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Have you ever noticed how easy it is to put your life on layaway?
Not intentionally, but emotionally. Mentally. Spiritually. Physically.
We tell ourselves, I’ll breathe easier when… I’ll enjoy life when… I’ll finally have peace when…
When the test results come back differently. When the relationship heals. When the child comes home. When the grief softens. When the finances stabilize. When the prayer gets answered.
And without realizing it, we begin treating our lives like a waiting room.
I’ve done this more times than I’d like to admit. I’ve caught myself staring so hard at what isn’t here yet that I become blind to what is. Because sometimes the deepest ache isn’t the diagnosis, disappointment, or detour itself. Sometimes it’s the belief tucked within us that life cannot be good until that thing changes.
And I’m not saying those losses don’t deserve to be mourned. Sometimes life does feel like such a departure from our expectations, our heart aches. It’s so real.
Scripture never minimizes this. Jesus wept. David lamented. Naomi grieved. God is not asking us to pretend pain doesn’t hurt.
But one of the enemy’s most subtle tricks is convincing us to focus so much on what is absent that we lose sight of what is present—the evidence of God’s faithfulness nestled inside ordinary moments.
One of the things I love most about Scripture is that God rarely meets people in ideal circumstances. Like ever, actually. He meets them in wildernesses, waiting seasons, disappointments, and detours. Again + again, He proves that His presence is not dependent upon our preferred outcome.
You do not have to choose between grieving what is missing and receiving what God is giving.
The older I get, the more I realize maturity isn’t getting everything you hoped for. It’s learning to recognize God in the middle of what you didn’t. It’s to crave intimacy with Him over the answered prayer.
Maybe that’s the invitation today: not to deny what hurts or stop praying for breakthrough, but to stop postponing your life until it arrives.
Because there is grace here. Daily bread here. Purpose here. Over THIS day.
How good is He?🤍
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