The Beauty of the In-Between

The Beauty of the In-Between: Design, Life, and the God Who Works in the Waiting

There’s a phase in every interior design project that rarely makes it into the Instagram carousel. It’s not the sparkling reveal—the “after” shot with perfect lighting and a styled throw blanket. It’s not even the demolition, where change feels thrilling and dramatic. It’s the in-between.

The plans are drawn, but the walls aren’t built.

The inspiration is real, but the room is still bare.

Things are torn apart, but not yet put back together.

This phase—the not-quite-before and not-yet-after—is easy to overlook or rush through. But it is sacred.

Design doesn’t happen in one leap—it happens in phases.

Inspiration. Planning. Demo. Rebuilding. Refining. Revealing.

And life works the same way.

We love the transformations. We celebrate the finished work. But so much of God’s beauty is revealed in the stages in between—when we’re stripped down, reimagining, waiting, praying, trusting, becoming.

Sometimes the “after” hasn’t arrived yet, and that’s okay.

In the in-between, God is still working.

In the unfinished places, He’s still shaping.

In the waiting, there is purpose.

And in the journey, there is beauty we don’t always see in the moment.

Just like a renovation, life often gets messy before it becomes meaningful. But the dust doesn’t mean God is absent. It means He’s building.

The stage you’re in today—whether it’s clear, confusing, or unfinished—is not wasted. This is where foundations get strengthened, character gets formed, and new vision begins to take shape. God can use this phase just as powerfully as the outcome, because He cares about the process just as much as the destination.

So, if you’re in the middle of your renovation—whether in your home or your heart—pause long enough to recognize the beauty of becoming.

Look around.

Breathe it in.

Thank God for the stage you’re in—even if it’s not “done.”

Because someday, the story will make sense. The pieces will come together. The design will reveal itself. But right now, this moment matters too.

There is beauty in the in-between.

In design.

In life.

And in the hands of a God who does some of His best work before we ever see the results.