God Wants You To Hear This About October

As we face the last days of September, poet Rebecca Simon has a message for us.

I hope October feels like a fresh start for you—that God meets you in the little moments and reminds you He hasn’t forgotten you. I hope this month brings clarity where you’ve been confused, peace where you’ve felt restless, and a quiet joy that reminds you that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

October arrives with a different kind of rhythm. The air shifts. The light softens. The world itself seems to whisper that change is possible—that endings and beginnings often come wrapped in the same season. And maybe that’s what makes this month so sacred: it reminds us nothing has to stay the way it has been.

If you’ve been carrying heaviness from the months before, let this be your invitation to set some of it down. You don’t have to solve everything at once. You don’t need to know exactly how the rest of the year will unfold. Clarity doesn’t always come like lightning—it often comes slowly, like leaves turning one by one. Peace doesn’t always rush in—it settles gently, teaching you to trust the timing of things, to breathe into the unknown, to believe that what feels hidden will one day be revealed.

October teaches patience. It reminds us that transformation is quiet before it is visible, that roots deepen long before blossoms appear. Just because you cannot yet see the change doesn’t mean God is not already working it into your life.

This month, give yourself permission to rest. To breathe. To notice small joys without rushing past them. The world will always tell you to move faster, to keep proving yourself—but your soul needs stillness. Rest is not wasted time. Rest is where you remember who you are and Whose you are.

And as you rest, trust that God is still moving. Trust that He knows what you’ve been waiting for, what you’ve been praying for, what you’ve been aching to understand. Even now, He is preparing the pieces that will bring light where there has been shadow, direction where there has been uncertainty, renewal where there has been weariness.

So walk into October with hope. Believe the last stretch of this year can hold as much beauty, as much surprise, as any beginning. Believe that God is not finished writing your story. Believe that clarity is coming—maybe slowly, maybe suddenly, but surely. And let that belief steady you as you step into this new month.