Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Waiting...

Today I'm linking up with Women Living Well Wednesdays.

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I have always been moved by song.

This week, I heard "While I'm Waiting" on positive, encouraging K-Love, and I was (surprise, surprise) brought to tears...

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painful
But patiently, I will wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident
Taking every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it's not easy
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait


I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve you while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord




It's a time of waiting right now in my household.

Waiting to start a family.

Waiting on God to lead us to a new church.

Waiting for graduate school to be over and done with.

Waiting...waiting...patiently waiting.

It's painful. But I wait.

And while I'm waiting...

I will serve Him.

I will invest in the people he has placed in my life.

I will work heartily as unto the Lord.

I will allow the Holy Spirit to prepare me for motherhood (Lord willing).

I will worship.

I will use this time to grow deeper in my relationship with Christ.

I will devote myself to the reading of His word and to prayer.

I will give thanks for the countless blessings He has bestowed upon me.

I will not faint.

I will lean wholly on His strength.

I will live and move and breathe in Him.

I will keep moving...taking each day one step at a time. Obediently. Purposefully.

Though it's not easy, He will be my comfort, my peace.

Faithfully, I wait.

Isaiah 40: 28-31

"Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
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."


I will worship while I'm waiting on you, Lord.

3 comments

  1. I have been learning the same thing...with the same song...and the same passage from Isaiah. You are such an encouragement!

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  2. Love you, Beth.

    Totally different note...you know what I learned today? "Gilbert" means "bright promise." So all this time we were/are waiting for our "bright promises."

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