I wait for the Lord,
my whole being waits,
and in his word
I put my hope.
(Psalm 130:5)
Waiting Room
Tag: hope
In Dependence
You are my Hope, Lord.
In You I trust,
on You I depend.
(Psalm 71:5)
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Good morning, Lord
And in the morning, when I rise,
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything is gonna be alright.
(borrowed from Danny’s Song by Kenny Loggins and inspired by a friend’s dream)
Yesterday as I was outside working on my deck my neighbour came by with a bouquet of roses. She is such a giving person. She often drops by with gluten-free goodies and words of encouragement. I love this lady. She shows me everything is gonna be all right. This post is dedicated to you, Wendy.
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My hope is built on nothing less
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness…
His Oath
His Covenant
His Blood
support me in the whelming flood.
(from Solid Rock by Edward Mote)
God is not a man—He doesn’t lie.
God isn’t the son of a man to want to take back what He’s said,
or say something and not follow through,
or speak and not act on it. (Numbers 23:19)
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Unspent Joy
Morning Prayer:
How long will we wait here alone?
Return, O Eternal One, with mercy.
Rescue Your servants with compassion.
With every sun’s rising, surprise us with Your love,
satisfy us with Your kindness.
Then we will sing with joy and celebrate every day we are alive.
You have spent many days afflicting us with pain and sorrow;
now match those with years of unspent joy.
Let Your work of love be on display for all Your servants;
let Your children see Your majesty.
And then let the beauty and grace of the Lord—our God—rest upon us
and bring success to all we do;
yes, bring success to all we do.
(Psalm 90:13-19)
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Multiplication
When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your consolations delight my soul.
(Psalm 94: 19)
In school we learned that in the physical realm for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
I wonder if, in the spiritual realm, for every anxiety there is an equal and opposite consolation available.
I wonder if there is, hidden in every adversity, an opportunity for greater blessing.
I wonder if, in His grace, God allows some losses in our lives knowing that His justice requires the one who comes to steal, kill, and destroy to pay back many times over what he took.
Now that’s multiplication.
Be still in the presence of the Lord,
and wait patiently for him to act…
The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
But the Lord just laughs,
for he sees their day of judgment coming.
(Psalm 37:7, 12,13)
Seek the Lord.
Seek the Lord.
Seek the Lord.
And wait.
This is going to be good!
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Double Bonus, eh?
“And you, because of my blood covenant with you,
I’ll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells.
Come home, hope-filled prisoners!
This very day I’m declaring a double bonus—
everything you lost returned twice-over!”
(Zechariah 9:11,12 The Message)
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What? Me worry?
“And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the flowers of the field grow.
They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire,
will he not much more clothe you
—you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’
or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
For the pagans run after all these things,
and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
-Jesus (Matthew 6)
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Don’t Look to the Right or to the Left
In the dream I was walking through a parting of the earth like the parting of the sea. It looked like the Hollywood telling of the story of the crossing of the sea, with Charlton Heston presenting a younger and more confident Moses than the hesitant, speech-impaired fellow the Bible describes. In my dream the walls on either side of the path were not made of water but of flying rocks and dirt blown about by some amazing force.
I heard, “Don’t look around. Keep you eyes on the path. Keep going.”
“What’s happening?” I asked.
I heard, “I’m moving heaven and earth for you.”
These past few months have felt like we are walking a narrow path with crises flinging boulders and sandstorms all around our heads. It’s so easy to be distracted by circumstances that could make us panic. I have found that God usually does not answer “why” -especially as that question often comes with a whine that demands He explain Himself. He does answer “what” though, as in “What do you want me to see? What are you trying to show me about Yourself that I haven’t known before?”
He is showing me levels of love and faithfulness deeper than I had imagined.
So today as we walk through another crisis in our family and see aerial photos of our son and daughter-in-love and grandchildrens’ home and workplace and school and entire community under water, and we are cut off from each other because of broken infrastructure in this part of the world, we praise the God who is faithful, who walks through every trial with us, the loving Father who is moving heaven and earth to get His church to the place where he wants us to be. We are learning to trust Him no matter what, to walk by faith and not by sight, and to rest in his love whether waiting for waters to go down or shovelling mud –because he is still good.
This song by Jenn Johnson has meant so much to me lately. It reminds me not to look to the left or to the right, but to keep my eyes and ears focused on my Saviour, my good Shepherd who says, “This is the way.”
Keep your eyes on the path. This is going to be good.
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