Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair. In her New York Times bestseller, Untamed,

Glennon Doyle writes about her transformation into becoming her truest self

and living her life to its fullest. She now writes with the hope

to help women everywhere find their voice and break free from societal constraints. She writes

these three ideas in her book Untamed.

One, to be brave is to forsake all others, to be true to yourself. That is the vow of a confident girl. Two, when a woman finally learns that

pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.

And three, a woman who is full of herself

knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done. She lets the rest burn. Now Doyle might be writing specifically

to a female audience in her book, but the mantra behind her words, it's born out of a larger cultural movement.

In each of these three thoughts we see a deeper belief holding them up.

That belief is the love of self. This very modern belief has given

way to movements of self-love and self-care. It underlines common phrases like

look out for number one, put your need It underlines common phrases like,

Look out for number one, put your needs first,

do what's best for you.

Treat yourself with kindness.

Doyle encourages readers to forsake all others, to stop pleasing the world, to let the rest of it

burn, and in doing so to be true to oneself, to please yourself, to become full yourself, trusting that you know what you need.

It sounds encouraging.

It honestly sounds really enticing because it hits at something we all internally tend to do.

...