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Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Be A Better Witness

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week we are discussing how we can all be better witnesses to our faith, and we offer some ideas for ways to improve: 1) Say something. Don't be afraid to speak the truth and to share your thoughts, even when they are in opposition to others. 2) Say nothing. Sometimes, someone who does not share our faith does not need to be bombarded with our opinions, but they just need our sympathy and attention. This can speak volumes about the kind of people we are and the value of our faith. 3) Do something. Never underestimate the power of a good example! Our actions speak so much louder than our words. 4) Invite others. Remember that the evil parts of our culture "invite" people over to their side all the time. We should do the same! dD not be afraid of "butting in" when you are simply being welcoming and extending an invitation. 5) Pray! Pray for the grace and strength to be a better witness to your faith. Pray for those who do not yet share your faith, and pray to know the particular ways in which God is calling you to better evangelize his people. I also share feedback this week from Becca, who talks about finding healing in Jesus, and Eleanor, who wrote to share how much she enjoyed last week's show where we talked about nurturing your mother-heart. Let's not forget to pray for Taylor, the new wife and mom who was expecting twins but sadly lost one of her babies. Pray for her healing and strength, and for the health of her unborn baby.

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0:00.0

Girlfriends, episode number 119, Be a Better Witness.

0:08.8

Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a

0:14.8

mission to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family

0:20.1

living. In this week's episode, we are

0:22.1

discussing ways to be a better witness to the fate. Do you need help with this? I think we all do.

0:27.1

Let's get started.

0:37.0

Hey, girlfriends. How are you? Welcome to another episode of the Girlfriends

0:40.3

podcast. I'm glad you're joining me today. Happy Easter. Yes, it's still Easter. Easter

0:46.4

continues. And now it actually feels like Easter. It actually looks like, pretty much, like Easter.

0:57.9

I mean, our field is brown. I'm just grateful that it's not white, which it was a week ago. So we're getting some warmer weather. We really

1:03.3

enjoyed it yesterday. I'm recording this on Monday. We were out. The family was out most of the day

1:08.3

outside. Most of the day on Sunday, just enjoying beautifully warm weather.

1:13.8

It's one of those days where it's warmer outside than it is in the house

1:17.4

because the house doesn't have any sunshine and outside has this beautiful warm sun.

1:22.4

So, yeah, we and the dogs, oh my gosh, it was so funny.

1:25.4

I just sat outside for a long time just watching the dogs because they were just completely

1:31.1

reveling in the fact that people were outdoors with them and they could run around and chase

1:36.6

each other and roll around in the dirt and really enjoy it.

1:40.2

And Danny is collecting frogs.

1:43.5

Well, I mean, he practices catch and release.

1:47.0

But our pond is filled with peepers.

1:50.0

And so he's been catching frogs, catching newts.

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