Monday, April 14, 2025 — Let Grace Be Your Crown
Week’s Theme (April 14–18, 2025): The Softness of Strength
Let them call you gentle.
Let them misread it as weak.
You know the truth:
The softest hands
have held the heaviest things.
Words of Light
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
—2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Reflection
Strength has many disguises.
It does not always roar—
Sometimes, it whispers “rest.”
We’ve been taught to press through, to power up, to produce—
But there is another kind of power
found in pausing, in protecting your peace,
in choosing not to be consumed by chaos.
Grace is not a retreat.
It is a strategy.
It is the inner knowing that says,
“I can stop. And I will still be worthy.”
There is bravery in being soft,
in choosing kindness when you could lash out,
in holding your boundaries with love,
in releasing control and receiving divine timing.
This week, remember:
You do not have to become stone to be unshakable.
Let grace wrap around you like a crown.
Let rest remind you that you are already enough.
Where are you being invited to soften this week?
How does grace strengthen you—mentally, emotionally, spiritually?
Affirmation
I allow grace to be my strength.
I rest, I receive, and I remain powerful
Peace,
Rita
Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC
Therapist | Poet | Author | Creator of Journey to Me™
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