Be the Message You Needed

When no one checks in, you can still show up anyway.

I know what it feels like to wait for the message that never comes. To watch your phone light up with notifications, but none of them are for you. To start wondering if you matter to anyone at all. The thoughts don’t come in loud at first. They whisper. Quiet and cruel.

No one cares.

You’re too much.

You don’t hold any real value.

So you go quiet…

You sit with your back against the shower wall, letting the water hide your tears. You walk into a room and feel like a ghost. You laugh at a joke, but feel nothing inside. And then, slowly, you stop trying. You stop sending the messages. You stop reaching out.

You tell yourself it’s fine. You say you’re strong. But the silence grows heavier, and the spiral deepens.

I’ve been there. It is a lonely, hollow place. A place where lies start to sound like truth.

And in that silence, I opened my Bible. Not because I felt brave. Not because I was full of faith. But because I needed to know I wasn’t invisible to God. What I found wasn’t a fix or a flood of comfort. It was a nudge. A whisper. A shift in focus.

God wasn’t asking me to wait. He was inviting me to love. To give. To see. To serve.

So I flipped the focus.

I stopped waiting for someone to check in and became the one who checked in. I sent the message. I wrote the card. I called the person who had been quietly resting on my heart. I didn’t have the perfect words. I just showed up.

And something happened. In giving love, I felt love. In seeing others, I felt seen. In reaching out, I felt God reaching back toward me.

It didn’t fix everything. But it changed something deep in me. It reminded me that we are not here to be popular. We are here to be present. To reflect Jesus in the quiet ways. The unnoticed ways. The Kingdom ways.

Someone out there needs your voice today. Your tenderness. Your message. And maybe, just maybe, you need theirs too.

Checking in is more than a kind gesture. It is sacred work. It is holy ground.

So if your heart is aching, flip the focus. Be the message you needed. Love like Jesus would.

“Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people.” - Galatians 6:9–10

This is your sign. Send the text. Make the call. Write the card. Tag the person who crossed your mind just now. Be the light. And let God meet you in the giving.

Love, Sarah xx.

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