Thank you for praying. 🙏🏾
After what has been an emotionally exhausting season dealing with all kinds of feedback, criticism and yes, also vitriol… I finally made it to speak.
I felt really, really low today and felt the message fell flat.
But—
Today’s book table response was one of the best ones we’ve had.
I was worried when people said they needed to “talk to me about my message” — all I could think of was “aww man, what did I say wrong?” but when they shared how it touched them, I looked at them incredulouly realising how humbled I was to see —
That it’s not the messages we feel best about that have the greatest impact. Sometimes, God shows up even when we feel we have nothing to give.
Lately, the biggest challenge I had to face were the negative,
ruminating voices playing out in my head criticizing my writing, speaking, etc. echoing from real people.
But I’m learning, one day at a time, how much this crushing process might be releasing a new fragrance.
Every time I choose to keep writing and speaking in spite of the setbacks and vitriol, is a choice to keep doing so for an Audience of One.
When I got home, my 4-yr old cupped my face in her hands and said, “Mama, let me put this crown on your head. You deserve this.”
😭😭
I am learning, how being rooted in our Identity in God can help anchor ourselves amidst the storms of our lives.
