In my last reflection, I talked about how not everyone connected to you is committed to celebrating you. Today, I want to stay with the same teacher: Beyoncé.
One thing about Beyoncé is this: when she goes quiet, you know something is coming.
She goes into her creative cave and works. She rehearses. She records. She refines. The team is locked in. The doors are closed. The Instagram grid is suddenly bare. The profile picture is gone. Her silence becomes its own announcement.
And because she protects the process, the final product has power.
She is not depending on constant outside validation to stay focused. She creates in quiet so she can deliver in power.
What if you adopted a little of that in your own life?
What if, instead of announcing every idea as soon as it hits your spirit, you let it sit with God first? What if you gave yourself permission to move in silence for a while, build the thing, grow the skill, write the book, save the money, start the healing, without needing everyone’s commentary?
You do not need an audience to obey God.
You do not need a committee to confirm what you already know inside.
Sometimes your next season is a “cleaned up Instagram grid” season. A quiet season. A season where people might wonder what you are doing, but they are not entitled to an explanation. Then, when the time is right, you drop what you have been building. Not to prove them wrong, but to honor what God has been doing in you.
So here is my encouragement for you today:
Be like Beyoncé.
Work. Refine. Pray. Prepare.
Let God be your compass.
Protect what is sacred while it is still growing.
Share with people who can hold your dreams with care.
Stop giving the loudest microphone in your life to the harshest critics in your circle.
When a dream is divinely inspired, your job is not to keep defending it. Your job is to live it.
This is my reflection for today. I hope it invites you to think differently about how you move, how you create, and how you release what God has placed inside you.
Be encouraged.