188: Embracing Who You are Now in Christ with Scarlet Hiltibidal

Scarlet Hiltibidal is a pastor’s wife, mom of three, and author of several books including her newest one, “You’re the Worst Person in the World: Why It’s the Best News Ever that You Don’t Have it Together, You Aren’t Enough, and You Can’t Fix It on Your Own”. She comes on the show today to share with us the good news and encouragement of the gospel and how it applies to our everyday lives.

What We Chat About on This Episode:

~Scarlet’s new book, “You’re the Worst Person in the World: Why It’s the Best News Ever that You Don’t Have it Together, You Aren’t Enough, and You Can’t Fix It on Your Own”, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~Scarlet’s journey of doubt and striving to earn God’s favor

~Why it’s crucially important to know and understand that the gospel is for our everyday lives here and now

~How chasing anything ahead of Christ inevitably leads to disappointment

~The problem with chasing our own glory and idolizing platform and influence

~Understanding that we are not enough, and it isn’t about us just doing the best we can; understanding that peace with God comes from acknowledging that we are not enough on our own – but He is on our behalf

~The comfort that comes with knowing we can cease our striving

~How the gospel impacts our mothering

~The comfort which comes with knowing God can bring good out of anything that happens in our lives and even any sin we commit

~The joy and comfort that comes from being a sheep cared for by the Shepherd

~The crucial importance of opening our Bibles

~And more!

Resources Mentioned

Scarlet’s book, Afraid of All the Things: Tornadoes, Cancer, Adoption, and Other Stuff You Need the Gospel For

You’re the Worst Person in the World

Jesus and Disability:A Guide to Creating an Inclusive Church by Chris Hulshof

Inspiring Quotes to Remember:

“It’s not about us ‘doing life right’. We can’t. It’s all too much. Peace with God actually comes from being reassured by the opposite of that.”

“God can even use our failures when we involve Him in every area of our lives.”

“The gospel is for our day to day lives, not just for eternity.”

“There is a blessing about being a sheep and being able to rely on the Shepherd – we don’t have to run the world. All we have to do is be cared for by the Shepherd and follow Him.”

“I had grown up in the church, but I didn’t realize for a long time that my goals were wrong. My goal isn’t supposed to be to do everything perfectly. My goal is to point people to Jesus.”

“Even though I’m caring for little people all the time, I’m being cared for by God.”

“Reading our Bibles as the gift that they are as opposed to that just being another thing to strive to be ‘good at’ is so important.”

WHERE YOU CAN FIND SCARLET ONLINE

Website – Scarlet Hiltibidal

Facebook – Scarlet Hiltibidal

Instagram – @scarlethiltibidal

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