What Happens In The Waiting Room

 

Be strong,

and let your heart

          take courage,

all you who

  wait for the LORD!

          Psalm 31. 24

(It doesn't require strength

   and courage

   to wait on the LORD.

But it takes

         waiting on the LORD

to grow His strength

    and courage in us.

And that is when

      we are able to

           walk differently.

Not just stronger,

            but not alone.)

O LORD,

Help us to seek You

in our time of need,

not try to drum up

    a feeble confidence

    of our own making.

Enlarge our hearts

  so that we can

  absorb Your strength.

Help us to wait,

   not for a situation to change,

    but to wait on You.

Help us to realize

that courage doesn't mean

    there is nothing to fear.

But knowing that we can go forth

into the fray

         or an ordinary day,

   because You are with us.

Even in this.