I have to post this, because God sent it directly to my heart tonight. I went on a much needed solatary walk tonight and poured out my heart to Him. Mostly, I'm feeling anxious about having a baby soon and not being able to picture where or when or how that will be. I am waiting for my children to feel better. I'm waiting for my house to be fixed. I'm waiting for phone calls to be returned, for my business to grow, for my husband's internship to finish, for the end of this interim phase. . . And yet I know that REALLY none of these things are that big. . . but that God is able to use them to enlarge my faith. He is SO GOOD, and I'm thankful that He reminded me tonight at bedtime that I can really REST and wait upon Him.
Wait Quietly
by Elisabeth Elliot
Few of us enjoy having to wait for something we want. It is human nature to desire instant gratification, and it is divine nature to do many things very, very slowly. Growth is always imperceptible. But the farmer exercises long patience in waiting for his crop. He has done his work and is assured of the result, hence he waits quietly. He is at rest because the outcome (barring disastrous "acts of God") is certain. If we could simply remember that this is true of everything--that God's purposes are slowly being worked out for his glory and our good--we would, like the farmer, keep faith and wait quietly.
Lord, take from us all fretting and hurrying and teach us to rest our hearts in the "ultimate certainty" (Jas 5:7 JBP).
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