Restoring Godly Femininity

It’s been a while since I’ve recorded a podcast and I have to say that I’ve missed you all. Many things have changed since the coronavirus, one of them being that I haven’t been able to record with my producer. Because of this, you may hear a slight echo in this recording (she usually finds the best spots to record in), but I really felt a strong pull to do this late in the evening, while my newborn baby boy was sleeping.If you’ve been following me for a long time, then you probably have heard my story about how I was sexually abused as a preteen by my youth pastor. If you haven’t heard my story, you can watch it by clicking the link in my bio on my Instagram page.As I got older and particularly, around the age of 17, I began to experience much older men preying on me while I worked at a local store in my hometown. They would look at me in very sexual demeaning ways or tickle my hand. As soon as I got home, I would take these long showers, scrub my body very hard, and just cry because I felt so ashamed. Even when I got to college, one of my professors preyed on me just like the other men did. I couldn’t understand why this was happening to me. I reasoned with myself that maybe I was too weak and too nice, and that’s why people took advantage of me. I decided from that moment on that, I wasn’t going to be sweet or soft anymore. I was going to be rough, tough, and get people before they got me. I became numb and didn’t know my real personality at all. It wasn’t until I allowed God to take me on a journey of inner healing to restore my Godly femininity that who I really was began to surface. If you’re listening to this podcast right now, and you want to want to restore your Godly femininity, then you have to go back to the place where it was lost and began the journey of restoration.   Here are three ways to restore your Godly Femininity:1. {6:13} You have to confront the lies of the enemy with God’s truth. Whenever the enemy tells you are wasted goods, not good enough, not loved, or pretty enough, you have to tell the enemy and remind yourself what God says about you in His word. God took His time when He made you and you are fiercely loved, so fight back with the word! 2. {8:42} You have to allow inner healing to be a continual journey. Once I went on my inner healing journey so many things were awakened inside me and I began to discover who I really was. One day, you’ll look at yourself and find that the old you is unrecognizable and your smile will be bigger and authentic. You will live a life that’s full of so much joy and happiness and all heaviness will subside. In fact, if you’re listening or reading this right now, God is giving you the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Don’t be afraid of this journey because it involves a lot of tears. Yes, crying is painful at times, but it’s through those tears that God’s healing virtue will flow. Since joy is going to be your portion, I’m giving you a homework assignment to look up three scriptures about joy. 3. {14:00} Community is key. It’s important to be surrounded by people who can rejoice and mourn with you. One way that I was able to heal from my miscarriage was that I was surrounded by people who cried with me. You are not meant to be alone! If you feel alone and any part of this podcast resonated with you, I want you to join my free community of women on the same journey. I’ll be alongside you in the group being very transparent about my life and what I’ve overcome to guide you. It’s important to be around other women who believe like you and support you. In the Amanda Ferguson Podcast Club Facebook group, we grow in God and community together. Scriptures:Psalms 139: 13-14Romans 12:15 References:Reinvent Challenge: https://podcastclubchallenge.com/Amanda Ferguson Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/195204731768807