August 7, 2012

• The future and ‘Waiting on the Lord’

  I’m not good at waiting. One would think that I should be good at it by now. The past five years have been filled with waiting. But, I still find myself impatient at times and trying to figure out the outcome of a situation before its time.  I can certainly identify with the children of Israel as they wandered through the desert.. not sure of the future and full of complaints.

  I’m in that ‘waiting period’ again and continue to pray that God will strengthen me to bring Him glory as I reign in my worries and discipline my flesh to wait upon His answer and His timing. He is giving grace to do just that… day by day.. sometimes moment by moment.

  Miss Alice (the 92 year old woman I cared for these past few years) fell soon after we moved to our own home and has been in rehab ever since. I feel so bad for her. Some days it looks as if she will come home and I’ll be able to care for her again.. other days… I’m not so sure.

   

  
  (Please remember Miss Alice in your prayers)

  My salary pays my medical insurance and a few ‘extras’ so I find myself trying to figure out what to do ahead of time. Do I look for another part time job? Will Alice come home? or should we just live on Kevin’s disability check which would not allow for medical insurance unless I go to a county facility? The questions often harrass me like a swarm of angry bees….  but then my heavenly Father will speak softly to my heart to… ‘wait’…. just ‘wait on Him’…..

  Psalm 62:5 says, “My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him.”

  I can see God’s hand so clearly over the path of my life. Oftentimes, I may be confused at the time and wonder what God is doing, but I love to look back over the years and see how He has worked the circumstances of my life together into a pattern of good. (Romans 8:28,29)

  …I know He is in these decisions that are being made for us know.

   

  So I purpose today Lord, by your grace, to wait upon You… with my eyes placed firmly on You alone….

   

   “Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,

  as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress;

  so our eyes look to the LORD our God,

  until He shall be gracious to us.”

  Psalm 123:2
  

   

   

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