Savvy Sophistication

Series: She Needs to Hear This

Part 2️⃣

📖 Scripture: “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…” – Philippians 1:6

Let’s be honest. Some days you’re doing your best just to make it through. Mentally, physically, emotionally we as parents are drained.

You pour out your heart for your family, your job, your ministry—but still feel like it’s never enough. See because we cannot see the work being done behind the scenes. God is working behind the stage making all of the little details fall into place.

You yell when you meant to speak gently.

You forgot your quiet time—again.

You compare yourself to the picture-perfect mom or wife online and wonder, Why can’t I be more like her? We aren’t meant to be the same. We are meant to be uniquely ourselves in the image God has designed us to be.

But lean in, because this is important: You are not failing. You are growing.

Growth doesn’t always feel good.

It’s not tidy or picture-perfect.

It’s humbling, raw, and sometimes even painful. But that doesn’t make it any less holy.

We think spiritual maturity should feel like climbing a ladder—always up, step after step. But most of the time, it’s more like a winding path through the wilderness. There are detours, stumbles, and moments where we feel lost. And yet, God is still moving us forward. In our doubts, in our fears, and in our shortcomings. God provides every single time, he pushes out of our comfort zone, and he uses our imperfections to go out into the world and share his love for us.

Philippians 1:6 reminds us: “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.”

That means the pressure to “finish the work” isn’t on your shoulders.

God started it.

God is sustaining it.

And God will be faithful to complete it.

You are not behind.

You are not broken.

You are not forgotten.

You are in process. And there is purpose in the process.

You ARE growing in his love and his timing for your life.

So today, give yourself permission to be human. Let go of the impossible standard of “perfect,” and embrace the sacred truth that progress is enough. That showing up, even in weakness, is still an act of worship. That healing takes time. That faith grows in the dirt, not just the sunshine.

You’re not failing, friend.

You’re growing.

And that’s more than enough.

Love, C 🩵