Hebrews 11:1
Romans 10:17
Romans 12:3
Hebrews 12:2
Matthew 17:20
Romans 1:17
Hebrews 11:6
COURAGE
Psalms 27:14
Psalms 30:5
Isaiah 43:2
1 Peter 4:12, 13
Romans 8:38, 39
Isaiah 41:10
FORGIVENESS
1 John 1:9
Ephesians 1:6,7
Psalms 85:2
2 Corinthians 5:17
Psalms 103:12
1 John 2:1
Hebrews 8:12
Isaiah 55:7
HOPE
Romans 8:28
Romans 6:23
Romans 5:2-4
Romans 8:38,39
2 Peter 3:18
LOVE
Romans 5:8
John 3:16
1 John 4: 7-12
1 John 4:16, 19
John 15: 9-12, 17
Desperately, helplessly, longingly I cried;
quietly, patiently lovingly God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to fate,
and the Master so gently, said,
"Child you must wait."
Wait? You say, "wait," my indignant reply,
Lord I need answers, I need to know why!.
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith, I have asked, and am claiming your Word.
My future and all to which I can relate,
hangs in the balance, and you tell me to WAIT?
I'm needing a "yes," a go-ahead sign,
or even a "no," to which I can resign.
And Lord, you promised that if we believe,
we need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord, I've been asking, and this is my cry,
I'm weary of asking, I need a reply!
Then quietly, softly, Iearned of my fate;
as my Master replied, once again, "You must wait."
So, I slumped in my chair,
defeated and taut and grumbled to God, "so I'm waiting... for what?"
He seemed then to kneel,
and His eyes wept with mine,
and He tenderly said,
"I could give you a sign. I could shake the heavens and darken the sun,
I could raise the dead, and cause the mountains to run.
All you seek I could give, and pleased you would be.
You would have what you want, but you would not know Me.
You'd not know the depth of My love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.
You'd not learn to see through the clouds of despair,
you'd not learn to trust by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me,
when darkness and silence were all you could see.
You'd never experience that fullness of love,
as the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove.
You'd know what I give and I save... (for a start),
but you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
The glow of My comfort late into the night,
the faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you asked,
of an infinite God, who makes what you have last.
You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
what it means that "My grace is sufficient for thee."
Yes, your dreams for your loved ones overnight would come true,
but, oh the loss if I lost what I'm doing in you!
So, be silent, My child,
and in time you will see,
that the greatest of gifts is to get to know Me.
And though oft' My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still, WAIT."
Author Unknown
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a
bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said,
pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the
slide.
"He's a fine looking boy," the man said. "That's my son on the swing
in the blue sweater." Then, looking at his watch, he called to his
son. "What do you say we go, Todd?"
Todd pleaded, "Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more
minutes."
The man nodded and Todd continued to swing to his heart's content.
Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son. "Time
to
go now?" Again Todd pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more
minutes." The man smiled and said, "O.K."
"My, you certainly are a patient father," the woman responded. The
man smiled and then said, "My older son Tommy was killed by a drunk
driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent
much time with Tommy and now I'd give anything for just five more
minutes with him. I've vowed not to make the same mistake with Todd.
He thinks he has five more minutes to swing. The truth is, I get Five
more minutes to watch him play."
Life is all about making priorities, what are your priorities?
Author unknown