0:02 I need to tell somebody today, just
0:04 because it hasn't happened yet doesn't
0:06 mean it's not coming. Just because you
0:08 haven't met them doesn't mean they're
0:10 not moving toward
0:13 you. I came to tell
0:16 you, your soulmate will show up soon.
0:19 But here's the question. Will you still believe
0:20 believe
0:25 it even when it looks like nothing's
0:28 happening? I know you've prayed. I know
0:30 you've waited. I know you've cried some
0:33 nights wondering where's the one. But
0:36 what if I told you God is not ignoring
0:40 you, he's preparing
0:42 you. Because if you receive the blessing
0:45 too early, it can break you. But when
0:47 the timing is
0:50 divine, it will build
0:53 you. Your soulmate will show up soon.
0:55 And when they do, it won't feel like a
0:58 guessing game. It will feel like a God
1:00 thing. You've been asking God why it
1:01 feels like nothing's happening. Why
1:03 every relationship keeps falling
1:05 through. Why every connection starts
1:07 with fire and ends with confusion. And
1:08 if we're honest, if we're real for a
1:10 second, it's starting to feel like maybe
1:13 love just isn't in the cards for
1:17 you. But what if I told you today, God
1:19 is not withholding love from you to punish
1:20 punish
1:23 you. He's protecting you from what your
1:25 eyes can't
1:28 see. Yeah. See, we think that when
1:30 something doesn't work out, it's a
1:34 rejection. But what if it's actually
1:36 redirection? What if it's God stepping
1:39 in and saying, "You don't see what I
1:41 see. You're looking at the surface, but
1:44 I see what's under the surface. I see
1:47 what's coming 5 years from now, and I
1:49 love you too much to let you settle for
1:52 someone who doesn't have the capacity to
1:55 carry where I'm calling you." Let's make
1:57 it plain. Imagine you're at a restaurant
2:00 and you're hungry, like really hungry.
2:03 You haven't eaten all day. You sit down,
2:05 you're eyeing the menu, and the waiter
2:08 comes by and says, "I'm sorry, but your
2:10 meal is going to take a little longer to
2:13 prepare." Now, you could get upset. You
2:14 could get impatient. You could say,
2:16 "Forget it. Just bring me the fastest
2:19 thing you can find." And yeah, sure,
2:21 you'll get something quickly, but it
2:24 won't be what you came for. it won't be
2:27 what satisfies you. And some of us are
2:29 dating like that. We're ordering quick
2:32 fixes because we don't want to wait on
2:35 God's best. We're choosing what's
2:37 available over what's actually meant for
2:41 us. But God is not a fast food provider.
2:44 He's the master chef preparing something
2:46 that will nourish your spirit, not just your
2:47 your
2:50 emotions. And when he says, "Not yet,"
2:52 it's not him withholding good things
2:55 from you. It's him making sure that when
2:58 the plate arrives, it's worth the wait.
3:00 Maybe the reason you haven't met the one
3:03 is not because God forgot about you, but
3:05 because he remembered every prayer you
3:07 whispered in your loneliness. Maybe he
3:09 remembered how you say, "God, protect my
3:12 heart." And maybe his answer to that
3:14 prayer is this delay.
3:17 Some of us are asking for God's best
3:19 while entertaining relationships that
3:22 drain our energy, confuse our peace, and
3:24 compromise our value. And when God
3:25 removes something or closes a door, it
3:27 feels like rejection. But what if it's
3:29 actually divine intervention? What if
3:31 it's not the absence of love, but the
3:34 evidence of it? Think back on your life.
3:37 I want you to take one moment and think
3:39 about a relationship you once
3:43 begged God to let work.
3:44 Think about the nights you stayed up
3:46 crying, praying he'd changed their
3:49 heart, praying they'd come back. And now looking
3:50 looking
3:53 back, you can thank God they didn't.
3:55 Why? Because you grew past
3:59 it. Because who you are
4:03 now would have never fit with who they
4:05 were then. That was protection in
4:07 disguise. That was love dressed like
4:10 loss. That was mercy in motion.
4:11 Protection doesn't always feel like
4:14 peace. It often feels like pain because
4:18 we're emotional beings. We get attached.
4:22 We dream big. We hope hard. But God
4:24 doesn't answer based on our feelings. He
4:27 responds from his foresight. He sees who
4:29 they really are when the compliments
4:32 fade. When the chemistry wears off, when
4:34 life gets real, he knows if they're
4:36 truly equipped to handle your heart,
4:37 your calling, your insecurities, your dreams.
4:39 dreams.
4:41 That's not something you find out on a
4:44 first date. That's something only God
4:46 can see from the beginning. So when he
4:49 says no or not yet, trust that it's not
4:52 rejection. It's redirection with
4:56 purpose. It's protection that says I'm
4:59 saving you from a heartbreak that would
5:02 have taken you 5 years to heal from. Let
5:05 me say this plainly. The wrong person
5:08 can delay your destiny.
5:12 That's why God is so serious about who
5:14 he allows to access your heart. You're
5:17 not just anyone. You're chosen. You're
5:19 called. You've got too much purpose on
5:21 your life to be distracted by someone
5:23 who only sees your body and not your
5:25 spirit. And that's why this delay is
5:27 divine. I know it feels lonely
5:29 sometimes. I know weddings and
5:31 engagement announcements on social media
5:33 can hit hard. I know you're tempted to
5:36 think God forgot about you. But I dare
5:39 you to change your mindset. What if the
5:41 not yet is God saying, "I love you too
5:43 much to let you settle for someone who
5:45 doesn't love you like I do." So the next
5:46 time something doesn't work out, don't
5:48 automatically ask, "What's wrong with
5:51 me?" Start asking God, "What are you
5:53 protecting me
5:55 from?" Because when you start to trust his
5:56 his
5:58 no, you'll begin to recognize how
6:03 intentional his yes will be. And when
6:04 your soulmate does show up, and I
6:06 believe they
6:08 will, it won't be
6:10 forced. It won't be
6:12 confusion. It won't leave you
6:14 questioning your worth. It will feel like
6:16 like
6:19 peace, like safety, like purpose walking
6:20 in the
6:22 door because God didn't forget about
6:25 you. He's just been protecting you. And
6:28 that's what love really looks like.
6:31 You keep looking at your life wondering
6:34 why you're still single, why the
6:36 relationships don't last, why it seems
6:38 like everyone else is finding love while
6:40 you're just sitting in the waiting room
6:44 of your own story. And deep down there's
6:47 a whisper inside that says, "Maybe I'm
6:48 doing something
6:51 wrong. Maybe I missed
6:54 it. Maybe I'm being punished."
6:57 But what if I told you
7:00 today this isn't
7:03 punishment, this is positioning. God is
7:06 not punishing you by making you wait.
7:08 He's not keeping love away from you
7:12 because you're broken or unworthy. No,
7:15 he's positioning
7:18 you. He's placing you exactly where you
7:20 need to be. So when the right person
7:22 shows up, the connection isn't just emotional.
7:24 emotional.
7:27 It's divine. Think about a GPS. Have you
7:30 ever put in a destination and the GPS
7:32 reroutes you? You get frustrated. You
7:34 think, "Why are we going the long way?"
7:36 But what you don't realize is that the
7:38 GPS sees what you can't. It knows
7:40 there's construction ahead, an accident,
7:42 traffic that would delay you. The GPS
7:44 isn't trying to keep you from getting
7:46 there. It's trying to help you arrive
7:48 the best way possible. That's what God
7:50 is doing right now. He's rerouting your
7:53 steps, not to make you suffer, but to
7:55 save you from detours that could steal
7:58 your peace, delay your purpose, and
8:02 damage your heart. Every no you, thou ht
8:03 was a curse was actually him whispering,
8:05 "Not this way. I've got something
8:06 better." Let me bring it home with a
8:09 daily life example. Picture a woman
8:11 who's been waiting for love. She's been
8:13 faithful. She's done the healing. She's
8:16 grown. And along comes a man who checks every
8:17 every
8:21 box on paper. He's charming, stable,
8:24 successful, but something in her spirit feels
8:25 feels
8:29 off. Not wrong, just
8:31 off. And she has a choice. Pursue what's
8:34 available or trust God for what's
8:36 anointed. Now, the average person might
8:38 say, "Girl, go for it. You're not
8:40 getting any younger." But something deep
8:44 inside her says, "This isn't it.
8:47 So she lets it go, not because he was
8:50 bad, but because it wasn't
8:53 aligned. A year later, she meets someone
8:57 else. This one doesn't just check boxes.
8:58 He speaks to her
9:01 purpose. He doesn't just love her. He
9:04 values her growth. He doesn't just
9:06 pursue her. He prays with her. And
9:09 suddenly it all makes sense. That
9:12 earlier almost wasn't punishment. It was
9:14 positioning because the version of her
9:17 that would have settled for potential is
9:19 not the version of her now that's ready for
9:20 for
9:23 purpose. Can I preach this to somebody
9:26 today? The pause in your love life isn't
9:28 about what's missing. It's about what's
9:31 being molded. You are not falling
9:34 behind. You're being built up.
9:35 Every time you feel forgotten, every
9:37 time you feel overlooked, remind
9:41 yourself, God is positioning me for
9:45 someone who is also being prepared for
9:46 me. Because you don't just want love,
9:49 you want alignment. You don't just want
9:50 someone to do life with, you want
9:53 someone who brings out the life in you.
9:55 And that kind of
9:57 love, that kind of
10:01 divine connection, it takes time. It takes
10:03 takes
10:06 positioning. It takes God moving pieces
10:08 around that you can't even see right
10:11 now. Let's get real. Positioning is
10:13 uncomfortable. You see others get what
10:15 you've been praying for. You feel stuck
10:16 in a chapter that seems to go on
10:19 forever. But positioning often looks
10:23 like stillness, like being planted. And
10:25 anything that is planted doesn't look
10:26 powerful at first. It's buried. It's
10:30 hidden. But under the surface, things
10:32 are taking root. God is allowing your
10:34 roots to grow deep. So when your person
10:37 comes, your foundation won't shake. He's
10:40 aligning your heart, your purpose, your
10:42 emotional health, your faith. So when
10:44 love comes, it won't be another test you barely
10:45 barely
10:48 survive. It'll be a testimony you carry
10:51 with strength. So no, you're not being punished.
10:53 punished.
10:54 You're not invisible. You're not
11:01 positioned. And when God positions you,
11:03 he's not just thinking about now. He's
11:04 thinking about
11:07 forever. He's positioning you to be
11:10 ready, not just excited. To be stable,
11:12 not just swept off your feet. To be
11:15 chosen for the long run, not just picked
11:17 for the moment. If you're in a season
11:19 where nothing seems to be moving, where
11:21 the silence is heavy and your heart
11:24 feels weary, I want you to know God
11:32 you. He's placing
11:35 you strategically,
11:38 intentionally, lovingly.
11:39 You may not see it yet, but when it all
11:41 unfolds, you'll thank him for every door
11:43 he closed, every relationship he
11:45 blocked, every night you cried and didn't
11:47 didn't
11:49 understand. Because what's coming isn't
11:52 random. It's refined. You're not being
11:54 punished. You're being positioned. And
11:56 when it's time, what's meant for you
11:58 will not miss
12:00 you. Because God is never late. He's
12:02 just perfect in his placement. You've
12:05 been waiting and waiting and waiting.
12:07 You've had days where your faith felt
12:10 like fire and other days where it felt like
12:12 like
12:16 fog. You've believed God has someone for
12:18 you. But lately, the silence has been
12:21 louder than your hope. You've watched
12:23 other people fall in. Love, get married,
12:25 start families, and you're still sitting
12:27 in your own waiting season, wondering if
12:30 God skipped your name on the list. But I
12:32 came to tell you something today that I
12:34 pray breaks through the heaviness. The
12:37 weight is not wasted. It's working in your
12:39 your
12:41 favor. See, the world has trained us to
12:43 think that waiting is
12:46 weakness. That if it hasn't happened
12:49 fast, it's not going to happen at
12:52 all. We're addicted to instant. We want
12:55 quick results, quick breakthroughs,
12:57 quick love stories, but anything that's
13:02 built fast usually breaks just as fast.
13:04 And God doesn't build weak structures.
13:07 He builds with longevity in
13:11 mind. So if it feels like he's taking a long
13:12 long
13:14 time, it's because he's building
13:16 something strong, something
13:19 sacred, something real. Let me give you
13:21 a daily life example. Think about baking
13:23 a cake from scratch. Not from a box, not
13:26 from the microwave, but a real homemade
13:29 layered cake. You got to gather all the
13:32 ingredients. You've got to measure them
13:34 precisely. You got to preheat the oven.
13:36 You got to mix with care. Wait with
13:40 patience and let the heat do its job.
13:43 Now, imagine you take it out too early.
13:45 It looks done on the outside, but when
13:48 you cut into it, it's raw. It's not
13:50 ready. That's what rushing love will do
13:52 to you. It might look right on the
13:54 surface, but the foundation won't hold.
13:55 Some of you have been pulled into
13:57 relationships that looked beautiful in
13:59 the beginning, but collapsed under
14:02 pressure. Not because you're broken, not
14:04 because they were evil, but because it
14:07 wasn't fully baked. It wasn't time. And
14:08 when you pull something out of the oven
14:11 before it's ready, you rob yourself of
14:14 the fullness of what it could have been.
14:16 God isn't stalling. He's sustaining.
14:18 He's using this waiting season to do
14:20 more than just delay your love story.
14:23 He's deepening your roots, strengthening
14:25 your discernment, teaching you how to
14:26 hear his voice. So when your soulmate
14:29 does show up, you don't question their
14:31 presence. You recognize
14:34 it. That waiting, it's where character
14:36 is formed. That waiting, it's where
14:40 wisdom is born. That waiting, that's the
14:42 place where you stop settling for sparks
14:43 and start looking for substance.
14:45 Sometimes the most holy thing God will
14:46 do in your life is make you wait long
14:48 enough to outgrow what you once thought
14:51 you needed. I know that's not easy to
14:54 hear because waiting stretches your
14:57 emotions. It stretches your trust. It
14:58 stretches your
15:00 patience. But it also stretches your
15:03 capacity to receive what's greater than
15:04 what you
15:07 imagined. Waiting will make you tired.
15:08 tired.
15:12 Yes. But it will also make you wise. I
15:14 remember I remember a woman once told me
15:17 how in her 20s she wanted so badly to be
15:19 married. She begged God for a husband.
15:22 She was tired of going to weddings
15:26 alone. Tired of always being the friend.
15:28 But she didn't settle. And instead of
15:31 giving into loneliness, she chose to
15:32 lean into
15:35 purpose. She built a business. She
15:38 mentored young women. She worked on her
15:41 emotional health. She did the work while
15:44 she waited. Then in her late 30s, she
15:46 met the one. And not only did he love
15:49 her, he matched her maturity, her
15:50 mission, her
15:53 mindset. She told me later, "If God had
15:57 given me what I begged for in my 20s, I
15:58 would have missed out on the man who was
16:00 actually built for
16:02 me." That's what I mean when I say the
16:05 weight is working in your
16:08 favor. It's not a timeout. It's
16:10 training. It's not denial, it's
16:13 development. It's not punishment, it's
16:15 preparation. And if you knew what God
16:17 was protecting you from. If you could
16:20 see the heartbreak he averted, the
16:22 disappointment he blocked, the confusion
16:24 he cleared, your waiting would turn into
16:27 worship. Every day you wait is a day God
16:29 is writing something deeper into your
16:32 story. You're learning to choose peace
16:34 over pressure. You're learning to
16:35 distinguish real from fake. You're
16:38 learning that your worth isn't tied to
16:40 your relationship status, but to the one
16:43 who formed you in your mother's womb. So
16:46 don't confuse silence with
16:50 absence. Don't mistake waiting for
16:52 wasting. You're not
16:54 stuck. You're being
16:56 strengthened. The time will come when
17:00 all the prayers, all the tears, all the
17:02 quiet battles will make sense. You'll
17:04 look back and realize this wait wasn't a
17:07 detour. It was the direct path to your
17:10 destiny. Your soulmate will show up
17:12 soon. But don't forget, this season is
17:14 not just about them arriving. It's about
17:16 you becoming. And right now, even though
17:18 you can't see it, have you ever looked
17:20 around and felt like everyone is getting
17:22 blessed but you? Like God is handing out
17:25 miracles, breakthroughs, and
17:27 relationships to everybody except you.
17:29 And it makes you wonder, God, did you
17:32 forget about me? But let me tell you
17:33 something today that will shift your
17:35 whole perspective. God is working behind
17:39 the scenes. Even when it looks silent.
17:44 That silence, it's not empty. It's
17:46 sacred. Just because you don't see
17:48 movement doesn't mean heaven isn't in
17:50 motion. Just because you don't hear
17:53 anything doesn't mean God isn't speaking
17:55 over your life. You see, we think God
17:58 only works in the obvious, in the loud,
18:00 in the big miraculous, dramatic moments.
18:03 But the truth is God does his deepest
18:06 work in the hidden places, in the
18:09 quiet, in the stillness, in the places
18:11 where nobody's clapping and no one is
18:15 watching. The weight is working for you.
18:17 Let me show you something from daily
18:20 life. Think about a seed. When you plant
18:23 a seed, the first thing that happens is
18:26 nothing. At least not to the human
18:30 eye. You water it. You
18:34 wait. You stare at dirt. You show up day
18:37 after day and still nothing changes. And
18:38 if you didn't know better, you'd think
18:42 nothing was happening. But underground
18:46 in the soil, the seed is cracking open.
18:48 Roots are forming. Foundations are being
18:50 laid. The strength of that seed is being
18:52 built long before a single sprout ever
18:55 breaks the surface. And if you didn't
18:56 trust the process, you'd give up before
18:59 it ever bloomed.
19:00 Some of us are staring at the soil of
19:03 our lives, frustrated,
19:06 discouraged, tired. We're saying, "God,
19:09 where's the growth? Where's the promise?
19:11 Where's the love story you said you had for
19:12 for
19:15 me?" But what we don't realize is that
19:17 things are shifting beneath the surface.
19:19 Heaven is building something that can't
19:21 be rushed, something that can't be
19:23 microwaved, something that must be
19:25 developed. Because your soulmate isn't
19:27 just going to be someone who shows up
19:29 randomly. No, God is orchestrating
19:33 something too divine to be rushed. He's
19:35 moving in places you can't see, aligning
19:37 schedules, preparing hearts, healing
19:40 wounds, closing doors, opening new ones,
19:43 and maturing both you and them for
19:45 something real, something
19:49 holy. Think about how detailed God is.
19:53 The audience is sitting in silence. The
19:56 stage is covered. You can't see
19:58 anything. But behind that curtain,
20:02 there's chaos in a good way. People are
20:05 running around preparing, adjusting,
20:07 fixing lights, making sure every line is
20:10 perfect, every queue is in place. Why?
20:12 Because when the curtain
20:15 rises, the audience doesn't need to see the
20:16 the
20:19 preparation. They only need to witness
20:22 the final product.
20:23 That's what God is doing in your life
20:26 right now. You're sitting in what feels
20:29 like silence, but behind the curtain of
20:31 the seen world, God is setting up
20:33 something that's going to leave you
20:43 this." There's a divine setup happening
20:46 for your benefit. And it's the kind of
20:48 setup that makes you grateful for every
20:51 delay, every door that didn't open,
20:54 every person who walked away, every
20:56 season where you question if God was
20:58 even listening. Because when the right
21:00 person shows up, when your
21:04 soulmate enters the room, you'll see how
21:06 everything that felt like
21:09 silence was actually strategy. The truth
21:11 is, most of what God does in our lives
21:15 doesn't start with a bang.
21:16 It starts with a
21:19 whisper. It starts in the
21:21 quiet. It starts when nobody else sees,
21:24 but your spirit knows God is still [Music]
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21:29 here. You've got to learn to trust him
21:31 in the stillness. You've got to believe
21:33 that just because you don't have
21:37 proof doesn't mean he's not present.
21:39 Just because you don't have a ring
21:42 doesn't mean the
21:45 relationship isn't being written. Just
21:46 because you don't have the result
21:49 doesn't mean the promise is dead. Some
21:50 of you are standing in the middle of a
21:52 miracle, but it doesn't look like one
21:55 yet. You're being shaped in the dark so
21:57 you can shine in the
22:00 light. You're being stretched in secret
22:03 so you can stand in public.
22:05 You're being developed behind the
22:08 scenes. So when your soulmate shows up,
22:11 it's not just timing, it's divine
22:14 alignment. Don't despise the silence.
22:15 Don't let the quiet convince you that
22:18 nothing is happening. God does his best
22:20 work in places we don't understand
22:22 because when it's time when the curtain
22:25 finally lifts, you'll realize he wasn't
22:28 just preparing them for you. He was
22:30 preparing you for
22:33 them. So hold your head up.
22:34 Trust the
22:36 silence. Walk in faith. Because just
22:39 beyond what you can't see is the love
22:42 story God is writing for you. And when
22:44 it's ready, it won't be late. It'll be
22:47 right on time. You've heard it before.
22:49 You attract what you are. But I want to
23:05 This isn't about being perfect. It's
23:08 about being positioned. Too many people
23:09 are chasing a relationship without
23:12 preparing for one. They're begging for
23:14 someone to love them, but they don't
23:15 even love who they are when they're
23:18 alone. They want someone to see their
23:19 worth, but they haven't taken time to
23:22 sit with God and hear who they truly are
23:24 in his eyes. And if you don't know your
23:27 value, you'll always settle for someone
23:28 who can't see it either. Let me give you
23:31 a real life example. A woman I once knew
23:34 spent years searching for love, jumping
23:36 from relationship to relationship,
23:38 hoping someone would make her feel
23:41 whole. She was smart. She was
23:46 beautiful. But deep inside, she was
23:49 empty. She was living for the attention,
23:51 for the validation, for the idea that
23:53 being loved by someone else would
23:57 finally make her feel enough.
24:00 One day everything came crashing down.
24:03 Another breakup, another heartbreak. And
24:06 in that rock bottom moment, she stopped
24:08 asking, "Why can't I find love?" and
24:12 started asking, "Who am I without it?"
24:14 That question led her into a journey
24:16 with God she never expected. She stopped
24:19 trying to find someone and started
24:22 trying to become someone. She healed the
24:23 parts of her heart that had been overlooked.
24:25 overlooked.
24:28 She stopped performing and started
24:30 transforming. She invested in her
24:34 purpose. She served others. She stopped
24:35 looking around and started looking
24:38 within. And you know what happened? She
24:39 started to
24:42 glow. Not just physically, but
24:44 spiritually, emotionally, energetically.
24:47 She became the kind of woman who didn't chase
24:48 chase
24:51 love. Love noticed her. Because real
24:53 recognizes real.
24:55 Wholeness attracts
24:58 wholeness. And when her soulmate showed
25:02 up, he didn't just see a pretty
25:06 face. He saw a woman with [Music]
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25:13 depth. See, becoming the right person
25:15 doesn't mean you're trying to impress
25:16 your future
25:18 soulmate. It means you're preparing to
25:22 walk beside them in strength.
25:24 You're not waiting to be
25:26 chosen. You're being equipped for a
25:28 purpose bigger than
25:31 romance. Because the truth is, the
25:33 healthiest relationships aren't built on
25:35 butterflies and
25:37 chemistry. They're built on
25:40 clarity, on
25:42 character, on two people who have done
25:43 the work in
25:46 private so they can stand in purpose in
25:48 public. Two people who've asked, "God,
25:50 shape me before you send them." this
25:53 season you're in right now, the one that
25:57 feels long, quiet, maybe even
26:01 lonely. This is the ground where growth
26:04 happens, where self-awareness is
26:06 born, where your standards start
26:09 rising because you've realized you don't
26:12 need someone to complete
26:15 you. You need someone to
26:18 compleimement what God's already doing.
26:20 You don't want someone who fills a gap.
26:22 You want someone who runs at your pace.
26:24 You want a partner in purpose, not a
26:26 project to fix. And the only way to
26:29 attract someone like that is to become
26:31 someone like that. That means being
26:33 honest about your weaknesses, your
26:35 wounds, your patterns. That means
26:37 praying over your emotional health the
26:38 same way you pray for your future
26:41 spouse. That means becoming so rooted in
26:44 God's love that anyone who tries to
26:46 pursue you has to align with that
26:48 standard. You are not waiting to be
26:51 rescued. You are rising into
26:53 readiness. And I know the world will
26:56 tell you to just put yourself out there,
26:59 to compromise, to be more available. But hear
27:00 hear
27:02 me, you don't have to dim your light to be
27:04 be
27:08 seen. The right one will be drawn to your
27:09 your
27:11 authenticity, not your act. So instead
27:13 of focusing on when they'll come, focus
27:15 on who you're becoming. Are you
27:16 cultivating joy that doesn't depend on
27:18 another person? Are you setting
27:20 boundaries that protect your peace? Are
27:22 you nurturing your gifts, your goals,
27:24 your growth? Because when you become the
27:26 right person, you'll stop being shaken
27:28 by temporary attention. You'll recognize
27:30 what's real. You won't be impressed by
27:33 sweet talk. You'll be moved by spiritual
27:35 alignment. You won't settle for someone
27:37 who likes you. You'll wait for someone
27:40 who leads with you. You don't have to
27:43 chase love. You have to become love.
27:48 Become peace. Become grounded. Become
27:50 intentional. And in that becoming,
27:53 you'll find that the one who's meant for
27:55 you doesn't need to be begged or forced.
27:57 They'll recognize you because they've
28:00 been becoming, too. So don't despise
28:02 this season. You might think your past
28:04 disqualifies you from the kind of love
28:06 you've been praying for. Maybe you've
28:07 been through heartbreak that left you
28:09 questioning your worth. Maybe you made
28:11 decisions that you regret, trusted
28:14 people who didn't deserve your trust,
28:15 gave your time and energy to
28:17 relationships that didn't honor your
28:20 heart, and now you're wondering if God
28:24 is still able or even willing to write a
28:26 love story with you in it. But hear me
28:29 loud and clear. God is not limited by
28:31 your past. He is the master author. And
28:33 when he writes your love story, he
28:34 doesn't tear out the chapters you're
28:37 ashamed of. He redeems them. You are not
28:41 too broken. You are not too late. You
28:44 are not too complicated. You are exactly
28:47 where God wants to show that he still
28:50 writes the best love
28:54 stories. Stories that begin in ashes and
28:57 rise into beauty. Stories that that use
29:00 pain as the soil for growth. [Music]
29:11 Let's get practical for a second. Think
29:13 about a mosaic. If you've ever seen one,
29:16 you know it's made up of broken pieces,
29:19 shards of glass, bits of pottery, pieces
29:22 that by themselves look like
29:24 trash. But in the hands of an artist,
29:26 those broken fragments are arranged into
29:29 something stunning, something whole,
29:31 something that tells a story.
29:34 That's what God does with your life. He
29:35 takes the pieces you thought
29:38 disqualified you and arranges them into
29:40 the very testimony that makes you
29:44 stronger, wiser, softer, and
29:46 ready. You don't have to hide your
29:48 history. The enemy wants you to believe
29:50 that if someone really knew what you've
29:52 been through, they wouldn't love you.
29:56 But the truth is, the right person, your
29:58 soulmate, won't be intimidated by your
30:02 past. They'll honor it. They'll see how
30:04 God carried you through it. They'll see
30:06 how you didn't let the heartbreak break
30:09 you. How you came out of it more
30:11 compassionate, more
