A prayer for when you're stuck in the waiting place.

Written by Marlow Shalesci, read by Alyssa Foursburg. written by

Alyssa Foursburg.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience,

Romans 825. Waiting.

I've never been a fan, but it seems I have a PhD in the art.

Waiting for the results of infertility treatments, waiting for an offer for a job,

waiting for a change in a relationship, waiting for a change in life.

And recently, waiting for test results that could meet cancer or mean nothing.

Once again, I was in the waiting place, and while there, I wrote this. I find myself here again in this waiting place the place where I know God is

sovereign I know he holds my life in his hands I know he is there. I know he cares. I know the very hairs in my head

are numbered, as are my days. And yet there is a knot in my stomach and my eyes

flicker to the phone again and again it does not ring

not yet of course not yet

but I watch anyway I swallow and remind myself of all the things I already know.

Who among you by worrying could add a single moment to your life?

Matthew 627, Luke 1225.

When we're feeling stuck in the waiting place,

our culture says,

get out of that rut, life's too short,

stop the excuses, do something.

You'll be told to smile more, care less, be happy, and think good thoughts.

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