The Narrow Way

I’ve been sitting with something lately that won’t let go of my heart, and it’s that God doesn’t waste anything.

And I don’t mean that in a cliché way.

When you walk with Jesus long enough, you start to notice something. He stays… and He works. And sometimes it’s not until later, much later, that you look back and realize He was doing something the whole time.

I think for a long time I thought God only worked in the obvious places, the breakthroughs, the answered prayers, the moments that made sense.

But I’m learning He does some of His deepest work in the places that didn’t make sense at all.

The tearful places.
The confusing places.
The ones you wouldn’t choose.

And somehow, when He’s in it, those places don’t stay the same.

They soften.
They shift.
They stop feeling like something that just happened to you and start becoming something God is using for you.

That doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt.
It just means it wasn’t wasted.

And that has given me more peace than I expected.

Because if God didn’t waste what was behind me… then I don’t have to be afraid of what’s ahead of me.

I don’t have to understand every step.
I don’t have to have everything figured out.

I just have to keep walking with Him.

Because He’s intentional with our lives.

He sees it all.
He holds it all.
And somehow, in His hands, even the parts that felt broken don’t stay that way.

Love you all,

Annie Stewart Lambert