Every smile hides a struggle. Behind those quick “I’m fine” responses, there are usually mounting bills and hospital waiting rooms and broken homes. Most people are fighting battles nobody knows about. We spend our days waiting on a better email or a paycheck or a prayer to finally turn things around.
But where you are right now isn’t the end of the road. It is a chapter in a much longer book, not the finish line.
Think about Joseph’s life for a second. The man spent years stuck in a pit and a prison before he ever set foot in a palace. It probably felt like God was silent the whole time, but he wasn’t missing. He was just working on a plan much bigger than Joseph could actually see.
Philippians 1:6 talks about being confident that the one who started a good work in you will keep at it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Maybe that job never called you back. That doesn’t mean the work has stopped. A marriage might be falling apart, but things can still be mended. Even when a dream looks dead, we’re talking about the God who opened the Red Sea and walked out of a tomb. Making a way when there is no path forward is kind of his thing.
So just lift your head. You haven’t been pushed aside. The author of your story hasn’t stopped writing yet.
Someday, the specific things that broke you will probably be the reason you have something to say. Hold on. The story is still going, and he always finishes what he starts. I guess we just have to wait for the next page.
May the Lord, the Almighty God, pour upon you a balm of peace, love, and protection, passing His light through your entire body like a fountain of living water. Shalom and life to you.
