There is a season for everything that the Lord has for me to do and even though I know this in my heart, it’s the waiting on God’s timing that stirs up so many emotions in the here and now. Like many women, I am gifted and talented in a few ways. I also have hopes, dreams and desires for myself and for our family. Yet, when I pray, God’s response is sometimes… not now.
My prayers usually begin with lamenting because it never feels good to ask and not receive. I’m glad God has big shoulders and is temperate because I tend to be long winded. God’s responses to my lamented prayers vary. I have experienced His empathy, silence and also rebuke. Regardless of the response or the lack there of, it’s His presence that gives me hope.
To help me stay the course, I tend to look back at days gone by and praise God for what he has done. There are so many times along this life journey that I have prayed and prepared and the season that came was not as expected. Like, instead of Spring before Summer, I have experienced Winter and then Summer. As crazy as that sounds, it’s even crazier to experience and find God to be faithful and it’s His faithful unto me that keeps me nearer unto Him even when I’m on hold.
How do you handle your waiting seasons?
Fruit of Her Hand 