Rants are not my thing. They are exhausting. Most times, I'm calm, but I’m quick to come to the defence of others. And today must be the day some bee landed in my bonnet. I don’t know…

But family, please, please. Stop asking people who are in the middle of building something when it will be done.

Whatever their it is.

Stop.

That’s why they embarked on the journey. They saw the vision, the end-game before they took off. They don't know why it looks that way right now, but they know it is done.

People are out here, in the middle of tough builds, trying to sew the old to the new because you keep asking when they will finish it or what it is.

They don’t know yet.

All they know is it is done.

But whilst they are on this road, please encourage them, give them resources and pray for them; so they don't return to their old ways. They need your help to keep going and not abort the vision.

You can either bring the pill or the prayer.

Choose wisely.

Over the last two years, I have watched and cried with men and women who turned back. Some started piecing old things together to try and give simple answers to complex situations. 

I was one of them at one point. All because someone kept asking for a finished product in the wilderness. Are we there yet? 

Some people didn’t even start because of the poor comments we made about someone else’s journey when we didn’t understand the purpose behind their process. 

We are forged differently…

Each person is fitted for the purpose. Their struggle designed to bring out a necessary skill, character, or perspective for the vision ahead.

Friends, if their journey makes you uncomfortable, ask why. 

Who do you believe you are relative to them? 

What do you believe about them and their dreams?

What is being revealed to you about yourself and your beliefs?

Take a moment to examine yourself.

But that doesn’t mean the woman is not having a baby.

An ovum (egg) and sperm met, shook hands and said, yeah, why not? Then multiplied like crazy, kicking off one of the most complex processes in nature! Establishing the foundations for every, every cell line needed immediately and for a future outside the womb.

At one point, it looks like a tube, folded and twisted. 

She’s still carrying a baby.

Later it has paddle hands and a tail. Imagine! She doesn't know why it is like that. All she knows is she’s having a baby.

Then the webbing goes, and fingers appear. They were there, just not recognisable as fingers.💡

The tail shrinks for most. And starts looking like what the packaging says.

We all believe it’s a baby just from watching a growing belly. And maybe she shares the ultrasound, so you have evidence of what it is.

Millions of women have proven that there is an expected duration to pregnancy. And if it goes too far, they go in and fetch it. So we ask how far it is with this understanding.

Many people are carrying heaven’s solutions but are afraid to enter the process because they heard what we said. Some have weighed their communities and found the supportive words were not in line with the actions.

But nothing that’s new has a predictable path.

You just trust. And because it’s new, if you look at it with undeveloped sight, sometimes you miss it. 

And, yes, some will overshoot their due date. They’ll linger too long at some stages or get stuck on concepts.

If you’re not sincerely considering your role in their season, you’ll miss the point where you were supposed to go in and help them deliver the vision.

Listen, some people are generational pattern/curse breakers:

The first debt-free generation.

First-generation homeowners.

The first one to build wealth.

Or the first without an addiction. 

First generation follower of Jesus… Yho!

Share in their joy and excitement. Speak encouragement and clarity over them because they will get discouraged, tired and teary. If you are afraid or doubt-filled, don’t add it to them. They need correct perspective, resources and access to your network!

See the plan, friend. Ask how you can help. Let them paint the picture of the moment they’re in. Steward the opportunity well.

Don’t reason them out of it because it looks like they’re lost.

They are not lost. They are being fitted for the mission. Shedding Saul’s armour. Picking up their five stones and sling.

They become lost to us when, instead of praying with and interceding for them, we ask for it to make sense.

Or when they are given the impression that their process is a reproach.

You lose them because sometimes, they are placed among those who can support and protect the vision.

It’s not personal; it’s mission.

Have a loving, encouraging, and releasing heart.

You know, the first 14 weeks of gestation are crucial and mostly set the foundation for the baby’s development in-utero and outside.

It is the same when an entrepreneur is birthing something.

A lot of changes take place in the early stages of the process. Undoing and resetting personal and business foundations. 

Substantial changes to the carrier and the carried.

Accelerated changes. And some of those changes outstrip their available resources.

We don’t know how long the early stages will last because we don’t have the exact timeline. The transition will end when it ends. We can’t judge the masterpiece in their spirit purely from the basic colours we see on their palette.

So let's be the refreshers, intercessors, resources bringers, and sounding boards. Let us not be the ones that cause them to make it make sense and lose its edge.

It is meant to cut through and create new pathways, rebuild neglected infrastructure, and pioneer real solutions to complex problems.

Hayi kabi folks, not trying to offend but bring your support, resources and network; Hold your doubts and fears because it is done.