Talk to Me Thursday: I Am in a Season of Waiting — and I Am Learning to Trust Him Anyway

Can I be real with you today?

I am in a waiting season.

I am waiting for direction. Waiting for growth. Waiting for the dreams I have been grinding toward to finally take off. I am showing up every single day — doing the work, staying consistent, pouring myself into something I believe in with my whole heart — and then I wait.

And waiting is hard.

I think we do not talk enough about how hard the in-between is. The space between where you are and where you believe you are going. The gap between the seed and the harvest. The quiet that stretches out between the prayer and the answer.

That is where I am living right now. And maybe you are too.

What Job Has Been Teaching Me

I have been spending time in the book of Job lately. And before you think I am about to compare myself to a man who lost everything in ways I cannot even fathom — I am not. Our stories are very different. Job's suffering was on a scale I have never known and I say that with full humility.

But here is what I keep coming back to.

Job did not understand what was happening to him. He could not see the full picture. He did not have the benefit of knowing how the story ended. He was sitting in the middle of his circumstances, surrounded by people offering him explanations that did not fit, crying out to a God who felt silent — and yet he did not walk away.

He waited. He wrestled. He was honest about his pain. And he kept showing up.

There is something in that posture that I am trying to learn. The willingness to stay in the tension without demanding that God explain Himself on my timeline. The faith to keep moving forward even when the path ahead is not fully lit.

Because here is the truth that keeps anchoring me:

God was not absent from Job's story. He was sovereign over every single chapter of it — including the ones that did not make sense.

The Grind Without the Guarantee

If you are building something — a business, a dream, a life that looks different from the one you have now — you know what this feels like.

You show up. You do the work. You post the content, send the emails, make the calls, say yes to the hard things, push through the days when it feels pointless. And then you look around and wonder if any of it is actually working.

The numbers do not always reflect the effort. The growth does not always match the grind. And in those moments it is so easy to start asking the questions that lead nowhere good.

Am I doing the right thing? Is this ever going to work? Did I hear God correctly or did I make this whole thing up?

I have asked all of those questions. Recently. Probably more than once this week.

And every time I come back to the same answer. Not because I have it all figured out. Not because the path is suddenly clear. But because I know who holds the path.

What I Am Choosing in the Waiting

I am choosing to believe that the waiting is not wasted.

I am choosing to believe that what God is building in me during this season is just as important as what He is building through me.

I am choosing to believe that the discipline of showing up without seeing the results yet is forming something in my character that the breakthrough alone never could.

Job's story did not end in the middle. And neither does mine. And neither does yours.

The blessing is coming. Not because I earned it or because I have been patient enough or because I have finally figured out the right formula. But because God is faithful. Because He does not start things He does not finish. Because the dreams He places in our hearts are not accidents.

A Word for Anyone Else in the Waiting

If you are reading this and you are in your own season of waiting — for a breakthrough, a blessing, a door to open, a prayer to be answered — I just want you to know that you are not forgotten.

The silence is not abandonment. The delay is not denial. The waiting is not the end of the story.

Keep showing up. Keep trusting. Keep your hands open and your eyes fixed on the One who sees the whole picture even when you can only see today.

The harvest is coming.

I believe that for myself and I believe it for you.

"The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the former part." — Job 42:12

Are you in a waiting season too? I would love to hear from you in the comments. We were not meant to do this alone. 🤍

xoxo,
Katie

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