Waiting With Hope

Walking through my neighborhood I saw a Real Estate sign. The large part of the sign had the company’s information, a smaller sign on top which said, Contract pending and then at the very bottom of the sign was a picture, name and phone number of the Real Estate agent. My mind drifted back to when my husband was the managing broker of a Real Estate office.

He can tell you from experience there is a lot of waiting that takes place between listing a piece of property and closing a Real Estate sale. There are anxious people waiting for that sale to be final.

The seller is anxious, and the agent is anxious, and the buyer can also wonder if the closing will ever take place. They all lose a little sleep wondering and worrying. Waiting is not natural for us. Waiting is hard.

What are you waiting for today? Have you called out to God, and you feel like He is not coming through? Are you asking Him for a husband or a better marriage? Do you desperately need a promotion, a better boss, or maybe a better job? Does God even see the direction your child is going. Doesn’t He hear your prayers? Do you wrestle in prayer for healing, emotionally, physically or maybe just for hope? Waiting is hard.

Then there is daily waiting that makes us angry or frustrated. Things like waiting on a red light to change, a train to end, dinner to be ready, or the dog to go ahead and poop so you can go inside. Waiting is hard.

But waiting is part of life. God says: “Be still and know that I am God;” Psalm 46:10.

Today, this blog is here after a long wait. This webpage was created to promote my book, Center of the Heart. It has been a long time coming. Some of the devotionals in the book began 20 years ago. Many times, I gave up hope, but God had a plan, and this plan was for me to write this book. But His timing was not my timing. Waiting is hard.

I am an ordinary person, with limited talent, but God has been with me. He has provided help for me. He has placed people in my life to help me along the way. God has sent others to encourage me, like my loving husband. I have friends who inspired me with their lives. God’s Word and the Holy Spirit has opened my eyes to truth and awe. And He has even placed friends around me whose talents and wisdom have taught me many writing skills.

God’s hand was on me when He lead me to a group of people who has helped me in publishing my book and create the web page that you are viewing, Books Publishing Company. And I am grateful for them and to them.

God never intended for us to walk alone. He has given us His Word, His Spirit and other people to walk and wait together. Yes, waiting is not natural, and it is hard, but our God is good, faithful and willing to wait with us.

“Praise the Lord, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

who forgives all your sins

 and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion,

who satisfies your desires with good things

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

Psalm 103:2-5

Whatever it is that we are waiting for, let’s wait to see how God, our Heavenly Father will bring good things to past, because our God is good. As if not being with Him is not enough!

My hope and prayer is that you will purchase Center of the Heart and it will strengthen you, bless you, and glorify our Lord.

In Him and for His glory,

Marilyn Collier