Secret Thoughts

"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love."

Brené Brown

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Let me tell you something:

Some of the most brutal battles you'll ever face happen when no one is watching. When it's just you…and that thing. No crowd. No stage. No audience. No spotlight. No applause. Just you – and the weight of what you're carrying. It's the fight behind closed doors. The kind that leaves no scars on the outside but breaks you in places no one sees.

And the most challenging part? You fight it alone. After the prayers have been whispered, the tears have fallen, the voices have quieted, and loved ones have travailed on your behalf…

it's just you,

on your own two feet,

still standing.

Because the hands that once held you, have let go.

Then come the nights when your pillow have to hold your secrets, and silence feels like screaming. When your soul feels winded and out of breath. When you long for the sound of laughter, your heart aching for freedom you can't quite touch,

It's in these moments that you discover yourself. And when you do, DO NOT BE AFRAID!

You didn't always look like this.

You didn't always feel like this.

But that version of you,

The one who survived?

She's still worthy of love.

So... LOVE YOURSELF BACK TO LIFE!

The Bible says:

"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding" Prov 4 vs 7.

You will never stop learning,

so learn deeply and often.

Learn with hunger and intention.

Learn with humility.

In all your doing,

be rooted.

In all your giving,

give fully,

without regret.

And in all your living,

EMBRACE GOD.

Not just parts of Him.

Not halfway.

Not when it's convenient.

But all the way.

Because no one understands you like the ONE who designed you.

The mystery of His hands,

His thoughts,

His heart,

How his breath filled you with destiny!

We will never be able to comprehend it.

HIS fingerprints are on your future.

His breath lingers on your name.

HIS thoughts toward you, Glorious.

HIS ARMS?

Wrapping around you even now.

And His love?

Unquenchable.

Unsearchable.

Unchanging.

HE is MAGICAL in His mercy toward you.

POWERFUL in His PURSUIT of you.

FIERCE in His PROTECTION of you.

And you –

you are TREASURED in His sight.

So let this be it.

LET THIS BE YOUR YEAR.

The year you rise.

The year you breathe again.

The year you walk in the fullness of who God created you to be.

LET THIS…

BE YOUR YEAR!

Kerique Hoo-Kim