Kia Stephens
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06/19/2026
It had been two weeks since my unexpected kitchen mishap, and now time to remove the seven stitches in my index finger. I was looking forward to having a fully functioning left hand. When the doctor unwrapped the gauze, his face communicated that my healing journey was far from over. In actuality, it had just begun.
“Did you wrap it like this every day for the entire two weeks?” I proceeded to describe my daily ritual of washing, applying a generous amount of ointment, and wrapping my wound tightly. I thought I was doing a good job. In response, he shook his head and said, “Your wound needed to be left uncovered. Oxygen promotes healing.”
At that moment, although he was referring to my finger, I saw a profound parallel between my physical wound and the father wounds I’ve experienced in life. My mother and father divorced when I was three, leaving me to grow up aching the love of my biological father. Initially, I did not readily expose these wounds either.
The tendency is to keep our wounds hidden, but concealed wounds do not heal. We see this with the woman who had an issue of blood. She had been chronically hemorrhaging for 12 long years and spent all the money she had going to see doctors.
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I wrestled with this verse of the day.
I wrested because, although I’ve had Romans 8:31 memorized for my entire adult life, I haven’t really understood how it can always be true until now.
Sometimes, if we are honest, it doesn’t always feel like God is for us.
How is it still true when difficult things happen?
Unanswered prayer?
Broken relationships?
Sickness?
Loss?
If you’ve ever wrestled with the promise found in Romans 8:31, this Verse of the Day is for you.
XOXO,
❤️😘
05/19/2026
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XOXO,
Kia ❤️😘
05/19/2026
Grateful to celebrate my 25th reunion at my Alma Mater, with the incredibly talented Class of 2001 !🩵🩵🩵
04/30/2026
Celebrating the baby. 🥰 Jonathan as Professor Bhaer in the spring production of Little Women. He killed it! Go Knights! 💙⚔️
Hey, Sis!
I’m honored to be featured on the podcast. I promise this will be worth your time.
XOXO,
Kia 😘
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I was a Senior in high school when I first believed God was calling me to communicate the gospel.
I had no idea what that would look like.
I didn’t want to sit in the pulpit.
I didn’t want to be a pastor.
I didn’t even want a title.
I just wanted to speak and write.
And then I discovered She Speaks and realized there was a whole army of women just like me.
So I saved $100 a month by foregoing Starbucks, pedicures, and new clothes so I could afford the registration.
Then I asked a sister friend if I could stay at her house and I drove myself to She Speaks in my little red Ford Es**rt (without air conditioning).
That was in 2015.
I had no idea one day God would open the door for me to be a recurring speaker and this year to do the morning keynote.
Only God!
If you feel a nudging to write and speak, consider this a formal invitation from me.
I’d love to meet you.
Know that I would not invite you if attending this conference 11 years ago had not changed my life.
See you soon!
XOXO,
Kia 😘
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