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Psalm 37: 34 (the message)

"Wait passionately for God, don't leave the path..."

The waiting is the hardest part (oh so true, Tom Petty) - it really is. "Waiting" is a law of God and we can't run from it. Sometimes this life gives us things quite instantaneously and sometimes even God does a quick work if that's what it takes. But I have come to learn in my short life that with God, waiting is one of the key ingredients in His promises. We have to wait for the baby to bake, the sun to rise again, the paint to dry, the photo to develop, the medicine to kick in, the song to be written, the promises of God to be fulfilled in our lives.

Read read read Psalm 37 - the law of waiting is written all over it: "trust in the Lord...for they shall SOON be cut down...He SHALL bring it to pass...but those who wait on the Lord, they SHALL inherit the earth...wait patiently for Him...wait on the Lord...he SHALL exalt you..." there is a lot more language like that in that tiny piece of Bible. And what beautiful and tormenting language Eugene Peterson translates in The Message: "Wait PASSIONATELY for God." It's like balancing the tension of trust and control where you're consciously abandoned to God yet doing everything you can to push toward what He has called you to do.

Keep waiting. Keep working. And keep waiting.
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