Enough

I think women, especially, have difficult relationship with the feeling of being enough. Whether we’re comparing ourselves to others or just to our own expectations of what we think our life should look like, I think we regularly beat ourselves up for not being enough. Does this happen to you? This happened to me last night and I hate how it steals my happiness. So this morning I turned to one of my favorite stories in the Bible. A woman wants to give something to Jesus, so she comes with an alabaster box and poured her best oil on His feet and wiped them with her hair (what love). Naturally, others around her found fault with something and wanted to tear her goodness down (apparently even Biblicans threw shade). But! Jesus stood up for her and defended her with these beautiful six words: She hath done what she could (Mark 14:8). She hath done what she could and it was enough. Whether or not all the other women of Jerusalem were doing more or less didn’t matter. For this woman, this was what she could offer and it was accepted. I love this story and I love those empowering words. If you needed to hear them today, please feel the power in them: She hath done what she could. You are enough ❤️

(painting is “Weekend Light,” original is sold. Prints are available and the code “PRINT15” will get you 15% off until Monday!)