Waiting…

I woke up at 4am on the floor of a sweet friend’s house who made a home for me in the midst of the chaos of the past few hours …wondering, praying, and feeling hopeful that maybe I could still go to Uganda. As I lay awake and praying, I kept hearing the Lord say “wait.”

So I opened my Bible on my phone and started searching “wait on the Lord”… and ya’ll. Look what I came across over and over and over.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord! – Ps 31:24

Wait for the Lord;
    be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord! – Ps 27:14

Wait for the Lord and keep his way,
    and he will exalt you to inherit the land – Ps 37:34

But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
    it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.- Ps 38:15

He gives power to the faint,
    and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary,
    and young men shall fall exhausted;
but they who wait for 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. – Is 40:29-31

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we await for it with patience- Rom 8:24-25

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord 
in the land of the living! 
Wait for the Lord; 
be strong, and let your heart take courage; 
wait for the Lord! – Ps 27:13-14

Be strong, be courageous…inherit the land…run and not be weary…be strong, take courage…wait for the Lord.

There is boldness and courage that happen in the waiting friends.  Waiting isn’t passive…it’s an active pursuit of greater faith, deeper love, and increased strength.  It’s a steeping of onesself in thankfulness…an override of joy inexplicable…to squelch the disappointments of things gone awry with the heaps of blessings that still surround.

Waiting is growing.

Waiting is brave.

But make no mistake about it… waiting is hard.

But while I wait, I hope.

SO this morning, I woke up early and went to the passport office to stand in line and pray that I could get in.  And the kindness of the Lord hovered over every single step…over every person I encountered…and at 2pm today, my dear friend Amena is going to take me to pick up a brand new passport!!!!

I AM GOING!

I am booked on a flight leaving tomorrow night…but the travel agent suggested that I go today and try to fly standby because there are plenty of tickets on the flight tonight.  So please join me to pray that the favor of the Lord continues to go before me…that the kindness of the Lord paves the way with each of his children that I encounter today…and that I can be to Uganda just 24 hours behind the others….because friends, while I wait…I hope.