What does it actually mean to wait on God — and what are you supposed to do while you're doing it?

For a long time I thought waiting meant stopping. So I stopped building. And on the days I couldn't stop, I felt guilty — like my drive to keep moving was working against what God was trying to do in me.

Nobody ever explained it to me. So today I'm explaining it to you.

In this teaching we're going back to Acts 1 — to ten specific days that most people rush right past — and we're unpacking what the disciples actually did between the Ascension and Pentecost. What Pentecost really was. What the Greek word for "wait" actually means. And what all of it looks like in your real life, on a real day, while you're still building toward something that hasn't fully opened yet.

This one is going to give you language for the season you're in.

Nobody told you that faithfulness could feel like nothing is working.

And nobody told you that the hardest part of the journey isn't always the difficulty — it's not knowing what to call what you're walking through.

In Part 1 of this two-part teaching, we're talking about seasons — what they are, why God uses them, and what they're actually producing in you even when you cannot see it.

We'll cover:

Why God doesn't take us from calling to fulfillment in a straight line What seasons produce that shortcuts never can The kinds of seasons women of purpose move through The danger of misreading your season And how naming your season changes the way you carry it

Part 2 drops next — and we're going deeper into one specific season that I believe many of you are in right now.

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What do you do when you've been building consistently — faithfully, obediently — and the fruit still isn't visible?

Not for months. For years.

In Part 2 of this teaching, I'm getting personal.

I'm talking about the hidden building season — what it actually feels like from the inside, what God is doing in it even when you can't see it, and how to keep going when you're tired of waiting for the visible to catch up with the invisible.

I'm sharing my own story in this one. The real version. Because this teaching isn't coming from someone who has crossed over to the other side of this season.

It's coming from someone who is still in it — and has found a way to be okay with that.

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