When Hope is Deferred

You know those times when you are in a season of waiting...I sometimes feel like that is just life. The changing of seasons changes what exactly one is in anticipation of. Those seasons of waiting can be difficult, especially when hope is deferred, sometimes over and over.

Maybe God has promised something to you in the quiet of your heart, in that secret place when it was just you and Him. Those precious moments...your heart is stirred and you feel the quiet whisper of the One Who's love for you could never be deterred. He's so close, there is almost a sweetness to the very air around you. His tender love penetrates your heart once again as you wait on what He has to say in that moment. The words He speaks cause everything in your day today, yesterday and tomorrows melt into the background. Who would have thought the very Creator Who shaped every living being, painting the beauty that hems the earth together, would have shaped your very being and marked the steps out for your life so intricately...not only that but He longs to meet with you in the quiet place. He tells you to ask Him of "great and unsearchable things that you do not know." And when He shares those things - because He is faithful to His Word...then comes a season of waiting, for the dreams and visions of tomorrow that He has whispered into your heart. They are sure to come - but they are for a time and a season. As you wait, hope of walking in that dream can be deferred, because He is waiting to unfold it at - just - the right - time. So what do you do when impatience comes? When your heart aches? Maybe tears? Maybe frustration? Because as humans - we all know it can be difficult to wait when something so amazing has been spoken of, but we don't know when it is for.

Here are scriptures that bring me comfort...

Psalms 27:13-14 (NLT)
 "Yet I am confident I will see the Lord's goodness while I am here in the land of the living. Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord."


Psalms 32:14
"But I am trusting you, O Lord. saying, 'You are my God! My future is in Your hands.'"

During seasons of waiting - learn to trust Him through surrender. Draw close, seek to know Him more and what He is teaching you in this time. Worship Him. You will see His goodness in your life.
Next to these scriptures in my Bible I have written, "Anything that isn't worth waiting for, isn't worthy having."

He has your best in mind.

Trust.

Surrender.