06/18/2026
I started my personal healing journey the moment I was first asked, "Is it ok for you to have needs?"
The question astounded me (it's now one I ask regularly). I was astounded because my knee-jerk reaction at 38 was "no. Not at all. They just get in the way."
While it's years since I've had that reaction to the question, and years of work to move through the layers of answers that come in response to the question, at each new intersection, I find myself wrestling with this old question.
Am I really ok needing what I need? Or do those needs mean I don't fit, I don't belong, I take up too much space, I'm in the way, etc. etc. etc.
Can anyone else relate? (I know you can, because I see this wrestle underlying so many of the interactions I have with other women.)
Today, this whole week, I've been taking intentional time to allow the wrestle as I face another intersection.
I call in my helpers, those who help me think clearly, hear the whispers from my God, who remains my anchor despite the condition of His Body (nothing new under the sun).
And part of those needs is need to make intentional space for seeing beauty.
Even though I don't know you, I know you have this need, too. It's God-designed.
May you also be able to take a few intentional moments to absorb His beauty, goodness, and faithfulness- even in the midst of a very broken world.
It won't always be like this.
Thank My Creator.
