Join me for inspiration and encouragement as I talk with women who are using their gifts to impact the world for Christ. Discover how you too can use your gifts to impact the world and further the Kingdom of God.
We are a community of women who are taking action where our passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.
Life can be crazy messy, but God loves you like crazy and He wants to use YOU for His glory. Woman of God, you have a Fierce Calling!
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Join me for inspiration and encouragement as I talk with women who are using their gifts to impact the world for Christ. Discover how you too can use your gifts to impact the world and further the Kingdom of God.
We are a community of women who are taking action where our passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.
Life can be crazy messy, but God loves you like crazy and He wants to use YOU for His glory. Woman of God, you have a Fierce Calling!
Subscribe to this podcast and visit dorisswift.com.
How to View Unmet Desires and Longings Through a Gospel-Centered Lens with Rebecca George
Fierce Calling
36 minutes 28 seconds
4 months ago
How to View Unmet Desires and Longings Through a Gospel-Centered Lens with Rebecca George
Welcome back to Fierce Calling! In this episode, host Doris Swift welcomes back her friend and returning guest, Rebecca George—author, speaker, and founder of the Radical Radiance podcast community. Doris and Rebecca dive into themes every woman can relate to, including living in that “in-between-almost-but-not-yet” season, and the struggle of waiting on God’s timing in a world telling us to hurry up, because we're falling behind.
Rebecca shares insights from her newest book, You're Not Too Late: Trusting God's Timing in a Hurry Up World, and opens up about how longing, comparison, and even resentment can creep in, no matter what stage of life you’re in. Together, Doris and Rebecca discuss faith and trusting God with hopes, dreams, and that thing we're longing for. They also talk about the importance of community, the dangers of the prosperity gospel, and how to cultivate spiritual resiliency in our everyday rhythms of waiting.
Whether you’re waiting for a breakthrough, struggling with unmet desires, or simply looking to find more joy right where you are, this episode promises wisdom, encouragement, and a reminder: it’s not too late for you. Join us as we lean into God’s timing, celebrate kingdom work, and find inspiration for your own fierce calling!
Episode Highlights
Introduction to Rebecca’s New Book: "You’re Not Too Late"
Book’s core message: Trusting God’s timing in a hurry-up world
Who the message is for and why it resonates
Living in the "In Between Almost-But-Not-Yet"
The tension of waiting and longing
Faithfulness in the "meanwhile"
Rebecca’s Story and Passion Intersection
Multiple hats Rebecca wears in life and ministry
Importance of community among writers, speakers, and podcasters
Creating environments free of competition and comparison
How real-life women’s stories are integrated
Each chapter’s exploration of an opposing mindset/emotion
Interactive aspects—readers relating to stories and self-reflection prompts
Shift in Book Focus: From Singleness to Bigger Picture Regarding Longing
Original intent as a "singleness" book
Expansion into broader themes of longing and desire
Recognizing longing continues even after certain desires are fulfilled
Coping with Longing and Waiting
Gospel-centered perspective versus earthly focus
Transitioning from struggle (despair, doubt, isolation) to hope (joy, community)
Challenges of comparison and resentment
Idolatry and Resentment in the Waiting
When desires become idols
Personal stories of jealousy and difficult emotions
Honest conversations with God about unmet desires
Navigating Comparison
The ongoing struggle with comparison
Coping with guilt over mixed emotions (joy for others, pain for self)
Reminder of true fulfillment found in God
Prosperity Gospel and Misguided Self-Help
Critique of self-help and prosperity gospel ideas infiltrating Christian messaging
Dangers of self-reliance and the myth that effort guarantees...
Fierce Calling
Join me for inspiration and encouragement as I talk with women who are using their gifts to impact the world for Christ. Discover how you too can use your gifts to impact the world and further the Kingdom of God.
We are a community of women who are taking action where our passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.
Life can be crazy messy, but God loves you like crazy and He wants to use YOU for His glory. Woman of God, you have a Fierce Calling!
Subscribe to this podcast and visit dorisswift.com.
