By July, many of us are taking inventory. The excitement of our New Year’s goals has faded, and some dreams are taking longer than we expected. If that is where you are, you are not alone.
One thing I have learned is that I do not like teaching principles I have not personally tested. It is easy to talk about perseverance after you have crossed the finish line. It is much harder when you are still in the race. And today, I am still running.
As I have been building my skincare business, there have been moments when progress felt slower than I had hoped. Whenever I am tempted to question the process, I remind myself that I have lived this story before.
More than 30 years ago, I entered the mortgage industry with little more than determination. I knocked on the doors of real estate offices, dropped off pastries, attended networking events and invested thousands of dollars in sales training long before I saw meaningful results.
People see the career. They did not see the tears. They did not see the rejection, the loans that fell apart or the “impossible” files no one else wanted. Looking back, I realize that those difficult loans became my greatest education. Every challenge sharpened my skills and prepared me for the career I have been blessed to enjoy today.
I have experienced the same lesson on the dance floor. People see the competitions, but they do not see the countless hours of practice, the injured knee, the fractured toe or the determination it took to return each time my doctors cleared me.
Galatians 6:9 reminds us:
“Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
I love that Paul does not say we might grow weary. He assumes that we will.
God already knew there would be seasons when we would feel tired and discouraged and wonder whether our efforts were making any difference. This is not a rebuke; it is a reminder that weariness is part of the journey.
Weariness is not failure. Often, it is evidence that you have been faithfully planting seeds.
As we begin the second half of the year, do not measure your progress only by what you can see. Some of God’s greatest work happens underground, where roots are growing long before fruit appears.
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Kathy Current is a financial coach, mortgage advisor, and author of Heal Your Money Wounds God’s Way, where she combines over three decades of financial experience with timeless biblical wisdom. Kathy addresses real-life questions about God and money, helping readers find freedom and purpose in their financial lives.
