This is for you friend. You are there all the time. You sit in the middle, slightly to the left and if you can’t sit there you find a spot on the far right. You think you blend in. You think that you are just ordinary enough not stick out too much and just pretty enough to be noticed. You sit there and listen. You listen and you dream. Of course, your dreams aren’t very big dreams. You want to take care of your family. You want to do your job. You want to love and please your God. You are a good and strong woman, a woman of faith.
Do you realize that you are beloved? Do you know in the pit of your stomach that the God who created the universe calls you His precious daughter?
God loved you from the minute He made you. As He created your tender eyes, He knew the things you would see. When He formed your feet, with the slightly turned in toes, He smiled because He knew your foot prints would lead tiny foot prints across wet sand. He knew your feet would dance and run and jump and ache after days of work. He knew your temper would flare and cause you to have to turn to Him to be calmed. He knew every bad habit, every flawed thought, every secret shame. He knew all of it and He loves you.
He delights in you. He wants you to be brave. You are His daughter after all. Step out in faith that your Father is the biggest authority there is and He delights in you. You can speak the truth in love even when your heart is pounding in your throat because you are the daughter of the Most High God!
He delights in you. He begs you not to accept the yoke of slavery ever again. You are free. You can dance and laugh and love because you are not a servant. You are the beloved child!
He delights in you. He wants you taste the good things in life. He wants you to feel the joy of biting into the sweetest most fragrant fruit and know that He is good. He wants you to care for yourself so you can minister to those who depend on you. He wants you to be careful with that body He gave you. He wants you to know how beautiful you are.
He loves you so much!
Just remember that even when you mess up really, really badly that He really, really loves you. If you are ready to come back, His arms are open and He is waiting.
Have you ever read the book captivating? It is a sweet book. I read it before Brandon and I got married. It was such a good reminder of how much God loves me. You should read it, I think it would be particularly good for Lauren and Althea to read. Its best for girls in the mid teens through twenties, but good for women of all ages.
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