Halfway There17 Feb 2025

371: Ciara Laine Myers and When You Can't See God

You grew up in church but suddenly, you can't tell if God cares about you. What do you do?

Our guest today shares the moment when she didn't recognize herself, didn't feel God's presence, and what she did next.

Ciara Laine Myers is an award-winning business owner, blogger, and author of Glasses Off: Seeing God When Your Vision Is Gone. Today, Ciara shares with us her reaction to trauma, the moment her secrets became known, and the practices that brought her back to health. Plus, we talk about calling and why it may not mean what you think.

Ciara's story reminds us that no matter how far we feel from God, it's only one step back.

Listen to Ciara's story wherever you get your podcasts now!

Stories Ciara shared:

Struggling with calling and asking God for fresh insight
Growing up on a little ranch in Texas in a Christian family
Getting saved when she was five
Being abused sexually by a friend at seven
Processing her experience in college
Deciding to be “bad Ciara” and where that led her
Realizing that she didn’t feel God anymore and how that felt
Going to the hospital with severe pain being forced to confess her drug use to her grandma
Getting back with a previous boyfriend and getting pregnant
Deciding to have a date with God for 60 days
Getting “serious” about finding her calling
Why humility is so important in an influencer culture
The vision of her purpose from the Lord
The urgency test and the action you need to take

Great quotes from Ciara:

If good Ciara is being abused, I’m going to be bad Ciara.

There was one moment that I looked in the mirror and thought "I don't really feel God anymore, and it was cold."

Calling is not a career. It’s a space on Earth to live out your purpose.

Resources we mentioned:

Ciara’s website
Glasses Off: Seeing God When Your Vision Is Gone by Ciara Laine Myers

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