Love Emily’s videos!!

You have no idea how much I needed to hear this. Thank you! <3

It’s so interesting because I feel like this was ME for the longest time and then one day… I just stopped caring. I was done explaining myself and I let go. I used to care so much about what people thought of me and it melted away the deeper I fell in love with Christ. I am currently working as a youth minister and when I tell people what I do, sometimes they go “oh.” And I don’t care. I smile and nod and say “yep. And it’s such a blessing.” Because only God’s opinion matters❤ thank you Emily for sharing this video

I am Muslim. But I love your videos and I relate to them sooo much! I am 30, and I still sometimes feel like I am wrong or weird for things, like choosing to wait till marriage- my last bf broke up with me because I want to wait and you give me courage to stick to what my heart wants. Your videos always give me peace. I would appreciate if you posted more often.

Hi Emily! I love watching your content, and I have been watching for the past few years; I hope you're doing ok, sincerely!❤️

Amen thank you Emily for these words . Being ok with being misunderstood. Always feeling that need to explain and I’m 34😫♥️. Gratefully for our families homeschool journey and all that it is teaching all us in our home . Saving this video for my kids! 🥰🫶🏼

Yes, agree completely! It is a muscle you have to exercise! I’ve been watching your videos for years and it helped me so much to not feel alone through high school and college!! Being the girl who didn’t partied, or drank, or did drugs and was saving herself for marriage was hard for a bit! Nobody understood and even my mom questioned me!! But I had God’s peace and calm in my heart knowing that I was doing the right thing! And today, years later I can say that it has absolutely paid off listening to God’s call for my life and being obedient to Him! Now I’m happily married with my first baby girl in my arms… God’s plan is always SO good!!! We just have to have the courage to follow it and stick to it no matter what! Going against the culture nowadays is hard but the reward is infinitely better! ❤️

Honestly its kind of annoying when people say "oh how will he socialize." who cares does he really need to? as long as hes happy and healthy thats sufficient.

I needed this!

I relate to that, that I can't relate to this world. More so because I feel like I don't relate to my generation. Even my parents joke and say that I act like an old lady sometimes. lol!

I feel misunderstood by a lot of secular people due to not having sex before marriage. A lot of my friends are atheist or agnostic and don't share the same values. It makes me feel like the black sheep, the odd one out, but I'd rather people think I'm odd than do something I don't feel comfortable with just to appease other people.

Thank you for this

Yes! Through college I always found myself wanting to make people understand why I chose to live the way I was and why I would go to church and that sort of thing. When people didn't understand, I would get upset and found myself getting bitter and resentful towards people who I perceived as refusing to attempt to understand. Now, I've come to a place of understanding and have stopped letting someone's misunderstanding of me prevent me from seeing Christ in them and loving them. It is a strange feeling and I still have so much to work on but it is more peaceful.

I'm so grateful for you Emily, ever since I was a college student and heard you for the first time at a SEEK conference. Now I'm married to an incredible Catholic husband and we have 2 kids, and I continue to hear your content in new and deep ways. This video really spoke to me. It definitely brings peace and understanding to hear that as Catholics we should share the truth but not worry about being "understood" when evangelizing. Thanks be to God to not be made for this world! :D You are a role model mother and woman for me, thank you again.

Amen! Thank you!

Just want to say that my kids are in a hybrid school and it has been the best decision for our family. I totally get it when you say people don't understand and you're at peace with that. I feel the same way. ❤️❤️

Thank you so much Emily ❤️ I really needed to hear this. I was homeschooled and will homeschool my kids, and I have these kinds of interactions with people who misunderstand me and my decisions. Same with marriage. Thank you for reminding me that the Lord understands and that He is always with me ❤️ so nice to hear from you!

I needed this encouragement! I also plan on homeschooling my little one and I’m anticipating the push back. I do dread it and stress about it a bit along with other things I anticipate being conflicting with my family (they are all lapsed Catholics) and I know I need a better prayer life in order for me to feel Christ’s peace. Thank you Emily! ❤ God bless you.

It’s so hard when the places you want to be understood the most are in community with other believers, but also trying to seek approval for God. I think it’s so easy as humans to want to be understood and seen, where the Lord sees us as we are (being that He is El Roi). Thank you for sharing.

I have felt misunderstood my whole life. I have felt the pressure to do what society or other people want me to do. I have come to the conclusion that I don’t have to explain to people all the time about my plans and decisions I make in life. I miss you content!

Would love thoughts on when it’s family that misunderstands, so much harder to shrug it off! Thank you for always speaking the truth so boldly! It is inspiring!

The Lord really spoke to me through this, thank you Emily!

I told my mom I want to homeschool my kids and she did not understand at all. I can't wait to homeschool one day!

This was so encouraging. Amen! I definitely feel this, even among family!

No one understands me, either, Emily! You have no idea how awful I find it. I know the Lord does, but still.

Very encouraged by this dear Emily. I just experienced this for the first time in a while and realized I still have some work to do with the Lord on surrendering to being misunderstood. Always inspired by your ministry! <3

Yeah... what your sweet elderly neighbours don't realise is that school is not the way it was in 1965 anymore. I don't think they realise what a hellscape it has become

My "weirdness" is less visible to the public because no one can tell by looking at me that I'm a 33 yo virgin 😂

WOW!! Thank you for this Emily. I really needed to hear this reminder that I can and I should share my faith but it is not my responsibility to make them understand. We step out in faith and share and we trust God! I live in this world but we are not of the world so why would the world understand? So true x

Just wanted to ‘pop on’ and say that your videos really encourage me ☺️

Omg the notification for this video CAN NOT BE MORE TIMELY!!! I felt misunderstood by my friends even in the faith community who settle for less in relation of dating stuff! 😅😅 still not settle for less hahaha ❤ love Jesus 😊

My parents decided to homeschool my sister and I in 2002. Our extended family did not understand at all. They took it as my parents trying to take steps to break away from them. Interesting interpretation. However, they got used to it as well as used to our family making other different decisions than them.

The three big things I've found people don't understand about my life are 1. My decision to wait until marriage, 2. My decision to only date men who share my Christian beliefs and values, and 3. The respect I have for my parents and how I let them in on big life choices and will say things like "I won't do that because my parents wouldn't want me to" at my big age of 25 (they don't understand that it is out of love that I choose to honour them in this way, not out of fear or control and I know they always want what's best for me). At times I've tried my best to explain myself on these things but when the conversation starts going round in circles, I've learned to just take a step back and think "well, my life decisions don't actually concern them". I've often found that those who refuse to back down on telling me how I should live my life (usually claiming that I'm limiting myself) are actually just trying to justify their own opposite life decisions to me. Although it's true that my life decisions don't directly affect them, seeing me feeling happy and fulfilled without the things they think should bring me fulfilment causes them to question themselves, and their defense strategy is to try to find holes in my life to prove themselves right. I don't usually tell people outright that I disagree with their life choices (unless I feel a strong need to), but just by living my life differently, people feel called out without me saying a single word against them. And that's good. My life, as well as my words, should be a witness of Jesus and hopefully that plants some seeds that could later grow into a faith in Jesus.

I cannot tell you how much I adore this video!! It came at such perfect timing, too - God's timing ❤ I had just been on a beautiful retreat this past weekend, and it did wonders for me. My soul is so much more at peace, and I am ready to get back into the journey through life with a new lens. Throughout the entire video, I couldn't help but nod over and over, whispering "Amen!" because I am in TOTAL agreement with you! I do think that spending a lot of time in prayer truly helps in a deep and beautiful way whenever I feel very misunderstood by others. The more I pray, the more strength I receive from the Lord. And even if the suffering doesn't fully go away, He helps me bear it with more grace and peace than before. I could never face these struggles on my own. It's always the Lord Who I need to run to in these moments. Always. ❤

This all rings so true! Thank you for this message. It gets lonely but it’s worth it.

Yes, I made the decision last year to drop a side gig and make less money because I was starting to not like who I was becoming. When I tell people that, they don’t understand. They think you should do whatever it takes to make more money and God broke through me to help me realize that I make enough and I don’t need more. He is supplying me with all that I need. And it has been one of the best decisions I have made. The peace that I have far surpasses any amount of money.

The cool kids say 'pop on'? 😄😄 it's so funny and awesome to see Australian slang catching on around the world

Yes totally experienced this when I was dating my now husband . People would ask “when are you guys moving in together? “ the answer was after the wedding :) and people would be confused. Now expecting our first child I’m sure there will be more things that come up. But we are happy and blessed and looking forward to parenthood.

Emily I look up at you as an example of true femininity , mother hood and standards for dating and marriage. In this ever changing secular world , its hard to grip on to chastity , purity and waiting for the right man , but to see how you and your husband are in such a fulfilling marriage with your 2 sons makes me realize that waiting is good , im 22 and have been single my whole life by choice 😘

You have no idea how timely this is for me, Emily. Thank you for sharing!!

Emily, I'm once again encouraged and blessed by what God has laid on your heart to share! My best friend and I were just talking about being okay with being misunderstood a few weeks ago. It's something I'm wrestling with and I need to continue to take it to God in prayer and remember who I am in Him. Thank you again for this reminder, Emily! <3

I feel out of place in both the world and the church because I desperately want children and that’s just not happening very easily and I feel like both sides of the argument tend not to understand that not everyone can just have children whenever they want to. And somehow this video made me realize even though it wasn’t my choice to have a difficult time getting pregnant it was my choice to do something about it in a way that honors my faith by seeing a creighton practitioner

I love and appreciate this video, Emily! For a while, I felt like I had to use compelling arguments and logic to convince people why certain decisions were moral and right...but I like the way you put this. Sometimes, only God's grace can help people to understand, and while we should share our testimonies and our faith, we cannot take on the sole responsibility to convert or convince anyone to live a holy life. The Holy Spirit is alive and well - it still reaches the places in our hearts that human justifications, arguments, and logic never will.

Amen!! Amen!! I feel so misunderstood in this culture. I don't know without Jesus where I'd fit. I am constantly criticized for always learning and wanting to know more about my faith. I go to Adult faith Formation classes and all these older ladies ask me why I want to read and fill my mind with Jesus am I a nun!? Like I can't just love Jesus and be seeking His will in my life...and I don't have anything against being a nun...but you can love and want to learn more about your faith and be a lay person. I feel this video so much!! Thanks Emily!!

Thank you! I always relate to what you say! 💗 I try to live in a spirit of contemplative detachment in the world. This is very misunderstood by friends & family. I say ‘No’ to lots of ‘entertainments’ in my life to make more space for silence & solitude & being in God’s presence. All my secular friends don’t understand why I have no ‘ambition’. When you are in love with God, that takes all your focus x

Thank you so much Emily.

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Amen! I was just talking with my mom about this the other day - your video was a great reminder/confirmation 😌

You have a specific flavor of making what are generally speaking countercultural decisions for yourself and your family, but second guessing and commentary from the peanut gallery can occur in a wide variety of circumstances. I've told this story elsewhere. When I was going into second grade, I was academically way ahead and socially way behind. There were two second grade teachers--one kind of hard-charging (I know, hard to picture in a second-grade teacher) and one like a sweet little grandma. To give me a chance to take a breath and catch up socially, my mother picked grandma for me. This while the school was talking to her about my skipping a grade, and her mom acquaintances were telling her I'd never get into a good college if she didn't go with the other teacher. But my mom was very confident in her convictions about what was best for me (and I remember second grade as a peaceful, quiet time)...and ignoring the peanut gallery was not a problem for her!

i needed this meassge honstely,im a gen z girl waiting for marriage and it can be lonely out there.