OPENED + CLOSED DOORS

Y’all, let me just say this...sometimes I PRAY for an EXIT sign at this job. 😂 

Lord, if You wanna close THIS door, I’ll hold it shut myself. But then I have to check myself real quick… 

Be careful what you beg for. Sometimes a “closed door” is protection. Sometimes it’s preparation. Sometimes it’s plain ol’ Providence.

See, in life we get obsessed with the OPEN door. The promotion, the relationship, the yes. But if we’re being real? It’s the CLOSED doors that do the real sculpting. The no’s, the rejections, the jobs that dry up, the friendships that ghost. They redirect our steps like invisible traffic signs.

We pout. We complain. We want to bulldoze through barricades we don’t understand. That’s when we forget: God sees the road ahead, while we’re still squinting at mile markers. That “no” wasn’t rejection,,.it was redirection.

Like Revelation 3:7–8 says: “What He opens, no one can shut, and what He shuts, no one can open.” In other words, stop trying to pick the lock on a door God Himself sealed. You might just be breaking into a disaster.

I think back on times when doors slammed in my face,,,jobs, money, people I thought I “needed.” At the time I felt stranded. But looking back? Those shut doors were like holy detours. The NO’s led me straight into the YES that had my name written all over it.

Truth is, valleys grow us more than mountaintops. Disappointment teaches depth. And every closed door is just proof that our lives are being edited by a wiser Author.

So ,,,  I’m learning to say thank You not just for the openings but for the blockades. They’re not punishment; they’re providence.

Life is a corridor. Some doors will slam. Some will swing. But the hands on the hinges? Never ours.