When Life Hits Pause-Finding God in the Waiting - 05/05/2025
When Life Hits Pause—Finding God in the Waiting Reflections from John 21:1–19 and Acts 9:1–20 Have you ever felt stuck? Like you’re doing everything you know how to do—praying, working, trying your best—but nothing is changing? Peter knew that feeling. So did Saul. After the resurrection, Peter doesn’t run to start a ministry or preach in the streets. He goes fishing. The one who once walked on water is now casting nets again. It’s not rebellion. It’s more like resignation. “I guess this is just who I am now.” Life has hit pause, and Peter doesn’t know what else to do. Then there’s Saul—driven, determined, going full speed toward destruction. He has his plan and his mission, and then: the blinding light. Everything stops. For three days, Saul sits in darkness, waiting for clarity, unsure of what comes next. Two very different stories. One filled with silence. One filled with shock. But both are about waiting. And both are about what God does in the pause. We don’t like to wa...