{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"From My Father Podcast with Tangie Callahan","title":"The Waiting Season (Personal Stories, Do's + Don'ts)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3621,"description":"The Mean Time: What You Do in the Waiting Seasons\n\nIn this conversation-style episode of From My Father Podcast, host Tangie Callahan + her daughters explore the purpose + power of waiting seasons in the life of a believer. Rather than viewing waiting as idle or wasted time, the discussion reveals that seasons of waiting are among the most spiritually formative periods a person can experience. The conversation emphasizes that God's silence does not mean His absence, that waiting on the Lord is an active and intentional posture rather than a passive one + that Jesus Himself is the reward, not merely the promise being waited upon. Through personal stories of waiting for marriage, motherhood + ministry direction, the speakers unpack how fear, comparison + the temptation to take matters into one's own hands are among the greatest threats to a fruitful waiting season. Practical encouragement is offered alongside prayer for those currently in seasons of uncertainty, with the consistent reminder that God is doing His deepest work even when nothing visible appears to be happening.\n\nKey Points:\n- Waiting does not mean nothing is happening. God often does His most profound work in seasons of silence and invisibility.\n- Waiting on the Lord, as described in Isaiah 40:31, is an active posture of trusting, hoping in, and depending on God, not passive inactivity.\n- The waiting season is not merely a stepping stone to the promise. It carries just as much purpose and meaning as the arrival of the promise itself.\n- The biggest temptation in a waiting season is to treat the promise as the finish line and Jesus as merely the means to get there. Jesus is the reward.\n- Your waiting season does not have to be perfect, but it does have to be intentional. Character development, inner healing, and spiritual growth during the wait are what sustain you when the promise arrives.\n- The enemy seeks to use isolation, fear, comparison, and doubt to derail believers in the waiting. Community,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/gLaVdkk0MR_XeGAASXE2rmt1JV9p4RHZbfxrmpQG7cA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMmM5/OWYxYTkwNjMzNzg0/ZTk5YTBjM2Y5MTQy/NjA3MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}