Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Pause and experience the beauty of Waiting

 



Pause and experience the beauty of Waiting:


This was the second “station” in our advent walk through.  And as part of the response in this room, people were asked to write down what they are waiting for.  Let me share the responses with you.   


This is what I am waiting on God for:

  • For my son and daughter to return to God
  • For my son to be able to see his daughter
  • For the salvation of all my grandchildren
  • Healing for my friend
  • Peace on Earth and within
  • Restoration of relationships
  • Guidance for the future
  • Joy above all concern and pain
  • Healing and freedom
  • Belief that I am worthy
  • Wisdom with decisions in regard to our son
  • My niece to come to Jesus
  • Healing and restoration 
  • Spiritual and physical healing for my family / accountability and apologies
  • Peace and healing for all, specifically those who are impacted by today’s tragedies
  • Acceptance and understanding
  • Rest and nerves that are not so raw
  • Calling for the next season
  • Rebirth of my marriage
  • My daughter’s future
  • My next baby.  For my family to be complete and our home full of peace
  • For life to slow down and time to become more abundant … For wisdom to know if leaving my job is the net step to take to get there …to a space where I have more time for the ones I love most
  • For peace in my parent’s marriage
  • For trusted leaders and friends, like I used to have
  • Breakthroughs for friends struggling with mental health
  • To know my purpose
  • Some of the prophetic words to be fulfilled - inventions ministry and healing of our son
  • God to show me what I’m supposed to do when I grow up and what I’m supposed to do now
  • I am waiting on God to bring healing in my marriage and in our family …. That relationships with our daughters would heal and grow … that we would see God do new things … that we would be able to look back and be a amazed at how God takes all the broken pieces and makes a beautiful mosaic from it!
  • For a pain free day
  • Healing and an MRI or surgery
  • Waiting for our daughter to see her true identity in Christ

This is what I am waiting on God for:

  • For our son to find a job
  • Waiting on God’s word, whether or not I should stay in my current job
  • To find my people: my destiny that is intricately connect to people ho share the same heart
  • The healing of my mom’s diabetes
  • My son to mature and grow into the man God wants him to become
  • For the LORD to change the hearts and minds of my family members who have walked away form the LORD, who have become influenced by todays culture - pray the LORD will silence the noise that speaks so strongly to them.
  • For another baby
  • Complete healing and wholeness for my marriage
  • Closure to some family ties
  • To truly know the words ~ The Way, The Truth and the Life
  • To feel freedom within 
  • Reunion with myself and my husband
  • Waiting for our son to receive healing in his mind.  Waiting for him to desire to do those things that he can do to help his body feel better and desire to push himself out of his comfort zone in different areas of his life.  
  • Waiting for salvation for nieces and nephews
  • Restoration in my family
  • Another baby and peace about my family being complete
  • Healing
  • The surrendering and the trusting to be easier
  • Healing
  • Freedom from fear
  • For my husband to have his faith and hope in God rekindled
  • For my own faith and trust in God to be strengthened to what it was in the early 90’s while my life was in the midst of crisis
  • For God to impassion my heart for the next step in serving him - discernment around intercessory prayer
  • The “firsts” to be over and life to feel more settled and somewhat “predictable” again
  • My future
  • My son to realize more fully his identity in Jesus
  • Wisdom in some career decisions
  • Healing from migraines
  • Healing my heart
  • My husband (ex) to come to Jesus
  • Ministry hurts to be headed and restored for my husband and kids
  • healing/restoration/revelation
  • Marriage: of the earthly and eternal type
  • True Peace Everywhere on Earth
  • Habitat for Humanity (Global Village) to do a mission (build) in Africa
  • My church’s next service (missionary trip)
  • All food-banks/shelters to close because they no longer have any need for them!

This is what I am waiting on God for:

  • Our son to return to his faith.  God is good all the time!
  • Restoration with my relationship with my parents
  • Dear LORD, I pray and hope for Harmony in my life and for my family
  • A husband, a man who hunters for the righteousness and holy fear of the LORD and to raise a family
  • Healing an deliverance
  • salvation/holy revelation for my family 
  • Healing, hopeful future
  • Freedom from fear and worry
  • Alive in Christ
  • For my son and I
  • Family city.  Love for one another
  • Spiritual and physical healing in our family
  • My great nephew who has so much happening in his life, and needs to let Jesus rule it
  • friendships/community
  • husband/family
  • True commitment to my family
  • Joyful harmony in my family
  • To hear from God to what is the next step
  • For healing, for negativity
  • For Jesus to work through my family for healing and wisdom
  • Waiting to see glory of God through my family and myself and kids
  • For vision, for God to move, for the next right step
  • Waiting on God to give me a friend that understands me
  • My mind to comprehend that my Mom is really gone
  • My brother to kick his addictions once and for all
  • Healing
  • To live my dreams … my dream to write and publish my book and my dream to pay off our mortgage and to pay off someone uses mortgage
  • The birth of a new grandchild
  • Treat results for a family member
  • “what’s next” for us


You may see that amongst everyone who wrote something, there tends to be similarities.  Oh that we would continue to wait on the LORD, and to expect His answer.  And in the meantime, to experience his hope and peace.  






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