Comments on: Waiting

By: bethany (dreadlock girl)

bethany (dreadlock girl) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:34:52 +0000

Matt, thank you for that verse. That truly ministered to me. It is a hard season for us right now, but one of the sweetest times we’ve had as a family and for me personally with Christ. Thank you for your comment man, and tell your bride We love and miss you guys BIG TIME.

By: Mr. Matt

Mr. Matt — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:36:04 +0000

The latter part of Hosea 12:6 reads: “Observe mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.” In Hebrew, the word wait can mean to bind together, perhaps by twisting. Or to expect and gather together; look patiently. Hebrew for continually means to stretch, continuance, extension. As I meditated on this idea of being bound together and stretching, the Lord gave me a simple picture: Tying a shoelace. You know how you stretch the loops apart to tighten the knot? That was the picture the Lord gave me, of being stretched in my faith but being bound closer to the Lord. And it’s the place I want to be because if I’m being stretched, I’m relying on the Lord for sustenance and comfort and peace. It’s when I’m comfortable that frightens me, because I know my heart and how easy it is for me to become self-reliant and drift away from the Lord and His will in my life. God bless you and your family.

By: fidget

fidget — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:39:30 +0000

No answers. But I have definitely been where you are…and have felt how you feel. Feel your frustrations. Struggle for wanting to control our life…I am someone who always wants to figure it all out, plan it, etc. Here have been some of my own thoughts on this regarding circumstances in my own life…

Do you think God asks obedience from us, not even that things will come to fruition, but just to see if we are willing to be obedient? And don’t you think that our “time lines” are irrelevant to Gods? Like Moses, sometimes He births something in our hearts ahead of time, and we try to figure out how to “make it happen” or go about things the wrong way (killing the Egyptian to save the slave from being beat). How and even if he works them out is so wiiiide open…maybe in the case of Spain it would be years and years down the road? Adoption?

You just never know what exciting things God opens up in His own time…

By: Ti

Ti — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:55:14 +0000

Perhaps more children means adoption?

I consider myself a spiritual person. I had a very rough childhood and it would be total ignorance on my part to think that God didn’t have a hand in my survival. Sometimes the listening/waiting stage can take a while.

By: unfinishedperson

unfinishedperson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:52:32 +0000

I have no words of wisdom for you, but can say I think there are many of us who can relate. I know I’ve been in a waiting period with career for going on four years now. All I know is that sometimes we have to be quiet, to stop talking about our own plans long enough to listen to God to see what He has planned for us.