A prompt

 From Poetry for Humanity

A prompt someone gave the other day:

If you could pick a single day to relive before you die what would it be?

If I could relive one day?

I wouldn't choose an easy one

not the laughter.

not the sunlight.

not the moments that already felt warm.

I'd go back to her.

the little girl who didn't understand

why her chest felt tight

why her voice disappeared

when she needed it to be heard the most.

I'd kneel beside her

be the safe space she needed

take her trembling hands in mine

and tell her,

"You're not wrong.

You're not imagining this.

You're allowed to speak.

You're allowed to run.

You're allowed to be safe."

I'd wrap her in the strength

I didn't have yet,

the strength I gained

from surviving what she couldn't fathom.

I'd stay with her

until she believed me,

until she knew she wasn't alone,

until she felt the future version of herself

standing like a shield

between her and the hurt.

If I could relive one day,

I'd choose the one

where she needed saving,

so she could finally hear the truth;

that she was worthy of protection,

that she deserved to be held,

and that the woman she becomes

never stopped fighting for her.

That day would mean so much

to both of us.

Shift your heart

 From The Worshipper

Instead of rehearsing what's broken, choose to remember what's still in God's hands.

You don't have to deny your struggles, but you don't have to dwell in them either.

There's a difference between being honest and being consumed.

Every day, you're planting something with your words: faith or fear, trust or doubt, gratitude or bitterness.

Be intentional with what you grow.

Shift your voice, and you'll start to shift your heart.

Complaining

 Complaining everyday

is praying to the devil.

It trains your heart to focus on what's wrong,

until it becomes the only thing you see. What

you constantly speak, you begin to believe. And

what you believe starts shaping how you live.

Negativity isn't harmless. It slowly steals your

gratitude, your peace, and your perspective. It

turns small problems into heavy burdens and

blinds you to the quiet ways God is still

providing, still protecting, still present.

Stay calm

 "Whatever you face, also has to face me. Stay calm."  ~God

Last outcome

You thought it was over there.

The place you failed.

The place you came up empty.

But God...

He will bring you back to the same waters --

not to remind you of your failure,

but to reveal His power.

What didn't work in your strength

will overflow in your obedience.

God will often ask you to return to the 

very place that disappointed you --

just to show you His power was never

limited by your last outcome.

~@saltandlightwords

Full of love

God didn't let it happen yet

because he's protecting what is meant to last.

I know it feels like you have been overlooked. I know it feels like

everyone else is moving forward while you are still waiting. But you are

not behind. You are not forgotten.

You are being positioned. Every delay, every detour, every closed door

was intentional -- not to punish you, but to shape you into the person

who can hold what you prayed for.

God is not late. He is strategic. He is guarding your future from what

would have destroyed it prematurely. If it didn't happen yet, it is because

something better needs time to arrive. You don't have to beg, rush, or

force what's divine.

What is meant for you will arrive gently -- and when it does, it will stay.

What God writes is rooted. What God gives is good. And when the

timing finally makes sense, you'll understand that every "not yet" was

full of love.

~jacqueline whitney

The one

 "What made me love Christ

wasn't that all of a sudden

-- I started figuring out

how to do life.

What made me love Christ

is that when I was at my worst,

when I absolutely could not

clean myself up -- and there was nothing

anybody could do with me,

right at that moment, Christ said,

"I'll take that one.

That's the one I want."

~Matt Chandler, The Mingling of Souls