Tuesday, 14 October 2008

• wait. hope.

  recently, i've been begging God for some answers. specific answers. or even just general answers to my specific questions.
  the awesome thing is that He is giving me answers. . . it just took a while for me to realize what He was saying really was in direct answer to my questions.
  the hard thing was that a part of me still wanted to protest that He wasn't answering my questions fully.
  
  yes, He was speaking to me - uniquely and personally - but it didn't seem like the full answer. i still didn't feel like i got the answer that i was looking for, the one that satisfied me.
  what i got was 2 words. one at a time. over and over in many different ways. random bible verses, lyrics to songs, a sentence in my devotions for the morning. . . everywhere i turned, i kept running into these 2 words. over and over again:
  
  

  wait
  

  
     and
  
  

  hope
  

  
  
  finally, i got it. and finally, i've realized that, although they still don't feel like the "complete" answers to these questions that only God can answer, they ARE His answers to me right now. He knows what i want and what i need. i believe He loves me and wants what is best for me. so, He's asked me to wait. and, He's given me hope to make the waiting easier.
  

  Psalm 33:20-22

  We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

  In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.

  May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.

  
  
  is there anything that you feel God has been impressing you with lately?
  
  

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