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Last episode, Diamond and Candi opened up about father wounds and what it looks like to love God while still healing. This time, they go further: how those wounds don't just shape how you feel about your father — they shape how you see God, and how you see yourself.

Both hosts share stories of discovering, as adults, that the men they thought were their fathers weren't who they believed — and the aftermath of that discovery on their marriages, their families, and their faith. They talk honestly about feeling like a secret, feeling replaceable, and asking God the harder question underneath it all: not "why did this happen to me," but "God, if You are safe, then why would You put me in a position to be unsafe?"

Landing in Matthew 7:9–11 — earthly fathers versus the Father who gives good gifts — this episode doesn't resolve the pain. It sits with it, and asks what it would look like to let God rewrite what "father" means, one more time.

In this episode:

• How father wounds change the way you see yourself, even when they don't change how you see God
• Discovering a father wasn't who you thought he was — and what that grief actually feels like
• Matthew 7:9–11 and the difference between earthly fathers and a Father who gives good gifts
• What you'd tell your younger self about who God created you to be

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Timestamps:
0:00 – Cold open: "God, if You are safe, then why would You put me in a position to be unsafe?"
1:28 – Today's topic: father wounds and how they shape how we see God
3:02 – Can our understanding of God change over time?
6:00 – "What's wrong with me that I'm not worth keeping safe?"
11:17 – The DNA test — something felt off
15:25 – Getting the results
21:11 – "I'm the child that messed up this family"
27:25 – When silence becomes its own kind of rejection
36:07 – Matthew 7:9–11 — earthly fathers vs. the Father in heaven
42:45 – What would you tell your younger self?
46:04 – Closing question for listeners

Topics: father wounds, healing father wounds, Christian women podcast, faith and healing, loving God while hurting, absent father healing, biological father discovery, Christian girl talk, emotional healing podcast, faith and identity, and more

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Matthew 7:9–11 : https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A9%E2%80%9311%20&version=NIV

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📖 Referenced in this episode: Matthew 7:9–11 [link]
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