Modern women. Ancient faith. Same God.
Editor’s Note: So Here’s What Happened…
In January, I told myself I was going to do one thing this year. Find a church home.
For five years, I visited churches here and there. Sat through services. Took notes. Tried to convince myself it fit. But none of them felt like home, until one Sunday. I walked in and immediately felt it. So I joined.
And when they announced a Women of Faith Bible study, it was a no-brainer. I had already been craving a deeper understanding of their stories — not just the surface-level, but the full, human, complicated narratives that had me feeling like I was watching one of the Real Housewives shows. As I sat there, iPad open for notes, bible open on my phone, listening… I realized I couldn’t just attend.
I felt this pull to share their stories and connect their journeys to who we are as women today—our becoming. I knew I had to bring what I was learning back to this platform.
Because these women? They’re not outdated. They’re us.
Sarah — The Woman Who Waited
Let’s talk about Sarah.
Because if we’re honest?
Sarah is a lot like us.
In the Book of Genesis, Sarah is given a promise. God tells her she will have a son. (and this is crazy because she was old – definitely 90 years old.
“Now Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, ‘After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?’” Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
— Genesis 18:11 -14 (NIV)
The key phrase here is: at the appointed time.
Not at Sarah’s preferred time. Not at a biologically convenient time according to doctors. At the appointed time. And before that promise came to pass? There were years. Years of waiting. Years of watching other women conceive. Years of wondering if maybe she misunderstood God.
Can you imagine?
Holding a word from God in one hand and reality in the other — and they don’t match? Because that’s where Sarah lived (and likely where a lot of us have lived and maybe are living now).
And at some point, the waiting got heavy. In Genesis 16, Sarah offers Hagar to Abraham, trying to produce what had already been promised. She tried to help. She created a Plan B.
And as you can imagine, it didn’t turn out the way she thought. Surprise Surprise.
But guess what, God still did what he said. At ninety years old, she gave birth to Isaac. His promise was never dependent on how flawlessly she waited; it was about her belief.
The Message
Don’t rush God.
Some of us are in the Genesis 18 phase, laughing because what God showed us feels too far gone. Some of us are in the Genesis 16 phase — trying to “help” God fulfill it.
But Genesis 21 is still coming. He is going to do what He said He’s going to do.
Not because you executed perfectly.
Not because you never doubted.
Not because you waited gracefully every single day.
But because He promised.
Whether the prayer was for a car, a new job, the courage to launch the business idea, or the keys to a new home. Whether it feels big or small to everyone else. If He spoke it, He intends to fulfill it.
If Sarah’s story teaches us anything, it’s this:
Delay is not denial.
Impatience doesn’t cancel destiny.
And nothing — absolutely nothing — is too hard for the Lord.
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