08/28/2026
He can use abundance. He can use disappointment, success, loss, all of it.
Looking back, I can see that some of the seasons I would’ve never chosen were the ones God used to shape me the most.
That’s what I keep coming back to in Philippians 1:6. God doesn’t abandon what He starts.
There were times I was asking, “God, when is this going to change? Move? Happen?” And with some distance now, I can see there was probably a better question underneath it:
“What are You shaping in me through this?”
Because the good work doesn’t always feel good while it’s happening.
Sometimes you only recognize the craftsmanship after enough time has passed to see what was actually being formed.
And I think that’s where a different kind of peace comes from.
Not from understanding every season while you’re in it.
But from looking back and realizing the hands doing the work were good the whole time.
