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A prayer to wait and hope by Tiffany Tabalt, read by Liam Arton.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope.

Psalm 135.

Everything in life requires us to wait.

We wait to be born, we wait to start school, we wait to learn to drive,

we wait to graduate from school, we wait for a job, a spouse, a child, a promotion.

Amid all these monumental moments, there are million little moments of

learning to wait for smaller things. Waiting for something though

doesn't often come easy or quicker, even in the way that we sometimes want

or dream that it should be. Life has a way of twisting and turning

that can leave us depleted and discouraged. Circumstances, people, and health

can cause everything in life to change in an instant.

No matter what twists and turns life is bringing your way today,

you can take encouragement from these words in Psalm 135.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope.

The first phrase is so powerful, I wait for the Lord.

This is a positional determination. This is saying that in your current

circumstances you will choose to wait for God to do the things in His way

and in His time. It's waiting in faith despite the circumstances you see

or the opinions of those around you. It's standing on the promises of God's word.

And trusting He's moving in hearts and circumstances around you

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