06/24/2026
Sisterhood, this one stopped me in my tracks. In a world that constantly critiques, compares, and pressures women, we need reminders of the truth God has spoken since the beginning. If you’ve been feeling “not enough” lately, lean in. This message is for you.
Ever feel like women sometimes get the harder deal?
Not because men don't have struggles. They absolutely do. But there are certain things that many women simply understand without explanation. We're the ones who tend to notice who is walking behind us in a parking lot. We're the ones who double-check that the doors are locked. We're the ones who can spend ten minutes getting ready and then another ten minutes wondering if we should have worn something else.
And if we're being honest, women are often our own worst critics.
We can receive ten compliments and remember the one criticism. We can accomplish ten things and focus on the one thing we didn't get done. We can stand in front of a mirror and immediately notice every flaw while overlooking everything good. It is exhausting sometimes.
Lately I've found myself thinking about Satan.
Scripture gives us glimpses of who he once was before pride destroyed him. He was beautiful. Exceptionally beautiful. He was close to God's throne. He held a position of honor. Yet it wasn't enough. He wanted the worship that belonged to God. He wanted the throne instead of the One sitting on it. Pride convinced him he deserved more, and in the end he lost everything.
Then there is woman.
When God created Adam, He looked at creation and declared it good. Then for the first time in Scripture, God said something was not good. "It is not good that the man should be alone." (Genesis 2:18 ESV)
So God created woman.
Not as an afterthought.
Not as an accident.
Not as a backup plan.
As part of His perfect design.
And let's be honest, God clearly likes beauty.
Look at a sunset. Look at mountains. Look at flowers. Look at the stars on a clear night. God could have made a functional world. Instead He made a beautiful one. Beauty is not something humanity invented. Beauty was God's idea.
Then Satan comes along and spends thousands of years convincing women that they aren't beautiful enough, aren't valuable enough, aren't doing enough, and aren't enough.
Funny how the enemy always attacks what God declares good.
What strikes me most is that the first promise of redemption involved a woman. Right there in Genesis, after sin enters the world, God tells the serpent that one day the offspring of the woman will crush his head. From the very beginning, God was pointing toward Christ.
No wonder Satan hates women.
Through a woman came the Savior.
Through women come future generations.
Through women come mothers, teachers, encouragers, mentors, and countless quiet acts of faithfulness that shape the world far more than most people realize.
Meanwhile Satan creates nothing.
He gives life to nothing.
He can only twist, corrupt, discourage, and destroy.
And one of his favorite lies is convincing women to see themselves differently than God sees them.
Psalm 139:14 says, "I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well." (ESV)
Notice that David doesn't say, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made on my good hair days."
He doesn't say, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made after I lose ten pounds."
He simply says God made him, and God's works are wonderful.
Including you.
So if you've been picking yourself apart lately, remember whose voice you're listening to.
Because God calls you His workmanship.
His creation.
His daughter.
And the opinion of the Creator will always matter more than the lies of a fallen angel who lost everything because he couldn't be content with what God had given him.
