WHEN GOD CHANGES YOUR LIFE IN A WAY YOU NEVER EXPECTED

​A reflection on calling, surrender, and the courage to not go back

This morning I watched a small clip from the movie Baby Boom. A woman with a fast-paced corporate career suddenly finds herself taking care of a baby she never planned for. That unexpected responsibility turns her entire world upside down — she loses her job, her relationship, and the life she once knew. But slowly, that “interruption” becomes the greatest blessing of her life. It leads her to a different kind of success… one anchored in purpose, not pressure.

As I watched it, something stirred deeply within me.

I realized I am living a similar story — except my “baby” is my ministry and coaching calling.

I didn’t plan it.

I didn’t see it coming.

And it has reshaped my life completely.

My Old Life: Stability Without Fulfillment

Before this calling, I worked long hours. The kind of hours that drain your energy, your peace, and your connection with God. I rarely had time to attend church. My Bible collected dust. I was always rushing, always chasing, always tired.

Yes — financially things were more stable.

But spiritually?

I was empty.

I was surviving, not living.

The Baby I Didn’t Expect

When everything fell apart — job, direction, stability — God placed something new in my arms:

My coaching ministry.

Like that baby in the movie, my calling came with:

• Uncertainty
• Responsibility
• Financial instability
• Spiritual weight
• Growth I didn’t ask for but desperately needed

It brought challenges I never imagined.

But it also brought me closer to God than I have ever been.

This new life is not easy…

But it’s full.

Full of His presence.

Full of His grace.

Full of purpose.

And no matter how unstable it looks from the outside…

I do not want to go back.

The Temptation to Return to “What Was”

Like Israel in the wilderness, there are days when the pressure makes me think about the old life:

• When my bank account worries me
• When deadlines and bills knock loudly
• When fear whispers that I made the wrong turn

But then I remember:

The old life gave me money.

This life gives me God.

The old life gave me routine.

This life gives me purpose.

The old life exhausted me.

This life transforms me.

I may be walking a thin line right now — between fear and faith, between the unknown and the unseen — but I am not walking alone.

I am being carried.

Why I Choose Not to Go Back

I choose this path because:

✨ I feel God’s presence in ways I never did before.

✨ He is shaping me into a stronger, bolder woman of faith.

✨ I am becoming who I was always meant to be.

✨ My spirit is awake, alive, and aligned.

This ministry may be my “baby,” but God is the Father —

and He will sustain what He has started.

I may be in the middle of the story,

but for the first time…

I can see the light on the other side.

A Prayer for Anyone Living This Journey

“Lord, give me the strength to stay where You have planted me.

Give me wisdom for every decision and peace for every uncertainty.

Remind me that You are my Provider, my Guide, and my Source.

Teach me to embrace the new life You are building in me,

even when it stretches me.

And help me to never return to what You rescued me from.

Amen.”

—MC©️

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