I know what it’s like to be a girl in the wilderness.Not the kind of wilderness you read about in novels, but the real, raw kind. The kind I entered at twelve years old, when I ran away from an abusive, drug-addicted mother. My world became the streets, a desperate fight for survival that lasted seven long years. That was my wilderness.A place of constant fear and loneliness.The relentless pressure to just make it to the next day.But here’s what my years in that wilderness taught me. The physical escape, and the running, are only the beginning. The real battle begins inside you. You can find a safe space for a moment, but the pain, the shame, the lies you’ve been told, they follow you. They become a spiritual battle that rages in the quiet places, long after you’ve left the source of the danger behind.This profound truth is what gave birth to my 30-day devotional, “He sees you here” girls in the ‘Wild’erness. It’s not just a book; it’s a message I needed to hear when I was a teenager on the streets.When I started writing it, I couldn’t help but draw a powerful parallel to Jesus’s time in the desert. After his baptism, when he was filled with the Holy Spirit, he didn’t head to the city to start his ministry. Instead, he went into the desolate wilderness. He was physically alone, but spiritually under attack. The temptations he faced weren’t about physical safety; they were spiritual warfare, designed to break his identity and derail his purpose.In the same way, my book is for every girl who has ever had to escape her own kind of wilderness. It’s for the girls who, after the initial act of running, find themselves in a new, internal fight. A fight against the lies that say they are worthless, unlovable, or forgotten.The devotional is a journey that walks alongside them through their own spiritual battle. It uses the imagery of Jesus’s triumph in the desert to remind them that their story isn’t over. It’s a call to confront those internal demons with the power of faith and to discover a new, unbreakable identity. Just as Jesus emerged from the wilderness prepared and ready to change the world, they too can emerge from their darkest times stronger and with a profound sense of purpose.My own journey through the wilderness was long and painful. I know the feeling of being completely unseen. But I also know the incredible, life-changing power of realizing that even in the deepest, most desperate moments of a lonely journey, you are not alone. There is a hope that can find yourself and a love that can heal you, even when you feel most lost.This book is a love letter to every girl who feels like I once did. It’s a promise that no matter how wild your circumstances, no matter how unseen you feel, He sees you here.