Uncommon Path Network

Dear Path Finder,

I pray you find your purposeful path, walk audaciously in it, and inspire others to find theirs too.

A day before writing my Master’s exam, here I am thinking about writing to you instead. Perhaps it’s my way of easing the exam pressure. Before I continue, I’d genuinely love to hear from you.

How are you? How has life been?

Lately, I’ve been thinking about what I call “life in the middle.”

It’s that season after you’ve said “yes” to the dream, left behind what was familiar and comfortable, and started paying the price for the life you believe God is calling you to. Yet, you haven’t reached the point where the sacrifices make sense to everyone else, or even to yourself.

It’s the middle.

The place where you’re working hard, trusting God, and quietly wondering if you’re still on the right path.

One of the prices I’ve had to pay in this season has been deciding what matters now and what can wait for another time. That decision has led me back to a place that some of you will remember, I am once again living without social media.

Not because social media is bad, but because this season demands a different kind of focus. I’ve realised that saying “yes” to one thing often means saying “not now” to another. Every dream has a cost, and sometimes that cost is choosing what deserves your attention today and what can patiently wait for tomorrow.

If I’m honest, one of my biggest struggles hasn’t been the work itself.

It’s been trying to find the right words to explain what’s happening in my world. Wanting people to understand why I’ve become quieter. Why I’ve stepped back from certain things. Why my priorities have changed.

But somewhere along the way, I sensed God gently reminding me that I don’t have to explain every season to everyone.

I simply need to remain faithful. He brought to my heart a truth that has stayed with me:

God makes a man.

Not applause, visibility and not constant activity.

God.

And perhaps that work is often done in the hidden places, where very few people are watching. So if you find yourself in the middle today, I want to encourage you.

Don’t measure your progress only by visible results. Some of God’s greatest work happens before anyone else can see it.

Be faithful in the middle.

Stay when it’s no longer exciting. Keep showing up when no one is clapping. Keep building when the results are taking longer than you expected.

See it through to the end. One day you’ll look back and realise that the middle wasn’t delaying your story.

It was preparing you for it.

With love and shalom,

Oyena