The Beauty of the Blur: 4 Ways I'm Finding Clarity in Uncertain Times
We like things to be practical, standardized, and scheduled.
When life starts to get a little wavy, blurry, or the roads are not as clear as they originally we start to panic , worry, and even potentially manipulate the circumstances to match our preferences.
This season had been pretty good. There have been some grays that I have needed to navigate, and I want to share 4 things that has helped me.
Investigate – the grays can be isolating so for me, when I start to notice this season, I start to ask those I am close to, and even at work, when changes happen, I ask is this just me feeling this, or am I reading this wrong. I investigate not just externally but internally.
Am I overthinking?
Am I being emotional ?
What other factors could be impacting me?
I take the time to investigate because if its something I need to work out with God then that’s him and my business, if I need to work it out with my community then we do that but I rather take it to God and he reveal to me what’s going on because by the time he take me through his process (if it is a me problem) I wont have time to worry and bother(and project) on others. The other impact of investigating externally – chatting with people, asking them how they truly feel, not a masked response, but a response that allows the person to be seen. In seeing them, you may also see how they, too, maybe dealing with something, and in that shared experience, titles doesn’t matter, just the fact that you are allowing space for each other to breathe.
Communicate – Be clear about the things that you are feeling with those you trust and ones that can handle the messiness that this season has to offer, communicate with those who will hold space for you to process, not those who expect you to have it all together. With the words you have and the language that you have share what you are feeling, thinking, and experiencing, and know that uncertain times aren’t forever, they are temporary so when you come out and you have the language communicate that. I was in a season for 4 months until I had the word to describe the season. So know that the season will mature you and provide you with the words.
Evaluate –
What are you learning about God, yourself?
Who are you becoming in the process?
What's being crucified?
What is God calling to rise?
What fruits of the Spirit is this producing? Why?
These are some of the questions I ask myself throughout the journey. I ask myself these questions because they fortify me to keep pressing, and the more I press, the more clarity (and peace) I have around this gray area and/or the more rooted I become.
Translate – At some point, the season will end, and there will be someone you cross paths with who is going through the same thing that you went through, and your role in their life is to translate the investigative work, communicate in the space, and help them evaluate their season, this is how discipleship gets started walking with people through many journeys of life.
As much as I crave structure and clarity, I’m learning that some of the most meaningful growth happens in the blur—in the in-between spaces where things don’t quite make sense yet. It’s in these uncertain moments that God gently invites us to trust, not in a perfectly laid-out plan, but in His unwavering presence. The four practices I’ve shared haven’t made life magically easier or clearer, but they’ve helped me stay grounded when the road ahead feels foggy.
“ If you find yourself in a blurry season too, take heart: even when you can’t see the full picture, God is still painting something beautiful.
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