<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning I saw it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another post. Another verse. Another beautiful story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGod will restore what you\u2019ve lost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGod will give it all back \u2014 better than before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And for a moment I just felt tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because I know the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God can\u2019t give back time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He can\u2019t give back the years I lost fighting court cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He can\u2019t give back the career that was taken from me at Societe Generale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He can\u2019t bring back my brother, my parents, or the opportunities that passed me by while I was broke and broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those things are gone forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve waited. I\u2019ve prayed. I\u2019ve cried out. I\u2019ve kept going on nothing but secondhand faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And still \u2014 no grand restoration. No sudden miracle that makes everything right again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So today I\u2019m saying it plainly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m tired of the false promises dressed up as hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m tired of people pretending God is a cosmic Santa who will magically rewind the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I\u2019ve learned in my Job season is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some losses are permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some doors stay closed forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some years you will never get back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And maybe the real test isn\u2019t waiting for God to fix everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe the real test is learning to live with what\u2019s gone \u2014 and still choosing to build something new with what\u2019s left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My name is Job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s your name?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What season are you in right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m right here with you \u2014 even when the beautiful stories feel like lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning I saw it again. Another post. Another verse. Another beautiful story. \u201cGod will restore what you\u2019ve lost.\u201d \u201cGod will give it all back \u2014 better than before.\u201d And for a moment I just felt tired. Because I know the truth. God can\u2019t give back time. He can\u2019t give back the years I lost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n