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Soul Food 🙏🏾🪴🩷…When God Says, “Arise”: Stepping Into a New Season

“The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.

Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”

~Song of Songs 2:13 (NIV)

Hello family! Have you ever felt stuck in a waiting season longing for healing, clarity, or the confidence to move forward? Many women faithfully show up for life while feeling something inside them is still dormant. Song of Songs 2:13 reminds us that God works in seasons, and He knows exactly when it’s time for you to rise.

This verse is a picture of awakening. Fruit is forming. Fragrance is filling the air. Growth is no longer hidden beneath the soil, it’s visible.

Before God says “Arise,” He points to the evidence of readiness. The fig tree doesn’t rush its fruit, and the vine doesn’t force its bloom. Everything happens in its appointed time. In the same way, the season you thought was stagnant may have been sacred preparation.

God doesn’t call us forward with pressure or shame. He calls us with love. He sees the beauty in us even when we’ve been doubting ourselves. He invites us not just to move, but to move with Him.

Growth doesn’t always look loud. Sometimes it looks like quiet faithfulness, unseen healing, and courage slowly returning. And when the time is right, God gently says, “It’s time. Come with Me.”

You may be entering a season where God is asking you to stop hiding in survival mode and start walking in purpose. The fruit forming in your life; your wisdom, resilience, compassion, and faith didn’t appear overnight. It was cultivated through prayer, patience, and perseverance.

If God is calling you to arise, it doesn’t mean you have to have everything figured out. It simply means He’s ready to lead you into what He’s already been preparing.

Prayer:

Lord, thank You for being a God of perfect timing. Help me trust the seasons You allow in my life. Give me the courage to arise when You call and the faith to walk with You into what’s next. Remind me that I am loved, chosen, and beautifully created for purpose. Amen.

Reflection:

  • What fruit has been quietly forming in my life?
  • Where might God be inviting me to arise instead of retreat?

Sometimes the most powerful step forward begins with simply saying, “Yes, Lord. I’ll come with You.”

Live faithfully,

Ronni Lauren🩷

Love Letter to the Woman I am Becoming…

Hello and Happy Galentine’s Day, Sassy Family! 💕

In the spirit of celebrating love, I felt called to write a love letter to the woman I am becoming, inspired by a letter I once wrote to my younger self in a previous blog post.

I hope that this message encourages anyone who may need a reminder that they are loved, or who needs permission to celebrate where they are on their self-love journey. Whether you are just beginning, healing quietly, or boldly stepping into your growth, I hope these words remind you that becoming is something worth honoring.

Dear Ronni Lauren,

This is a love letter to you, the woman I am becoming, the woman who is unfolding with grace, strength, and quiet confidence.

I see the way you are no longer rushing your growth. The way you are allowing life to shape you instead of breaking you. The way you pause now, where you once panicked. The way you reflect, where you once reacted. That is growth. That is evolution. That is love.

There was a time when you searched for validation outside of yourself. You questioned your worth. You bent to keep others comfortable. But now? You stand. You choose. You discern. You no longer chase what doesn’t choose you. You no longer beg for what you can give yourself.

You are becoming a woman who understands that love begins within. A woman who knows that softness is strength. A woman who can nurture others without neglecting herself.

I love how you are no longer apologizing for your depth. I love how you embrace your tenderness without seeing it as weakness. I love how you are becoming rooted in faith and self-awareness.

You are no longer settling for less than you deserve. You are no longer shrinking to fit into spaces you’ve outgrown. You are no longer afraid to outgrow people, patterns, or places that cannot meet you where you are headed.

The woman you are becoming is intentional. She moves with clarity. She speaks with purpose. She loves with wisdom. She chooses peace over chaos. She chooses herself without guilt.

Keep becoming. Keep healing. Keep glowing. The love you give yourself today is building the life you once prayed for. The standards you set now are protecting the future you desire.

I am proud of you not just for where you are going, but for who you are right now in this very moment.

With admiration and unwavering love,
The Woman Within♥️

Choosing an Intentional Life: From Surviving to Becoming

Have you ever realized you’re not really living, you’re just getting through the day?

Checking boxes. Carrying weight. Holding it together. Surviving.

That realization is why I’m choosing to live intentionally.

I’m tired of living in survival mode. I don’t want to just make it through life anymore. I want to live a life that is aligned with who God created me to be and what His intentions are for my life.

Survival mode keeps you functioning, but it doesn’t make you whole. It teaches you how to cope, not how to thrive.

I’m choosing to stop reacting to life and start responding with purpose. I’m choosing alignment over exhaustion, clarity over chaos, and obedience over comfort.

Living intentionally means allowing God to shape every area of my life not just spiritually, but mentally, physically, and emotionally.

When my life is aligned with God’s design, everything else begins to fall into place.

Intentional living means I no longer move out of habit or fear, but from conviction and faith. It means I ask myself daily: Does this reflect who God created me to be?

Because when alignment is off, peace is off. But when alignment is restored, healing begins.

An intentional life isn’t rushed. It isn’t driven by comparison or external expectations. It’s rooted in purpose.

This season is teaching me that I don’t have to do everything, I just need to do what God is asking of me. Intentionality allows me to slow down, listen, and move with wisdom instead of pressure.

I’m learning that purpose doesn’t always require big leaps sometimes it’s found in small, obedient steps taken consistently.

I want intention to be reflected in:

  • My thoughts- choosing truth over fear and faith over doubt
  • My words -speaking life, alignment, and clarity
  • My actions -living in a way that matches what I say I believe

When these areas are aligned, life feels less scattered and more whole.

I’m no longer content with just getting by. I’m choosing to live awake, aligned, and anchored in God’s purpose.

An intentional life says: I trust God enough to live on purpose.

It says: I believe there is more than survival.

It says: Wholeness is possible.

I’m choosing intention not perfection, not pressure, but purpose.

Are you surviving… or are you ready to live intentionally too?

Live Fearlessly and On Purpose,

💛Ronni Lauren