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Hope While You Wait: Valentine’s Day Encouragement & Prayer for Women Trusting God’s Love Story · Girl, Date the Good Guy ™ | Healing After Heartbreak & A Toxic Relationship

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  The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love.
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  Therefore, with loving kindness, I have drawn you.
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  Jeremiah 31.3 Hey sis, welcome back to Soothe Her Soul Saturday.
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  Today is a special edition for Valentine's Day. I hope you love what I put together.
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  Come sit with me for a moment.
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  Take a deep breath. Unclench your shoulders.
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  Release the weight you've been carrying quietly. Because today is Valentine's Day.
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  And I know for some of you, it doesn't feel sweet.
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  It feels heavy. It feels lonely.
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  It feels like another reminder of what hasn't happened yet.
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  But today, God asked me to remind you of something.
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  You are not unloved. You are not forgotten. You are not behind.
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  You are held. You are chosen. you are deeply pursued by heaven.
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  And this is God's love letter to you.
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  We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4 19.
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  Before anyone ever held your hand, before anyone ever chose you,
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  before anyone ever called you mine, God did.
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  His love was written over your life before you ever learned how to spell heartbreak.
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  You didn't earn it. You didn't prove for it. You didn't perform for it. He loved you first.
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  Some of you are waiting. Waiting for the text. Waiting for the date. Waiting for the man.
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  Waiting for the promise. Waiting for the win.
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  And waiting can feel like rejection when you don't understand.
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  But hear me, sis, the Lord is good to those who wait for him.
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  Waiting is not God withholding love. Waiting is God preparing alignment.
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  He is protecting you from counterfeit love. He is healing places you didn't
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  know were still bleeding.
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  He is strengthening your discernment. He is refining your heart.
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  So when love arrives, you'll recognize it.
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  For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, Plans to prosper you and not to harm you.
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  Plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29 11 Sis, God did not write your
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  story halfway and walk away.
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  Your chapter is still unfolding.
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  Your name is still written in his promises. Your prayers are still on his desk.
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  Your tears are still in his bottle.
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  Nothing about you is overlooked.
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  Some of you are not just waiting for love. You're healing from love that hurt,
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  from abandonment, from betrayal, from inconsistency, from situationships,
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  from emotional starvation.
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  But look at this. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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  Psalm 147.3 God doesn't rush your healing. He sits in it with you.
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  He doesn't shame your scars. He restores them.
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  He doesn't minimize your pain. He redeems it. Let me remind you of what kind
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  of love God is preparing.
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  Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her. Ephesians 5 25.
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  Not confusing love, not inconsistent love, not disappearing love,
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  sacrificial love, protective love, covering love, praying for you,
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  love, the kind that mirrors Christ.
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  And God is too faithful to send you the right man before you're ready to receive him.
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  Sis, you don't need to compete. You don't need to beg. You don't need to chase.
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  You are God's masterpiece.
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  Ephesians 2.10 Masterpieces are displayed, not discounted. You are not on clearance.
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  You are custom made, handcrafted by heaven. Today, I want you to do something sacred.
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  Write this down, say it out loud, declare it.
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  I trust God with my love story. I release fear. I release comparison.
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  I release impatience. I receive peace. I receive preparation.
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  I receive promise. And then thank Him before it happens.
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  Faith is confidence in what we hope for. Hebrews 11.1 Says, the Lord bless you
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  and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you.
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  Numbers 6, 24 through 26.
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  May you feel God's presence today. May you feel his affection.
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  May you feel his nearness.
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  May this Valentine's Day not remind you of what you lack, but of who you belong to.
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  You belong to God who never leaves, never ghosts, never cheats,
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  never abandons. and he is still writing your most beautiful chapter yet.
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  This is your royal pause. This is your royal return.
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  And sis, your love story is in good hands. Before we go today,
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  I would like to pray over you.
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  Heavenly Father, we come before you today with open hands and open hearts.
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  We lay down every fear, every question, every when, God, every cheer we've cried
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  in silence, every moment we felt forgotten.
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  And we remember today you have loved us with an everlasting love.
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  Before anyone ever chose us, you did.
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  Before anyone ever stayed, you did. before anyone ever saw our worth,
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  you did. Thank you, Lord.
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  Father, I lift up my sister right now, the one who feels lonely today,
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  the one who feels overlooked, the one who wonders if love will ever come,
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  the one healing from heartbreak, the one learning how to trust again.
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  Wrap her in your presence. Let her feel you near her right now.
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  Remind her that she is not behind. She is not forgotten. She is not unworthy.
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  She is chosen, she is cherished, she is covered.
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  God, where her heart has been wounded, heal her. Where she has settled for less, restore her standards.
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  Where she has doubted herself, speak truth.
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  Where she has rushed ahead, teach her to rest. Bind up every broken place,
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  restore every stolen confidence, rebuild every cracked dream.
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  You are the God who heals completely.
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  Lord, teach her to trust you in the waiting. When patience feels hard, give her peace.
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  When comparison tries to creep in, give her confidence.
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  When fear whispers lies, speak louder with truth.
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  Help her believe that your timing is perfect, that your plan is good,
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  that your promises are sure.
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  She does not have to chase love because you are preparing it.
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  Father, prepare her heart for the love you are sending, a love that reflects
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  Christ, a love that honors, a love that protects, a love that prays,
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  a love that finally stays.
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  Make her ready to receive what she has prayed for, and while she waits, make her whole.
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  God, remind her today that she is your masterpiece, not discounted,
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  not disposable, not replaceable, handcrafted, intentional, beautiful.
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  Let her see herself through your eyes.
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  Lord, today we surrender our love stories to you. We release control.
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  We release fear. We release impatience.
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  We release past pain. And we receive peace, trust, healing, preparation, and promise.
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  We choose faith over fear, hope over doubt, trust over worry.
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  Father, bless her. Let your face shine upon her. Let your presence surround her.
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  Let your peace guard her heart. May she walk away from this prayer feeling lighter,
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  stronger, and deeply loved.
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  May she remember every single day that her story is safe in your hands.
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  We thank you in advance. for what you are doing, for what you are healing,
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  for what you are preparing.
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  We trust you, Lord. We love you, and we give you all the glory.
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  In the mighty name of Jesus, amen.