A faith-filled reminder that your story is still unfolding.

Where you are right now isn’t where you are destined to stay. The wiser, softer, stronger, more purpose-filled woman is in the making. She isn’t some distant dream or “someday” version of you. Right now, in the middle of your healing, your growth, your waiting, and your willingness to keep showing up, God is molding you into the woman He has created you to be.

Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

I am a living example of this very thing as God has picked me up time and time again and continues to mold me day after day.

My Journey to Becoming Her

I was saved at a young age, and I’ve felt God’s presence and purpose woven in my story from the very beginning. My senior year of high school, I was baptized in the Holy Spirit and the boldness that came with it was unlike anything I  had ever experienced. I became almost like another person, in the best way. After joining a christian organization in college, God began to reveal to me a clear call into ministry — one of those moments you never forget because you know it wasn’t just your idea. It was God planting something deep.

I spent a year serving as a college missionary in Texas. That year was stretching, refining, and beautiful all at once. It was a huge leap of faith and I felt inadequate in every way. But God was guiding me and that’s what I had to trust. From there, God opened the door for me to lead the youth at my home church, pouring into teens the same hope He had poured into me. It was hard yet so good at the same time.

But then it came…the hard season.

A season where I genuinely didn’t know if I would survive. In the chaos, God led me to step down from ministry to prioritize my family… and, honestly, my own heart. Life got heavy. Personal battles grew louder. The girl who used to know exactly where she was headed suddenly found herself in a place of healing, questioning, waiting, and learning how to trust God again in new ways. I have always struggled with feeling inadequate. I had this need to please the people around me and do what I believed everyone else thought I should do. I valued my performance over my sanity because I believed if people truly knew how inadequate I was, I would then be worth nothing. In this season, I was humbled, shaken and genuinely so lost in who I was and what I was worth. Because when you place your value in your works, a season of pause is one of the scariest seasons you can enter.

And maybe that’s where you are too.

When God Pauses You, He’s Not Punishing You, He’s Preparing You.

Sometimes we think stepping back means stepping away from our calling. But over the last couple of years, God has shown me something different:

A paused season is often a preparation season.

You don’t stop being called just because you slow down.
You don’t stop being chosen because you’re healing.
You don’t stop being loved because you’re tired.
And you don’t stop being useful to God because your heart is bruised.

Even in my quiet season, God has shown me all of those little ways He uses me. The small things we often overlook. The things that don’t get awards or recognition, but have a huge impact in the kingdom. Helping others when it’s inconvenient, serving at church in places that are needed and not just because it’s your calling, sharing encouragement to others in a similar season, and learning to heal with Him, not apart from Him. It may not look like ministry used to, but it is still ministry. Healing is holy work. Serving while healing is even holier.

And if you’re in a similar season, hear me:

God hasn’t changed His mind about you.

Becoming Her Doesn’t Happen All at Once

Sometimes becoming the woman God wants you to be looks like:

• Honoring your capacity
• Being obedient even when you feel unsure
• Choosing healing instead of hiding
• Letting go of old identities to make room for the true one
• Showing up for your family
• Quietly serving
• Whispering “God, lead me” even when you don’t know the next step

Becoming her isn’t a glow-up —
it’s a grow-up in Christ.

How to Step Into the Woman God Is Calling You to Be
1. Listen for His voice, not the pressure of comparison

Your calling won’t look like anyone else’s. It won’t always feel loud and glamorous. It doesn’t always get acknowledged. Sometimes it looks like quiet faithfulness.

2. Let God redefine your purpose in this season

Your purpose can shift without disappearing. My ministry looks different now, but it’s still ministry. It still impacts the kingdom.

3. Make room for healing without guilt

Healing doesn’t disqualify you. It equips you. God uses the most broken parts of our stories to bring the most beautiful redemption. Healing is hard, but necessary.

4. Stay close to His presence, not your past

Your past may explain you, but it does not define you. God’s not done, He’s just getting started. Keep moving forward.

5. Believe that you are worthy of the life God is building in you

He didn’t die on the cross for everybody, but you. He died for you. He chose you. And He loves you. He has a plan and a purpose for your life.

A Prayer for the Woman Becoming Her

“Lord, help me release what holds me back and embrace the woman You are shaping within me. Teach me to walk confidently, rest peacefully, love fiercely and trust You completely. Heal what needs healing, strengthen what needs strengthening, and prepare me for the doors You will open. I am Yours, fully and forever. Amen.”

Keep Becoming Her — One Step, One Prayer, One Act of Faith at a Time

You are not behind.
You are not forgotten.
You are not too late.

You are becoming — and God sees every part of the process.

This season may feel quiet, but you are a woman rising.

And I’m glad you’re here.

💗 My Favorite “Becoming Her” Tools

(Commission Earned Affiliate Links Below — things I truly love for spiritual growth, healing, and stepping into your next season.)