Where Your Story Begins
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb” (Psalm 139:13).
Daughter, you hear Me say it true: I begin a new thing in you.
The past is behind you. I was there with you. I can show you where I was.
Looking back is not bad, but staying there is not my plan. Let Me place my hand on the places of pain, where you feel alone, where you cry out for rescue.
I have rescued you, daughter. I created your frame, the contours of your skin, the timing of the way your eyes close, just so. I know your makeup, all the details of you, your entire story.
I author you, daughter.
The drafting of your story, your hand in mine . . . there is paper not more beautiful—curls of letters that make Me smile.
Daughter, the story of your name is written in my book, your beginning, the moment where you felt you ended and I begin. That is your beginning, child.
You begin where you end and I begin.
And the story keeps writing, child. After beginning there is adventure. After beginning there is trust and falling and catching and believing and choosing and waiting. There is much waiting and beginning again.
Your story running right off the page with Me.
|| More Resources For You ||
“We were made to know Jesus for real in our unique way based on our backgrounds and our personalities and our schedules and our relationships,” says spoken word artist Hosanna Wong. Read her interview on Rapt to learn some of the biggest lessons she learned through conducting 1,000 interviews for her latest book, Uncomplicate It: Permission to Enjoy God in Your Unique Way. This, my friend, is an encouraging read.
What does the agrarian lifestyle have to teach us about day-to-day life—or our individual relationships with Jesus? Quite a lot, apparently. From nature writer Hadden Turner: “Thus, you should ignore anyone who tells you that what they are expounding is the only way to practice agrarianism, whatever the practice may be. There is no silver bullet. There is no quick and easy solution. There is only the hard and painful work of working out what is best for your place through trial and error and seeking the wisdom of others. There are no shortcuts to the good life. Only a fool believes that there are.” → Read the rest over at the Rabbit Room, if you’d like.
As women, we reflect the restful beauty of our Creator. But perhaps after several kids, a demanding job, and endless overcommitments, many of us have lost sight of that truth. Let this conversation with Stasi Eldredge and Blain Eldredge refresh you, sister—and may it remind you that your true beauty isn’t found in the exhaustive standards of this world, but in the deep, unconditional love of your King.
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