Unfinished Until Together

You were not shaped

to echo inside yourself.

Dust was never meant

to wander alone.

Before a task was named,

before a boundary was drawn,

breath was shared.

Presence came first.

God did not set you running

without a garden.

He placed you—

rooted you—

gave your hands something real to tend,

your days a direction,

your work a meaning deeper than survival.

And when solitude fell across the soil,

he did not call it strength.

He called it “unfinished.”

So he leaned in again,

forming companionship with the same care

he once used to shape your bones.

You were made for nearness—

with God who walks,

with people who see,

with lives braided together

by trust and tenderness.

When your world feels thin,

when striving replaces purpose

and noise replaces connection,

return to the beginning.

Choose presence over escape.

Honor the lines that protect life.

Let relationship be holy work.

You were never meant to live

untethered, unseen,

or alone.

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About the Author:

Michael Whitworth is the author of over forty books and commentaries exploring the depth and wonder of Scripture. A graduate of Freed-Hardeman University, he preaches for the Newport Avenue Church of Christ in Bend, Oregon. When he isn’t writing, he finds joy in simple things—reading a good book, capturing landscapes through his camera lens, or guzzling coffee (with a jar of M&Ms close by).