Daughter, you are so much more than you even know.
Please believe it.
I know it doesn’t feel that way. I know you think that being more is too good to be true.
It’s not.
It’s not because I made you with my own hands.
Do you know how precious you are to me? Do you know I see you and feel with you?
Yes, I know those thoughts when you don’t feel good enough, when you snuff out your dreams because you don’t believe it.
Start believing.
I can do anything, child. Find your joy in that.
Not in work, not in the moment you’ll be able to leave it, not when all is made right and all is how you’ve hoped.
Find joy in moving forward, that every day moves you forward.
Oh, daughter, don’t ever despair. You are not mediocre. You are not sentenced to mediocrity. That’s how you think sometimes.
I know you’re sorry. You’re becoming aware of it. Remember when I said it’s okay if you don’t always get it right? That’s why I’m here, to guide you.
Now just keep going forward, daughter.
I’ll love you the whole way.
Let me do the work, let me make the plans. Let me work in hearts.
I’ll show you where you need to be. I’ll open the door. You just have to wait and remember and listen.
Keep coming to me. Don’t go where you’ll only hear what you want.
Go where you’ll hear truth from me.
See Psalm 126; Psalm 138:8; Psalm 139:13-16; Isaiah 41:9-10, 43:1-4; Matthew 6:33, 7:7-8, 10:39; Luke 9:23-25; John 16:13-14; Romans 8:26-39, 10:10-11, 11:28-29; Galatians 3:10-12, 5:25, 6:9; Ephesians 1:18, 2:4-5, 2:10, 3:20; Philippians 3:12-14, 4:11-13; Hebrews 4:14-16, 12:1-2
These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.
