Here’s to waiting…

BY: SHANNA COLE

Psalm 40:1

“I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.”

Waiting patiently…? Yeah, that is most definitely not my strong suit. A couple of years ago really was the time of waiting for our family. My husband and I had prayed so many prayers and I had cried so many tears over us becoming homeowners. It honestly didn’t seem like the Lord wanted it to happen. We had decided that, ok, maybe being homeowners isn’t for us. Maybe that wasn’t in the plans he had for us now, or ever. It took a while and we had to stay in the waiting for what felt like forever. It had literally come down to the VERY LAST DAY that something popped up, out of the middle of nowhere, that could possibly help us in our struggles. Something that just might give us the OK, on purchasing our home.

When you are in that waiting stage, that is one of the absolute hardest times. You feel like you have prayed every which way you know how and nothing is happening. You feel like you are not being heard and maybe God has left you altogether. I know that has been some of my feelings, plus so many more in those times. Even though I know he is with me always, I still have this fear. I still have this, I am not good enough and I surely don’t deserve the love and mercy he has for me, thought process. It still may not be our time sometimes. We won’t always know what’s coming or when. But I know that God is in control and is working things out for me. NO MATTER WHAT the outcome may be, he has heard my cries. He was preparing something wonderful for my family. We just had to remember that and wait for Him. 

So when you are in your waiting time and you are struggling with feeling like you can’t take any more let downs or prayers unanswered, just remember. You are living someone else’s dream. Just because it isn’t all falling into place as quickly as you would like, God's working on it. He has your best interest at heart and it will work out. In his time. Here’s to waiting…….