I feel it would be wrong not to write to you.
I want to let you know first off, that I am not writing out of judgment. I am writing out of love.
Love because you are my sisters in Christ. You are my friends, the ones I am running the race with.
And I would not be justified in any form of judgment since I was in the same place myself, a few years ago.
Love because you are my sisters in Christ. You are my friends, the ones I am running the race with.
And I would not be justified in any form of judgment since I was in the same place myself, a few years ago.
You are beautiful. You are a treasure. You are good. You are lovely, none can compare.
You have the heart of a warrior, the mind of a dreamer, and the spirit of a child.
You are our Savior’s beloved. He calls you His beloved. You are HIS.
He sees you differently than you see yourself.
He does not see your failures or your flaws. He knows your weaknesses, but he does not use them against you or allow them to keep Him from loving you.
His love isn’t filtered by what you do and don’t do. It is unconditional. It is unchanging. It is never ending.
And even when you are done loving Him, He is not done loving you.
Ladies, there is nothing we can do to remove ourselves from His love.
But there are things we can do to remove ourselves from His best.
Nothing hurts me more than to watch people walk away from His best.
For some reason, we choose momentary satisfaction even if that means eternal disappointment.
I know you are dealing with pain. I know you have been hurt by false teachers. I know the words people have always spoken over you, echo inside of your mind. I know you are afraid of becoming what they always said you would become. I know you are afraid of disappointing. I know you are afraid of not being good enough. I know you are disappointed in yourself.
You have the heart of a warrior, the mind of a dreamer, and the spirit of a child.
You are our Savior’s beloved. He calls you His beloved. You are HIS.
He sees you differently than you see yourself.
He does not see your failures or your flaws. He knows your weaknesses, but he does not use them against you or allow them to keep Him from loving you.
His love isn’t filtered by what you do and don’t do. It is unconditional. It is unchanging. It is never ending.
And even when you are done loving Him, He is not done loving you.
Ladies, there is nothing we can do to remove ourselves from His love.
But there are things we can do to remove ourselves from His best.
Nothing hurts me more than to watch people walk away from His best.
For some reason, we choose momentary satisfaction even if that means eternal disappointment.
I know you are dealing with pain. I know you have been hurt by false teachers. I know the words people have always spoken over you, echo inside of your mind. I know you are afraid of becoming what they always said you would become. I know you are afraid of disappointing. I know you are afraid of not being good enough. I know you are disappointed in yourself.
I also know all of these fears and disappointments make it easier and easier for you to give up and lose sight of what you know is true.
But I encourage you to take every one of these fears and thoughts and disappointments captive.
I encourage you to give them to God and let them go.
Do NOT allow them to shape your decisions and choices any longer. Do not let them have the victory.
The Lord is you shepherd.
The Lord is you shepherd.
He wants to bear the burdens that are trying to cripple you.
These same burdens have been following you ever since you can remember. They are heavy and they are trying to slow you down. WHY? Because the enemy knows what you are capable of, he knows the good you are supposed to do. And He will do whatever he can to distract you and slow you down. He wants to keep you from reaching the high places. He wants to take every alter you have ever built, everything you have learned along the way and shove it in your face. He wants to make you forget.
He puts every possible thing in your way to distract you.
And as much as it pains me to say this…right now… you are enabling him.
You aren’t fighting like you used to. Something has caused you to lay down your armor.
You are on the front lines of battle where you are most susceptible to injury… but you don’t have your shield or your weapon.
These same burdens have been following you ever since you can remember. They are heavy and they are trying to slow you down. WHY? Because the enemy knows what you are capable of, he knows the good you are supposed to do. And He will do whatever he can to distract you and slow you down. He wants to keep you from reaching the high places. He wants to take every alter you have ever built, everything you have learned along the way and shove it in your face. He wants to make you forget.
He puts every possible thing in your way to distract you.
And as much as it pains me to say this…right now… you are enabling him.
You aren’t fighting like you used to. Something has caused you to lay down your armor.
You are on the front lines of battle where you are most susceptible to injury… but you don’t have your shield or your weapon.
You need to guard yourself. You need to protect the beauty and the purity of your heart and of your future.
You do not know what a day can bring. You do not know where you will be tomorrow.
If you are awakening intimacy with someone who is not yours, knowing that you cannot fulfill this intimacy, I urge you to stop.
Because the choices you make now affect your tomorrow.
You could be hurting someone you love, or are going to love, very deeply with the decisions you make today.
If you truly love each other… you will guard each other. You will protect each other’s purity.
The best way you can show your love for one another right now, is not to be physical. The best way you can show your love is to be strong for one another.
In a world where innocence is a massive struggle to hang on to, please CLING to yours. Do not let it slip away so easy. You have a God-given right to remain pure. It is YOURS. Even if it has been taken before, God is the re-builder and replenisher. Do not allow yourself to be convinced that you are beyond repair.
If you have lost your innocence, lift your hands to God, repent, rebuke the enemy, and demand that purity back. Claim it. God makes things new. Thats what He does. And in Christ, YOU ARE A NEW CREATION.
Please do not awake love until it can be fulfilled.
Quit flirting with danger.
It is fun I know. But there is only pleasure in sin for a season. And after the season of pleasure… comes the season of regret.
You are way too beautiful of a treasure to get trampled under foot.
So I ask you to PLEASE rethink some of the things you have allowed in your life.
Know your worth. Know your beauty. It is something to be kept safe and pure.
It is a gift you get to give away all at once. Not piece by piece.
I love you so much.
I will be the accountability you need... if you'll let me.
So I ask you to PLEASE rethink some of the things you have allowed in your life.
Know your worth. Know your beauty. It is something to be kept safe and pure.
It is a gift you get to give away all at once. Not piece by piece.
I love you so much.
I will be the accountability you need... if you'll let me.
I am praying for you.
-Brittany
