Waiting on the Lord involves trusting in who he is, in his word, in his many promises, and in his power, sovereignty and grace in our lives to work out all things in our lives according to his plans and his purposes. Life doesn’t always make sense, and sometimes it may even seem unfair and unjust, yet God has a plan and a purpose for all things we go through in this life. He will give us all we need to make it through, and the wisdom and discernment to do what is right. We just have to trust him, and we have to rest in him.
The way in which we are able to do this is through abiding (remaining; being steadfast) in him and through having his words live within us. Our faith is not a religion, a ritual, or just a belief system, but it is a relationship with Jesus Christ. He asks of us, that we might be one of his followers, to die daily to sin and to self, and to follow him in obedience (See Lu 9:23-25; cf. Ep. 4:17-24). Then he will live within us, and he will live out his life through us. And, in all that we go through in this life, he will fill us with his comfort, his peace and his healing.
Abide in Him
An Original Work / July 31, 2013
Based off Ps. 27:14; Is. 40:31; Jn. 14-15
If you wait for the Lord, put your hope now in Him,
He will give you His strength and endurance within.
He will renew your strength, so you will not lose heart.
You will soar on wings like eagles, never depart.
“If you abide in Me, and My words live in you,
You will walk with Me daily and follow what’s true.
I will live now in you; give you peace now within,
If you obey My teachings and turn from your sin.”
“If you listen to Me, and do all that I say,
I will give you My comfort; be with you always.
I will heal all your pain; life with Me now you’ll gain,
If in fellowship with Me you always remain.”
Walking Wounded 
Hi Sue,This is Shannon, and I wanted to tell you I’ve been at different doctors appts each day and will be until Friday. I plan to talk to write sometime then. You are someone who was going through the exact same thing I am. The anger is so bad from my husband and when I read how angry your husband was toward you in your first blog, it was exactly how I am feeling. The anger is overwhelming at times and God allowed me to see your blog out of the blue. We have been married 51 yrs in about a week. It’s so hard I want to give up but I think of God and his love for me. You have always blessed my heart and I want to read all your blogs from the beginning. I can’t express how much it meant to see in writing what I felt! I will be in touch Friday sometime and look forward to reading the earlier blogs bc that helped so much. Thanks for being there. I just didn’t want you to think I was ignoring you at all! God bless you. Shannon
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Shannon, thank you for writing to me to let me know what is going on. I am saddened that you are suffering in this way, but the Scriptures do teach us that we should rejoice in our sufferings for the name of Jesus. And then we must forgive our persecutors, too, for us to continue to have the joy of the Lord and peace of mind and heart. I am praying for you, and I will look forward to hearing from you as soon as you have the time to chat. Talk with you soon! Sue
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