Retire as an Editor

At some point, you have to set the red pen down. Stop rewriting what already happened. Stop trying to make the story line up with the one you thought you were living. Nobody gets the story they want. Not exactly.

​Maybe you thought certain people would stay. Maybe you thought a certain dream was supposed to last. Maybe you thought the story would make more sense by now. It didn’t, and it doesn’t...and that’s okay. Because the truth is, you’re not the author.

There’s a deep peace that comes when you retire as an editor and just let God write. You stop arguing with the plot and start trusting the process. You stop forcing endings and start watching what He does with the middle.

Faith isn’t about approving the story; it’s about agreeing that the Author knows what He’s doing. His pen doesn’t slip. His silence doesn’t mean He’s stopped writing. Every unanswered question, every red-marked sentence you can’t fix—He’s already using it.

The story might not be what you wanted, but it’s the one He’s telling. And it’s still being told.