You’re Not Too Late | Grace for the Gaps

If you're feeling behind right now—if your Bible is closed more than open, if the tabs on your reading plan feel like quiet reminders that you’re not “doing it right,” if you’re watching others highlight and post and engage while you sit in silence, unsure how to reenter—I want to offer you this without pressure: you are not behind. You are human. And the invitation of the Well Read Bible Project was never about staying perfectly on pace. It was about staying near to the God who remembers us, even when we’ve lost track of ourselves.

In Genesis 8, Noah doesn’t rush out the moment the floodwaters recede. He waits. He tests the ground. He breathes in the stillness and honors the unknown. And God meets him in that waiting—not with impatience, but with covenant. There’s no demand to build faster or prove anything. The safety and reentry are slow. Sacred. Covered in grace.

That same grace covers you.

God is not disappointed in your inability to keep up. He is not keeping score. He is not waiting on the other side of your consistency. He is present, right here, in the pause. In the hesitation. In the part of you that wants to want Him again but doesn't know where to begin. That longing alone is enough to turn back.

Proverbs 3 reminds us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding. That includes understanding why we struggle to stay engaged, why we lose focus, why life crowds out what we had hoped to do. Trust doesn’t begin in achievement. It begins in surrender. When we lay down the pressure to perform and simply ask for wisdom to return, God answers with gentleness, not guilt.

Psalm 16 says, “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.” That includes this exact moment. This breath. This choice to begin again—not because you feel ready, but because God is always ready to meet you. The boundary is not a punishment. It’s an invitation. It says, “This is where you are. And I am with you here.”

If the reading plan feels like pressure, pause it. If the pace feels overwhelming, slow it down. You can’t fall behind in something rooted in grace. You haven’t failed. You are still deeply welcome here. You are not forgotten, and you are not too late.

So come back—not to a checklist, but to the presence of the Lord. Let one verse hold you. Let one whispered prayer reopen the conversation. Let this be the week you learn, not how to “catch up,” but how to receive again.

This is not about perfection. It never was. It’s about being formed. It’s about being seen, known, and loved—right in the middle of real life. The kind with distractions and heartache and messy days and slow mornings.

You are not disqualified. You are not behind. You are still invited.

And we’ll walk together from here.