Maybe your life isn’t falling apart. Maybe it’s finally being rebuilt in a way that can truly hold you.
New Voicemail from God — 2:13 AM
You feel like you are watching your life come undone, but you are actually watching it be carefully put back together.
But this isn’t a loss. This is a softening.
– Jacqueline Whitney
It is completely natural that you are tired right now. The things you thought were permanent have shifted. The timeline you had your heart set on changed without your permission, and the people you thought would be here aren’t. You are grieving the loss of the story you had already written in your mind, wondering what you did wrong to end up in such an unfamiliar place.
But this isn’t a loss. This is a softening.
Before something truly beautiful can grow, the ground has to open up. God is gently untangling you from the things that were never meant to carry you into your next season — the old habits that kept you small, the heavy dynamics that exhausted you, the ideas of safety built on fear instead of love.
It is hard to feel secure when the room around you is empty and the atmosphere is quiet. It is scary when you cannot see what comes next. But you are being looked after. The emptiness isn’t a permanent state; it is just the quiet space required before the next beautiful thing arrives.
Hold on. Your story isn’t over.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
