She is Loved
The moment she embraced herself, she knew how loved she is.
She was shattered before she knew how much every piece of her matters.
She was left afraid in the dark before she knew how much courage it took her to ignite the light coming from inside her.
She was wrapped in her own thorns before she remembered how much beauty fills the rose that she is.
She was healing during the times her pain had taken its toll to the point of losing herself.
She was learning during the times she felt like everything she was investing is bound to leave her empty.
She was growing during the times she made the bravest choice of taking steps backward — away from the wrong battles.
She realized how strong she is after her weak side has made her end up in a situation to discern what her true self could’ve done better.
She discovered how strong her heart has become after she refused to look back in order to find her way forward.
She acknowledged how strongly built her walls have gone after she only let in her people — those who asked for God’s guidance in letting her guard down.
She is now claiming herself.
She needs to own her identity —instead of living in the shadow of somebody else’s identity. She must own the princess that she is before she gets entrusted to her man.
She must relentlessly reclaim herself as she then gets claimed by the one whose prayers are being granted through her — to fulfill His promises.
She is whole on her own.
She is empowered by her King who is the source of her grace.
She is learning a lot from the process of being whole by relying on the providence that comes from above in order to make it on her own.
She sets boundaries to protect her heart.
Her heart is guarded as she keeps in mind that she is a rose loved by The King who wore her thorns.
She is protecting her sense of self-worth as she establishes respect towards her way of setting boundaries.
She is becoming more independent.
She is beginning to be proud of the person she is becoming in His Name by giving herself space and time to live up to these realizations…
Growth requires self-accountability.
She has no one to blame for every burden that became heavier for her to carry when she has not yet learned to fight for herself.
Respect isn’t begged for, it’s reinforced.
She begs no respect from the people to whom she now has the ability to reinforce how she deserves to be treated.
Damage, not love, is what she gets from codependency.
She accepts no excuses to justify her damage because she is no longer dependent on anyone that is keeping her away from being real.
She may have done some mess, but that’s how she stays real.
She doesn’t lie about her pace of growth nor does she pretend that she is always capable of protecting her sanity.
She doesn’t lie about her weaknesses at times she knew how badly she was losing a sense of dignity.
She doesn’t lie about her mistakes because The Truth is the only means for her to recover a loss of integrity.
She is real, but she sets limitations.
She knows which sides of her need to be kept hidden from the people who could potentially mistake her actions for something inspired by a different intention.
She knows when to draw a line in order to protect her relationships from developing in a misleading manner or at the wrong pace.
She knows when to stop investing for the wrong cause, as much as she wants to prove that she is a woman of her word.
She is still learning.
She has never stopped desiring to know better and that’s what keeps her moving forward.
She has never stopped trying to live better and that’s what keeps her deserving of life’s reward.
She has never stopped growing to love better and that’s what prevents her from being a coward.
She is never afraid to love the right way.
She now knows the greater deal she could lose from taking anything that doesn’t belong to her or from allowing others to take what’s hers.
She would never take the love of those who offer all their love, including what should’ve been theirs to take — leaving their own selves devoid of it.
She would never demand too much of the love others could possibly give, just because she first gave all of hers — including the love she should’ve kept for herself.
She loves because she is self-sufficient.
She now knows the greater deal she could gain from choosing to give the love she abundantly had as she needed less of it.
She now knows the sense of self-worth she could gain from desiring to love more than to be loved.
She is only self-sufficient because she is aware that she is a part of something bigger than herself — making her surrender to the graces of selfless giving and self-effacing sacrifice.
She now knows how loved she is.
She knows that the imperfections she sees when she faces the mirror would never matter compared to her reflection that shows who she is inside.
She knows that she is loved for both her bright and dark sides, for the beauty of her humane heart, and for the authenticity of her passionate soul.
She knows that the outside validation she receives can never amount to how truly loved she is and that her silent wins are also making a difference in other people’s lives — even in the most subtle ways.
She knows what she deserves.
She knows that there is a lot more to live for if she won’t rush things and if she won’t compromise her chance for the best by settling for less.
She knows when to walk away from what is not anymore making her grow and when to go back where she came from in order to remember who she is.
She knows that she is a lot more than her missteps, downfalls, and all the ways she failed to meet the expectations she set herself — based on how far her potentials have already reached.
She only resides in a love where she has placed her deepest trust — the love that she just realized was making her strong all along.
She deserves the best love that revealed His Name further at her worst.
She is now embracing herself.
This is now the turning point for her to fully claim that she is loved without conditions.
Despite her shortcomings, her worth does not decrease by her own inability to perceive it — during the times she is lacking a sense of self-love.
In her simplicity, in her realness, and in her vulnerability, she is blessed with a love that recognizes boundaries.
She is loved beyond measure.
She is loved by means of setting her free.
She is loved with a reflection of His heavenly love.
She is loved in a way that unleashes all the possibilities.
She is loved for the way she loves — she humbly forgives, confidently trusts, patiently endures, generously gives and selflessly perseveres.
