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Psalm 13


It's been a month since I've blogged, but the waiting has been longer.

I was stuck in the silence of a prayer that wasn't being answered; I was stuck in the first 4 verses of Psalm 13.

I had prayed. I had asked. I had humbled myself in front of others, getting on my knees and saying the words out loud, "God, I know that You can do this. I know that You are able". But the trusting that the Psalmist claimed to have in his God was missing from my heart.

In verses 5-6, David chose to rejoice in God's salvation; he chose to trust in God's lovingkindness; he chose to sing, but my voice was muffled by worry, fear, and doubt.

Would He indeed deal bountifully with me?

Would He enlighten my eyes?

Would He consider me and answer me?

Would He?

Then today, there was an answer to all of those prayers. The lovingkindness spoken of in the Psalm was visible, and my response was nothing short of rejoicing, salvation, and singing.

Because in the midst of all of these weeks, there was a God Who showed me that He had been waiting, too. He wasn't in a hurry, and He was certain His answer would come in His time.

The walk with God is sometimes like this bridge in the jungles of Ecuador. You can't be in a hurry to get to the other side, because the running might cause the bridge to shake and totter (and what you can't see in this picture are the rapids beneath the hurried feet of fear). The water below is thick with rocks and currents (and a whole lot of snakes!). You don't know if the bridge that man has made will hold you all the way to other side, so you just have to trust what you can and cannot see, and you have to take one wobbly step at a time.

I think our walk with God looks a lot like this as we wait for His answer to our prayer.

So here's my advice: if you're stuck in the first 4 verses, I encourage you to read on. Trust in what you have always known to be certain: God is good. God is love. God is your salvation. And God will deal with you in all of His bounty.

Take your wobbly legs and step into verses 5 and 6.

And then, sing with me.

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About Me

I am a learner.  I have an insatiable desire to learn, so I read a ridiculous amount of books.  And, because I love to read, I process my thoughts through journal-writing. 

I guess this would also make me a writer.  

I think that a writer puts their time into something they want to read again, and hopefully invite someone else to read as well.  The words mean something to them, and they want those words to mean something to others, too.

I believe that readers and writers are also pretty good story-tellers, and there is nothing I love more than a good story.

Stories tell us the things we need to know, and not just the facts we seem to think define us.  I am more interested in someone who drives a 95 Astro van than someone who drives a new car with a personalized license plate, because I know there's a story behind it (and I love that I am married to the one who drives the van).

So I wrote a book called Tell Me a Story.  In it, you will find stories of people that most don't sit and listen to; maybe because they've never traveled out of the country in order to hear them.  Or maybe they've never really thought about the importance of just listening. 

I didn't listen because I thought I was special; I listened because I believed they were. 

I've taught high school Bible for more than 20 years, written curriculum for all of my classes, led mission trips around the world, taken lots of pictures, made lots of journal entries, and prayed every single day for the people whose faces appear in my heart.  Each blog post will take you to a story; some will be from my memory, some from my journal posts, some from people I'm around every day, and others will be from the best Story-teller I know, Who wrote a book long before I did.   His story keeps writing new stories in mine.  I hope someday to get mine published so that others will be encouraged to read more of His.

 

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