Dear Tightly-Wound Woman:
I know you crave the sweet. But often you go looking for satisfaction in places, people, and props that won’t fulfill your cravings.
I have made you to enjoy Me but often you seek joy apart from Me—you forget that I have given daily delights to draw You to Me, not to replace Me.
I’m not saying this to discourage you but to draw you back to the Sweetest Name.
I am calling you back to the richest fare of My Word.
I am reminding you of what you are missing out on when you settle for the counterfeit confections that this world offers.
Let My love overtake your quick-fix longings. Let My strength uphold you when you need a pick-me up. Let My Word fill your hunger for significance.
Oh tighty-wound woman, I have not left you. I’m not sleeping on the job. I’m working at a steady, purposeful pace.
I love you too much to let you keep reaching for the next buzz to cope. I care for you too much to let you remain groping for fulfillment in the secret stash. I came so that you didn’t have to hide behind a veil. I tore the veil in two so that we could have sweet communion together.
I have made you to to hunger and thirst for My Presence, yet the syrupy sweet concoction the world offers is numbing your spiritual taste-buds.
It’s not too late. Come to Me, in your weakness, in your shame, with a bloated belly from over-indulgence. I am here to heal you, to forgive you, to fill you up with a love that satisfies.
You don’t have to be put together. I’m in the business of making things new.
You don’t have to feel worthy. I sent my Son, the Worthy One, to cover you with grace.
You don’t have to pretend you’re okay. I know the depth of your pain, the breadth of your need, and the weight of your burdens.
I am here for You, right now.
Turn around, take one step—just one step closer. I see you returning from afar and I run to clothe you with My Righteousness. I throw a party as you come closer.
You feel embarrassed by your issues yet I delight to issue you grace instead.
You try and hide behind artificial comforts yet I stand with open arms, ready to receive you.
You are not alone on this journey. We take one step at a time and we look ahead to the joy that’s coming.
You can be free. Nothing is too hard for Me.
Let Me sing sweet words over you as you rest from the battle. Let Me fight for you as you settle into My Presence.
Let Me be enough for you.
Love,
Me
P.S. Get caught up on the other Letters to the Tightly Wound Woman:
January: Dear Tightly Wound Woman: Listen Close, Listen Well
February: Dear Tightly Wound Woman: Finishing Well
March: Dear Tightly Wound Woman: Slowing Down
P.P.S. Linking up with Kelly Balarie for the #RaRaLinkup and Jennifer Dukes Lee for #TellHisStory.
P.P.P.S Today marks Day #2 of the #40DaySugarFast. Over 5,000 women are refraining from refined sugar for the spiritual purpose of craving Christ and crushing idols. Join us on Facebook and learn more here.
What a beautiful letter, Katie. Just what I need this morning, to taste and see that He is good, better than anything this world has to offer. Thanks for your words.
You are most welcome Betsy. You are a gift! 🙂
WOW! This letter could have been written to me too. I often look in all the wrong places, around corners that I do not belong, eat too many sweet things and chocolates, and on and on! I need to look to the One Who gives me all I need and He is all I need.
Thank you, Katie. This is beautiful. I shall go back to your others. I read one other but have missed the rest. Thanks.
Happy reading Linda, thank you for sharing how you were encouraged. May Jesus alone satisfy.
A letter we need to read every day to remember where I worth is found. It reminds me of a book that is coming out on Mother’s Day called love embraced a journey in and through suffering. Thank you for the encouraging reminder. Visiting from Jennifer’s linkup your neighbor : )
Glad you were encouraged Kristina. Thanks for stopping over and may you know how loved you are by the King today!
Oh how this ministers to me today! He is enough!!!
Hi Friend- I want to live this way—that He truly is enough. So often I settle for less. Glad to be on this journey with you!
This brought me to tears, for a variety of reasons. I’ve struggled with depression for a couple of years now, and this week it’s rearing its ugly head again. Of course, the very week that I’m starting the sugar-fast. The heaviness was so bad for the past two days, and then I ended up with a migraine yesterday afternoon. By evening, I was desparate to get rid of the migraine and turned to my tried and true cure: ibuprofen and Coke. Within an hour, the headache was gone. Then came the guilt. Day 2 of the fast, and I already bombed. This post hit me hard. Thank you for the reminder that God loves us deeply, and doesn’t see us the way we see ourselves.
Patty: Thank you for your honesty. May God uphold you as you draw near to Him. You are not alone. Press on, with the strength that God provides.
oh, yeah, Katie!
sign, sealed and delivered … we’re HIS.
thanks for this beautiful gift …
You are welcome Linda. 🙂