Week 8 - Learning to Trust Grace in the Process

Weekly Beat Reflection:

IThis week felt slower.

And it wasn't because nothing was happening. A lot was happening beneath the surface.

We started with healing grace, and healing isn’t loud. It’s not dramatic. It’s often quiet and uncomfortable. Healing forces us to sit with what we’ve been avoiding. It reminds us that grace doesn’t rush recovery. It stays present through it.

Then we moved into grace in letting go, and that one likely touched a tender spot. Letting go isn’t weakness. It’s release. It’s deciding we will no longer hold onto what God is asking us to trust Him with. Sometimes we hold on to control, outcomes, or even old versions of ourselves because they feel familiar. Grace gives us the courage to loosen our grip.

With grace in waiting, the pace slowed even more. Waiting is hard. It stretches us. It reveals impatience. It exposes fear. It tests whether we truly believe God is working when we can’t see movement. We all can agree, waiting is rarely comfortable, but grace steadies us there.

Midweek, we leaned into restoring peace. Not surface-level calm, but deep peace. The kind that doesn’t depend on circumstances behaving. Peace that comes from choosing trust over spiraling thoughts. Peace that returns when we release what isn’t ours to carry.

Then came grace-filled strength. This wasn’t about pushing harder or proving resilience. It was about strength that flows from surrender and not from strain. Real strength doesn’t always look bold. Sometimes it looks like showing up again. Sometimes it looks like choosing patience. Sometimes it looks like resting.

With grace through surrender, we faced the heart of it all. Surrender isn’t giving up—it’s giving over. It’s shifting from “I’ll handle it” to “God, You handle it.” For me, that shift changes everything.

We ended with hope renewed, because surrender creates space for hope. When we stop forcing outcomes, hope rises quietly. Not loud optimism, but steady confidence that God is still working.

What This Week Taught Us

Healing takes time. Letting go creates space. Waiting builds trust. Peace must be protected. Strength flows from surrender and hope grows where control is released. If you're like me, this week may have revealed something important to you and that is: We often want breakthrough—but resist the process. We want renewal—but struggle with surrender. We want peace—but hold onto control. Remember, grace doesn’t remove the process. It carries us through it.

So here’s the question to carry into next week: Where am I resisting what grace is trying to teach me? Choose one area where you're holding on tightly, maybe an outcome, a timeline, or fear and intentionally release it to God.

Scripture Promise:

"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work." — 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV)

Prayer:

Father, teach me to learn to trust you in the process of molding me into your image and may your grace always sustain me.

Amen

Stay in Rhythm. Stay in Grace

Reflection Questions

1. Where is God asking me to trust Him in the process right now?

• What situation feels slow, unclear, or unresolved?

• Am I resisting the pace because it feels uncomfortable?

• What might God be shaping in me while I wait?

2. What am I holding onto that grace is asking me to release?

• Is it control over timing?

• Is it an old hurt that needs healing?

• Is it fear of what might happen if I fully surrender?

3. How can I protect my peace while I wait?

• What thoughts tend to steal my peace?

• What habits help restore calm and clarity?

• What would it look like to choose trust instead of overthinking?