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Episode 31-Shift Your Mindset: Proverbs 31 Woman: Strength for Every Season · Women At The Well: REJOICE

• 0:07
  SPEAKER_00: Grand rising sisters and welcome to the well.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rose, your host, and it is such a blessing to be here with you this morning.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_00: God has indeed done it again, granting us another beautiful day to serve, to uplift, and to show his compassion to one another and to love one another as he loves us.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: We are so incredibly blessed to have a very special guest joining us at the well today.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: The wonderful Miss Samantha Norman, creative director of Cradle to the Grave Created.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: Good morning, Miss Norman.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: We are thrilled to have you here with us.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Can you please take a moment and tell the sisters about yourself, your journey, and your heart?
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: So, like you said, I am uh I'm the creative director of our brand Create Cradle to Grave Creative, where uh our whole mission is making sure that people are aligned with who they are so that they can go out and show their gifts to the world.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_01: It's kind of like a in our minds, it's a it's a double cut to not share your gifts because you're denying the father of the gifts that he's given you, and you're denying other people the opportunity to share theirs because they might be afraid of because nobody's done it first.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_01: So we take take a lot of a lot of time to help people get comfortable with the gifts that they have in order to share them so that we can bring a little bit more light to the world in in any way that we can.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Beautiful.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Bring in more light to the world, yes, ma'am.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_00: Any way we can.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: It's an absolute honor to have you, your voice and your spirit with us this morning.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: Appreciate you.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, our topic today is powerful.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Shift your mindset, the Proverbs 31.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: Strength for every season.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: We're going to dive deep into what it truly means to carry that divine strength, adaptability, and grace, no matter what season of life we find ourselves in.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Before we get into the word, let's prepare our hearts.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Norman, would you do us the honor of opening us up in prayer?
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, ma'am.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_01: Heavenly Father, thank you for this day and another opportunity to bring light to people that need it and to show them how wonderful you are.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you for the time that we have together right now and for every woman that's listening.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_01: You know exactly where each of us are.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_01: Some of us are in the middle of something really hard, and some of us are hiding.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, some of us have been bracing for so long for the next bad thing that that we've forgotten what it feels like to just be still with you.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_01: So, Lord, I'm asking that you meet us here today, that you shift something in us, um, and move us away from from fear to trust.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_01: Remind us that we uh we don't have to have it all figured out.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, we don't have to have it all together to be loved by you exactly as we are right now.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_01: I ask, Lord, that you give us the courage to be honest, not just with ourselves, but but with you, and you know our hearts.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_01: And um, I pray that you use this conversation however you need it to land.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_01: Let anything true come from you, uh, let everything else just fall away.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_01: We we trust you with it, God.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_01: In Jesus' name we pray.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_01: Amen.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Miss Norma, for that beautiful spirit-filled prayer.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: So we welcome the Holy Spirit into our space today.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: Our hearts are open, our minds are ready to receive what God has in store for us.
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_00: So, sisters, welcome back.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: Today is a bittersweet moment because we are at the final episode of our series, Shift Your Mindset.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: Over the last few weeks, we've talked about renewing our minds, being content, speaking the right words at the right time, and praying our way through.
• 4:36
  SPEAKER_00: And today we are wrapping it all up with a portrait of strength, grace, and divine purpose.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_00: The Proverbs 31 woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: Strength for every season.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_00: Now I know that some of you might hear Proverbs 31 and feel a little overwhelmed.
• 4:54
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we look at this woman and we think, Lord, she does it all.
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  SPEAKER_00: She's buying a field, planting the vineyard, sewing clothes, waking up before dawn.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: I'm tired just reading about her.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we have to shift our mindset about who this woman is.
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  SPEAKER_00: She's not a standard of perfection meant to make us feel guilty, which is an illustration of resourciveness, resilience, and her relationship with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: She has strength for every season because her foundation is anchored in the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whether you are in the season of planning, a season of waiting, a season of harvesting, or a season of resting, God has given you the grace and the strength to navigate it all.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, grab your Bibles or open up your apps, and we're going to read from Proverbs 31, starting at verse 10 through verse 31.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Norman and I are going to split the reading so you can take in every single word.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Norman, will you read Proverbs 31 from verse 10 to verse 20?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes, ma'am.
• 6:12
  SPEAKER_01: Who can find a virtuous wife, for her worth is far above rubies?
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  SPEAKER_01: The heart of her husband safely trusts her, so he will have no lack of gain.
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  SPEAKER_01: She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.
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  SPEAKER_01: She seeks wool and flax and willingly works with her hands.
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  SPEAKER_01: She is like the merchant ships, she brings her food from afar.
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  SPEAKER_01: She also rises while it is yet night, and provides food for her household and a portion for her maidservants.
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  SPEAKER_01: She considers a field and buys it.
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  SPEAKER_01: From her profits, she plants a vineyard.
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  SPEAKER_01: She girds herself with strength and strengthens her arms.
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  SPEAKER_01: She perceives that her merchandise is good and her lamp does not go out by day by night.
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_01: She stretches out her hands to the distaff, and her hand folds the spindle.
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  SPEAKER_01: She extends her hand to the poor.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes, she reaches out her hand to the needy.
• 7:05
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_00: And I'll continue reading with verses twenty-one through thirty-one from the King James Version.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_00: She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_00: She maketh herself coverings of tastery, her clothing is silk and purple.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: She maketh fine linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchants.
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  SPEAKER_00: Strength and honor are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_00: She opened her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_00: Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
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  SPEAKER_00: Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain.
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  SPEAKER_00: But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
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  SPEAKER_00: The word of God for the people of God, thanks be to God.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Norman, let's open this up.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you look at these verses and think about our core topic, shift your mindset, to find strength in every set in every season, what is the Holy Spirit laying on your heart?
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_01: It brings me back to um faith without works is dead, you know, to um to do all of these things and and to be that woman and and just know that at some point, not at some point, but to know that God is always faithful.
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but you have to show up first.
• 9:04
  SPEAKER_00: God is always faithful, always faithful.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: So so, Miss Norma, when you speak of God always being faithful, can you give us a little bit about your journey and your faithful God?
• 9:21
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, it's it's been a journey for sure.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_01: Um when I was uh I was newly married, I was just a baby.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_01: I was maybe 19.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_01: I was 19 when we got married, and it was a few months after that.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_01: Um I was in a a car wreck where uh, for all intents and purposes, I should have been dead.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_01: Um there was a police chase that we got caught in the middle of, and we were T-boned by a cruiser going 70 miles an hour, we were going 30.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and they were just uh millimeters away um from completely crushing my door.
• 10:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I walked away without a scratch, nothing, you know.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_01: I was I was completely fine, and that was I think one of the first moments that I really thought like somebody's somebody's watching out for me.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I was not raised in the church, I was not raised um with with any sort of faith.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and I always knew that it was there.
• 10:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um, my grandma was a very faithful woman and she took me to church a few times, but again, it was not something that was very normal for me.
• 10:30
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so that was that the the first moment that I thought, you know, that he's he's there.
• 10:37
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and again, for for reasons I don't know because at that point in my life, uh, I did not deserve it.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_01: But that's just the kind of father that he is, isn't he?
• 10:45
  SPEAKER_01: He just he shows up even when you don't deserve it.
• 10:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um and um you know, just a a lot in my life that I was not really um I didn't have a lot of faith.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_01: I I knew that God was there, but a lot of it I was um just the things in my life I was I was angry with him, and I was angry that the way that my life had gone.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I had stepped away from it again, knowing that he always knowing that he was there, but um, but not leaning into it, and then um a lot of hardship.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_01: I I lost my mom um and I lost my marriage, and I lost my home, um, and I I lost my dream job um all within the span of six months, you know, and it was really just it was it was rock bottom for me, and especially not having my mom, who was an incredibly faithful woman in the last you know, 15 years of her life.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um I didn't know I didn't know what to do and I didn't know who to call.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna get teary eyed.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_00: That's okay.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and my uh my ex-husband had been going to church every weekend, and he had the kids on the weekend, so they were going to church with him.
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and one morning I was taking my kids to school, and we drove by this church every morning.
• 12:12
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and my son said, You should probably go there, mom.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_01: And I was like, Okay.
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_01: And I was like, I can't come to your church, and he's like, No, but you could go to that one, that wouldn't be a good one for you.
• 12:25
  SPEAKER_01: And I was like, Okay.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and I didn't think about it anymore uh until a few days later.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, again, sitting in my house all by myself um over the weekend.
• 12:36
  SPEAKER_01: I didn't have my kids, I was in a brand new city, I didn't have any friends there, and I was like, maybe, maybe I should go to church.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so I went to church for the first time in in a lot of years.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I couldn't even tell you now what the message was, but I I know just it was it was more of the the the feeling of of being there, and it's one of those it was one of those services that just hits you exactly where you needed, you know, and it was just you know, it's it's it was good to be there, and I could feel my mom and I could feel God, and it was just this release of that I'm not alone.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yeah, so yeah, um and and ever since it's just been leaning really hard into that um through you know, through everything, all the good and all the bad, you know, count it all joy, right?
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_01: So it's just been something that's um just a just a one-off comment that my son had said driving to school one morning, you know, maybe you should go, maybe you should try that church, just really yeah.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_00: Isn't it amazing how God can set things up so that you will hear him?
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, even though that came from your son, but God put that in his heart, so you would hear.
• 13:59
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 14:00
  SPEAKER_00: So tell us about you've had a breakthrough.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_00: Life is a little bit different now.
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_00: Tell us about now.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_01: Now things are things are obviously very different.
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I'm still I don't think you ever get over losing your mom.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I don't think that you should, and and uh like I have this is her Bible.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_01: Um when she passed, my sister got it for a while and she gave it to my niece.
• 14:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and then when I started going back to church, she gave it to me.
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_01: So I have her Bible, and it's it's one of those uh note-taking ones.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_01: So every now and then I come up on a page where she's written something down, which is really nice.
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um so now um I I moved again, um, and I am I'm up in northern Idaho, and I don't know anybody here, but um but I'm calm and knowing that that things are coming together behind the scenes even when I don't see it, and and I get those little those little nods and those little winks from God all the time that this is where I'm supposed to be, you know, and and and sharing light, uh, and you know, just like in business being able to to be in a place where where I can help people share their light.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um yeah, and I'm again I'm I'm still divorced and I still have my kids, you know.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_01: Um so every day is is a little bit different.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but there's just this overwhelming peace that comes, I think, only when you're when you're fully surrendered to to his will.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_00: And it is a peace.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_00: It is a peace, a wonderful peace.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_00: One of the things I heard you say is, I still have my kids.
• 15:50
  SPEAKER_00: Even though you're divorced, you still have your kids.
• 15:54
  SPEAKER_00: You still are preparing and taking care of your kids.
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, you talked about helping others.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_00: In verse 20 of Proverbs 31, it speaks about she opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
• 16:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, ma'am.
• 16:15
  SPEAKER_00: And that's all about God, what God wants us to do.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_00: We go through things, but yet in still, God still wants us to reach out.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_00: And I have to appreciate your reaching out.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_00: The other thing you said, you never get over losing your mom.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_00: I lost my mom in 2013.
• 16:36
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, she gave me the gift of taking care of her until the day she died, and I I am very appreciative of that.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, it still makes me want to tear up.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_00: But um it was a good experience.
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_00: Me and my mom had had some fractions, and it allowed us to come together.
• 17:00
  SPEAKER_00: And I knew that there was God in the process of healing me because my mom was okay.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_00: It was me that needed to heal, me that needed to forgive.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_00: And uh God worked that out for us, and it was a beautiful, beautiful thing to know.
• 17:17
  SPEAKER_00: You never get over losing your mom.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_00: You'll you'll remember that, but you'll hold it right here in the heart.
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 17:25
  SPEAKER_00: The other thing, uh, her children arise up and call her blessed.
• 17:30
  SPEAKER_00: Your children have seen you go through, and you went through your process with grace, mercy, compassion, and your children see that.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_00: And they see the wonderful woman you are now after going through all your struggles, and it leaves an impression on them of how to be and going through struggles.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_00: So that's something else to appreciate that God allows us.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_00: Um, verse 29 says, Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_00: No matter what you're doing, you're doing it towards God.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: You're doing it for God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that makes you virtuously.
• 18:12
  SPEAKER_00: And that is great.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_00: That is really great.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Miss Norman.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Christmas.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_00: I appreciate you.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, as we bring this final episode to our Shift Our Mindset series to a close, let us fix our eyes on the one who gives us strength for today and a bright hope for tomorrow.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_00: Can we have prayer?
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_00: Heavenly Father, Lord God Almighty, we come before you this morning with hearts overflowing with gratitude.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for bringing us together at the well once again.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for your word, which is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_00: Lord, we thank you for the message of Proverbs 31:1.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_00: We ask that you help us to shift our mindsets, that we would no longer see the scripture as a heavy burden of perfection, but as a beautiful promise of your strength, your grace, your holy purpose at work within us.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_00: Father, we thank you for Miss Norman's journey.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_00: We thank you that she was willing to share.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_00: Father, for every sister listening today, whatever season she finds herself in, whether she is building, waiting, harvesting, or resting, clothe her in your strength and dignity.
• 19:37
  SPEAKER_00: Fill her heart with your peace, so that the Proverbs 31 woman, she can look into the future with joy and confidence, knowing that, God, you hold every one of our tomorrows.
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_00: Bless the hands, the homes, the hearts of every sister under the sound of our voices.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_00: Guide everyone's steps, guard our minds, and let your wisdom flow through our speech and our daily lives.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' mighty and precious name.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_00: Amen and amen.
• 20:12
  SPEAKER_00: Miss Norman, would you like to say any final words?
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_01: I'm just really grateful to be here and have this opportunity to speak and and talk about God.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: I think anytime that you you have that opportunity, you should take it.
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_00: So as we conclude this episode, I want to extend my heartfilled thanks to Miss Norman for being our guest and women at the well rejoice.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for joining us here at the well.
• 20:48
  SPEAKER_00: I am Rose, and I have been your host again.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_00: We give thanks to Ms.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_00: Norman.