Psalm 27:14 says, " Wait on God! Take heart and don't quit! He will strengthen your heart. I'll say it again, Stay with God and wait on Him!"
Waiting on God is sometimes very hard to do. I remember just recently when we were waiting on a referral for adoption. When we started out, they told us we would only have to wait for 6 months. Then when we got to 6 months, they said we would have to wait for 12 months. We finally made it to 12 months and then they changed it to 18 months. Again, we held on till it was 18 months and then it changed once again to 24 months!
What was God doing?! All we wanted to do was to help another child, so why was God making us wait so long! So many times I just wanted to quit and forget it all! The heartache and pain didn't seem worth it to me!
The reason God wanted me to wait was because He was doing something wonderful behind the scenes that I couldn't see yet.... it wasn't ready yet. Something even better than I had imagined.... but it wasn't ready yet. And if I would have given up because the wait was so long and hard, I would have missed out on one of the biggest blessings of my life.
Sometimes some of God's best gifts for us are ones we have to wait for. Not because He wants to test us to see if we can suffer and wait, but because He is working on things for us behind the scenes that we can't even see and can't even imagine how wonderful they are!
So, what are you waiting for? What have you asked God to do for you that you feel like He's not even listening or doing anything about it?
Like the verse above says.... don't quit! Don't give up! Keep waiting, and our Heavenly Father who loves you more than you will ever know, is working behind the scenes on something extra special just for you!
4 comments:
hiii...haha i deleted my comment Laura because i wanted a different one! [: these make my day soooo much better and i really like them! thanks so much for doing this for uss [: i think that this relates back to what we learned on sunday at church and i really like this and it helps me know that god will take care of everyhting even if it doesnt go the way we wanted it to! ♥
hEYY LAURAAAAA!!!!!! ♥ I love this post..and it totally goes back to sunday and i loved that service too!! God does always work behind the scenes!! I pray sometimes and wonder why its not happening right away and i get so flustered!! But now i no that God does everything in his own time..he has a right time for everything..he might not want things to happen right away he wants it to happen when he nos its right!! WEll God does answer prayers rather we got the results we wanted..or if he just did them the way he thought might be best for us..i have been through a lot..with guys inparticular and its been soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard i cant even explain..i dont even want to ever go through that again..i couldnt even handle it..but i no that God has it in his hands..and has the right time for me to heal over that whole situation!! I on that hes gonna take care of me..and i no that i have people that i can trust and talk to.to help me through it!! Thanks LAURA!!! <3
laura these always come at the perfect time! there was something going on in my life that i really want to give up on but now i think i might be changing my mind. i agree with ky & this goes back to the conversation on sunday. these mean so much to me && i really love this blog. your amazing && thank you so much for doing this for us ♥
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