Trusting God in Mid-Season

Trusting God in Mid-Season

From Your Nightly Prayer: Evening Prayers for Christians by Your Nightly Prayer

May 4, 2026 · 5 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of trusting God during uncertain times and the lessons learned in the waiting period of life.

Most of life is not lived at the beginning or the end of a story — it is lived in the long, uncertain middle. The season where the outcome is still unknown, the paperwork is still pending, the test results haven't come back, and the thing you have been praying for is still just out of reach. It is the mid-season, and it is where most of us spend more time than we would like to admit. Tonight's episode is written from the middle of exactly that kind of waiting — six years of foster care, court dates, uncertain outcomes, and the daily practice of choosing to trust a God whose promises could not always be felt in the moment. What that long mid-season taught was something that could not have been learned any other way: that God's faithfulness does not arrive only at the resolution. It shows up moment by moment, day by day, in the quiet grace that makes today manageable even when tomorrow is completely out of our hands. He is trustworthy in the middle. He is faithful right now. Interested in creating something new with us!? Take Our Newsletter Survey! Tonight's Scripture "The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does." — Psalm 145:13 Ponder…

People in this episode

Host: Your Nightly Prayer

Topics covered

  • trusting God
  • faithfulness
  • waiting
  • foster care
  • uncertainty
  • spiritual growth

Keywords

  • trust
  • faith
  • mid-season
  • prayer
  • God's promises
  • foster care
  • uncertain outcomes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Psalm 145:13

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