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What does it look like to wait with hope when the waiting stretches into years, decades, or feels altogether impossible?
In this episode, I’m walking with you through the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth in Luke 1 — two righteous, faithful people who loved God, served Him, and still lived with unfulfilled prayers. Their story has been ministering to my heart in this season, especially as I look back on my own unexpected miracle: two years ago I was waiting for a husband, and I had no idea that God would bring Earl into my life in just five weeks… and that we would be engaged only twenty days after meeting. God loves to surprise us.
Maybe you’re waiting too.
Waiting for a spouse.
Waiting for a child.
Waiting for provision.
Waiting for healing.
Waiting for community or a church home or a door that only God can open.
Together, we’ll look at Luke 1:11–13 and Psalm 130:5 and talk about what hopeful waiting really looks like:
• Keep serving while you wait. Zechariah was simply doing his daily work when God broke in. Obedience in the ordinary creates space for miracles.
• God loves to interrupt our waiting. His timing is never random, it’s redemptive.
• Believe God. Gabriel came straight from the presence of God to deliver a promise. God sees you too.
• There is beauty in the process. God forms us, refines us, and prepares us in the waiting so that the miracle becomes His glory, not our striving.
I’ll also guide you through gentle reflection questions:
What are you longing for?
Where do you feel barren or overlooked?
Are you still showing up in the “temple” of your everyday assignments?
Can you trust that God’s silence is not absence but preparation?
We’ll end with a prayer of hope and a blessing, asking Emmanuel to draw near and fill us with the kind of expectant faith that transforms us from the inside out.
If this episode speaks to you, I’d love for you to join me in one of my creative healing courses — because healing often comes while we wait, especially when we create with God. You can explore Ashes to Bloom, Refreshing the Soul, Divine Creativity, and more through the link in my bio.
God still speaks.
And He is working in your waiting more than you know.
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What does it look like to wait with hope when the waiting stretches into years, decades, or feels altogether impossible?
In this episode, I’m walking with you through the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth in Luke 1 — two righteous, faithful people who loved God, served Him, and still lived with unfulfilled prayers. Their story has been ministering to my heart in this season, especially as I look back on my own unexpected miracle: two years ago I was waiting for a husband, and I had no idea that God would bring Earl into my life in just five weeks… and that we would be engaged only twenty days after meeting. God loves to surprise us.
Maybe you’re waiting too.
Waiting for a spouse.
Waiting for a child.
Waiting for provision.
Waiting for healing.
Waiting for community or a church home or a door that only God can open.
Together, we’ll look at Luke 1:11–13 and Psalm 130:5 and talk about what hopeful waiting really looks like:
• Keep serving while you wait. Zechariah was simply doing his daily work when God broke in. Obedience in the ordinary creates space for miracles.
• God loves to interrupt our waiting. His timing is never random, it’s redemptive.
• Believe God. Gabriel came straight from the presence of God to deliver a promise. God sees you too.
• There is beauty in the process. God forms us, refines us, and prepares us in the waiting so that the miracle becomes His glory, not our striving.
I’ll also guide you through gentle reflection questions:
What are you longing for?
Where do you feel barren or overlooked?
Are you still showing up in the “temple” of your everyday assignments?
Can you trust that God’s silence is not absence but preparation?
We’ll end with a prayer of hope and a blessing, asking Emmanuel to draw near and fill us with the kind of expectant faith that transforms us from the inside out.
If this episode speaks to you, I’d love for you to join me in one of my creative healing courses — because healing often comes while we wait, especially when we create with God. You can explore Ashes to Bloom, Refreshing the Soul, Divine Creativity, and more through the link in my bio.
God still speaks.
And He is working in your waiting more than you know.