It’s time to unmute

The enemy would love nothing more than for you to live in the shadows. To drown in the shame of your humanity—shame for not being stronger, for being hurt, for not having it all together. He wants you to believe the lie that your brokenness disqualifies you, that your story isn’t worth being told, that it’s safer to stay silent.

SPEAK UP! Say it out loud. That thing you’re scared of, the thing you’re terrified people will find out—that’s the very thing God can transform. Hand over your ashes to Him, and watch Him create beauty from them. Because if there’s anything more powerful than your testimony, it’s what God does with it. Those little messages—“Hey, I went through that too,” or “Thank you for sharing, I feel less alone,” or “You inspired me,”—those are the moments that make it worth it.

The enemy wants you to fall and stay down. He wants you to believe that your story ends with pain, with rejection, with shame. But God is calling you to pick up the mic. Speak, not out of revenge, not to shame those who broke you, not to list every wrong they’ve done—but from a place of love. Love for yourself. Love for the story God is writing through you. Speak because your story is worth being told.

Speak for the little boy or girl inside you, the one who hoped someone would see, who hoped someone would help, but no one did. Speak because God saw. God was there and God can heal. Speak because you are no longer that scared child, waiting for someone else to act. Speak because you are stronger now, because you know whose you are, and because you trust in the value you bring to the table.

Let your story be a testimony of what God can do with what you thought were damaged goods. Let it be a reminder to others—and to yourself—that you are His, that your worth isn’t defined by what happened to you, but by the One who redeemed you. Pass the mic to Him and let Him amplify your story.

Say it out loud. Not because the world needs perfection, but because the world needs real. The world needs the person God created you to be not a watered-down version of you. It’s time to unmute.

“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” – 2 Timothy 1:7