It started with a 30 minute wait at WalMart and an admission of how truly impatient I am at times. It ended with my Heavenly Father inviting me to learn a lesson of a lifetime. He patiently showed me how to wait on Him so that I would be renewed in the wait. Learning to wait with joy, with expectation, with anticipation, is perhaps one of the most important lessons...
Good and Loved
How to wait on God – Lesson 7 One of my favorite Christian artist, Travis Green, has a new album debuting in October. He has released one of the songs from his new album to YouTube, Good and Loved. I had listened to it a few times but was not particularly impressed. But God would use this song to reveal to me the most profound lesson of all: “Melissa, while...
Oh Be Careful Little Eyes…
How To Wait on God Part 6 I had a great day on Tuesday. When God said He was going to teach me how to Wait on Him, I was a little skeptical. I envisioned long lines, traffic jams, and frustration. But instead my day was full of revelation from my Father. Hearing His voice is the sweetest sound. That is why I was surprised when a sudden wave of...
His Timing is Perfect
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Imagine
How To Wait on God: Lesson 1 “But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 NKJV After reading this verse and complaining to God that I feel frustrated in the wait, He graciously offered to teach me how to wait so this verse is...
God or Groceries?
Monday, after work, I went to WalMart to pick up the groceries I had purchased online. When I arrived, I checked in online and then I waited. And waited. And waited. After waiting about twenty minutes in my hot car, a woman pulled up next to me. It seems as soon as she pulled up, a Walmart employee was there to get her information. I rolled down my window and...
The Wait
David was 16 when Samuel anointed him as King over Israel. He was thirty when he saw partial fulfillment to that promise. That is a fourteen year wait. He started off strong in the wait – slaying a giant, defeating armies, living in the palace, marrying the king’s daughter. The wait was easy…until it wasn’t. Then there were years of living in caves surrounded by scoundrels, being pursued and threaten...
Prepare And Wait
”I am a woman deeply troubled,” is how Hannah describes herself. For years, she had wanted a child, but alas, her womb was closed. Her rival taunted her, made fun of her because of her barrenness. Her husband was frustrated because he didn’t understand why having a child was more important than his love. So Hannah wept bitterly before the Lord. Many of us can understand Hannah’s frustration. It may...
Waiting Well
I had the privilege this week of being a guest blogger at #hashtagshelaughs. Check out the blog below. #WaitingWell Microwave meals. Fast food. Instant Pot dinners. Overnight successes. Get rich quick schemes. Commercials that scream, “It’s my money and I want it NOW.” This is the world in which we live – microwaveable, fast, instant, NOW. So we approach God with the same expectancy – a quick breakthrough, an instant...
Hold On! I’m Coming!
Abraham was given a promise. Three times God spoke to him and reiterated the promise. Abraham had left his family, separated from his nephew, was living in a foreign land, waiting. Days turned to months; months turned to years. Abraham is aging. Sarah is aging and nothing seems to be happening. Doubt began to rise. Did I hear Him correctly? Did I leave my family and friends for nothing? Fear...