Soaked in Truth

It's been awhile, but this hits like it happened yesterday.

There I was—soaked. Not figuratively. I mean literally dripping, damp, and dangerously close to a mascara meltdown. It should’ve been a quick errand on a laid back Tuesday. (queue Nina Simone's "Feeling Good") I was feeling cute enough to be seen in public—but not so extra that I couldn’t be efficient. You know the look: “I woke up like this,” but also “I’m booked and busy.”

And then came the downpour. Umbrella? Sure - at the door back home. I was caught, and not just by the rain. Caught off guard. Caught in a moment where I didn't control the narrative. Couldn’t protect the image I was so intentional to curate that day.

I rushed inside a store trying to play it cool and hoping no one noticed the water spots, the drip off my brow, or the frizz forming like a halo on my head. And then it hit me.

I wasn’t embarrassed because I was wet. I was embarrassed because I was exposed. And for a woman who had learned how to “show up strong” no matter what—exposed felt like failure.

The Shift

But right there, in that waterlogged, half-laughing, half-cringing moment…I heard the Holy Spirit whisper:

“So what?”

So what if they see you undone?

So what if the image slips?

So what if you're not as “together” as you think you need to be?

This was the beginning of a holy unlearning. Because in too many spaces, I'd been carrying a heavy load— performing, staying composed and calling it “confidence” But that day I left the house without my umbrella, God made sure I didn’t miss what I truly needed:

GODfidence. Identity Rooted in Truth (John 8:32)

Not image. Not impression. Not people’s approval. But truth. As it is written in the bible y'all.

Don’t Leave Home Without This!

You don’t need to leave the house with perfect hair or the flawless plan. But don’t you dare leave home without your truth. Truth is your covering. Truth is your clarity. It's your GODfidence.

And when you carry truth—not the fear of being misunderstood or the pressure to impress—you walk in rooms differently. You speak up. You stop editing yourself to fit someone else’s comfort. You stop asking, “What if they don’t get me?” and start declaring, “God sent me; catch me if you can.”

The Key Ingredient

We’ve glamorized “fake it ‘til you make it,” but it’s truth that actually sets you free. And that day in the rain, I realized: God isn’t interested in blessing the version of me I pretend to be. He’s after the real one. The soaked one. The surrendered one. The blemished and unfiltered daughter who doesn’t need to prove a thing to be powerful. YOU UNEDITED.

So what if your hair frizzes, your plan fails, or your voice trembles? So what if they don’t approve? Walk in God's truth anyway. In fact, begin to jump up and down in muddy puddles! Because Truth is one thing you can’t afford to leave behind— it's the ONLY thing that truly makes us free!