Love Idol :: Jennifer Dukes Lee [Ep 18]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Education

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2014

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

“I can almost hear your question. The . . . what idol? Love Idol? How can love be an idol? Love was God’s idea. We were created in God’s image, and God is love!

Paul wrote to the Corinthians: ‘These three remain: faith, hope and love. And the greatest of these is love.’ Yet we take God’s ‘greatest’ and contort it into an idol. We twist our desire for approval into a false god. . .

This book is for any of us who want to live content in God’s perfect love, freed up from the wearying demands of the Love Idol.”

–Jennifer Dukes Lee

Moving from an award-winning news reporter to farmer’s wife, Jennifer found her need for other’s approval followed her like a parasite.

She chronicles her journey of (continued) healing in her new book, “Love Idol: Letting go of your need for approval–and seeing yourself through God’s eyes”, which released last week (Get a copy here).

Can you relate to craving love so greatly it becomes the driving force to all your decisions and actions?

I definitely can. People pleasing consumes my thoughts, my time, and my energy. So, I’m forever grateful to Jennifer for writing this fabulous book and for taking the time to chat about it on this week’s GCM podcast.

On this podcast episode we discuss:

What is a love idol?
Whose love are you seeking? And Who has given it to you already?
How do you admit you need help and accept healing?
What is the process of tending to the garden of your heart?
How does the love idol show up in our mothering?

Show Notes:

“No Other Gods” by Kelly Minter
“10 Signs You Might Have a Need for Approval”
Love Idol Movement Facebook Page
Preapproved printables (print one off, place it in your trouble area, take a picture, post it on Love Idol Movement FB page with hashtag #preapproved).
Get the book here–> Love Idol book page

Connect with Jennifer Dukes Lee:

Twitter :: Facebook :: Blog

More God Centered Mom posts on the topic of seeking people’s approval:

–“When I want to please people” (guest post at DoNotDepart.com)

–Servant of God: alternative to People Pleaser

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the God Center Mom podcast with me Heather McPhanion.
0:05.0	As the mom of four young boys, I know motherhood's hard.
0:08.0	Sometimes I think I make it harder than it needs to be.
0:11.0	By putting myself in the center of things or even my kids, I forget
0:15.6	to place God there and be led by His Spirit. I also tend to forget that I'm surrounded by God.
0:21.3	He goes before me, he walks with me on the hard days, and he comes behind me when I make a mistake.
0:26.0	So each week I'll interview someone new and we'll discuss what it means to be a God Center mom.
0:30.0	Thanks for listening.
0:32.0	You're listening to episode 18 of the God Center Mom podcast.
0:36.0	I wanted to take a quick second and just thanks some gals for putting reviews on iTunes.
0:42.0	Julie,
0:43.0	JBC, I'm so glad that you've enjoyed the personality
0:46.0	podcast and the mom guests that I have on. I agree with you.
0:50.0	I learned so much from their wisdom and I love sharing them with y'all.
0:55.0	Thank you mom in Midland, Michigan.
0:58.0	I'm also thankful that it inspires you to be the best mom you can be.
1:02.0	And Gretchen Louise, how fun that you all have a friend,
1:07.0	that you have a friend who's encouraging you to listen and that you all can chat about these podcasts afterwards.
1:12.0	That's a great community
1:14.7	builder thing I would never thought of. So thanks for sharing that idea. Seven,
1:18.4	Chris, 10. Even though you're not a mom right now, I am also thankful that this could help you as you work with kids in your classroom.
1:27.0	So thanks again for writing reviews and hopefully it's helping moms find this podcast and to be encouraged and I can't
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