Evolving is never easy.
Don’t you ever wish you woke up with new updates like your fire TV or your phone?
Confidence update.
Faith update.
Courage update.
Boldness update.
I could go on.
Unfortunately, and fortunately life doesn’t work that way. In April, I started reading Woman Evolve by Sarah Jakes Roberts and here we are months later where I finally finished a few weeks ago.
I’m not exactly sure what I was expecting when I started reading but I gotta say as I read the last line of the book, I wasn’t feeling very inspired. In fact, I finished the book feeling so conflicted and restless I knew I would not be able to jump right into the next book. I was finished reading it, but I needed a few days – or weeks – to digest all that I had read.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I highly recommend it to any woman navigating what it means to walk in her God given purpose in the best way possible. I especially like the way she tied the everyday woman who is growing, to the story and evolution of Eve, the first woman. I like how she compelled the reader to look at Eve through eyes of grace. She encouraged the reader see that although Eve messed up in the garden, she didn’t allow that mistake to define the rest of her life. If she had, then she would not have fulfilled her purpose on this earth. And that same thing applies to each and every woman. We can’t allow feelings of failure because we made a mistake control our lives and destroy our ability to walk in the confidence and assurance that God can still use us. And we can’t allow fear to do it either.
Honestly, I think I was expecting to feel like I did after reading More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth – which I also recommend because it was fantastic – or Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley where I felt inspired by their words and ready to accomplish all my goals, but I felt the opposite if I am honest.
Woman Evolve challenged me and is still challenging in so many ways. I feel empowered knowing that God has called me to grow in certain areas, but I also feel really inadequate in other areas.
I am not a fan of growing pains. But I know that this feeling of inadequacy is just me growing.
So my confidence won’t show up overnight. But every time I accomplish something I haven’t done before and every time I do something I couldn’t do before, my confidence grows.
Every time I am faced with a challenge that forces me to trust God more than I ever had to before and He comes through like He always does, even if it doesn’t look the way it to, my faith grows.
When I am forced to speak up, either for myself or for something I believe in, I gain courage.
With confidence – in God and who God made me – comes boldness.
Me
When I remember who I am and whose I am I can boldly and confidently walk into any space and own it without fear. I’m learning to, and I am loving the journey. Even if it isn’t easy.
“When you grow, there may be parts of you that begin to take on a new form. Never apologize for that.” Woman Evolve by Sarah Jakes Roberts
Woman Evolve by Sarah Jakes Roberts
