The Waiting...

The Waiting is quite possibly my top Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tune ever. I love that song – actually I love everything about that song. But that is another story for another day.

The waiting is the hardest part

Every day you see one more card.

You take it on faith, you take it to the heart

The waiting is the hardest part.

The chorus of the song just really speaks to where I am these days.

I am waiting.

The past few days there has been a nip of fall in the air. Early mornings in the lower 50s, a light long sleeve shirt for the day, and cool breezy evenings. The seasons are changing. Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year. For some reason as the seasons wax through their changes I tend to reflect on the changes that my life has gone through. Honestly, I love what I see as I am reflecting in this season. I can see the Lords faithfulness, instruction, provision, and love in this season.

These days I am most assuredly waiting. Waiting on the Lord to open the next door. Waiting on the Lord to show me the way. But in this waiting, while it is the “hardest part” I am getting to see “every day… one more card.” I believe that those cards that I am seeing are leading me into a deeper faith and a deeper love for God.

When everything is going my way faith is so easy. I believe that He is God and that he can do anything. When things are not going my way the questions seem to come much easier than my faith. I still know that He is God and I have to dig a little deeper in the faith well.

A friend reminded me yesterday…

…With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26

The reminder was received, loud and clear. God has a plan for me and my family. He has something we need to pour out onto others. He has shown us blessings to increase our faith. I can really understand and echo the Psalmist in this passage…

We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. Psalm 33:20-21

It is funny how God strings things together for us if we keep our hearts and ears tuned into him. Our Senior Pastor at our church taught through 1 Peter not to long ago. His closing thoughts on that Sunday left an impression on me. So much so that I pulled out my pencil and wrote a summary of his words there in the empty space just above the beginning of 2 Peter. His thoughts were these…

When in a trial…

- Do not be surprised by it,

- Stay committed to faith,

- Keep on doing good,

and most of all… Represent Him well.

Father, I will do my best to represent you well.