#nothingiswasted

Sometimes we look back at seasons of our life and feel like we wasted time—on the wrong people, wrong paths, jobs that drained us, plans that fell apart. But what if none of it was actually wasted?

What if all of it—every detour, every “mistake,” every chapter that didn’t go as planned—was part of the shaping? Part of who you’re becoming?

Morning Dad,

Why the glory?

Why the needed exaltation?

Why the deliberate praise?

In some ways, I fret that question to myself

The needed affirmation falsified into glorification

You deserved it all not because You wanted it

Not because it made You feel good about Yourself

And not in anyway to sustain a pride

But simply because You are

John needed to decrease for You must increase

An ever needed reminder

That I am not; my existence is not about me

Is because You desired me

In all Your mighty ways that You are

I can't help but to boast about You

There's nothing good in me

Yet in confidence that You are my Pops

I gained the affirmation I needed down the bloodline

Ever keep increasing about who You are in me

With love,