Mary Cassian says God's instructions are pleasant and desirable.

Our problem is we come and try and present a whole list of do's and don'ts,

and we don't capture women's heart for the beauty of the vision of what womanhood is all about.

And it's our only hope for wholeness to understand that our whole purpose is to live for the glory of God.

This is the Revive Our Hearts Podcast for May 16th, 2025.

Our host is the author of Lies When We Believe, Nancy DeMoss Walgerman.

Thank you. lies when we believe, Nancy DeMoss Walgerman.

Yesterday we heard part one of a message for my friend Mary Cassian. And it was fascinating to me to hear her describe the roots of feminism in the early 20th century. Mary gave

this message at True Woman 08. That was the first national women's conference hosted by Revive

Our Hearts. And that really was the beginning of what is becoming a true woman movement,

one that's still gaining momentum

as women around the world

are embracing God's calling on their lives

and trying to spread this message to others.

So now let's listen to part two

of this classic true woman message

from Mary Cassie and called

You've Come a long way, baby.

In the late 1950s, an American political activist and journalist, Betty Friedan,

she interviewed dozens of other women and concluded that a discrepancy existed between what society

told women would make them happy and fulfilled, and how happy and fulfilled they actually felt.

In her resulting book, published in 1963, Friedan argued that women were trying to conform

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