Dear Little Girl…You Are Allowed to Receive

Dear Little Girl,

Maybe May swept you away too.

The schedules.
The people.
The performances.
The caregiving.
The constant doing.

Maybe you’ve been so busy surviving the season that you forgot you are allowed to be cared for too.

There is a lot on your shoulders right now.
Not in a way that is breaking you…
but in a way that feels heavy.

Your home has felt different lately.
The atmosphere has shifted.
There’s tension you can feel but not always name.

And yet…
you’re still showing up.

With compassion.
With strength.
With boundaries.

That matters more than you realize.

You are doing something you didn’t always know how to do.

You are loving…
Without losing yourself.

You are helping…
Without taking on what isn’t yours.

You are staying open…
Without abandoning your own safety.

That is growth.
That is healing.
That is Me in you.

But there is something deeper stirring in your heart today.
Something quieter…
But just as important.

You’re starting to notice it.

The way you struggle to receive.
The way you shrink back when attention turns toward you.
The way you brush off affirmation…
Even when part of you longs for it.

You wonder,
“Why is this so hard for me?”

Let Me gently show you something.

Receiving is not pride.
And minimizing yourself is not humility.

When you push away affirmation…
When you downplay who you are…
When you refuse to fully receive what is true about you…

You are not being humble.

You are struggling to believe what I already say is true.

You are My creation.
My art.
My intentional design.
Nothing about you was accidental.

Your compassion.
Your strength.
Your creativity.
Your loyalty.
Your fight.
Your softness.

It all came from Me.

So when someone celebrates you…
When someone sees you…
When someone speaks truth about who you are…

They are not inflating you.

They are recognizing something I placed inside you.

And when you deflect it…
When you minimize it…
When you immediately say, “Oh, it’s nothing…”

You dim something I created to shine.

You don’t have to become boastful.
You don’t have to become someone you’re not.
You don’t have to perform or prove anything.

You simply have to receive.

Receive the compliment.
Receive the help.
Receive the love that reaches toward you.
Receive the truth:

You are worthy.

Not because of what you’ve done.
Not because of how far you’ve come.
But because you are Mine.

Even in your hardest seasons…
Even in your mistakes…
Even in the moments you would rather forget…

You were still Mine.
You were still worthy.

So today…
Let this be the beginning.

Not of becoming someone new…
But of fully accepting who you already are.

You can be strong and soft, humble and seen, grounded and celebrated, all at the same time.

And one day…
You won’t shrink when the light finds you.

You’ll stand in it.

Peacefully.
Confidently.
Without apology.

Because you finally understand…

You are not the one being glorified.
I am.
Through you.

Love,
God

Dear Little Girl… You Can Take This One Step at a Time

Dear Little Girl,

It’s been a lot lately, hasn’t it?

So much noise.
So many moving pieces.
So many things you wish you could fix…
but can’t.

And if you’re honest…

You’re tired.

Not just physically tired…

But soul tired.

You’ve been holding tension.
Carrying questions.
Trying to prepare for outcomes you can’t control.

And somewhere in all of that…

You started to wonder:

“Is this just my life now?”

Sweet girl…

Come closer.

You don’t have to figure out the whole story today.

You don’t have to decide how it all ends.
You don’t have to predict what might happen next.
You don’t have to brace for every possible outcome.

You only have to take…

One step.

One breath.
One moment.
One decision at a time.

Because here’s what you’re learning, even if it doesn’t feel like it:

You are not in control of how everything unfolds…

But you are held
As it does.

And I know part of you wants to run.

To escape the tension.
To step outside of it all
Just to breathe again.

But another part of you knows…

That running won’t bring the peace you’re looking for.

Peace isn’t found in escaping your life.

It’s found in how you walk through it.

And right now…

You are walking through something hard.

But you are not unraveling.

Even if it feels like it.

You said it yourself…

Your word this year is whole.

And sometimes becoming whole…

Doesn’t feel like everything coming together.

Sometimes it feels like things falling apart
So you can see clearly what is yours…
And what never was.

So today…

Don’t rush.

Don’t force clarity.

Don’t try to solve tomorrow.

Just come back to this moment.

You are safe right now.
You are supported right now.
You are strong enough for today.

And whatever comes…

You will not walk through it alone.

One step at a time, sweet girl.

That is enough.

Love,
God

Dear Little Girl…You Don’t Have to Carry It All

Dear Little Girl,

This feels like a lot right now, doesn’t it?

More than you expected.
More than you planned for.
More than you feel like you have space for.

Your home feels full.
Your heart feels stretched.
And your body is trying to keep up with it all.

One moment you’re okay…
the next you feel like you can’t breathe.

I want you to hear this, softly…

You are not failing.

You are feeling.

And there is a difference.

There are layers here.

You’re holding space for someone in your home.
You’re supporting your husband… even when you feel unseen.
You’re caring for your son… whose heart you can feel so deeply.
You’re showing up to work… to your calling… to your life.

Of course this feels like a lot.

Because it is.

But I want to gently take something off your shoulders.

You do not have to carry all of this.

Not the tension.
Not the fear.
Not the outcomes.
Not the weight of other people’s choices.

You can love…

without absorbing.

You can support…

without taking responsibility for everything.

You can be present…

without losing yourself.

And I know you’re tired.

Tired of the noise.
Tired of the pressure.
Tired of feeling like your space isn’t fully your own.

Tired of being the steady one when everything around you feels unsteady.

But listen closely…

You are not alone in this.

Not for a moment.

Not even when it feels quiet.
Not even when it feels overwhelming.
Not even when you wish someone else could just step in and take some of this from you.

You said it yourself…

You just need to put one foot in front of the other
and breathe.

Yes.

That is enough for today.

Not fixing everything.
Not solving everything.
Not carrying everything.

Just…

one step
one breath
one moment at a time

And when resentment creeps in…

let it be a signal, not a failure.

A signal that you need rest.
Space.
Support.
A return to yourself.

You are allowed to have needs too.

You are allowed to feel overwhelmed.

You are allowed to ask Me to step in.

And I am.

I am holding what you cannot.

I am steady when you feel shaken.

I am present when everything feels too much.

So today…

Release what is not yours.

Hold onto what is.

And trust that even here—
in the middle of the mess, the noise, the exhaustion—

you are still being held.

Love,
God