The Missed Exit

Jackie Overstreet • January 21, 2026

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Why hope survives after you realize you are late

There is a moment when you realize you missed the exit. Not dramatically. Quietly. You are farther than planned, older than expected, still carrying questions you thought would be settled by now. Hope does not vanish there. It recalibrates.


I learned that panic comes from believing God runs on our timelines. Hope forms when we accept that delay is not abandonment. The road does not end because your plan did.


If I missed it, it is over

The truth is this: hope lives in rerouting, not regret.


Jesus Christ is King. He never rushed purpose. He walked it. When plans collapsed, He remained, and hope stayed because He did.


This is the Heart GPS, recalibrating direction when expectations fail, and trust must take the wheel.


Where have you believed that being late means being done? Share this with a friend, perhaps they are in the same place too.


Focus Point

Hope survives when control is released.

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