The timeline you’ve been grieving may be the very thing you’ll one day thank God for.

Angel: She keeps wondering if she’s missed her chance.

God: Then remind her of all the doors I opened after she thought it was too late.

She’s spent years believing that if she just planned enough

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Angel: She still believes timing belongs to her.

God: It never has.

Angel: She’s exhausted from trying to control it.

God: I know. She’s spent years believing that if she just planned enough, prepared enough, wanted it enough, she could make the timing bend. She never could.

Angel: Is she starting to let go?

God: In small ways. She’s stopped forcing certain doors. She’s stopped begging for the timing to move faster. She’s slowly realizing that surrender isn’t the same as giving up.

Angel: When does she trust you with it fully?

God: When she sees how much better the timing I’ve been holding is than the one she was chasing. That day is coming. Sooner than she thinks.

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.