Devotional for Women — For the Name They Tried to Erase and Couldn’t

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They tried to erase the name God gave you. You are still here.

Devotional for Women

For the Name They Tried to Erase and Couldn't

A daily place for the slow work of reclaiming the name God gave you.

A 140-Day Reflective Devotional Journal

Book 28 of a 70-journal series · 140 daily reflections · 9,800 guided prompts across the series

  • 140 daily reflections
  • Scripture + guided journaling space
  • Written for women healing from childhood trauma
  • Five honest minutes a day
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If a pin brought you here — the page you glimpsed is one of 140. Each day is the same quiet shape: a few honest lines, a verse, and space to write. The sample pages below show exactly how it works.

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Why this is different

Most devotionals

  • Inspiration to read
  • Reading only
  • Generic encouragement
  • Read once, then forgotten

This journal

  • A daily practice you actually do
  • Reflection + Scripture + writing space
  • Written specifically for women healing from childhood trauma
  • 140 steady days that build over time

Who it's for

This is for

  • The woman whose healing is happening one true word at a time.
  • Anyone who wants structure without pressure
  • Small groups, church families & gift-givers

This is not for

  • Anyone wanting a quick, read-once motivational book
  • Readers who don't want to write anything down
  • Those after a study guide without daily reflection
Not ready today? Begin with our free seven-day devotional — slow, scripture-anchored, in your inbox. A quiet place to start before the 140 days. Get Day One →

An established series

70journals in the series
140days in each
9,800guided reflections
5–10minutes a day

Part of a growing library of guided devotional journals from Stilling Waves Press.

About this journal

The full story, in our own words

A 140-day devotional for the woman unlearning the names childhood handed her — a gentle daily place to reflect and meet the One who has been calling her something else, one true name at a time.

For women healing what childhood could not give — Restoring Your Identity in Christ. Each day sits beside a quoted line from a Christian writer across the centuries — kept in their own voice, with a quiet word-gloss underneath so the older language opens rather than closes.

  • A daily page for the slow work of name-changing.
  • Five honest minutes a day — gentle enough for old wounds.
  • For the woman whose healing is happening one true name at a time.

Seven stages across 140 days: Stage 1 — First Clarity · Stage 2 — A Calm Surrender · Stage 3 — A First Step · Stage 4 — Held Steady — The Middle · Stage 5 — Being Known and Loved · Stage 6 — The Turn · Stage 7 — This Stretch.

Seven stages, seven images. Dawn becomes open hands becomes a lamp becomes a mountain — then a vine, a stream, and finally an open door. The arc carries you forward by image, not by argument.

This is identity in Christ done daily — five honest minutes in plain English, with every older line gently glossed.

Inside these pages you will also find:

  • A consistent daily rhythm, learned once — every page repeats the same gentle structure — an Opening, a Reflect question, a Rest cue for the body, a Today's Focus, a Touch line tied to the breath, a quoted Christian writer, and a closing Meditation. Same shape, 140 days.
  • Plain-English glosses under every older line — older Scripture and classic Christian prose come with their unfamiliar words quietly opened underneath — thee, thou, unto, communion — so the language never blocks the meaning.
  • Quoted writers, always named — every devotional line in the journal carries an attribution — chosen from a curated corpus of trusted Christian voices across the centuries. The journal does not borrow anonymously from the tradition; it credits where every line came from.
  • Section interludes that carry the rhythm forward — between each of the seven sections, a Commentary, a Poem, an A Prayer for This Season page, and a closing Reflection — the journal breathes between stages instead of just numbering them.
  • Prayer pages — borrowed and your own — the saints' prayers carry you when you have no words; A Prayer for This Season pages give your own words a place to land.
  • A poem inside each section — between days and decisions, a short unhurried passage holds the stage's feeling — small enough to remember, deep enough to return to.

Sample prompt: "What is one name they put on you that God has been quietly correcting? Write what He calls you instead."

Inspiration is a feeling. Formation is a structure. This is the structure.

You know the small ordinary moment — a tone of voice, a particular silence — that turns the day sideways before the mind has caught up? Underneath is a quieter question — about whether the part of you that learned to be alert can also learn to rest. This journal does not ask you to revisit anything. Five honest minutes a day. The body settles a little. Something in you that has been holding watch for a long time is met, quietly, without being asked to explain itself.

A daily place for the slow work of reclaiming the name God gave you. Written for the woman whose healing is happening one true word at a time. Open to day one.

What’s inside every day

Seven elements every day: Opening, Reflect, Rest, Today's Focus, Touch, a quoted Christian writer with a word-gloss, and a closing Meditation.
A plain-English word gloss under every older Scripture or classic quote — thy, thee, unto — nothing stays out of reach.
Attributed lines from classic Christian writers across the centuries — every quote named, never anonymous.
Section interludes between each stage: Commentary, Poem, A Prayer for This Season, and a closing Reflection.

Same daily rhythm, 140 days. One steady shape you learn once.

How it will feel

Sit in a safe place and let the nervous system quiet. That is faithful work. Breathe. The flashback will pass. Your body will come back to now. You do not have to perform okay. Especially not with God. You are allowed to avoid people who trigger you. That is wisdom, not weakness.

Your jaw is not tight when you wake up. You say what you actually feel the first time. The doubts come and you do not have to fight them. Your morning has a shape before your feet touch the floor. You look up when someone says your name. Nothing dramatic. A hundred and forty days of showing up.

Built to form you — not just inspire you

Not Inspiration — Formation

This is not a devotional to read when inspired — it is a daily practice to return to regardless. Real faith is built through structured daily formation, not occasional motivation. Finishing this journal produces something that starting ten others cannot.

What This Journal Returns You To

  • One day you will look back and not recognize the person who came out of childhood
  • Awe for the self Christ is giving back to you
  • Who or what damaged it, and what would it look like to bring that injury to the One who is restoring?

Sample prompt: "Who or what damaged it, and what would it look like to bring that injury to the One who is restoring?"

A thoughtful gift

This journal does not rush. It does not judge. It keeps quiet company through 140 honest days — the kind of presence a thoughtful gift can carry into someone's season. You did not choose what happened in those years, and you are choosing healing now. The work was done today. Let that be enough. Come back tomorrow for more.

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About this journal’s author

Hayley Louisa Mark is the pen name under which Stilling Waves Press writes its reflective journals. The voice is quiet on purpose: these pages draw on Scripture and the older contemplative writers — Andrew Murray, François Fénelon, Thomas à Kempis — slowly read and set into a 140-day daily practice. Sixty-six journals share the same method: five honest minutes a day, one season at a time.

Published by Stilling Waves Press, creator of the 140-Day Reflective Devotional Series. Our journals are designed to be completed, not merely read — combining Scripture, reflection, and guided writing into a daily spiritual practice.

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