How I Found Hope, Healed My Heart, and Realigned My Purpose in a Season of Rejection, Tears, and Trust
A Personal Reflection by Tiarra Sutton-Davis | Rooted With BGWC
There is a particular kind of frustration that comes from knowing what you bring to the table, knowing the experience you have gained throughout your career, knowing the responsibilities you have carried, and knowing that you are capable of contributing something meaningful to an organization, yet continuing to find yourself in a position where you are wondering why the opportunities you need are not opening up. It is a difficult place to be when you are not asking for anything unreasonable, but simply trying to find a higher-paying job that allows you to use your experience, grow professionally, and move into a more financially stable season of your life. You prepare for the interviews, you research the companies, you show up ready to explain your qualifications, and you do your best to communicate what makes you a strong candidate, only to walk away without the offer you hoped would finally be yours. After it happens enough times, the disappointment reaches places in your heart you never expected a job search to touch, and what started as a practical need for better employment can slowly become a struggle with your confidence, your identity, and your understanding of where God is leading you.
That’s where I have found myself, and I want to be honest about it because I know I cannot be the only woman who’s felt the emotional weight of trying to move forward in life while repeatedly facing another closed door. I live in a large city with employment opportunities all around me, and sometimes that reality makes the process even more frustrating because you look at the size of the city, the number of businesses, and the opportunities that seem to exist, and you wonder why finding the right position has become such a difficult experience when you know you have the experience and professional skills to contribute. I have been asked to participate in interview after interview, and while I am grateful to be considered, it is discouraging to invest so much time and energy into these conversations without receiving the outcome I have been praying for. There are moments when I have genuinely wondered what else I am supposed to do, what I am missing, or what more I need to prove before someone finally sees what I know I am capable of bringing to the workplace.
What makes this experience even more personal is that I am not simply navigating disappointment as a professional who wants a better opportunity. I am navigating it as a woman, as an African American woman, and as someone who has worked to build a life that reflects her values, her experience, her faith, and her determination to keep moving forward. When rejection happens repeatedly, it can begin to make you question things that should never have to be put on trial every time someone decides not to hire you. You begin asking yourself whether your experience is enough, whether your personality is being received the way you intended, whether you are presenting yourself correctly, and whether there is something about you that people are not connecting with. As a Black woman, I have also found myself wondering how my identity influences the way I am perceived in professional spaces, especially when I cannot see the reasoning behind a hiring decision or understand why an opportunity did not move forward. I cannot claim to know what every interviewer is thinking, and I do not want to assign a motive to every rejection, but I would be dishonest if I said those questions have never crossed my mind or that the experience has not made me examine how I see myself.
There is a difference between being able to identify your strengths on paper and holding on to those strengths when you have experienced disappointment over and over again. On paper, I know I have experience, I know I have worked hard, and I know I have things to offer, but there have been moments when the silence following an interview has made it difficult to feel as confident as I did when I walked into the room. I have cried more tears than I care to admit over this process, and some of those tears have come from the frustration of not understanding why something that seems so necessary for my next season has been so difficult to obtain. Other tears have come from the exhaustion of trying to remain hopeful when I have already invested so much energy into preparing, interviewing, and imagining what life might look like if I finally received the offer. There have been days when I have struggled to adjust to where I am, days when I have had to sit with my disappointment instead of pretending it was not there, and days when I have questioned whether I was doing enough even though I knew I had been putting forth a genuine effort.
I want to make it clear that I am not writing this because I have lost my faith in God, nor am I writing it because I believe that being a Christian means I should never feel frustrated, discouraged, or uncertain about my circumstances. I am writing this because faith does not erase the reality of what we experience, and sometimes walking with God means learning how to bring Him the parts of ourselves that are hurting instead of feeling pressured to present a version of ourselves that always appears strong. I can love God and still be frustrated with the job search. I can believe that He has a purpose for my life and still wonder why the path toward financial stability has felt so difficult. I can trust His character while admitting that I do not understand what He is doing with this particular season, because having faith does not require me to pretend that the waiting has been easy.
The Scripture That Found Me While I Was Trying to Find My Way
While I was working on my second book, Reset, Renew, Aligning Purpose, which is scheduled to be released on December 6, I came across Romans 15:13, and I found myself reflecting on a passage that spoke directly to the kind of hope I needed during this season. It was a moment that reminded me that sometimes the words we are preparing to share with other people are also the words God uses to bring our own hearts back into focus. I was writing about renewal, purpose, faith, and learning to realign our lives with God’s direction, yet I was also living through a situation that was forcing me to examine whether I was truly willing to trust Him when the direction in front of me did not look the way I expected. It is one thing to write about trusting God when you are reflecting on a lesson you have already learned, but it is something entirely different when you are writing about faith while still trying to understand what your own circumstances are teaching you.
Romans 15:13 says, in part, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe” (CSB). Paul wrote these words as part of his encouragement to believers, reminding them that hope is connected to God and that the peace and joy we seek are not limited to what we can see happening around us. What stood out to me was the reminder that God is the source of hope, which means my ability to keep believing does not have to depend entirely on whether I receive a job offer this week, whether another interview turns into an opportunity, or whether my circumstances finally begin to look the way I have been praying for them to look. My hope has to reach deeper than the outcome of an individual interview because if I allow every rejection to determine how much hope I have left, I will spend my life allowing other people’s decisions to control how I see my future.
I had to stop and consider what it would mean to believe that God is still the God of hope while I am sitting in the middle of disappointment. It would mean that I can acknowledge the sadness without deciding that sadness is the end of my story, and that I can recognize the uncertainty of my circumstances without assuming that uncertainty means my life has no direction. It would mean allowing myself to feel the weight of what I am experiencing while refusing to let that weight become the only thing I can see. Romans 15:13 reminded me that the hope I need is not something I have to manufacture by convincing myself that every interview will lead to a job or that the next opportunity will automatically work out in my favor. Instead, I can bring my honest feelings before God and ask Him to sustain me with the kind of hope that remains even when I do not have the answers I want.
I am learning that hope is not the same as certainty about how everything will unfold. I do not know which employer will eventually offer me a position, how many more interviews I will have to attend, or exactly when the opportunity I need will come together, but I can continue trusting God without pretending I have those answers. I can believe that He is capable of guiding me while also acknowledging that I still have practical decisions to make, responsibilities to handle, and work to do as I continue searching for employment. My faith does not require me to stop applying for jobs or ignore the reality of my financial needs. Instead, it gives me a reason to keep moving forward without allowing disappointment to convince me that I have reached the end of my possibilities.
The Tears I Cried Were Real, but So Is My Faith
I wish I could say that discovering this Scripture immediately removed every frustration I had been carrying, but that would not be an honest account of my experience. Reading Romans 15:13 did not suddenly produce a job offer, erase the disappointment of previous interviews, or make adjusting to this season effortless. What it did was give me a reason to pause and reconsider the direction in which my thoughts had been moving, because I had begun allowing the repeated experience of not being selected to influence how I evaluated myself as a person. I needed to remember that I am more than a résumé, more than an interview, more than a professional title, and more than another candidate who did not receive an offer. My career matters, my financial stability matters, and my desire to find higher-paying employment is valid, but none of those things should become the only measure I use to determine my worth.
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from having to encourage yourself after you have already spent the day trying to convince someone else that you are qualified for an opportunity. You finish an interview, reflect on the questions you answered, consider what you could have said differently, and wait for an update while trying not to become consumed by the possibility that you will receive another rejection. Sometimes you tell yourself that you did well, and sometimes you replay the conversation because you are trying to understand whether there was something you could have done differently. When the outcome does not go your way, you have to gather yourself, process the disappointment, and somehow find the motivation to prepare for the next opportunity without carrying the full weight of the previous one into the room with you.
I have cried through parts of this journey because I am human, because I have hopes for my life, and because I want to see the work I have put into my professional development translate into an opportunity that helps me move forward. I have had to confront the frustration of not knowing what to change, the difficulty of adjusting to a season I did not plan, and the uncertainty of wondering how much longer I will have to keep trying before something finally opens. I have also had to recognize that crying does not mean I have abandoned my faith, and feeling disappointed does not mean I have forgotten everything God has already brought me through. Sometimes tears are simply an honest response to a difficult experience, and there is no reason to pretend that they have not been part of my story.
I am learning to give myself permission to acknowledge the disappointment without allowing it to define me. I do not need to turn every difficult experience into an inspirational lesson before I have even had time to process what happened, and I do not have to rush through the emotional work of adjusting to a situation that has challenged me in ways I did not expect. I can be grateful for the opportunities I have received while still wishing that one of those opportunities had resulted in an offer. I can recognize that I have learned something from the process while still admitting that I am tired of interviewing without obtaining the position. Both things can be true, and I believe there is room in my relationship with God for that kind of honesty.
I Went Looking for a Job, but I Also Discovered an Opportunity to Share My Purpose
One of the things I did not expect while navigating this job search was that some of my interviews would become opportunities to share more of who I am beyond my professional qualifications. I have gone into these conversations prepared to discuss my experience, answer questions, and explain why I would be a good fit for the position, but I have also found myself sharing parts of my story that reveal the person behind the résumé. A few interviewers have even asked me for information about my book, which reminded me that although I did not leave those conversations with the employment offer I wanted, I had still made an impression that extended beyond the position being discussed.
I want to be careful not to romanticize rejection or suggest that I am grateful to be overlooked, because the truth is that I still want the job, and I still need the financial stability that comes with finding the right opportunity. I do not believe I have to pretend that an interview without an offer is the same thing as receiving the employment outcome I was hoping for. However, I have started to recognize that not every meaningful interaction can be measured by whether I leave with a job offer in my hand. Sometimes I walk away knowing that someone has heard about my writing, learned something about my faith, or become curious about the work I am doing beyond my professional career. Those moments do not pay my bills or replace the position I am seeking, but they remind me that I am still able to contribute something meaningful even when a particular opportunity does not move forward.
As I reflected on these experiences, I began to see a connection between the frustration I was carrying and the purpose I have been working to develop through my writing. I entered the job search with a clear need for employment, but I also brought my identity as an author, my commitment to BGWC Collective Co., and my desire to encourage people through the experiences God has allowed me to navigate. I did not have to stop being those things simply because I was sitting across from an interviewer discussing a professional position. I could show up as a qualified candidate while also being Tiarra, the woman who writes, creates, encourages, and continues trying to understand how her gifts fit into the life God is shaping.
There is something deeply meaningful about recognizing that I can be disappointed by an outcome without deciding that the entire experience was wasted. Perhaps a conversation introduces someone to my book, perhaps sharing my story gives another person the courage to keep moving forward, or perhaps I simply leave knowing that I represented myself honestly and professionally. I cannot claim to know the full purpose of every interaction, and I do not want to assign a spiritual meaning to every rejection just to make the disappointment easier to accept. What I can say is that I have begun noticing opportunities to share my purpose even in places where I originally expected to discuss nothing more than my employment qualifications.
That realization has helped me return to the writing desk with a different perspective. Instead of viewing my writing as something separate from my professional journey, I have begun recognizing how the lessons I am learning through this experience are influencing the very message I am preparing to share with readers. I am writing about renewal while learning how to renew my own hope, writing about purpose while asking God to clarify my direction, and writing about realignment while trying to understand how to remain faithful when my plans do not unfold as expected. My book is not being written from a place where I have everything figured out, but from a place where I am learning to keep seeking God while life continues to challenge me.
My Own Writing Helped Me Find My Way Back to the Direction I Needed
Working on Reset, Renew, Aligning Purpose has become more personal than I initially anticipated because the themes I am writing about have forced me to examine my own life in the middle of a difficult season. As I worked through the message of renewal and the importance of aligning our lives with God’s direction, I realized that I needed to apply those same principles to the way I was processing my job search. I had become so focused on what was not happening that I was struggling to recognize what was still happening within me, and I needed to return to the truth that a disappointing season does not have to become a season without purpose.
Writing helped me slow down enough to examine the thoughts I had been carrying, especially the ones that suggested I was somehow less valuable because I had not obtained the position I wanted. When I put my experiences into words, I could see the difference between the facts of my situation and the conclusions I had begun drawing about myself. The fact was that I had attended multiple interviews without receiving an offer. The conclusion I was tempted to draw was that something about me was not enough. Those are not the same thing, and recognizing the difference helped me begin separating the outcome of the hiring process from my identity as a woman, a professional, an author, and a child of God.
My writing also reminded me that realignment is not always about making a dramatic change in our circumstances. Sometimes it begins with returning our attention to what we know, examining what we have allowed disappointment to distort, and asking God to help us move forward with a clearer understanding of who we are. I had to remind myself that I can pursue a higher-paying job without allowing that pursuit to consume my entire identity, and I can desire a professional opportunity without deciding that my life cannot move forward until I receive it. I can keep applying, keep preparing, keep learning from each experience, and continue developing the gifts God has placed in my life while I wait for the next opportunity.
That is what I want people to understand about the book I am preparing to release on December 6. Reset, Renew, Aligning Purpose is connected to the reality that sometimes we have to pause and examine where we are, renew our perspective, and become intentional about the direction we are taking. For me, this message is not just something I want to place on a page and offer to someone else. It is something I have had to return to personally because I needed to remember that my present frustration does not have to dictate the way I approach my future.
My own words helped bring me back to the direction I want to follow, and that experience has reminded me that the lessons we share with others can also challenge us to live more intentionally. I cannot encourage women to trust God through uncertain seasons and then refuse to give myself room to practice that same trust when I am uncertain. I cannot write about aligning with God’s purpose and then assume that a difficult season means I have somehow moved beyond His ability to guide me. I am still learning, still praying, still questioning, and still trying to understand the full picture, but I am no longer willing to let the frustration of the job search convince me that there is nothing meaningful happening in my life until an employer says yes.
I Will Keep Showing Up, Even If I Have to Attend One Hundred More Interviews
At this point, I have made a decision about how I want to approach the remainder of this journey. I am willing to attend one hundred more interviews if that is what it takes to find the right employment opportunity, because I refuse to allow the disappointment of previous outcomes to convince me that I should stop pursuing what I need. I will continue preparing, submitting applications, researching employers, answering questions, and showing up ready to communicate the experience and abilities I bring to the table. I will continue learning from each conversation, considering feedback when it is available, and making adjustments where they are useful, but I will not treat every rejection as a final statement about my ability to succeed.
I want the next employer who speaks with me to understand that I am more than someone looking for a paycheck, even though earning a higher income and establishing financial stability are important reasons I am searching for a new position. I am a professional with experience, a woman with goals, an author with a message, and a person whose faith continues to shape the way I approach life. I have worked hard to become who I am, and I do not want the difficulty of this season to make me forget the effort, learning, and persistence that have brought me to this point. I can walk into an interview knowing that the employer has a decision to make while also remembering that I have a responsibility to represent myself honestly, prepare well, and continue pursuing opportunities that align with my qualifications and needs.
I will also continue to recognize the moments when a conversation opens a door to something beyond the position itself. When an interviewer asks about my book, I can share that information with gratitude. When someone becomes interested in my writing, I can recognize that as an opportunity to introduce them to the work I am doing. When I leave an interview without an offer, I can acknowledge the disappointment while remembering that I was still able to communicate my experience, share a little of my story, and leave someone with a clearer understanding of who I am. Those moments do not erase the rejection, but they remind me that I do not have to leave every difficult experience believing that nothing good came from it.
I am choosing to continue because giving up would mean allowing the frustration of this season to make a decision about my future that I am not ready to make. I still believe there are professional opportunities worth pursuing, and I still believe I have something valuable to contribute in the workplace. I do not know how many interviews remain ahead of me, but I know that I can continue showing up without allowing the number of interviews to become a measure of my worth. If it takes one hundred more conversations, I will continue preparing for them, because I would rather keep learning and moving forward than let disappointment persuade me to stop trying.
I Trust God With the Timing, but I Will Keep Doing My Part
One of the things I am learning through this experience is that trusting God does not mean sitting still and waiting for everything to happen without taking action. I still have to search for employment, submit applications, prepare for interviews, consider opportunities carefully, and make decisions that support my professional and financial goals. Faith does not remove those responsibilities, and I do not believe I am being asked to abandon my desire for a better-paying job simply because I have discovered opportunities to share my writing along the way. I can continue pursuing employment while allowing God to shape my perspective, guide my decisions, and help me remain grounded throughout the process.
I also have to accept that I cannot control every part of the hiring process. I can prepare thoroughly, communicate my experience clearly, and demonstrate my interest in a position, but I cannot make an employer choose me, determine what other candidates bring to the table, or know every consideration that influences a hiring decision. That lack of control can be frustrating, especially when the outcome affects my finances and my ability to plan for the future, but it is also a reminder that I need to distinguish between the responsibilities I can manage and the outcomes I cannot force.
My faith gives me a place to bring that uncertainty, even when the answers do not arrive as quickly as I would like. I believe God can guide me toward the position that is right for me, and I am choosing to trust Him as I continue searching for the opportunity that aligns with my experience, my needs, and the direction I am working toward. I cannot promise myself that the next interview will result in an offer, and I cannot know exactly when the right opportunity will come, but I can keep moving with the belief that my future is not limited to the decisions that have already been made about me.
I believe there is a position I am meant to pursue and a professional opportunity where I can contribute my skills, grow, and move into a more stable season of life. I am asking God to help me recognize that opportunity when it comes, to give me wisdom as I evaluate the options before me, and to keep me from allowing desperation or discouragement to push me toward decisions that are not right for my circumstances. I want to remain open to the ways He may lead me, even if the path looks different from the one I originally imagined, while continuing to take practical steps toward the goals I have set for myself.
I am learning that I can be persistent without being consumed by the process, hopeful without pretending I am never disappointed, and faithful without needing to know the exact date when everything will change. I can keep applying while I wait, keep writing while I search, and keep building the life God has placed on my heart without assuming that one part of my journey has to stop because another part is taking longer than expected. I want to become more intentional about how I use this season, not because I believe every rejection is secretly a blessing, but because I refuse to let disappointment prevent me from growing, learning, and remaining available to the opportunities that may still come.
If This Is the Season Where God Is Teaching Me to Share My Purpose, I Want to Be Faithful to It
As I look back on the interviews I have attended, the conversations I have had, and the writing I have completed while navigating this experience, I have begun asking myself a different question. Instead of asking only why I have not obtained the position I want, I am also asking how I can remain faithful to God and responsible for my life while I wait. That question does not replace my need for employment, but it gives me another way to approach a season that has often left me feeling frustrated and uncertain. I can continue pursuing the opportunity I need while also paying attention to the work that is already in front of me, including writing my book, developing my brand, and encouraging people through the message God has placed on my heart.
If this season gives me opportunities to share my writing, encourage another woman, or introduce someone to the work I am building through BGWC, I want to be faithful with those opportunities instead of dismissing them simply because they did not come in the form I expected. I am not saying that my purpose is limited to writing or that I should stop pursuing a professional career. I am saying that I do not want to become so focused on the door that has remained closed that I overlook the meaningful work I can still do while I am waiting for it to open. I want to recognize that I can pursue employment and purpose at the same time, and that my professional goals do not have to compete with the gifts and responsibilities I am developing through my writing.
This is where the message of Reset, Renew, Aligning Purpose has become especially personal to me. I have had to reset the way I speak to myself when I feel rejected, renew my perspective when disappointment begins to cloud my judgment, and realign my attention with the things I believe God has called me to continue doing. That process has not removed every difficult feeling, but it has helped me understand that I still have choices about how I respond to what is happening. I can allow rejection to make me question everything about myself, or I can acknowledge the pain, learn what I can, and continue moving forward with a clearer understanding of what I bring to the table.
I want to keep following God as I understand His direction for my life, trusting that He can work through the opportunities I recognize as well as the circumstances I do not yet understand. I do not need to turn every interview into a spiritual assignment or convince myself that I know why every opportunity has not worked out. I simply want to remain open to what I can learn, faithful in what I can do, and grounded in the truth that my life still has value while I am waiting for the next chapter to become clearer.
If the opportunity I need is still ahead of me, I want to arrive at that opportunity having continued to grow rather than having allowed the waiting to take everything out of me. I want to enter my next professional season with my experience intact, my confidence being rebuilt, my faith strengthened, and a deeper understanding of the woman I am becoming. I want to be able to look back on this period and recognize not only the tears I cried or the interviews that did not result in offers, but also the way I learned to keep showing up, continue writing, and trust God without pretending that the journey was easy.
A Word for the Woman Who Is Tired of Being Rejected
I know women are reading this who may be experiencing a different kind of waiting, but who understand what it feels like to keep trying while wondering why the results have not come. Perhaps you are trying to find a job that pays enough to give you breathing room, waiting for an opportunity to advance in your career, working to establish a business, praying for a relationship, or trying to understand what the next chapter of your life is supposed to look like. You may have reached a point where you are tired of telling people that you are still waiting, tired of putting yourself out there, and tired of trying to remain hopeful when the same disappointment seems to keep finding you.
I want you to know that you do not have to pretend the experience is painless in order to remain faithful. You can admit that you are tired, acknowledge that you have cried, and tell God honestly that you do not understand why the process has been so difficult. You can ask Him for wisdom, seek support from people you trust, make practical changes where necessary, and continue pursuing the things that matter to you without believing that every setback is evidence that you are not good enough. Your feelings deserve to be acknowledged, but they do not have to become the final authority on what your life is worth or what possibilities remain ahead of you.
If you have been rejected repeatedly, give yourself room to process the disappointment without turning it into a judgment about your entire identity. If you have been adjusting to circumstances you did not choose, recognize that adjustment takes time and that you are allowed to learn as you go. If you are struggling to understand what God is doing, continue bringing those questions to Him while remaining willing to take the next practical step in front of you. You do not have to know the entire plan to continue moving forward, and you do not have to pretend to be unshaken to demonstrate that your faith is real.
Most importantly, remember that your worth is not determined by the people who decide whether to hire you, the opportunities that do not work out, or the milestones you have not reached yet. Your professional qualifications deserve to be taken seriously, your goals deserve to be pursued, and your need for financial stability is valid, but you are still a whole person beyond those circumstances. Do not allow a difficult season to convince you that you have nothing to offer simply because the results have not arrived in the form you hoped they would.
My Closing Reflection: I Am Still Becoming
As I continue this journey, I am choosing to hold on to the truth that I can be disappointed without giving up, uncertain without losing all hope, and tired without deciding that I have reached the end of what is possible for my life. I am still looking for a higher-paying job, and I will continue attending interviews, applying for opportunities, and doing the work necessary to move toward greater financial stability. I will also continue writing, preparing for the December 6 release of Reset, Renew, Aligning Purpose, and developing the work I believe I have been called to share through BGWC Collective Co. I do not know exactly how these parts of my life will come together, but I am learning that I do not have to abandon one responsibility while I wait for another to move forward.
I am no longer willing to measure my entire future by the interviews that did not result in an offer, and I do not want the frustration of this season to make me forget the gifts, experience, and purpose I still carry. I have cried, I have questioned myself, and I have struggled to adjust, but I am still here, still applying, still writing, still believing, and still trying to follow God with the understanding I have today. I am giving myself permission to be honest about the hard parts while remaining hopeful about what may still be ahead, because I believe that disappointment can be part of my story without becoming the definition of who I am.
Romans 15:13 has reminded me to return to the God of hope when my own circumstances make it difficult to see what comes next. I am asking Him to fill me with peace as I continue believing, to give me wisdom as I evaluate the opportunities before me, and to help me remain grounded when another interview ends without the answer I wanted. I am trusting that He can guide my steps, even when I cannot see the entire road, and I will continue doing my part while leaving room for Him to redirect me when necessary.
I cannot tell you when the right position will come, and I cannot promise that every future interview will end differently from the ones I have already attended. What I can say is that I will not stop pursuing the life I am working toward simply because this season has been difficult, and I will not allow the absence of an offer to erase the progress I am making in other areas of my life. I am learning to trust God with the timing while continuing to prepare for the opportunities I hope to receive, and I am choosing to believe that the work I am doing today can still matter even when I cannot see the full result.
When doors do not open, I will keep seeking God, keep doing my part, and keep walking forward. I may not understand why this season has unfolded the way it has, but I refuse to let rejection become the end of my story. I am still becoming the woman God is shaping me to be, and I will continue trusting Him as I discover what comes next.
A Prayer for the Woman in the Waiting Season
Heavenly Father, I come before You honestly, bringing every disappointment, every unanswered question, every tear, and every moment when I have struggled to understand why the path in front of me has been so difficult. You know what I have been carrying, You know how hard I have been trying, and You know the thoughts that have entered my mind when another opportunity did not work out the way I hoped. Please help me remember that my worth is not determined by the decisions other people make about me, and give me the strength to continue pursuing the opportunities I need without allowing rejection to convince me that I am not capable, qualified, or worthy of moving forward.
Lord, I ask You to guide me toward the employment opportunity that is right for my circumstances, my experience, and the direction I am working toward. Give me wisdom as I prepare for interviews, clarity as I evaluate opportunities, and the confidence to communicate my qualifications without feeling that I have to prove my entire worth in every conversation. If there are areas where I need to improve, help me recognize them with humility and a willingness to learn, but protect me from allowing uncertainty to become a reason to question everything You have already helped me develop.
Father, thank You for reminding me of the gifts You have placed in my life, including the desire to write, encourage others, and share what I am learning through my faith. Help me continue developing those gifts while I pursue my professional goals, and show me how to use the opportunities in front of me wisely without assuming that I understand every reason behind the circumstances I face. As I prepare for the December 6 release of Reset, Renew, Aligning Purpose, let the message of renewal and purpose continue shaping my own heart, and help me practice the faith I hope to encourage in the women who read my work.
When I become tired of waiting, remind me that I can bring my frustration to You without shame. When I cry, comfort me. When I begin comparing myself with others, redirect my attention toward the responsibilities and opportunities You have placed before me. When another door closes, give me the wisdom to learn what I can, the courage to keep moving forward, and the discernment to recognize where I should focus my efforts next. Help me remain hopeful without ignoring reality, persistent without becoming consumed by the process, and faithful without pretending that I never struggle.
Thank You for being the God of hope, even when my circumstances leave me uncertain about what comes next. I surrender the outcomes I cannot control, and I ask You to help me remain faithful with the work I can do today. Continue shaping my character, guiding my decisions, and reminding me that my life has value beyond any single opportunity. I trust You to lead me as I keep walking forward, and I pray that the next season of my life will reflect the wisdom, growth, and purpose You have been developing in me along the way. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Rooted in Christ, trusting His direction, and continuing to grow through every season.
Written by Tiarra Sutton-Davis for Rooted With BGWC, a space for real faith, real life, and a community learning to walk boldly with Christ.
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