You haven’t missed the life God has for you simply because it took you longer to get here. Stop measuring divine timing against the clock. What belongs in your story will meet you there.
Angel: She thinks she missed it.
God: She hasn’t. She never could.
Angel: She’s been telling herself the window closed.
If the door had closed, she wouldn’t still be feeling it
Jacqueline Whitney
God: She’s been afraid of a version of the story that doesn’t exist. What’s meant for her isn’t behind a window that can shut on her. It’s not sitting on a timeline that runs out. It’s not going to someone else because she took longer than she planned.
Angel: How do we help her believe that?
God: Keep whispering. Keep sending small reminders. Keep letting her feel the pull toward what’s still coming. That pull is proof. If the door had closed, she wouldn’t still be feeling it. The longing itself is confirmation.
Angel: So it’s still hers?
God: It’s still hers. It was always hers. She’s going to look back one day and realize she was never in danger of missing it. She was always exactly on time. She just didn’t know I’d written her a blessing that couldn’t be broken.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
