It’s Not Too Late for You
“Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation” (Habakkuk 3:18).
Daughter, my Spirit whispers, and some hear more clearly than others. Some want to hear it . . . and do . . . but mistake my words for something else. There is a gift I give: to know, with certainty, my words pressed upon a daughter’s heart. And there are some daughters who, of course, could hear, because they know Me. But so many obstacles stay stacked in the way of discerning Me clearly.
Now, the ones who can hear—and listen intently—will not be disappointed. While they may not hear what they want to hear, they will not be disappointed because I do not disappoint. My presence, my true presence, does not disappoint.
This world brings with it much sadness, and my words get twisted and muddled. Purity becomes tainted. Translation is distorted. And I let my daughters act on the distorted messages. But I keep whispering truth their hearts—the hearts I created with my own breath—understand.
There is always hope in Me. There is always new life for you, my daughter, in Me. There is no daughter, despite her past, despite her mistakes, despite how she turns away, who could disappoint Me when she turns back.
Oh, girl, turn back.
Don’t believe the lie that you messed up too much to be fixed. Don’t believe the distorted, twisted, hurtful daggers that tell you it is too late, too late, for you. Yes, there are things you did you wish you didn’t. There are things I saw done to you that make my heart still ache and cry.
I only intend good for you, daughter. I only plan and speak goodness and hope. Even in the world’s disappointments, I am bigger, and I bring a new way to look at the old. I replace all old with new.
There is nothing I don’t see—nothing that breaks your heart that I don’t care about.
Say it aloud, girl, how you are tired. Say it aloud, girl, how you hope for more. I love giving more—more of Me, more love, more joy. I am in all places, and I redeem and bring beauty to all pasts.
Yours, daughter. I bring hope and joy to yours.
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“When you’re caught in the revel of a dance, your body moving to the music, your heart smiling like your dumb, beautiful cheeks, your friends surrounding you with the blessing of their laughter, you’re not unaware of the shadow of time or the darkness of the soul. You are, quite simply and beautifully, fighting against them in the cheerful war that does not obliterate time but freezes it.” ⇒ Timothy Willard’s words remind me to look for the simple joys in the marvelous world around me, and to find eternal truths in the ordinary that God designed me to uncover. What about you? Read the rest of his article here.
“The truth is, it’s hard to be human. We’re finite creatures living in a broken world. We experience grief, sickness, disappointment, anxiety, and uncertainty. We need sleep. We need nourishment. We need relationships. We need help. Yet we often live as though those needs are failures. Even Christians can quietly adopt the belief that maturity means becoming increasingly self-sufficient. We may never say it out loud, but we often behave as though dependence is something to outgrow.” → From “Our Weakness Is God’s Invitation.” Have you ever felt this way? As though your human needs and dependencies were something you needed to outgrow, something to “get over”? When I start feeling this way, I remember that the apostle Paul was proud of his trials because “[God’s] power is made perfect in [his] weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9).
If we don’t understand—I mean, personally and experientially know—Christ’s loving, gentle, low-stooping heart for us, then passages about submission, like 1 Peter 3 and Ephesians 5, can feel uncomfortable for many of us women. But I love how this writer graciously puts it: “God transformed my thinking through 1 Peter, revealing to me the beauty and power of a woman in marriage. She can be indispensable without dominating. She can be influential, known for what she doesn’t say. She can be fearless, with an ironclad trust in the Lord. She can be beautiful from the inside out. And she can be absolutely free.” → If you’d like to read her full article, head over to Free Grace Women.
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