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Hi friend,
Welcome back to She Speaks Life. ✿
This week feels like the beginning of something slow and sacred. Advent doesn’t rush us to celebration. It invites us to pause before the light arrives, to breathe before clarity comes, to hope without seeing the full picture.
Waiting is not a spiritual delay, it’s a spiritual posture.
✦ A leaning in.
✦ A listening.
✦ A softening.
I’m learning that darkness is not the absence of God, but often the place where faith is formed. Before insight, before direction, before dawn, God is already near, shaping us quietly in the unseen.
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The Beauty of Waiting
Waiting often feels uncomfortable because we equate movement with meaning. But in Scripture, waiting isn’t a delay, it’s an invitation. God forms us in the unseen long before we recognize the outcome.
Light rarely arrives all at once. It begins as a gentle glow before dawn, subtle enough to miss unless we’re paying attention. In the same way, Advent reminds us that God’s promises don’t usually come in spectacle, but in small, steady beginnings.
Sometimes the darker seasons are not empty; they are preparatory. We want clarity, but God offers presence. We want answers, but God offers nearness. Waiting becomes sacred when we allow it to reshape our trust instead of our impatience.
Maybe waiting is less about holding still and more about being held, letting God work quietly beneath the surface, forming something we will one day recognize as light.
Waiting doesnt have to be passive. It can be worship.
Speak Life Practice
This week, let’s honor waiting in simple ways:
1. Notice unfinished places.
When something feels unclear or unresolved, pause and ask:
“What might God be forming here before the answer?”
2. Practice slow trust.
When you feel urgency rise, to plan, fix, or predict. Take one slow breath. Let trust become your first response instead of control.
3. Pray this short prayer each day:
“Lord, teach me to wait with hope. Meet me in the dark and remind me that Your light is already on its way.”
“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.”
— Isaiah 9:2 (NIV)
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A Final Note
As Advent unfolds, may your waiting feel less like uncertainty and more like a gentle holding. God is not late. He is present, forming, preparing, softening.
Honor the quiet.
The light will come.
With grace,
P.S. Next week we’ll explore The Promise of Light, how hope begins as a flicker, steady before it is bright