You’ve spent the first half of the year focused on everything that hasn’t happened yet — the goals unmet, the prayers still unanswered, the version of your life that still feels out of reach.
But God wants to have a different conversation about where you actually are.
You’re exactly where you need to be for what’s coming next.
– Jacqueline Whitney
God: We’re halfway through the year. Can we talk?
You: About what?
God: About how far you’ve come since January. You’ve been so focused on what hasn’t happened yet that you haven’t noticed what has.
You: I feel like I haven’t done enough.
God: You’ve done more than you know. You healed things you didn’t even break. You walked away from things that were costing you. You chose yourself in moments no one witnessed. You kept going when you had every reason not to.
You: It doesn’t feel like enough.
God: It never does from the inside. But from where I’m standing, you’re not the same person who started this year. And that matters more than the milestones you think you missed.
You: What about everything I still haven’t figured out?
God: The second half of the year is for that. You’re not behind. You’re exactly where you need to be for what’s coming next. Trust me. The best of this year is still ahead of you.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
