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"Some things are only built in the stillness of waiting."
As I read this, I began to think… 💬

We live in a world that celebrates movement, progress, hustle, visible growth. We are taught to keep going, to keep building, to never stay still for too long. But there is a kind of growth that does not happen in motion. It happens in the quiet. In the unseen. In the waiting.

Waiting seasons often feel unproductive. It feels like nothing is happening, like prayers are unanswered, like dreams are on pause. But what if the waiting is not empty? What if it is sacred ground where something deeper is being formed within us?

In the stillness, patience is built. Trust is strengthened. Character is refined. Our hearts are aligned to things that truly matter. It is in these quiet moments that we learn to surrender control, to listen more closely, and to depend more fully on God.

Not everything needs to be rushed. Not everything grows in the spotlight. Some of the most beautiful things, strength, faith, endurance, are built slowly, quietly, and intentionally in seasons of waiting.

So if you find yourself in a place where nothing seems to be moving, don’t be discouraged. You are not stuck. You are being shaped.

Because sometimes, the stillness is not a delay… it is where the real building begins.

With Love,
Shine

BLEEDING WHILE LEADING!!!

The pains of a bleeding PASTOR...
Many people see how shiny the microphone is but don't see how blooded the hand holding the microphone is.

They don't care if the pastor is bleeding, all they care about is how the bleeding hand will solve their problems.

A lot of pastors are bleeding, inside out.

Bleeding, yet leading
Bleeding, yet preaching.
Bleeding, yet teaching.
Bleeding, yet counselling.
Bleeding, yet ministering.
Bleeding, yet administering the Church.
Bleeding, yet giving to the members.
Bleeding, yet forging ahead.
Bleeding, yet smiling
Bleeding, yet inspiring hope

Please, don't add another wound to the many wounds of that bleeding pastor.

May God help every bleeding minister in Jesus name 🙏