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He makes us his priority. He leaves the ninety-nine and comes after us. Like a Shepherd runs after one lost sheep. He does this without fear of his own heart being broken again. He knows we will do it again. He cannot help himself. He will not break his promise to us.

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We as women are told that we are princesses: we only deserve to be loved by a prince. Up until recently, I didn’t realize how flawed this mentality was.

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The truth is, our lives are going to be hard, even if and when we pray or listen or rely on Him. But in all things, all moments, all days, all challenges—He is good.

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You are His child. And no amount of doubt or mess will change that.

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Sometimes God uses the tough moments to teach us. That we do not have to exist here on our own. That we should never carry burdens without help. That we are infinitely valuable, even when we don’t believe or see this worth.

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We think that ‘finding’ ourselves is synonymous with ‘fixing’ ourselves—that we continually have to reform or change who we’ve been to become something worthy of love and light. But we are not broken beings; we don’t need to be fixed.

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What you have, what you’ve always had is your Father’s love. And His love will fill every broken piece, every cracked crevice, every spot of loneliness, or fear, or longing you feel.

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You are not worth less in the moments when you feel worthless. At your very lowest point, God still loves you.

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God didn’t make a mistake with you. He didn’t fail in His creation or forget to finish. He didn’t lose sight of your purpose and no matter how absent He feels, He didn’t (and won’t ever) leave your side.

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Because there is no ideal you must measure up to for the people who really love and value you.