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When we read through the Bible, there’s no denying that God’s heart for women is for us to flourish.

He didn’t create you just to get by and survive. God’s desire for you is to live a life of abundance and to experience the fullness of every good thing that He has for you.

In Genesis 1, we read the account of God creating the very first humans, Adam and Eve. In this passage, God gives us a glimpse of His grand design for women. We see a glimpse of His heart for us. In the Garden of Eden, when God created mankind, He created Adam and Eve with purpose, with provision, and He created a place for them. He created mankind to know His approval and His love, and most importantly, to be in relationship with Him, to live in His presence and to know Him, the very source of all life, God Himself.

As we read through the creation account, we see that it’s when sin entered that everything began to go very, very wrong.

The day that sin entered the world through disobedience was the day that shame also entered, and it was the day when women began to doubt God’s love for us. It’s the day that anxiety about provision began to take hold of our hearts and minds to rob us of peace. It’s the day striving started, and it’s on that day that we became separated from the source of all life, God himself.

Praise God for His grace and for His love that when Jesus came to earth, His death and resurrection broke the curse of sin and not only saved us from eternal separation from God but restored everything that was lost when sin entered the world.

Jesus came not just to get you into heaven but to restore to your life everything that was lost.

As women who have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we often find it easy to accept God’s salvation for our eternity - but how often do we doubt God’s love for us? How often do we feel ashamed, worried or anxious about provision or feel purposeless?

So often, we are more than happy to accept Jesus as the God of our salvation, but we struggle and wrestle with the fact that God actually created us to flourish here on earth in every area of our lives. As women, we can become so used to living with things that Jesus paid a high price to set us free from. We live with shame and guilt, we live in striving, and we live with anxiety, robbed of peace, and struggling with our purpose.

As you read through Genesis 1, take a look at God’s heart for women when He created us.

This is still God’s heart for you today. When our Father looks at you, He sees a woman that is loved, and He sees a woman of purpose. He’s made room for you, and He has provided all that you need through Jesus to flourish.