Season 12
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Episode 4
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Run Time: 49:09
When you hear the word “resilience,” do you think of grit, toughness, or pushing harder? In this episode of the Candace Cameron Bure Podcast, Candace and author/artist Ruth Chou Simons offer a different picture—one rooted not in willpower but in surrender to God.
Ruth begins by sharing why her husband Troy is the most resilient person she knows: he treats every failure as “an opportunity to grow.” Candace reflects on a friend who told her she’s like “a cat with nine lives,” rising again after criticism, disappointment, career shifts, and public misunderstanding.
The episode digs into Scripture to understand resilience biblically. Philippians 1:6 reminds believers that God completes the work He starts. James 1 describes how trials produce endurance and maturity. Resilience isn’t a self-made trait—it is something God forms in us as we walk with Him.
Candace and Ruth both open up about seasons of spiritual dryness. Bible reading isn’t a transaction, but a daily deposit that forms spiritual muscle over time.
The conversation also explores disappointment and rerouting. Candace describes painful career losses and public attacks, and how James 1 became her anchor. Ruth shares a recent disappointment involving the end of a ministry partnership she cherished for nearly a decade. Both women testify that God often dismantles what we thought we were building so He can redirect us where He wants us.
They end the episode by answering two thoughtful listener questions—one from a 17-year-old girl about finding time with God before early mornings, and one about being still enough to hear God in a distracted world.
Ultimately, this episode invites listeners to embrace resilience not as pushing harder, but as trusting God more deeply—believing He is faithful, creative, and committed to completing the work He began.