I miss layaway. Remember that?
You’d pick out the Christmas toys, put a little money down, and pay it off a bit at a time.
No credit check.
No interest.
The store just held it until you finished paying.
I was a huge help to families during the Christmas season.
And the Secret Santas!
Those people who’d walk into Kmart or Walmart around Christmas and pay off a bunch of random accounts.
No name.
No cameras.
Just some family getting a call that their kids’ gifts were already paid for.
That doesn’t happen much anymore.
Now it’s all buy-now-pay-later apps that nickel-and-dime you.
The old ways were the better ways.
God is saying to you: Pack up. Your current season is ending, and I am preparing something new for you. Pack up old disappointments, mindsets, fears, and limitations. You cannot take everything from the last chapter into the next. Some things must be left behind. I am leading you into new opportunities, relationships, and levels of growth. Do not become so comfortable where you are that you miss where I am leading you. The signs are there. The nudges are there. The door is opening.