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Becoming: Rooted

(Faith That Doesn’t Depend on Outcomes)

There comes a season when your faith no longer rises or falls with outcomes.

You’re not trusting God because things worked out.

You’re trusting Him because you are rooted.

Rooted faith is quiet.

It doesn’t panic when plans fall apart.

It doesn’t crumble when prayers look unanswered.

It knows—deep in the soul—that somehow, some way, it’s going to be okay.

Even when life hands you lemons instead of lemonade.

Even when things don’t unfold the way you hoped.

Even when clarity never comes.

There is a settled knowing inside you.

Not loud.

Not dramatic.

Just steady.

It’s the kind of faith that doesn’t need reassurance every five minutes.

The kind that doesn’t ask, “But how will this end?”

Because rooted faith understands something powerful:

Not every story needs an explanation to be complete.

It’s like falling in love and having your heart broken—

thinking you’ll never recover…

and then one day realizing you did.

You don’t remember when the healing happened.

You don’t retrace every step.

The story simply ends—and life moves forward.

Rooted faith works the same way.

You stop obsessing over the ending.

You stop needing guarantees.

You stop bargaining with God for peace.

You trust Him—

not because you see the outcome,

but because you know His character.

And that kind of faith doesn’t shake easily.

I am becoming rooted.

Still becoming.

Reflection Question

Where have I been tying my faith to outcomes instead of anchoring it in trust?