09/11/2026
I am 10 days late announcing these giveaway winners. 🤎
And honestly, I have wrestled with that.
I had a plan. September 1 was circled on my calendar. I wanted to show up well for this little business the Lord has entrusted to me. But I did not.
At first, I felt like I had failed you. I felt unproductive. I even wondered if being this late felt like false advertising.
But over the past few weeks, the Lord has really been working on my heart about interruptions, delays, distractions, and surrender.
Sometimes we make our plans and forget to include the Lord in them. And sometimes we do include Him, but He allows the plan to be interrupted anyway.
Not because we have failed. Not because He is not working. But because sometimes the delay is exactly where He grows our faith.
“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” Proverbs 16:9
This past week, instead of doing what I had planned for Acts of Loaves, I ended up substituting at my children’s school all week. I felt like my attention had been diverted. I felt behind and unproductive.
But God was doing something I could not see.
This week opened doors for deeper conversations and closer connections with people. People I have been praying for. Relationships I have been asking the Lord to cultivate.
What felt like a distraction from my purpose became an opportunity to walk directly into it.
And that really stopped me.
Because Acts of Loaves was never meant to just be about bread.
The bread is something I get to make with my hands, but Jesus is the reason I want to make it.
I am learning that a delay does not automatically mean disobedience. An interruption does not automatically mean distraction. And feeling behind does not mean God is behind.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
So I am choosing to believe these last few weeks were not wasted. Maybe the Lord was doing something in me, through me, or preparing conversations I will never hear and opening doors I will never know were opened.
Maybe what I thought was putting Acts of Loaves behind was actually God reminding me what it is supposed to point toward in the first place: Jesus. Community. People. Faithfulness. Surrender.
Which brings me to something I should have done 10 days ago…
🎉 OUR GIVEAWAY WINNERS! 🎉
I originally planned two winners, and still chose them. But because the Lord has been reminding me that sometimes His delays make room for something better than what we originally planned, I decided to add ONE MORE surprise winner.
So we have THREE WINNERS! 🤎
I recorded the winner selection so you can watch it happen!
Thank you to everyone who entered, shared, encouraged, ordered, prayed, or simply followed along. You have helped make Acts of Loaves so much more than a little baking business.
If something feels delayed, do not assume it is wasted. If you feel behind, remember that God is never behind.
Sometimes the thing we are asking God to hurry through is the very place where He is asking us to slow down and trust Him.
The delay was not wasted.
The waiting was not wasted.
And I am learning that surrender is never wasted. 🤎
