Daily Joy

 Day 2: The Weight of the Wait Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 (NKJV) "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Devotional: There’s a unique kind of heaviness that comes with waiting. It’s not the kind of weight you can put down or walk away from—it’s an invisible burden that follows you everywhere. It’s the longing for a prayer to be answered, the ache for a promise to be fulfilled, and the heaviness of carrying hope when the evidence around you says otherwise. I think of Hannah in the Bible, a woman whose waiting was defined by both hope and heartbreak. Year after year, she went to the temple, pouring her heart out to God for the child she longed for. The weight of waiting was so heavy that even her prayers came out like sobs. But what I love about Hannah’s story is that she didn’t t...

  Day 1: Waiting with Purpose Scripture: Genesis 1:1-3 (NIV) "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light." Devotional: There’s something profound about those opening words of the Bible. Before anything existed—before the beauty, the life, the purpose—there was a waiting. God’s Spirit hovered over the waters, moving but not rushing. He wasn’t in a hurry to create. Instead, He prepared. He shaped the chaos into order, brought light into darkness, and set the stage for His masterpiece. Friend, if creation itself began with a pause, why do we resist the pauses in our lives? Waiting feels like nothingness, doesn’t it? Like the formless void of Genesis. But just like in the beginning, God is hovering over your life. He’s moving in the unseen, preparing spaces, aligning opportunities...

Waiting is hard. It tests your patience, stretches your faith, and forces you to confront the parts of yourself that would rather take control than trust the process. It can feel like you’re standing in the middle of a storm, holding onto a promise that seems too far away, wondering if God even hears you. But let me remind you of something: the wait isn’t punishment. It’s preparation. I know what it’s like to carry the weight of waiting. There have been seasons in my life where the waiting felt unbearable. I’ve waited for healing, for breakthrough, for dreams to come to pass. I’ve wrestled with the questions: “Why not now?” and “How much longer, Lord?” But one thing I’ve learned—and I’m still learning—is that the wait isn’t meant to break us. It’s meant to build us. Waiting forces us to let go of our timelines and lean into God’s timing. And let me tell you, His timing is always better. It’s hard to see when you’re in the thick of it, but God is not withholding from you—He’s working fo...