“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are those who wait on Him”

I know better. I’ve seen God’s faithfulness. Still, in a season of hard, where I don’t see his answers, it’s easy to let doubt creep in or rather barge in. It’s then, I want to say, “Where are you God? Are you there? Do you care?”

But you and I both know by now we can’t see what God sees and we can’t know what he knows. However, we can trust that when we pray, a plan gets laid. We may not know how and we may not know the when, but we know the will.

He will.

Because it’s in God’s character to answer, and redeem. We see it over and over in Scripture.

When I find myself in the hard place of wait, it’s comforting to read about someone else who has waited there. And that’s why I like the story of Hannah. No one fits the bill of being blessed for the waiting more than Hannah. Her name even means blessed. But at the time of her dilemma, around 1105 BC, she felt anything but.

During Hannah’s time, children were a woman’s legacy — her honor — particularly if she had a boy child. However, if she were barren, like Hannah (the Bible says specifically, in 1 Samuel 1:5 that God closed her womb), you were thought of as less than or even a sinner that God was punishing.

But Hannah was a God-fearing woman, who desperately wanted a child. She probably prayed day and night, wondering why God was making her wait especially when she got bullied for being barren.

Hannah was married to a man named Elkanah. Though Elkanah was a godly man, as was the custom of the time, he had two wives. His other wife was named Peninnah. Now, Peninnah was prolific. She had many sons and daughters. And she was jealous of Hannah because she thought Elkanah loved Hannah more. She viciously picked on Hannah, every chance she got.

Peninnah’s best opportunity to hound Hannah was a yearly trek they all made together to the temple some fourteen miles away. Every year they went there for a festival of rejoicing where sadness was prohibited. By the time a they got to Shiloh, Hannah had been ridiculed to the point of despair and couldn’t eat. One such time she was so hungry and despondent, she went to the temple and poured her heart out to the Lord. She had had enough. Crying out to the Lord for a child, she vowed this baby she prayed for to be dedicated back to God’s service for all the days of the his life.

God knew Hannah would make this costly vow. He also knew she’s make good on it.

Israel needed a righteous judge to rule and Hannah needed to be blessed. So at the right time, God’s time, He answered Hannah’s prayer. She became pregnant with the child, a son she would name Samuel.

And though Hannah gave up her son at the age of three years to the service of the Lord, just as promised, she was blessed.

Samuel would be the greatest judge in Israel’s history anointing Israel’s first king, Saul… and her greatest earthly king, David.

Hannah waited
God waited for Hannah to surrender the very thing she wanted most
God greatly blessed Hannah

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Hannah’s story encourages us to know, God is forever in control.

“Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.” (Habakkuk 2:3b)

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One of the first posts I wrote, way back in the day, was a tongue in cheek article about anxiety. I can tease about myself but for most people struggling with anxiety it’s no laughing matter. It’s debilitating.

I gave a talk this summer in which I shared part of my story that had to do with panic and peace.

Two words as far from each other as the east is from the west.

For me, anxiety was just part of my life, my journey through this world. When I stepped off the stage I was taken aback at how many others were on a similar journey still seeking answers on how to daily win the battle with the beast.

As I read today’s lesson on mental health in Rick Warren’s  Transformed devotional, I was reminded of this familiar verse:

“Be anxious for nothing but in everything with prayer, petition, and thanksgiving, let your request be known to God and the peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hears and minds safe in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7

For the longest time I didn’t do this verse well.

Let me get you up to speed. In case you didn’t catch it earlier,

I have a panic disorder.

There – I said it. Actually it’s not hard to say. Gone are the days where people whispered such things. And yes, I’ve had it since I was a little girl. I’m not sure where it came from. Maybe it’s in my genes, or perhaps it was the loud atmosphere in my childhood home. We were yellers. Lot’s of tension. Let’s just leave it at that.

Anxiety manifests itself differently in children than adults and it wasn’t until I was in college that I had my first full-blown panic attack. Although I didn’t recognize it as such. I just thought I might have a little bit of “crazy” in me.

Special isn’t it?

I’d have seasons of attacks separated by as much as a year or more. I remember before I got married thinking about how I was going to explain my “crazy” attacks to my future husband. But I didn’t have to. The stress of a new marriage brought them in to full view. Thank you Jesus! I mean really, thank you Jesus, because  I was able to get a proper diagnosis and solutions on how to cope.

Though now I could control the attacks for the most part (they make drugs for that,) generalized anxiety continued to plague me well into my early 40’s.

I knew the all familiar verse in Philippians quoted above but I didn’t know why it didn’t work for me.

Early on I started naming it and claiming it. I prayed it. I memorized it. I repeated it. I beat myself over the head with it, as if it was some kind of incantation that would work like magic.

But nothing. Not. A. Thing. Changed for me.

These were empty words on a lifeless page. I didn’t know how to apply the Word to my life.

That is, until the importance of my thought life and focus was explained to me. Yes, peace comes with an attitude of gratitude. But hear me when I say, this is not just about please and thank you. It’s about thanking God for something you can’t see and don’t know exists yet. It’s one thing to speak the words thank you, it’s quite another to feel them. In order to feel them you have to trust the One to whom they’re being given. And that requires a relationship.

As I drawn closer to Jesus, now I don’t just thank Him for what I can see, but I thank Him and trust Him for what I can’t—the place of anxiousness, the space I can’t control—the chasm between “Dear God, help me” and my last Amen. It’s there where the Power is at work. When we pray, God sets a plan into motion.

And peace comes with the belief… it is done.

It is finished— taken care of.

My worry was nailed to the cross 2,000 years ago. I can walk away and trust His will is better than mine. I can let Him work out what I can’t do and turn my focus on what I can.
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And that’s better than an incantation. More powerful than magic. And way better than a little crazy.

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Those were the words I heard concerning a friend a while back. Although I said I’d pray and of course I did, I have to admit when I heard the diagnosis I automatically had a grim outlook on the outcome.

Right off the bat I let my knowledge of human know-how override the know-how of God.

Why would I do that? I absolutely believe that God can do the impossible. So why do I sometimes put so much weight on man’s perspective instead of God’s power?

Probably for the same reasons we don’t witness the miracles here in the U.S. that some see while working in third world countries.

You’ve heard that ignorance is bliss? In this case of faith, ignorance can bless.

A few weeks ago I came across a story in the Bible that explains this misplaced faith. This same reference in Scripture is one that has always disturbed me until recently. The account of this story is given in three of the four Gospels Mark 9:14-50, Luke 9:23-45, and Matthew 17: 14-20. Today we’re going to look at from Matthew’s point of view.

“When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.  ‘Lord, have mercy on my son,’ he said. ‘He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.  I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.’ ‘You unbelieving and perverse generation,’ Jesus replied, ‘how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.’ Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.

Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, ‘Why couldn’t we drive it out?’
He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you’” (Matthew 17:14-20).

I had always wondered why the disciples couldn’t call out this demon. One chapter earlier, in Matthew 10, Jesus had given power to the disciples to heal and exorcise demons and they were doing a fine job at it up until this moment. Did they suddenly lose the faith they had?

Not exactly.

During this time in this culture it was a belief among the Jewish exorcists that one must know the name of the demon if one was to call it out of a person. This demon-possessed boy in the story was mute. No one had ever heard the demon’s name. The disciples knowing this let doubt creep in where their faith had been.

They let their human knowledge override their Jesus given gift.

And maybe we do the same.

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This is why the father of the demon-possessed boy came to Jesus and cried out, “I do believe; help me with my unbelief” (Mark 9:24).

And friends, we are to do the same, by putting our pride aside and humbly coming to the feet of Jesus saying, I believe Lord, please help me overcome my doubt. In Jesus’s name, amen.

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If I were to describe myself, I’d say I’m your average believer kind of gal. I’m just like your next-door-desert-wandering-Israelite neighbor who witnesses God parting the Red Sea one day and, grumbling, what have you done for me lately, the next.

How soon we forget the everyday workings of God in our lives.

Can you relate?

That’s why I journal everything with vivid detail. The miracles. The places where I see God work, where I see Him come near. Then I go back and savor the sweetness. Remembering how God is true, faithful, and good.  And once again I’m struck with awe and wonder.

This is my recent journal entry about a God thing with a young lady from my church who is now working in the international mission field:

A few Sunday’s ago, I was feeling a little“hangry”after LifeGroup and made a beeline toward the front door of the church trying to avoid the temptation of carbs I found all around me in the foyer.

I almost made it when, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted Susan Freese standing at the AIM booth. All at once I felt prompted to stop. I toyed with the idea of ignoring the heart-prick, I’m sad to say, my stomach will generally (if only temporarily) override my heart.

But today I stopped.

I asked Susan the obvious question, if she was ready for her mission trip to Romania and Eastern Europe. Without missing a beat, she looked me in the eye and asked for prayer concerning a letter of invitation. (This is a letter that certain countries require in order to obtain a Visa to enter.) It all sounded very mysterious to me when Susan said that time was running out and she had no contact with this country, other than a missionary and an interpreter who she had never spoken with. Nonetheless, to Susan’s credit, she was trusting God to make it all work out.

I told Susan I had a friend (Judy) who once lived in this Eastern European country as a missionary but it had been some time ago, however maybe she’d be able to offer some advice. I told her I would connect with Judy and then scurried out the door before my hunger got the best of me.

A day went by, I got busy and didn’t make the call. Another day blew by, same thing. But in the back of my mind, Judy’s name kept popping up with the prompting, you need to call, you said you’d call.

I decided to email.

I explained to my longtime friend who Susan was and the letter of invitation predicament, hoping she could shed some light. She promptly answered and wrote that Susan could email her, but that she was meeting with two women from an international ministry group the next day and she didn’t know when she could reply. She went on to explain that she was supposed to meet with these women, Leah and Sveta three days earlier, but had a migraine – so it was put off.

I thought, ‘I can’t remember all that.’ So, I copied and pasted her email and sent it to Susan, thinking I did my part. I’m done.

Susan emailed back immediately and wrote, “You are NOT going to believe this, Christy!! The women who I am working with on this trip are named Leah and Sveta. The group I’m speaking to is an into-national ministry group. The woman who I mentioned was traveling this weekend (and who is to be traveling with the letter of invitation) is Sveta – my translator! I’ve not spoken to her. All contact has been through the missionary. I’m blown away at how God is in the details of our life.”

Not believing what I just read, I copied and pasted Susan’s response and sent it to Judy.

Judy’s response?

“Wow – no way!”

Me? 

I got goosebumps.

If Judy had not had the migraine for three days she would have already met with Leah and Sveta, but as it was, she was now meeting with them the next day.

Coincidence? I think not.

That night I went to bed with more peace than I have ever known. I felt the awe and wonder of God’s power and presence. It was as if I could see Him watching over me. He was there in each email and every text. It was a huge privilege and honor to play a small part in God’s much bigger, grander picture. 

Judy met with the two women the next day and Sveta indeed had Susan’s coveted letter of invitation, which Judy helped her overnight to Jacksonville.

Friends, God wants to meet you and me every day in this kind of personal way. He’s just waiting for us to say yes. Yes, to God. Yes, to the prompting of His Spirit.

You’ve got mail …

Your letter of invitation is waiting.

“I desire to do your will, my God.” (Psalm 40:8a)

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It was a Sunday afternoon after church, December 2004, when my oldest son, a freshman in college at the time, walked in the front door, through the kitchen, into the family room and emptied his pockets of his most prized possessions, laying them gently on his daddy’s chest.

The weight of my son’s wallet, checkbook and car keys woke my napping husband. As if innately ready for turbulent air, he pulled his “dad” recliner to its upright position.

“What’s this?” he inquired, looking at the bundle of goodies on his chest.

My husband who we refer to as Big David when lil David is around (I told him having the same name would be confusing one day), always told the boys if they blew it, (meaning if they weren’t responsible with what had been given them) their car, and their money would go back to the original owner. Him.

With a sheepish chuckle lil David humbly mumbled, “I got my grades.”

I’m not sure what Big David was feeling, but for me, call me a pessimist, but I knew in the pit of stomach what was coming next was not good.

Lil David had just finished his first semester at Auburn University. I talked to him on a weekly basis and every time I asked him how it was going, he answered.

“Everything’s good mom.”

“You’re sure?” I’d say.

“Yes ma’am.” he’d answer.

And like a big dummy, I believed him. This day would prove to crush my naive reality.

His dad went on to ask him, “So what did you make son?“

With another uncomfortable chuckle Lil David snorted, “Uh, .5.”

His Dad responds, “You mean a 1.5?”

“No sir, you heard me right, a point five.”

I thought, Jesus was a commin’ any minute because this was surely the end of life as we knew it!

Everything was pretty much a blur after that. I was in full-on panic mode. Thoughts went racing through my mind.

Surely this cannot be happening.

This is not what I expected

This was not what I imagined.

This is not what I had planned.

What will he do?

What will we tell people?

What will they think?

This is not ideal.

This was not one bit of MY ideal.

And it wasn’t. I had made big plans as to how my son’s life would run or should run and this wasn’t it.

Nope, it was more like:

He would go to Auburn, get his degree and pilots license. Meet some nice Christian girl (who would just happen to adore me) with a degree and a good job. They would get married. He would secure a job with an airline and we would forever fly anywhere and everywhere for free. Package deal with a big whopping bow on top.

Yep, that about sums it up.

How often do our realities get crushed because we make plans without considering the plans God has for us and those closest to us?

We often have ideals that simply aren’t real.

And when we think this way we set ourselves up for disappointment with our kids, with our spouses, careers and life.

Sure it’s good to set goals—for ourselves that is. But making goals for our children or spouses sets us up and them for failure.

It’s okay to tell God our ideas and ideals as long as we finish with, Lord, but Your will and plans are perfect. May it be done as you think best.

And then stand back baby and watch Him work!

I finally did.

My son didn’t take what I thought should be the traditional path. He took a better path with a detour…or two in between. But those redirects took him exactly where God wanted him to be.

An Air Force career and two degrees later, he has his dream wife and a new dream job. And a whole bunch of learned wisdom he might have not garnered otherwise.

Which was probably God’s ideal for him. Much better than mine I might add.

“In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.” Proverbs 16:9

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The other night I dreamt the house was on fire. I sat straight up in the bed and like a blind person groping for a fire extinguisher my hand fumbled about the bedside table knocking stuff over until…

Ahhh, I found it! Gaviscon.

One swig of the cool-minty-green liquid and the fire was out. At least for the moment.

If you haven’t already guessed, yeah I have that insidious, nasty acid reflux! The term even sounds caustic. Acid. Reeee-flux.

This condition has been a bug-a-boo for me on and off most of my adult life. It was for my dad too.

Thanks Dad! (God rest his beloved soul.)

Lately the fire in my esophagus has been of the three alarm variety.

Why am I telling you this?

If you think it’s because I’m over fifty and over-fifty people talk about their ailments all the time (even though we do), that is not the reason.

Here is the reason:

I know certain foods cause me to have flare-ups. And because I know which ones are the culprits its stands to reason I would want to stay away from said evil. Yes? Why would I want to mess with my menu?

I’ll tell you why.

As I put distance between myself and my last episode of “towering inferno” I start to once again feel confident in my indulging without consequence. And once again I stray into dangerous territory.

I say to myself…

I think I can handle it.

This time will be different.

I’m different.

I’m stronger now.

That one slice of pizza won’t bother me. I mean what’s the harm in a little chocolate or yummy garlic bread or the pesto jam jar from the Nordstrom’s Bazille cafe…

And then as if blindsided, like, oh my goodness I can’t believe this is happening to me again!, I find myself rummaging through the medicine drawer for another Zantac, Tums or Gas-X, to ease the bloat in my gut and the distress in my chest.

Not a pretty picture.

I’m confessing this to you because isn’t this what we do with sin?

We know what our temptations are. We know what gets us into trouble. I don’t need to give you a multiple choice list, you and I both know what our weaknesses are, just as well as I know which foods make me sick.

Somehow when things have been calm for a time, we begin to get proud, telling ourselves, “I can handle this.”  We follow our temptation deeper and deeper into the woods until we are the point of no return. It all feels innocent enough at first, until once again we fall into the pit of uncomfortable consequences.

Oh my goodness, the travesty.

But God in his infinite wisdom and grace knows how we are and has provided tools to help us,—to protect us from ourselves.

1. God gave us memories for a reason and not just pleasant ones. Don’t allow distance to cloud them. Sometimes it is imperative to remember the bad stuff. If we recall the pain of a previous experience, we are less likely to go there again. It’s called wising up.

2. Call out to God for help. His word tells us in 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tested beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you an endure it.”

3. Realize we are apt to rationalize our way out of saying no to our temptations. We can deceive ourselves better than anyone else. “The heart is deceitful above all things…”Jeremiah 17:9. Please know I’m preaching to the choir. That’s exactly why I love this verse…such an eye opener.

How many uncomfortable situations will we get ourselves into, how many people will we hurt or how many disruptions will take place in our homes or at work before we learn we will never conquer our weakness by our own power and might?

And how many times will I knock the water glass off the nightstand reaching for the Gavascon to put out the unnecessary fire in my gut?
All because I continue to mess with the menu…

“Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left, keep your foot from evil.” Proverbs 4:26-27

Looking forward, pressing on and seeking God in every bump and twist in the road.

Christy 

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If you were to ask me,

“What is the number one thing I can do for you today?”

Honestly, I would tell you, pray for me.

Think about it. What greater, more powerful gift can you possibly give anyone than a selfless, heartfelt prayer?

I say selfless because…

Not so many years ago my prayers were more selfish than selfless.

I might pray for God to make an ever so slight adjustment in a family member, believing it was best for (me) them. I could see so clearly all their need-for-change places.

You know what I mean? Ahem, I bet you do.

But most of those life modifications were not for me to decide, and God knew that so He answered some of my narrow-minded prayers to show me just how wrongly directed they were.

Some lessons are hard learned.

These days I make it a habit to pray for my husband, sons, and daughter-in-laws every morning and if they don’t have a specific need, I pray Scripture over them. Praying God’s Word keeps my motives in check. My desire for my family is for them to be everything God wants them to be. Praying God’s Word keeps me from praying everything I might want them to be… at this moment.

Because I sometimes have a skewed perspective, I pray by God’s directive.

I’ve found praying for God’s will is a whole lot better than praying for mine.

This is how I do it. I insert my family member’s name right into the Scripture.

For example:

From Ephesians 1:17 – Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that You will give Whitney the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that she may know You better. I pray that the eyes of Whitney’s heart may be enlightened in order that she may know the hope to which You have called her, the riches of Your inheritance in Your holy people, and the incredible great power for all of us who believe.

From Philippians 1:9-11 – And this is my prayer God, that Jamie’s love would abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight so that she may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ.

From 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 – Dear God I pray for Lil David and Aaron that You may make them worthy of Your calling and that by Your power You may bring to fruition every desire for goodness they have and every deed prompted by their faith. I pray that the name of the Lord Jesus will be glorified in them and them in You according to Your grace.

From 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 – I pray Lord Jesus that You who love us and by Your grace give us eternal encouragement and hope, will encourage David’s heart and strengthen him in every good deed and word.

What better way to petition  for those closest to us than with God’s divine perspective. From His Word.

Instead of praying for my family to be more like me (God forbid!) I pray for them to be more like Jesus. And that’s far better for everyone. Amen!

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Now, this is my prayer for you today: From 2 Thessalonians 3:16 – Now I pray that the Lord of peace give you my friends, peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with all of you. Amen.

Looking forward, pressing on and seeking God in every bump and twist in the road.

with love,

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I want to offer a bit of encouragement to you today about a situation that seems to be common to all of us who pray.

We’ve all been in the position where we are desperately asking God to answer a prayer. Yes?

We watch and we wait. Watch and wait.

Finally, we see an open door. Yes, we say, thank you Lord!

Knowing God has heard us, we walk through the open door only to have the disappointment of it slamming in our face or worse, we walk through, the door shuts behind us and we realize we’re in the wrong room.

The wrong place.

This could be about anything we desired – from a job opportunity, the house we thought was perfect, or the relationship we thought was about to be reconciled in a particular way.

We say,
I thought for sure this answer was from You, Lord. It looked so clear, so right. How could I have been so wrong? What are you doing God? Are you playing with my emotions?

It’s a false positive.

When I get sucked into one of these false positives, jumping on every possibility that looks like an answer, I remind myself of Joseph (Jacob’s son) and his time in prison.

Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers (Gen. 37:26) and ended up in Egypt, enslaved to Potiphar, captain of the guard in Pharaoh’s army.

After Potiphar’s wife wrongly accuses him of sexual assault, he winds up in prison. (Genesis 39:19-20)

During all this time, Joseph’s relationship with God grew and he gave honor to Him by his obedience, his patience and doing the best he could in whatever position he was placed.

But still, in all of this, I have to believe Joseph prayed like crazy to be released, probably since the day his brothers threw him down the well!

Through all he endured he waited patiently for God to answer.

Finally, there looked like the perfect opportunity.

While Joseph is in prison, he interprets a dream for the king’s cupbearer who is in-prisoned with him.

Joseph, seeing the cupbearer is pleased with his interpretation, says to him: “… When all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness, mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of prison.” (Genesis 40:14 NIV)

Now he’s thinking,
Ah, so this is how God is going answer my prayer. God gave me the interpretation to this dream. It’s my open door. It’s my way out!

But it was a false positive.

Verse 23 of chapter 40 says, “The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

The Bible doesn’t say Joseph was discouraged, but I bet he was.

I would be. And I do get down in the dumps when I see an opening, a possible answer and find it’s not for me.

You see, sometimes I get so impatient for God to respond to my calls for help (especially when the wait is long), that I force the timing on answers when God’s timing is different.

Maybe the circumstances are not where God needs them to be yet.

Maybe He isn’t finished setting things into motion to complete His purpose.

Or, maybe I jump the gun. Speak too soon. Walk though the wrong doors.

Maybe I need to put less worry in my wait and put more weight in my trust.
Trust that God will answer at His perfect time.

It was a full two years before the cupbearer finally brought Joseph to the attention of Pharaoh. Just in time for him to interpret Pharaoh’s dream—one that would elevate Joseph to a leader in Egypt, which in turn put him in a position to save his brothers and the whole nation of Israel.

So, in looking at our own prayer life, why the false positives and how do we avoid the trap?

1. Know there’s always opposition to prayer.( Daniel 10:12-13, Ephesians 6:12)

2. Satan knows our weaknesses—our patience threshold. He’s lurks about waiting to trip us up. Don’t let him. (1 Peter 5:8)

3. Study God’s Word. The Bible is chalked full of stories of long waits with purpose and God’s faithful answers. (Hebrews 11, 4:12)

4. When God is quiet, we often jump at opportunities to answer our own prayers. We walk though doors not meant for us. If you see what looks to be an open door, seek God’s wisdom. Pray about your prayer. (James 1:5)

5. Recount your own stories of answered prayers. Keeping a journal of “God things” is helpful.

I hope this has lightened your load today.  Even when it looks like our answer is far from coming, God hasn’t forgotten us and the surprise behind His open door is worth the wait.

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”  Psalm 27:14

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