But Not This Day?
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Amid the Smoke and Fog, Beyond the Weeds One Sees Two Loons,
and
By Faith
One Can Trust That Their Chick Is With Them,
Safe,
Growing,
Beautiful.
Isaiah 25:9
It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Words of Grace For Today
Waiting.
Waiting for.
Waiting for something important, or something scheduled, or something freeing.
Waiting is something we all do, if not by sitting still, breathing slowly, anticipating but not moving, then by moving to something else that will take us time, but in the back of our mind we wait for ….
What is it?
The next pay-cheque, so we can pay our bills, or buy something so that something that has broken can be fixed or replaced, or
The crops to grow, so they can be harvested, or
Other people to complete their work, so that we can start or resume ours, or
The neighbour’s music to stop, so that we can get back to sleep, or
The tyranny (by whomever of whatever kind among the so many different kinds that are worked against people) will end, or
The impossible: that real guilt will go away, or grief will turn to joy, or loss into gain, or that we will see again or hear again or move again, or that we will love again, or that we can forgive again, or that we can breathe again, or that we can remember again, or dream again, or sleep at all again, or
That the devil (attacking us in so many ways, also through our enemies who would do us in) will leave us and we will be free to live, laugh, and love, again.
And
That God will save us.
For that day we wait.
Wait.
Wait,
but not so patiently sometimes, many times.
Only faith interrupts our waiting; for by faith we know not only that God will save us, but that God has saved us already,
and we can breathe, and live, and laugh, and love
also this day.
Beautiful.