If Not : Making Peace With God's Timing: Faith, Femininity, and the Power of Waiting Without Wavering
Overview
What do you do when the dream you prayed for hasn't happened yet?
And what if it never does?
In If Not: Making Peace With God's Timing, Jasmine S. Styles offers a raw, faith-rooted, and deeply personal reflection on waiting-without wavering, without bitterness, and without losing yourself along the way.
This is not a book about settling.
It is not a book about desperation.
And it is certainly not a book about waiting passively.
Through scripture, testimony, conviction, and clarity, Styles walks readers through the tension between desire and surrender-between wanting marriage, motherhood, and partnership, and learning to trust God fully when His timing does not match our own. With honesty and spiritual maturity, she challenges the cultural lie that wholeness comes from relationships, while also affirming that the desire for marriage is holy, biblical, and worth honoring.
This book explores:
What it means to be single on purpose, not by force
The difference between preferences, non-negotiables, and boundaries
Why faith feels different when grief, disappointment, and unanswered prayers enter the picture
How to walk in identity and authority without competing with men or compromising God's order
Why marriage is spiritual, not survival-based
How to make peace with "if not"-without giving up on "one day"
Written for those who love God deeply but have wrestled quietly with questions they were afraid to ask, If Not speaks to women and men navigating singleness, dating, faith, leadership, and waiting in a world that rushes everything.
This book is for the reader who is:
Fighting for their life spiritually while trying to do things God's way
Tired of being told they're "too much" or "too independent"
Unwilling to settle, but determined not to grow bitter
Learning how to trust God fully-even when the promise feels delayed
If Not is an invitation to mature faith, grounded femininity, and unwavering trust in God's sovereignty-no matter the outcome.
Because whether it happens or not,
God is still good
And you are still whole.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798246227947
- ISBN-10: 9798246227947
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: February 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.43 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.69 pounds
- Page Count: 164
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