Waiting in Vain

I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love 🎶

- Bob Marley

So yesterday I was busy engaging in my morning read, and a phrase stood out to me. I knew right away this needed to be aired ASAP! It read:

Waiting is a time for preparation.

-Marshawn Evans Daniels

I had to gently put the phone down and pause. And then I made an Instagram post about it. It brought me back to a time in life where I really thought the the word ‘wait’, meant to lounge around and do nothing. Boy was I wrong!

There were so many times during college where I would wait on someone to take me on a date as pathetic as it sounds. Not to mention after landing in my career and waiting for my next move to miraculously find me, while I’d sit and waste the day watching Netflix. Waiting for my husband was pretty much the same. The waiting game is a dangerous one. The more I read, the more my current season makes sense. Let me tell you why.

Once I answered the call on my life, I was pushed into purpose. When I gave God something to bless AKA started this blog, it ignited something in me. The visions I had prior seemed possible. I was no longer JUST watching Netflix. I was researching, investing in courses that would help me grow as an individual, investing into my brand, actively engaging in my healing process and making deeper connections with those I chose to surround myself with. The purpose shift caused me to elevate in ways that waiting laying around never did.

Waiting was indeed the season for me to step into preparation for the next phase of my life. I may not always get the assignment right, but at least I’m not stifling the visions on my heart. Listen, you don’t get those dreams for no reason. They are indications that you need to move so that God can use an imperfect soul like you. Your dreams will start to scare you, and the devil likes you scared, because then you’ll choose to wait until ’the time is right’. If I chose to keep playing that dangerous game, this blog would not be birthed nor would I have birthed a coaching program.

Once I understood my life’s greater mission, I realized that the waiting period was all about being in alignment with God’s higher purpose for me. This whole time I was waiting on miracles, while being oblivious to my assignments, because I was stifling a dream that I had due to fear. Don’t get caught up in the waiting game and watch life pass you by.

Remember this, ‘time lost, can never be regained’.