March 25, 2025 • 13 mins
We all have all dealt with waiting on a breakthrough, answered prayer, miracle, etc. Join Matt & Melissa as they discuss the "Waiting Season".
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Puzzle is Real podcast where we
will be discussing faith,family, and Relationships
hosted by Matt and MelissaPisani. This is The Puzzle is
Real podcast when you know, youknow.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
All right , welcome back. We're excited today for
another conversation episodewith my lady, miss Jean ,
another
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Episode
Speaker 2 (00:24):
And mags on the same family relationship. Like ,
know Leah Joy. Alright , Ika ismy boy. Where's Mercy? They're
not here. Okay, so we are back.
This is parent life. I hopethis podcast is giving you the
excitement to conquer the dayand to do the things that God's
called you to do. We're afamily. We are . That's
(00:45):
Magnolia. That's Magnolia. Wehave a podcast called The
Puzzle is Real. That's whatyou're listening to right now
and I hope that you will giveus a , um, subscribe on the
podcasting world, whether it'sSpotify, iHeartRadio, apple,
iTunes, that's probably theeasiest. Mm-hmm .
And , um, yeah, just share itwith your friends. Sharing
these is like ammo against theenemy schemes. I really believe
(01:08):
that when you share these,these are just more arrows in
the quiver perhaps, that youwould use them to combat
against the day to day . And webelieve that these are
opportunities for us to justtestify that God is good all
the time and all the time. Godis good. So understood. Here we
go.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
So we were just discussing prior to hitting
record about the waitingseason. And I know that there's
a lot of people out there thatare in that season, and I know
we've been there before andwe're still there because, you
know, you're still waiting forcertain things to unfold. Um,
but how are we surrendering itto God and saying, this is not
(01:49):
under my timing, it's underyour timing. Whether it's you
waiting for your child, whetherit's an opportunity at work,
whether it's a, to get married, um, to find your person. If
you're in that waiting season,where, how do we find
contentment during that seasonof waiting? Where are we
getting our joy from when weare anxious maybe or fearful?
(02:14):
And we know that these thingsare not of God, right? The
anxiousness, the fearfulness,the doubt. Um , we're human ,
so we have these thoughts, buthow are we filling our minds
with what God's word says? Andare we trusting him with our
full faith? Um , knowing thathis timing supersedes our
timing every single timebecause he sees the whole
(02:34):
picture. We only see what we'rewaiting for in that moment. But
he sees 5, 10, 20, 30 yearsfrom out and says, if this
doesn't happen at this time,then everything else is not
gonna lie. So
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah. So we've said this before, but I cannot say
it enough. Like we are gonnaalways testify to how God
brought us together. It's theonly reason we do this is
because we want people to knowof not only God's timing, but
his faithfulness. We were intoxic relationships before we
met each other. Mm-hmm . We were living
crazy lifestyles in differentways. And, and Melissa's might
(03:07):
not be crazy defined as mine iscrazy, but it wasn't glorifying
God. Mm-hmm . SoI think that's important
sometimes . Like , oh, wellyou're your testimony's wild
versus like someone that's justlived in sin but didn't have a
crazy story. And I think thatit's important that for those
of you listening, waiting foryour, your soulmate, your
significant other, and thosethat are waiting on something
(03:29):
really important in their life,regardless of what it is that
you give it to God , when westopped trying to look for our
person and we looked towardsthe cross towards who Jesus is
and who God has reminded us of, of how he provides and , and
who he is as our savior, andalso as our father and as our,
our loving and heavenly Abba .
(03:52):
Right. Abba . And , and evenjust the idea that there is
this relationship not religionthat he wants with us. When we
ruin our relationship withChrist by the power of the Holy
Spirit, it allowed us to havepatience. It allowed us to have
the fruit that only God canprovide. And we met each other
(04:13):
on a blind date through afriend, through a mutual
friend, our hairdresser. Andthat opened up the doorway to
breakthrough and prayersanswered instantaneously. And
what I mean by that is we notonly got married very quickly.
Right. Within six months, aboutsix months. Yeah. We were
(04:34):
engaged within four weeks.
Mm-hmm . I was 33years old, Melissa was 31.
Mm-hmm . And fastforward almost 10 years of
marriage with three childrenand just an amazing calling on
our life that we've beenpursuing. And I say that
humbly, but I'm just thankful.
So what does it mean to waitand what does it mean to
surrender to God? And and whatare the things that are
(04:55):
stopping you from having thatbreakthrough of what you're
waiting on? Sometimes it'spractical things like you're
not being a good steward ofyour finances or you're not
being a good steward of yourtime. Sometimes it's more
intense than that and it'ssomething that needs to break
spiritually in your life. Itcould be even , uh, lifestyle
(05:16):
choices that lead you tocontinue to be in the waiting
room. But whatever that reasonis, God has the answer and the
solution as you continue toseek him. The the season can be
long, right? Some people getmarried in their twenties. Some
people get their job promotionin their twenties. Some people
find their, their vocation ortheir calling right out of high
(05:38):
school or the family business.
Some of us we're late bloomers,as I like to call it . And ,
and I always remind people ofpart of my testimony where I
lived in my parents' basementwith a significant amount of
debt, with no hope in sight, inan addiction that was mastering
me with both drugs and alcoholand, and being in such a, a bad
(05:58):
spot spiritually that , um, Iwas very distant from God until
I recommitted my life to Jesus.
That's when everything shifted.
And it didn't even happenovernight. I still went through
years of building and what Ibelieve , uh, pruning. So if
you've been in that season ofwaiting for years, keep
pressing in, keep movingforward for that first child.
Keep moving forward for thatrelationship or for that
(06:22):
restoration of family. And um,and God's gonna do it. I truly
believe it. That he's faithfuland his timing is perfect.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Yeah. And I think that when you try to do things
on your own accord, it's notgonna work the way that God
wants it to work. When we tryto force something that we
want, 'cause that's a desire ofour heart, but it's not in
God's will. Maybe it's not theright timing, the not the right
situation. It's going to lookugly every single time. And
(06:50):
you're gonna , you're not gonnabe happy when you get there
'cause you're trying to dosomething on your own when you
have to release that andsurrender it to say, God, I
want you to fulfill this inyour timing and your perfect
will. So I think that'ssomething that we're learning
every single day becausesometimes even Matt and I are
talking about like what we'redoing next, and it's like,
(07:11):
well, let's wait on the Lord.
What does he want us to donext? Because we, we have all
these ideas, but are they God'sideas or are they our ideas?
And you have to discern andcipher through and see what
really gives you peace becausethe decisions that you're
making, if it doesn't haveGod's peace behind it, it's
going to feel uncertain. And Ithink that that's something
(07:33):
that I've learned over time.
And you know, we were at asmall group yesterday that we
just joined. And I was justsaying the way that I talk now,
prior to, you know, 10 yearsago, Melissa, totally different
person. And that's why peopleeven now, even family members
are like, oh, you're sodifferent. You talk different,
you act different. And it'slike, mommy . Yeah, because I
(07:54):
have a relationship with mycreator. He has changed me. You
know, we are supposed to bebrand new. We're supposed to be
a new creation when we give ourlife to Christ. And , but I
wasn't always that way. I wasin a waiting season. And it
wasn't until I fullysurrendered my life to Christ
that that waiting seasonstarted, I started to see, okay
(08:15):
, that's Magnolia. Sorry guys.
This is real life. Um, so itwasn't until I fully
surrendered my life and Godstarted to line things up
because he was like, okay,you're finally ready because
you fully surrendered what Iwanted you to, for me to give
you these blessings. And it'snot this prosperity message of,
(08:37):
you know, when you do this,you're gonna get that. It's
more about he wants to have ourheart, he wants to have our
obedience, and he wants to knowthat we're fully sold out for
him. And 'cause he could doanything at any time. So we
just have to fully give it tohim and trust him without
hesitation and withoutreservations. And I think
(08:59):
that's a lot for people to dobecause it's like jumping out
of an airplane and you're notknowing if you're , if the
parachute's gonna come out. Butknowing the character of God
and being in the word andknowing who he is, you have a
freedom in that because youknow that he is good, you know,
that he is merciful and he doesgive good gifts to his
(09:20):
children. Doesn't mean thatthere's not discipline, there
doesn't mean there's notpruning, there's, you know,
there's sanctification. There'sall these things that he will
do just as you're as if you'reparent. You know, you have to
train up your child anddiscipline and do certain
things that are hurt, may hurtat the time, but you know that
they're gonna be better for itif they have the discipline and
(09:40):
they have the maturity , um, asthey're growing to just know
that certain choices are notright by how we're raising them
up. So I think that's the bestway I can explain it. But yeah,
Speaker 2 (09:54):
When you're waiting, I think it's important that you
have not only , um, endurance,right? But you also, you
continue to stay steadfast inprayer. And there's a flip side
to this, right? We're talkingabout all the ways that God's
blessed us, but at the sametoken, there are people out
there that are praying forloved ones to come back to God.
(10:18):
Right? There's, there's notjust the desires of what we
want for ourself , but we wantfor others, we want to see
other family members get savedand friends that don't
understand what it means tosacrifice and to , um,
surrender and, and even to, togive of self, right? So it's
important that as, as you'regoing through the process of
waiting on the Lord, look atthe fruit of, of prayers
(10:41):
answered, right? Whether youjournal, which is really a
great thing to do, I encourageyou to do it. And, and you've
documented things that havehappened in the past, but you
haven't journaled in a while .
Continue to journal and, andwrite and have that
conversation with God. And thenlook back at old timestamps,
old dates of when God showed upand answered prayer. And we've
talked about this in the pastwhere we've looked at old
(11:03):
prayer lists that we've had,where we've dated it, and we've
written down a list of thingsthat we wanted to pray for or
people needs. And we've seenthrough the years, these
prayers not only been answered,but supersede what the focus
was. Right? So, so someone waspraying for each of us before
we came to Jesus. And that'sjust a , a great reminder that
(11:28):
, um, yeah, it took a whilemaybe for, for us, right? And
people must have like , oh man,what are these people gonna get
their act together? You know,I'm speaking to myself now
mm-hmm . And ,and sometimes we can be easily
looking at people outside ofour circles saying like, oh
man, I can't believe the waythat they're, they're speaking.
I can't believe they're livingtheir life. And I think it's
just important for us toconstantly pray and , and pray
(11:52):
without ceasing that therewould be a breakthrough in our
loved one's lives and ourfriends and our coworkers to
have that same contentment andthat same joy and love and
peace that we have. So, so wejust thank you guys for
constantly pursuing God andpursuing all that he has for
you. And we're just praying andbelieving that as you continue
(12:14):
to draw closer to God, as youcontinue to build intimacy,
that there is going to be a , ameasurably more in all that he
has for you. And that theprayer list that you have, the
things that you're waiting onfor breakthrough, are going to
be answered in his timing andthat you're gonna have a great
testimony. So if you've alreadyhad that testimony, share it
with us. And we just hope thatyou guys find this as just
(12:35):
another nugget, anotherextension of God's grace and
mercy, and just anotherencouragement to continue to
run this race. We'll see youguys soon.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Hey guys, thanks so much for listening to The
Puzzle Is Real podcast . Pleasesubscribe today and share with
a friend . See you soon .
Welcome to the Puzzle is Real podcast where we
will be discussing faith,family, and Relationships
hosted by Matt and MelissaPisani. This is The Puzzle is
Real podcast when you know, youknow.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
All right , welcome back. We're excited today for
another conversation episodewith my lady, miss Jean ,
another
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Episode
Speaker 2 (00:24):
And mags on the same family relationship. Like ,
know Leah Joy. Alright , Ika ismy boy. Where's Mercy? They're
not here. Okay, so we are back.
This is parent life. I hopethis podcast is giving you the
excitement to conquer the dayand to do the things that God's
called you to do. We're afamily. We are . That's
(00:45):
Magnolia. That's Magnolia. Wehave a podcast called The
Puzzle is Real. That's whatyou're listening to right now
and I hope that you will giveus a , um, subscribe on the
podcasting world, whether it'sSpotify, iHeartRadio, apple,
iTunes, that's probably theeasiest. Mm-hmm
And , um, yeah, just share itwith your friends. Sharing
these is like ammo against theenemy schemes. I really believe
(01:08):
that when you share these,these are just more arrows in
the quiver perhaps, that youwould use them to combat
against the day to day . And webelieve that these are
opportunities for us to justtestify that God is good all
the time and all the time. Godis good. So understood. Here we
go.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
So we were just discussing prior to hitting
record about the waitingseason. And I know that there's
a lot of people out there thatare in that season, and I know
we've been there before andwe're still there because, you
know, you're still waiting forcertain things to unfold. Um,
but how are we surrendering itto God and saying, this is not
(01:49):
under my timing, it's underyour timing. Whether it's you
waiting for your child, whetherit's an opportunity at work,
whether it's a, to get married, um, to find your person. If
you're in that waiting season,where, how do we find
contentment during that seasonof waiting? Where are we
getting our joy from when weare anxious maybe or fearful?
(02:14):
And we know that these thingsare not of God, right? The
anxiousness, the fearfulness,the doubt. Um , we're human ,
so we have these thoughts, buthow are we filling our minds
with what God's word says? Andare we trusting him with our
full faith? Um , knowing thathis timing supersedes our
timing every single timebecause he sees the whole
(02:34):
picture. We only see what we'rewaiting for in that moment. But
he sees 5, 10, 20, 30 yearsfrom out and says, if this
doesn't happen at this time,then everything else is not
gonna lie. So
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah. So we've said this before, but I cannot say
it enough. Like we are gonnaalways testify to how God
brought us together. It's theonly reason we do this is
because we want people to knowof not only God's timing, but
his faithfulness. We were intoxic relationships before we
met each other. Mm-hmm
crazy lifestyles in differentways. And, and Melissa's might
(03:07):
not be crazy defined as mine iscrazy, but it wasn't glorifying
God. Mm-hmm
sometimes . Like , oh, wellyou're your testimony's wild
versus like someone that's justlived in sin but didn't have a
crazy story. And I think thatit's important that for those
of you listening, waiting foryour, your soulmate, your
significant other, and thosethat are waiting on something
(03:29):
really important in their life,regardless of what it is that
you give it to God , when westopped trying to look for our
person and we looked towardsthe cross towards who Jesus is
and who God has reminded us of, of how he provides and , and
who he is as our savior, andalso as our father and as our,
our loving and heavenly Abba .
(03:52):
Right. Abba . And , and evenjust the idea that there is
this relationship not religionthat he wants with us. When we
ruin our relationship withChrist by the power of the Holy
Spirit, it allowed us to havepatience. It allowed us to have
the fruit that only God canprovide. And we met each other
(04:13):
on a blind date through afriend, through a mutual
friend, our hairdresser. Andthat opened up the doorway to
breakthrough and prayersanswered instantaneously. And
what I mean by that is we notonly got married very quickly.
Right. Within six months, aboutsix months. Yeah. We were
(04:34):
engaged within four weeks.
Mm-hmm
Mm-hmm
marriage with three childrenand just an amazing calling on
our life that we've beenpursuing. And I say that
humbly, but I'm just thankful.
So what does it mean to waitand what does it mean to
surrender to God? And and whatare the things that are
(04:55):
stopping you from having thatbreakthrough of what you're
waiting on? Sometimes it'spractical things like you're
not being a good steward ofyour finances or you're not
being a good steward of yourtime. Sometimes it's more
intense than that and it'ssomething that needs to break
spiritually in your life. Itcould be even , uh, lifestyle
(05:16):
choices that lead you tocontinue to be in the waiting
room. But whatever that reasonis, God has the answer and the
solution as you continue toseek him. The the season can be
long, right? Some people getmarried in their twenties. Some
people get their job promotionin their twenties. Some people
find their, their vocation ortheir calling right out of high
(05:38):
school or the family business.
Some of us we're late bloomers,as I like to call it . And ,
and I always remind people ofpart of my testimony where I
lived in my parents' basementwith a significant amount of
debt, with no hope in sight, inan addiction that was mastering
me with both drugs and alcoholand, and being in such a, a bad
(05:58):
spot spiritually that , um, Iwas very distant from God until
I recommitted my life to Jesus.
That's when everything shifted.
And it didn't even happenovernight. I still went through
years of building and what Ibelieve , uh, pruning. So if
you've been in that season ofwaiting for years, keep
pressing in, keep movingforward for that first child.
Keep moving forward for thatrelationship or for that
(06:22):
restoration of family. And um,and God's gonna do it. I truly
believe it. That he's faithfuland his timing is perfect.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Yeah. And I think that when you try to do things
on your own accord, it's notgonna work the way that God
wants it to work. When we tryto force something that we
want, 'cause that's a desire ofour heart, but it's not in
God's will. Maybe it's not theright timing, the not the right
situation. It's going to lookugly every single time. And
(06:50):
you're gonna , you're not gonnabe happy when you get there
'cause you're trying to dosomething on your own when you
have to release that andsurrender it to say, God, I
want you to fulfill this inyour timing and your perfect
will. So I think that'ssomething that we're learning
every single day becausesometimes even Matt and I are
talking about like what we'redoing next, and it's like,
(07:11):
well, let's wait on the Lord.
What does he want us to donext? Because we, we have all
these ideas, but are they God'sideas or are they our ideas?
And you have to discern andcipher through and see what
really gives you peace becausethe decisions that you're
making, if it doesn't haveGod's peace behind it, it's
going to feel uncertain. And Ithink that that's something
(07:33):
that I've learned over time.
And you know, we were at asmall group yesterday that we
just joined. And I was justsaying the way that I talk now,
prior to, you know, 10 yearsago, Melissa, totally different
person. And that's why peopleeven now, even family members
are like, oh, you're sodifferent. You talk different,
you act different. And it'slike, mommy . Yeah, because I
(07:54):
have a relationship with mycreator. He has changed me. You
know, we are supposed to bebrand new. We're supposed to be
a new creation when we give ourlife to Christ. And , but I
wasn't always that way. I wasin a waiting season. And it
wasn't until I fullysurrendered my life to Christ
that that waiting seasonstarted, I started to see, okay
(08:15):
, that's Magnolia. Sorry guys.
This is real life. Um, so itwasn't until I fully
surrendered my life and Godstarted to line things up
because he was like, okay,you're finally ready because
you fully surrendered what Iwanted you to, for me to give
you these blessings. And it'snot this prosperity message of,
(08:37):
you know, when you do this,you're gonna get that. It's
more about he wants to have ourheart, he wants to have our
obedience, and he wants to knowthat we're fully sold out for
him. And 'cause he could doanything at any time. So we
just have to fully give it tohim and trust him without
hesitation and withoutreservations. And I think
(08:59):
that's a lot for people to dobecause it's like jumping out
of an airplane and you're notknowing if you're , if the
parachute's gonna come out. Butknowing the character of God
and being in the word andknowing who he is, you have a
freedom in that because youknow that he is good, you know,
that he is merciful and he doesgive good gifts to his
(09:20):
children. Doesn't mean thatthere's not discipline, there
doesn't mean there's notpruning, there's, you know,
there's sanctification. There'sall these things that he will
do just as you're as if you'reparent. You know, you have to
train up your child anddiscipline and do certain
things that are hurt, may hurtat the time, but you know that
they're gonna be better for itif they have the discipline and
(09:40):
they have the maturity , um, asthey're growing to just know
that certain choices are notright by how we're raising them
up. So I think that's the bestway I can explain it. But yeah,
Speaker 2 (09:54):
When you're waiting, I think it's important that you
have not only , um, endurance,right? But you also, you
continue to stay steadfast inprayer. And there's a flip side
to this, right? We're talkingabout all the ways that God's
blessed us, but at the sametoken, there are people out
there that are praying forloved ones to come back to God.
(10:18):
Right? There's, there's notjust the desires of what we
want for ourself , but we wantfor others, we want to see
other family members get savedand friends that don't
understand what it means tosacrifice and to , um,
surrender and, and even to, togive of self, right? So it's
important that as, as you'regoing through the process of
waiting on the Lord, look atthe fruit of, of prayers
(10:41):
answered, right? Whether youjournal, which is really a
great thing to do, I encourageyou to do it. And, and you've
documented things that havehappened in the past, but you
haven't journaled in a while .
Continue to journal and, andwrite and have that
conversation with God. And thenlook back at old timestamps,
old dates of when God showed upand answered prayer. And we've
talked about this in the pastwhere we've looked at old
(11:03):
prayer lists that we've had,where we've dated it, and we've
written down a list of thingsthat we wanted to pray for or
people needs. And we've seenthrough the years, these
prayers not only been answered,but supersede what the focus
was. Right? So, so someone waspraying for each of us before
we came to Jesus. And that'sjust a , a great reminder that
(11:28):
, um, yeah, it took a whilemaybe for, for us, right? And
people must have like , oh man,what are these people gonna get
their act together? You know,I'm speaking to myself now
mm-hmm
looking at people outside ofour circles saying like, oh
man, I can't believe the waythat they're, they're speaking.
I can't believe they're livingtheir life. And I think it's
just important for us toconstantly pray and , and pray
(11:52):
without ceasing that therewould be a breakthrough in our
loved one's lives and ourfriends and our coworkers to
have that same contentment andthat same joy and love and
peace that we have. So, so wejust thank you guys for
constantly pursuing God andpursuing all that he has for
you. And we're just praying andbelieving that as you continue
(12:14):
to draw closer to God, as youcontinue to build intimacy,
that there is going to be a , ameasurably more in all that he
has for you. And that theprayer list that you have, the
things that you're waiting onfor breakthrough, are going to
be answered in his timing andthat you're gonna have a great
testimony. So if you've alreadyhad that testimony, share it
with us. And we just hope thatyou guys find this as just
(12:35):
another nugget, anotherextension of God's grace and
mercy, and just anotherencouragement to continue to
run this race. We'll see youguys soon.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Hey guys, thanks so much for listening to The
Puzzle Is Real podcast . Pleasesubscribe today and share with
a friend . See you soon .
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