*Sarah (not her real name) stared at her third rejection email this week. “God, why me?” she whispered, six months unemployed and feeling forgotten.
At a coffee shop, she overheard something that changed everything:
“I spent months asking ‘why me?’ after getting laid off. Then someone asked: ‘What if God is using this to prepare you for something better?'”
Sarah grabbed her journal and wrote: “God, what are You preparing me for?“
The questions that followed transformed everything:
❌ Why won’t doors open? ✅ What doors is God preparing?
❌ Why do I keep failing? ✅ What is God teaching me?
❌ Why is this so hard? ✅ What strength is God building?
Three weeks later: consulting for a nonprofit, using every skill her “failed” career had built.
Eighteen months later: speaking at conferences about God’s redemptive plan.
The game-changer? Realizing God wasn’t punishing her—He was preparing her.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you… to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
What “why” question do you need to surrender to God today? 🙏