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4171 Does the Wait Feel Long and Hard?

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Release Date: 08/31/2026

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

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You cross the finish line. You hit the milestone. You reach that thing you've been praying over, grinding toward, and believing God for — and you exhale. And that's a wrap. Or is it? When you accomplish a goal or finally touch a long-held dream, do you stop? Do you sit down, dust off your hands, and call it done? Or does something inside you whisper, "There's more?" It's very interesting how we see life. The moments can feel like a year, when it might have been only a day. But nothing worth having comes in a moment.  Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join...

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It's not that unheard of to want to explain everything to your children. We carry decades of life behind us, and we think if we can just say the right thing at the right time, we can spare them the pain. But regardless of their age and stage of life, what they need is your presence. Not your lecture. Not your five-point plan. Your presence; listening is love. You don't have to have all the answers. You don't have to be the problem-solver every single time. What they need from you is ears to hear. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . ...

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People will tell you about the blooming, the breakthrough, and the moment they finally stepped into the calling God placed on their life, where everything clicks because He has been planning it all along. But nobody really talks about the soil no one talks about — the stuff underneath the surface that made the bloom possible in the first place. The seasons that felt more like a burial than planting. The prayers that seemed to bounce off the ceiling. The plans you laid out in good faith that God, in His gentle sovereignty, folded up and tucked away. And if you've been in one of those...

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Have you ever found yourself standing in a season where everything feels paused, and no matter how hard you try to push forward, the next step just isn't clear? If you've been asking yourself, "Does the wait feel long and hard?" —  you are not alone. We are all waiting for something. Whether it's direction for your next steps, something to shift in your marriage, your health to get well, or your heart to finally heal, you will find yourself wondering just how much longer this stretch is going to last. And in the middle of it, the silence can feel deafening.

Waiting is one of those experiences that nobody signs up for, but every single one of us walks through. It's the space between the prayer and the answer, between the loss and the restoration, between planting and the harvest.

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And if we're being real, it can feel like nothing is happening — even when God is doing some of His deepest work beneath the surface.

The thing about waiting is that it doesn't come with a countdown clock. There's no timer on your phone telling you, "Three more weeks and this season shifts." So we sit, we wonder, and sometimes we wrestle. We wrestle with doubt. We wrestle with impatience. We wrestle with the temptation to just throw our hands up and say, "I'm done trying."

But here's the truth that scripture reminds us of: "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint" (Isaiah 40:31, NKJV).

That word "wait" doesn't mean sitting still and doing nothing. It means to bind yourself together with expectation. It means you are actively tethered to the One who holds the outcome — even when the outcome hasn't arrived yet.

So what do you do in the season of waiting, where direction needs to happen but inconsistency seems to be naturally the primary focus? What can you do today to impact tomorrow regardless of the outcome and results?

The K.I.S.S. ~ Stand firm while you wait!

We cannot control everything in life, even though we wish we could. But we can control where we anchor ourselves while the winds are blowing.

Here are three things you can do right now so you don't lose your drive to keep going and you hold onto a mindset that refuses to quit.

1. Show up anyway.

Even when you don't feel like it, even when the results aren't visible yet, keep showing up. Show up in your prayer life. Show up for the people around you. Show up for the purpose that's been placed inside of you. 

Galatians 6:9 says, "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."

Due season means it's coming. Your job is to still be standing when it arrives.

2. Focus on what you can do, not what you can't control.

You may not be able to fix the relationship, heal the body, or open the door — but you can nurture your faith, protect your peace, and steward the day in front of you.

Write the thing. Make the call. Take the walk. Do the next right thing, even if it's small.

"One faithful step today builds the road you'll walk on tomorrow." ~ Kristianne Wargo

3. Speak life over the wait.

The words you say in the waiting season matter more than you realize.

Proverbs 18:21 tells us, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue."

Don't curse your season by calling it pointless. Speak purpose over it. Say out loud, "God is working. This wait is not wasted. I am becoming who I need to be for what's ahead."

"What you declare over your life shapes how you experience the journey." ~ Kristianne Wargo

Here's what I want you to hold onto today. The wait is not the end of the story — it's the setup. It's the behind-the-scenes work that God is doing to prepare you, to refine you, and to position you for something that requires this stretch of faith to receive.

Psalm 27:14 says, "Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!"

He doesn't just say it once. He says it twice — because He knows we need the reminder.

You are not stuck. You are not forgotten. You are not behind. You are being built for what's next, and the fact that you are still here, still seeking, still pressing in — that is proof that you haven't quit. And you're not going to.

"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"

 

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Music by Mandisa - Overcomer

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Song ID: 68209
Song Title: Overcomer
Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia
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