Set Free from the Pattern of Pretending

Hope for Freedom

Our authenticity brings us close to God.



A Message of Hope for Women Healing from Trauma

Dear Beautiful Sister,

Have you spent years behind the mask of “I’m fine”?

Did you learn to silence your voice, suppress your tears, or stuff down your real feelings just to survive?

If so, I want you to know: You are not alone.

You are likely wearing what I call the “Great Pretender Mask.”


This mask often forms in childhood when we were told:

  • “Be quiet.”

  • “Don’t cry.”

  • “You’re too much.”

  • “You’re too sensitive.”

  • “Get over it.”

You may have learned that your voice didn’t matter.
That your needs were a burden.
That your feelings made people uncomfortable.

You may have coped by pretending…

Smiling when in pain.
Silent when you needed to scream.
Keeping peace at the cost of your own soul.

But sister—there is hope for freedom!

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

— John 10:10


Pretending is a survival mechanism—but it is not our inheritance in Christ.

Jesus came to break every yoke, tear down every stronghold, and lift every mask that keeps His daughters bound.
You were created to live free, whole, seen, and known.

The enemy wants to keep you pretending—
But Jesus wants to bring you into the light of truth, safety, and love.

“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
— John 8:32


Here’s the truth:

🌿 We don’t have to pretend anymore.
🌿 We can feel what we feel so we can be healed.
🌿 We are safe to take off the mask without falling apart—because Jesus will hold every broken piece.
🌿 We can unlearn dysfunction and learn to relate from a place of healing and wholeness.

Pretending creates a prison
But the blood of Jesus is our key.

He can walk us out of the dungeon of silence and into the fullness of our true identity as a beloved daughter of God—restored, redeemed, and radiant.

“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and a sound mind.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7



We do not have to hide any longer.

The same Jesus who healed me—who tore off my mask, set me free from years of pretending, and brought me into real, safe, soul-honoring connection—will do the same for you.

Let today be the day you stop saying, “I’m okay,” when you’re not.

Let today be the day you say, “Jesus, I want to feel again. I want to be real. I want to be healed.”



Jesus is our healer.
Jesus is our safe place.
Jesus is our freedom!

In Christ’s Love,
Meisha


Pretending can be put to rest with the power of Jesus Christ.
If you need support in reclaiming the wholeness that Jesus has for you,
please reach out and I will love to support you.

If Jesus can set me free,
He can most definitely set you FREE!

A PRAYER FOR YOU
Dear God,
please allow me to feel all emotions so that I may reclaim my human wholeness,
my identity and authority in You Alone.
In the name of the Most High, Jesus Christ!
Amen.




Meisha Bosma