Already Enough Romans 8:38-39 - Personal blog of Trisha Rapley, Australian Author.

Before anyone ever chose me, Jesus did. Before my heart learned how to reach outward, His love was already reaching inward, steady and unmoved by my fractures.

I am already enough in Him—not because I am flawless, not because I have mastered healing, but because His love does not wait for me to become unbroken.

The ache for attention was never desperation. It was a language learned too early, spoken by a child whose needs were real but unanswered. It was a hunger born not from weakness, but from absence—from the silence of those who were meant to stay, to see, to love without condition.

I do not shame that part of me anymore.

I bless it.

Because longing does not make a heart unworthy—it proves it was made for connection.

Jesus saw the wound before I ever named it.

He did not call it neediness.

He called it pain.

And instead of turning away, He stepped closer.

He became the place where I no longer had to perform for love, the rest where striving finally ended, the voice that whispered, You do not have to prove your value to be held.

In Him, I am complete—even while still healing. Whole—even with scars that tell a story.

And one day, there will be a man who does not study my wounds as something to fix or fear. He will not love me in spite of my past, but with reverence for the strength it forged.

His heart will recognise minethe way truth recognises truth. Not because I am flawless, but because the love within him will speak the same language as the love within me.

He will see my tenderness not as fragility, but as depth. My sensitivity not as weakness, but as evidence of a heart that has survived and still chooses to remain open.

The doubts that once echoed in quiet rooms will fall silent in his presence.

Not because he replaces Jesus—but because Jesus prepared me to receive love without fear.

I am not waiting to be chosen to become enough.

I am already enough in Christ.

Loved without performance.

Seen without explanation.

Secure without applause.

And from that fullness—not from lack—love will one day meet me, recognise me, and rest.

Until then, I remain held.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the

future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38-39

Lord,

Thank you for loving me before I knew how to ask, before I learned how to reach for attention instead of safety, before I understood that my longing came from a wound and not from lack.

Heal the places where love was absent when it was meant to be constant. Gently tend to the parts of my heart that learned to seek reassurance because they were not fully seen in the beginning.

Remind me daily that I am already enough in you—not because I have healed perfectly, but because your love makes me whole even as I heal. Quiet every voice that tells me I must earn worth, prove value, or perform to be chosen.

Prepare my heart to receive love without fear or striving. If and when you bring someone into my life, let him see the love you placed inside me before he ever sees my scars. Let his heart recognise mine through you, not through my past.

Until that day, keep me anchored in you.

Let my security rest in your presence, my confidence rise from your truth, and my peace remain untouched by doubt.

I place my healing, my future, and my heart in your hands.

I trust you completely.

Amen.

Already Enough Romans 8:38-39 - Personal blog of Trisha Rapley, Australian Author.

Already Enough Romans 8:38-39 - Personal blog of Trisha Rapley, Australian Author.