There was a season in my life where everything I planned suddenly stopped making sense. I had studied construction in university, worked in the industry, and even planned to do a Master’s in Real Estate. I thought I knew exactly where my life was heading.. but then life shifted.
I felt God pulling me toward health and wellness, but before I could fully understand that, COVID hit, and my mom got sick. I was home, lost, confused, and suddenly nothing was moving. I felt like I had no identity, no plan, no direction. I even fell into depression.
In the middle of that confusion, I talked to a friend who encouraged me to apply for a Master’s in Public Health. My boyfriend (now husband) supported me, and I applied. I thought this was the answer.. but the journey felt even harder. What was supposed to be an 18-month course turned into over four years of waiting, frustration, blocked systems, lost submissions, and tears. Every attempt to move forward felt blocked. At some point I even wondered if I was cursed.
But in that painful waiting season, God kept sending people – friends who showed up, people who prayed for me, people who reminded me that I was not alone. I cried many days, but I kept encouraging myself with the Word of God. The scripture that carried me was: “He who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6)
Now that I look back (I finally graduated in 2024!), I realize that God didn’t abandon me. He was building me. He taught me to remove my own expectations and trust His plan even when it didn’t make sense. I learned to feed myself with His Word daily, because the Word is truth. I know that God can part the Red Sea and He can also move things in my life at the exact timing He wants. My job was not to figure out WHEN, but to trust Him WHILE.
Today, I still have dreams and desires, but I’m learning to surrender them. I even ask God to remove desires that don’t align with His will and to give me the ones that do. I no longer want to be idle while waiting. There’s a famous quote that says, “an idle mind is the enemy’s workshop“. So even in waiting, I choose to stay in God’s presence, work on myself, remain productive, and keep my faith.
If you’re in a waiting season right now, please hear me: delays don’t mean God has forgotten you. Sometimes, your delay is the very place where God is strengthening your faith. Feed yourself with the Word daily, talk to God, surround yourself with people who speak life and remember: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (Genesis 18:14)
Waiting well is not easy, but it is possible.
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