Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five day a week, daily devotional where we share the word, prayers, and our heart.

I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent.

I'm excited about our guest today, Grace Valentine.

This powerhouse young 20-something is already an author.

Can you believe that? Yes, she released a book a few months ago called Am I Enough, which moms you need to get for your teens and 20-somethings you should check out. She's the founder of the Enough Movement, a popular blogger, a recent grad of Baylor University, and she's currently on the student ministry staff of the

First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida. I'm excited to hear what she has to say on our show today,

so welcome Grace to the Five Word Prayers Daily. Have you ever heard of The Friends Zone? My favorite show growing up was Lizzie McGuire.

And there was a character who was always friend zoned by Lizzie.

His name was Gordo.

Gordo was Lizzie's best friend.

He was there for her through it all.

He encouraged her, he loved her, and in every season he was there.

And the scary part was he loved her, loved her.

Like, loved her and wanted her relationship with her.

But Lizzie always liked some other guy.

She enjoyed hanging out with Gordo occasionally, and she really cared about his advice.

However, she liked him and didn't love him.

She friends zoned him.

Like many of you, I have also been a victim of the friend zone.

I've been like Gordo and I've had wanted to be more with guys who have only enjoyed me as a friendship.

It's a hard feeling to have, but there was one season where I noticed I did this with God.

I would never admit it at the time, but I used to only feel beautiful

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