04/02/2026
Learning to be unoffended has been my mindset this year.
As a woman slugging my way through perimenopause there are times when you just don’t feel right in your skin anymore. You go through moments where you wonder, “why am I feeling so agitated?” I’ve taken these swing of emotions as a chance to challenge myself in all the areas that need improvement. Because truly, the heart shows its honest colours as we are put into circumstances that don’t seem to favour us.
So here I sit, learning to be unoffended. Realizing that my people pleasing, pride and wanting to just be loved seem to dictate how I respond to others comments and actions.
Stepping in this new season of becoming unoffended has offered me more calm in my life than ever before. It’s a settling inside myself of knowing who I am and seeing myself the way God sees me. I’m choosing to speak less, with intention and being confident in that whatever it is I do say, I’m okay that most might not agree with me. It’s knowing my values, living them out, teaching them to my children and being strong in that.
Learning to be unoffended is so much more than not caring what people think of you or what they say. It goes way down deep into your heart. It’s the ‘why’ behind the offense that we need to drive up and deal with.
The changes that occur within myself are a result of Christ in me. Maybe that looks different for you but God is truly who’s pruned me. Aside from Him I’m simply a struggling woman soon to hit menopause. 😆
There is so much freedom when we begin to look inwards at our own hearts instead of outwards at what we feel are others flaws.
These are the sum of my thoughts and challenges currently. Just in case you wanted to know what happens behind the lens. ❤️❤️❤️
