The Sacred Shift - Moving Into Your Next

Have you ever stayed somewhere longer than you should have, simply because you worked so hard to get there?

At 29, I enrolled in law school.
By 33, I had the degree, a license to argue, and a very official-looking office chair.

Ironically, the moment I officially became an attorney was the same moment I realized I didn’t want to be one.
Not because it was wrong.
But because something inside me had shifted.

And that shift didn’t make sense.
Not after all the time, the money, the late nights, and the years it took to get there.

So what do you do when the thing you once worked so hard for no longer fits
When your heart is in one world, but your history is in another?

Maybe you’re somewhere between the now and the not yet.
Still showing up where you’ve always been,
but quietly wondering if God is leading you somewhere new.

We don’t talk enough about that moment.
When the role still fits your resume but not your soul.
When you can’t shake the feeling that you were made for something else.

And yet, walking away feels almost impossible.
So you stay.
Longer than you should.
Stuck between comfort and calling.

That’s where the real wrestle lives.
In the in-between.
Between what you’ve built and what’s calling you forward.
Between what made sense and what now makes you come alive.

You may be the teacher shaping young minds.
The nurse holding hands through hard nights.
The dentist, the coach, the stay at home mom.
The accountant balancing books or the barista balancing everything.
The CEO at the head of the table.
Or the unseen glue holding it all together.

But what happens when the rhythm that used to steady you now starts to stretch you thin?
When something inside begins whispering, there’s more.
Not more to prove. Not more to achieve.
But more of you waiting to be discovered in a different chapter.

Deep down, you know that peace doesn’t come from tightly gripping anything.
It’s found in the release of something you thought you couldn’t live without.
And the faith to believe He’s leading you somewhere better.

Honoring a season doesn’t mean you have to stay in it forever.
Law school wasn’t a mistake.
It wasn’t wasted.
But it was a chapter.
And a chapter is not the whole story.

This isn’t about erasing what was.
It’s about making room for what’s next.
Your value isn’t tied to a title.
And your purpose didn’t expire with a past season.

The same God who called you to build there
may now be calling you to begin here.
Even if you’re still unsure what here even is.

So take heart.
He will never waste what you have lived.
He will simply use it to prepare you for where you’re going.
And one day soon, you’ll look back and realize
this shift was the beginning of something sacred.