Give Thanks in Waiting

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Isaiah 40:27-31, Luke 2:25-38, Romans 8:18-28

There is nothing I’ve waited for longer than a peace-filled family—not a perfect family but a family that loves through the disagreements, hardships, and tragedies as well as the celebrations and triumphs. Healthy conflict resolution has been a very unfamiliar thing to me and my brothers, and as adults we’re only recently starting to learn what that looks like. And we’re fumbling our way toward it.

Recently, our family had to face a significant transition in my parents’ lives, and it was met with resistance. As someone who has been praying over this particular situation, I was beyond discouraged and felt like a failure for not being able to change our family dynamics. 

However, God kindly showed me what has changed in the middle of things that feel unchanging: We three siblings have become united in showing compassion to one another through what is sensitive and difficult. We are determined to be there for each other, and this realization has been more than enough when the circumstances are frustrating. 

I’m reminded of Anna, who after the death of her husband lived eighty-four years as a prophetess and worshiped God faithfully (Luke 2:36–38). She reminds me of how He surely renews us, giving us His presence in what is disappointing and broken. Whatever gaps I feel in relationships now, I can see how God has re-parented me and fulfilled those needs. God has worked, and here I am with my brothers, resting my heart with the perfect heavenly Father as we wait.

Moreover, He waits with us, carrying us in the mess. I think of Simeon, who waited faithfully for the promised Messiah. He kept showing up and was then able to recognize God’s plan for the world when Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple (vv.25–35). While I don’t know what the outcome of our family talks will be, as I wait, He reminds me that He has always been with me, stretching and softening me to become more like Jesus. 

In our lives, we practice waiting for Christ as we forgive and worship God. I give thanks to the Father, the one who continues to work in and through us as we wait.

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  1. Lynn Hawk says:

    Waiting is rarely fun – lots of emotions run full force in those times. Anxiety, nervousness, restlessness, irritation. It can be waiting at the gas pump for someone to finish, waiting in line at checkout, waiting for a test result, waiting to hear about a job, waiting for a baby to be born. Whatever it is, I want to stay looking at the wait as Simeon or Anna did – wait expectantly with God there with me instead of on my own with my human thoughts clouding my perspective.

  2. Kim Dishner says:

    I like the words, “…He has always been with me, stretching and softening me to become more like Jesus.”

  3. SusieMarie Howe says:

    I will wait patiently for the Lord.

  4. K O says:

    I’m in such a long season of waiting. Ive prayed for my husband for years and years, and still I am here single. I meet men occasionally who have potential, yet are never quite ready. To be honest, it’s immensely rough. I am so tempted to just go my own course and be done with the waiting, but I know that isn’t the answer. The hardest thing for me in the waiting is how can THIS be the best for me? Thus questioning his goodness, which oh do I do. He is good to others, but me, I’m not too sure about.
    I would so appreciate prayers about this.

  5. Michaela Hawkins says:

    All thing work together for the good of those who love God

  6. Jessica Thomas says:

    This first piece of scripture in Isaiah 40 v28 hit me like a sledgehammer this morning. I opened my bible and wham, there it is. The word I needed today as the sun streams through my window and I am hit with the full strength of ‘those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength’. Let me soar Lord Jesus, I pass my worries to you and enjoy basking in your everlasting love for me.

  7. EO says:

    Beautiful and encouraging! What I needed to read this morning

  8. Ada McCloud says:

    The Lord is with us, with me, in the waiting.
    I need to this!

  9. Christy Moye says:

    ♥️

  10. Teresa Donley says:

    As I started to write the prayer, thanking God that He is in the waiting, the Holy Spirit led me in a different direction. I confessed to God two times in my life when I got tired in the waiting and moved ahead of Him. Both times, major problems occurred that could have been avoided if I had just been patient and waited for God. I’m in a time of waiting now – waiting on test results that I won’t know until January. Amazingly, I’m not letting it bother me very much. I pray that God continues to give me peace in the waiting, knowing that He is with me, and that He will be with me whatever the results of the tests. And I thank Him for forgiving me for the times I got ahead of Him.

    All of your comments today about how God has worked, and is working now, in a season of waiting have uplifted me, and shown me how God works in the waiting. My heart is with each prayer request, and you are in my prayers.

  11. Alayna P. says:

    ❤️

  12. Lakechia Smith says:

    “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28❤️

  13. Cee Gee says:

    ERB – ❤ So good to see you, sister!

  14. Jennifer Anapol says:

    I always feel like I am waiting for something. Waiting for my girls to sleep through the night, waiting to feel fully content in my skin, and waiting to be a better version of myself. I pray that I would know and trust that God is there in the waiting.

    1. Megan Weyandt says:

      I love this, very well said ♥️

  15. Kimberly Z says:

    @RHONDA J – as I read the title of today’s devotional I thought about the same song. I’m pretty sure you suggested I listen to it a year ago. And now it’s one of go to songs. @MANDY FERRGIA – I completely understand that feeling of waiting but also having a feeling you’re right where you’re supposed to be. God has everything in control and it’s a great feeling when that understanding is gratitude and not pain. I have felt ALOT of pain as I wait to become a wife and hopefully a mother one day but I know each step is part of Gods plan. Praying for you ALL today. Thank you all for the prayers for my sister. She hasn’t moved yet but says she’s still going to but is trying to keep the peace as he said she has to pick between him and her family. Such a sad thing. @MERCY – praying for your aunt and her family. That all is such a heavy and hard thing to go through. Praying even though she might not believe that she feels the spirit.

  16. Kris says:

    Yes, we all hate waiting….but I like what GRAMSIESUE said, God is in the waiting. He is waiting there with us. It makes it feel less burdensome when someone waits with you, doesn’t it. Ever wait in a waiting room at the hospital, or waiting in an airport by yourself? nothing like it. But waiting WITH someone is so much better. Someone to talk to, someone to sit beside, someone to hold your seat if you have to go somewhere….. waiting WITH GOD is so comforting. Something I’ve found helpful while waiting (when something is taking a long time), is waiting (like a server) on God. Getting busy with doing something for others, serving God in some capacity make “waiting” so much better. Like Simoen did, he didn’t just find a chair and stare out the window while waiting for the Messiah. He served until he got his answer. That’s the posture I want to have.

    1. Misty Randolph says:

      ❤️

  17. Emily MacLaren says:

    Thanks, Minnie. I can really relate and your words confirmed what the Father has been teaching me. Thanks ♥️

  18. ERB says:

    CEE GEE -I listened to the song you mentioned. SO good!! Thank you!!

  19. Munchkin says:

    I’m in a time of waiting right now. I’ve never been good at not knowing how something ends. Even when I read a book, I often take a peak at the ending to make sure everything turns out alright. As I went through the bible passages today and wrote a prayer on waiting, God showed me that He does reveal the end. I know that in the end, everything will work out for those that love Him and He can take what the enemy meant for evil and turn it for good. It does not mean that I will never have hardships or that the situation I’m waiting on will turn out the way I want it to. It means God has my back. I teach kids about writing and one of the main things we talk about is a thesis which tells the the reader where the paper will take them. God has provided the ultimate thesis statement. He is with us in the waiting and He will be there when it is over, no matter the outcome.

  20. Allison Bentley says:

    When I first became a believer I attended a women’s conference where a woman (who did not even attend the church might I add) felt the calling to stand up and sing Isaiah 40:31. She had the most beautiful voice I had ever heard and I was deeply moved by it (so much I purchased a shirt with the verse on it at the conference and now some 20 + years later I STILL sing this verse out loud. I had no idea that God would change me as he has but I am so grateful for those early moments and the moments yet to come. “… but hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? “ What a beautiful reminder today- can’t wait to look back on this moment and reveal in the beauty of what God has placed before me! He is always working to renew and restore me- thank you God for this revelation and for these women who share Your good works in our lives daily. Happy Thursday She’s

  21. Mercy says:

    The Lord shall renew our strength when we wait on Him. I remember the image of a waiter demonstrated about this verse in a bible teaching. As the waiter waits on sitting guests, we wait on God’s needs. It’s the posture of servitude and humility. He shall give us strength as He promises. “The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all” (Ecclesiastes 9:11). It’s not the strongest, the smartest or the swiftest that make it, but it’s God who gives grace, strength, wisdom, power, knowledge for success to His waiters. This is a powerful statement and truth.
    @MINNIE LEE: prayers for continual strength, unity and love for your family dynamics. Your devotion touched me and thank you for sharing your ordeal.
    @MICHELLE PATIRE: may you be the Ezra for rebuilding the foundations of faith. I love the mission statement. Our God is wonderful.
    @HEIDI: class presentation, healing, sweet Kin and her school.
    @COLLEEN DEVEAU: your dad’s fall and his recovery.
    @TRACI: for Skye’s parents, and family and friends. So sorry.
    @KIMBERLY Z: your sister’s decision.
    @LEXI B: so glad to see you and your update. I was thinking about you and your family. Bless you dear friend!
    @SEARCHING: have you found your item? Hope your friend’s daughter is out of critical condition.

    ***prayer request***
    If you can please pray for my aunt’s family, my uncle passed away yesterday from cancer. He was in coma state and the hospital returned him home. The family was devastated. It was quick, just within a few months time. My aunt also lost one of her sons to leukemia last year. There is a generational pattern of cancer and premature death in the bloodline of her husband -that has claimed life in the family one after another. They are not believers, and are ancestor worshippers. The grandparents on his side also died young of cancer. It is a dangerous thing. May you pray for strength, peace for my aunt, her mind, and the other 3 sons & families to be protected from cancer & death, and for salvation under Jesus’ Blood to come. This Xmas would be so difficult in the empty house, since her son and her husband lived with her, and they both passed within a year span. Thank you so much shes.
    May God bless you greatly!

  22. GramsieSue says:

    Waiting…
    Yes don’t we all just hate the waiting.
    But I have found that that is right where God is.
    In the waiting.
    Waiting for answers. Yes He’s here.
    Waiting for healing. Yes, here too.
    Waiting on test results. Yep! Right here!
    So maybe I shouldn’t hate the wait, but embrace it!
    Rejoice in it!
    Lean into God more in it!
    Prayers for all you ladies this morning. ❤️

  23. Cee Gee says:

    MISSY CSONKA – Like you I spent my growing up years doing everything as perfectly as possible in order to keep the peace. I am old enough to be your mother and I am still working through some of those scars. Praying for your healing and that you can use your experience to encourage others.

    RHONDA J – typo in earlier comment. 20+ (not 29!) ☺

  24. Holly Amjad says:

    Beautifully said Minnie Lee. I’m going to share that first paragraph with my brothers as it is exactly how I feel about them. We had it rough with our father who loved us but also loved to rage. We lost him in March but not before God helped him accept Jesus in the early summer of 2022 and brought him to a place were he could easily tell us he loved us and was proud of us, things we knew but had never heard him say out loud.

    I’m praying for your family as I understand the difficult road when we children are tasked with stepping in and helping our parents in their great need. I love that first paragraph you wrote because it is exactly what we did. We each came through with our strength and supported each other when one or the other of us hit a wall. Watching my Dad get weaker and knowing how it would end was the most awful thing but at the same time it was beautiful watching our family come together and support him and each other. So much love, it overflowed all around us. This season is tougher so far than I thought it would be but having my family as my safety net and me being there for them is everything, especially because I can feel God’s presence throughout all of it.

    Thank you Minnie Lee for sharing and thank You Father for everything.

  25. Cee Gee says:

    So much truth and wisdom in your comments! Thank you, KRISTINE LOUGHMAN for the reminder that God’s Words are timeless! So are His promises! ❤

    SEARCHING – Like you, I don’t have lots of trendy decor, but what I do have is a sign with Psalm 46:10 (Be Still and Know that I am God), a little trinket with Proverbs 3:5-6 (Trust in the LORD with all your heart…), and a wood burned copy of Amazing Grace. All great words to live by and find comfort in! ❤

    I love this song and hope you all have a moment to listen to it.
    While I Wait by Lincoln Brewster:

    Deep within my heart, I know You’ve won
    I know You’ve overcome
    And even in the dark, when I’m undone
    I still believe it
    I live by faith, and not by sight
    Sometimes miracles take time
    While I wait, I will worship
    Lord, I’ll worship Your name
    While I wait, I will trust You
    Lord, I’ll trust You all the same
    When I fall apart, You are my strength
    Help me not forget
    Seeing every scar, You make me whole
    You’re my healer
    I live by faith, and not by sight
    Sometimes miracles take time
    I live by faith, and not by sight
    Sometimes miracles take time
    While I wait, I will worship
    Lord, I’ll worship Your name
    While I wait, I will trust You
    Lord, I’ll trust You all the same
    You’re faithful every day
    Your promises remain
    You’re faithful every day
    Your promises remain
    You’re faithful every day
    Your promises remain
    You’re faithful every day
    Your promises remain
    Though I don’t understand it
    I will worship with my pain
    You are God, You are worthy
    You are with me all the way
    So while I wait, I will worship
    Lord, I’ll worship Your name
    Though I don’t have all the answers
    Still I trust You all the same.

    Another good ‘waiting’ song is While I’m Waiting by John Waller.

    Praying for each of you as you wait and praying for your presentation this afternoon HEIDI and in the next hours if work towards that goal!

    RHONDA J – Minnie Lee has suffered from chronic pain for 29+ years! I bet y’all could have quite a talk! ❤

  26. Heidi says:

    Reminder my kids recently as they started seeing a few bare trees appearing after a storm blew so many leaves off… my son said “it’s sad when the trees die…” and unloved to encourage him with the truth- no! They’re resting! They’re taking a break and getting so ready for spring when they are dressed to bring so much to the earth! Waiting is resting in what He’s already done and preparing for what He has next. He’s good in waiting and accessible in waiting – yay for that!!!

    Presentations have started… mine is this afternoon maybe around 3 or 4 eastern time. Started running a fever yesterday and fatigued sore throat- all of it. But I’m here in class, awaiting my turn and feeling better… thank you for he prayers!!!! Keep them coming please!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  27. Colleen DeVeau says:

    @PEGGY PAPPAS: God is so good! I’m praying for both situations with you.
    @KRISTINE LOUGHMAN: Thank you for helping put things into perspective. God reigns above it all!
    @TARYN BARLOW: Great visual! Thank you.

  28. Rhonda J. says:

    That is so good Laura! That indeed, in the wait, can be such a glorious testimony to others! People are watching us, and it’s in our struggles that we represent our faith the most! All of the comments today are such a blessing! Waiting is a struggle. Feeling powerless, helpless, and down-trodden, that’s when we can lean on the Lord the most, and He cares for us, as we would care for our own children. We can see how that works, when our children/grands want something so bad, and we can see more than they can, and know that there is something better ahead for them. God gives us the strength in the wait, the faith that YOU have not forgotten us! You are all knowing, sovereign, and care for your children! Help us to remember that and when we don’t know how to pray, the Holy Spirit will pray for us.

    There is a great song by Elevation Worship called “Wait on the Lord!” It’s so good!

  29. Laura Dianne says:

    I was recently lamenting to God about this long season of waiting for my prodigal daughter to return to us. I told God, why is this taking so long? Don’t You want her to know You and fully follow after You? I don’t understand why this is taking so long? (I was feeling very bold…) What came to my mind at that moment was, “Do you trust me?” Yes, Lord, I trust You. So trust that my timing is perfect…

    Since our daughter left our family, we have shared our story with countless other families going through the same thing.
    Since our daughter left our family, we have stood strong with our own family on God’s truth and what the Bible says about this situation.
    Since our daughter left our family, our son has also gone through his own faith journey and is wrestling with Biblical truth and Worldly truth.

    So who am I to dictate timing. God knows the perfect time for our prodigal to come home. And although we can only see our own pain and suffering, our own wants and desires for reconciliation, we don’t know who else will be ministered to when she does return. I trust in the Lord and He renews my strength…

  30. Michelle Patire says:

    Lord Jesus, help us to hold onto Your words in our circumstances that tell us to forget them.

    ❤️

    The Lord be near to each of you, today. We wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus who will wipe away every tear from our eyes. We will put on immortality, as it says in 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 – we will be made like Him. “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

    This is the center of all our waiting. This is what our faith hinges upon… That Jesus died for us and we will rise with Him on the last day, as we already have His indwelling Holy Spirit as a seal. We already spiritually are seated and raised up with Christ, we wait for the redemption and revelation of all these promises to become manifest to our sight and to all of creation. Lord, let us hold fast and stand firm in Your promises.

  31. Mari V says:

    Stretching me… I’m sure most of us here have felt stretched beyond our ability. I know I have for sure. But God… Our precious Father God, Our precious Jesus gives us the strength to keep moving forward. I can’t, and I won’t do you life without my Jesus. He IS my strength. This morning I camp out out on Isaiah 40:31. i’m also believing in this verse for my two very very sweet, precious friends. One is suffering physically, while the other mentally and emotionally. I consider these two amazing women, my family. But one thing in common we all have, we all love, Jesus! and we trust Him.

  32. Susan Joiner says:

    Our God’s timing is never late. So thankful!

  33. Peggy Pappas says:

    So true Kristine! Yesterday as we anxiously awaited a missionary friend flying to the US from Brazil because shes in imminent danger of going into premature labor, and today as we anxiously wait for a dear friends surgery to remove brain tumors, I thought, God you wrote theses for me!! God is so good to remind and assure us, He has got this and we need to trust Him, release it and give thanks in it all, for He is truly good!

  34. Katie McCune says:

    This is much needed today after my husband was in a car accident yesterday morning and I’m sure we will be in a lengthy pattern of waiting and wondering what will happen next. God is good, all the time!

  35. SAB says:

    Wow! So thankful for this reading today! Just what I needed, I love Your Word Lord!

  36. Nancy S says:

    He waits with me, carrying me in the mess. This I believe with all my heart, mind & strength. Thank you Lord.

  37. Vanessa Agosto says:

    Amen. This study today opened my eyes more today. I’m so thankful for the message I got. Thank you, Lord.

  38. Claire B says:

    Lord, help me to “get over myself” and WAIT for your guidance something I am not good at.

  39. Claire B says:

    ♥️

  40. Adrienne says:

    The kids at preschool repeat almost daily what I told them once… “Waiting is hard.” It sure is. While they are seemingly “getting it”, do I?

    Nope.

    Give thanks in your waiting, whatever you are waiting for, sweet sisters. There are many desires, Lord, that Your daughters are seeking. Help them (me!) be thankful as they (I) wait. ❤️

    P.S. We have decided not to host the young person from Malawi this year. Thank you for your prayers.

  41. Searching says:

    Waiting … part of everyday life yet I’ve never met anyone who enjoys it. I don’t have much along the lines of home decor but 3 things I do have up – In our waiting, God is working; and Don’t worry about tomorrow … God is already there; and then next to my desk are today’s verses from Isaiah.
    Many times I have (and at times still do :/ ) been tired of waiting, gotten frustrated and taken matters into my own hands, and then learned that I should have waited. Why do I get it in my mind that I know more or better than “ The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth (Is 40:28 NKJV)? And think of all the waiting God has done … and is still doing. Praying that in His waiting the lost will to come to Him.

    Thank you, KRISTINE LOUGHMAN for reminding us, God’s words are both timeless and timely.

    Praying for:
    Job seekers – JEN B, JENNY SOMERS, TAMARA GODA and others
    SAB – that things will go smoothly when your husband travels
    MARIA B – tests, and answers
    MISSY CSONKA – to be able to hand over those worries and expectations to the Lord, drop that stuff you’re towing around and see what else God has for you. ❤️
    GAYLE CRAIK – the Lord’s wisdom and guidance as you consider treatment options

    KRIS – so true about commercialization of Christ’s birth vs gifts we give (that are mostly forgotten). Trying to think of ways to spend more time, rather than more money, with some of my loved ones this year.

    HEIDI – praying for all you need to rock the teaching/presenting this afternoon. Loved that you pointed out our expectations or wants of God’s provision. He knows what we need.

    TINA – thank you, beautifully written

    CHRIS – good to see you, come back :)

    CEE GEE – ❤️
    ERB ❤️

    SHARON JERSEY GIRL – thank you for your comment yesterday of your testimony, tithing and the intangible things that are the hardest to trust God with and wait for.

  42. Laura M. says:

    I pray for a spirit of gratitude and worship, not muttering and complaining, in the waiting. That would be a supernatural change!

  43. Sharon, Jersey Girl says:

    I can so relate to Minnie’s family story. My dad passed away a year ago October. Our family relationships – brothers and sisters, has been “fractured” for years and my dad’s passing only made it worse as he was a difficult father to live with – for some of us, and didn’t plan for his inheritance as everyone would have liked. He definitely showed favoritism and it didn’t seem fair and it left us even more broken than we were before…But God. It is only through His eyes does life make sense (sometimes!) God is in control, He sees and knows all things. – I always have such high expectations for my family – that we all get along, love each other no matter what, keep our family unit, be there for each other. I’m still waiting for that but, waiting has never been my best character trait! Psalm 40:1-3 has been my testimony – all of it, except the “waiting patiently”, I’ve always struggled with waiting. It is something that God is still working on in my life but I am confident that He will continue His work in me… I am reminded of how a peal forms – it is a natural defense against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. It takes a pearl anywhere from 4 months to six years to develop! A pearl is beautiful, but it doesn’t happen overnight… So I trust, I believe, and I wait and I praise God that He is my patient, long suffering, merciful Father.

    From all your posts I know that many of you are waiting for answers to prayer – for jobs, for the right person to come along, for a baby to hold, for healing or your loved ones healing, for a home, for a prodigal child, for a donor, for your grief from loss to lessen. I am praying for you all. May Ecclesiastes 3:11 be an encouragement – “He has made everything beautiful in it’s time.”

    @Heidi – I will be praying for you today as you give your presentation! Father God Please give Heidi the peace and confidence that she needs and give her the exact words that you want her to say, helping her to remember all that she has rehearsed – according to Your will. In Jesus name, Amen.
    @Missy Csonko – praying that God will help you to work through all of your emotions and feelings and that He will give you perfect peace.

    Happy Thursday ladies – grateful, thankful, blessed to be here with each of you!

  44. Diana Yelverton says:

    ❤️

  45. Aimee D-R says:

    I needed this so much today. I will wait Lord. Your timing is best and You will never leave or foresake me. In Jesus name, Amen

  46. Melanie Mayer says:

    Waiting is so hard. Waiting for healing. Waiting for peace. Waiting for reconciliation. Waiting for a breakthrough. Today when reading I love how the Holy Spirit intercedes for us. Like a beautiful friend, that prays day and night. That verse brought me comfort this am. Thankful for this study.

  47. Taryn Barlow says:

    Waiting is the most difficult thing for me. It allows my anxiety and doubt to take root. I’m grateful for the reminder to praise him in the hallway as we wait for him to open a door.

  48. Kristine Loughman says:

    Welp. Yesterday was Give Thanks in Anxiety. Today, Give Thanks in Waiting. Tomorrow, Give Thanks When Convicted Daily by the SRT Bible Study?! I know I’m not the only one that feels these devotions were written just for me. How timely. But also, how timeless. Our Heavenly Father knows what we are going through and what we will face. These words, written thousands of years ago, still ring true for us. With the speed at which trends and technology cease to be relevant today, God can still speak clearly to us across the ages. For those of us in a waiting season, may we receive a renewed spirit, perseverance, and hope for the future.
    I lift up those of us waiting for…
    A partner
    A family
    A reconciliation
    A clear sign
    A break
    A healing miracle
    A second chance
    Amen!

    1. Nancy S says:

      And amen!

    2. Sue Dalos says:

      Amen Kristine

  49. ERB says:

    Wanted to share an old Kevin Prosch song (1995) it fits perfectly with the verses and theme from today and is so encouraging and uplifting to listen to!! Since I can’t post the link here, I will share the lyrics..

    “They That Wait On The Lord”

    They that wait on the Lord will renew their strength.
    Run and not get weary walk and not faint.

    Do you not know, have you not heard, My father does not get weary
    He’ll bring passion to a willing heart
    Even the youths get tired and faint but strength will come for those who wait!

    They that wait on the Lord will renew their strength
    Run and not get weary walk and not faint.

    I will wait. I will wait on You.
    I will run. I’m going to run with You.
    My Love is for You.
    I’m in love with The King
    I’m going to run with the King!”

    …May we dear sisters, eagerly and expectantly wait on God, thanking, praising and seeking Him in ALL things and situations. Let us remember that it is in the waiting there is preparation!! God is preparing!! Let us soar with Him!! Amen.

    *TINA- I loved your post!! Thank you!! …Waiting is definitely hard!! But there is also SO much joy in the waiting as we get to SEE His faithfulness!! And we get to dwell WITH Him in the waiting!! There is no better place than His Presence!! Amen.

    Have a BLESSED day dear sisters and I hope you get to listen to the song, or any song, that uplifts and encourages you in the waiting!! All praise, honor, and glory to God, Always!! Xoxo

  50. Kelly (NEO) says:

    “Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?”

    Thankful that Jesus came to this broken world so that through His death and resurrection, I can know the Everlasting God.

    HEIDI – praying the Lord gives you confidence for your presentation today.

    SEARCHING – praying for your friend’s daughter

  51. Sally says:

    I was convicted by the Romans passage of not waiting “eagerly”. As I try to discern why that is, I can point to hard seasons that maybe did not turn out joyously which can cause me to doubt a joyous outcome of any season of waiting. I’m praying that God will ‘renew me and give me His presence in what is disappointing and broken’ and that will be the cause of real joy. Anybody else struggle w/waiting eagerly?

  52. Tina says:

    Waiting in this world of instant is hard! Oh my goodness it so is!

    I feel like I have been waiting forever for another just to hold my hand (aside from my grand babies), someone to do whatever life or time I have left here on earth with.

    Waiting is hard..

    BUT GOD..

    He has not only given me Hope in the Waiting, but He shows me how faithful He is. I attended a wedding this weekend of a dear friend, who had been in limbo since she lost her first husband, some 10 years ago.

    HE IS faithful.

    I have watched friends hold the child they never thought they’d have..

    HE IS FAITHFUL.

    I have wrestled with Him, when my daughter died, asking the why question, He, in His mercy showed this mama heart where she was.. safe with Him in Eternity.

    HE IS FAITHFUL.

    Waiting is hard, But, with God, though there may be doubt at times, He stays close, uplifting, comforting, healing, providing, and though at times its hard to believe, He is in the waiting with us..

    HE IS FAITHFUL.

    I wait patiently, because I know He waits with me, and in His time, I will see Him fulfill His promise to me..
    For now I may feel alone.. sometimes..

    BUT GOD..

    He never leaves, nor forsakes..

    HE IS FAITHFUL.

    AMEN.

    Happy Thursday, covered in much warming love as the weather changes here.. ❤️