Just a little reminder
There is a woman reading this right now who has been strong for everybody else. She has shown up when she was tired. She has smiled when she wanted to cry. She has encouraged others while quietly wondering who would encourage her. Maybe that woman is you.
If it is, I want you to pause for a moment and breathe.
You don't have to be strong every second.
You are allowed to admit that something hurt you. You are allowed to acknowledge that you're tired. You are allowed to grieve the things you lost, the person you used to be, and even the version of your life you thought you would have by now.
Healing doesn't mean pretending it never happened.
Healing means allowing God to meet you in the places that still hurt.
Psalm 147:3 reminds us, "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."
God doesn't ask you to come to Him completely healed. He invites you to come as you are.
Bring Him the disappointment.
Bring Him the heartbreak.
Bring Him the confusion.
Bring Him the questions.
Bring Him the tears.
Bring Him the parts of yourself you don't understand yet.
He can handle all of it.
And please remember this: your healing will not always look like progress.
Some days you will feel strong. Other days you may feel like you're starting over. That doesn't mean you're failing. It means you're human.
Give yourself grace.
You are becoming.
You are learning.
You are growing.
You are releasing.
You are rebuilding.
And even when you cannot see what God is doing, He is still working.
Don't allow your past to convince you that your future has to look like your yesterday. The woman you are becoming doesn't owe her old life an explanation. She doesn't have to return to places that broke her just because they are familiar.
She doesn't have to keep carrying what God has asked her to release.
She doesn't have to shrink to make other people comfortable.
She can choose peace.
She can choose boundaries.
She can choose joy.
She can choose healing.
She can choose God.
HER, your story is still being written.
Maybe this chapter has been painful, but it isn't the whole book.
There are still dreams waiting for you.
There is still purpose inside of you.
There is still joy ahead of you.
There is still love to experience.
There is still life to live.
So don't give up on yourself. Don't give up on God.
And don't give up on the woman you are becoming.
One day, you will look back and realize that the season you thought was breaking you was actually the season God was rebuilding you.
You are not who you used to be.
You are healing.
You are restoring.
You are becoming HER.
And wherever you are in your journey today, remember:
You are worthy.
You are loved.
You are seen.
You are chosen.
You are still here.
And that means God is not finished with you yet.
Healing Begins HERe. 💗...I'm just saying..Let's start the journey together.💞