When my older brother was little, he asked my parents, "what does patience mean?" My mom or dad responded, "it means you have to wait." Jeremiah's response: "Me no like patience."
Well I am 6 days away from possibly having this baby, and I was told today it will probably be a lot longer. I feel a bit like a toddler waiting. "Me no like patience." On Sunday at church they played one of my favorite worship pieces, "Everlasting God," by Chris Tomlin. This song has come up in my life when I have needed to hear it most. It reminds me it is going to be OK; strength will rise as I wait upon the Lord. Last time this song came up in my life was when I was struggling with burn-out and some depression. God gave me the courage to wait and wait until he pulled me through. Have you ever had a song that has shaped what you are going through? It could be God speaking to you even for the first time. What is that song to you?
The main verse of "Everlasting God" is "strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord." There is something about waiting upon God that is so much more rewarding and life-giving than waiting upon a doctor or a test result. They are only human like you and like me. When we wait upon God almighty, we are guaranteed that He has our best interest at heart and we can rest in His loving embrace trusting that he will take care of us and those we love. It does not matter what we are facing -- a surgery, a job change, a loss of a job, a new life entering the family -- all these things God can take care of and has taken care of before. If you and I rest in the knowledge that God loves us, and will take care of our daily needs, we have nothing to fear. We can wait patiently.
I don't know when our little one will finally make a grand entrance. But I do know that God is knitting her together to make her just the way she is supposed to be before she finally gets to meet us all.
Please pray that I can continue to patiently wait.
