daughter

I was on the heels of a tragic loss and had moved across the country to finish my healing journey. But after all that, all I wanted was to come home. 

The path wasn’t opening. No matter how hard I tried to make a way for myself, every door remained closed. 

And it was then-- not during my deepest grief, but in the exhaustion that followed-- that I truly met Him.

We had already spent so much time together. I already believed, but I was still relying on my own strength to walk on water.

Then one afternoon, sitting in my backyard, completely defeated, I collapsed into sobs. Head in my hands, terrified of the future and out of answers, I finally released all my striving and cried out one word:

Abba. Daddy. Like a child.

Like a child who finally realized that following Him wasn’t about having a lighter load. It was about letting Him carry it.

And in that moment, I heard His voice. He spoke one word into me:

Daughter.

One word stopped my crying. One word brought the peace I hadn't been able to create on my own.

I was seen. 

I wasn’t alone.

Not long after, a path opened that felt nothing short of divinely designed. It brought me home to more blessings than I had asked for and more goodness than I could have imagined.

I just had to trust that He was working all things for good, in His time.

Where were you, when He called you daughter?

daughter is a 9 oz. candle that burns for 40+ hours and is paired with an elegant glass lid.

*This candle is not meant to diagnose or treat illness.