There was a time when “frumpy” stung like a thorn in my heart. A word given as a description of a first impression of me, but one that rooted itself deeper than it should have. It became a whisper in my mind every time I looked in the mirror… a lie wrapped in shame, telling me I wasn’t lovely, wasn’t seen, wasn’t enough.
Yet God.
God saw something different.
He didn’t call me frumpy — He called me fearless.
He called me radiant, unshakeable, merciful, purposeful, and yielded to His refining hand.
He whispered truth into the very place that had once been defined by someone else’s label and as I listened, the old letters began to take on a new life…
F.R.U.M.P.Y. — The Transformed Me
🌸 F — Fearless in faith, no longer hiding or shrinking back.
🌸 R — Radiant with Heaven’s joy, reflecting His glory and grace.
🌸 U — Unshakeable, rooted in truth, walking in wholeness and purpose.
🌸 M — Merciful to self and others, moved by compassion not comparison.
🌸 P — Purposeful, clothed in strength and dignity, rising with divine direction.
🌸 Y — Yielded to the Potter’s hand, beautifully becoming all He created me to be.
This reframing was more than a poetic exercise. It was a prophetic declaration — a breaking off of old lies and a stepping into the light of my true design. Like dry bones rattling back to life, the name that once brought me shame now prophesies beauty from ashes.
📖 "Do not call to mind the former things, or consider the things of the past. Behold, I will do a new thing…" — Isaiah 43:18–19 (NKJV, paraphrased)
As I re-read my core values — faith, compassion, creativity, courage, healing — I saw that these are not things I aspire to. They are the truths I now embody. They’ve been forged in the fire, pressed into clay, painted in gold.
So to the girl who once shrank under labels...
You are not “too much.”
You are not “too little.”
You are just right — just as He formed you, seen through eyes of love.
💡 Reflection:
What labels have you carried that God never spoke over you? 🤔
How has God reframed or renamed you in this season? 🤔
What acronym could you create from a past label to reflect who you are becoming in Christ? 🤔
🎺 Affirmation:
I am not the words that once diminished me. I am God’s radiant daughter, fearless in faith and full of purpose.
🙌🏻 Prayer
Abba Father, thank You for rewriting the stories I believed about myself. Thank You that even what the world called ugly or unworthy, You redeem and repurpose. Help me live out the new names You’ve given me — fearless, radiant, and purpose-filled. Let the words that once wounded now be windows of Your grace.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Sunday, 27 July 2025
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