When You Want to Quit, Remember Who Called You

It’s been hard continuing something that I know God put on my heart but not seeing anything come out of it. There are days I wake up excited and full of hope, and others where I sit in front of my computer wondering if I should just stop.

It’s been months since I launched my shop. Months of prayer, late nights, creating, packaging, and showing up faithfully. And yet, here I am with four sales. Just four.

I won’t lie; there have been moments I’ve wanted to give up. Moments I’ve cried and asked God if I heard Him wrong. I’ve had full-on conversations with Him about quitting, telling Him I just do not see the point anymore. But every time, He brings me back to the same whisper in my heart: Be patient. And that is hard for me because patience has never been my strong suit.

I like to see results. I like to know that what I’m doing matters. And maybe that is exactly what God is working on right now. Maybe this is not just about my business. Maybe this is about learning to trust His timing even when mine does not make sense.

I also feel like God is teaching me about gratitude. Sometimes I get so caught up in everything around me that I forget to appreciate the small things, or I see things as minor when they are not. I was moping the other day about only getting four sales, even though it has been months since I launched my journal and recently added tees and mugs to my shop, when I felt God convict me.

He reminded me that I should be grateful for those four sales. That is four people who saw my business and decided to purchase from me. Four people who liked what I had to offer. Four people who could have gone to any other business yet chose to support mine. That perspective changed everything.

Because sometimes we get so caught up in the numbers, how many followers, how many sales, how much progress we have made, that we forget to be grateful for what we already have. If I am being honest, part of my impatience came from the weight of obedience. I left things behind that God asked me to, trusting that He would provide through this. I stepped out in faith believing He would bless what He called me to build, and when it did not happen the way I hoped, it hurt.

It has been hard watching my husband carry the financial load alone. He works late nights and long hours, and sometimes I look at him and feel like I have failed him. Like I failed God too. I kept asking, “Lord, why would You tell me to do this if nothing is happening?”

That is where my frustration came from, and why I became so focused on the numbers. Because this is not just a hobby. This is our livelihood. This is how we buy groceries and pay bills and keep going. But even through the struggle, God keeps reminding me that gratitude has to come first.

It is so easy to miss the blessings right in front of us when we are focused on the ones we have not received yet. But gratitude shifts the heart. It helps us see that what looks small now is actually God’s way of preparing us for more later.

Romans 5:3–5 says, “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.”

That is what perseverance really is, choosing faith in the middle of the waiting. It is walking through discouragement and still believing God is good.

It’s not easy. Some days it feels like a fight just to keep believing. But I know one day I will look back and see what all of this was for. I will see how God used the waiting to shape me, not punish me. How He used the small, quiet seasons to build roots deep enough to hold the fruit that is coming.

Galatians 6:9 reminds us, “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”

I am holding onto this verse because I know that if God called me to this, He will bring the growth when the time is right.

So if you have been in that same place, working hard, praying faithfully, and still not seeing the results you hoped for, I get it. You are not alone. Keep going anyway. Keep trusting anyway. Keep persevering even when it feels like nothing is happening. God’s timing might look different than yours, but His promises still stand. And soon, you will see the fruit of all the seeds you have been planting.

I don’t know when that day will come, but I can’t wait to see it. Until then, I will keep showing up. I will keep creating. I will keep trusting that the One who started this work in me will be faithful to finish it.

Lord, when I feel tired and ready to give up, remind me that You are still at work. Teach me to be patient when I cannot see what You are doing and to trust Your timing over my own. Thank You for every small blessing and every person You have brought along the way. Give me the strength to keep going, even when I do not see the fruit yet. Help me persevere with faith and gratitude, knowing You are using this season to grow something beautiful.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.