Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Beautiful woman,
Let me talk to you without softening it.
Some of us are not exhausted because life is heavy.
We are exhausted because we have no boundaries.
And I’m including myself in that.
Lately I’ve been tired in a way that sleep could not fix.
Not overworked.
Not overwhelmed with tasks.
Just internally drained.
Not overwhelmed with tasks.
Just internally drained.
And when I really sat with God about it, He showed me something uncomfortable:
I have been accessible without discretion.
I have been compassionate without limits.
I have been emotionally available to people who have no capacity to handle me properly.
And that is leaking me dry.
You Are Not Burned Out. You Are Unfiltered.
Let’s be honest.
We say we’re tired of life.
But really, we’re tired of people having unlimited access to us.
But really, we’re tired of people having unlimited access to us.
We respond immediately.
We explain excessively.
We absorb emotions that are not ours.
We fix what God didn’t assign us to fix.
We say yes when our spirit is screaming no.
We explain excessively.
We absorb emotions that are not ours.
We fix what God didn’t assign us to fix.
We say yes when our spirit is screaming no.
And then we pray for strength.
Proverbs 4:23 does not say guard your heart when it’s convenient.
It says above all else.
That means guarding your heart is a spiritual priority.
Because everything flows from it.
Your discernment.
Your stamina.
Your obedience.
Your reactions.
Your peace.
Your stamina.
Your obedience.
Your reactions.
Your peace.
When your heart is unguarded, your life feels chaotic.
Emotional Boundaries: What They Actually Are
Let me teach this clearly.
Emotional boundaries are not attitude.
They are alignment.
They are deciding:
• Who gets access to your vulnerability
• Who gets access to your time
• Who gets access to your explanations
• Who gets access to your energy
• Who gets access to your time
• Who gets access to your explanations
• Who gets access to your energy
Jesus had boundaries.
Mark 1:35–38 shows us something powerful.
After healing and serving, He withdrew to pray.
When the disciples came saying, “Everyone is looking for You,”
He did not rush back.
After healing and serving, He withdrew to pray.
When the disciples came saying, “Everyone is looking for You,”
He did not rush back.
He moved according to assignment — not pressure.
That is discipline.
And many of us move according to guilt.
Oversharing Is Not Intimacy
Let’s say it plainly.
Oversharing is often a trauma response.
When you didn’t feel heard growing up, you overexpress as an adult.
When you weren’t protected emotionally, you overexpose hoping someone will finally handle you gently.
But not everyone deserves full access to your story.
Proverbs 13:3 says:
“Those who guard their lips preserve their lives…”
“Those who guard their lips preserve their lives…”
Guarding your lips preserves your life.
Every detail does not need to be public.
And after you overshare, what happens?
You replay it.
You question it.
You feel exposed.
You question it.
You feel exposed.
That is emotional leakage.
Overexplaining Is Insecurity in Disguise
If every boundary needs a paragraph, you are not secure in it yet.
“No” is a complete sentence.
Matthew 5:37 says:
“Let your ‘Yes’ be yes, and your ‘No,’ no…”
“Let your ‘Yes’ be yes, and your ‘No,’ no…”
Jesus did not overexplain.
Overexplaining drains you because you are trying to manage someone else’s comfort while neglecting your own peace.
That is not spiritual maturity.
That is people-pleasing.
Overextending Is Self-Abandonment
This one hurts.
Overextending is when you ignore your limits to maintain connection.
You help when you’re depleted.
You show up when you’re resentful.
You carry what was never assigned to you.
You show up when you’re resentful.
You carry what was never assigned to you.
Galatians 6:5 says:
“For each one should carry their own load.”
“For each one should carry their own load.”
Notice — their own.
Not yours.
When you constantly carry others emotionally, you start to feel heavy spiritually.
Because you were never designed to be everyone’s savior.
Saying Yes Out of Guilt
Guilt is a terrible decision-maker.
You say yes because:
• You don’t want to seem selfish
• You don’t want to disappoint
• You’re afraid they’ll pull away
• You don’t want conflict
• You don’t want to disappoint
• You’re afraid they’ll pull away
• You don’t want conflict
But every yes that violates your peace will eventually create resentment.
And resentment will quietly harden your heart.
That is why boundaries are protection.
Not punishment.
Mental Discipline: The Real Work
Now let’s go deeper.
Mental discipline is not suppressing emotion.
It is regulating it.
2 Corinthians 10:5 says we take every thought captive.
That means not every thought deserves to stay.
Women struggle here because we process deeply.
We replay tone.
We assume intention.
We create narratives.
We catastrophize outcomes.
We assume intention.
We create narratives.
We catastrophize outcomes.
And if you do not discipline your thoughts, your emotions will run your life.
Romans 12:2 says to be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Renewing requires repetition.
It requires correction.
It requires telling yourself the truth when your emotions lie.
How Leaking Energy Affects Your Spiritual Walk
When you are emotionally leaking:
• Prayer feels heavy
• Worship feels distant
• Discernment feels cloudy
• Patience runs thin
• Bitterness grows quietly
• Worship feels distant
• Discernment feels cloudy
• Patience runs thin
• Bitterness grows quietly
Not because God moved.
Because your heart is overloaded.
Your spirit cannot lead when your emotions are unmanaged.
Truthful Moment
This week I had to repent.
Not for sin.
But for lack of boundaries.
I had to admit I was drained because I refused to filter.
I wanted to be loving.
But love without wisdom becomes depletion.
James 1:5 says if you lack wisdom, ask God.
Wisdom includes knowing when to withdraw.
Knowing when to be silent.
Knowing when to say no.
Knowing when to stop explaining.
Beautiful woman,
You do not need to be more available.
You need to be more disciplined.
You do not need to prove your love through exhaustion.
You need to guard your heart through structure.
If you feel drained, ask yourself:
Where am I leaking?
Who has access they have not earned?
What conversations need boundaries?
What thoughts need captivity?
Who has access they have not earned?
What conversations need boundaries?
What thoughts need captivity?
Guard your heart.
Because everything flows from it.
And disciplined women don’t just love deeply.
They protect wisely.
And I am building that discipline right alongside you.
— Dashonia Marie 💎
Faith When It’s Not Fair Friday
February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026
Beautiful woman,
Can I just talk to you?
This week has been heavy for me.
Not dramatic. Not chaotic.
Just heavy.
Just heavy.
Mentally stretched.
Emotionally tested.
And honestly… disappointed.
Emotionally tested.
And honestly… disappointed.
There were prayers I’ve been carrying for my family that I really believed would shift by now. I fasted. I prayed. I surrendered. And some of them are still unanswered.
And I had to sit with that.
I had to sit with the silence.
And if I’m being transparent, there were moments this week where I said, “God… this doesn’t feel fair.”
You ever been there?
Where you’re doing your best to walk upright, trying to stay obedient, trying not to react, trying not to go back to old patterns… and still, things don’t move the way you hoped?
That’s a different kind of test.
Because it’s not testing your belief in God.
It’s testing your trust in Him.
There’s a difference.
Psalm 73 has been sitting with me heavy.
Asaph basically said what a lot of us think but don’t always say out loud — “Why do people who don’t even honor God seem to prosper?”
Why does it look like the people cutting corners are thriving?
Why does it feel like injustice goes untouched?
Why does obedience sometimes feel like delay?
And the part that comforts me is this — he admitted it troubled him deeply.
Deeply.
So if you feel troubled, you’re not faithless. You’re human.
The shift happened when he entered the sanctuary. When he got back into God’s presence. That’s when perspective changed.
And I had to do the same thing this week.
Because disappointment will talk to you.
It will whisper:
“Maybe this isn’t working.”
“Maybe you should handle it yourself.”
“Maybe you’re doing too much.”
“Maybe this isn’t working.”
“Maybe you should handle it yourself.”
“Maybe you’re doing too much.”
And if you’re not careful, you’ll start comparing.
You’ll look at another woman’s life and think,
“Why is her family good?”
“Why is her marriage steady?”
“Why is her business growing?”
“Why does it look easier for her?”
“Why is her family good?”
“Why is her marriage steady?”
“Why is her business growing?”
“Why does it look easier for her?”
Comparison is dangerous when you’re already disappointed.
It makes you question your obedience.
But let me tell you what I realized this week.
Obedience is not validated by immediate results.
Obedience is validated by alignment.
And sometimes staying aligned costs you comfort.
I had moments where my flesh wanted to respond emotionally. Where I wanted to say what I felt. Where I wanted to control outcomes.
But I had to ask myself:
“Do I trust God… or do I just trust Him when it feels good?”
“Do I trust God… or do I just trust Him when it feels good?”
That’s real.
Because walking with Christ does not mean life will always feel fair.
It means you choose Him when it doesn’t.
Jesus was treated unfairly.
Misunderstood.
Betrayed.
Delayed.
Misunderstood.
Betrayed.
Delayed.
And He still stayed aligned.
So what do we do when it doesn’t feel fair?
We don’t pretend it doesn’t hurt.
We bring it to Him.
We guard our hearts from bitterness.
We refuse to let disappointment push us into disobedience.
We don’t let delay turn into rebellion.
And we don’t let comparison steal our peace.
This week disappointed me.
But it didn’t break me.
And if you’re reading this and you’re in your own “this isn’t fair” season — I need you to hear me clearly:
You are not behind.
You are not forgotten.
You are not foolish for staying obedient.
You are not forgotten.
You are not foolish for staying obedient.
You are being stabilized.
And sometimes God doesn’t fix the situation immediately because He’s strengthening the woman inside of it.
Faith when it’s fair is easy.
Faith when it’s not fair?
That’s maturity.
That’s maturity.
And that’s where resilience is born.
I’m walking through it too.
And we’re going to stay aligned together.
— Dashonia Marie
Stewardship. Discipline. Alignment.
Beautiful woman,
Let’s talk about something we don’t always say out loud.
Some of us are not broke.
We are thinking broke.
And poverty thinking will sabotage prosperity praying every single time.
I say that with love. And I say that as a woman who had to confront it in myself.
What Is Poverty Thinking?
Poverty thinking is not about your bank account.
It’s about your mindset.
It is a belief system that says:
- “There’s never enough.”
- “I’ll probably lose it anyway.”
- “People like me don’t stay stable.”
- “I have to grab it while I can.”
- “If I don’t secure this, no one will.”
Poverty thinking is survival-based thinking.
It is fear-driven.
It is trauma-informed.
It is scarcity-focused.
And many women carry it without realizing it.
You can love God and still think in lack.
You can tithe and still operate in fear.
You can pray for overflow while secretly expecting loss.
That is poverty thinking.
How We Trick Ourselves Into Staying There
This is where we have to be honest.
We disguise poverty thinking as:
- “Being realistic.”
- “Protecting ourselves.”
- “Not getting our hopes up.”
- “Staying humble.”
- “Just being cautious.”
But underneath it is fear.
Fear that if we believe for more, we’ll be disappointed.
Fear that if we try again, we’ll fail.
Fear that if we build stability, something will come and take it.
So instead of building wisely, we self-sabotage quietly.
We:
- Overspend when stressed.
- Stay in unstable relationships.
- Avoid learning about money.
- Ignore budgeting.
- Reject opportunities because they feel “too big.”
- Downplay our potential.
And then we pray:
“God increase me.”
“God bless me.”
“God open doors.”
But prosperity requires partnership.
How Poverty Thinking Affects Us as Women
Poverty thinking doesn’t just affect money.
It affects:
- The men we tolerate.
- The environments we stay in.
- The standards we lower.
- The way we speak about ourselves.
- The goals we never attempt.
When you think in scarcity, you accept crumbs.
When you think in wisdom, you require stability.
Proverbs 4:7 (NIV) says:
“The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.”
Wisdom is not emotional.
Wisdom is structured.
Wisdom plans.
Wisdom prepares.
Wisdom disciplines.
Poverty thinking reacts.
Wisdom thinking responds.
What Is Wisdom Thinking?
Wisdom thinking says:
- “Let me plan before I spend.”
- “Let me heal before I attach.”
- “Let me build before I broadcast.”
- “Let me discipline myself before asking God for more.”
James 1:5 (NIV) says:
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault.”
Notice — it says ask for wisdom.
Not just provision.
Because provision without wisdom will not last.
And I had to learn that the hard way.
There were seasons I prayed for financial stability, but I had no financial discipline.
There were seasons I prayed for healthy love, but I had no emotional boundaries.
There were seasons I prayed for peace, but I entertained chaos.
I wasn’t lacking blessing.
I was lacking wisdom.
Let’s Talk About Prosperity Praying
Prosperity praying looks like:
“God expand me.”
“God enlarge my territory.”
“God send increase.”
“God restore what I lost.”
But what happens when increase shows up and we don’t have discipline?
We lose it.
Luke 16:10 (NIV) says:
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much…”
Prosperity is not about shouting.
It is about stewardship.
God will not multiply what you refuse to manage.
And sometimes the breakthrough we are praying for is being held back by the habits we won’t confront.
How We Sabotage Ourselves
Let me say something strong.
Some women are not attacked.
They are undisciplined.
That may sound harsh — but it is freeing when you understand it.
We sabotage ourselves when we:
- Avoid budgets but blame income.
- Pray for marriage but ignore healing.
- Ask for peace but entertain drama.
- Want wealth but reject structure.
- Desire stability but resist correction.
Wisdom requires humility.
And humility requires accountability.
Wealth Is Not Just Money
Wealth is:
- Mental stability.
- Emotional regulation.
- Spiritual maturity.
- Financial discipline.
- Consistent character.
- Healthy relationships.
3 John 1:2 (NIV) says:
“I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.”
Notice the order.
Soul first.
Then everything else.
If your soul is unstable, prosperity becomes pressure.
A Wealth & Wisdom Reset
Beautiful woman, let’s make this practical.
This week ask yourself:
- Where am I thinking in scarcity?
- Where am I reacting instead of planning?
- Where am I praying for increase without discipline?
- Where am I afraid to believe for more?
Then shift.
Start small.
Financial:
- Track your spending.
- Save something.
- Stop emotional purchases.
Spiritual:
- Ask God for wisdom, not just blessing.
- Obey what He already told you.
- Study Proverbs this week.
Mental:
- Stop saying “I’ll never.”
- Stop rehearsing worst-case scenarios.
- Speak increase with responsibility.
Emotional:
- Raise your standards.
- Stop accepting instability.
- Heal what keeps attracting chaos.
Final Word
Wealth without wisdom becomes waste.
Wisdom without discipline becomes intention with no execution.
And prayer without partnership becomes frustration.
You do not have to live in poverty thinking.
You do not have to stay stuck in survival mode.
God is not intimidated by your desire for prosperity.
But He is serious about stewardship.
And when you align your thinking, your habits, and your faith —
Increase will not just visit you.
It will remain.
— Dashonia Marie
The Battle That Changed My Life Wasn’t External — It Was Internal
February 16, 2026
Beautiful woman,
Let me speak plainly today.
There was a season in my life where I kept asking God to remove obstacles.
Remove the opposition.
Remove the warfare.
Remove the people.
Remove the pressure.
Remove the warfare.
Remove the people.
Remove the pressure.
And slowly, gently, the Holy Spirit began to show me something I didn’t want to see.
Some of the resistance in my life wasn’t coming from outside of me.
It was coming from within me.
That was hard to swallow.
Because it is easier to fight an external enemy than to confront internal resistance.
What “Me vs. Me” Really Is
Me vs. Me is the tension between the woman I am becoming and the woman I have been comfortable being.
It is the war between growth and familiarity.
It is the gap between revelation and obedience.
It is the space where you know better… but haven’t fully done better yet.
And that space can keep you stuck longer than any attack ever could.
The Spiritual Reality
Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) reminds us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood.
But Scripture also teaches something equally important.
Galatians 5:17 (NIV) says:
“For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.”
“For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.”
There is a real internal battle.
Your spirit wants discipline.
Your flesh wants comfort.
Your flesh wants comfort.
Your spirit wants boundaries.
Your flesh wants familiarity.
Your flesh wants familiarity.
Your spirit wants obedience.
Your flesh wants what feels good right now.
Your flesh wants what feels good right now.
And if you don’t learn to recognize that tension, you will call internal immaturity external warfare.
Not everything that feels uncomfortable is the enemy.
Sometimes it is refinement.
The Mental Health Component
We also need to be honest about the psychological side of this.
Some patterns are not spiritual attacks.
They are trauma responses.
Overthinking.
People-pleasing.
Avoidance.
Emotional reactivity.
Self-sabotage.
People-pleasing.
Avoidance.
Emotional reactivity.
Self-sabotage.
2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) says:
“We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
“We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
That means your thoughts require discipline.
If you constantly rehearse fear, your body will live in anxiety.
If you constantly narrate your life through defeat, your decisions will reflect insecurity.
You cannot build a renewed life with an unexamined mind.
Romans 12:2 (NIV) says:
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Transformation is mental before it is visible.
My Personal Reckoning
There was a moment in my walk with Christ where I had to ask myself a sobering question:
Am I truly under attack…
or am I resisting accountability?
or am I resisting accountability?
I had prayed for healing.
But I resisted therapy.
I prayed for stability.
But I entertained instability.
I prayed for discipline.
But I avoided structure.
I wanted elevation without surrender.
That wasn’t the enemy blocking me.
That was me not aligning fully with what I prayed for.
And once I saw that, I stopped feeling attacked and started taking responsibility.
And responsibility is power.
Why Accountability Feels So Difficult
Accountability feels threatening because it removes excuses.
When you acknowledge:
“I stayed too long.”
“I ignored the warning.”
“I overreacted.”
“I avoided the hard work.”
“I chose comfort over calling.”
“I stayed too long.”
“I ignored the warning.”
“I overreacted.”
“I avoided the hard work.”
“I chose comfort over calling.”
You can no longer blame everything outside of you.
But here is the truth:
Accountability is not self-condemnation.
It is self-leadership.
Psalm 139:23–24 (NIV) says:
“Search me, God, and know my heart… See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
“Search me, God, and know my heart… See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
That prayer requires courage.
It requires humility.
It requires maturity.
It says, “God, refine me — even if it’s uncomfortable.”
The Shift
The day I stopped asking,
“Why does this keep happening to me?”
“Why does this keep happening to me?”
and started asking,
“Where am I participating in this?”
“Where am I participating in this?”
was the day growth accelerated.
Because if I am part of the pattern,
I can also be part of the breakthrough.
I can also be part of the breakthrough.
If I am contributing to the delay,
I can choose differently.
I can choose differently.
That is not shame.
That is empowerment.
Woman of Encouraging Her Resilience
You are not weak.
You are not incapable.
You are not abandoned.
But you may be in a season where God is not fighting your battles for you — He is strengthening you to fight yourself.
Not to destroy yourself.
But to discipline yourself.
Not to shame you.
But to mature you.
The greatest breakthroughs in my life did not come when my enemies disappeared.
They came when my internal resistance did.
Me vs. Me is not a fight you lose.
It is a refinement you walk through.
And when you allow God to align your mind, your emotions, and your spirit…
There is nothing outside of you that can stop what He is building within you.
— Dashonia Marie
February 13, 2026
Beautiful woman,
I’m not writing this from theory.
I’m writing this from experience.
There was a version of me I had to forgive.
Not the people who hurt me.
Not the systems that failed me.
Not the betrayal.
Not the abandonment.
Not the systems that failed me.
Not the betrayal.
Not the abandonment.
Me.
And let me tell you something honest — forgiving myself was harder than forgiving anybody else.
The Truth I Didn’t Want to Admit
There were seasons I loved God…
but I did not like myself.
but I did not like myself.
I knew scripture.
I could pray heaven down.
I could encourage other women.
I could pray heaven down.
I could encourage other women.
But privately?
I replayed my mistakes.
I questioned my judgment.
I judged myself harder than anyone ever did.
I was bitter at the version of me that:
- Stayed too long.
- Trusted the wrong people.
- Ignored red flags.
- Went back after God already delivered me.
- Self-sabotaged opportunities.
- Knew better… and still chose wrong.
That kind of bitterness doesn’t shout.
It whispers.
It says:
“You should have known better.”
“You ruined that.”
“You don’t deserve better.”
“You’re still that woman.”
“You should have known better.”
“You ruined that.”
“You don’t deserve better.”
“You’re still that woman.”
And some of you reading this know exactly what I’m talking about.
Why Forgiving Ourselves Is So Hard
Because self-forgiveness requires brutal honesty.
It requires you to say:
Yes, I did that.
Yes, I chose that.
Yes, I participated in my own pain.
Yes, I ignored God when He warned me.
Yes, I did that.
Yes, I chose that.
Yes, I participated in my own pain.
Yes, I ignored God when He warned me.
And accountability feels like humiliation before it feels like freedom.
But here’s what I had to learn:
Holding onto guilt does not make you holy.
Beating yourself up does not make you mature.
Punishing yourself does not prove you’ve changed.
Beating yourself up does not make you mature.
Punishing yourself does not prove you’ve changed.
It just keeps you stuck.
Romans 8:1 (NIV) says:
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
No condemnation.
Not from God.
So why was I condemning myself?
What Self-Bitterness Actually Looks Like
Let’s take the mask off.
When you haven’t forgiven yourself:
You sabotage good opportunities because you think you’ll mess it up again.
You settle because you don’t believe you deserve better.
You overwork in ministry to prove you’ve changed.
You shrink in rooms because shame still whispers.
You don’t fully celebrate your growth because you still remember your fall.
You settle because you don’t believe you deserve better.
You overwork in ministry to prove you’ve changed.
You shrink in rooms because shame still whispers.
You don’t fully celebrate your growth because you still remember your fall.
I lived there.
I smiled publicly and punished myself privately.
That’s not humility.
That’s self-rejection.
The Spiritual Root of It
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) says:
“If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
“If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
The old has gone.
But some of us keep resurrecting her.
We keep identifying with the addicted version.
The broken version.
The desperate version.
The traumatized version.
The broken version.
The desperate version.
The traumatized version.
We say we believe in redemption —
but we don’t apply it to ourselves.
but we don’t apply it to ourselves.
And that is where faith gets tested.
Because forgiving yourself requires you to believe that God’s grace is actually stronger than your worst decision.
What I Had to Confront
I had to confront that I was holding myself hostage.
I wanted to lead women.
I wanted to build Encouraging Her Resilience.
I wanted to walk boldly in purpose.
I wanted to build Encouraging Her Resilience.
I wanted to walk boldly in purpose.
But I was still dragging shame behind me.
And God had to show me something:
“You cannot preach grace and refuse to receive it.”
That hit me.
Forgiving myself didn’t mean excusing what I did.
It meant:
Owning it.
Learning from it.
Letting God transform it.
And then releasing it.
Owning it.
Learning from it.
Letting God transform it.
And then releasing it.
Not revisiting it every time I felt insecure.
Not rehearsing it when something new scared me.
Releasing it.
Woman of Encouraging Her Resilience
Some of you are trying to heal while secretly resenting yourself.
You’re trying to grow while still ashamed of who you used to be.
You’re building businesses.
Going to therapy.
Reading your Bible.
Serving in ministry.
Going to therapy.
Reading your Bible.
Serving in ministry.
But internally you still say,
“If they really knew…”
“If they really knew…”
Beautiful woman, listen to me clearly:
You are not the relapse.
You are not the divorce.
You are not the bad decision.
You are not the years lost.
You are not the season of survival.
You are not the divorce.
You are not the bad decision.
You are not the years lost.
You are not the season of survival.
You were a woman coping with what you had.
Now you are a woman becoming who God called you to be.
That is growth.
That is maturity.
That is resilience.
The Hard Truth
You cannot build your future while secretly hating your past self.
You cannot step into new territory while still punishing old behavior.
You cannot fully receive God’s love while rejecting yourself.
Forgiveness Friday is not just about releasing others.
It’s about releasing the version of you that did the best she could with the wounds she had.
And I say this as a woman who had to learn it the hard way:
Grace is not just something we teach.
It is something we receive.
And if God has forgiven you…
It is time you forgive you.
Completely.
— Dashonia Marie
