When everything in me wants to give in, give up, and give way to fear… I remember where I belong: I am not alone. I belong to a sisterhood of called and committed women who do hard & holy things.
If I put pen to paper, my list of brave sisters could fill up the page. God has called some of them to teach, others to a season of learning, and others to stand strong against the forces of evil.
So why don’t I? Why don’t I put pen to paper? Why don’t I reach out to girlfriends when I’m fearful?
Sometimes it’s because I feel alone, and I just want to wallow in that feeling for a bit.
Sometimes it’s because when I try to reach out, I fear rejection.
Sometimes it’s because I just don’t feel like I belong.
Feeling isolated can keep me in a holding pattern for way longer than I’d like to admit.
But I fight that feeling of loneliness when I choose to engage, to try again.
I love what Brené Brown writes about belonging in her new book, Braving the Wilderness: “Stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that you don’t belong. You will always find it because you’ve made that your mission.
Stop scouring people’s faces for evidence that you’re not enough. You will always find it because you’ve made that your goal.
True belonging and self-worth are not goods; we don’t negotiate their value with the world.
The truth about who we are lives in our hearts.
Our call to courage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially our own.”
You belong to a sisterhood of women who do hard and holy things.
God isn’t calling you to constantly be evaluating yourself.
– Girlfriends remind you that you are enough.
God isn’t calling you to give up.
– Your soul sisters encourage you to keep going.
God isn’t calling you to give in to fear.
– Fear fades when you remember you’re not the only one.
What is the hard & holy thing God is calling you to right now?
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