No. Not yet. You're not ready.
Have you ever been told these words?
When it was your parents answer when you asked for candy, to spend the night with a friend, or when you wanted to practice driving the car before you got your permit.
Those may have seemed hard to hear at the time but they weren't devastating or life altering.
But what do you do when it's your dream? Something you've been waiting a long time for. These words seem like an earth shattering echo over and over in your head!
NO!! No!!!
If you're like me, my mind processes these words in several stages.
Surprise. Hurt. Rejection. Failure.
I first usually get stubborn and do everything in MY own power to get my way. Pitching two year old fits if necessary. Then I run and hide and distance myself because I feel like a failure.
But what if we could recognize the "No's" as protection from things we aren't aware of and save us from hurt and frustration.
Our parents knew candy was something our bodies didn't need. That we weren't developmentally ready to make decisions on driving or dating young.
God knows when we are ready for our dreams. In the waiting, He is equipping us for everything we will need.
Let's take hope and not be afraid we will lose our dreams if the answer is no or not yet. He has something even better coming and He is never late.
Ephesians 3:20
He is able to do abundantly above all that we ask or ever could dream to ask.
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