Waiting can feel like a pause, like life hasn’t fully started yet. But what if this season isn’t something to get through but something to live in
Consider this —
If you’re going to be waiting anyway, why not let yourself live while you wait?
You cannot rush God’s timing. No amount of anxiety will make it happen faster. No amount of holding your breath will bring the answer sooner. The waiting is happening whether you’re present for it or not.
The waiting does not have to be wasted. It can be lived.
– Jacqueline Whitney
So why not be present for it?
Why put your joy on hold until the thing you’re praying for arrives?
Why treat this season like it doesn’t count just because it’s not the one you asked for?
This chapter is not less sacred because it’s not what you planned. This moment is not less meaningful because the breakthrough hasn’t come yet. You are allowed to rest here. To laugh here. To live fully here.
God is moving in ways you cannot see. And when the appointed time comes, everything will align exactly as it should. But in the meantime, let yourself be here. Let yourself enjoy what is present instead of only longing for what is not.
The waiting does not have to be wasted. It can be lived.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
