Most people guess at God's will. You don't have to.
Frances Smit: God’s Plan Is Revealed One Step at a Time
A Footsteps to Heaven podcast episode
with Terry Modica
This is a companion to my workbook “Knowing God’s Will and Doing It Well“.
Most of the time, God doesn’t give us the whole roadmap. He asks us to trust Him enough to take the next step.
Listen to Terry Modica and her guest, Frances Smit, on this episode of Footsteps to Heaven as they discuss why it’s important to stop waiting for complete certainty before moving forward in what you think might be God’s plan for you. Begin with one faithful step — through prayer, the sacraments, Scripture, and trust — and allow God to reveal His plan as you walk with Him.
In this episode, Frances Smit shares her powerful story of:
• Entering the Catholic Church through a leap of faith
• Learning to hear God’s voice through Scripture and prayer
• Overcoming depression and discovering healing
• Leaving behind security to follow God’s call
If you’ve ever struggled to know God’s will, felt stuck, or wondered whether God is truly guiding your life, this episode will encourage you.
📚 Visit Frances Smit’s website: https://FrancesSmit.com
Connect with her on Substack: https://fbsmit.substack.com
⏱ Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: How Do We Know God’s Plan?
01:15 Frances Smit’s Journey to the Catholic Faith
02:42 Faith Before Understanding
04:36 Life After Becoming Catholic
05:31 Depression, Discernment & God’s Will
06:21 Prayer, Sacraments & Hearing God
08:06 Terry’s Story of Loss and New Purpose
10:28 Leaving a Secular Career to Follow God
12:53 What Is Lectio Divina?
14:58 Trusting God With Financial Decisions
17:10 Taking Steps of Faith in Family Life
20:03 Discovering the Call to Write
21:40 Asking God to Open the Right Doors
23:07 Gifts, Passions & Your Calling
24:13 How God Speaks Through Dreams
27:27 Testing God’s Direction Step by Step
29:39 Frances Smit’s Books & Final Encouragement
Video Excerpt
Terry Modica:
How did you figure out that God wanted you to become Catholic?
Frances:
I had been married for about five or six years and my husband was Catholic but I wasn’t a Catholic or a Christian. I didn’t really know anything about Christianity, but I suddenly became interested in going to RCIA classes. I was just curious and I started going, and I went through the whole thing, but I wasn’t ready to commit to the Church, so I dropped out at the last minute. I had my secular views and I was a feminist at the time, so I didn’t believe all the teachings of the Church. And I felt like, in order to commit to the Church, I needed to be on board with everything.
And then after that, lo and behold, I started going through RCIA again a second time. I think that was because the Holy Spirit was prompting me, and I didn’t know what that was at the time.
So, I had gone through it a second time. And there — as people might know that there are different scrutinies that come along during the RCIA where you commit to the Church in small ways. And there was a point in time when we needed to decide, “Hey, are you going to come into the Church or not? I was having a hard time with that. I was like, “Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think I can do it.” But the night before we had to make a decision. I had a dream, and in the dream the Lord was speaking to me. I knew that He was saying that He wanted me to come into the Church. So that’s when I committed….
For help in discerning God’s plans for you, get my workbook “Knowing God’s Will and Doing It Well“
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