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The Power of Yet
- Gina Kluge, BA, CCLC
- 11 minutes ago
- 1 min read
When my son was a teenager, learning to drive and attempting to master the dreaded parallel parking skill, he would say, “Mom, it’s too hard! I’m not good at this! I can’t do it!”
And do you know what I would tell him? “You don’t know how to perfectly parallel park – YET.”
Yet is my favorite word. So much freedom in that tiny word.
“Yet” normalizes learning and struggle. It acknowledges that mastery takes time. It gives you permission to be a beginner, removing the pressure of perfectionism and not having everything figured out right away.
“Yet” is the magic word your brain needs to hear to shift from a dead end to a bridge. When you say, "I can't do this," your brain registers a permanent wall. Adding "yet" transforms a perceived limitation into an ongoing process, instantly creating room for growth.
When Jesus looks at you and I, His children, he sees YET. We are saved, but while we are still on earth we are being transformed to be more like Him. "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." — Philippians 1:6
In short, "yet" is one of the most powerful and liberating words in the English language. And just like my son who passed his driver’s test with flying colors, God will finish the work He started in you and I, and in your teenager.
