For the girl who is still waiting…
This picture was taken for an exciting project that I thought was almost complete. Today, one year later I am still waiting.
What I thought was going to happen did not line up in time. God put a pause on the project. I’ll be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of the pause button. As hard as that is, I still believe it is not finished.
This was for a good thing, a God thing. But the answer was not yet.
That’s hard to hear.
Have you ever walked in something like this?
Maybe you thought you were going to get that job, but you didn’t.
Maybe you thought it would be your turn to get married, but you’re still waiting.
Maybe you asked the Lord for children, but He hasn’t answered yet.
Maybe you have an illness you are begging God to heal you from, but still, the diagnosis remains the same.
Or maybe, just maybe, you thought a long list of things in your life would have already happened by now or certainly would have turned out differently.
Still you wait, you hope, and you pray. You trust that because God is good the story is not over.
I have to say, many of these things mentioned above I have walked through, and others I have never experienced. So I come with a heart of love but understanding I don’t know everything you are walking through.
I can only tell you my story.
I’ve been in dark places. Begging God to give me a good thing, and when He said no I was crushed.
Crushed that I didn’t get the job.
Broken that relationship was not yet restored.
Disappointed that things were not moving as fast as I’d liked.
Those things hurt. Yet, I can honestly say it was in those circumstances that God taught me about His Faithfulness. The fact that we serve a God who is all-knowing should be more than enough to give us confidence in His plan. Still, in my sinful nature, I often find myself asking, why?
It is true that we are not supposed to question God, but we can ask Him questions. He does not shy away from them. He invites us to come to Him boldly. Oh, what a sweet father and friend!
My dear friend, today in your waiting, what are you doing? I challenge you, to lean in and go out. Lean into the kind words of Jesus. In His holy word you will find, hope and the truth of His promises. Then go out. Don’t just wait, around for the next thing, move. Be faithful exactly where God is calling you. I know it is hard, but you will look back with more joy if you trust Him in the waiting.
In closing, I must admit I am not quite sure when the Lord will allow this project to come to completion but I know that I must remain faithful in the waiting. Trusting in the promise that when the time is right the Lord will make it happen.
So I finish these words, with an unfinished story. Stay tuned for God’s next chapter.
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