I haven't had time in the past few days for another post on the specific happenings of the house, but I'm hoping to get to that this weekend. Speaking of hope, I wanted to share a passage rich in that theme, which popped into my head on my morning commute. I first read it about a month ago, literally the morning that God answered some things I had felt like I had been praying about for years, to what seemed like no avail.
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." Isaiah 30: 18-21
These verses make me almost giddy of all that things that God does while we wait on Him. So often it feels like things in our world are not as they should be, but that doesn’t mean God isn’t present. Waiting is one of the most challenging things I feel that I am faced with, but hearing that God will rise to show me compassion and bring justice gives me a sense of peace to help endure the periods of life that feel like mid-air suspension.
Sorry this doesn’t have a ton to with the happenings of the house right now. I guess in a way, we are definitely waiting on a lot---both within our neighborhood and within our four walls (expect a much longer post on that this weekend).
Regardless, I thought this would be a good Friday pick-me-up for you readers. (All eight of you. And thanks, by the way). I hope you hear His voice today and the words: "This is the way; walk in it."
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