Patience Can Multiply Your Blessing
Do you ever get tired of waiting for God’s promises to be fulfilled? “By faith [Abraham] went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.” -Hebrews 11:9 How curious that even though Abraham was walking in the […]
The Wait of Hope
Do you ever find yourself waiting on something and it seems like there’s no end in sight?
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You…” -Psalm 39:7
How often our lives are filled with the dreary, droning wait of unmet hopes and desires…
It Will Surely Come
“For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end – it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.” -Habakkuk 2:3 What comfort in times of waiting! When all around us seems stagnant and dead, when the dream seems to have […]
Shortcuts
We weren’t going anywhere. Stuck sitting in a Thursday morning traffic jam is not a fun thing when you have places to go and people to meet. That’s probably what prompted the white pickup truck behind me to finally pull off the road and begin making his way brashly through the closed-down construction of the […]
Prayer for 08/24/10
Lord, I know the storm will come again. THANK YOU for this time of quiet calm. THANK YOU for the peace and joy in the stillness. Let me not forget to turn aside from my need for you at ALL times, and may I press in to you even more in the days of sunshine. […]
Worship in Waiting
“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope.” – Psalm 130:5 In 2001, my grandfather lost his words. He had been visiting family out of town when he had a stroke, and fortunately they were able to get him proper medical care that saved his life and prevented much […]
