Wasn't afraid

 And she stopped asking,
"When will this season end?"

She started asking, 

"Lord, stay close while I'm here."

And suddenly...

She wasn't afraid anymore.

Art of waiting

When you truly love someone,

you have to learn the art of waiting.

Love is not about rushing, demanding,

or forcing things to fall into place.

Sometimes the person you love needs

time to heal, to grow, or to simply find 

their way back to themselves. And if

your love is real, you'll give them that

space without making them feel

guilty for it. Waiting doesn't mean

putting your life on hold, it means

keeping faith in a bond that is strong

enough to survive distance, silence,

and time. The love that is meant for

you will never be lost, it will return

when both hearts are ready. 

God cares

From Wise Woman Club

I've heard so many men testify to this themselves:

after they hurt a good woman - a woman of God -

things begin to change.

Not because she wished evil on them. Not

because she sought revenge. But because God

cares about how we treat people, especially when

our actions are unjust.

When wickedness comes against righteousness,

God sees it. He corrects, disciplines, and deals

with His children according to His wisdom.

Sometimes consequences aren't revenge. They're

correction.

"For the Lord watches over the way of the

righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to

destruction." Psalm 1:6

A man's life falls apart after he

hurts a woman of God.

Because the consequences don't 

come from the woman he hurt.

They come from the God

she cried to.

Ready

God: She's ready.

Angel: For what she's praying for?

God: Yes. Finally.

Angel: What changed?

God: She did. A year ago, she would've loved it more than she loved herself. She would've lost herself in it. She would've made it her entire identity. But now? Now she knows who she is without it. She's built a 

life that doesn't revolve around what she's waiting for.

Angel: So why bring it now?

God: Now we bring it. She's healed enough to receive it without sabotaging it. She's strong enough to sustain it. She's whole enough to not need it to complete her.

Angel: She's going to be surprised.

God: She has no idea. She thinks the waiting was punishment. But it was preparation. And when it arrives, she'll understand why it had to take this long. She'll see that the wait wasn't wasted -- it was working in her what she needed to keep what I'm giving her.

~jacqueline whitney

Father wound

The father wound is not always caused by a father who is physically absent.

Sometimes he stayed, but remained emotionally absent.

He rarely expressed affection.

He criticized more than he encouraged.

He was unpredictable, controlling, or impossible to please.

Or he simply never made his daughter feel seen, protected, or important.

Again

 Best decision you can make is to

remind yourself that if God has done

it for you before, He'll do it again.

Trust God in every season.

Dreams

 God will give you the

marriage of your dreams

and it will not be

by your power 

but by the

grace of God.