I recently realized, or the Lord has shown me one, that I don’t have to be “DOING” to be loved by Him.

My entire life I have been “doing.” And I have placed much of my self worth in the act of what I could do for others.

If I was a good enough wife, mother, teacher, friend, or minister– then I was worthy and valuable to God.

But what happens when all of my titles are stripped away?

An inner crisis rose up within me.

I was no longer able to do those things.

I’ve just been “Leah Hughes 1-3-90.”

I’ve just been a cancer patient sitting in a chemo chair.

I’ve just been recovering on my couch or in my bed.

I have done HARD things.

Each day I have to chose to give myself grace.

I’ve been fighting a nasty cancer, and a very intensive aggressive treatment.

I have not been “doing” — I have just been being.

And you know what?

That’s enough.

I am loved, just as I am. Not in producing or creating. Not in mothering or cooking meals.

I am loved because I am loved, because I am loved.

Zephaniah 3:17.

The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.

He will rejoice over you with singing, he will quiet you with his love.

I love to imagine my Heavenly Father rejoicing over me with singing.

I am lovable.

I am capable.

I am enough.

So in this season, I am allowing myself to just be.

And I would like to encourage you to do the same.

Maybe your season is different from mine.

Maybe you are drowning in the responsibilities of life. I know what that is like, too.

Just know that you are loved and treasured, not by anything that you DO.

But because God loves YOU.

Even if you aren’t a “Christian.”

He loves you, because He loves you, because He loves you.

Just simply, be.