Someone launched a personal attack against me today, and I’m grateful:
It showed me just how much God is healing me.
After we disagreed on a hot-button issue.
She searched out my new coaching publication, NeverthelessLA
And created a post misrepresenting me and my assignment.
At first, I was shocked.
And confused at the vehemence of the personal attack.
The emotions hit me at the heart, and I could feel the tears come up.
She claimed that I was a fraud.
That I charge $2500 for social media coaching
And that I could barely get a few hundred subscribers for this ministry Substack
And for a second, it almost worked.
I almost fell for it.
The enemy loves to press the button that hurts the most.
And the old me would have immediately gone into overdrive
Proving my value.
Proving my worth
Proving what my 10 years of client testimonials prove over and over again.
But…. I sat still, and it hit me.
The entire claim was a lie. It was a lie used as a weapon to get me off track.
My social media training is clearly only $47 per month on the very substack she perused.
I have charged $2500 for 1:1 coaching in the past.
And built websites, created systems, designed courses, and wrote sales copy for that investment. Essentially, a business in a box. But, she definitely would not be able to determine that with a cursory search.
But I haven’t charged that in years.
I stopped doing business coaching and followed God into building this Substack in February 2024.
I prayed and wrote devotionals for over a year before the substack ever grew.
I don’t charge for devotionals because this is a ministry account, and I wanted every woman to be able to read the message every day.
So, I removed the paywalls from devotionals and only charged for our new daily live book club: Face-to-Face Faith
I’ve cried over this account for over a year. I prayed. Wrote devotionals. Wanted to leave and remained because God led me to stay.
And the prayer podcast I do daily is downloaded by over 2,500 per day.
They don’t even know my name…. because prayer is about God and God alone.
All for free.
So no, I don’t have hundreds of paid subscribers.
And no, I don’t charge $2500 for coaching.
No, I don’t need to prove my value.
God called me out of high-ticket coaching, and I won’t abandon my assignment because someone else doesn’t understand it.
But, here is the best part:
The personal attack brought me so much joy.
The old me would have picked up my phone and livestreamed to fill a new program - just to prove that I could. That I’m real. That I’m not the fraud she accused me of being.
But today, I sat there and started smiling.
My smile was like the sun. I was smiling so hard. Lol. I was so full of joy. I am in tears right now. Tears of joy and gratitude for what God has done.
Because if that’s the best the enemy could pull out of his back pocket, then I know for a fact that God has done a good work in me.
You don’t know if you’re healed for real until someone pokes an old trigger.
The enemy poked, and I stood there holding both my integrity and my assignment in hand. That is what real victory looks like.
I want to share this with you….
Tonight, I’m releasing Day 1 of The Gratitude Challenge on NeverthelessLA and I am relaunching my business coaching at $47 per month - as it states on here on Nevertheless:
Gratitude and just following God here on Substack has absolutely healed me of the old business mind that cared what people thought about me and was quick to defend myself. I let God defend me now and remain in gratitude.
You can join The Gratitude Challenge for $5 per month by subscribing to NeverthelessLA, or you can learn how to launch your Substack in a way that attracts new subscribers and paying readers for purpose-driven women, like Yvonne Mutch, who took my coaching program this year and has grown tremendously.
She and many other Women of God are flourishing as God has led me to reopen my business coaching in an accessible way that is affordable and high value for women who are JUST getting started on Substack.
If you’re not called to any of those programs, I simply want to thank you:
For loving the devotionals
For loving the prayers
For your encouraging words and positive feedback each day
For simply trusting our team to be a part of your daily walk
Thank you so much, Woman of God! I appreciate you.
You are a part of the healing that God has done through my obedience and through the ministry.
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