05/24/2026
“Yet still they rise…”
Today at Dr. Sakinah’s She Rise Tea event, I witnessed something beautiful.
I watched women walk into the room carrying silent battles, emotional exhaustion, disappointments, responsibilities, grief, ministry burdens, family pressures, and hidden wounds… yet still they rise.
I watched women cry.
I watched women laugh.
I watched women get affirmed.
I watched women receive prayer, healing, and deliverance.
There was something powerful about seeing women realize they were not disqualified because they were still healing.
So many women have spent years being “the strong one” for everybody else while quietly pouring from an empty place. But today felt like a reminder that God still sees them, still calls them, and still has purpose for their lives.
I loved seeing women encouraged to stop shrinking themselves, stop comparing themselves, and stop waiting for permission to walk in what God already placed inside of them.
Every woman in that room carried something valuable.
Every testimony mattered.
Every tear mattered.
Every breakthrough mattered.
And one thing became very clear:
Healing may change your voice, your boundaries, your confidence, your relationships, and even your direction… but you should never apologize for becoming whole.
A special thank you to Dr. Sakinah for flowing in her anointing and allowing God to use her so freely. Thank you for creating a space where women could be poured into, strengthened, affirmed, and reminded of who they are. Your obedience touched many lives today.
Today was beautiful.
Women were crowned.
Women were seen.
Women were strengthened.
Yet still they rise.
Sakinah O'Kane