"I've missed my window; opportunities only come to the young and beautiful now."
How it sounds in your head: I scroll through Instagram and see 25-year-olds with book deals, businesses, platforms. I had my chance and didn't take it. Now I'm too old, too tired, too invisible. The door closed and I missed it.
"A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time."
-- Isaiah 60:22Religion's toxic teaching that God's timing runs out, combined with culture's worship of youth and the enemy's lie that you've been disqualified.
She watches younger women get promoted while she's overlooked. Her body doesn't look like it used to. Menopause brain fog makes her feel slower. Every article about success features someone under 40.
84-year-old widow Anna, after decades of waiting and praying in the temple, was chosen to be one of the FIRST to recognize and prophesy over the Messiah. Her greatest moment came in her eighties, not her twenties.
I REFUSE the lie that I've missed my window or that opportunities only come to the young. IT IS WRITTEN that God will HASTEN it in its time, and His timing is NOW. What culture says is too late, God calls PERFECT TIMING. I am not disqualified by age—I'm QUALIFIED by the years of preparation He's been doing IN me. IT IS WRITTEN that those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles. I'm not fading—I'm MOUNTING UP. I am BLESSED in the city and in the field, blessed coming in and going out, and that blessing has NO EXPIRATION DATE. My greatest assignments are AHEAD of me.
The Father isn't closing doors on you—He's been HOLDING them open, waiting for you to carry the maturity, wisdom, and authority that only these years could build. What's coming will make you grateful it didn't come sooner.