There are these girls I know, they’re beautiful.
Funny. Smart and witty.
Go-getters. Discerning and wise
beyond their years. They just don’t know it yet.
They have beautiful hearts capable of extravagant love.
But they’ve been hurt. Wounded. Disappointed.And who they are makes them stunningly beautiful.
But they can’t always see it.
They’ve been lied to. Put down. Rejected. Caused to doubt
the beauty they have to offer.
So they build a wall around their hearts and it goes higher
and higher like Rapunzel’s tower, until they’re trapped in their own tower of
self-protection.
Too scared to offer their hearts. Be vulnerable. Offer their strength and beauty to the world.
So they become docile. Or destructive. Timid or a tyrant. Passive or pushy.
All in the name of self-protection.
Haven’t we all done that at some point? We are trying to
protect ourselves but all we do is close off our hearts and keep everyone at arm’s
length. Either with a nice “Back Off”
written on our foreheads or a fake smile and superficial conversation.
And our heart becomes harder and harder as we lose the joy
of true relationships on our island of one.
But we still want it. Crave it. Yearn for our hearts to be
re-awakened. To stop walking through the
motions like zombies and connect. To
feel again. To be real, to be loved.
And it takes great courage to get there. Vulnerability. Strength.
It’s scary. What sacrifice will it require? How will it look to walk out? What will it
look like on the other side? Outside of my tower?
And there, the fear of the unknown and the desire for true life
collide. Do we sink back into our tower,
or throw open the gates and run?
You want freedom? Really want it? You have to stand on the
edge of the fear of the unknown—and jump.
Or step. Or swan dive. Or cannonball into the unknown.
And in that moment it is no longer unknown, and now there is
nothing there to fear.
Ladies, who you are called to be is on the other side of the
fear of who you think you are not.
Your destiny. Your
strength. Your life—it is found in that
moment when we choose to no longer stay ‘safe’ and powerless in our towers and
jump into the unknown and conquer fear.
Fear of hurt. Fear of failure. Fear of disappointment. Fear
of not being loved.
When we take that leap, not knowing what’s on the other
side, is when we put our faith and trust in God as our Father, knowing He
will catch us.
Love us. Heal us. Restore us. And then empower us to set the other captives
free.
Don’t be fooled, they’re all around. Women living in their
pretty little towers of self-protection and fear.
And they need others to come and love them, speak life and
encourage them as they take their own swan dive of freedom.
About a month ago I told my husband, “These girls… They’re amazing;
they just don’t know it yet.”
But you know what? They’re getting it.
I see a light in their eyes.
A spark of adventure and hope.
A fire in their hearts for more.
A God vision of who they are and what they’re meant
for.
Their beauty awakened.
Their hearts alive, their joy renewed.
Watch out world, they’re already dangerous….. And they’re
starting to see it.
