Lenten Letters: Receiving ~ Tuning in to the Station of You

I hoped for years that one day my seizures would stop, that my body would return to wholeness, that I would wake up one day and no longer have epilepsy. I believed God could heal me, but deep down, I was still waiting to feel worthy for it to happen to me. What I learned in my journey to self was that healing isn’t something that will be done to me, it’s something we all have to receive from within us. It wasn’t until I stopped striving and instead opened myself to receiving that everything shifted. I saw what had been true all along: I was already whole. I wasn’t broken. I wasn’t separate from God’s healing presence. I simply needed to allow myself to receive what had already been given. And when I did, an opportunity for brain surgery became available and after that procedure the seizures stopped.

I had been clinging to prayers as if they were demands instead of invitations. God’s presence doesn’t need to be forced. It simply needs space to flow in. This week, as we continue our Lenten journey, I invite you to consider what God has already been offering you. Are you still trying to force an answer when it’s already there? Have you been praying for guidance, but drowning it out with overthinking? Are you waiting for clarity when it’s been whispering to you all along? Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.” Maybe the door has already been unlocked. Maybe the answer has already arrived. Maybe this week is your invitation to stop striving and start receiving.

Challenge for the Week

• Take five minutes each day in stillness no requests, no striving, just openness.

• Ask God, “What have You already given me that I have not yet received?”

• Trust that the answers are coming; not because you force them, but because you are open.

Ready to Receive,

Gina ❤