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Jeremiah 17:7-8

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Release, and open

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On October 17, 2026

In God knows you, I AM, Rest, Sorrow, Worry

Daughter, I know what it’s like to feel broken, to be broken.

I know exhaustion.

I know tears and hopelessness.

I know the feeling of not knowing, not wanting to do or feel.

I know it’s impossible not to.

I know when love isn’t love, when it’s taking and taking and taking and taking.

I know when rest is cast out, when it is the thing you need but no one wants to give.

I know when a morning brings tears and tiredness, even before you’ve left your bed.

I know when thoughts race and dictate your day. I know when they go so fast you cannot keep up and feel you have failed.

I know what it feels like, my daughter.

I know you.

And daughter, I love you because I know you. Not because of what you do for me. Not because of how you obey. Not because of a way you look or feel. It’s because I know you.

I know how you smile. I know how your eyes light when I’m with you.

I know your hope, your true ambitions.

I know how you see the gifts I’ve given. I know how you laugh and close your eyes when you see it, receive it, accept it.

I know how your shoulders loosen, how your lungs release and open, release and open, every time I am near.

I know your mind, your beautiful mind that wants beautiful things, for you, for me, for all.

I know the feet that go when it’s hard, where it’s hard. I know the hands that care and create.

I know the breath, the sighs that remember, that usher the next breath, the next step, the new things to create, to do, to be.

My daughter, I love you. I know you. I cannot do anything but love you, see you, know you. Because there is nothing more I want to do.

My love, I will never leave you. Let me wash you today. Let me give to you. Let me take the tears and remove the salt. Let me replenish it within you.

My daughter, you have so much to give, and to so many.

Where you are empty, I will fill. Where you lack, I will provide. Where you are unsure, I AM.

Oh, daughter, I AM.

Do not forget who you are, who I’ve made you. No one can take so much that it disappears. No one can strip you of your title, your real title. No one can stop you, my love.

You have me now, tomorrow, every day, every time.

Because I know you. And I wouldn’t miss it.

Daughter, use that breath I’ve given you to rest. Rest, knowing I AM. When I AM, you are.

Stay close to me, my love. See how I will heal. See how I will change everything. See how loneliness is a lie.

Because I know you.

See Ecclesiastes 7:3.

This link shares just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verse 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.

Known

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On May 25, 2025

In Faith, Fear, Feeling vs. believing, God knows you, I AM, Trust

I know you, daughter.

I know fear, strife,

Sorrow.

I know what is from me

And what is not.

To teach is to show,

To love is to reveal,

Not to inflict,

Oppress.

Bravery can feel

Impossible when

You forget that I

Know you.

Come to the One who knows

Every pain,

Every hope,

Every turn,

Everything that steals.

Rest with the One who knows,

Who loves,

Who reveals, at the right

Time.

Come with me to lead,

To know,

To see,

To follow,

To trust that there is

So much more.

So much more awaits, my daughter.

More than you can see,

But I can see.

I AM in it now,

And I see it is good.

Come with the One who sees.

Come with the One who

Knows all,

Knows you,

Knows when your heart failed,

When it burst and you didn’t know

You could pick up the pieces,

When it refused to go,

Refused to feel,

Refused to hope any longer.

Remember the One who knows

You.

Who knows how to revive the heart

That fails,

That hasn’t seen for so long

What it’s been waiting for,

The life and light that it knows

Is there but cannot

See.

Daughter, come to the One who loves it

Even as it refuses, consigned to dark,

To fear,

To suffering in the way

Only a heart can.

I know because I made it

When I made you.

Daughter, I know you.

I know you and

Because I know you,

I love you.

The One who loves

Is the One who saves, who redeems

The heart.

Only I, daughter.

Only I

Know.

There is more, my love,

More than you know.

More than you can see.

More than anyone sees.

Do you believe it?

My daughter, do you believe that it is

Known?

Do you believe that what is known is not

Always seen?

It is known.

You are known.

You are known, seen.

Loved.

Loved as no other.

Loved as a daughter who can

Hope, who can know

That more is coming,

That more is who her father is.

More is what her heart already has,

Already knows.

You will see, daughter.

You will see and know and feel and love,

if you let me show you, make it

Known.

See Psalm 34:18; Proverbs 4:23; Matthew 11:28-30; John 2:23-25; John 3:1-21; John 6:35-40; Romans 8:26-30

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.

I knew, I know

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On March 23, 2025

In Faith, God knows you, God's plan, Less of me, more of God, Letting go, Listening to God, Trust, Waiting

Daughter, why do you think

You will miss my direction?

You have heard me before

So clearly,

And you knew.

Why do you think

You won’t hear me again?

Daughter, you do not have to be

Good enough

To hear.

You do not have to

Measure up

To be near.

You cannot earn

My favor, even when

You believe.

I give to you because

I love you.

Oh, daughter, nothing you have

Is from you.

Nothing you have

Is from your hands.

What you have

Is given.

Material and immaterial.

Tangle and intangible.

Visible and invisible.

Seen and unseen.

Felt and unfelt.

Heard and unheard.

It all comes

From me.

I knew,

I know

you, and

Those I have for you.

I knew,

I know

How it will start,

How it will end,

How you will

Know.

See Deuteronomy 33:2-3; Psalm 139; John 6:22-40; John 7:10-24; Ephesians 2:1-10; Philippians 1:6

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.

With, without

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On February 16, 2025

In Desires, Faith, God is with you, I AM, Less of me, more of God, Listening to God, Move forward

Daughter, don’t be afraid that

I won’t be with you.

Whatever road you take,

I will be there.

Close.

But if you walk

With me,

You will go farther.

You will feel me,

Hear me,

See me,

Everywhere.

When you go

Your way,

I’m still there, but

You won’t hear, see,

Feel.

With me,

You can listen, perceive,

Sense.

Where I take you is not

Distracting.

With me, you can focus.

With me, you can lead.

Don’t be lured by what feels easy.

Remember it’s not.

Without me,

It’s harder.

Without me, it makes

No sense,

No progress.

Daughter, come with me.

I will take you where

I want you to be, and it is

Where I AM.

See Psalm 18:28-36; Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:24-25; Matthew 28:20; Philippians 4:11-13

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.

Found

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On December 29, 2024

In Chosen, Dreams and callings, Empowerment, God knows you, God's plan, Letting go, Purpose, Reliance, Your will, not mine

Daughter, I love your heart.

I love your hope.

I love when they are abandoned

To me.

In abandonment,

You are found.

Your future is found.

Your next steps

Are found.

Your calling, your gifts

Are found.

Your dreams come to life.

Your heart,

Made for so much more,

Awakens.

Your strength,

Given by me,

Intensifies.

Your confidence

Arrives

When you find

Me.

See Psalm 147:10-11; Proverbs 16:3; Luke 15:11-24; Acts 17:27-28; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 4:13

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.

Even more

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On December 22, 2024

In Chosen, Desires, Dreams and callings, God knows you, Identity, Letting go, Listening to God, submission, Trust

Daughter, why is it so important that

It must belong to you?

You are more than

What you clutch.

What you hold

Does not define,

Does not fulfill,

Does not identify.

Only I can hold all of it.

Only I can hold

My daughter,

My love,

My chosen,

My masterpiece.

You are more than

What you hold,

What you desire,

What you dream.

Yes, daughter,

Even more.

See Matthew 10:38-39; John 15:13-16; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 3:20

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.

Let. Go.

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On December 1, 2024

In Desires, Dreams and callings, God's plan, Letting go, submission, Trust, Your will, not mine

Daughter, let go.

Give me

What wakes you in the middle of the night.

Give me

What robs you of peace.

Give me

What you can’t figure out,

What you can’t see.

Give me

What you don’t understand.

When you give,

I will help.

I won’t help when you clutch

Your gifts,

Your prospects,

Your plans,

Your desires,

Your dreams.

Daughter, let go of them.

Trust me with them.

I will make them

Bigger,

Better,

Fruitful,

Beautiful,

More than you have dreamt.

But I can only do it

If you let go.

I won’t pry your fingers.

You must let

Go.

See Proverbs 16:9; Isaiah 43:16-19; Zechariah 4:6-7; Matthew 11:28-30; John 14:12-14; Ephesians 3:20; 1 Peter 5:7

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.

Made for it

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On October 27, 2024

In Chosen, Empowerment, Fear, God is with you, Identity, Less of me, more of God, Trust, Worry

Daughter, ease your mind,

Ease your heart,

For I am with you.

Trust me

With what you’re going to do

Today, tomorrow.

Tomorrow is safe with me.

Don’t believe you will

Ruin it.

When you are with me, it will be

Everything you hope.

And more.

I want to give you abundance,

But remember,

It comes from me,

Not you.

Remember that

With me,

Anything is possible.

With me,

You are

Whole, complete,

Everything I made you for.

But only with me.

See Deuteronomy 31:6; Isaiah 41:9-10; Habakkuk 3:19; Matthew 19:26; Matthew 6:25-34; Matthew 28:16-20; John 14:12-14; Ephesians 3:20; Colossians 2:8-10

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.

Closer and away

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On October 20, 2024

In Busyness, Dreams and callings, God is with you, Less of me, more of God, Letting go, Move forward, Purpose, Trust, Work, Worry

Photo credit: Tony Trout

I’ll show you, daughter.

I’ll you show you the way, away from

Emptiness,

Worry,

Strife.

Away from

Meaningless

Work,

Worry,

Fear.

No rushing,

No stressing, just

Me.

Come on, daughter.

Let’s do today

And tomorrow

And all your days

Together.

Let’s celebrate each one because

With each one,

You get closer.

Closer to your destiny,

Your purpose,

Your assignment.

Closer to me.

See Psalm 32:8; Psalm 37; Proverbs 2:8-10; John 10:1-10; Hebrews 13:20-21; James 4:1-8

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.

Nor should you

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On September 29, 2024

In Faith, God knows you, Love, Reliance

Daughter, you are so loved,

So precious to me.

And nothing will change it.

Daughter,

Lean into it.

Stand on it.

Rely on it.

Live it.

Know it, and

Never doubt it.

As I don’t give up,

Nor should you.

Don’t give up on the One who

Knows you,

Loves you,

Holds you,

Guides you,

Shows you.

Don’t give up

On me.

See Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 37:7; Psalm 139; John 8:1-11; John 13:1-8; John 15:9-17; Romans 8:31-39; 1 Corinthians 13:7

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.

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