I’ve been learning a lot lately about who I am as a woman of God and what that entails. I have spent most of my life bouncing back and forth between feeling powerless and feeling like the weight of the world rested on my shoulders. I was recently challenged through multiple different sources to focus on the woman of God I was made to be. I was not challenged to be selfish and throw any love for others out the door. Instead, I was called to cultivate myself as a woman of God to better my impact on the world for him.
Now, real talk. I honestly have no idea who I am. Not only do I not know who I am, but for the longest time I didn’t know who I wanted to be. Most of my late teen / adult life I have been aiming to be the version of me that everyone else in my life needed. I had been doing that for so long that I was left with no idea how to find my way back to the woman God created. This is part of the reason why I created this blog. Hopefully if I get some of the crazy ideas, dreams, thoughts, fears, and so forth out of my head and into the real world, I can sort through my thoughts and make room for the words that God is whispering into my spiritual ear. What I do know is that I want to be a woman of God. I saw a pin on Pinterest that caught my attention once. It said, “Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning, the Devil says, “Oh crap, she’s up””. Honestly…, I saw this pin about a year ago. I came across it again a few days ago and thought, This is the woman I want to be. What is holding me back from being this woman that is so full of God that she even inconveniences the devil? As those thoughts were planted in my head a few days ago, today God showed me some good words from Beth Moore. In her book, Praying God’s Word she said, “Satan’s already been defeated. Most of the power he wields is from pure deception and bluffing. Greater is he who is in us! (John 4:4)” (2009, p. 15). If that doesn’t empower you like it did me, I don’t know what will. I suddenly had a new resolve for discovering a way for God to live in me, learning more about this Satan defeating deity, and digging deeper into who God created me to be. So, look out world. There is a new Brooklyn stepping out of bed this morning. Or, maybe it’s the old, original Brooklyn come back from the grave of depression, doubt, and fear. Either way, this woman is not only going to give the devil a run for his money, but she is also going to show God’s love to others through this journey of discovering God and thus herself as well. There will hopefully be weekly updates to come, along with more lighthearted, or maybe a more solemn, subject matter. Keep rising above, Brooklyn
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