Posts with the tag “waiting”

"God, you are my God, I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you. My body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.” – Psalm 63:1 There are seasons that feel stripped down and empty. You are still moving, still breathing, still showing up, but everything feels dry. Answers are scarce. Encouragement is limited. Progress feels slow or nonexistent. The wilderness seasons are not dr...  Read More

“Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up. For he thought, He might die too like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.” – Genesis 38:11 Waiting is usually presented as a virtue. We are told to be patient, to trust the process, to hold on a little longer. But there is a kind of waiting that slowly turns pai...  Read More

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.” – Luke 19:10 Most of us assume that getting back to God starts with us. We think repentance begins when we finally feel bad enough, clean enough, or motivated enough to turn around. Until then, we stay distant. We wait. We assume God is waiting too, arms crossed, watching to see if we will make the first move. That belief keeps a lot of p...  Read More

"The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord." - Lamentations 3:25–26 Waiting rarely feels good. It stretches your patience, tests your faith, and can make you wonder if God has forgotten about you. But Scripture reminds us that the waiting season is not wasted. God is still working, even when nothing ...  Read More

"One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock." - Psalm 27:4–5 Waiting on God can feel like standing in the open,...  Read More

"Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord." - Psalm 27:14 Waiting is never easy. It tests your patience, challenges your trust, and often exposes how much you want to be in control. But not every kind of waiting is the same. Sometimes you wait on God, sometimes you wait for God, and sometimes you wait with God. Each one has a purpose, and learning to recogni...  Read More

"Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord." - Psalm 27:14 Waiting is one of the hardest things we do in life. We wait for answers, for clarity, for change, for something to finally make sense. Most of us would rather move than wait, but God often works in the stillness far more than in the speed. Waiting is not punishment. It is preparation. It is the space ...  Read More

"When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him." - Mark 16:1 When it comes to Easter weekend, Saturday is the day nobody talks about. The cross has already happened, and the tomb is still sealed. Heaven feels quiet. The miracle hasn’t come yet. It’s the in-between place, where faith is tested and silence scream...  Read More

"Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was." - John 11:5-6 Waiting has a way of messing with your heart. You pray, you cry out, you do everything you know to do, and still nothing seems to change. It can feel like God is ignoring you, like He has turned away or forgotten how much it hurts. When the...  Read More