Time I Didn’t Expect

A season I didn’t understand at the time.

“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.