Jackie shared this journal entry with me the other day and it totally blessed me...!
HOPING... This one is easy to do. It takes just a second to "hope" about something. Got that one down.
PRAYING... This is a little bit harder. It takes more time to pray than to hope. Hoping can be done in a second and takes no effort. Praying is intentional, you must be focused and actually have a conversation with God. People have time to hope all day. Some don't have any time at all during their busy days to pray about things. It's easier just to hope.
WAITING... The hardest of them all. It could take a day, a week, a year, ten years....only God knows. This one takes practice. You could wait on your own, or, ask for help and do it with God. It takes patience which also needs assistance form the Lord to go the distance. In a society where faster is better, get what you want NOW, it seems foreign to wait even a week for news. To us waiting even a little bit longer can seem unacceptable, however, to God its a good thing. It teaches and molds to be patient and strengthens our faith and trust in Him. We want the outcome of things now, and we want it to be done our way. But, God reveals the outcome in His way and perfect timing.
Of these three things waiting is the hardest, but it is the most fruitful if done with the Lord's help and guidance as we wait on Him. He has called us to wait just a bit longer. To us it seems like eternity, to Him... less than a second. The question we must ask ourselves is: How will we wait? Impatiently on our our time OR in God's perfect time and will?
This is beautifully written. Thanks for sharing your journal.
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