Today I received a text from a sweet friend telling me that she was thinking of me and my family. It was so wonderful to receive this text that it made my morning. It is wonderful to be thought of that you matter to the person who sent you that note, email, text, voicemail message, etc. In these cases, I believe technology is truly grand!
As I pondered what I would reply back, I waited.
Waited…
This word is quite loaded these days. It seems people are in a season of wait.
For me, I keep waiting for inspiration. As a writer, it’s that burst of content free-flowing in my mind that needs to be put down words. In December, it will be one year since the publication of The Rekindler, my fifth book. I don’t know if I’ll write another book, another short story, another essay, another blog; I’m just in the waiting.
Waiting for the election results. I voted early. I pray you will use your civic duty and VOTE. Our country and our freedoms ARE AT STAKE. Whatever happens, God is still on the throne, He and He alone will have the final say.
Waiting in lines. Whether one is in a drive-thru or bank, a cash register at the grocery store, or the notorious driver’s facility, we are always waiting in some sort of line.
Waiting for test results. This time of year, I do my annual physical and blood work, and the anxiety of waiting for decent results always weighs on my mind.
Waiting for the mail. Waiting for an Amazon package, a gift, or the dreadful bills (if in fact, you still receive paper bills).
Waiting for season changes. I love fall and seeing the colors change on the leaves. I also know what’s coming… Winter. So, I wait for the cold and the snow.
Waiting for the good things. An event that you’re looking forward to, a hair appointment, a vacation, all the great things that help pass the day.
There are more “waitings”, but I think you know what I’m getting at.
So, as I sat and thought more about my text response, a scripture verse came to mind instead. I surely don’t know how that happens, and actually, it’s my life-saving scripture verse:
Psalm 27:14
“Wait on the Lord: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: Wait, I say, on the Lord.”
I’m encouraged that trusting and waiting on the Lord involves the confident expectation of a positive result in which we can place great hope. So, as I wait, as you wait, in the “waitings”, may we not become discouraged, but wait on God’s hopeful provisions for us all.
And now that I’ve written all of this, I’ve received my answer to what I’ll write back to my friend.