Have you met her yet?

Have you met her yet? The real you — not the one who shows up capable and composed, not the one who knows exactly what to say in every room — but the one underneath all of that. If that question makes you go quiet, this episode is for you. 🌿

 

In this deeply personal episode, Misty shares the story of the first time she asked God to show her herself — and what He showed her wasn’t pretty.

🪨 It was a burnt stub. Charcoal black. Not completely dead, but barely alive.

And in that image, God didn’t give her a verdict. He gave her an invitation. He was saying: "I see what you’ve been through. I see what’s left. And I’m not done."

Years later, the ashes became literal when her marriage ended and she found herself alone, rebuilding — and it was in that desert season, deep in the Song of Solomon, that God kept meeting her to speak tenderly, not to shame her but to show her she was still His. Still lovely. 🤍

 

This episode explores the difference between knowing yourself through other people’s eyes — through what you do and how you perform — and knowing yourself through holy collaboration with your Creator.

Misty pushes back on the belief that self-knowledge is self-indulgent, grounding it in Psalm 139:23–24 where David himself prayed: Search me, God, and know my heart.

She walks through three practical postures for beginning to know yourself:

1️⃣ solitude as the container,
2️⃣ the difference between managing emotions and actually feeling them (including a free feelings wheel resource), and
3️⃣ the desert season as gift rather than punishment. 🌼

 

She brings it all home to the two scriptures that anchor the entire Known series: Isaiah 61:3 — a crown of beauty instead of ashes, and oaks of righteousness for the display of His splendor — and Song of Solomon 1:5 — I am dark but lovely. Not dark therefore unlovable. Not lovely once it’s cleaned up. Dark and lovely, both at once. God called her lovely in the dark. He’s calling you lovely too. ✨

 

This is the final episode in the Known series (Episodes 103, 104, and 105). If you missed the first two, the links are right here...in the show notes — waiting for you.

 

🌱 Free Rhythms of Renewal Mini Guide: https://mistyhughes.myflodesk.com/discoverrhythms

🎯 Free Notice, Name, Feel & Free Your Feelings Resource (includes feelings wheel): available at mistyhughes.com/resources

☎️ Book a complimentary discovery call: https://calendly.com/mistyhughes/call-with-misty

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LINKS FOR PODCAST EPISODES IN THE KNOWN SERIES:
🎙️ EP 103: Still Waiting? Give it 20 years, Mamma.
https://mistyhughes.com/ep-103-still-waiting/

🎙️EP 104: The Woman Nobody Sees