Sometimes it takes years before we can look back and realize how much of ourselves we would have lost trying to convince God to answer prayers that were never means for us.
Draft one:
a life where you kept confusing inconsistency with love
a future built entirely around survival instead of joy
– Jacqueline Whitney
Draft two:
a version of you that stayed emotionally exhausted because being chosen mattered more than feeling safe
Draft three:
relationships where you slowly abandoned your own needs to keep the peace
Draft four:
a future built entirely around survival instead of joy
Draft five:
a version of your life where your spirit kept shrinking to fit places it had already outgrown
You thought losing those things meant losing your future. But heaven saw something different. Heaven saw how deeply unhappy your soul would have become if those prayers had been answered exactly the way you wanted them to be. Not every closed door was rejection. Some were protection.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
