10/21/2026
Women brought in medical trauma, emotional trauma, relational brokenness, church wounds, and parenting burdens.
Those who attended did some beautiful soul work; they laughed, worshipped, and were reminded who they are beyond their current or past trauma.
If you've lived any life at all (that's all of us), you know pain is always present, no matter how hard you try to outrun it. Through these situations, lies have attached themselves to your identity, shaping who you are and highlighting the ways you've failed. Pain creates ruts in your mind, and coping skills help you manage your reactions.
One of the cruelest things about betrayal trauma—about any trauma in your life—is that it can be used against you.
Trauma doesn't always speak truth.
Instead of seeing beauty, you see discarded.
Instead of seeing strength, you see failure.
Instead of seeing leadership, you see bossy.
Instead of seeing passion, you see too much.
Instead of seeing confidence, you see arrogance.
If you give those false beliefs enough attention, they can begin to steamroll your identity into something it was never meant to become.
Remember:
You are not the worst thing that happened to you.
You are not the lie someone told you or about you.
You are not the choice someone else made.
You are not your unfinished healing.
You are not your failure.
You are not your pain.
You are beloved.
You are seen.
You are God's workmanship.
Do you believe you are God's masterpiece?