“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” -John 8:32

A girlfriend called the other day, and said she had been compelled to share this verse with me. She said that I will know the truth, and the truth will set me free. Interesting timing as I work through the lies I’ve believed about myself. She prayed this over me, and we both felt The Spirit over the phone line.

For years, I’ve felt the Lord calling me to learn from Him truths about who I am in Him. I’ve begged for the truth that will set me free, and I’m apparently still learning it…but then we all are, continuously, this side of Heaven. Guessing He’s also wanting me to learn to be as gentle with my heart as I am with others’ as I wait.

I want to know the truth that sets captives free, and in part, I do. I’ve experienced His goodness in more ways than I can count, and know that He has purpose for my life. That’s truth, for me and for you, whether or not you’ve chosen to believe the truth of Christ. (Luke 6:35)

From this prayer, I’d like to memorialize what The Lord spoke to my heart. I do have purpose. And, it’s a long road. But, He has indeed called me to love women well. He showed me my path is still decades in the making, and the women’s hearts He’s preparing for me to speak life into, well….they aren’t even born yet. He’s promised me daughters. Perhaps they are daughters in the faith. Perhaps He’s given me this childlike faith (and personality), so my heart remains young; young enough to be seen and heard by feminine youth, despite my physical age. A female heart that needs a mother’s. A female heart at a point in my own journey I recognize. A girl’s heart knowing it’s being seen…safely.

What’s your truth? On whom has He set your heart? Can you sense the purpose He is even now working in you? I promise you: you have one. If I’m not enough to convince you…He promises too. Maybe ask Him to show you?

When we acknowledge truth, the God’s honest truth about who He says we are and who we’re called to love (including ourselves)…hope returns.