Inhaling His Whispers of Rich Grace

 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord.   Psalm 27:13-14 (NASB) Friend, fellow-traveler on this journey of life; may I remind you and if this is your first read on wait - wait is to bind together (perhaps by twisting), to collect, gather, look, expect and as we wait on the Lord; we bind ourselves to Him, intertwining our hearts with His to discover something greater than ourselves. When I look around at the conditions of the world and the choices I see people making, my heart can constrict and it can cause a moment of panic.  I certainly feel the weight of despair, of feeling faint as the KJV adds.  My heart loses the courage to stay, and sometimes to truly live.  And I sense the disappointment that David must've felt as He expected to see God in this land of the living.  He, too, felt th...

  Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new (renew their) strength, they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.  Isaiah 40:31 (NASB) WAIT. Wait in the Hebrew means to bind together (perhaps by twisting), to collect, to expect, gather, look. RENEW. (pass on, spring up, change, abolish, go on forward, grow up, sprout) This verse in Isaiah comforted me and yet, in many ways baffled me.  How does one get strength by waiting.  Yes, God gives strength in our weakness, but really, what is the strength in waiting? Until I read the Hebrew meaning of wait.  Then it made more sense. When I wait on the Lord, I am binding myself to Him and His strength renews mine.  I am joined to Him and I can soar because He has everlasting strength and never gets tired. I may get tired, but He does not.  I get weary, but He does not.  So when I look for Him; when I join to Him; I find my way through an...

  Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and shield. For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.                  Psalm 33:20-21 I wrote the three words in the title because they went together for me as I lived life. As I waited for God, I was getting frustrated and discouraged. I then realized as I wait, that I can only stay in hope as I also trust God and His timing. And then as I searched for this verse and typed them out, I realized how all three words were connected.  It uses rejoices instead of hope, but if we have hope we will rejoice in God. Our ability to stay with God in the midst of hard is directly connected to my view of Him and how much I believe He is for me and has got whatever is causing me hardship.  Trust. Yes, easier said than done when my vulnerability, fears, and triggers are touched and I am tempted to 'reach' for what I think is best, just like Eve did those many years ago....