There’s a particular kind of loneliness that comes not from being alone, but from waiting on someone who keeps almost choosing you. If you’ve been holding on, making yourself available, and quietly hoping they’ll finally come around — this message is for you. Because sometimes the most loving thing God can do is tell you the truth: they’re not coming. And what he has waiting on the other side of your letting go is better than anything you’ve been holding onto.
I wish you knew they’re not coming.
They’re not the one I have for you. And I need you to stop holding space for someone who’s never going to fill it.
I know you’ve been hoping they’ll change. Believing that one day they’ll wake up and choose you. But you can’t wait someone into readiness.
Stop waiting. Start trusting.
– Jacqueline Whitney
I wish you knew how much time you’re losing by staying available to someone who’s only occasionally present. How much of yourself you’re sacrificing to keep a connection that was never meant to last.
The right person won’t make you wait like this. They won’t leave you wondering. They won’t require years of your patience to meet you where you’ve been standing all along.
Every day you spend waiting for them is a day you’re not available for who I’m actually bringing. Let them go. They’re not yours.
Stop waiting. Start trusting.
What I have for you is so much better than what you’re holding onto.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
