One day you’ll stop mourning the doors that closed and start thanking God for what they kept you from.
Angel: She keeps asking why so many things didn’t work out.
God: She doesn’t know how much I’ve protected her from.
Angel: The relationships?
God: All of them. The ones that ended when she thought they were the answer. The ones I removed before she could get more attached. She’s still mourning some of them, thinking she lost something valuable.
She’ll feel the peace of the life she’s actually living
Jacqueline Whitney
Angel: What was really behind those doors?
God: Versions of her life that would have slowly emptied her. People who would have taken more than they gave for a very long time. Chapters that would have kept her from the one she’s about to walk into.
Angel: Will she ever know?
God: She’ll know enough. She’ll feel the peace of the life she’s actually living. And one day, she’ll thank me for the answered no’s. She just doesn’t recognize how loved she was in what didn’t work out.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
