Waiting
I've been a little worried lately. Okay, God. Surgery is over. When is our situation going to improve?
All this time, somehow I have felt that Seth was our focus, for now. I haven't worried about our financial position for a long time. God comforted me and kept me in a place of unexplainable peace. But, now that we're home from Milwaukee and done with surgery for hopefully a long, long time, what is next for us?
As I began to feel the seeds of discontent creeping back in my heart, he spoke to me. My devotional selection for today... waiting. You know, many times, I find myself questioning, "Where is God? Does He care? Does He even exist?" Yet, here is my assurance today. He gives me comfort exactly when I need it. Can it be coincidence that today's passage in my devotional is the very word I need to hear? NO WAY!
Anyway, this small selection describes how I feel exactly. Isn't it hard to watch friends and family in your life going forward when you are standing still? There is a new country song on the radio lately that describes a little of how I feel. I can't remember the name of it, but it is about a single girl who is getting older. She thought by now she'd have a mini-van, two kids and a husband. While this isn't exactly what I'm looking for, I am thinking the same things. Where is my home, where is Tim's job, where is our ministry, where are my healthy children?
Psalm 40:1 says, "I waited patiently for the Lord." Am I waiting patiently? Am I content to live in someone else's house, to be poor, to wait for our finances to improve, to watch my child endure suffering with yet another surgery, to feel my own health deteriorate? Not always. But God is so sweet. He knows our needs. When I'm worrying or anxious about another day gone by without change, I must remember that although I am standing still, He is not. He is working everyday. He is working on our hearts.
All this time, somehow I have felt that Seth was our focus, for now. I haven't worried about our financial position for a long time. God comforted me and kept me in a place of unexplainable peace. But, now that we're home from Milwaukee and done with surgery for hopefully a long, long time, what is next for us?
As I began to feel the seeds of discontent creeping back in my heart, he spoke to me. My devotional selection for today... waiting. You know, many times, I find myself questioning, "Where is God? Does He care? Does He even exist?" Yet, here is my assurance today. He gives me comfort exactly when I need it. Can it be coincidence that today's passage in my devotional is the very word I need to hear? NO WAY!
Anyway, this small selection describes how I feel exactly. Isn't it hard to watch friends and family in your life going forward when you are standing still? There is a new country song on the radio lately that describes a little of how I feel. I can't remember the name of it, but it is about a single girl who is getting older. She thought by now she'd have a mini-van, two kids and a husband. While this isn't exactly what I'm looking for, I am thinking the same things. Where is my home, where is Tim's job, where is our ministry, where are my healthy children?
Psalm 40:1 says, "I waited patiently for the Lord." Am I waiting patiently? Am I content to live in someone else's house, to be poor, to wait for our finances to improve, to watch my child endure suffering with yet another surgery, to feel my own health deteriorate? Not always. But God is so sweet. He knows our needs. When I'm worrying or anxious about another day gone by without change, I must remember that although I am standing still, He is not. He is working everyday. He is working on our hearts.
posted by The Hamblin Family at 3:08 PM
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