The Quill and Me

 The Quill and Me Self-Love Devotional Series Quiet Grace Notes This entry is part of my Self-Love Devotional Series, a gentle collection of reflections and practices I'm trying as I heal. Quiet Grace Notes is where I share small, honest moments of surrender, prayer, and the little practices that help me breathe again. Morning Invitations I stumbled on a practice that promised to change a life: positive thinking, daily affirmations, and a short prayer to begin the day. The name that kept coming up was Louise Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life — a woman who taught that our words and thoughts shape our experience. I watched a short clip of her speaking and learned she was inspired by others to explore how language and belief can transform a life. All Is Well With My Soul A Morning Prayer I’m Trying When I wake, I close my eyes and whisper a prayer. I add my own lines because my faith is the lens through which I receive this practice: Lord I give You praise. “All is well....

The Quill and Me Self-Love Devotional Series Scripture: “ You are precious in my eyes, and I love you .” — Isaiah 43:4 NRSV “ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit…? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. ” — 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 NIV The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ” Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV  S elf-Love Is for Everyone This devotional series was born from my journey as a woman, but self-love is not bound by gender. The call to love oneself is a gift given to every soul. Men, too, carry burdens that weigh on the heart. They wrestle with forgiveness, healing, and the quiet courage of kindness toward themselves. While I cannot speak directly from their journey, I can affirm that the invitation to embrace self-love belongs to them as much as it does to women. Self-love is not vanity—it is stewardship. Scriptur...

The Quill and Me Forgiveness Meaning: What the Bible Teaches About Letting Go People everywhere are searching—searching for the meaning of Bible verses, searching for the biblical meaning of forgiveness, searching for the very heart of forgiveness itself. And I am searching for those people. Bible Verses About Forgiveness Matthew 18:21–22 tells us: Then Peter came to Him and asked, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” Forgiveness. It is all about forgiveness. The Lord commands it. He suffered greatly, died a horrible death—for us, for our sins. Every sin of the world, before He was alive, after He died, and after He ascended to reign as Lord of Lords and King of Kings. He sent His Holy Spirit to dwell within us, so that we might have the Comforter with us at all times. That is what it was all about: the forgiveness of our sins. Without His blood cl...