"I'm 23 and still single - I've missed God's timing and my chance."
How it sounds in your head: Girls from youth group are already married with kids. You thought you'd be engaged by now but you're not even dating anyone. Every birthday feels like another year wasted while God's plan passes you by.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end."
-- Ecclesiastes 3:11World system creating arbitrary timelines that make women feel expired before they're 25.
Your Instagram is a constant reminder that you're 'behind.' Your mom keeps asking if you're seeing anyone. Society treats 23 like you're running out of time when you're literally just starting adult life.
Ruth was a widowed foreigner gleaning leftover grain to survive, past 'prime marriageable age' by cultural standards. One night of obedience on the threshing floor and Boaz went from employer to husband IMMEDIATELY - they were married and she conceived within weeks.
I REFUSE the lie that I've missed God's timing. IT IS WRITTEN that He makes everything beautiful in HIS time, not culture's timeline or Instagram's schedule. I am not behind - I am exactly where my Father has me for this season. IT IS WRITTEN that the vision is for an appointed time and it will surely come. I am the seed of Abraham, the BARAK blessing doesn't have an expiration date. The same God who gave Ruth her Boaz when culture said she was past her chance is orchestrating my beautiful-in-His-time love story right now.
Your Father is laughing at the enemy's timeline lies while preparing something so beautiful it will make the wait make sense in one moment. He's not stressed about your age - He's excited about the appointed time He's already marked on His calendar.