Let Yourself Be Human Again
- Tina Smith
- Mar 31
- 2 min read
You are deeply human and deeply spiritual. Yet there is a subtle pull many women who love Jesus and carry responsibility feel. We begin to spiritualize everything. Every emotion becomes a warfare issue. Every mistake becomes a spiritual deficit. Every weakness feels like a flaw that must be hidden beneath service, excellence, and performance.
And slowly, without realizing it, it costs us our humanity.
There is no room for failure in that space. No margin for grief. No grace for being tired. Yet Scripture is honest. It does not pretend we are flawless. It tells us plainly that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). It reminds us that “we see in part and we prophesy in part” (1 Corinthians 13:9). We are not all knowing. We are not all powerful. We are not finished.
Your humanity needed a Savior.
One who was pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities Isaiah 53:5. One who did not come to shame your weakness but to cover it in love. Every ounce of your humanity was seen, known, and carried by Him on the cross.
So when you feel the urge to overperform, when leadership turns into a quiet religious dance back to the cross to prove you are worthy, pause. Jesus is not asking you to hide your guilt behind productivity. He is not measuring your worth by how flawlessly you carry the vision.
He sees the striving. He sees the internal narrative that whispers, I am not enough. I need to do better. I cannot fail. And He does not turn away.
Here is the freedom for you as a woman leading.
You are allowed to be fully human.
Jesus was fully God and fully human. He wept. He grew weary. He felt sorrow. He experienced betrayal. (Hebrews 4:15) tells us we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.
He came so you could be intimate with Him, not perform for Him.
He came so you could run toward Him with your imperfections, not hide behind spiritual language to protect your image. He went to the cross so you would keep coming back. So you would keep refining. So you would keep standing and rising, not because you are flawless, but because you are loved.
You see in part. You lead in part. You discern in part.
And grace fills the gap.
There is strength in your authority, but there is also beauty in your humanity. You do not lose credibility by admitting you are still being formed. You reflect Christ more clearly when you stop pretending you are finished.
Let yourself be human in His presence. That is not weakness. That is worship.
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Tina Smith
Author | Mentor | Supervisor | Mediator-in-Training | International Coach | Director | Founder of Selah Treatment Center
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