About Christia
My journey of waiting on the Lord to fulfill the desire He placed within me for marriage has been both long and beautiful. What do I mean by long and beautiful? Well, by the age of thirty-two, I had never had a boyfriend. While my story was quite different from many Christ followers around me, I never desired multiple romantic relationships. Instead, I desired ONE Christ-centered relationship with the man whom the Lord deems worthy of my heart and me of his heart, and for said romantic relationship to lead to a Christ-centered marriage.
As the years passed, my own timeline came and went. I had hoped to be married soon after college (at age twenty-three), but the journey unfolded very differently than I had planned. Even before that timeline arrived, I began wrestling with disappointment and discontentment. Then, at age twenty-one, the Holy Spirit gently and lovingly revealed a truth that changed everything: it was not yet time, and I was not yet ready for marriage.
From that moment forward, the Lord began transforming my perspective. Through His Word, He taught me contentment, deepened my devotion to Him, and showed me that waiting had a purpose. What I once viewed as a delay became one of the greatest gifts He has ever given me.
Today, I can joyfully say that my wait journey for marriage has come to an end. At age thirty-three, I married the man the Lord had prepared for me, and He had prepared me for him. Now, at age thirty-four, I look back on those years with deep gratitude, and I would not trade my season of waiting. Had God answered my prayers according to my timeline, I do not believe my relationship with Him would be as deeply rooted, nor do I believe The Work in the Waiting would have ever been written.
My story is not ultimately about finding a husband—it is about discovering the faithfulness of the Lord. Whether your wait is for marriage, children, direction, healing, or another God-given desire, I pray my story reminds you that the Lord is always working for your good, even when we cannot yet see what He is doing. His timing is never late, His plans are always purposeful, and every season of waiting is an opportunity for us to draw closer to Him.
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV).
When the Lord calls us to do something, there is often a journey leading up to that calling.
As my wait journey continued in my early twenties, I found myself searching for stories of others whose experiences resembled my own. I read articles, followed blogs, and watched countless videos about how God brought couples together. While I rejoiced with those whose testimonies involved redemption from broken relationships, I longed to hear from someone whose wait journey reflected mine—someone who had never experienced a previous romantic relationship and had watched friends and family enter marriage years before they did.
After several years of searching without finding that story, I reached one of the lowest points in my wait journey. During that season, I wrote a letter of encouragement to myself. Looking back, I see that letter as a turning point in my wait journey. Through the letter, the Holy Spirit revealed that He was calling me to use my gifts of teaching and writing to encourage other women waiting on the Lord.
In February 2016, that calling became Beloved Daughters in Waiting, a blog dedicated to sharing what the Lord was teaching me through His Word while I was still waiting. Over the years, that ministry continued to grow and eventually led to my first book, The Work in the Waiting.
What began as a personal journey of waiting became a calling to help other women discover that the Lord’s greatest work often happens in the waiting itself.
Even though my own wait journey for marriage has ended, my heart for beloved daughters of God who are waiting has not.
Whether you are waiting for marriage, praying for a child, seeking direction, longing for healing, pursuing a new opportunity, or trusting the Lord with another deep desire, seasons of waiting can feel lonely. That is why I believe we were never meant to walk through them alone.
- If you are struggling to see the purpose in the Lord’s timing, welcome.
- If you are tempted to settle because the waiting has become difficult, welcome.
- If you have been waiting for years and are wondering if the Lord has forgotten you, welcome.
This is a place where we can open God’s Word together, grow in our devotion to Christ, encourage one another, and discover that waiting on the Lord is never wasted. My prayer is that every blog post, Bible study, and book points you to the faithfulness of God and helps you discover just how beautiful waiting on Him truly is.
Thank you for being here, sisters-in-Christ. Let’s journey through our seasons of waiting together.
With love and faith,
Christia Givens McDonald