Overcoming Insecurities in Friendships :: Renee Swope [Ep 148]

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🗓️ 17 January 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Friendships can be tricky. Then throw in our own weaknesses and insecurities. . .oi vey!

Today’s guest, Renee Swope, openly wrote about her self-doubt struggles in the book, “A Confident Heart”**. After 20 years serving with the Proverbs 31 ministry, Renee knows a thing or to about the joys and complexities of female relationships. In this episode she shares the value found in embracing her “lack” and inviting others into her life.

Renee answers questions like, “How do you find ‘good’ friends willing to accept your mess?” And “Where are the older women offering help and wisdom?” And “In our modern era how does self-sufficiency hinder community?”

If you are looking for more on community, Renee wrote about one of 30 friendship topics covered in the new book, “Craving Connection”**. So many of women I love are sharing their friendship stories, offering camaraderie and hope. Co-authors include: Lisa-Jo Baker (Ep 21), Crystal Stine (Ep 10), Stacey Thacker (Ep 76), Eryn Hall, Erin Mohring, Kristen Strong (Ep 97), Amanda White (Ep 3, 17, 27, 36, 79), and Jennifer Dukes Lee (Ep 18).

What we chat about:

How the international adoption of her daughter shaped her older sons.
Renee’s journey into speaking/writing with Proverbs 31 ministry the past 21 years.
How to know when to put something aside or move forward confidently.
Renee’s internal battle of self-doubt and insecurity.
The question we ask ourselves when someone asks, “How are you?”.
Ways to get passed insecurity in our friendships.
How processing feelings with others help hard situations lose their weight.
Finding real good friends by being the friend they need.
A challenge to older moms to make the invitation to younger moms.
How self-sufficiency can hinder community.

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0:00.0	You're listening to episode 148 of the God Center Mom Podcast with me, Heather McFaggin,
0:09.7	and today I'm chatting with Renee Swope.
0:12.3	She is going to talk to us about overcoming insecurities and friendship.
0:17.1	I don't think there's many things that can hinder community more than us not needing
0:22.2	each other.
0:23.2	I talk about how Paul became comfortable with his weakness and that God wants us to be
0:28.8	comfortable in our weakness because it keeps us dependent on him and comfortable with
0:34.9	needing each other.
0:36.0	I think it's our weaknesses that often keep us connected.
0:40.4	You might not have wanted to think of yourself as a mom.
0:42.5	It was your weakness that made you need a mentor, but it was a weakness as a lack.
0:48.8	It's where we're lacking.
0:50.8	There's this beautiful opportunity for someone else to come in and fill that gap.
0:55.9	The Bible talks about Jesus, talks about Paul, talks about just the body of Christ.
1:00.7	I mean, that's just the beauty of community.
1:05.9	Once again, the podcast episode is released and it hits really close to home.
1:11.7	Years ago, Bruce and I, he was working on his career and I was trying to keep for young
1:16.8	children alive and there was not space or time for community.
1:21.3	We were not making that a priority in our life.
1:24.9	We had it before and then we just, for a good three years, kind of pulled away from people
1:30.8	and didn't, it took a long time to kind of get back into it.
1:34.4	In the last year, God's been good to help me build up some female friendships at church
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