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Your Worth Is Not Determined by What You've Been Through
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Motherly Prayers
October 22, 2026
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“Dear Friend,
What happened to you — the trauma, the loss, the choices made by others — does not define your value. You were worth everything before any of it, and you remain worth everything after. Your story shaped you, but it does not determine you.
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🕊️ The Prayer
Heavenly Father,
I have let what happened to me define me more than I've let You define me. The wounds I carry have become identities I've built my life around. I sometimes see myself through the lens of my worst experiences rather than through the lens of being loved and called by You.
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📖Why This Prayer Matters
Trauma has a way of convincing us that we are our wounds. But our identity in Christ is anchored in something prior to and greater than our experiences. You are not what happened to you. You are who God says you are.
Stay aware and stay prayerful,
Mama Raya.
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