How to Hope Without Breaking Your Own Heart | Looking Into 2026

Starting the year with hope… but what happens when the thing you’ve prayed for never comes? 

In this episode, Rita unpacks expectation, disappointment, obedience, and the moment her therapist used a water bottle to show her she’d been so focused on “the promise” that she missed everything around her. 

What does it mean to carry God’s presence while you wait? And what if waiting is shaping you more than arrival ever could?

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