Why is it that it is so hard for us to wait? I don’t like to wait. When I want something, I want it now, and
more often than not, it just isn’t God’s plan.
I have been waiting on many things, for a very long
time. Frustration sometimes clouds my
vision.
I remember when I was young and seriously ill following the
birth of our first child, Beth. I cried
out for God and at the same time reached
for my Bible which was lying open on my bedside table. Did God have something there to help
me? Oh,
God please help me.
I turned the page and read, “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage and He shall strengthen your
heart. Wait I say on the Lord.” (Psalm 17:14 KJV) I
turned the pages, “They that wait upon
the Lord shall renew their strength.” (Isaiah
40:31 KJV)
Sometimes waiting is like looking at the fruit of a walnut
tree. The outer rind is bitter and as it
weathers into the ground, it can become ugly.
Waiting is like that, too--from the outside, there's nothing beautiful or Good about it.
Yet inside, the walnut kernel is refreshing and
strengthening. “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall
walk and not faint.”
God bless you dear ones, as you wait.
(About the photo. This was taken by Beth's friend Catherine Mitchell. this picture is of a Mama Eagle teaching her baby how to fly.)
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