at its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers,
and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with
it happily.
-
Flannery O’connor
worth the wait
waiting. filling time while we wait for the phone to ring
and deliver the good news or get the bad news over with. standing in line. preparing
for an event. or simply waiting “until things get better.”
but what if the good news we wait for never comes? what if
things just don’t get better/ what if the waiting is meaningless? too many
people abandon hope, abandon trust, and decide, despite the contradiction, to
live happily with their despair.
our Lord has something far better in mind. in him we find meaning in the waiting. While we watch our hopes fade, he is turning our eyes
toward a truer hope. while he makes us wait, we learn to trust our future
dreams to him. waiting is hard, but waiting on God means the wait will be worth
it.
for I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
for I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
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