The Ordinary – Part 5
This morning, during my quiet time, one word kept surfacing and pulling at my heart:
The middle.
It kept circling—gently, quietly, but persistently. Like the Lord was inviting me to lean in and listen. So I did. And this is what came out:
What happens in the middle?
In the middle of an asked and answered prayer.
In the middle of a crisis.
In the middle of the ordinary.
In the middle of healing.
Forgiving.
Trusting.
Believing.
Growing.
Being still.
Surviving.
Thriving.
Crying.
Mourning.
Trauma.
Tragedy.
Sickness.
Uncertainty.
Loneliness.
Hoping.
Waiting.
The middle isn’t usually where we want to be.
We love beginnings—the excitement, the spark, the newness.
We long for endings—the relief, the closure, the breakthrough.
But the middle? The middle feels slow. Unsettling. Foggy. Often painful. And sometimes… silent.
But here’s what I’m learning:
The middle is where most of life happens.
It’s where our faith gets stretched.
Where our roots grow deep.
Where transformation begins to unfold—not in an instant, but in the unseen, ordinary, day-by-day steps.
And I think that’s why so many people get lost in the middle. Because without an anchor, without hope, it’s easy to drift. Easy to turn around, get stuck, or settle for survival instead of stepping into transformation.
But Scripture gives us this promise:
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” —Hebrews 6:19
Hope isn’t the reward at the finish line—it’s the anchor that holds us steady through the stormy, foggy, seemingly endless middle.
It’s what keeps us moving forward—not just toward the other side, but toward the transformation God is doing in us as we go.
Because that’s the thing:
The goal isn’t just to make it through.
The goal is to be changed along the way.
When we rush the middle, we risk missing the very thing God is trying to form in us. But when we allow ourselves to stay—faithfully, even when it’s hard—we open the door to healing, depth, and intimacy with Him we couldn’t reach any other way.
I’ve had a few middle seasons that nearly broke me. But now, looking back, I see that was the place God was doing some of His deepest, most personal work in me. Not around me. In me.
Friend, I don’t know what middle you’re in right now—but I want you to know this:
It’s not meaningless. It’s not wasted. And it’s not the end.
The middle is sacred ground. Because God is there.
And if He’s there, then hope is too.
So today, I choose to stay in the middle. To be anchored by hope. To let Him do what only He can do—not just when I reach the other side, but right here.
Even in the middle.
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Thank you for this…I really…I mean REALLY needed this today! I feel very stuck in the middle right now. Waiting for the Lord to show up in the chaos of my life. Waiting for peace that I know is available to me. Waiting for strength to be faithful to what I believe. Waiting….
Lord Jesus, thank You for Your daughter who is trusting You even as she feels stuck in the middle. You see her heart—you know the chaos, the waiting, the deep longing for peace and strength. You know how heavy it feels to be faithful when answers are delayed. So today, Lord, we give You Lordship of the middle. We invite You into the hard, the foggy, the places that feel like they’re never going to end. Use these in-between spaces to teach us, prepare us, posture us, and ultimately transform us to look more like Jesus.
You are our anchor of hope in every season. But right now, would You gently open her eyes to the hope she has in You—even here, even now.
Be her anchor, Lord Jesus. In Your precious name, Amen.
Well placed for this day in God’s timing!
His timing is always on point!
Oh this ministered to be SO much. Today was a middle kind of day. Thank you, my friend.❤️
God knows who needs this message. I am glad you are someone He chose to minister to from reading this. Praying for you, my friend.