Time I Didn’t Expect

“There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1

There was a season when my world became very small.

Most of my time was spent in one place.
The days felt slower… quieter… different than anything I had known before.

At first, I didn’t know what to do with that time.

I wasn’t used to sitting still.
I wasn’t used to having so many hours in front of me without a clear direction.

It felt unfamiliar.
Even uncomfortable.

I had always been moving, doing, going from one thing to the next.

Now, everything had slowed down.

And I wasn’t sure why.

And somewhere in that waiting, I was reminded:

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength…”
— Isaiah 40:31

But looking back, I can see something I didn’t understand at the time.

That season wasn’t empty.

It was being prepared.

What felt like lost time…
was actually time being given.

I just didn’t know yet what it was for.

Un Tiempo Que No Esperaba

“Hay un tiempo para todo…” — Eclesiastés 3:1

Hubo una temporada en la que mi mundo se hizo muy pequeño.

Pasaba la mayor parte del tiempo en un solo lugar.

Los días se sentían más largos…
más silenciosos…
diferentes.

Al principio, no sabía qué hacer con ese tiempo.

No estaba acostumbrado a detenerme.

Se sentía extraño.
Incluso incómodo.

Siempre había estado ocupado, en movimiento.

Y de repente… todo se detuvo.

Y no entendía por qué.

Pero mirando atrás…

puedo ver que ese tiempo no estaba vacío.

Estaba siendo preparado.

Lo que parecía tiempo perdido…
en realidad era tiempo dado.