@brentkingdom: This is for anyone walking through a rise no one understands yet. The most powerful thing you can do is stop waiting for permission to feel proud. Don’t delay celebration until others approve, because God already does. The crowd may be silent while you build, but that silence is your refinement. Ascension isn’t about followers, it’s about faith in the Holy Spirit. It’s clapping for yourself when no one sees what it took to keep going. God saw every moment you chose faith over fear, and that’s where your true applause began.