Take Heart

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 NIV

I don't know about you but I'm not a waiter. And I don't mean like in a restaurant.  I don't necessarily rush into doing things but I'm not a long time thinker and ponderer. I'd just rather choose and go than wait and see. When I pray I like to think my prayer will change things instantly. But that is not how it works.

My Mother is a patient woman and I wish I'd inherited just a smidgen of her patience. I'd probably have more effective prayers. Lucky for me God is patient and long-suffering for people like me.

But I love what this verse says about taking heart. It gives the truth of needing to wait for God to do his work in his time but it also gives us hope that God will accomplish his good work in that time. And that time is not on our schedule. We may be able to control our time at work, our children's schedules, and how we go about our daily lives.  But God is perfect in his timing. We just need to keep praying, keep working and don't give up hope.