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As much as I hate it , I begrudgingly acknowledge that it ’ s only as I ’ m waiting that I enter fully into the deeper questions of trust . Testing gives us a quick feedback loop , but trusting is what grows from testing over time .
I ’ ve wanted to hurry through the hard seasons . I ’ ve wanted to process faster , grieve more quickly , heal rapidly . But the thing about healing is that there ’ s no such thing as speeding it up . You heal when you heal . You grow when you grow . And as you heal , you grow , gaining a deeper understanding of what you know and what you should do with that knowledge . This knowing occurs when what you think and feel come together — it ’ s truth with experience . Truth grounded in experience is what creates unshakable trust .
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Adapted from Not What I Signed Up For : Finding the Strength , Purpose , and Faith to Get through a Season You Didn ’ t Expect by Nicole Unice . Copyright © 2024 . Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers , a Division of Tyndale House Ministries . All rights reserved .
Nicole Unice is a pastor and leadership coach who facilitates environments of safety and vulnerability so that leaders and teams can courageously identify obstacles keeping them from their maximum potential . As a sought-after speaker , Nicole has a down-to-earth style that allows even the largest gathering to feel conversational . Nicole is the author of several books focused on spiritual transformation and is a featured speaker through RightNow Media and Punchline . She holds degrees from the College of William and Mary and from Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary . Nicole and her husband , Dave , live in Richmond , Virginia , with their three children and two pups . 11