Through her social media platforms,
much more powerful for others; she
Crystal has become a beacon of hope and
believes that as young women, we must get
encouragement to many young women
to a place where we trust that God will
around the world. When asked what advice
equip is to do His work. In her own words:
she would give to a woman struggling with
“If you were perfect, how would God get
her relationship with God, Crystal stated
the glory? Use your shortcomings as a
that it is always good to get plugged into a
launching pad, because in your weakness,
healthy church or Bible study, where you
God is strong!� While she expressed that she
can grow. She explained that life in
too struggled in the area of feeling insecure,
community is extremely important, and
she divulged that an event that molded her
she reminded us that even Jesus had the
into the confident woman that she is today
disciples and the disciples had each other
was moving to Nigeria at the age of
and Jesus!
fourteen. Crystal stated that this move developed and moulded her leadership
Crystal also asserted that we as young
skills, diversified her views on life and
women must fight to remain focused, since
made her more proud of her rich Nigerian
there are so many things fighting for our
culture, all of which played a role in
attention, seeking to distract us from
building the strong woman that she has
focusing on God. She encourages the young
become.
woman struggling in her relationship with the God to not allow these things
When asked about future plans, Crystal
distractions to win.
expressed that she is not currently working on any projects at the moment. However,
Crystal also has some advice for young
she does plan to begin working on some
women who might feel too insecure to
new things in the near future, so stay tuned!
pursue her God given purpose. She asserts
Crystal ultimately hopes that God will
that these women must simply fight back!
continue to use her to speak life into others
Crystal stated that she too struggled in this
in any capacity.
area often and has learned that the enemy is crafty and even our own thoughts can
We loved getting a chance to talk with
discourage us most. She however reminds
Crystal! Her life and her ministry has been
us that God can take our mess and make it
a huge blessing to the Becoming team and
our message, so we should never be afraid
many other young women across the globe.
to share what we have been through or to
You can connect with Crystal on her
walk in our unique purposes. When we walk
instagram account at CrystalOTV, as well as
in our purposes, we can be so
her Youtube channel with the same name.
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