"Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice...
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord, more than those who watch for the morning."
-Psalm 130:1, 5-6

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Nobody likes to wait...in lines, for a doctor's prognosis, for a tax refund check.

Our middle son was born two weeks after his due date. Now there's an experience of intense waiting (especially for Sondra). For a month or more, we were on the edge of our seats (and at the end of our patience) waiting for a sign that we should be hospital bound.

As trying as it is, waiting is an essential part of the Christian life and the Lenten journey. God seems to move in God's own time and not according to any deadlines we might set. In our prayers, we lift up loved ones in pain, and we wait. We come to see some aspect of our life in need of redemption, we confess, and then we wait for a clear sense of assurance of forgiveness and freedom. We cry out to God for help, and we wait.

The good news is that God's healing and assurance and direction do come. God ministers to our souls in ways for which we do not even know to ask.

My experience is that these blessings from the Lord come, as they say, to those who wait...with faith and hope.
 
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Prayer
Lord, hear my voice when I cry out to you. Fill me with unshakable faith and enduring hope that you are already on your way. And when you come, and my time of waiting is over, move me to give you thanks. Amen.
 
Pastor Andy