God's Waiting Room is a Garden...
From Eden to Gethsemane/Calvary mankind awaited The Messiah (Saviour)
Today's devotion struck a deep chord in my soul.
Our church family, while still mourning the loss of of our pastor this past winter
are seeking and waiting on the Lord to prepare and provide another.
The tension between seeking and waiting is not a light matter!
Prayers are deeply appreciated on the behalf of our church staff and leaders,
whose 'violin/cello strings' are being sorely stretched!
Waiting introduces suitors
That test soldiers of the cross
While goodness and mercy tutors
Faith's students with seeming loss
Waiting without being anxious
Is not for the faint of heart
Beneath God's perfecting purpose
Oft our own ways groan and smart
To wait quietly, while hoping
Jars with natural desire
To trust without interloping
Tries the wise, as if by fire
God's Waiting Room is a garden
Eden and Gethsemane
First the curse and then the pardon
Waiting unveils Calvary
Then be of good courage, fellow-
Partaker of suffering
While we wait God's tunes faith's cello
And repairs each broken string
While we wait, hark! God is speaking
To the likes of me and you
While we wait He too is seeking
Worshippers whose love is true
Janet Martin
No comments:
Post a Comment
I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit! Your comments are valued and appreciated!