A Woman's Intuition Is Never Wrong

More than you ever trust another human being, make sure you trust yourself first.

How many times have I had that nagging feeling that something wasn’t quite right?

Countless times. Hundreds, thousands if I’m honest.
I always used to dismiss it. I would talk myself out of the feeling because I wanted something so badly. I would blindly believe a story that didn’t add up, a situation that didn’t feel right, and agree to things that just didn’t sit right in my soul.

A woman’s intuition.

That gut feeling that something is not quite right, has always shown up for me when it was warranted. I hate admitting that because I’d love to say that I have always trusted my intuition, but the truth is that I rarely have until recently and only after (finally) following that gut instinct and having it lead me to the truth.

I’m learning a lot about that feeling, that quiet question mark of doubt that uses its little hook to pull at you as if to say “Hey! That’s a red flag right there! You don’t see it? That doesn’t add up! There’s something off! Hellloooooo? HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE IT TOO?!”

Truth is, most times that I have felt that nagging feeling that something is amiss, I would blame myself for misunderstanding the facts or not paying attention along the way. I have been the victim of so much gaslighting through the years that until I knew the in’s and out’s of gaslighting, I was just blaming myself for just misunderstanding situations. Not anymore.

Nope. Didn’t misunderstand a thing.

I have always known. ALWAYS.
Unfortunately, I just didn’t believe myself. I didn’t trust my own judgment.
Kicking myself for how wrong I was for that!

God.

I think the gut feeling that something isn’t adding up is God telling me to pay attention. The Holy Spirit within me rises up to say “Hold on a minute! Some things don’t add up here!” God doesn’t only communicate through words, in fact, I am convinced that His communication using words is only through The Word itself, my Bible, and when He speaks through others.

No, this communication from Our Heavenly Father is a feeling.

It is this unshakeable or nagging question that keeps coming up for you.
It is the red flag that others warn you about but you refuse to see.
It is the break of routine patterns.
It is the complete opposite of typical human nature.
It is hasty decisions, too-good-to-be-true fairytales, storybook scenarios.
If it seems too perfect, too drastic, too serendipitous, too… well, anything. Then it is.
It just is, I am sorry to say.

I could go on and on.

I’m not a pessimist. I’m just guilty of being a woman that wrongly mistrusted HERSELF and didn’t run as fast as I could to get away from situations I was never supposed to be placed in. The first time I remember ever having this feeling, I was on a cruise ship in the middle of the Mediterranean on my honeymoon. I knew right then that something was drastically wrong. I would suppress that feeling and pay for it for the next seventeen years.

I have learned that lies are incredibly sneaky. They can be sculpted into looking like the epitome of truth by the omission of careful details. Lies can be crafted to look like truth and if you’re looking through rose-colored glasses already, you’re doomed.

You want so badly to believe everything you’re told that you push down, ignore, and eventually block your own intuition (God) that is warning you.

You should have serious reservations about anything that makes you wonder, gives you pause, or just seems a little off. It is. Something is not right. You need to trust that feeling more than you trust the situation.

More than you ever trust another human being, make sure you trust yourself first.