Is there any such thing as the PERFECT CHRISTIAN WOMAN? (If you're nodding in response, please don't press play.)

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Today's story is rife with a little mannequin history, tongue-in-cheek stereotyping, and animal analogies, but the mic drops might make your jaw unhinge. 

"Putting lipstick on a pig doesn't make her a lady." Deep inside was a mess I couldn’t identify or fix no matter how much I served Jesus or the church. While I was doing all the right things to act like a good Christian woman, our works don’t heal the shame or fix what's broken. 

Since "mannequins mirror the 'ideal standard' of the season in figure, form, and fashion"

I became 

a 

Plastic Princess.

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ALSO: SUPER exciting ANNOUNCEMENT, but you'll have to listen to find out more!

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