A New Chapter

Wait Russell Kelfer Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; Quietly, patiently, longingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate... And the Master so gently said, "wait." "Wait? You say wait?" My indignant reply. "Lord I need answers, I need to know why! IS your hand shortened? Or have you not heard? By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word." "My future and all to which I relate Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait? I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign, Or even a 'no' to which I can resign. "You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe, We need but to ask, and we shall receive. And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry: I'm weary of asking! I need a reply." Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate, As my Master replied again, "Wait" So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut, And grumbled to God, "So I'm waiting for what?" He ...

  December 28th - Words I knew as soon as I saw the "challenge" for today that I wanted to do something like this... I do have to admit though I didn't take all the pictures this morning - some I took yesterday! I hope this still counts! A dear friend gave me this verse quite a few months back and how very true it is Isaiah 30:18 -  And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for Him. Sometimes the seasons of waiting are times where the Lord wants to do things in our lives that He couldn't accomplish any other way! He wants total glory in every situation and sometimes makes situations seem SO impossible in our lives that only HE could bring them to pass! Isaiah 64:3 - For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides thee, who works for him that waits for ...