August 7, 2025 • 28 mins
What does it really mean to be both strong in faith and fully feminine? In this heartfelt and revealing episode, Dr. Angela unpacks the beauty and boldness of embracing femininity without compromising spiritual depth or leadership authority.
Whether you’re nurturing a family, building a business, or both, this conversation invites you to explore how grace and grit can coexist in the life of a woman of faith. It’s time to rise with intention, lead with softness, and rediscover the sacred power of who you are.
Whether you’re nurturing a family, building a business, or both, this conversation invites you to explore how grace and grit can coexist in the life of a woman of faith. It’s time to rise with intention, lead with softness, and rediscover the sacred power of who you are.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hello, everyone, and thank you so much for joining me
for a Daily Spark with Doctor Angela. I'm your host,
Doctor Angela Budschester. You guys know who I am, and
you know what I like to do on my shows.
Say it with me. I want to enlighten, inspire, and
empower you to become your best self. Now, Scripture reminds
us that the tongue is a small thing that makes
(00:28):
grand speeches, but a tiny spark can set a great
forest on a fire. And that's what we want to
do today. We want to get you fired up about
our topic today. We are talking about faith and femininity,
how godly confidence and womanhood aligne. So you know what
I'm gonna tell you to do. Go on, get comfy,
(00:50):
get cozy, get your coffee or get your tea, because
we are about to get started. Hello, Hello, hello, oh,
thank you so much for joining me here today on
Daily Spark with Doctor Angela. I am really excited about
today because we're going to talk about something that we
haven't necessarily spoken on before, and that is faith and femininity. Now,
(01:13):
today's episode is grounded in the Scripture of Proverbs thirty
one twenty five. She is clothed with strength and dignity.
She can laugh at the days to come. So welcome
back to Daily Spark with Doctor Angela, a place that
I like to think of that is faith fueled, that
(01:34):
keeps you living to be your best self, where we
join together to have our coffee or our tea and
talk about the things that affect us in our day
today living. So today we're getting into something beautiful faith
in femininity. So, ladies, if you shall, let's be real
(01:58):
about who we are are today. Somewhere along the way,
many were taught that being godly meant toning it down.
That if we were to tone down our voice, if
we were to tone down our beauty, if we were
to tone down our confidence, that that's what would make
(02:21):
us the best possible version of ourselves. I know, I know,
I don't know who started that. I don't know whose
idea that was, but so many people share that with
me when they're in counseling and how they have this
internal conflict that they are not someone who is extremely
(02:47):
soft spoken, that speaks just a click above a whisper.
They're not overly loud, don't get me wrong about that either,
but they're just not that soft spoken. Person. Or perhaps
they're the type of woman who likes to wear makeup
or lipstick or have her hair done before she goes
(03:11):
and leaves the house, where others believe that you should
not do those things. Or perhaps you are the woman
that is confadent. You know exactly who you are and
whose you are, and you walk around with it, and
people are constantly telling you to like dampen that, to
(03:34):
turn that down, to dim your light. I know it
has happened to far too many, But here's what I believe,
in my heart of hearts, is that God doesn't ask
you to dimn anything. He designed you to shine with him,
(03:55):
not in spite of him. Proverbs thirty one five says
she is clothed with strength and dignity. She can laugh
at the days to come. That's not just an elegant woman,
but that's a woman that has the power of presence.
(04:17):
God makes everything perfect and true. We are created in
His image. So if that is true, then we will
always be at our best when we seek Him first,
when we make sure that that part of our self
(04:39):
is put forth first. So today we're talking about what
it really means to embody, both spirit and softness, to
embodied purpose and perfume to embody being healed as well
(05:00):
well as being in our heels. You don't have to
pick between being powerful and being feminine. You were built
for both the power and the beauty of both strength
and of softness. Let's unpack that Faith doesn't flatten your femininity,
(05:28):
it fuels it. And femininity isn't just about our style
or our softness. It's about the sacred way that we
move through the world with God. It is the way
in which God allows us to move with that grace,
(05:49):
with the elegance, with the dignity, with the femininity that
was given to a woman. So, whether you are wearing
your red lip or perhaps you are going out today
with a bare face, maybe you chose your sneakers today
(06:11):
instead of your stilettos, your femininity is not a performance.
It's a presence. Here's how we know that it's not
about the costume that we put on, that it's not
the character that we choose to present to the world,
but that it is our true self that is the
(06:35):
presence of God in us. How do we know that
to be true? Ladies, let me ask you this, hasn't
there been a time in your life where you said,
I'm gonna run to the store really quickly and I'm
not going to change clothes. I just have one like jeans,
t shirt, your sneakers or your tennis shoes. You have
(06:56):
your hair and a pony tail or you know, maybe
it's down, but you know, you just kind of have
it back. You don't have any nothing is done, nothing
is polished. Right. You're probably bare faced, or maybe have
some lip gloss on or so, but it is like
bare minimum. You're not all done up the way that
you would be if you were going to work, right,
(07:16):
and you run really quickly to go get some gas,
or you go to the grocery store, or you run
over just to get something really quickly. And how many
times does someone come up to you and say you
are so beautiful? You know, you're really pretty, right, like
they say, they give you a compliment, and in the
back of your mind you go, what, I don't have
(07:39):
any makeup on. This is you know, bummy stuff that
I have on, Like, oh my goodness, I was hoping
no one was going to see me. So it's not
about all of the stuff that we put on. It
is about our countenance. It is our aura that people
(08:00):
are able to see and feel. So when you are
a feminine woman, it doesn't matter if you are all
dalled up or if you are out there bare faced.
They're gonna see the beauty that is in you, which
draws them to the beauty of you. And let's also
(08:25):
remember the beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
What one person might find attractive, another person may not,
which just means that that cup of tea isn't for you,
It's for someone else. It doesn't make that a bad
cup of tea, it just makes it not for you.
(08:46):
So in all of that, I want you to always remember,
however you present yourself to the world, as long as
you are presenting your best in that moment, then people
will be able to see the God that is in you,
because God will go before you. So how can we
(09:08):
look for and express this godly confidence? What does it
look like? And I'm going to give you three ways
that you may be able to recognize it. Number one,
knowing you are a whole without needing approval. Yes, knowing
you are a whole, that you are okay without needing
(09:33):
approval or permission from some one else. Now that's going
to be a real doozy for some people on both
sides of the coin. For some people, it's hard because
they're looking for the validation from others before they themselves
feel validated. The flip side of the coin is there
(09:57):
are some of y'all out there that feel that you
are the judge, that you are the one who gives
the validation, and you are going to run into someone
this week that does not need your approval or your
validation to be okay with themselves if that happens. Again,
(10:18):
it's a two sided coin no matter which side you're on.
You're looking for the validation or you're the one who
gives the validation. When you have that moment where you realize, wait,
I need to take a step back for a moment, No,
that this is a pivot for you. This is the
moment that you're understanding that it doesn't have to be
(10:41):
this way. So know that you are a whole without
anyone else having to tell you that you're okay. If
you understand that your whole because God made you that way,
then that's a whole different understanding. That's a whole different
(11:02):
stride in your walk, that's a different tone in your
speaking because you're already validated by God. Number two. Speaking
with wisdom but also with warmth. Now, this too might
be a difficult one because people like to use that
(11:26):
wonderful catchphrase of well, I'm just trying to tell it
like it is. I'm just giving it to I'm just
giving you the facts. I just want to be honest.
I understand. And you can be honest. You can keep
it real. You can just tell it all without being condescending,
(11:49):
without being degrading, without patronizing. Right like, you can be
this awesome and amazing person and share the story of
yourself and or others, have conversations with yourself and or
others without doing it in a way that alienates, that's polarizing,
(12:12):
or that simply is to try to shame someone else
to make yourself feel or look better. So speaking with
wisdom means that you are sharing the facts. You're sharing
what needs to be shared, but by doing it with warmth,
(12:34):
you are mindful of all parties involved. If you wouldn't
want it done to you, then don't do it to
someone else. If you know that what you're going to
say may have a negative effect on those who hear it,
at least give people a heads up that it's coming. Right, Okay,
(12:56):
you guys, I have something to tell you, and it's
gonna be harsh, race for impact, right and then they're like,
uh oh, here it comes. Then tell them this is
the way it is. And unfortunately I can't keep everyone.
We're gonna have to let someone go, or we're closing
down shop, or we're opening up another branch. So everyone here.
Some people are going to be transferred, whatever it is.
(13:19):
But you have to or you should give people a
little bit of a breather of a moment to gather
themselves before hearing what needs to be said. The other
is walking into a room aware that your light isn't arrogance,
its assignment. Now I can tell you that this has
(13:44):
happened to me personally, that people assumed that I was
one thing or another simply because I was in the room.
Then once they found why I was in the room,
then they felt a little embarrassed because they had not
(14:06):
treated me as the person in the room. So with
that being said, when you see someone just because you
don't know who they are, or because you feel that
they may fit the description of a particular type of person,
(14:28):
perhaps you shouldn't assume you should ask, and that that
allows you to understand what's happening at any given moment.
So because I walked into the room aware of my light,
because I walked in the room aware of who I
(14:49):
am and whose I am, some people didn't understand why
my light was shining so brightly that by time they
left they understood. Now, this is not a brag or
anything like that. It is a matter of fact that
(15:10):
certain people have been placed in your life to help
increase who you are. You have run into someone that
is a resource. You have run into someone that has
been a wealth of information, and it has changed your life.
(15:32):
And if you haven't keep living, you will. You know
so many people. When you sit down and you talk
to successful folks, there is usually a story that they
can tell you about someone who helped them very early
on in their career or that really gave them bits
and pieces of information as a young person, as a
(15:55):
young adult, and it really stuck with them. And because
that conversation was happy, because they were shown something or
allowed to have access to something, their life has changed
for the better. That if they had not had that happen,
they wouldn't be who they are today. So walking into
(16:16):
a room aware that your light isn't arrogance, but that
it's assignment allows you to deliver the message and the
way in which it should be delivered. I also like
to remind folks that many times what you see or
believe is arrogance or cockiness in someone else is really
(16:40):
the trait that you see about yourself that you dislike
that someone else possesses. What do I mean? You thought
that you were the only one who knew about that subject.
Now you don't like Molly because she knows as much
as you do about that subject. You didn't realize that
(17:03):
you aren't the only one who knows about that and
Jake does as well. In fact, Jake has been to
the place he purchased some stuff. He goes back every year,
and he just got back two weeks ago. Right, So
now you feel some kind of way because he's sharing
(17:23):
his experience. Far too often, what we call out in
another person is your behavior as well. You just don't
see it in yourself, not as the negative word that
you have given to another. You don't see it as arrogance.
(17:45):
You see it as confidence. You don't see it as cockiness.
You see it as being determined and assured of your place.
You know what I'm saying. You choose to put a
different label on it because you want it to be
positive for yourself but negative for another. So when we
(18:07):
are looking at how we can operate and how we
are who we are walking in our godly confidence will
look like certain things to you, and perhaps look like
another thing to someone else if they are not balanced,
(18:28):
if they are not viewing you with a lens of
confidence in themselves. How do we know that to be true?
Because a confident woman and who she is and what
she does, can cheer on her fellow sister, can cheer
(18:48):
on her fellow woman simply because that woman is doing
great things. Keep an eye out for those who applaud
for you, those who applaud with you, as well as
those who do not, because each time it tells you
(19:09):
a story about that person. So let's take off the
shame about beauty. You can be a prayer for woman
and be polished. You can love your perfume, but you
can also be bold. You can have your curls or
(19:30):
you can wear your hair straight. The fact of the
matter is this, you can still surrender your life to Christ.
Be surrounded by God and do what you have been
called to do, however that looks for you. So in that,
(19:51):
just be aware that God walks with us. God is
with us in all that we do. This world needs
women who can reflect who God is and what God
is in full color, not just in monochrome. Alrighty, everyone,
(20:15):
it is time for us to take a very short break.
But don't worry. When we get back, we will continue
this conversation. We'll be back right after this discovery, not just.
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Speaker 1 (21:16):
We are back. Thank you so much for joining me
for Daily Spark with Doctor Angela. Today we are talking
about faith and femininity. Let's jump back into that conversation.
So are you realizing that your confidence is calling you
and that you are in fact allowed to be seen?
(21:38):
Then congratulations, I'm so glad that you are coming into
this new knowing. One of the biggest lies whispered to
godly women is this, stay small, stay quiet, don't draw
attention to yourself. But here's the truth. God doesn't bless
you with purpose, so you can hide it. Esther didn't
(22:03):
save her people in secret, Deborah didn't lead from the background,
and Ruth didn't apologize for showing up in Boaz's field.
So confidence isn't arrogance, it's alignment. It's saying God, if
(22:23):
you've placed me here, I am gonna walk like I
belong here because you do. So, Yes, ma'am, go ahead
and show up to that meeting, fully dressed in your excellence.
Smile in your photos, take up space in the conversations,
(22:46):
take up space in your photos. Be feminine, be faithful,
be free to be who God has called you to be.
When we are at our functions, like at our workshops
and classes and trainings, be fun. You don't have to,
(23:08):
you know, just stand there making yourself small. If everyone
has that Tata like pose when you look at those pictures,
what do you say, man, I wish I was there.
That looks like fun Because every woman is shining her light.
And that's what I want to encourage you to do
(23:30):
as well. Because when you embrace your full design, you
give other women permission to do so as well. So please,
by all means, continue to show up and to show
others that it is okay to be how God has
(23:52):
created you. There will be some women who will be
very soft spoken, and if that's what God is called
the to do, then that is what they shall do.
There are going to be some women that have been
called to be loud and bold, and if that's what
God has called them to do, then that's what they
(24:14):
shall do. Or you might be somewhere in between. If
you don't know what is me, I've lost myself along
the way due to some circumstances in life. Ask God
to remind you. Ask God to stir that up in
you once again, to remind you, what does your voice
(24:37):
sound like? What are your thoughts? If we all have
the mind of Christ, then that means that you have
been given a certain task, a certain thing that really
gets you fired up, that keeps you motivated and inspired.
Ask for that once again, and when you do that,
(24:58):
you'll find your new life, or let me say, your
light will be rekindled. You will find your fire again.
You will find that voice that allows you to inspire
others no matter what you do, no matter where you
(25:18):
were or with whom you work. If you were meant
to inspire someone, you are going to, even if it
is in one of the most remote places in the world.
You were placed there for such a time. Walk in
(25:39):
that purpose. So let me leave you with this. The
final word is you are the evidence. If no one
told you today, or maybe no one's told you lately,
let me remind you. You can be godly and gorgeous.
(26:03):
You can be faithful and feminine. You can be powerful
and peaceful, You can be bold and be beautiful. You
are the living, breathing evidence that faith and femininity are
(26:24):
not at odds with each other. They are in alignment
with each other. They don't have to play cosplay. They
in fact coexist in you for a reason. So go ahead,
laugh a little bit louder, choose your favorite shade of lipstick,
(26:50):
say yes to the things that light up your spirit,
and never again apologize for being the woman that God
has called you to be. That is our truth for
today that you are fabulous, you are fierce, and you
(27:12):
are beautifully a woman. Thank you everyone for spending some
time with me here today. On daily spark with doctor Angela.
I hope that I have once again enlightened, inspired, and
empowered you. You could have been anywhere, and you chose
to spend it here today with me, and I thank
you for doing so. As always, may the Lord continue
(27:33):
to shine his face upon you. May you receive his
grace and his mercy in all that you do. Until
next time, everyone remember that you you are blessed in
the Lord. Have a great day everyone, Bye bye.
Hello, everyone, and thank you so much for joining me
for a Daily Spark with Doctor Angela. I'm your host,
Doctor Angela Budschester. You guys know who I am, and
you know what I like to do on my shows.
Say it with me. I want to enlighten, inspire, and
empower you to become your best self. Now, Scripture reminds
us that the tongue is a small thing that makes
(00:28):
grand speeches, but a tiny spark can set a great
forest on a fire. And that's what we want to
do today. We want to get you fired up about
our topic today. We are talking about faith and femininity,
how godly confidence and womanhood aligne. So you know what
I'm gonna tell you to do. Go on, get comfy,
(00:50):
get cozy, get your coffee or get your tea, because
we are about to get started. Hello, Hello, hello, oh,
thank you so much for joining me here today on
Daily Spark with Doctor Angela. I am really excited about
today because we're going to talk about something that we
haven't necessarily spoken on before, and that is faith and femininity. Now,
(01:13):
today's episode is grounded in the Scripture of Proverbs thirty
one twenty five. She is clothed with strength and dignity.
She can laugh at the days to come. So welcome
back to Daily Spark with Doctor Angela, a place that
I like to think of that is faith fueled, that
(01:34):
keeps you living to be your best self, where we
join together to have our coffee or our tea and
talk about the things that affect us in our day
today living. So today we're getting into something beautiful faith
in femininity. So, ladies, if you shall, let's be real
(01:58):
about who we are are today. Somewhere along the way,
many were taught that being godly meant toning it down.
That if we were to tone down our voice, if
we were to tone down our beauty, if we were
to tone down our confidence, that that's what would make
(02:21):
us the best possible version of ourselves. I know, I know,
I don't know who started that. I don't know whose
idea that was, but so many people share that with
me when they're in counseling and how they have this
internal conflict that they are not someone who is extremely
(02:47):
soft spoken, that speaks just a click above a whisper.
They're not overly loud, don't get me wrong about that either,
but they're just not that soft spoken. Person. Or perhaps
they're the type of woman who likes to wear makeup
or lipstick or have her hair done before she goes
(03:11):
and leaves the house, where others believe that you should
not do those things. Or perhaps you are the woman
that is confadent. You know exactly who you are and
whose you are, and you walk around with it, and
people are constantly telling you to like dampen that, to
(03:34):
turn that down, to dim your light. I know it
has happened to far too many, But here's what I believe,
in my heart of hearts, is that God doesn't ask
you to dimn anything. He designed you to shine with him,
(03:55):
not in spite of him. Proverbs thirty one five says
she is clothed with strength and dignity. She can laugh
at the days to come. That's not just an elegant woman,
but that's a woman that has the power of presence.
(04:17):
God makes everything perfect and true. We are created in
His image. So if that is true, then we will
always be at our best when we seek Him first,
when we make sure that that part of our self
(04:39):
is put forth first. So today we're talking about what
it really means to embody, both spirit and softness, to
embodied purpose and perfume to embody being healed as well
(05:00):
well as being in our heels. You don't have to
pick between being powerful and being feminine. You were built
for both the power and the beauty of both strength
and of softness. Let's unpack that Faith doesn't flatten your femininity,
(05:28):
it fuels it. And femininity isn't just about our style
or our softness. It's about the sacred way that we
move through the world with God. It is the way
in which God allows us to move with that grace,
(05:49):
with the elegance, with the dignity, with the femininity that
was given to a woman. So, whether you are wearing
your red lip or perhaps you are going out today
with a bare face, maybe you chose your sneakers today
(06:11):
instead of your stilettos, your femininity is not a performance.
It's a presence. Here's how we know that it's not
about the costume that we put on, that it's not
the character that we choose to present to the world,
but that it is our true self that is the
(06:35):
presence of God in us. How do we know that
to be true? Ladies, let me ask you this, hasn't
there been a time in your life where you said,
I'm gonna run to the store really quickly and I'm
not going to change clothes. I just have one like jeans,
t shirt, your sneakers or your tennis shoes. You have
(06:56):
your hair and a pony tail or you know, maybe
it's down, but you know, you just kind of have
it back. You don't have any nothing is done, nothing
is polished. Right. You're probably bare faced, or maybe have
some lip gloss on or so, but it is like
bare minimum. You're not all done up the way that
you would be if you were going to work, right,
(07:16):
and you run really quickly to go get some gas,
or you go to the grocery store, or you run
over just to get something really quickly. And how many
times does someone come up to you and say you
are so beautiful? You know, you're really pretty, right, like
they say, they give you a compliment, and in the
back of your mind you go, what, I don't have
(07:39):
any makeup on. This is you know, bummy stuff that
I have on, Like, oh my goodness, I was hoping
no one was going to see me. So it's not
about all of the stuff that we put on. It
is about our countenance. It is our aura that people
(08:00):
are able to see and feel. So when you are
a feminine woman, it doesn't matter if you are all
dalled up or if you are out there bare faced.
They're gonna see the beauty that is in you, which
draws them to the beauty of you. And let's also
(08:25):
remember the beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
What one person might find attractive, another person may not,
which just means that that cup of tea isn't for you,
It's for someone else. It doesn't make that a bad
cup of tea, it just makes it not for you.
(08:46):
So in all of that, I want you to always remember,
however you present yourself to the world, as long as
you are presenting your best in that moment, then people
will be able to see the God that is in you,
because God will go before you. So how can we
(09:08):
look for and express this godly confidence? What does it
look like? And I'm going to give you three ways
that you may be able to recognize it. Number one,
knowing you are a whole without needing approval. Yes, knowing
you are a whole, that you are okay without needing
(09:33):
approval or permission from some one else. Now that's going
to be a real doozy for some people on both
sides of the coin. For some people, it's hard because
they're looking for the validation from others before they themselves
feel validated. The flip side of the coin is there
(09:57):
are some of y'all out there that feel that you
are the judge, that you are the one who gives
the validation, and you are going to run into someone
this week that does not need your approval or your
validation to be okay with themselves if that happens. Again,
(10:18):
it's a two sided coin no matter which side you're on.
You're looking for the validation or you're the one who
gives the validation. When you have that moment where you realize, wait,
I need to take a step back for a moment, No,
that this is a pivot for you. This is the
moment that you're understanding that it doesn't have to be
(10:41):
this way. So know that you are a whole without
anyone else having to tell you that you're okay. If
you understand that your whole because God made you that way,
then that's a whole different understanding. That's a whole different
(11:02):
stride in your walk, that's a different tone in your
speaking because you're already validated by God. Number two. Speaking
with wisdom but also with warmth. Now, this too might
be a difficult one because people like to use that
(11:26):
wonderful catchphrase of well, I'm just trying to tell it
like it is. I'm just giving it to I'm just
giving you the facts. I just want to be honest.
I understand. And you can be honest. You can keep
it real. You can just tell it all without being condescending,
(11:49):
without being degrading, without patronizing. Right like, you can be
this awesome and amazing person and share the story of
yourself and or others, have conversations with yourself and or
others without doing it in a way that alienates, that's polarizing,
(12:12):
or that simply is to try to shame someone else
to make yourself feel or look better. So speaking with
wisdom means that you are sharing the facts. You're sharing
what needs to be shared, but by doing it with warmth,
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you are mindful of all parties involved. If you wouldn't
want it done to you, then don't do it to
someone else. If you know that what you're going to
say may have a negative effect on those who hear it,
at least give people a heads up that it's coming. Right, Okay,
(12:56):
you guys, I have something to tell you, and it's
gonna be harsh, race for impact, right and then they're like,
uh oh, here it comes. Then tell them this is
the way it is. And unfortunately I can't keep everyone.
We're gonna have to let someone go, or we're closing
down shop, or we're opening up another branch. So everyone here.
Some people are going to be transferred, whatever it is.
(13:19):
But you have to or you should give people a
little bit of a breather of a moment to gather
themselves before hearing what needs to be said. The other
is walking into a room aware that your light isn't arrogance,
its assignment. Now I can tell you that this has
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happened to me personally, that people assumed that I was
one thing or another simply because I was in the room.
Then once they found why I was in the room,
then they felt a little embarrassed because they had not
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treated me as the person in the room. So with
that being said, when you see someone just because you
don't know who they are, or because you feel that
they may fit the description of a particular type of person,
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perhaps you shouldn't assume you should ask, and that that
allows you to understand what's happening at any given moment.
So because I walked into the room aware of my light,
because I walked in the room aware of who I
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am and whose I am, some people didn't understand why
my light was shining so brightly that by time they
left they understood. Now, this is not a brag or
anything like that. It is a matter of fact that
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certain people have been placed in your life to help
increase who you are. You have run into someone that
is a resource. You have run into someone that has
been a wealth of information, and it has changed your life.
(15:32):
And if you haven't keep living, you will. You know
so many people. When you sit down and you talk
to successful folks, there is usually a story that they
can tell you about someone who helped them very early
on in their career or that really gave them bits
and pieces of information as a young person, as a
(15:55):
young adult, and it really stuck with them. And because
that conversation was happy, because they were shown something or
allowed to have access to something, their life has changed
for the better. That if they had not had that happen,
they wouldn't be who they are today. So walking into
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a room aware that your light isn't arrogance, but that
it's assignment allows you to deliver the message and the
way in which it should be delivered. I also like
to remind folks that many times what you see or
believe is arrogance or cockiness in someone else is really
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the trait that you see about yourself that you dislike
that someone else possesses. What do I mean? You thought
that you were the only one who knew about that subject.
Now you don't like Molly because she knows as much
as you do about that subject. You didn't realize that
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you aren't the only one who knows about that and
Jake does as well. In fact, Jake has been to
the place he purchased some stuff. He goes back every year,
and he just got back two weeks ago. Right, So
now you feel some kind of way because he's sharing
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his experience. Far too often, what we call out in
another person is your behavior as well. You just don't
see it in yourself, not as the negative word that
you have given to another. You don't see it as arrogance.
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You see it as confidence. You don't see it as cockiness.
You see it as being determined and assured of your place.
You know what I'm saying. You choose to put a
different label on it because you want it to be
positive for yourself but negative for another. So when we
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are looking at how we can operate and how we
are who we are walking in our godly confidence will
look like certain things to you, and perhaps look like
another thing to someone else if they are not balanced,
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if they are not viewing you with a lens of
confidence in themselves. How do we know that to be true?
Because a confident woman and who she is and what
she does, can cheer on her fellow sister, can cheer
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on her fellow woman simply because that woman is doing
great things. Keep an eye out for those who applaud
for you, those who applaud with you, as well as
those who do not, because each time it tells you
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a story about that person. So let's take off the
shame about beauty. You can be a prayer for woman
and be polished. You can love your perfume, but you
can also be bold. You can have your curls or
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you can wear your hair straight. The fact of the
matter is this, you can still surrender your life to Christ.
Be surrounded by God and do what you have been
called to do, however that looks for you. So in that,
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just be aware that God walks with us. God is
with us in all that we do. This world needs
women who can reflect who God is and what God
is in full color, not just in monochrome. Alrighty, everyone,
(20:15):
it is time for us to take a very short break.
But don't worry. When we get back, we will continue
this conversation. We'll be back right after this discovery, not just.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
As What would it look like if we listened more.
Could the right voice, the right set of words bring
us all just a little closer, get us to open up,
even push us further. It could if we took the
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time to listen the most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories.
Download audible and listen for a change, and.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
We are back. Thank you so much for joining me
for Daily Spark with Doctor Angela. Today we are talking
about faith and femininity. Let's jump back into that conversation.
So are you realizing that your confidence is calling you
and that you are in fact allowed to be seen?
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Then congratulations, I'm so glad that you are coming into
this new knowing. One of the biggest lies whispered to
godly women is this, stay small, stay quiet, don't draw
attention to yourself. But here's the truth. God doesn't bless
you with purpose, so you can hide it. Esther didn't
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save her people in secret, Deborah didn't lead from the background,
and Ruth didn't apologize for showing up in Boaz's field.
So confidence isn't arrogance, it's alignment. It's saying God, if
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you've placed me here, I am gonna walk like I
belong here because you do. So, Yes, ma'am, go ahead
and show up to that meeting, fully dressed in your excellence.
Smile in your photos, take up space in the conversations,
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take up space in your photos. Be feminine, be faithful,
be free to be who God has called you to be.
When we are at our functions, like at our workshops
and classes and trainings, be fun. You don't have to,
(23:08):
you know, just stand there making yourself small. If everyone
has that Tata like pose when you look at those pictures,
what do you say, man, I wish I was there.
That looks like fun Because every woman is shining her light.
And that's what I want to encourage you to do
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as well. Because when you embrace your full design, you
give other women permission to do so as well. So please,
by all means, continue to show up and to show
others that it is okay to be how God has
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created you. There will be some women who will be
very soft spoken, and if that's what God is called
the to do, then that is what they shall do.
There are going to be some women that have been
called to be loud and bold, and if that's what
God has called them to do, then that's what they
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shall do. Or you might be somewhere in between. If
you don't know what is me, I've lost myself along
the way due to some circumstances in life. Ask God
to remind you. Ask God to stir that up in
you once again, to remind you, what does your voice
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sound like? What are your thoughts? If we all have
the mind of Christ, then that means that you have
been given a certain task, a certain thing that really
gets you fired up, that keeps you motivated and inspired.
Ask for that once again, and when you do that,
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you'll find your new life, or let me say, your
light will be rekindled. You will find your fire again.
You will find that voice that allows you to inspire
others no matter what you do, no matter where you
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were or with whom you work. If you were meant
to inspire someone, you are going to, even if it
is in one of the most remote places in the world.
You were placed there for such a time. Walk in
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that purpose. So let me leave you with this. The
final word is you are the evidence. If no one
told you today, or maybe no one's told you lately,
let me remind you. You can be godly and gorgeous.
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You can be faithful and feminine. You can be powerful
and peaceful, You can be bold and be beautiful. You
are the living, breathing evidence that faith and femininity are
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not at odds with each other. They are in alignment
with each other. They don't have to play cosplay. They
in fact coexist in you for a reason. So go ahead,
laugh a little bit louder, choose your favorite shade of lipstick,
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say yes to the things that light up your spirit,
and never again apologize for being the woman that God
has called you to be. That is our truth for
today that you are fabulous, you are fierce, and you
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are beautifully a woman. Thank you everyone for spending some
time with me here today. On daily spark with doctor Angela.
I hope that I have once again enlightened, inspired, and
empowered you. You could have been anywhere, and you chose
to spend it here today with me, and I thank
you for doing so. As always, may the Lord continue
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to shine his face upon you. May you receive his
grace and his mercy in all that you do. Until
next time, everyone remember that you you are blessed in
the Lord. Have a great day everyone, Bye bye.
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