven when I am weak. I am
free now, I am full ofeven when I am empty. I am
(08:07):
ignorant even when I'm learning. Iam free even when I struggle. I'm
desserning even when I don't understand.I am deaf even when I hear.
I am because God is. Iam so you might say that doesn't make
(08:41):
any sense. How can you beenough even when you're let even when you're
not, because those insecurities that justaren't there to remind you that's not a
hundred percent over there. I say, acknowledge what isn't, but move and
(09:07):
what is? I am not evenwhen I'm not. I am brilliant even
when I'm not there. I'm momentswhen it's just sparkle and shine and fireworks
brilliance. But I'm not always brilliant, so that would be those moments of
(09:30):
dull and tarnish and boredom or boring. So I'm brilliant even when I'm not.
I'm afraid even when I'm courageous,because it is the cog those who
are courageous who move forward in spiteof the fear. You can be courageous
(09:58):
and happy you're at the same time, but the courage overrides the fear.
I'm silent even when I speak,because I don't say it all. I
don't tell it all, I don'tshare it all. I'm strong even when
I'm weak. I was doing astudy last year and the definition of meekness
(10:26):
came and it was strength under controlmeekness, strength under control. I think
I've gotten that right. I needto go back and revisit my notes.
So to be meek is not tobe what's the opposite of strength, No
(10:48):
strength. To be meek is strengthunder control. You're not lashing out,
you're not fashing out, you're notfashing back. You're under control. You
have the strength, you have thewherewithal, but you've reined it in and
it's under control. I am fulleven when I'm empty. I can pour
(11:13):
out, but if I'm not receivingit, if it's not being poured back
into me. I am pouring out, but I'm empty because I'm not getting
it back. I am ignorant evenwhen I'm learning. I'm always learning.
We're always learning. Ignorant is nota bad word. It just means you
(11:37):
don't know. So there are somethings I still do not know, but
I'm learning, So I can beignorant and learning. We don't all have
that one hundred percent knowledge of everything, although I suppose there could be some
geniuses out there that are pretty close. Perhaps I am free even when I
(12:00):
struggle. Scripture says, if theSun therefore shall make you free, you
shall be free indeed that will comechallenges to my freedom, things that would
want to put me in bondage,and I must remember I am free and
I will not be ensnared by thosethings. Going right back to I am
(12:26):
enough that point out, who doyou think you are? I am deserning
even when I don't understand. Ican figure some things out. I have
the gift of discernment. I knowwhat feels right and what doesn't feel right.
(12:48):
But there are moments when I don'tunderstand what I am descerning. I
don't understand. I don't get it. I see it, I don't get
it. I don't see the why. I don't see the how. I
don't see the what. But I'vedeserved that there's something going on there.
(13:09):
But I don't understand why that somethingis going on. I am deaf even
when I hear. I you know, we have selective hearing. We hear
what we want to hear, andso there will be moments when I do
hear physically, but I turned adeaf ear to it. I refuse to
(13:35):
understand it. I refuse to acknowledgeit. I pretend I don't get it.
But the bottom line is even noI am because God is It's called
me out of darkness into his marvelouslife to show forth his praises. I
(13:58):
am because God is is. I'ma part of the family of God.
God so loved me. I knowwhat it says, but I'm just making
it personal. God so loved Donnathat he gave his only God and son,
that if Donna believes in him,she will not perish, but have
ever lasted life. I am becauseGod is, God is loved, God
is grace, God his mercy,God is compassion. It's also just we
(14:22):
can't forget that part. And becauseGod is I am. I am becoming
every day, I'm becoming more likethe Donna God has wired me to be
(14:43):
and always get it right. Idon't always take the right step, but
make the right decision to say theright word. But I am enough because
(15:03):
God is so I just wanted toshare that with you, thoughts, ponderings,
drop my pen, my apologies,and eventually, not eventually, I'm
gonna go back through my notes andI am going to compile some things from
(15:31):
my COVID conversations that were so invigoratingand so challenging and so necessary. Well,
thank you for listening in join menext time we dive into the Covid
conversations. Until that time, theLord bless you and keep you. The
(15:54):
Lord make his face to shine uponyou. Be gracious unto you. The
Lord live tis countenance upon you andgive you peace. Or as we used
to do in the olden days ofthe Lord, watch between me and thee
when we are absent one from another. I pray all of this for you,
(16:14):
wherever you may be in the world, in the name of Jesus.
Until next time. This is Donna, a woman's place. Girl. Get
up, God bless
It was the beginning of COVID,or maybe a few months into COVID,
and I noticed some post on Facebookor maybe with text. I can't remember
how it started, but I reachedout to some colleagues and one woman responded,
(00:28):
and eventually her sister joined the conversationand we began to do some digging,
some deep digging into the emotional mentalmindset about the isolation and where do
(00:52):
we go from here and what doesnext look like. So I've been going
by through the notebook where I keptnotes, and they're all over the place.
There was no structure. I wasjust grabbing them as we talked,
pulling them up as we talked.I think we talked once or twice a
(01:14):
week, I can't remember, untileventually the time just kind of faded away
as we began to get back intothe swing of things, so to speak,
which meant we didn't have the timewe once had to connect. But
those conversations were rich, and theywere challenging, and they were thought provoking.
(01:38):
And I think I mentioned on thelast podcast that I would be sharing
some thoughts from what I am callingCOVID conversations, And what I found tonight
was I don't know if I'd callit poetry, but just some things too
(01:59):
met it had on and to museon as we ponder what does it mean
to be enough? Hang in there. This is a woman's place, girl
Get up. I never say thisis Donna and welcome to a woman's place.
(02:54):
Girl get up, But this isDonna and welcome to a woman's place.
Girl Get up. So you mayhave seen periodically, you've heard talks
or sermons or motivational speeches, oryou've read things and maybe even had conversations
(03:22):
with friends, sister girlfriends about enough, I am enough, And of course
it all boils down to what doesit mean when I say I am enough?
I am enough of what, Iam enough for what I am enough
(03:47):
because I am enough? And it'sprobably an ongoing conversation. I think this
idea I am enough really has todo with the ins securities that dwell in
us, the insecurity about how welook, how we sound, how smart
(04:12):
we are, where we live,what we have, and so we have
to remind ourselves, convince ourselves.Dare I say that that we are enough?
Rather than just tapping into who weare, getting to know ourselves from
the inside out, not allowing ourselvesto be defined by others, but defining
(04:40):
ourselves through the lens of who weare and through God's lands. What does
he say about me as a believer, a follower of Christ? What does
the expectation for me as a believer, a follower of Christ? What does
(05:01):
he say about me? Because whenI tap into what God says about me,
I also began to see how Hehas wired me and to get to
that place of appreciating how I amwired. And I think we missed that
(05:24):
a lot because we're so busy comparingour wiring to someone else's. And when
our wiring is a deficit in comparisonto someone else's wiring, then we come
right back to this thing of amI high enough? Will I ever be
(05:45):
enough? So that's what the COVIDconversations really were about, that digging deep,
discovering, allowing the conversations to bringto the surface things that maybe we
had never really even thought about.That's why I'm excited to go back to
the notes and try to make somesense out of them again, because I
(06:09):
was just grabbing pieces here and piecesthere, and pieces because the conversation was
so rich that I was not thereto take notes. I was there to
be a part of the conversation,but writer that I am, I also
(06:29):
wanted to capture those notes to goback and revisit them. We did it
on zoom, so we were faceto face, but we were transparent without
embarrassment or hesitancy. And I probablythat my two sister girlfriends was blessed by
(06:55):
the conversations, encouraged and strengthened bythe conversations as I was. So I
ran across this piece in the book, written some time after the conversations the
COVID conversations ended. But I findit intriguing, and so I wanted to
(07:21):
share what I wrote, and youcan think on it as I read it.
I am enough even when I'm not. I am brilliant even when I'm
(07:46):
not. I am afraid even whenI am courageous. I am silent even
when I speak. I am strongeven when I am weak. I am
free now, I am full ofeven when I am empty. I am
(08:07):
ignorant even when I'm learning. Iam free even when I struggle. I'm
desserning even when I don't understand.I am deaf even when I hear.
I am because God is. Iam so you might say that doesn't make
(08:41):
any sense. How can you beenough even when you're let even when you're
not, because those insecurities that justaren't there to remind you that's not a
hundred percent over there. I say, acknowledge what isn't, but move and
(09:07):
what is? I am not evenwhen I'm not. I am brilliant even
when I'm not there. I'm momentswhen it's just sparkle and shine and fireworks
brilliance. But I'm not always brilliant, so that would be those moments of
(09:30):
dull and tarnish and boredom or boring. So I'm brilliant even when I'm not.
I'm afraid even when I'm courageous,because it is the cog those who
are courageous who move forward in spiteof the fear. You can be courageous
(09:58):
and happy you're at the same time, but the courage overrides the fear.
I'm silent even when I speak,because I don't say it all. I
don't tell it all, I don'tshare it all. I'm strong even when
I'm weak. I was doing astudy last year and the definition of meekness
(10:26):
came and it was strength under controlmeekness, strength under control. I think
I've gotten that right. I needto go back and revisit my notes.
So to be meek is not tobe what's the opposite of strength, No
(10:48):
strength. To be meek is strengthunder control. You're not lashing out,
you're not fashing out, you're notfashing back. You're under control. You
have the strength, you have thewherewithal, but you've reined it in and
it's under control. I am fulleven when I'm empty. I can pour
(11:13):
out, but if I'm not receivingit, if it's not being poured back
into me. I am pouring out, but I'm empty because I'm not getting
it back. I am ignorant evenwhen I'm learning. I'm always learning.
We're always learning. Ignorant is nota bad word. It just means you
(11:37):
don't know. So there are somethings I still do not know, but
I'm learning, So I can beignorant and learning. We don't all have
that one hundred percent knowledge of everything, although I suppose there could be some
geniuses out there that are pretty close. Perhaps I am free even when I
(12:00):
struggle. Scripture says, if theSun therefore shall make you free, you
shall be free indeed that will comechallenges to my freedom, things that would
want to put me in bondage,and I must remember I am free and
I will not be ensnared by thosethings. Going right back to I am
(12:26):
enough that point out, who doyou think you are? I am deserning
even when I don't understand. Ican figure some things out. I have
the gift of discernment. I knowwhat feels right and what doesn't feel right.
(12:48):
But there are moments when I don'tunderstand what I am descerning. I
don't understand. I don't get it. I see it, I don't get
it. I don't see the why. I don't see the how. I
don't see the what. But I'vedeserved that there's something going on there.
(13:09):
But I don't understand why that somethingis going on. I am deaf even
when I hear. I you know, we have selective hearing. We hear
what we want to hear, andso there will be moments when I do
hear physically, but I turned adeaf ear to it. I refuse to
(13:35):
understand it. I refuse to acknowledgeit. I pretend I don't get it.
But the bottom line is even noI am because God is It's called
me out of darkness into his marvelouslife to show forth his praises. I
(13:58):
am because God is is. I'ma part of the family of God.
God so loved me. I knowwhat it says, but I'm just making
it personal. God so loved Donnathat he gave his only God and son,
that if Donna believes in him,she will not perish, but have
ever lasted life. I am becauseGod is, God is loved, God
is grace, God his mercy,God is compassion. It's also just we
(14:22):
can't forget that part. And becauseGod is I am. I am becoming
every day, I'm becoming more likethe Donna God has wired me to be
(14:43):
and always get it right. Idon't always take the right step, but
make the right decision to say theright word. But I am enough because
(15:03):
God is so I just wanted toshare that with you, thoughts, ponderings,
drop my pen, my apologies,and eventually, not eventually, I'm
gonna go back through my notes andI am going to compile some things from
(15:31):
my COVID conversations that were so invigoratingand so challenging and so necessary. Well,
thank you for listening in join menext time we dive into the Covid
conversations. Until that time, theLord bless you and keep you. The
(15:54):
Lord make his face to shine uponyou. Be gracious unto you. The
Lord live tis countenance upon you andgive you peace. Or as we used
to do in the olden days ofthe Lord, watch between me and thee
when we are absent one from another. I pray all of this for you,
(16:14):
wherever you may be in the world, in the name of Jesus.
Until next time. This is Donna, a woman's place. Girl. Get
up, God bless
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