You’re not too late. You didn’t miss it. And you did not mishear God. The dream He placed in you three years ago is the same dream He’s still working on today — except now, so are you. You’ve been growing into it all along. Don’t quit right before the breakthrough.
Angel: She’s about to give up on that dream. She thinks because it hasn’t happened yet, it’s a no.
God: It’s not a no. It’s a not yet.
Angel: She doesn’t see the difference anymore. She’s been waiting so long she’s starting to think she misheard you.
God: She didn’t mishear me. I put that dream in her heart for a reason. But the version of her from three years ago wasn’t ready to carry it. She would’ve built it on shaky ground. She would’ve lost herself in it.
God planted that dream in your heart for a reason.
– Jacqueline Whitney
Angel: So what now?
God: Now she’s almost ready. She’s been developing the character, the resilience, the wisdom she’ll need to sustain it. The dream hasn’t died — it’s been waiting for her to catch up to it.
Angel: What if she gives up before it comes?
God: Then I’Il remind her. I’ll send her something that reignites the hope. A conversation. A moment. A door cracking open just enough to make her believe again. I didn’t bring her this far to let her quit right before the breakthrough.
Angel: When will it happen?
God: Soon. Sooner than she thinks. She just needs to hold on a little longer.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
